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4 March 2017 1776 comments
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Saturday’s events come to an end at Anfield as Liverpool play host to Arsenal.

While the Gunners sat out Gameweek 26, Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered a reverse at Leicester City on Monday night having been heavily backed by Fantasy managers through Sadio Mane, who had claimed 366,000 new owners.

Mane will look to revive his fortunes following Monday’s blank, after scoring a spectacular strike against the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium back in Gameweek 1.

Philippe Coutinho scored 15-points on that occasion, triggering a huge early season bandwagon. Notably, the Brazilian scored his first goal since Gameweek 11 in Monday’s defeat to the Foxes and fired in six attempts – signposting another big performance this evening, perhaps.

For Arsenal, the pre-match build-up is dominated by Arsene Wenger’s team selection, with Alexis Sanchez left on the bench as Danny Welbeck and Olivier Giroud start up front. The Gunners look set to play more direct, in a bid to counter Liverpool’s high pressing game, with Sanchez presumably to feature as Wenger’s “plan B” this time around.

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

  1. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    The Kamil Grosicki bandwagon is officially open for business.

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Tough choosing between him , king and a west ham mid.

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Grosicki has SWA, eve, WHM, MID, stats are on their way up.

      2. Carlton P
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        I'm tempted to get Carroll and Coleman in, go 4-4-2

    2. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I wanted to get him this week and was even recommending him this week. I didn't because I soon realized after the Burnley game that Hull won't score more than once often. I realize Grosicki is likely to be involved in virtually every goal but I'll get him the moment I'm convinced they can score more than 1.

    3. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Been dropping his name all week.

  2. Carlton P
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Stick to 3-5-2 or go 3-4-3?
    Mane l eriksen l Alli l sterling l siggy
    Kun l kaku l dio
    Alli > firmino?

    1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Alli to King for more durable strong fixtures over the next 3-4 matches; Pool fixtures go south

      1. Carlton P
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        I almost did alli > king before this week

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    G2G for a hit?

    Heaton
    Coleman - Baines - Brunt
    Mane (C) - Firmino - Coutinho - Siggy
    Lukaku - Llorente - Carroll

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Yes

    2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Kaku captain

    3. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Wowzers, really gone all out there mate

  4. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    id phillips dead as a prospect now?

    worth getting king in instead?

    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I would think Pulis will be rushing him back after today's performance.

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        yeh im guessing its the injury rather than performance......im loathed to spend a hit on someone who should play 28

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Looking at king, grosicki and lanzini as replacements

  5. 1966 was a great year for E…
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    I know these are annoying, but who wins?

    A) Pickford, Baines, Alonso
    B) Grant, Coleman, Lukaku +1

    1. FISSH
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      B

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Hopefully B with Grant scoring negative.

    3. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      B

      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        That's what I like to hear 🙂

  6. FISSH
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    15 points from 3 players. not too bad

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      I got 19 points from 2

      Pity those 3 WBA idiots got me 4 between them

      1. James101
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        V nice!!

      2. DNML
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Those 3 idiots got me 2 🙂
        Ok, Baines instead of Phillips, but still...

  7. Defochibe
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    Drop Aguero or Defoe for Llorente?

    1. James101
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      Watch how he does first?

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      The one that doesn't get injured tomorrow.

      1. Defochibe
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Good idea, thanks a lot..

  8. James101
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 19 days ago

    27 from 5. Better than I expected today tbh.

    13 player equivalent to play (eg counting kun as 6).

    So how many of you are still realistically hoping for 100?

    1. Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      It is always possible. Hat-trick and max bonus in both games gives Kun triple cap 17 * 3 = 52 alone.

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Soz 104

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          102*

          1. Parm
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Sorry Sir.

        2. Lawrø
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          'mare

          1. Parm
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Absolute weston super

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        😯

      3. James101
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        True.

        But do you currently think you will?

        1. Parm
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Dunno, I have fails from two West Brom defenders and Ibra so odds are stacked against me.

      4. Stats Don\'t Lie
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        *102

    2. keeney
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      44 (-8) with Kun (c) DeBruyne Stones Allen Grant Lukaku to play, eyes set on breaking the 100 point mark

      1. James101
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Nice

    3. MTPockets
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Hoping somewhat less than yesterday.

    4. Disco Stu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 19 days ago

      My team for next week

      Foster
      Coleman/Brunt/Smith
      Mane/Siggy/King Phillips
      Lukaku/Llorente

      Agurero/Sanchez/Holgate/Amat/Grant

      Beat use of free transfer

      Replace Pillips with Morrison and play with 10

      or

      Replace Holgate with a Hull Defender

      1. MTPockets
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Looks good. I'd wait on Phillips news.

      2. VFORVANDETA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        15 points from 6 players.Not bad.

      3. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 19 days ago

        Question.

        If Aguero doesn't start against Sunderland, KDB becomes my captain.

        Will I lose any extra captain points KDB gets against Sunderland if Aguero then starts against Stoke?

        1. Dacra
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Yes, if Aguero plays at all in any game, Kdb never becomes your captain.

        2. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Yes. Your captain can only be one player. If he scores 0 and 1 then so be it.

        3. Syd.
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Just eat a tin of cold beans

        4. Flynny
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Yes!

        5. The Wizard of Ozil
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Joking orrr?

          I take it KDB is your vice captain then? He will only be activated as your captain if Aguero gets ZERO minutes over the 2 games.

        6. Spike ⚽️
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Aguero remains your capt

        7. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          What are you on about now?

          1. Syd.
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Just the usual nonsense he spouts

          2. fedolefan
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Do you have a spreadsheet for him? He's finally learned to interpret those.

