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5 April 2017 6460 comments
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After the first four fixtures of Gameweek 31 treated us to just seven goals last night, hopes are a little higher for the remaining six matches.

Many Fantasy managers will be keeping a keen eye on the Emirates as Alexis Sanchez looks to punish West Ham once again.

The Chilean is the third most-captained player this time around, having served up 23 points against the Hammers back in Gameweek 14.

Dele Alli – the most popular midfielder in FPL – and Spurs team-mate Christian Eriksen also have the opportunity to deliver a big profit as they travel to a Swansea City outfit that boasts the worst home defensive record in the top-flight.

Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough are also in action this evening, affording us an early scouting opportunity as both gear up for a double Gameweek 34.

Christian Benteke and Wilfried Zaha roll up to St Mary’s looking to build on their goal and assist apiece away to Chelsea, with Sam Allardyce’s men seeking a fifth straight victory.

‘Boro face a tough task away to Hull, though. The Tigers are a tough nut to crack at home under Marco Silva, with six wins and a draw in seven in front of their own supporters across all competitions. Notably, the Teessiders appear to have opted for a front two for tonight’s clash.

Chelsea and Man City square up at the Bridge in one of two 8pm encounters.

Diego Costa is the second most-captained player for the Gameweek – over 10% are backing the Spain international despite a run of two goals in seven. Meanwhile, for the visitors, Sergio Aguero has persuaded 8% to take an armband punt on the back of three strikes in four.

Liverpool seek to gain revenge on their 4-3 capitulation at the Vitality Stadium earlier in the season as Bournemouth make their way to Anfield. With Sadio Mane sidelined, Philippe Coutinho – the top transfer target for Gameweek 31 – and Roberto Firmino carry the main threat to a defence that’s been breached 31 times already on their travels.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    People selling Sanchez and Siggy :O.....

    You crazy.

    Quality always rises to the top

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Let them off 🙂

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      I'm keeping both. It doesn't surprise me that people are selling, but I do remember the last time Siggy was sold by many (including myself) and it didn't pay off.

    3. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      This.

    4. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Same thing applies to Alonso.

      Madness to be selling now IMO

  2. Dušan Citizen
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Do you think that maybe Alli or Eriksen will be rested against WAT?

    1. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      no

    2. boc610
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Eh ,no

    3. GHB
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Zero chance

    4. Cheese Crunch
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      not likely.

    5. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      I doubt

      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Lettle chance, they need to give 100% in every league game now.

    6. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      What for?

    7. ljuta zena
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      MUTD and LEI are suspicious

  3. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Any chance alli goes up in price tonight

    1. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Nope

  4. Demel
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Jak - Pick
    Brunt - McCauley - Baines - Coleman - Valencia
    Sanchez - Sane - Coutinho - Siggy - Zaha
    Ibra - Lukaku - Defoe

    I can do..

    A) Defoe > Benteke
    B) Coleman & Siggy > Holgate & Alli (-4)
    C) All 3 of the above (-8)
    D) Don't panic transfer
    E) Terrible gameweek = Wildcard!

    1. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      A

    2. Rider on the Storm
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      D and A

    3. Crow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Coleman to gibson. Trust me

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        I quite like the look of that actually.

      2. ILOVEBAPS
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        This ^ and A

  5. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Yoshida or Stephens?

    Will WC before their DGW vs Arsenal anyway.

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Stephens then as cheaper

  6. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Sanchez + lukaku > ozil + aguero (c) (-4)?

    1. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      noooooo

    2. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Naah

    3. Rider on the Storm
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Kneejerk

    4. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Go to sleep and come back tomorrow with a fresh mind

      No, to answer the question

    5. Alexis Nonsense
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Dude... Top scoring striker and top scoring mid.

      Keep em

    6. Pirlø's Pen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Ha, noo

  7. Annie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Out of both FFS cups on rank...

  8. Smoky Johnson
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Anyone considering Eriksen, Alli, Kane triple combo when he is back?

    1. Rider on the Storm
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      No

    2. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      I would think it's crossed the mind of most who don't already have a Spurs defender.

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Yes

    4. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Would like to - probably will end up with Kane Alli Walker though

      1. Crow
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        This

    5. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Alli/Erik + Kane is my plan right now!

  9. Rider on the Storm
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    What to do with my defense?
    Valencia Alonso Baines Pierters Amat
    0 itb

    1. GE
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Downgrade Baines

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Amat to Yoshida? Or Baines to BDavies?

    3. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Not worth a transfer here this week. Save it if you can.

  10. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Alonso to yoshida or Stephens to free up much needed funds for my WC?? May need kun back soon.

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Yep

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      If you mean what I think you mean and you're WCing now, then go for it.

  11. Bainesill
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Defoe to:

    A. Negredo
    B. Origi

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      DGWegredo

    2. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Origi

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Origi

  12. Alexis Nonsense
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    So King just made my plans a little harder...worth keeping him as fourth mid with those fixtures?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Form > fixtures.

      Chelsea hating CSs lately.

