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12 March 2017 3021 comments
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The shortened Gameweek 28 comes to a conclusion this afternoon when Liverpool entertain Burnley at Anfield.

With Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho both among the top 10 players transferred in this week, many Fantasy managers will be hoping the Liverpool midfield duo can wreak havoc against a Burnley side that has managed just one clean sheet on their travels this season.

Mane has produced five double-figure hauls at Anfield, helping explain why over 8% of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) bosses have handed the Senegal international the captain’s armband.

Coutinho, meanwhile, found the back of the net in the 3-1 defeat to Leicester City in Gameweek 26, and slowly looks to be returning to his best form.

Roberto Firmino was also brought in by over 103,000 FPL managers, but the Brazilian has been ruled out due to a knock, with Divock Origi taking his place in the starting XI.

The Reds will have to get past Tom Heaton though, who returns for Burnley after missing the 3-2 defeat to Swansea City due to illness, providing a boost for his 19% ownership in FPL.

Liverpool did, of course, lose 2-0 to the Clarets in the reverse fixture in Gameweek 2, and will be hoping to improve on their dismal record against teams from the bottom half, having lost to Swansea City, Hull City and Leicester over the last six Gameweeks.

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  1. Sims
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Was 10k this morning

    Only 2 points today

    Looking at around a 3k fall?

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Maybe less

      1. Dave Boozle
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        depends how many bench w*nkers like torres magic.

    2. A.T
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      1k

    3. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Link

  2. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    People still keen on keeping Mane and Coutinho

    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      They disgust me

    2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      I'm. Losing coutino for sanchez

    3. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      No one will have to go.

    4. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      GW29 and 30 fixtures are really good.

      1. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Really? Passable at best on paper

    5. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      I am keeping Coutinho and Firmino. Nothing to lose now.

  3. Sp0rting
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    67 (-8).

    Now to navigate some saddo benchwankery in my leagues.....

  4. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 17 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Sell Coutinho, Sane or both?

    1. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      coutinho only, sane looks so dangerous

    2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Coutino. Sane looks good

    3. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      coutinho if you have mane

      doubling up on liv mid is not as clear cut as early in the season

    4. MTPockets
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Well, I'm starting with Coutinho.

    5. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Take it you're keeping Kun now?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        If Kane is out, for now. Got money in bank to get most mids.

        1. Numb
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Coutinho.

    6. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      I'm selling Sterling but would probably keep Sane.

    7. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Cheers all.

    8. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Sane looks so good!

  5. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Find it amusing when Granville still has and keeps defending Lallana despite 0 goals 0 assists in last 9 😉

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Wijnaldum is the new Lallana

      1. Diva
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah. I had 7.8m to spend on a Liverpool mid for my -4 this week. I should have gone with the other option, instead of the one that netted me -3. Can't complain too much about this week though. 🙂

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      He's as casual as they come

  6. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Are those BAPS final? Barnes still on 3 🙂

  7. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Considering bringing in Son and Sanchez for -4

  8. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Keep Mane and Coutinho one more week and assess Sanchez ?

  9. Speédy
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    3-5--2 the way to go now???

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Of course.

    2. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      4-4-2

    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      It changes so quickly

      No idea, was 4 at the back few weeks ago

  10. the german
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    suggest a wildcard team for 102 m keeping in mind DGW players

    1. Sp0rting
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      German efficiency at its finest here folks.

      1. Spike ⚽️
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Hilarious - Have an up vote

    2. Creedey
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Suggest a wildcard team for 110 m keeping in mind cheese

    3. lordkippe
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Pickford/Valdes
      Vertonghen/Cahill/Yoshida/Britos/Valencia
      Alli/Pedro/Zaha/Walcott/De roon
      Gabbiadini/Defoe/Costa

      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        😯

    4. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Lol, first post too.

      You must be crazy to think anyone will actually give you a team.

