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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. Whazza
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 days ago

    How many goals in the ARS-MCI game?

    Thinking real goalfest like 5 goals

    1. Whazza
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      Placing a bet for sure

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

      2-0 Arsenal

      1. Debauchy
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Hope you're right but Give Cap Kun 1 please

    3. Kun Tozser
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      0-0 no doubt

    4. itwaswritten
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 days ago

      Inb4 a 0-0 that too.

    5. MTPockets
        9 years, 5 days ago

        2-3 featuring Aguero, Sanchez, Sane.

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

          I'd be very happy with that

          1. MTPockets
              9 years, 5 days ago

              I might be a tad fpl-player biased.

        2. Debauchy
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Looks that way

        3. RÏɠBY
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          i thought so to but i had that game as 2-0 so it'll probably be the opposite of a goalfest

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

          Can't be 0-0 with peps line up!

      • Vlad Tepes
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Glad i had Valdes, he will prolly get the 3 BPS 🙂

      • fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        After wrecking my Man Utd double cleanie late on, Boro nearly wrecked my Mawson cleanie at the very end.

        Anyway, 46 points with Sanchez(c) to go. Come on Alexi baby!! Need that brace more than ever.

      • Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Score you t1t

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

          😆

      • PvA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Costa ➡ Ibra
        King ➡ Tadic
        For -4?

        Pickford (Valdes)
        Alonso, Walker, Valencia (Yoshida, Kone)
        Sanchez, Alli, Sigurdsson, King (Capoue)
        Costa, Lukaku, Negredo

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

        So, Sanchez Vs Kun..who will come out on top ? My money is on Sanchez

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

          Hopefully alexis

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

          Kun 🙂

      • Scratch
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Middlesbrough are a joke fouling their way to a 0-0 draw, good riddance when they get relegated.

        Madley should be demoted to the championship and join them.

      • Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Siggy to Leicester a good move for him?

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

          Hypothetically

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

          No

          Prefer siggy to Everton

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

            To replace Barkley?

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

              barkley will come good once he learns to calm the duck dowm

      • nkhoughton
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        3 goalless draws this gameweek please let's not make it 4

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

          Doubt the arsenal game will be goalless, look at city's midfield. No ball stoppers

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

          This

      • Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Rudy

        Why Why Why

        You should've been a brick layer

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

        Relegate both teams and all the referees involved in this game. Real shower of sheet

      • Venom Snake
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Aguero, Sterling, Sane, Navas, KDB and Silva?

        Pep wants to score 6 goals

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

          Navas won't, so make that five

        2. Uncle Gamst
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Anytime is see the name Navas in a City team sheet I cringe. The guy is supposed to be a winger and can't cross the ball!!

      • NestorC
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 days ago

        Llorente to Ibra for a hit is a reasonable move?

        1. barracuda
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Aye

        2. MTPockets
            9 years, 5 days ago

            To anyone (ok not Rondon)

          • NestorC
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Cheers

        3. The Head-Ake
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          So glad that Costa, Alonso and Siggy - all three of whom I was thinking of captaining barely got over 3 points. Destiny!

          P.S : Went with Alonso at the end :/

          1. NestorC
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Good one

          2. Spg76
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            I had the exact same fail

        4. mipola
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Amat
          Funes Mori
          Llorente
          Mane
          Davies

          Should I wc now or hold off until next week?

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

            What's wrong with Davies?

            1. mipola
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 5 days ago

              Isn't Rose coming back soon?

            2. Pipermaru
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 5 days ago

              Might be Tom 😉

        5. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Out of the cup!

          Boom!

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

            Unless Sanchez gets -1 😆

          2. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            I'm on a knife edge.

            Me: 50 all out

            Him: 44 + Aguero

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

          40 with Kun to go. A bad GW but the still the best in a while hah

        7. Pep says
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Phew. Needed that clean sheet. Gutted there wasn't a Siggy Mawson combo but I'll take the 8 points.

          ML leader has Sané and Kun +1 vs my Sanchez. Praying for a miracle I can reduce the 13point lead.

        8. Ravager
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          30 points with Kun (C) to go. Please come through Sergio!

        9. _Jane
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Really got lucky

          My C is Llorente - VC Coutinho
          First Sub : Brunt

          1. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            ...that's ridiculous! 🙂

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

            Epic luck 🙂

          3. The Head-Ake
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            I had Deeney playing with Zaha as first sub in my mini.

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

            Woah. My auto subs are Maguire and Snoddy. Brunt stays on bench

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

          Never thought that Alli(c) would've been a good choice

          1. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Then why did you pick him? 😛

        11. TheBusDriver
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Ibra or Vardy? I NEED HELP PLEASE!

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

            maybe 1

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

              sorry reply fail

              Ibra for the DGW

          2. ☻ Jon Snow ☻
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Vardy

          3. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            You need help indeed...stuck in a copy-n-paste loop

          4. Ziro
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Aguero

          5. Make United Great Again
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            AGUEROOOOOOOOOOOO

        12. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          Any chance of bonus for Olsson, guys?

          1. DR0GBA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            He's on for 1 atm

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

            Maybe one....possibly

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

            Olsson on 1 bap atm

        13. Lizard Lips
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          If Llorente had played I think 3-0 Swans, Siggy 2 assists 1 goal, Llorente 2 goals Fer 1 assist.

        14. boc610
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          has niall quinn commented yet on the statue of him at Madeira airport?

        15. The Head-Ake
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          I'm done and settled with a 41ish this week. What about y'all?

        16. jimmy.floyd
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 days ago

          A) Siggy->Coutinho for -4
          B) King -> Zaha for -4
          C) Llorente -> Defoe for -4
          D) King + Llorente -> Coutinho + Origi for -8
          E) A+ B for -8
          F) A+B+C for -12

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

            -12 are you crazy 🙁

          2. MTPockets
              9 years, 5 days ago

              Countinho maybe, Zaha maybe, Defoe no.

          3. Royal5
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Played Jaku over Valdes >:(

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

            Who wins:

            A. Aguero & 7pts

            B. Sanchez & Sane

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

              Who knows

          5. Rhinos
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 days ago

            Anyone else bench 39 points? 😯 😆

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

              28pts for me......wow, you must be spewing, who you got?

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

              Damn!! Well least your whole team got form 😉

            3. ChelseaGuy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 5 days ago

              No way!