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18 December 2016 2966 comments
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After Jay Rodriguez guided Southampton to a 3-1 win at the Vitality, we’re treated to a couple of 4pm encounters that may well have a significant impact on the Fantasy Premier League standings.

Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen are heavily backed to get the better of Burnley at the Lane.

The in-form pair have each scored twice in two of their last three home appearances, earning first and third place in our Gameweek 17 Captain Poll respectively.

Frustratingly, our Scout Pick Toby Alderweireld misses out with a minor back problem, though we’ll have an eye on Spot the Differential candidate Danny Rose against a Clarets outfit with a single goal to their name on the road so far.

Man City and Arsenal square up at the Etihad in the other match.

Alexis Sanchez seeks a fifth double-figure away haul against a City defence that’s been far from convincing, with just three clean sheets to their name so far.

With the Gunners now poised for some excellent upcoming fixtures, a big performance from Theo Walcott could persuade some Sanchez owners he is worth a double-up option.

Sergio Aguero remains suspended for City, with Pep Guardiola once again benching the likes of Kelechi Iheanacho and John Stones.

Kevin De Bruyne is the man most likely for the home side, though the Belgian’s run of 10 league appearances without a goal has left him on the Fantasy periphery.

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  1. Greenbackbøøg…
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    This is just cruel now

  2. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Kane to Ibra done last night
    Eriksen to Theo to be done

    Lovely

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Wanted to Eriksen to Ozil, but I guess if I do it to Walcott leaves me emergency Aguero money...

      1. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Ozil is the better option I think

        I just don't have the cash

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Lol Kane is useless

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Captained him two weeks in a row 😎

      1. JayBomb
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Me too

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      bit like your posts then?

      1. Worzel Gummidge
          9 years, 4 months ago

          hahaha

        • HurriKane
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          shots fired 😀

      2. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        We know

    3. MrMaverick
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      50 pts with Mane(C) and Firmino to go

      Legendary

      1. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Looking good

        1. MrMaverick
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          cheers

      2. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        That's maverick

    4. Herc
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Is it me or did price rises not happen until this afternoon? I'm certain when I checked Ibra this morning he was 11.2 still. I thought he was going up and fell asleep last night forgetting to swap him in, woke this morning and thought I'd got away with it and now he's 11.3.

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        It's you

      2. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        What time zone are you in?

        Price chnages around 2AM UK time.

        1. Herc
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          It must be me then, was cursing myself when I woke up then was proper pleased with my luck all day and am now back to hating myself. I'm still sure he was 11.2 this morning.

    5. Kaneyonero
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Whatever can go wrong will go wrong

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Man up

      2. sminkypinky
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        If I remember some of your lol@'s yesterday you didn't feel like that..

      3. adibo
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        the cowboys of the PL

    6. 4. Arsenal FC
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      (A) Kane --> Ibra

      or

      (B) Snodgrass --> one of Walcott, Eriksen, Lallana

      1. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Certainly not Eriksen that ship has sailed , reached its destination and happy passengers are disembarking

        1. Latchmere Wave Machine
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Chuckle

        2. 4. Arsenal FC
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          OK,

          Snodgrass --> Lallana/Walcott

          1. Leaf
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 4 months ago

            I'm getting Theo , lovely fixtures

    7. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      We'll be lucky if Sanchez comes out for the second half

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        He will get a run and shall be fine

      2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        What happened?

        1. Greenbackbøøg…
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Limping around

        2. Syd.
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          He fouled Otamendi

          Should have been booked so it could have been worse

          1. tm245
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 4 months ago

            Was just thinking he might be playing up the injury so the ref thinks he didn't really foul Otamnedi that hard.

      3. Kun Tozser
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Sanchez doesn't do injuries

        1. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          ...but if he did, they'd be the best injuries in the world

    8. Debauchy
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Cmon City , wer're waiting

      1. Sauzée
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Weird half from an Arsenal point of view. Not used to seeing us sit in and play balls in to the channels so much.

    9. Danstoke82
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Has Kane done anything?!

      1. Speédy
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        lots of shots for nothing

        1. Danstoke82
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Need something!

      2. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        He's one of theirs

    10. Sauzée
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      When Sané turns it on he looks like a great player.

      1. Grand Thibauto
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Whes Sane turns it on, he looks insane?

        1. Sauzée
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Insané in the membrané

          1. Latchmere Wave Machine
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 4 months ago

            In sané in de bruyne

    11. Speédy
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      come on kane(c),eriksen complete my perfect gw

    12. Lav
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Everyone doing Costa to Ibra

      Im keeping Costa and doing Kane to Ibra

      1. Klip Klopp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Everyone on here is doing kane to ibra

        1. The 12th Man
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          What if one has both of them?

      2. MoeZe3bi
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Everyone? :/

        1. Lav
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Thats what I saw on here yesterday

      3. MTPockets
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Or did the latter yesterday.

      4. Klip Klopp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        I accidentally played Heaton over Pickford tbis week. Any chance of Heaton grtting anything close to Pickford's 8 this week?

