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5 February 2017 3096 comments
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After Gabriel Jesus downed Swansea with a double at the Etihad, we make our way to the King Power as Leicester City entertain Manchester United in the final fixture of Gameweek 24.

Despite back-to-back blanks, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was once again the most captained player for this round of matches – he was handed the armband by 20.5% of Fantasy Premier League managers.

The likes of Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan could emerge as differentials against a defence that’s conceded at least twice in five of their last six home matches.

With a blank Gameweek 26 and potential blank in Gameweek 28, though, Jose Mourinho’s men are far from our short-term plans right now.

Leicester’s unconvincing form at both ends of the pitch bodes well for the Red Devils – with a single goal scored in the last six Gameweeks, those holding the likes of David de Gea and Antonio Valencia will be optimistic of a clean sheet.

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  1. SwissGuinness
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Good team for GW28 (if all the PL teams win in the cup) ?

    Jakupovic
    Brunt, Smith, Funes Mori, McAuley
    Sigurdsson, Phillips, Barkley
    Lukaku, Carroll, (Kane)

    Subs : Grant ; Hazard, Alonso, Allen

    1. SwissGuinness
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      It would cost me -8 in the next 4 gameweeks

    2. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Of course, Señor. Only 3 games or whatever. So having a full squad is an automatic positive. But maybe get Smith out of there for Baines or Coleman if poss. Or Brunty.

  2. Guvnor
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Foster (Valdes)
    Baines Brunt Yoshida Chambers
    Stan Sanchez Philips
    Negredo Ibra (C) Kaku (VC)

    Bench: Lallana, Allen, Lovren
    1FT. 3.2 ITB

    A) Lallana > Siggy/Barkley
    B) Allen > Siggy/Barkley
    C) Negredo > Defoe
    D) Save

  3. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    If Jones fit for next GW, will Jose start jim ahead of Smalling or Bailly?

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Him*

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Ahead of Smalling

    3. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You'd think so, JM really likes him.

    4. BENOIT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Will be interesting to see...Smalling my guess

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Get Martial on for Mata

  5. BENOIT
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I need a low ownership midfielder for around the £6m mark...

    Thoughts on Chadli?

    Any other suggestions?

    1. Stokelona
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Stay away mate, I bought him about 6 weeks ago as a differential to Phillips and he always comes off around 60 minutes. He'd be better playing no 10 but morrisons playing there.

      1. BENOIT
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        He's getting back to fitness isn't he?

        Sure Pulis said something about getting him up to speed like before his injury!?

        1. Stokelona
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Chadli said he was fully fit and up to speed back in December, it's 11 weeks since he's been back. Pulis talks some rubbish sometimes

          1. Stokelona
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            He got a good assist yesterday but it's just frustrating owning him when he's always taken off for McLean

  6. Christina.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Bye bye mr no 1 overall...

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/2697186/event/24

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      why bench Alonso?

      1. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        amateur

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He's had his 5 minutes of fame. Been on podcasts and tv shows.

    3. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes he will be eaten up

    4. MTPockets
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Sad knut

    5. J0E
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      About to be caught up by the ffs keague no. 1 ... as it should be 🙂

      Think he'll cling on but that 50 pt lead down to about 5.

  7. TLF
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Afternoon all,

    Stan to Siggy or Barkley ?

    Current team is

    Heaton (Robo)

    Alonso, Brunt, Coleman, Pieters, Amat

    Sanchez (C), Eriksen, Alli, Phillips, Stanislas

    Ibra, Carroll, Lukaku

    Cheers

  8. The Man Pastore
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    PVA/Lallana/Alli --> Cahill/Siggy/Antonio for -4pts. Yay or Nay ?

  9. boc610
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Oh Jamie if only you went to arsenal ....youd be back at Leicester on loan

  10. Sims
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I read somme comment on here about ibra missing two game weeks?

    Isn't the carling up weekend the only one he will miss?

    United arsenal city soton are the only teams with blanks right or am I missing something?

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Gw28

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Any premier league teams that make the FA cup quarter finals will also have a blank in GW28

    3. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      GW26 is certain. GW28 is a possibility

    4. dhamphiir
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      and Man united will probably miss in gw 28 if they win FA cup 5th round

    5. Christina.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      yes, but people like to worry about something that's more than a month away.