    5. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      King
      King King King
      King King King King
      King KIng King

      1. Creedey
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Kong
        Kong kong kong kong kong
        Kong kong kong kong
        Kong

    6. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Auto select is your friend

    7. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Pickford - Cech
      Vertonghen - Luiz - Yoshida - Valencia - Lenihan
      Sanchez - Alli - Tadic - Siggy - De Roon
      Costa - Lukaku - Gabbiadini

  11. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Kane purchases on the increase again (after a slight dip for about 2hrs)

    this has got to be the weirdest year for transfers.

  12. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Which combination of these transfers would you do:
    A). Coutinho -> Pedro
    B). Eriksen -> Sanchez
    C). Carroll -> Costa
    Only one FT.

    1. Crow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      B), would you feel safe going a single week without Alexis? I think not.

  13. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Updated WC team- leaves 0 in bank (so need to make changes tonight) but 10 players* with DGW (Coleman will become Valencia in couple of weeks)

    How does it look? Siggy had to go to make it work so TCaroll in as 5th midfielder

    Pickford* Cabellero*
    Walker* Coleman Alonso* Cedric* Mawson
    Mane Sanchez* Sterling* Eriksen* T Carroll
    Costa* Lukaka Gabbi*

    1. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Very nice except Stirling

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks, could keep Siggy (triple Swansea) or triple up on Chelsea with Pedro?

  14. Crow
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    A) Kane + Mane --> Costa + Sanchez
    B) Kane --> Costa
    C) Baines --> Walker
    D) WC and take out Kane, Baines, Mane, Coutinho, Heaton, Brunt and Carroll and get good players

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

    Llorentes dead leg should be fine for next week??

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      he better be

    2. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Depends what grade but they'll play him if they possibly can.

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Should have been fine an hour after.

    4. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Seance is due tomorrow.

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

        I'm counting on him

        Too many other fires to fight thanks to coutinho and snoddy

  16. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    anyone for the Eriksen, Alli, Son triple up hmmmmmmmm

    1. Crow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Would like that except what's the story with Janssen

      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        He'll still be poor.

        1. Crow
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Would he still be played though
          Son's time is questioned for now..

      2. F4L
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        there isn't one imo, Poch dosnt rate him

  17. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Origi not getting the 1st assist was very unlucky!

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      it wasn't, never an assist for that

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Unlucky for whom? No one owns him

      1. Spike ⚽️
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        RCA does and captained him!

  18. Sp0rting
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Looks like it'll be Lala -> Sanchez and Kun (C) now

  19. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    32 - 8 truly gutted, lost h2h to a dead team, over 1.7m rank ,mane my 11th (c) failure this season,see you in august I surrender....

    1. Sp0rting
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Just take a breather.

      Step outside and get some Air Jordan.

  20. Lav
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Went up 130k yesterday to 205k. Looking like 10k-15k drop today. Still very happy hopefully I can build off this.

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      ive risen from 330k to 150k in the last 2 gws. Still hoping to make top 30k

      1. Lav
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Good luck. This is my second year playing FPL after being a fan for so long. Finished just inside 150k last year, this year has been a bit rough for me.

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          same , first yr playing proper for me, finished 70k last yr. Hoping to improve on that tbh

  21. Ibralicious
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    [Sanchez was twice pictured on the bench sniggering after their defeats to both Liverpool and Bayern Munich, and it is reported his team-mates have had enough. A ‘dressing-room source’ told the paper: “Alexis is being moody and disruptive and it’s getting to the rest of the squad. “The players are getting fed-up with it. If it came to a straight choice between which side to choose, there is no doubt they would back the manager.” The Sunday Mirror’s Neil Moxley goes on to explain: “The stand-off is similar to the problems caused at West Ham earlier this season by Dimitri Payet. The France international was called out publicly by Hammers boss Slaven Bilic and criticised for his behaviour.]

    Sanchez definitely a question mark atm. Surely this Payet-esque rebellion can't be good news for FPL?

    1. Dave Boozle
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      not surprised team-mates backing Wenger given he continuously plays them and gives them new contracts despite rubbish performances.

