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12 February 2017 912 comments
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Sunday treats us to two more Gameweek 25 matches as Burnley entertain Chelsea in the early 1.30pm kick-off.

The Clarets may well offer stubborn resistance to the league leaders today. Sean Dyche’s men are no pushovers in front of their own fans, with just a single goal conceded in the last four at Turf Moor.

Yet that fine home record clearly hasn’t deterred those holding Chelsea’s main men.

Handed the armband by 10.9% and 4.9% FPL managers respectively, Diego Costa and Eden Hazard are amongst the top six captained players for this round of fixtures.

Faith in Marcos Alonso is also on the rise – he was subject to over 111,000 transfers in after netting for the fourth time this season in last week’s win over Arsenal. The Spaniard continues to offer a steady stream of points at both ends of the pitch, producing a goal, assist or clean sheet in 15 of his 18 starts under Antonio Conte.

Subsequently, Clarets stopper Tom Heaton – the top scoring keeper in FPL – has been named as a sub by 403,000+ managers this week, he third most benched player in the Gameweek.

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  1. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Bought Alonso for hit. Heaton in goal.

    Fun times.

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      On most days Chelsea could have mopped up, unfortunately Burnley at home are unpredictable.

      1. Conk
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Dont think they're unpredictable at home, they're predictably very good

        1. Boydinho
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          This

      2. O Fenomeno
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        4th best home record in the league, unpredictable?

      3. The Wise Owl
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I realise I should have said "amazing".

  2. AA33
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Played Alonso with Chambers on bench 🙁

      1. The Wise Owl
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I have de Roon's 3 points laughing at me with Nyom and Robertson's 2 between them.

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          You should just be the Owl after that blunder 😉

          1. The Wise Owl
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            I had an idiot moment, I swapped Jones to Robertson but forgot to bench Robertson.

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

          Season ending decision 😉

    • Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      I think it's

      BOU whm
      EVE wba
      HUL swa

      1. Point-one short
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Reply fail

      2. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Blackburn are gonna beat Man Utd. So add Saints V Man Utd to the list. 😉

        1. Deeney-is-a-god
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          United are one of the hardest team to beat, only problem is they draw to much. Two last fa- cup matches they have won with 4, the depth of their squad allow them to field a strong side. In addition they have to suceed in the cups because the league is lost, pretty sure they will win

          1. Deeney-is-a-god
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            The match that is, not the whole thing (might happen aswell, but less likely)

    • Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Chelsea need to start peppering Heaton's goal from 25 yards out

    • Shultan
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Didnt think id lose both CS so early in the game.
      I sold a player who kept a CS for brunt & have a CS on my bench

    • Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Other than Valencia which United defender is nailed on?

      1. Karan_G14
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Bailly.

      2. The Wise Owl
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Jones.

        1. Sailboats
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          nah

          1. The Wise Owl
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            I think so.

            1. Deeney-is-a-god
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 2 months ago

              Jones and rojo was a partnership that worked well. Smalling and bailly is a partnership that works well. Jones might not be so nailed on anymore, only one I am confiden will play is bailly

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

          He meant nailed on to start, not nailed onto the physioroom.

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

        De Gea. Potentially Bailly.

      4. Messiah Hazard
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks guys

      5. O Fenomeno
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Bailly & Smalling

      6. Toure The Route
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Bailly
        Don't trust Jones or Smalling right now.

    • The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      I just lost 8 points due to that goal 🙁

      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Stop over thinking it

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

        No you didn't

      3. Boydinho
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I lost 4 points when Mcauley didn't even get a touch of the ball.

      4. The Overthinker
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Just saw the goal, that was one hell.of a free kick

    • Sims
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      A big than you to all those that suggested benching mcauley over alonso

      1. @ocprodigy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        It's your team, you asked for others' thoughts. Blame yourself.

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

          I don't have either of those 2

      2. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Make your own decisions

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

          I did. I benched lallana over Allen

      3. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        When Alonso scores a brace ....

      4. Cevap
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        You gonna cry now? Don't blame others

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

        These kinda posts realy annoy me!!
        if you ask for peoples advice & act on it & it doesnt go well, then DONT ask for advice & make your OWN decisions!

    • Merlin the Wraith
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Given by what's gone on so far this week fpl towers willing to credit next goal or assist to any Tom/Dick/McAuley

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

      Lowton misses a sitter

      You plonker

    • fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Damn Lowton should have scored.

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

      Hazard you useless piss of crap. Pass it to Alonso

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

        piece of crap* sorry

      2. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Piss of crap... eeeww

      3. Point-one short
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Sounds like he's got a nasty fistula. Sub him off Conte!

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

          hahahha

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

      Alonso fouled, should have been a pen imo.

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

      Costa ban incoming

      Confirmed by Opta

      *Nobody else seen it

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

        Put down the pipe

    • PvA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Is Brady on all of Burnley's set prices?

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

        Only their set price menus

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Hopes it's not 2 for 1, unless a DGW

      3. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        No. Barton takes some free kicks

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

          Thanks, what about corners?

