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31 January 2017 4678 comments
Mark Mark
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Tuesday treats us to no less than seven Premier League fixtures as Gameweek 23 gets up and running.

Arsenal’s home encounter with Watford has earned Alexis Sanchez the top spot in our Captain Poll yet again, with the Chilean bagging a goal or assist in nine of the last ten Gameweeks.

Spurs make their way to Wearside with Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen all in fine form.

We’ve handed the latter two places in this week’s Scout Picks with the Black Cats hampered by injuries and suspension as they attempt to clamber out of the basement.

Kane, meanwhile, bagged third in our Captain Poll on the back of six goals and two assists in five.

We’re keeping a keen eye on mid-price midfielders Junior Stanislas and Matt Phillips ahead of clashes against Palace and Middlesbrough.

Both are in form and, crucially, have fixtures in Gameweek 26 and 28 – at present, Bournemouth and West Brom are two of only six sides guaranteed to feature on both occasions.

The same applies to Swansea pair Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente as Southampton roll up to the Liberty Stadium. Both were amongst the goals in the Gameweek 22 win at Anfield – their second victory in three since the departure of Bob Bradley.

Burnley’s Andre Gray is also a man in form – indeed, with five goals in as many matches prior to Leicester’s visit to Turf Moor, he earned a rare place in the Scout Picks.

All six of those matches get underway at 7.45pm, leaving Liverpool and Chelsea to play out the Tuesday fixtures in the 8pm kick-off.

Roberto Firmino bagged a brace in his previous Anfield appearance and could be key as the Reds attempt to avoid a fourth straight home loss in all competitions.

With a goal or assist in 16 of his 20 top-flight outings this term, Diego Costa was the most transferred in forward for the Gameweek at a time where the Eden Hazard exodus continues at pace, with over 122,000 FPL managers parting company with the Belgian ahead of tonight’s deadline.

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

  1. WVA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Had Siggy for 6 weeks, got 2 points every game bar one so take him out and he goes 7, 2, 7, 15, how's your luck!

    1. Sanchit
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      He scored 13 this week

    2. 1569Tippins
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      How's your poor decision*

    3. Zlat-man
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Im exact same boat! *sigh*

      1. Zlat-man
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        *in

    4. WVA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Yep, tough season!

    5. Kitman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      You are almost certainly not the only one

  2. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    I saw so many people triple up on Spurs too
    I reckon the attackers saw their FPL ownership rocket and bottled it

    1. Sanchit
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Yesterday was one of the rare games where Tottenham didn't score at all. Triple spurs could do wonders when they score even 3.
      All goals and assists would probably come through alli Eriksen and kane

      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        "When they score even 3."

        You make it sound as if that will be a common occurrence. But they have only done it 7 times in 23 games so far and EL kicks in soon.

        Having 3 Spurs attackers is complete and utter overkill.

        1. PvA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          This.
          I have 2 and I'm a little concerned even though they are good.

        2. Demel
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          I am happy with Eriksen.

  3. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    So happy I didn't take Luiz out for Alonso now
    Was hard after that 21 point haul

    1. Sanchit
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Sticking to the Chelsea Defender you have is the best tactic.
      Azpi bps magnet
      Alonso Oop
      Luiz FK's
      Cahill threat on set pieces

      1. PvA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        When I had Luiz, all people did was laugh and try and make fun of his FKs. Only a few said they liked the pick.

  4. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Grosicki in Hull \o/

  5. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Early captain thoughts for the weekend?

    1. SpaceCadet
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Harry K

    2. Reiko
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Kane/ Alli

    3. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Kane but not sure I trust him after last time.

    4. roflmaofc
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      aggu

    5. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Heaton

    6. Legomane
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Sergio naturally

    7. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Chris Brunt. Thank me later.

    8. Demel
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Easy. Kun.

    9. Ruth_NZ
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Lukaku.

  6. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Grant
    Alonso/Coleman/Brunt
    Sanchez/Dele/Eriksen/Phillips
    Ibra/Kaku/___

    Who should get last place ? 11.4 ITB

    1. Demel
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Carroll or Llorente (no blanks for either).

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        I want one of them for Ibra in GW26

        1. Demel
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          I am likely to have both plus Lukaku in 28.

          1. Atimis
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 day ago

            Nice idea

  7. Demel
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    I sold Sanchez laat night.

    che - HUL - blank - liv - blank

    Apart from 1 match of hiding behind the sofa it looks the logical move.

