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11 March 2017 4265 comments
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A disrupted Gameweek 28 fixture list delivers just three matches for Saturday afternoon.

Much of our focus will be on the events at Goodison Park, with this week’s leader of the Captain Poll Romelu Lukaku in action against his former side West Bromwich Albion.

The Everton striker is the second most bought player this week, attracting over 363,000 new owners, having returned in each of his last four home outings. The Belgian will be seeking his 19th goal of the season which would represent his biggest ever Premier League season haul; it’s worth noting, however, that the Toffees have failed to score in their last three home encounters against the Baggies.

Swansea City’s Fernando Llorente was the major transfer bandwagon heading into Gameweeks 28 on the back of his brace in the 3-2 win over Burnley. His 375,000 new owners will be hoping he and Gylfi Sigurdsson can produce once again when the Swans travel to Hull City – the Icelander has produced returns in seven of his last eight Gameweeks.

Bournemouth will be looking to put an end to their run of eight matches without a win when they entertain West Ham United on the south coast.

Josh King, who has scored five goals in his last six appearances, could be the key man for the Cherries once again. Meanwhile, the Hammers will look to Andy Carroll and Michail Antonio to inflict the damage. Back from a one-match suspension, the latter will be hoping to end a run of eight matches without a goal – his longest dry spell of the season.

  1. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Come on Andy Carroll. Please!!

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

    HOLD Hull!

  3. Shrimpy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    No service to big Andy whatsoever 🙁

  4. JJO
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    I really dont wanna play this game anymore

    1. Lav
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Same

  5. hafakilo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    I sold brunt by accident, that worked out ok

    1. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      How on earth do you sell a player by accident ?
      Sounds wiffy.

  6. Pierce34
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Up to 11K - highest ever rank!

    1. Lawrø
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Well done 🙂

    2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Well done, onwards and upwards

    3. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Thanks 🙂

    4. JJJ
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Nice! keep it up

  7. weaver93
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Dodged a massive bullet,

    Was about to transfer in Funes Mori & Llorente

    Bought in King & Mawson instead...

    Get in..!!!!!

    Kudos to the guys who recommended King & Mawson..

  8. Footballfriend
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Absolutely furious with myself, Big calls were Olsson or Mawson and King or Lanzini, naturally I got both wrong 🙁

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      i had mawson all week then went olsson because he had decent stats

  9. Greenbackbøøg…
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    THIS GAMEWEEK IS AMAZING

  10. Karan_G14
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Llorente injury doesn't look to be too serious: "I think he has a dead leg." Rangel [ankle] "I'm not sure how serious that one is."

    Ronald Koeman confirms Leighton Baines is fine and will be fit for next weekend after being replaced by Ramiro Funes Mori at half-time. #EFC

    1. weed
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Champ

    2. Fred54
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Just do my planned Barnes > Kane then.

    3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      And yet he won't be unflagged until next week.

  11. Lav
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    The real question is this...

    Why do I still own Ben Foster?

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Maybe Carling will help

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

      Right with ya there man.

    3. Ravager
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Because like me, you probably have had no chance to use a free on a keeper.

  12. KingNidge
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    If anyone wants to look at all their lovely CS points before they get blown to pieces now is the time

    1. Jimmy Boy
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Maguire 6 and Coleman 6... if only this was the way it'll stay

  13. The Hindu Monkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Josh King captain punt?

    sorry

    I CAN'T HEAR YOU PEOPLE

    PUNT
    OF
    THE
    YEAR

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      **Claps

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

      you won fpl

    3. Lawrø
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Link? 🙂

    4. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Well done monkey!!

    5. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Nice one!

      And your grav is back to celebrate...

    6. TheBusDriver
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      idiot

      1. The Hindu Monkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        ha ha

    7. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Was just going to ask if anyone capped him - nice one!

    8. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Legendary!

    9. The Hindu Monkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      shame rest of team couldn't chip in

      back four

      four points

      thanks for coming lads

    10. jia you
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Nice...me too 56(-12) with 3 to go 🙂

  14. Sushant
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    on 77pts,coutinho & mane left..might score a 100pts in a gw with 4 games!

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      With them I hope you do 🙂

      1. Sushant
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        True that!

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

      Wow

      1. Sushant
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Complete bonkers..thats why my love for fpl doesnt die..just for gwks like these!

