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25 February 2017 1537 comments
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Gameweek 26 rolls on with an “unfashionable” evening encounter that pairs Watford with West Ham at Vicarage Road.

From a Fantasy perspective, this serves as a scouting mission of the Hammers assets ahead of potential investment for the Gameweek 28 blanks.

Slaven Bilic’s side are just one of eight teams that are currently guaranteed to play over that weekend and, as such, are elevated in our thinking ahead of this encounter.

Andy Carroll is again an absentee as he continues to struggle with a groin complaint, leaving Michail Antonio to lead the attack for the visitors. He’ll be under the microscope, along with Robert Snodgrass who tucks into the number 10 role against the Hornets.

For the home side, Fantasy interest is limited given their forthcoming blank, although promising fixtures to follow has us monitoring the continued form of Troy Deeney and M’Baye Niang.

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

  1. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Holebas YC for awful haircut

    1. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Cholevas

  2. Caleb's Kitties
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    A. Sterling 27 siggy 28 -4 or

    B. Siggy 27+28 no hit

    1. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      A if City double

    3. EmreCan Hustle
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      A. Its the extra game that makes it worth it.

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        There is no extra game, Siggy plays gw28, Sterling blanks

        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 16 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          3 games to 2 if a DGW.

          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            You lost me there. They both play twice if a dgw

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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              • 16 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Swansea don't have a DGW?

              1. The Bandit
                • 15 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                But they have a game in both 27 and 28. Sterling would just play twice in 27 if they have a dgw

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                  • 16 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  A = transfer costing 4 points for GW28.

                2. Gnu
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 16 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  *slowly waits for the penny to drop *

                  *puts kettle on *

                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                    • 16 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Get some biscuits.

                  2. The Bandit
                    • 15 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    I need a drink 😳

                    1. Gnu
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 16 Years
                      9 years, 1 month ago

                      Would you like a cup tea - kettles boiled. 🙂

                3. Ramboros
                  • 14 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  He is talking about doing X > Sterling GW27 > Sigurdsson GW28 or X > Sigurdsson GW27

                  1. The Bandit
                    • 15 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Yeah misread it 🙄

                4. MTPockets
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Sterling x2 + Siggy = 3

                  • Caleb's Kitties
                    • 10 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Sorry what i had meant was:

                    A (-4)
                    Gw27: sterling
                    Gw28: siggy

                    Or

                    B (no hit)
                    Gw27: siggy
                    Gw28: siggy

                    1. The Bandit
                      • 15 Years
                      9 years, 1 month ago

                      Don't apologise, it's me being a bit thick mate 🙂

                      1. The Bandit
                        • 15 Years
                        9 years, 1 month ago

                        And A 😉

                        1. Caleb's Kitties
                          • 10 Years
                          9 years, 1 month ago

                          Cheers !

                    2. Sandy Ravage
                      • 10 Years
                      9 years, 1 month ago

                      A - Sterling (sun, STK) + Siggy (HUL) -4
                      B - Siggy (BUR, HUL)

                      Definitely A if City have a DGW, and Sterling + Siggy in GW27 if they don't

                  • EmreCan Hustle
                    • 13 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    The extra game in GW 27 justifies a hit.

    4. EmreCan Hustle
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Very unfortunate with injuries Zarate.

    5. Shultan
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      It's tough owning brunt & baines whilst ML leader increases gap with mcauly & colmean.
      Also phillips been such a diaspointment

    6. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Kodak black

    7. WVA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Anyone else had Rondon for 10 weeks

      1. Johnny 8
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Yes though it feels a lot longer!

      2. Loðbrók
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        o/

      3. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Longer

        But the last 10 have been the truly painful bit

      4. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Guilty

      5. Garlana
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        I've lost track, nothing but disappointment

    8. TorresMagic™
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      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Top 10K average around 36 with 3.8 players left.
      40 is a green arrow tonight atm.

      1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        What if you got 39?

        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 16 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Do you have your wildcard?

