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31 December 2016 3021 comments
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A Gameweek that has delivered modest returns so far, continues at pace with an tea-time encounter of some promise.

Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield, with Fantasy managers on alert and on a scouting mission as Sergio Aguero makes a return from a four-match ban to lead the attack for Pep Guardiola’s men.

There’s also a significant change in the Reds line-up, as manager Jurgen Klopp brings Emre Can into his starting XI, shifting Roberto Firmino back to the central striker role, with Divock Origi dropping to the bench.

The Belgian went into Gameweek 19 found in more than 434,000 FPL squads having provided four goals and two assists in his last six appearances.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. FPL Footy Show Pod
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    3 rage transfers for a -8 done

    Shaqiri, Tekkers and Sterling in

    Wish me luck !

    1. Rossamous
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Why Shaqiri?

    2. MarvelouSuccess
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      why shaqiri? he's awful. better off getting allen as he has done more at a much cheaper price.

  2. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    team in a bit of disarray but have 2FTs...who to get rid of first?

    A: Siggy
    B: Carroll
    C: Kane
    D: Walcott
    E: Smith

    Grant
    Mcauly Valencia Holebas -- Smith naylor
    Hazard sanchez walcott siggy -- fletcher
    kane ibra carroll

    1. Rossamous
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Kane and Walcott out for Aguero and Phillips? Can you afford that?

    2. MarvelouSuccess
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      siggy and kane imo. phillips and costa in.

  3. mr messi
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Is Origi to Carroll an ok move? If not Carroll then who is the best striker up to 6.4m?

    1. MarvelouSuccess
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      get negredo. he has good fixtures.

  4. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    0.1m off Kane & Siggy to Aguero and Phillips 🙁

    1. ***00tennis***
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      that 0.1 arrggghhh.....whats your team Smurf?

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        It's such a pain. My team is:

        Foster / Jaku
        Alonso / Jones / Pieters / Nyom / Amat
        Hazard / Ozil / Eriksen / Ozil / De Roon
        Ibra / Kane / Lukaku

        0.0m ITB 🙁

        1. MarvelouSuccess
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          shocking defence smurf

        2. Tangerine
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          Ozil heavy

    2. Loðbrók
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Stanislas

    3. Rossamous
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      How about Zaha?

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Much rather have Phillips with form and fixtures on his side plus no AFCON.

    4. ***00tennis***
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      who's the 2nd Ozil Smurf?

  5. Christina.
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    oh boy.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      At least you have your captain.

  6. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    just cant catch a break lately 😕

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      hope origi comes on and scores 2nd half

  7. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    City's play putting me off bringing in Kun this week. Anyone else thinking same?

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      i would hate to go without a fit kun for any length of time, we all know what he can do

    2. Swan - Villa Proud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Nope. He's coming in

    3. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      They won't be playing a good team every week. Hehe.

      1. Swan - Villa Proud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Lol +1. Sums up the league really

      2. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        They have been appalling in recent weeks anyway.

    4. Christina.
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Im worried. Need to sell Origi though.

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Sunderland next

      2. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        I'd hold Origi for Sun game, good chance of starting. I'm looking to bring in that Lallana fella.

      3. Swan - Villa Proud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Sunderland on Monday and he's likely to start

    5. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      I'm not seeing anything to worry me currently.

      Sticking to Ibra Costa

      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        I need to sell this Kane fella. Surely, Costa over Kun atm.

  8. ***00tennis***
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Y or N gents? TV=£106m ITB=£0.4m

    Have exact money to do this tonight as Phillips going up 0.1

    Siggy>>Phillips
    Costa>>Kun

    Plan is to use 1 x FT most weeks between Kun/Ibra/Costa depending on fixtures to have 2/3

    Heaton/Pickford
    Alonso/Azpil/Bellerin/Jones/Amat
    Alexis/Lallana/Eriksen/*Siggy*/Zaha
    Ibra/*Costa*/Anichebe

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      It's hard to get rid of Costa with the form he's in.

      1. ***00tennis***
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Yes thanks, he has LEI after TOT as well(although slightly fix proof I know) - just a thought of switching between the 3 (with 1 x FT each week etc).....of Ibra/Costa/Kun especially when 1 of them have supposedly an easy fixture....

    2. Conte Cristo
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      just do siggy > phillips and leave costa

      1. ***00tennis***
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Yep cheers - like that

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Costa to Kun? How much have you had to drink??

  9. D0GS B0110XS FC
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    one week punt before i wc, what you guys think?

    hazard, siggy and origi out for aguero, phillips and zaha?

  10. TheBusDriver
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Has 13m Aguero even touched the ball?

    1. Beatle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      12.8

      1. Tommyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Lol

    2. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      12.8.

    3. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      He nearly touched it when Mignolet channelled his inner Ronaldinho.

      1. Jazz!
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        😀

  11. Tommyg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Those man city fixtures look ripe for aguero after the pool match. Burley, Everton and west ham.

    Spurs in the middle but there defence seems to be in shambles currently anyway.

    Any takers?

    1. Swan - Villa Proud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Bringing in Kun. Sold Walker for Baines on Thursday but will plan to get a spurs defender back for GW24 on. Fixtures improve significantly

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      How many points would you want from Aguero in those games to justify his price?

      1. Tommyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Well I'd be captaining him so a goal would do nicely. To be fair his scores speak for themselves.

    3. thunder_mike
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Spurs have one of the best defenses in the league

      1. Swan - Villa Proud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        So do Chelsea and they conceded 2 at home It's a lottery most weeks and Spurs have tricky fixtures coming up

      2. Tommyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Concerned against pool, arsenal, Chelsea and man u.

        1. Tommyg
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          Conceeded*

  12. Clump
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Exact funds tonight to Siggy & Kane to Kun & Phillips. -4
    Another early price driven transfer 🙂

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Doing the same but with Ibra 🙂

      1. Jazz!
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        😮

        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          Could take a hit and keep Ibra but not sure how many times I'm going to captain him.

