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14 January 2017 1888 comments
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Fancy a year in China with a few – and by few we mean 30 – million quid to cover some of the basic costs while you’re there?

You don’t have to answer straight away. Have a think about it.

And while you’re doing that, you might as well check out the Anytime Goalscorer and Clean Sheet odds Paddy has lined up for the weekend. Just in case, you know, things don’t quite…work out with the…with the China…thing.

Before that, here’s the latest Enhanced Offers for new customers opening an account this weekend.

And some of them are seriously enhanced,  like the monstrous 16-1 you can get on Liverpool beating Man United in Sunday’s match of the weekend.

If you’re a United fan or just think the Red Devils will win, or both, (what with it being at Old Trafford and everything), then there’s 10-1 available on exactly that outcome.

Sunday’s other offering, Man City v Everton, also gets some odds – 8-1 on Pep’s boys winning at Goodison.

Chelsea’s trip to Leicester was always going to be tricky. The Foxes are vaguely remembering how defending champions are meant to act, while the Blues have now completely forgotten how teams on a long unbeaten run should behave.

And now, you know, Diego and the…the China thing. Still, you can get 8-1 on Antonio Conte to prove that nobody is bigger than the team.

Arsenal beating Swansea looks considerably more predictable, unless Alexis Sanchez gets a pre-match offer to play up front in a 3-5-2 far, far away with Diego, and Paddy are offering 7-1 on the Gunners winning.

The Wenger boys also feature in this week’s Acca, with 20-1 available on Arsenal, West Ham and Chelsea all winning.

The Hammers, who have their own issues with the talent at the moment, are at home to Palace. And at least their unhappy bunny only wants to go back to France.

Be sure to check the terms and conditions on all those offers and, of course, we should state that all these specials are only available to those aged 18 or over. And if you’re going to wager, always gamble responsibly.

ANYTIME GOALSCORER ODDS – GAMEWEEK 21

Player Team Odds
Aguero MCI 1.80
Sanchez ARS 1.83
Giroud ARS 1.83
Kane TOT 2.00
Perez ARS 2.10
Ibrahimovic MUN 2.25
Wilson BOU 2.29
Son TOT 2.40
Defoe SUN 2.50
Benteke CRY 2.50
Iheanacho MCI 2.60
Hazard CHE 2.62
Alli TOT 2.70
Lukaku EVE 2.70
Batshuayi CHE 2.70
Hernandez HUL 2.80

 

Alexis Sanchez is the overwhelming captaincy favourite of Gameweek 21, but not the scorer of choice for Paddy.

Fantasy bosses look at the Arsenal man’s away goalscoring record (10 on the road, three at the Emirates) and factor in Swansea’s home form (seven goals coughed up in their last two matches) and that’s good enough for them.

Paddy, however, has gone for Sergio Aguero (1.80), compared to Alexis on 1.83. The Argentinian has been drafted in by nearly 76,000 managers ahead of City’s trip to Everton, but he still lags well behind Sanchez’s 36.7% ownership figures.

Spurs entertain West Brom in today’s lunchtime match, with the Baggies conceding, on average, just a goal per away trip.

Harry Kane (2.00) hasn’t scored at White Hart Lane since Gameweek 15 and is owned by just 15.5% of Fantasy managers, so you can see why it is the Arsenal man proving a more popular armband choice there as well.

This week’s bandwagon boy, Dele Alli, has been bought in by a staggering half a million-plus managers on the back of his seven goals in four Gameweeks. He’s at 2.70 to continue that streak.

Coincidentally, Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi is also at 2.70 to score at Leicester, with Eden Hazard – another contender to take over up top in the absence of Diego Costa – at 2.62.

Of the outliers, the 3.40 you can get on Robert Snodgrass making it three league goals on the spin when Bournemouth visit looks tidy.

Stoke’s Peter Crouch is priced at 3.60 to ‘do a Snodgrass’ at Sunderland, and you can get 6.00 on the third most popular transfer-in of the Gameweek, Albion’s Matt Phillips, to score against Spurs.

* As sharper eyes quickly noticed, we originally stated that Kane was at Evens with Paddy, which was correct when we checked first thing this morning. The odds have since been updated to a decimal value so we’ve changed the article accordingly. Apologies for the confusion, most of which resided with the author.