  13. GE
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Siggy -> Sane, save or doing something else?

    (1FT, 0.0 itb)

    Heaton
    Walker/Valencia/Baines
    Sanchez/Alli/Cout/Siggy/Tadic
    Ibra/Lukaku

    Bench: Jaku, Chambers, Robertson, Diomande

  14. FPLAdmiral
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Rank is dropping like a stone, any help or suggestions to stop the rot?

    1FT, 1.3m ITB

    Heaton
    Valencia, Baines, Alonso
    Alexis, Alli, Zaha, Siggy
    Zlatan, Lukaku, Carroll

    (Jakup)(Brunt, Snoddy, M.Wilson)

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Fundamentally first XI looks fine. Look to offload Snoddy as a first port of call. Maybe Baines thereafter

  15. cuervos
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Is it time to let go of Alonso?

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Yes

    2. djpete
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      They just played Man City.

  16. BananaNose Maldonado
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Pickford - Grant
    Walker - Davies - Baines - Ake - Amat
    Sanchez - Coutinho - Firmino - King - Grosicki
    Aguero - Lukaku - Carroll

    Had to work and missed all of today's matches.

    I have been planning on Firmino to Eriksen for GW32 all along. Is that still the most sound thing (don't have money ITB for Alli), or did something else come up with my players I should know about?

    Thanks in advance for any responses.

    1. Moosie the Staggie
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      That looks a very sound move. Nothing between Alli and Erik anyway.

      1. BananaNose Maldonado
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        Thanks, Moosie. I actually prefer Eriksen for all of the corners and set piece duties.

  17. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    The best midfielder option to 6.1 for next 3?

    1. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      I'd say Zaha

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Zaha / JWP

    3. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Zaha/JWP

    4. Smoky Johnson
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Zaha?

    5. Old Wulfrunian
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      thanks all

  18. Business Cat
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Quick poll for someone who's still nursing Mane and looking to move him on...what would you do (sale price 9.5m, 1.7m itb):

    A) to Sane...was set to do this til all this resting talk started

    B) Coutinho...moved him out 2 weeks ago and been heavily punished since...do I backtrack?

    C) Hazard...good tonight, but bad fixtures coming up...most away from home.

    D) Sanchez...can't afford without a hit to downgrade a defender...probably Brunt. Also not looking like an option.

    E) another

    Already got Alli, Eriksen, Siggy

    Would prefer a cheaper mid to open up Vardy -> Kane in a couple of weeks.

    Thoughts?

    1. Pirlø's Pen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      A or C, C ideally but A is still a great move

    2. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      A

    3. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      B - if it weren't for the hit I'd say D though

    4. ILOVEBAPS
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Who's your 5th mid?
      I like A from those but have a plan for Sanchez in soon.

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        TCarroll...not moving him til WC

    5. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Went for Sane in the end.

      Now have 3m+ itb and trying to resist the urge to do Vardy to Aguero too....must resist!

      Thanks all!

  19. Swansea Bloke
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Pickford (Jaku)
    Alonso/Valencia/Davies (Stephens/Barragan)
    Sanchez/Alli/Son/Coutinho/King
    Lukaku/Vardy/Deeney

    Want to bring in Citeh players due to decent fixtures (I'm thinking Sterling or Sané) but can't seem to justify losing any of the above as most are bang in form. Should I stick or twist??

  20. joersherman
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Any thoughts on next transfers guys? 2.1m itb.

    Grant Jaku
    Alonso Valencia Davies Yoshida Brunt
    Sanchez Alli Siggy Zaha Clayton
    Kun Kaku Llorente

    Cheers !

  21. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Will there be an article or two anytime soon on WC-ing and use of chips and also players to bring in etc??
    Having great difficulty with getting my head around it this season for some reason....

  22. NotsoSpursy
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Costa -> Origi ?

    I have Lukaku and Kun

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Nah

      Unless you're desperate for the funds

  23. tambourineman
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Brought Yoshida in for Amat on WC and all of a sudden I'm benching points, I knew Amat had a purpose.

  24. jimmy.floyd
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Bench one

    Tadic
    Zaha

  25. Feed tha Sheep
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Best move this week?
    A. Williams > Davies (will have to play Smith v Chelsea otherwise)
    B. Costa & Siggy > Agureo & Zaha (-4)
    C. Costa & Williams > Ibra & Yoshida (-4)
    D. Costa & Alonso > Agureo & Davies (-4)

    1. jimmy.floyd
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      A

  26. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    61 (-4) after bonus, ill take that given how bad it was looking at one point

    1. Kane-harry Island
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      54 after bonus. I hope I can keep the green arrow for the 8th time

  27. Pique boo
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Are these good moves?

    Costa Siggy King to Hazard Eriksen Barnes for a -8 and this leaves me playing 3-5-2 with
    Cout Alli Eriksen Sterling Hazard
    Ibra Vardy

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      No.

      I wouldn't recommend any of those transfers even without a hit, unless you can afford King to Erik

  28. Visionaries
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Would you do Sanchez, Vardy and King --> Sane, Erikson and Ibra

  29. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Baps out

  30. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Baps Added