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      spurs mids over Sanchez atm

    3. Sp0rting
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Ah, those seasoned professionals.

    4. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Papers making up complete bollox as per usual

      1. Dave Boozle
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Prove it's bullocks.

        1. Syd.
          • 17 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Are you that gullible

        2. Diva
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Timbo just did (below)

      2. Ibralicious
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        If you've watched any of Arsenal's recent matches barring the non-league FA cup quarters, Sanchez's body language itself says otherwise... Plus the training bust-up last week to go with it. His days at Arsenal seem very limited atm...

    5. A.T
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      It's the Mirror though

    6. Crow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Sanchez is better than the whole team though, if I could choose between him and the rest of their squad it's gotta be him

    7. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      He's still playing though

    8. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Departing or not, the guy put in a decent shift in, albeit against lower league oppo. As FPL managers we just care about his output on the pitch. He's a trier and at the moment would make heck of a diff if he still explosive.

      1. Ibralicious
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Fair enough, but he can't try enough when he's got 10 sticks of wood, so to speak, around him can he? Surely he would be looking for a transfer out to one of the Spanish giants, where he would be actually 'rewarded' for his trying...not benched

    9. Fuchs Mane Kante
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      San(c)hez has been watching to much Afc Tv and has no respect for dinosaur Wenger. Payet was never the same after the brexit vote i am sure that snowflake is a closet racialist. Lol

  22. Adz87
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    had 3 city and a treble captain last week, obviously I beat that with only 4 games this week, swings and round abouts ☺️

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

    Kane out for more than a month means back to 3-5-2?

    1. Sp0rting
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Jansen.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Ashley Barnes says hello 😛

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      could go Kaku Gabbi Costa Defoe? Will want Ibra in 2 gws as well

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

        Already have lukaku and Costa. llorente is the third striker.
        I want to remove one of two pool mid plus brunt.

    4. Speédy
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Yup,lukaku,kun,Costa the only available big hitters

  24. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on going without a Spurs attacker until Kane gets back, if he is injured for a few weeks?

    1. Sp0rting
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Alli still a good little performer.

    2. Jacket Potato
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Thinking Ali till the end of the season regardless

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

      Would prefer walker

  25. lordkippe
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    very frustrating getting 3 city playes last gweek and 2 pool players this week. Lost just 1 point on my ml rival despite he had captained lukaku. If only I did the same

  26. Iceball
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    A) Llorente to Costa
    B) Diomande to Costa
    C) Llorente+Cout/Mane to Costa+Sanchez-4

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      B)

      Then Llortene to Gabbi.

  27. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    How likely will Barnes keep 3 BAPS?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      50%

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        0%*

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Down to 2 now.

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

      Unlikely.

    4. LÖrKingMuch
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      He's going to get 2

  28. Orange Roughy
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    How bad did the Kane injury look? Like a lotrought him in last night to avoid Ibra's price drop

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Pretty bad.

    2. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Could be out for a few weeks only good thing is there is only one more PL this month

      1. Orange Roughy
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers, will hold for now and see what happens

    3. Orange Roughy
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Sorry for the typo, was editing on the train. Middle part missing, but general sentiment is there

  29. Jacket Potato
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Evening lads, would you wildcard this team, Or is it salvageable?

    Foster Heaton
    Alonso *Baines* McAuley *Holgate* Amat
    Coutinho Mane Sterling Siggy Romeu
    Lukaku *Kane* *Llorente*

    1ft (£6.0m itb)

    A) Wildcard
    B) Mane > Sanchez
    C) Kane/ Llorente > Gabbi
    D) Holgate > Walker
    E) -4 save the wildcard.

  30. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    People doubled up and tripled up on teams like Liverpool, West Ham, Hull, WBA... not because they have good form or fixtures

    But because they played in 28

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

      Antonio is not a bad pick.
      Even mane.

    2. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      100%

      And a team or players in poor form won't become world beaters because they have seemingly easy opposition or because they have a DGW.