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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, 2 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, 2 months ago

      It would cost me -8 in the next 4 gameweeks

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

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

    1. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Him*

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

      Ahead of Smalling

    3. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      You'd think so, JM really likes him.

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

      Will be interesting to see...Smalling my guess

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

    Get Martial on for Mata

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

    Bye bye mr no 1 overall...

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

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      why bench Alonso?

      1. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        amateur

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

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

    3. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Yes he will be eaten up

    4. MTPockets
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Sad knut

      • J0E
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 2 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.

    5. TLF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 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

    6. The Man Pastore
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

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

    7. boc610
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

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

    8. Sims
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 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, 2 months ago

        Gw28

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

        GW26 is certain. GW28 is a possibility

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

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

      5. Christina.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

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

      6. Netley Lucas
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah but 28 is a blank if they beat Blackburn.

      7. Sims
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks a lot everyone

    9. tm245
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 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, 2 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, 2 months ago

          I can't figure him out, honestly.

          1. vickyz r3d d3vil$ !!!
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

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

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

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

      4. The Enlightener
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 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.

    10. For Fuchs Sake
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 2 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

    11. MartialMatas
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

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

    12. martyhan
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Kun and Erickson to Kane and siggy for -4?

      Have lukaku

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

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

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        0 and 1

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

          binary code?

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

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

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            Replacements have outscored them by plenty.

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

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

        Less than amazing

    14. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Ibra not even on for baps 🙁

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Great news

    15. Sonic Huth
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

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

    16. Jay_
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Ibra out of bonus

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

        Still 0-0?

      • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Ibra out of the baps

        Time to sell

        1. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          He'll be back again after his 2nd goal

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

          match over?

      • Speédy
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Come on zlatan,score the 7 point goal

      • vickyz r3d d3vil$ !!!
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Lord Zlatan..kindly match the points of Lord Jesus

      • Magic Bean
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Who are on baps?

          1. Magic Bean
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers. Jeeez they got a website for everything

        1. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Valcenia - 1
          Smalling - 2
          Mkhitaryan - 3

      • Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Hair Ball coming on....

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Mata off....

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

          Mata off. Pogba pushed further forward?

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

        OFF Mata
        ON Fellaini

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

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

        1. Whats the Huth
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Giroud has Hull next

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

            ...will be coming off the bench probably

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

      • Whats the Huth
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Would you prefer

        Giroud vs Hull
        Jesus vs Bournemouth

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

          Seriously?

          1. Whats the Huth
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            Seriously

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

              Be Jesus boy

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

          Jesus by a long way

        3. Netley Lucas
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          J v B

        4. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Easy one.

          1. Whats the Huth
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            Really?
            Surprised

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

        Mata off

        50 minutes after he should have been off

      • The Royal Robin
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 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, 2 months ago

          No games tomorrow.

          1. The Royal Robin
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

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

        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Given up?

        3. The Enlightener
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 2 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. 🙁

      • dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

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

        1. The Royal Robin
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          I'm going to say no.

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

          No for me

        3. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 2 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, 2 months ago

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