    6. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah but 28 is a blank if they beat Blackburn.

    7. Sims
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Thanks a lot everyone

  11. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ighalo Deeney Payet Mahrez Vardy...pretty stunning that ALL of them appear to be one season wonders, would have thought at least one could build on that.

    1. vickyz r3d d3vil$ !!!
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Mahrez should have forced out a move in summer like payet..now that his value has reduced considerably

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I can't figure him out, honestly.

        1. vickyz r3d d3vil$ !!!
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          He might have seen hazard's ghost of 2015-16

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Payet still is class, proved it in the summer during the Euros

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

        He was pants in the big games when they really needed him.

        Other than that last minute free kick in the opening game, did he do anything?

    3. dark91
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Deeney is still fairly good, at least much better than the rest

    4. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      When the whole team is in the gutter, the individual merits of a player can get lost in the mix. Think a lot of it, some anyway, is tied to that kind dynamic.

  12. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Stick with this squad for next week and save up 2FTs for the blank week? ?

    Pickford Grant
    Coleman Pieters Holebas Amat McAuley
    Alli Sanchez Eriksen Phillips Capoue
    Ibra Benteke Lukaku

  13. MartialMatas
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Pogba Jones de Roon -> Siggy Snod Robertson -4?

  14. martyhan
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Kun and Erickson to Kane and siggy for -4?

    Have lukaku

  15. faver
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Why people get rid of Spurs assets? They have decentish fixtures and history of high scores. Am I missing something?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      0 and 1

      1. Syd.
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        binary code?

      2. faver
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Thats not a very good reason to abandon either of their top 3.

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 17 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Replacements have outscored them by plenty.

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

      Games agaist sun and MID, 1 penalty to show between Kane Alli and Eriksen

      Less than amazing

  16. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ibra not even on for baps 🙁

    1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Great news

  17. Sonic Huth
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Kane-Costa? Yes or no, Have everything else sorted out

  18. Jay_
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ibra out of bonus

  19. Syd.
    • 17 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Still 0-0?

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Ibra out of the baps

    Time to sell

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He'll be back again after his 2nd goal

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      match over?

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

    Come on zlatan,score the 7 point goal

  22. vickyz r3d d3vil$ !!!
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Lord Zlatan..kindly match the points of Lord Jesus

  23. Magic Bean
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Who are on baps?

      1. Magic Bean
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers. Jeeez they got a website for everything

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Valcenia - 1
      Smalling - 2
      Mkhitaryan - 3

  24. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hair Ball coming on....

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Mata off....

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Mata off. Pogba pushed further forward?

  25. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    OFF Mata
    ON Fellaini

  26. Mr. Blonde
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Any reason not to pull the trigger on Capoue Giroud to Carroll Siggy -4?

    1. Whats the Huth
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Giroud has Hull next

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

        ...will be coming off the bench probably

      2. Mr. Blonde
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        He'll be on the bench and hull are doing very well defensively. And only way I can fund siggy who I need

      3. Danstoke82
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Hull have turned a corner and gaining unlikely momentum. They won't be a push over.

        It's a game that Arsenal could potentially slip up in again IMO

  27. Whats the Huth
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Would you prefer

    Giroud vs Hull
    Jesus vs Bournemouth

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Seriously?

      1. Whats the Huth
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Seriously

        1. Syd.
          • 17 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Be Jesus boy

    2. Mr. Blonde
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Jesus by a long way

    3. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      J v B

    4. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Easy one.

      1. Whats the Huth
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Really?
        Surprised

  28. Syd.
    • 17 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Mata off

    50 minutes after he should have been off

  29. The Royal Robin
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Going from bad to worse for me, gone from 68,735 to 94,070, I'll be out of the top 100K after tomorrow. Need a real surge next week. Anyone else moreorless given up?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      No games tomorrow.

      1. The Royal Robin
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Exactly, end of this week's GW and rank's will be updated.

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Given up?

    3. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      That isn't time to give up territory by any means. Chin up. I know I would gladly take that rank right now. 🙁

  30. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    If Vardy had signed for Arsenal would Arsenal be higher up the league?

    1. The Royal Robin
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I'm going to say no.

    2. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      No for me

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Couldn't see any difference as it the defence and midfield engine room that letting Arsenal down

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

      No...he'd just be Lucas Perez and hardly get a game