          1. ChampChomp
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            This is his first start. Watch the game and find out

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

      Shocking half. Two cleanies gone, Courtois closer to save points than Heaton.

      1. Point-one short
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        As a non-Chelsea owner it's not too bad. 🙂

    • Clifford☯
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Robbie Brady is the first player to score a direct free-kick vs Chelsea in the PL since Rickie Lambert in March 2013.

    • mojoindojo
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Double Chelsea defence and benched McAuley, Pieters. Now all that is missing is Siggy blank.

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        No way Gylfi on fire

      2. Cevap
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        *siggy red card

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

      Sean Dyche has been shrewd in his acquisition of Brady and Westwood they look to have added a lot to Burnley

      1. Sailboats
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Barton deserves a mention as well

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

          Indeed he has done a lot better than i expected since he has come back into the team

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

            I can't believe he has been up to it after seeing him in Scotland. Absolute passager in games which is maybe more down to his application than the standard

    • King H
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Is anyone just benching zlatan and alexis for the blanks ?

      Grant
      Alonso Baines Brunt
      Alli Capoue Philips Zaha
      Zlatan Lukaku Kane

      Pickford Zlatan* Alexis* Amat

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Zlatan unless his price looks like it might crash

      2. Point-one short
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Not sure atm - got ibra at 11.2 and sanchez at 11.9. Ibra has BOU for gw 27, but better cheaper alternatives than Sanchez's replacements.

      3. Lucky_Z
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Yes as it stands now as can field strong 11 withoit hits

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

        No i saved 2 FT so i can get them out!
        I have 2 spurs attackers & defoe who i dont think will score well so need it make sense to sell & buy back later.

      5. King H
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        i am going to bench and keep them both far too much value will be lost. i am alreadt regretting taking out hazard, if they are only blanking gor 1 gw there is no need to panick.

    • liiusions
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      How have Hazard and Barnes looked?

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

        Cold

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

        Both up for a goal

    • Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Time for the Burnley fans to get their dentures stuck into some tripe and offal.

      1. bojack
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Made from the remains of Blackburn fans?

        1. Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          That wasn't an injury for Luiz btw...he caught Ricketts off one of the crowd.

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

        Black pudding round those parts 🙂

        1. Dr Dream
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          I remember the last Black Pudding bar in Blackburn. Fantastic.

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

      Those Southern softies don't like this weather

    • bojack
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      A big thank you to myself for recommending to myself that I took out Pedro.

      If it wasn't for me listening to me I'd be much higher in the OR.

      Thanks, me.

      1. Cevap
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Well done!

        1. Cevap
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          On second thought. It's not all your fault.

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

        Stop blaming others and make your own decisions!!!!!

        *sarcasm*

      3. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Congrats

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

        Good on you for owning your decisions!

      5. Odikostar
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Can't blame anyone but yourself om that one

    • French Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Hazard Band Wagon = LOL

      Hazard = A poor man's Sanchez

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

        Sanchez was crap

        Dodgy refereeing got him some poinst

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

          so dodgy decisions got him 16 goals this season as well syd ?

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

            Great strawman there.

        2. Wilshere Knowledge
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          He was wearing gloves. It wasn't a handball.

          1. Jazz!
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 2 months ago

            This.

        3. BananaNose Maldonado
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          His touch was crap. His activity and energy weren't (and led to both goals), which is why owning him is so worth it. He can make something happen at anytime.

      2. Grand Thibauto
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        At least he scores with his foot

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

          he scores how he wants he scores how he wants
          alexis sanchez he scores how he wantsssssss

      3. Cevap
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        He has Swans at home next week so still counder work out

        1. Cevap
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Could*

      4. b✪mber
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        too soon?

    • davies
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Amat > Maguire a no brainer?

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

        Robertson looked quite good yesterday, from an 'attacking' POV, good bursts forward.

        1. davies
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Could play LWB too...

      2. ChampChomp
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Yep, think I'll probably do the same

      3. SuperMario
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Looking at him or Robertson, much in the difference?

    • Jimbo-Jones
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      What are people's thoughts here?
      Sell Zlatan with Bournemouth coming up?
      Sanchez for a few weeks with 2 blanks and Liverpool away?
      Sort bench?

      Only got the below for gw26 currently:
      Heaton
      Walker Alonso Brunt
      Eriksen Phillips Snodgrass Davies
      Lukaku Costa

      Pickford, Ibra, Sanchez, Amat, Browning

      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Depends on your team.

        I've given myself depth so I can bench them. I think you need to sell given you have Amat, Browning and Davies.

      2. Lucky_Z
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Anything ITB?

        Sorry, but too many craps wit Amat Browning and Davies (uncertain, starter or not)

    • Dreams
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Congratulations @French gooner. You may not need to call him daddy anymore.

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

      Need help guys!
      Got boruc/pickford and its just not working out for me.

      Really need a good keeper for the next 7-8 gameweeks until I wildcard. Who is your top suggestion?

      1. Dreams
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Heaton

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

      Not the best week to have turn Yoshida > Alonso...prob should have done that next week in hindsight

      1. Odikostar
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I would have done the same