          1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Absolutely not

      2. WVA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Not a chance im reaching 40 unless brunt actually gets an assist for once!

      3. Caleb's Kitties
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Yay ! 42 post baps with snod stil in play + de roon autosub + kane alli eriksen

    9. KUNingas
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      A) Phillips + Stanislas -> Sterling + Siggy
      B) Lukaku + Phillips/Stanislas -> Kun + Siggy

      1. Gooner Kebab
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        B but A will get rid of dead wood

        1. KUNingas
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Yep. Afraid of Kun though

      2. MTPockets
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Ideally B but could leave a problem.

          1. KUNingas
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks

      3. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Lovely to aee west ham fans chant his name also

        Good stuff that

        1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          See*

          1. BRFC1883
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Hear?

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

        Antonio yc

      5. Bird Raymond
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Looks like I dodged a bullet not getting Brunt, his attacking returns have really dried up lately.

        1. Pep says
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Nonsense. He's been unlucky not to get 2 assists in his last 2. Think he has 7 returns from his last 9 home games

        2. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          This. I was going to get him instead of coleman and one point would u believe that haha

      6. Gargamel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        I think the Brunt assist will probably be given, but imo they've created a problematic situationt by starting to give assists like this one in the first place.

        The best way, in my opinion, to run a game like this would be to try and make it represent actual football as much as possible. You don't really say that somebody assists the scorer if he wins a penalty or a freekick, or if he puts in a random cross in the box that the keeper then spills. Those scenarios shouldn't result in an assist in FPL either.

        I'm also not really having the argument that the game wouldn't be as much fun if they as a result gave fewer points. I think it would cause less stress and anger because a correct decision could be taken quicker, and the game would be easier to follow for people with a basic knowledge of football but with no interest in studying the FPL rules.

        1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          I need a sparknotes for this post

          1. Gargamel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Here they are: grumpy old man thinks he knows better than the team of professionals who actually run the game

            1. Numb
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              I like the Telegraph system. Based on key contributions, and you can have two of them for a single goal.

              1. Tinzelbat
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Then why don't you go and play telegraph instead Then?

            2. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              You da real MVP

      7. Oven Glover
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Evening lads

        Sanchez & Jesus -> Kun & Raheem -4?

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Indeed.

        2. TOBY1
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          sounds good

        3. MTPockets
            9 years, 1 month ago

            yep

          • Oven Glover
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks!

        4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Lukaku assist not given V Bournemouth

          Can't see how brunt assist can be given

          1. Numb
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Different situation.

          2. ChelseaGuy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Plus he's not McAuley

        5. thunder_mike
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          I have exact funds to do
          Jesus + Eriksen > Kun + Sane, but it has to be done before Jesus price drops tonight. Should I?

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            No

          2. RAFA THE GAFFA
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            I deffo would do that

          3. rivercityransom
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            imagine city don't advance in the fa cup

            1. TOBY1
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              then they will still have gw27 and gw28...

        6. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          How do I get Kun into this lot?

          Thinking Lukaku+Eriksen > Kun+Snoddy. Then getting Lukaku back GW28. Open to all suggestions though. 0.0 ITB.

          Jaku
          Alonso - Walker - Coleman
          Eriksen - Mane - Siggy - Phillips
          Kane - Lukaku - Zlatan
          (Heaton - Evans - Capoue - Pieters)

          1. Numb
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Kane out instead of Lukaku?

            1. RAFA THE GAFFA
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Don't fancy losing Kane and Eriksen! Will see! HATE this DGW! Hope city get beat me

        7. Shultan
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Brunt won't get that assist, I don't get good luck in FPL!

          1. Les Bleus
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Have you seen the goal?

        8. We Will Klopp you
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          jesus, Alli and Firmino to Aguero, King and Sterling -8? Will reverse the firmino after dgw

          1. KUNingas
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Keep Firmino

        9. Tibbs
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Erickson or Alli to make way for Siggy? Valued in the same so price not a factor, who have people been ditching?

