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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, 3 months ago

    The Kamil Grosicki bandwagon is officially open for business.

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

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

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

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

      2. Carlton P
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

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

    2. fedolefan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

      Been dropping his name all week.

  2. Carlton P
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

        I almost did alli > king before this week

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

    G2G for a hit?

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

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

    2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Kaku captain

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

      Wowzers, really gone all out there mate

  4. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

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

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

      Looking at king, grosicki and lanzini as replacements

  5. 1966 was a great year for E…
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    I know these are annoying, but who wins?

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

    1. FISSH
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Hopefully B with Grant scoring negative.

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

      B

      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        That's what I like to hear 🙂

  6. FISSH
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    15 points from 3 players. not too bad

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      I got 19 points from 2

      Pity those 3 WBA idiots got me 4 between them

      1. James101
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        V nice!!

      2. DNML
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

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

  7. Defochibe
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Drop Aguero or Defoe for Llorente?

    1. James101
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Watch how he does first?

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      The one that doesn't get injured tomorrow.

      1. Defochibe
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Good idea, thanks a lot..

  8. James101
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

        Soz 104

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 17 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          102*

          1. Parm
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Sorry Sir.

        2. Lawrø
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          'mare

          1. Parm
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Absolute weston super

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        😯

      3. James101
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        True.

        But do you currently think you will?

        1. Parm
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

        *102

    2. keeney
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

        Nice

    3. MTPockets
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Hoping somewhat less than yesterday.

    4. Disco Stu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

          Looks good. I'd wait on Phillips news.

      2. VFORVANDETA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        15 points from 6 players.Not bad.

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

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

        2. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

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

        3. Syd.
          • 17 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          Just eat a tin of cold beans

        4. Flynny
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          Yes!

        5. The Wizard of Ozil
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

          Aguero remains your capt

        7. TorresMagic™
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 17 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          What are you on about now?

          1. Syd.
            • 17 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Just the usual nonsense he spouts

          2. fedolefan
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

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

        8. MTPockets
            9 years, 3 months ago

            shut up

          • Lawrø
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            *grabs pitchfork*

        9. Bruno Bruno!!
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

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

          1. T444
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Totalfpl.com

        10. Cousin Greg
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

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

        11. leocarter27
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

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

          Firmino or Coutinho?

          1. Over Midwicket
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Firm I think but it's a lottery

          2. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Firmino for me still playing up front

          3. VFORVANDETA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Firmino

        12. Over Midwicket
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

          point average today will be .. ?

          1. diesel001
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            15

          2. T444
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            18

          3. Ridcully
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Top 10,000— 20

            Overall— 17

            https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/

        14. T444
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          Ibra to llorente no brainer ya?

          1. Flynny
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Guess so.

        15. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

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

          1. Ha.
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            No

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

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

        16. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

          27 with 5 played decent?

          Green or red at 200k OR?

          1. Ridcully
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Above average, so I would guess so.

            1. PvA
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 3 months ago

              -4 too

              1. Ridcully
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 3 months ago

                Averages:
                Top 10,000— 20
                Overall— 16

                Still above average, so probably.

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

          is Coutinho becoming Liverpool's David Silva?

          1. We Will Klopp you
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

          Siggy or Firmino?
          Already have Mané.

          1. AdamB
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Siggy. More consistent and cheaper.

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

              Thank you!

        21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

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

          1. Vinyl78LP
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

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

        22. AdamB
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

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

          1. MTPockets
              9 years, 3 months ago

              Depends on wildcard plans.

              1. AdamB
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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™
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 17 Years
              9 years, 3 months ago

              Yep

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

              What on earth are you on -12 for?

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

                Dead. Wood. Is. Going.

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

                1. PvA
                  • 9 Years
                  9 years, 3 months ago

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

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

                    Still need offloading

            3. Prøfeßör …
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

            G2G for a hit?

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

          4. Garlana
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

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

            1. fedolefan
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 3 months ago

              Rondon - Phillips, same difference.

          5. Bruno Bruno!!
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

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

          6. FPLtfs
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 months 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™
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 17 Years
              9 years, 3 months ago

              Who are your other mids?

              1. FPLtfs
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 3 months 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, 3 months ago

              A

              1. FPLtfs
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 3 months ago

                thanks!