CLEAN SHEET ODDS – GAMEWEEK 21

Team Odds
Tottenham 1.72
Chelsea 2.29
Arsenal 2.40
Watford 2.40
Southampton 2.50
Man United 2.75
Man City 2.75
Middlesbrough 3.00
Bournemouth 3.10
West Ham 3.20

Paddy has really got the hots for Spurs this weekend, making them the clear favourites, at 1.72, to keep a clean sheet.

The news that Nathan Ake has been recalled to Chelsea from his Bournemouth loan has made him the second most transferred-in defender of the Gameweek, with managers presumably taking a punt on him being an immediate, and cut-price, starter in the Blues’ back line.

That’s a proper gamble. Take him out of the equation, however, and Tottenham’s Danny Rose is one of the defenders of choice for Fantasy bosses, with just over 58,000 drafting him in this week.

Middlesbrough’s Calum Chambers just edges Rose for transfers-in and Boro are at 3.00 to keep a cleanie at Vicarage Road, while Watford are at 2.40 to do the same, so Paddy’s getting a 0-0 feeling about that one.

Burnley have just about given up travelling this season. When you’ve managed one whole point from away matches, you might as well save a lot of time, effort and money and just send an email congratulating the opposition on the three points.

But at Turf Moor, they are strangely awesome. And they’re also 3.40 to blank visitors Southampton today. The Saints are priced even lower to keep their sheets clean – 2.50 – so that could be another potential 0-0 worth investigating.

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  1. D0GS B0110XS FC
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    quick pol for captain?

    a - sanchez
    b - giroud
    c - alli

    1. Bobby_Baggio
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

    2. Aubaaaaa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

    3. ZakAFC_
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

  2. Littlefish92
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Capitan pick ?

    Hazard v Leicester
    Sanchez or giroud v Swansea
    Kun v Everton
    Kane v west brom

    1. Aubaaaaa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Sanchez v Swansea

    2. Bobby_Baggio
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Sanc

  3. Eric the King
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Hmm...

    Costa to Giroud
    Or
    Costa / Allen to Aguero / Fraser (-4)?

    1. Guru Mediation
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Gru

    2. Aubaaaaa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Giroud

  4. ZakAFC_
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    GTG?

    Heaton
    Alonso Chambers Pieters Brunt
    Sanchez Hazard Eriksen Phillips
    Ibra Giroud

    Grant Origi de Roon Kingsley

  5. Numb
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Got a feeling that Costa owners will inadvertently benefit from a Giroud haul this weekend. Seems to be the way this season.

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      yes ive never got a haul from giroud............... fate has to chose

      1. Numb
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Have you done the move?

  6. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    "The news that Nathan Ake has been recalled to Chelsea from his Bournemouth loan has made him the most transferred-in defender of the Gameweek, with managers presumably taking a punt on him being an immediate, and cut-price, starter in the Blues’ back line."

    He has been losing ownership ever since the Chelsea news. According to FFFix atleast. He was brought in in numbers before the news though.

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      yes this is an odd part of the article, most have dropped him due to risk of non-starts

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        yes, and in addition, the Ake transfer gave a lot of teams 4 CFC players, and they had to transfer one out anyway before making other transfers. Before last nights Costa news the choice was pretty easy.

    2. MTPockets
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah I wondered about that.

  7. Scotty B
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Ibra or Giroud captain??

    1. Aubaaaaa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Giroud

  8. Swanny18
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Assuming Ake won't play, should I have Kingsley as first sub or play AOA and start Capoue?

  9. GuillermoDickero
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    My whole bench is flagged as red. Let's hope my whole 11 starts otherwise I'm screwed!

  10. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    New template:

    Heaton - Jaku
    Rose - Azpi - Jones - Baines - Amat
    Hazard - Sanchez - Sterling - Phillips - Lallana
    Ibra - Kane - Diomande

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Can't take a team without Brunt seriously

    2. rogerbarton
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Template? That team costs about £110m.

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        About £106m. Just miss out on affording it so downgraded Baines to Chambers.

  11. GloryBXI
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Costa to Lukaku for a -4 or take Phillips score?

    1. HazardAGuess
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      If you think Lukaku will score you at least 6 points, maybe? Probably worth it given Lukaku's upcoming fixtures vs. Chelsea's - regardless is Costa is back.

    2. MTPockets
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Probably needs at least a goal to break even.

  12. karvs155
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Ibra will play?