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

            Keep Eriksen

        10. Differentiator
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Half tempted to go without any City even if they have a DGW

          1. Numb
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            See who gets spared too many minutes in the FAC (assuming they get through, which is not a given)

            1. Differentiator
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Given rotation, the ONLY one of interest is Aguero, and even he might have minutes cut given the game afterwards....

              I'd probably end up spending a similar amount of pts on the transfers just to get them in and out, so will have to do some simple maths and see if it's even worth it

          2. Les Bleus
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            I refer you back to Villa vs. QPR 2015. DGW are never a letdown.

            1. Numb
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Only if you have the right players

            2. Differentiator
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Pepfactor will spoil all city DEF and MID picks IMO.

            3. djpete
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Everton and Palace last season wasn't great. I triple captained Lukaku.

              1. Les Bleus
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Damn 🙁

              2. TorresMagic™
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                • 16 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Palace got 2 clean sheets?

                1. djpete
                  • 13 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Your memory serves you better than mine does me. I think maybe I put 6 players in and expected a little too much 😉

          3. potatoace
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            well you are the differentiator

          4. MTPockets
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Half tempted to bin Phillips and plans for Snodgrass/DEF and go for the DGW.

          5. Flynny
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Kane and alli to kun and sterling for a hit seems obvious.

            Is it worth taking a -8 and disposing of stanislas or Phillips too?

            Heaton pickford
            Alonso Coleman brunt Pieters Robertson
            Mane alli Phillips snoddy stanis
            Kane ibra lukaku

            Thanks

          6. FCSB
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Who out for Siggy:

            1. Phillips
            2. Snodgrass

            Thanks

            1. KUNingas
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              1..

            2. TOBY1
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              1

            3. Differentiator
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Honestly, see how Phillips is. Possibly neither as no benefit in GW28

            4. Duffy Dunk
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Disappointing Phillips

            5. RAFA THE GAFFA
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              1! He's been garbage recently anyways!

          7. The Overthinker
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Brunt assist given?

            1. Numb
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              You tell me

          8. TOBY1
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            If city don't go through FA cup they will have GW28 game. It's win win bringing city players in imo

          9. fedolefan
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Karanka is getting the sack this week, right?

            1. HuttonDressedasLahm
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              After he's won the league

              1. fedolefan
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

            2. George Sillett
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Are you Steve Gibson ?

              1. fedolefan
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Genius, if I was, I wouldn't be asking on here. He'd be sacked already.

          10. Duffy Dunk
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Where do you guys find the bonus points changes at this time?

            1. potatoace
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              loads of places.
              primarily you find them on the fpl fixtures list, under your team
              click on the fixture

            2. Numb
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              FPL Points page, click on the match at the bottom

            3. Duffy Dunk
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Thanks all 🙂

          11. HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Mata and Aguero
            Or
            Sterling and Ibra
            ??

            1. TOBY1
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              B

          12. Captain Vantastic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            What's the deal with Stanislas? Sell or hold?

            1. KUNingas
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Sell

          13. FFPro
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            So I looked at Mark's team...

            I now know why Brunt keeps getting robbed of points and McAuley keeps getting gifted points

            Inside job

            1. VS10_
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              I saw on flashscore that WBA scored so I opened a stream which was prefectly delayed and just saw Brunt getting ready to take the corner. And thought that this will be a McAuley goal and something will happen that Brunt won't get the assist.

              1. FFPro
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Two weeks in a row.

                And McAuley miraculously coming from behind about 6 players to share 2 baps on the final update.

                Absolutely ridiculous!

          14. Duffy Dunk
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Phillips latest points in WBA's nice fixtures
            3,2,2,2,0

            Would you keep the faith for one last match?

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

              GW28 means most will keep and hope.

            2. Konig Luther
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              not.. out for Sterling

            3. 1zverGGademN
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Same situation here and I'm planing for fast swap with someone like King