    1. ManofKent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Yes he could get a hat-trick past 'Pool's defence 😉

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        I could even soak up a hat trixk in that game however unlikely it is.

    2. FPL_Hazards
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Crazy to sell before HUL?

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        That is just one game.

    3. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      No Giroud and he wil be playing up top. Could have 6 goals in those 3 games.

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Could. But far more likely he won't.

    4. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Who did you sell for?

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Siggy. On track tp field full teams in both 26 and 28 without hits.

  8. DeeGee
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    RMT for for weekend. What transfers you suggest.

    Pickford* - Foster
    Alonso - Lovren - McAuley - Daniels - Amat*
    Sanchez - Lallana - Alli - Eriksen - Phillips
    Anichebe* - Ibra - Giroud

    1Ft. 1.5 itb.

    1. Demel
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Anichebe to Carroll or Llorente.

    2. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Save

    3. KUNingas
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Save

  9. Siva Mohan
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Thanks for your replies on last page.

    Cech | Pickford
    Jones | Baines | Alonso | Evans | Amat
    Sanchez | Alli | Eriksen | Phillips | Capoue
    Ibra | Carroll | Giru

    Giroud + Cech >> Lukaku + 4.5 Goalie

    --

    Hennessey [CPL] - SUN stk MID wba TOT WAT
    Grant [STK] - wba CPL tot MID manc CHE
    Randolph [WHU] - sou WBA wat CHE bou LEI hul

    choose one goalie, thanks.

  10. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Brunt only gets points at home, pass it on.

    1. FPL_Hazards
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Pretty sure we all knew that :-0

    2. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      I've seen him get 2 points away from home too.

  11. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Mannone
    Alonso Jones Pieters
    Mkhi Cout Sanchez Alli
    Ibra Kane Barnes

    Kuciak De Roon Evans Lenhian

    1FT 1.5M itb

    Any suggestions?

    I'm looking at either Pieters to Coleman (but he has decent fixtures does Pieters) or Mkhi/Cout downgrade to upgrade Barnes to Lukaku (Mkhi Cout have good fixtures too)

    1. Demel
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      You will be in trouble come gw 28. Pieters to Coleman is a start.

    2. _Gunner
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Pieters > Baines/Coleman

  12. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Who wins this bad boy:

    A. Zlatan & 7pts

    B. Lukaku, Snodgrass & Adam

    1. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Will Adam start?

    2. PvA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      B cause I bet he is the casual

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        😀

  13. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Will Crouch start, what yah reckon?

  14. The Road Dogg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Is it worth doing Chambers, Sanchez, Crouch > PVA, Anotnio, Benteke for a -8?

    I'm thinking Sanchez blanks twice and has chelsea away over the next few and Palace have plum fixtures and West Ham no blanks at all.

    1. The Road Dogg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      This will also free up 1.8m to spend elsewhere

    2. PvA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      No way. Don't take Sanchez out now. There is still like 3 GWs before blanks

      1. The Road Dogg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Only 2 gameweeks and one of them is Chelsea away.

        1. PvA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          Hmmm, Sanchez buried Chelsea in the last game they played - it wasn't the 343 Chelsea but still. It's a massive risk.

  15. The Road Dogg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Only two gameweeks and one of them is Chelsea away

    1. The Road Dogg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      whoops

  16. Camp No No
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    oh what a shitcrapper of a GW are we living.

    1. PvA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Ownership tactic makes even the bad GWs bearable

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        What makes this bearable to me is that most of the top of the table managers seem to have a bad GW too. Not sure if that's what you mean by "ownership tactic", I don't play that.

    2. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Really was a shocker....what could go wrong, did go wrong.

      Bum gravy....

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Only real upside for me is that I still did NOT have a FT to ship Capoue, so I kept him. 🙂

        1. Jafooli
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          On my bench again....only plus for me so far this GW is 2 x FTs 😛

          1. Camp No No
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 1 day ago

            Ok, so you rolled? I often do that accidentally, but this time I remembered to use my FT's. Badly needed, hope they pay off. This is the day, so far not so good with the transfers either but at least they give me a chance to still score this GW.

      2. Sylas
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        'Bum gravy' 😆

    3. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Surely it wasn't that bad. Everyone scored pretty low.