    1. ZakAFC_
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

  13. ZakAFC_
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Play Brunt or Origi?

    1. Aubaaaaa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Brunt

    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      brunt nailed to start, origi likely to be benched

  14. Costa's Counsellor
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Who do you reckon will end up being the highest scoring player in the game this season?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Alex

      1. Costa's Counsellor
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        He retired from Milan last year mate.

        1. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Alexis

          But just because Brunt missed half the season

    2. Qubit
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Sanchez.

  15. keano
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Costa to
    a)Giroud
    b)Aguero

    1. Lecky Legs FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      B

    2. MTPockets
      9 years, 6 months ago

      b

    3. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      kun

    4. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      B like me

  16. Lizard Lips
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    What's on your wishlist?

    (1) George Friend to finally get a start
    (2) Giroud, my bogey player, to bring in any sort of return

    1. Aubaaaaa
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      1. Because I've got him in my team too.

    2. Individual
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      2) as well. I'm a Gooner but hate having le donkey in my team, makes watching us move from figuratively to literally unwatchable. He's on a hot streak now, but he and Theo both have the same capability of missing absolute p*** easy sitters. Hoping too I finally get some points from him - more than 6 would be great seen as I got him in for Costa for the -4 last night!!

  17. white lightning
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    (a) Costa to Defoe for -4 or
    (b) play Phillips

    Thanks.

    1. MTPockets
      9 years, 6 months ago

      b. Holding Costa personally (for today at least).

    2. seanysheep
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I buckled under the stress and went for A late last night

  18. GE
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Transfer in Coutinho this GW on a WC, or wait?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      He blanks tomorrow so wait

    2. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I'd wait

    3. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Get him next week if he looks good

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

      Thanks 🙂

  19. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Last tweak of wildcard.

    A) Walker & Rose and next gw Mustafi in for one of them

    B) Mustafi & Rose and save FT next gw

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Always try saving FTs on WC

  20. Costa's Counsellor
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Where's my grav gone?!

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      To China

  21. Sonic Huth
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Costa - Kane as soon as the GW starts to avoid price drop
    Yay or nay?

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Let the gw finish at least

  22. Lizard Lips
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Think I've owned Giroud for 20 games over the last few seasons and maybe sneaked 1 or 2 goals from him. Having just bought him in I urge owners to consider he is now heavily voodooed, I apologise in advance.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I'm owning him for the first time ever. Lucky omen. Hat-trick on the way

  23. manu4life99
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    A) Kosc & Smith
    B) Jones & Mustafi/Gabriel
    C) Other £11m combo

  24. Sid07
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Have 1 ft
    Jacku and hennessey are my keepers
    Save and hope one of them starts on ditch Hennessey
    If ditch Hennessy to ??

  25. soup natsi
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Already brought Giroud in for Origi last weekend, so having hard time choosing a replacement for Costa. For a hit too. Would you keep, or go A. Lukaku B. Defoe. Not happy with the fixtures of both tbh.

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Lukaku out of those

    2. MTPockets
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Both have ok fixtures for a while - Lukaku's better.

      Defoe: STO, wba, TOT, cry, SOU, eve, MCI, mid, BUR, wat
      Lukaku: MCI, cry, sto, BOU, mid, SUN, tot, WBA, HUL, liv

  26. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Crikey, is that the time?! I need to stop goofing around on FFS and make some transfers!!!

    Need to get that Brazilian Spanish fella out of my team.

    1. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Hold him, take 2 FTs into the next week.

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Sabotage!!!!

    2. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Do it
      Feels good

  27. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    You have to love a massively hung-over last-minute wildcard.

    1. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Can I get opions on this please!! I'm royally screwed:

      Heaton Grant

      Rose Baines Jones Chambers Brunt

      Sanchez Eriksen Alli Phillips Stanis

      Lukaku Giroud Ibrah

      1. XabiAlonso
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Pretty template apart from no haz. I think it's good tho

      2. 42towels
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Looks good! (but then I have 11 of those players)

        Money spread all over, so benching issues will have to be dealt with, but good for flexibility moving forward into BGWs and DGWs.

  28. RajGas
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Thinking of another chelsea midfielder but not Hazard, ideas?

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      pedro/william

  29. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Costa owners and Chelsea fans have no idea how hilarious this is to the rest of us 😛

    1. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Absolutely.

      Great fun

    2. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Couldn't have happened to a nicer club! And the Payet thing for West Ham as well! Karma?

    3. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Enjoy the +1s 😉

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Would have done better at the top of the next page 😉

    4. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      certainly livened things up on ere

  30. Romford Pele - Don't w…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Does anyone have the links of the teams for the guys on the scoutcast? Thanks!