        8. MTPockets
            9 years, 19 days ago

            shut up

          • Lawrø
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            *grabs pitchfork*

        9. Bruno Bruno!!
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Does anyone know the average number of hits taken this week amongst top top 10k

          1. T444
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Totalfpl.com

        10. Cousin Greg
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          I have 6 Agueros left to play. That is Unreal!.......

        11. leocarter27
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          So I can't afford Mane. Help pls?!

          Firmino or Coutinho?

          1. Over Midwicket
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Firm I think but it's a lottery

          2. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Firmino for me still playing up front

          3. VFORVANDETA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Firmino

        12. Over Midwicket
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Grosocki or Brady for the next few? Grosocki better fixtures but worse team, Brady worse fixtures but bap whore

          1. Stats Don\'t Lie
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Grosicki, brady, king, lanzini. All good options. So many good players to replace Phillips with its ridiculous

        13. Egyptian Giza
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          point average today will be .. ?

          1. diesel001
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            15

          2. T444
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            18

          3. Ridcully
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Top 10,000— 20

            Overall— 17

            https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/

        14. T444
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Ibra to llorente no brainer ya?

          1. Flynny
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Guess so.

        15. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Do Phillips to King tonight, to avoid price drop, seem good?

          1. Ha.
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            No

          2. DA Minnion (Former great)
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Why get rid of Phillips. He might be fit for next week when players will be few and far between.

            1. Vinyl78LP
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              I'm keeping unless absence confirmed, more likely to regain his place also after Albion tanking today.

        16. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Team for next week:

          Jaku
          Baines - Brunt - Holgate - Fernandez
          Siggy - Firmino - Phillips
          Lukaku(c) - Rondon - (Aguero)

          Grant - Sanchez - De Roon - Luiz

        17. PvA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          27 with 5 played decent?

          Green or red at 200k OR?

          1. Ridcully
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Above average, so I would guess so.

            1. PvA
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              -4 too

              1. Ridcully
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 19 days ago

                Averages:
                Top 10,000— 20
                Overall— 16

                Still above average, so probably.

        18. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          7 of the 8 players due to have a price rise don't have a game in GW28 !

        19. Egyptian Giza
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          is Coutinho becoming Liverpool's David Silva?

          1. We Will Klopp you
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            If you mean in the sense that he isn't a good fpl player but is an excellent player in real life terms, then no. He is getting into good positions but just seems to have lost his shooting boots.

        20. Smoky Johnson
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Siggy or Firmino?
          Already have Mané.

          1. AdamB
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Siggy. More consistent and cheaper.

            1. Smoky Johnson
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              Thank you!

        21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Kun better get a hattrick tomorrow. Lowest scoring day ever today 🙁

          1. Vinyl78LP
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Have faith, I was at wits end last Saturday night and Kane then bagged 40 the day after...

            1. diesel001
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              This. Exactly the same for me after Kane(c) and Eriksen hauled on Sunday.

        22. AdamB
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 19 days ago

          Would it be wise to start investing only on Arsenal, United and Southampton players after GW28?

          1. MTPockets
              9 years, 19 days ago

              Depends on wildcard plans.

              1. AdamB
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 19 days ago

                Assuming there will be two DGWs, I'm planning to save the wildcard for the last one.
                I'm thinking if it would be worth it to plan early for the first one.

                1. Vinyl78LP
                  • 16 Years
                  9 years, 19 days ago

                  Not got on one left personally, but if did would use it gw37 as can load the team fully on dgw players and only have to deal with one more gw38 with an imbalanced team.

          2. Differentiator
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            On -12 for next week. Would you move it to -16 to do Phillips -> Mane if it's confirmed he's out?

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              Yep

              1. Differentiator
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 19 days ago

                Good stuff. Savaging my points total, but in reality recoup quite a lot of that back immediately (barring any Zlatanesque behaviour)

            2. PvA
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              What on earth are you on -12 for?

              1. Differentiator
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 19 days ago

                Dead. Wood. Is. Going.

                Stanislas, Ibra, Aguero, Sterling. None need to be kept.

                1. PvA
                  • 9 Years
                  9 years, 19 days ago

                  Ibra yes
                  Stan yes
                  Aguero hasn't even played
                  Sterling hasn't even played

                  1. Differentiator
                    • 10 Years
                    9 years, 19 days ago

                    Still need offloading

            3. Prøfeßör …
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              As good as a time as any to take a -12/ -16.

              I would do Phillips to Mané even if Phillips is confirmed to start.

          3. We Will Klopp you
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            G2G for a hit?

            Heaton
            Coleman - Baines - Brunt
            Mane (C) - Firmino* - King - Siggy - Morrison
            Lukaku - Llorente*

          4. Garlana
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Just one more gameweek till I get rid of Rondon, can't wait

            1. fedolefan
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              Rondon - Phillips, same difference.

          5. Bruno Bruno!!
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Just realised Im getting 1 point from amat for the injured Phillips 🙂

          6. FPLtfs
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 19 days ago

            Planning to make 2-3 moves. Want to wait, but safe to do one of them tonight, want to make some profit.
            Sterling -> Siggy tonigt?
            A) Do it!
            B) Wait

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              Who are your other mids?

              1. FPLtfs
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 19 days ago

                Randolph, Heaton
                Alonso, Coleman, Baines, Brunt, Friend
                Mane, Sterling, Antonio, Phillips, de Roon
                Kane, Aguero, Lukaku

                Current team. The plan is Aguero, Sterling, de Roon -> Llorente, Siggy, Coutinho

            2. diesel001
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 19 days ago

              A

              1. FPLtfs
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 19 days ago

                thanks!