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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.

  1. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    I am surprised there hasn't been an article on the Kane injury

    1. TLF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Check hot topics

    2. Ibralicious
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Our for presumably 3-4 weeks, could be less depending on awaited scans.

  2. Egyptian Giza
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    yay or nay to WC?
    Heaton Foster
    Baines Coleman Pieters Francis Alonso
    Siggy Coutinho Mane Sterling Phillips
    Llorente Lukaku Rondon

    1. Crow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Foster baines francis phillips lorente rondon - 6 players. WC!

    2. Lav
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Nay but hit needed

    3. ChiefMockingBird
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      I have a similar team and considering wild card. You don't want 2 pool players and that strike force needs an upgrade. Struggling to see benefit of saving it to so late in the season

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    Simon Stone @sistoney67
    Anthony Martial (injury) + Marcus Rashford (ill) out. Severity of Rooney injury not known but couldn't complete session. Eng squad on Thurs.

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      None of those 3 will be missed by any team

      1. Jude Rooney
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        Numpty

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Ah, "international" injury

  4. EDEN THE MAN
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    Alli or Coutinho

    Own Mane but no Spurs attack.

    Also, best defender under 5.3?

    1. bombayblues
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Alli. Look at those Spurs fixtures

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Alli and possibly Cedric with DGW's in mind

  5. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    Jordan Henderson ruled out of England involvement because of being Jordan Henderson.

  6. Chris_H
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    Do the FA Cup semis lead to more blanks does anyone know?

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      No.... PL games will most likely be shifted to midweek within GW34

    2. CABAYE4
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Maybe - depends how games are re-scheduled.

  7. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    Why aren't people considering deeney?

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Been there. Got burnt
      Moved him out for Rondon!
      Always use for a crap striker 😆

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Underthinking.

      1. The Overthinker
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        Sometimes going under is also fun 😉

  8. martyhan
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 28 days ago

    Would you wildcard this team?

    Heaton jaku
    Alonso Jones Dann brunt Coleman
    Ali countino mane siggy de roon
    Kane llorente lukaku

    Already got Kane in last night so no ft
    5.6 itb

    1. MTPockets
        9 years, 28 days ago

        no

      • bombayblues
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        Decent team except for the injury concerns. Would take a -4 and take out Kane. Hold WC for later based on OR and mini league ranking

      • ChiefMockingBird
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        Look at it a differwnt way, Why wouldn't you?

    2. Foozeball
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Current team:

      Jaku
      Alonso - Walker - Brunt - Coleman
      King - Mane - Sigurdsson
      Costa - Llorente - Lukaku

      Mannone, Snoddy, Robertson, T. Carroll
      1 FT, 7.0 INB

      Glad I hadn't transferred out Llorente for Kane yet.
      Not sure what to use my FT for. The basic question for me is whether or not to play Brunt. Can we expect Arsenal to bounce back with a win? They always seem to after getting KO'd in Champions League, but they've got mixed results against Pulis teams, especially away :/

    3. EDEN THE MAN
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 28 days ago

      Who has a dgw out of the top 6

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        Them all except Liverpool

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        All do except Pool.

        1. Lawrø
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Crap, I've been thinking we have one... whoops

      3. Lawrø
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        Spurs, United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, City

        1. Lawrø
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          -Liverpool

          1. Lawrø
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Somehow forgot they played in GW26 😆

            1. Syd.
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              and today 🙁

      4. MTPockets
          9 years, 28 days ago

          All except liverpool.

        • Donhush
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Arsenal has potentially 2 DGWs

      5. Carlton P
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        What to do?gotta get Sanchez right?
        Foster / Pickford
        Alonso / Coleman / Baines / mawson / brunt
        Alli / eriksen / mane / Coutinho / siggy
        Lukaku / Llorente / Andy C
        Funds are far too spread out!!
        1FT 2.5 ITB

      6. Zlat-man
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        A.. Kane —> Gabbi
        B. Cout-> Alli
        C.. Davies > King
        D. Baines/Brunt —> Valencia

        Which ones to do?

        1. Carlton P
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Got to get rid of your injured players first surely

      7. Old Wulfrunian
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 28 days ago

        Coutinho and Mane owners what's your plan?

        1. Zlat-man
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Sail C prolly. Keeping M

        2. TLF
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Hold for now, it's one poor game, they could do well against City and the fixtures are decent thereafter.

        3. EDEN THE MAN
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Ship Cout after city
          Not worth a hit this week.

        4. GoodFella93
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          I was going to do Aguero > Kane, but now I may keep Kun and downgrade Mane to Sane. Liverpool are only blistering against the big teams, Mane doesn't seem worth the investment, but other than keeping Kun I really have no where else to spend the funds.

          1. Jude Rooney
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Why get rid of Mane this week then?

            1. GoodFella93
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              Sorry, definitely not getting rid of him yet, just think long term he might not be worth his price, but I got him at £9.3m anyway and have a good squad value. Kane getting injured has thrown a massive spanner in the works for me, I feel Aguero is the same in that he shows his true worth in the big games, just means I'll have to hold off getting Sanchez back and keep Barkley for an extra week too.