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        As I say above. 🙄

        The thing is, this will be a totally bumshit GW altogether for those who relied on players who played yesterday. The kind of GW with my style of feel good stories all around. It's obviously always less damaging to score low on a low scoring GW than on a high scoring one, but that's another matter. Those with a lot of Manchester or Everton players (or Stoke, Hull, WHam, for that matter) still have a chance to turn this to really sour for those who don't have many players left, though.

        1. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          Aguero's ownership still is almost 20%. If he returns to his old habits and scores a hatty tonight, that will kill the GW for non-owners.

          And quite a few, but still not the most, have transferred in Lukaku, Baines or Coleman recently. Another a plausible source of points that many will have missed.

          Finally, if you don't own Zlatan, he may own you tonight.

    4. Ruth_NZ
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Mine didn't really get going yet. I still have 7 to play.

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        See, Dingo, this is exactly the kind of thing that can still turn this into a really bad GW for those who had a lot of players playing yesterday.

  17. _Gunner
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Best Keeper for maximum 4.9m?

    1. The Road Dogg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Robles given fixture schedule?

      1. _Gunner
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Is he nailed on? I know Koeman said that he kept 3 consecutive cleansheets but does that meen he will be nailed long term?

        1. The Road Dogg
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          think he'll be nailed given their recent defensive performances. Why change anything...

    2. PvA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      We pick your team for you don't we?

      1. _Gunner
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        We are here to help each other, IF you don't want to help that is your call

  18. Begbie.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Rondon + Stanislas > Benteke + Morrison? Good moves? I'm done with Rondon. 2FT.

    1. _Gunner
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      I'd keep Rondon for the blanks, he was unlucky 2 weeks in row hitting the crossbar.

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Getting rid of 2 players with 28 fixtures looks crazy.

  19. Demel
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    I am on track to field 11 players in 26 and 28 with no hit. Green Green arrows... 🙂

    1. KUNingas
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      And what will your team looks like after that? 😀

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Whatever I want it to. I will wildcard in 29 to maximise the doubles 🙂

        1. Pasqualinho
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 1 day ago

          It's a reasonable strategy. If 28 wasn't so decimated it wouldn't be such good, but it is - and so there is an opportunity there. But people will try and put you off - mainly as (like me) they've little chance of fielding XI in 28.

    2. Sylas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Quality over quantity... I'm glad you've convinced yourself. 😆

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        I am confident that each week I will have plenty of quality.

  20. KUNingas
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Brunt or Coleman in?

    1. _Gunner
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Coleman for me.

  21. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Does anyone have a link to a table comparing Swansea's defenders?

  22. Jusagoras
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Heaton
    Alonso Baines McAuley
    Sanchez Alli Lallana Iwobi Phillips
    Ibra Kane

    Jaku Peters Amat Anichebe (1FT, 2.6 ITB)

    Am I right in thinking that Iwobi keeps starting stop ahead of Giroud, and saving?

    1. _Gunner
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Yes Good team, save

      1. Jusagoras
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Cheers

  23. Camp No No
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Any Rose injury update?

    1. Reiko
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Set to be assessed today

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Thanks!

  24. Karan_G14
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Early transfer thoughts. Have 2 FTs. Choose:

    A) Giroud & Chambers to Carroll & Coleman/Alonso

    B) Giroud & Chambers to
    Benteke & Coleman

    C) Giroud, Chambers & Rose to Carroll, Coleman & Alonso (-4)

    Appreciate your thoughts!

  25. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Who is Conor McGregor fighting next. I'd love to see that jackass get knocked the f out!

  26. Flynny
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Anyone else invest in Coleman last night to beat the price rise?

    Only for him not to rise......

    1. Polo
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Yep

    2. Reiko
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      o/

      For Chambers...

  27. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    1. Is Bony or Diouf back from AFCON?

    2. Crouch or Berahino to start up top?

    3. Adam to start?

  28. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Brunt still worth getting? I know he's a home man, but looked quite deep yesterday...

    1. Karan_G14
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      3 Home game in the next 4 - STK, CRY, BOU.

      Still a very good pick.

    2. Hurricane Gilbert
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Always deep when WBA play away

  29. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 day ago

    Best sub 6.5m fwd?

    1. Carroll (plays in 26 & 28)
    2. Llorente (plays in 26 & 28)
    3. Other

    1. Demel
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      I would get both. However, Llorente is less likely to break down.

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Nah, other will be Lukaku eventually and Costa on bench for 28

    2. Karan_G14
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 day ago

      Both good picks.

      Carroll if he manages to stay fit because I want Siggy.

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 day ago

        Cheers Karan...