          1. Jazz!
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 11 months ago

            The most inform striker in the most inform team imo. We're controlling every single game. Don't think it is wise to sell. Even if you don't captain him, you'll still get his double digit hauls 😎

      2. Clump
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Nice Berbs.
        Gives Me Ibra & Kun!

        1. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 11 months ago

          And then.. Costa and Kane score! That's how it goes, right? 😉

          1. Clump
            • 11 Years
            8 years, 11 months ago

            Nailed it 🙂

      3. Tommyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Thinking the same.

  13. Cruz88
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Which is best:

    A) Siggy, hazard, Amat > Alli, pogba, Ake (-4)
    B) Siggy and Amat > Phillips and Baines (keep Hazard)

    1. Loðbrók
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      B

  14. Conte Cristo
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Heaton
    Alonso Ake Vertong McAuley
    Lallana Alli Hazard Allen
    Costa Ibra
    Forster Defoe Barry VvD*
    0 ITB 1 FT
    Was thinking VvD > Baines, thoughts?

  15. Tansey
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    what channel is game on?

    1. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Bt sport

    2. Neeskens Under Matip
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Kodi, castaway, dimsports, link 6

  16. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Man City 3 touches in the box. More than I've had in ages 🙁

    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      😆

  17. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    I have a grand total of 2 points from my goalkeeper and defenders this week.

    Foster (2)
    Alonso (0) / Nyom (0) / Jones (0) / Pieters (0) / Amat (0)

    1. TheBusDriver
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      2 points better than me then..

    2. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      loool. good one 😀

      similar . Heaton(2) Alonso (0) Cedric(0) Evans)2) Amat(0) Pieters(0)

    3. PlayPercentage
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Same for a lot of people this week.
      Except for people who have Baines. Concedes two goals and gets 3 BPs.

  18. PlayPercentage
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    The key question: Should people transfer Aguero in for 2017?

  19. makaveli123
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Tony Martial, na na na.

  20. tm245
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Sergio, stay safe and stay quiet, I'm welcoming you back tonight.

    1. Fred54
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Are you his drip doctor?

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Ha!

  21. TSILIKAFENEIAKOS
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    best Llorente replacement for up to 6.4 ?

    1. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Gray ...not much at that level...

      Rondon is 6.7...

      Dunno bout carroll

    2. PlayPercentage
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Gray is the obvious rage transfer.
      Some tough away fixtures coming up, though.

    3. jam
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Think I'd say Negredo for now

  22. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    There will be a lot of lol'ing @ aguero owners if he blanks in next 45 mins & doesn't start v Burnley.

    There will be a lot of lol'ing @ non-owners if he doesn't.

    Either way.

    There will be a lot of lol'ing.

    1. makaveli123
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Lol

      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        Lol

  23. Flynny
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Any views on a minus 8 for

    Kane llorente and Hazard

    To

    Costa Kun stanislas

    To give

    Heaton pickford
    Alonso Jones cedric Pieters amat
    Sanchez lallana zaha stanislas capoue
    Kun ibra Costa

    And just enough to cash for zaha to Phillips next week?

    Thanks

  24. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Bentekkers looks like a great captaincy option for GW20 at home to Swansea.

    1. greghammer95
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Indeed.

  25. FPL Puppy
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    2 FT, but thinking of taking a -4.

    Holebas, Siggy, Kane -> Brunt, Philips, Costa

    Thoughts?

    1. ***00tennis***
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Brunt likely to move to LB with Nyom off to AFCON.....

  26. andymck
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Thought I'd pulled a blinder with Phillips today but turns out half the chumps in my mini league have him 😐

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

      But the other half don't...still a win

  27. Earn your Spurs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    What do you think is in Klopps mind about Origi?
    a> Dropped as a one off to strengthen midfield vs City and will start vs Sunderland
    b> His time has passed and he'll just be an occasional substitute now behind Sturridge
    c> Other

    thanks 🙂

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      A, I would think.

    2. andymck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Either way he's probably going to be nailed to the bench in a couple of weeks once Coutinho's back.

      1. Earn your Spurs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        But Mane goes so Coutinho just steps in there?

  28. Ghost86
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Which combo is better?

    A) Lallana + Carroll
    B) Philips + Benteke

    1. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      B

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      B for me, phillips is a machine

    3. ***00tennis***
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      B although Lallana is a great pick at price

  29. James101
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 11 months ago

    Will origi come on?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      He might especially if 1-1

    2. andymck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Can see him coming on for Lallana for the last 20 mins

    3. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      Doubt it at 1 0

    4. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 11 months ago

      More than likely

  30. Jay_
      8 years, 11 months ago

      ----------------------Foster-----------------------
      ------------Alonso Jones Pieters------------
      Sanchez Hazard Pogba Lallana Phillips
      ----------------Ibrahimovic Kane--------------
      -------------------------------------------------------
      Pickford (!) Anichibe (!) Holebas Amat (!)

      FT used (Siggy > Phillips) 2.1m ITB, 0 FT

      Plan was always to do Kane to Aguero for a hit but with Costa scoring again and having no bench except Holebas, I'm really unsure what to do. What looks best?

      A) Kane > Aguero (c) -4
      B) Kane > Costa -4 (then Pieters to Bellerin over break)
      C) Amat > 6.1 def -4
      D) Leave it as it is

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 16 Years
        8 years, 11 months ago

        60 minutes might have a clear answer.

        1. Jay_
            8 years, 11 months ago

            True, 2 quick fire Pool goals with Aguero subbed would be nice