              1. Jude Rooney
                • 13 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Bit confusing but fair enough.......

        5. MTPockets
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Probably sell one. Maybe not this week though - depends on Llorente.

          • Dirty Harry
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Holding. Cant afford taking further hits

          • Lawrø
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Probably keep both for now

          • Old Wulfrunian
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Thanks all.I'll propably take a hit for Sanchez/Alli

          • Jersey
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            certainly keeping for the City game. they are liable to do very well.

            beyond that is not forseeable . . . a lot can happen, especially with an int'l break in there.

            i want to go into the long break with 2 FT's. (i would have brought Kane in tonight, but that's not happening now.)

            1. Old Wulfrunian
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              Thanks Jersey

          • XabiAlonso
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Considering a wild card maybe just have mane. Could do with the funds coutinho leaves me tho. I don't know... help

        6. seanmcging
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Coutinho to Eriksen? Have Mane aswell...

          1. Jersey
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            i prefer to hold Coutinho for the City game and go into to int'l break with 2 frees.

            1. seanmcging
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              Don't think I'm comfortable with 2 Liv mids, esp after both blanked today!!

              1. Jersey
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                then swap for Eriksen . . . but this is how i'd look at it.

                I just brought Coutinho in, for what amounts to a -5 (assuming he took the place of a blank player) if I swap him now. Liverpool has been playing much better against top teams than weaker teams for a while now . . . Burnley is a harder fixture for him (especially without his partner Firmino) than City is, if recent history has any validity.

                a double digit score for any of the 3 top 'pool mids is not out of the question next week. and then there's 2 home games to follow.

          2. Donhush
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            You might as well make the move. Spurs have great fixtures and Coutinho hasn't quite been the same since his return

        7. Scapegoat Salah
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 28 days ago

          Just to let you guys know I'm working hard to make sure I can start against Southampton next week.
          My ankle doesn't hurt too bad.

          1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Might be believeable if you hadn't wrote hopefully Kane will be ok in your last post, unless your talking in the third person of course

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              Haha!! 3rd person of course lol

              1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Nice one Jamie

          2. MTPockets
              9 years, 28 days ago

              Ok Pinocchio.

          3. Ibralicious
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Lallana-> Hazard, Sanchez or Pedro? Have $ itb to do all 3, which seems best for upcoming fixtures though? :/

          4. EDEN THE MAN
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Do all the big teams have Dgw 37 or do some have Dgw 34

            1. CABAYE4
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              Any FA cup semi-finalist won't have a double GW34.

          5. GoodFella93
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 28 days ago

            Is there any chance that Kane's price will rise tonight regardless?

            1. A.T
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              Doubt it

            2. walkman666
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              I think there is a rather small chance, but I imagine that once the direction of the market reverses, then his price won't rise. I bet that there are now more sellers than buyers.

              1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                It's already reversing

            3. MTPockets
                9 years, 28 days ago

                When it rstarts to everse, price change never seems to happen - whatever the %.

                1. GoodFella93
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  Yeah, I think we saw that with Llorente last night tbf, he was due to rise but ofc didn't.

                  1. Dirty Harry
                    • 10 Years
                    9 years, 28 days ago

                    No one at FPL clearly has Llorente... grr

              • Jersey
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                no, i don't think so.

            4. dunas_dog
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 28 days ago

              If you had to bring in 3 on WC which would you choose? On D G and H for now

              A Sane
              B Sterling
              C Pedro
              D Eriksen
              E Son
              F Alli
              G Mane
              H Siggy

              1. The Overthinker
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                B C G

              2. MTPockets
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  a, c, f

              3. walkman666
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                C, d, h

                1. walkman666
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  Reply fail to Dunas dog.

              4. The Overthinker
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Saving my transfer this week.
                Captain lukaku
                Vice captain Costa
                Good luck

              5. Feloh
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                wait is this for real was considering doing a Kane to niasse as an enabler for mirallas> Sanchez before the prices rise

              6. Syd.
                • 16 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Does anyone still have Ibra & Kane?

              7. EDEN THE MAN
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Any1 have a list of teams with DGW 37?

                1. Syd.
                  • 16 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  None at the moment as fixtures have not been scheduled

                  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AXOuLIzI4un4adZxpsTCN7amF8Go81NHAPZcbi51ZbI/htmlview?sle=true#

              8. Syd.
                • 16 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Bench Wankery Updated 😆 😆

              9. Clifford☯
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Is Sanchez a 'must have' for GW29 ? If yes then who goes out for him, Coutinho or Mane ?

                1. Jersey
                  • 10 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  no he is not, imo.

                  too much turmoil going on there . . . an int'l break coming up next (and we all know what can happen).

                  plus, Liverpool have been giving the top teams fits. i'd hold Coutinho and Mane for that game and go into
                  the break with 2 FT's.

              10. Differentiator
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Truly awful gameweek given amount of planning. Net 28 pts.

