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2 April 2017 1431 comments
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We head to the Liberty Stadium for the first of two Sunday afternoon encounters as Swansea City entertain Middlesbrough in the 1.30pm kick-off.

Having served up returns in eight of his ten league outings since the appointment of Paul Clement, Gylfi Sigurdsson has been handed the armband by just over 62,000 Fantasy Premier League managers.

Tellingly, though, the Icelandic international was the most captained player of the top 100 heading into Gameweek 30, with 20 of those managers placing their faith in him.

All three of Sigurdsson’s double-figure hauls have arrived at home, though in spite of that consistency, he has managed just one 10+ points haul under the new head coach.

Up top for the hosts, Fernando Llorente – who was drafted in by over 84,000 FPL managers for Gameweek 30 – misses out with an ankle problem, allowing Jordan Ayew the chance of a rare start.

With a double Gameweek 34 – against Bournemouth and Sunderland – on their upcoming agenda, many will be running the rule over the likes of Gaston Ramirez and Alvaro Negredo as short-term picks for the run-in.

Yet with just a single goal in their last seven away matches, the Teesside team face a tough task to convince us that they are worthy of investment.

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  1. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Gulp

  2. Jereme Halliday
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    FOOK OFF GESTEDE

  3. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    That would've pissed me off

  4. Lawrø
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Incredible cross from Negredo!

  5. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    REF IS CR*P

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    I'm sock of this ref

  7. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Can't call that chance. Gestede was at the end of it.

  8. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Negredo mate unlucky

  9. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    REF FOOK OFF

  10. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    What a lovely Ball, Traore

  11. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Clear fk

  12. Live Lad
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    AGUERO captainers unite!!

  13. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    That REF wants a bullet

  14. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    All over. Should have captained Mawson

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      /Mane/Kun/Valencia

  15. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Fer screwed up so many plays

  16. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Fer was awful at the end there, 3 or 4 attacks broke down because of him.

  17. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    This is hilarious

  18. Mark-O
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    This week is just CS everywhere

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      Except for Chelsea

  19. 1zverGGadeM
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Madley one of the worst PL refs I've ever seen. Sums up all the English officials this season. They are all crap!

  20. SirStevieG
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Thanks for nothing Siggy.

  21. Lawrø
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    This is all set up for a Sanchez hattrick

    1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      Doubt it tbh. He will get a goal tho. I say 2-2. Late goal from Sane

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      Aguero*

  22. Qubit
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    So Siggy out for Alli or should it be Coutinho or Eriksen? Tough choice.

  23. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Siggy is my first C fail since GW17. Terrible week all round, at least it was only two injuries... Ref was dire in that game though.

    1. Qubit
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      Wow, awesome run, can't complain at that 🙂

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        By far my best run ever, my rank is still poor, but would be far worse without C choices.

  24. Jazz!
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    No way did Gestede actually miss that

  25. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Valdes 10 Olsson 7 on my bench, fml

  26. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    When traore learns to let go of the ball, he will be a top player!

  27. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Graveyard of captaincy picks so far this GW - Costa, Lukaku, Siggy, Alonso. Mane has done well. Can Sanchez or Kun deliver?

  28. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    I can't really call it a Siggy fail if he is my second highest scoring attacker so far.

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

      Oh damn.

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        No hits, terrible week. Will I never learn?

    2. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      Didn't think of it that way... same here.

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        I captained my lowest scoring attacker, so that was definitely a fail.

        1. The Tinkerman
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Ah okay. I had Lanzini, Mane, Eriksen, Costa, Lukaku and C Siggy. Only Mane scored better than Siggy. It was a fantastic line up on paper, but failed miserably.

          1. The Tinkerman
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Oh and Llorente, but he went off for Yoshida, so that's one positive.

          2. tm245
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Yep, I am finding the more confident I am in my attackers, the worse they do,

  29. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    I will not miss Boro one bit next season

  30. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    Oh goddamit Siggy