        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Sure, Kane might miss a pen

        2. Kaneyonero
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Keep jynxing so Kane will get his goal

        3. Tansey
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          CS not looking likely

        4. Over Midwicket
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          If Spurs get a pen, Jane will miss it

      5. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        McAuley to Ake seem a reasonable transfer to allow Kane to Ibrahimovic. I know Ake can't play against Chelsea in the next game.

        1. Latchmere Wave Machine
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Ake misses next week against parent club, so no

          1. Latchmere Wave Machine
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 4 months ago

            Re read your post, carry on!

        2. 4. Arsenal FC
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          If you have enough defenders to play next GW then yes. Wait till the game is finished though.

      6. Kaneyonero
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Kane quadhattrick yet?

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          That's what I'd need to save my gameweek.

        2. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Almost

      7. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Pep is a fraud

        1. Klip Klopp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Lol

        2. Lav
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Facts

      8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Wanyama almost

      9. French Gooner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        How's kane looking ?
        I m watching the arsenal game...

        1. Sailboats
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          He's not playing

        2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Like a man who breathes through his mouth

      10. MrMaverick
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        But on a more serious note, this place is way too reactionary

        Walcott was being shipped out in the masses = returns

        One good week from another player and mass transfers in eg Eriksen but I could go on

        Chasing points tbh

        1. Granville
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          I hung onto Walcott despite the pressure to switch him to Sanchez.

          1. Worzel Gummidge
              9 years, 4 months ago

              You not like Sanchez far superior output or other mids at the same price as Walcott doing better?

              1. MrMaverick
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Same price mids doing better? Can only see Lallana thanks to 19pt haul

                Bitter?

                1. Worzel Gummidge
                    9 years, 4 months ago

                    Bitter as I have owned players recently that have been outscoring Walcott. Correct, I am bitter. Also love getting all of Sanchez hauls. Again, bitter. Just because someone mentions other players have been doing better over the past 7/8 GWs doesn't make them bitter. Eriksen, Lallana, Siggy, even blooming Zaha.

            • rivercityransom
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              i mean ronka brought in eriksen for this gw too

            • Cok3y5murf
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              It's a merry go round

            • Latchmere Wave Machine
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              I have Walcott and Sanchez, still doing badly

          2. 4. Arsenal FC
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 4 months ago

            Arsenal fans!
            Should I keep Kane in my team and sacrifice my FPL this season so Kane can blank every week?

            1. Speédy
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              keep faith,half the game to go

            2. Leaf
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              Why do we care what happens in the shadows of mid table

              1. AndyCook
                  9 years, 4 months ago

                  Brilliant

              2. Vedas
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Yes do it

            3. Granville
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              City so need to make a change. What did Nolito do wrong to get dropped for this one? Never seen any manager tinker this much

              1. Sauzée
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                At least Navas isn't on!

              2. Ógie
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Dont know i was shocked not to see Nilito on the team sheet

              3. 4. Arsenal FC
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                mid-life crisis for Pep?

              4. TokyoRisingSun
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Best change City can make is a managerial change

              5. Syd.
                • 16 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                The new Tinkerman

              6. Business Cat
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Conte and Klopp really showing him up as a manager out of his depth. Pep would make an awesome Celtic manager.

              7. Latchmere Wave Machine
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Pep just playing about with this team, it's simply not upto it

            4. Ógie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              Rose and Marney hobbling

            5. Speédy
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              give me a kane goal assisted my eriksen,and then repeat it once

            6. JayBomb
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              People transferring Kane out as we speak

              1. TooDifficuIt
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                can't blame them

            7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              Kane needs to play Swansea at home to bring home the pts

              1. davies
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Nah but Dembele theory

            8. Kaneyonero
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              Kane might as well throw on a Burnley shirt

            9. MrMaverick
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 4 months ago

              Sanchez going off at HT would be marvellous

              1. Worzel Gummidge
                  9 years, 4 months ago

                  So you have missed all Sanchez hauls and thats why you made the nonsensical post above hahaha.

              2. Jigger & Pony
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Toby > Bellerin or Alonso? Like those Arsenal fixtures coming up...

              3. Hooky
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 4 months ago

                Walcott to Hazard for a hit in GW15 was not one of my finest moves. 3,0,3 from Haz since then and 7, 2, 6 and counting from Walcott. Sigh!

                1. The 12th Man
                  • 12 Years
                  9 years, 4 months ago

                  Thinking about going the other way unless Sanchez is hurt.

                  1. Hooky
                    • 11 Years
                    9 years, 4 months ago

                    I was too influenced by fixtures. Often my downfall!

                2. Latchmere Wave Machine
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 4 months ago

                  I did the same thing with lallana