                Heaton, Brunt, Baines, Robertson, Coutinho, Llorente, Snodgrass all useless

                1. walkman666
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  Similar. Net 27. Firmino, Llorente, Baines, brunt, and then kane (who I held through). Bad captain choice as well. Could very well have been the worst ever given the net outcome relative to competition, plus four injuries. Maybe we'll get the opposite result next gw.

                  1. Differentiator
                    • 10 Years
                    9 years, 28 days ago

                    Not Going to even take the risk of a turnaround. Expecting minimum -8 for next week to offload Kane/Brunt/Snodgrass/Coutinho as appropriate

              11. BananaNose Maldonado
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 28 days ago

                Haven't sorted it all out, but I think I'm looking at one of the two below options for the next few weeks. (Barring injuries) Which looks stronger to you?

                A) Costa and Eriksen/Alli
                B) Sanchez and Pedro

                Cheers!

                1. BananaNose Maldonado
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  I guess Sanchez and Son is the other option, but I don't know about Son's assuredness of starts/time.

                  1. MTPockets
                      9 years, 28 days ago

                      I'd take that option.

                  2. Jersey
                    • 10 Years
                    9 years, 28 days ago

                    close one . . . just looked at your team. i think i'd want to get into the int'l break with 2 frees (now that Harry is gone), and assess it for GW 30.

                    i'd certainly be keep Cout and Firm for City (making the assumption F is healthy). they're liable to give them fits.

                    you need a healthy Baines this week, of course.

                    1. BananaNose Maldonado
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 11 Years
                      9 years, 28 days ago

                      Thanks, Jersey.

                      It's amazing how one poor decision (Coutinho over Lukaku as captain) then makes me possibly feel the urgency to do more. If I would have chosen the right captain this week I'd probably feel better about saving.

                      So, if I save, would you start Rondon (ARS) or Grosicki (eve)?

                      1. Jersey
                        • 10 Years
                        9 years, 28 days ago

                        Rondon. (pity he isn't a healthy Harry Kane right now . . . i assume that was the plan).

                        i know his fantasy numbers this year, but he is a good football player who knows where the goal is. he was rested last week so he is a certain starter, since Pulis loves him. he's at home, and things are a bit haywire at Arsenal. he could nick one.

                        Grosicki has looked very good, but Hull is away and points may be hard to come by at Goodison.

                        1. BananaNose Maldonado
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 11 Years
                          9 years, 28 days ago

                          That's what I was thinking, too.

                          Maybe it's just blind love or loyalty, but I've held onto Rondon because I really rate him as a footballer and think he's been unlucky not to get returns lately.

                          I think you are a Hammers fan. Any reason to think Snod gets his spot back, as that is the other advantage to moving on from him?

                          1. Jersey
                            • 10 Years
                            9 years, 28 days ago

                            i'm giving Snodgrass another week at least. i think he should start. Feghouli was horrible this week, and that right wing is where Snoddy plays best. Noble is also at risk of losing his spot, i think. but then there is Andre Ayew, who deserves to start and will, i think. . . so it is a bit crowded there.

                            your bench is thin. either Grosicki or Snoddy in the first spot, i guess, as it is now. if Baines is ruled out, i guess you'll be forced to make a move for a defender. you can't count on Amat to play.

                            1. BananaNose Maldonado
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 11 Years
                              9 years, 28 days ago

                              Feghouli really was bad. I guess we shall see.

                              Baines to Valencia is an easy one - and one I planned for GW30 anyway - if the injury seems worse than Koeman first led on.

                              Thanks for the feedback. Stay safe with the snow, rain and wind. I'm down in Georgia for the month to get away from the crappy weather, but my sister is in Stone Harbor, so I've kept up with the weather there.

                              1. Jersey
                                • 10 Years
                                9 years, 28 days ago

                                i will.

                                be well.

                2. Richd
                  • 13 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  76 (-12) with firmino, cout and Baines trying to stop the jizz flying.

                  Ashley Barnes, thank you

                  1. The Overthinker
                    • 9 Years
                    9 years, 28 days ago

                    Congratulations

                  2. walkman666
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    9 years, 28 days ago

                    Fantastic. Can't get the image of a Sesame Street character with flying jizz out of my head now though. Thanks.

                3. Old Wulfrunian
                  • 9 Years
                  9 years, 28 days ago

                  @Athletico Timbo
                  I try to find a post you wrote yesterday asking Caroll or Liorente?!Do you know what happened?

                  1. A.T
                    • 15 Years
                    9 years, 28 days ago

                    I bought Carroll. Almost bought Llorente too but luckily changed my mind.

                    1. Old Wulfrunian
                      • 9 Years
                      9 years, 28 days ago

                      No i meant i can't find the actual post you made in the article.Propably somehow get deleted.Do you know something?

                      1. A.T
                        • 15 Years
                        9 years, 28 days ago

                        No sorry. I can't remember tbh. I can't see why it would be deleted

                        1. Old Wulfrunian
                          • 9 Years
                          9 years, 28 days ago

                          Thanks anyway.Weird cause i searched my posts and yours and couldn't found anything

                          1. A.T
                            • 15 Years
                            9 years, 28 days ago

                            Oh right. I don't know then. Maybe something was added later which was bad! Who knows 🙂