        1. Rasping Drive
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          Unbelievable score, well done!

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

          Congratulations

  15. Hect.OR 98th
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    My ML leader is at rank 1k and whatever he's done this season it's been inspired or fortunate. Last week he benched Pieters but Routledge didn't show. Bang, 14 points. This week, only has five players. Lukaku (c), Barkley and Ayew are three of them. He captained Rondon for the hat trick. It's been a season of what look like odd moves but they've nearly all come off! Amazing.

    I'm 100 points behind but I do have a WC over him. Doable?

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

      Yes.

    2. Kavorka
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      what about bench boost and TC ?

      1. Hect.OR 98th
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Both got BB. Both spent TC.

    3. Lawrø
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Doable but very unlikely of course

      10pts a gameweek from now on

      1. Kavorka
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        You have WC. Don't worry. But luck should be on your side from now on.

    4. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I do have quite a different squad to him. He's not playing the matching game to keep me at bay. i guess I need to pick the right captains each week and have a monster DGW after a WC-BB.

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

      Sounds like my mini-league leader. Wildcarded last week for the DGW but never even considered GW28 as he only had 4 players...Gueye, Schneiderlin, Lukaku and Randolph...yet he still scored well today with those

      1. Hect.OR 98th
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        I can't complain. I had one of those seasons a few years ago. Midas touch until GW38. I was 51st OR going into the last week. Sold Lukaku before his hat trick against Man Utd and ended up 98th.

      2. Kavorka
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        damn

    6. WE GO FOR IT
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Doable. I was around 120 points behind my ML leader at the turn of the year, 4 points from Mane and I'll go top.

  16. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Llorente and Carrol are officialy the transfer flops of GW28

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

      Lanzini. Baines, Brunt. Rondon. Morrison. Funes Mori. A whole cast of flops.

      1. Kavorka
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        He said transfer flops. Baines, Mori and Brunt were already in many teams before the GW

  17. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Anichebe to Kane

    Yes or No

    1. liiusions
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Why even waste our time with this post?

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

      Yes

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

      No, Anichebe is a season keeper.

      1. Hect.OR 98th
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        He'd get more points as a keeper.

  18. YoungPretender
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Aguero & Brunt > Kane & Walker (-4)?

    1. YoungPretender
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Or just Aguero > Kane for free?

      1. Kavorka
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Same problem here.
        Maybe I will keep Brunt for another week

  19. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    come on big rom, put the west brom defence to the sword my son

    1. KingNidge
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      🙂

  20. Judders
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku needs to get off the damn wing!

  21. andy85wsm
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Just checking some mini leagues of mine.

    One guy around 30 behind before this game week - has 1 player this week - Coleman!

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

      My head to head opponent had lukaku . That's it. I feel no remorse

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

      My ML leader at 6k has Heaton, Coleman, Siggy & Kaku after a hit. Good week to gain ground 🙂

    3. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Casuals are going to get burned big time this week

    4. v12w12
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Guy leading mine Captained Costa, vice Kane 🙂

  22. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    I have Jaku and Robertson who were both on for bonus before that goal.

    Woudl have been around 15 points. Now 4 🙁

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      very very annoying

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

      Snap, big swing. And probably the worst combination to get the goal, throw that into the mix and it's closer to a 20+ swing!

  23. Richd
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    I've basically won my ML due to the final ten mins. Wow.

    Those hits smashed it

  24. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Baines, F Mori, Robertson, Jaku

    Feeling quite unfortunate!

  25. WE GO FOR IT
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Any place where I can see live leagues(along with bonus) apart from FFF?

    1. MTPockets
        8 years, 9 months ago

        https://anewpla.net/fpl/league/live.php
        No bonus until fpl updates though.

        1. leonoflondon
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          Great link, thanks for sharing

    2. Atwood
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I've made some poor choices at times this year but I can't compete with the guy bossing my mini league. I know the term 'casual' can come across as bitter, but here's a comment I made before today's games sums up his season...

      http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/03/11/the-dugout-discussion-saturday-96/?hc_page=1#hc_comment_15204767

      1. E25
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        What's his OR?

      2. Lawrø
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        😆

      3. korbendallas82
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Sounds about right for a Smeghead.

    3. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Go on Snoddy!

    4. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      0-0 in Swansea/Hull would be wonderful

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        This

    5. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Who won the penalty?

      1. George Sillett
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Who cares it's irrelevant

    6. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Pugh won the second pen.