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9 April 2017 2916 comments
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After Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered a goal and assist for his 29% owners in United’s 3-0 stroll at the Stadium of Light, we now make our way to Goodison Park as two of the most in-form frontmen in the top-flight go head-to-head.

Everton’s Romelu Lukaku looks to score for the seventh successive home match, having struck ten times in the previous six in front of his own supporters.

Over 10% of Fantasy Premier League managers have pinned their captaincy hopes on the Belgian, making him the fourth most popular pick for the Gameweek.

Jamie Vardy rolls up on the back of five goals and a pair of assists in the last five Gameweeks.

Backed by over 16% of FPL managers, the Leicester City frontman faces a tough task against a defence with five clean sheets in their last six home fixtures.

Yet with the Toffees hit hard by injuries and suspension at the back, Craig Shakespeare’s side will fancy their chances of claiming a sixth straight league win since the departure of Claudio Ranieri.

In saying that, it remains to be seen whether the decision to bench Riyad Mahrez will backfire, with the Foxes manager clearly having one eye on the midweek Champions League encounter with Atletico Madrid.

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  1. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Play Valencia or Alonso next week?

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Always play Alonso

    2. PvA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Valencia is at home... I'd play both

  2. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Which is better?

    A) Eriksen, Zaha, Mustafi (-8)
    B) Tadic, Negredo, Walker

    A would be 352 (Anichebe bench) and B would be 343 (Capoue bench)

    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      B) But Walker is suffering from Trippier syndrome. Sadly.

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        This is a major concern given his hefty price tag

  3. Henrzd
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    11, 5, 21, 6, 12, 16, 13 are Lukaku's last scores at Goodison Park. No brainer (C) next week surely?

    1. WVA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Great shout, going Kane personally!

    2. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Kane hosts Bournemouth which is more porous than Burnley

      1. Henrzd
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        True but if you don't own kane.....

    3. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Or Kane

  4. KUNingas
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Play 2
    A) Valencia (CHE)
    B) Alonso (mun)
    C) Holebas (SWA)
    D) Anichebe (

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      B + C

  5. BrutalLogiC
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    is there only one more double game week? or does it depend on results still

    1. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      2 more minimum

    2. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      GW34 & GW37 and one GW35 or 36

  6. EL_FENOMENO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    How likely is Ibra to score v CHE,bur,mci?

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Been mulling this myself now.

      I don't expect much, but I would rather have him being wasted in my team, than not have him and have my rank wasted.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Chelsea conceded in their last 9 league games so he should get a goal, a goal against Burnley is a given and City away is tricky one....all in all I reckon 2 goals in his next 3 games

    3. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Have Kun Kane Kaku so holding off on Ibra until 34

  7. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    What is the best way to get Kane and Lukaku into this team cant find a good way without taking -8. Have 2 FT & 0.9m itb.

    Valdes | Pickford
    Alonso Alderweireld Valencia | Evans Amat
    Sanchez Hazard King Alli Sterling
    Vardy Carroll | Anichebe

    1. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Congrats on victory, well played... 😛

      1. Bruno Bruno!!
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        had a crap day today with no Valencia and vardy only getting an assist

        1. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Yeah, that Valencia no show was pain... Vardy assist killed lil bit chance I had 😳

          1. Bruno Bruno!!
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 3 days ago

            Yeah today has been a stinger for me went up yesterday from 171k to 117k and now looking at going back down to around 160k

    2. liiusions
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Vardy Carroll and one of Sanchez/Hazard out is your only way

      1. Bruno Bruno!!
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Thoughts on the following

        Sanchez to Zaha
        Vardy to Lukaku
        Carroll to Kane

        Still leaves me with 1.3m itb

  8. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    82 with Sanchez to go

    1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      70 with Sanchez and Zaha... you will score higher

  9. Dazzler365
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    I want kane, but I have ibra and lukaku. Should I just get another spurs mid, or do everything I can to get Kane?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Get Kane

      1. Dazzler365
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Get rid of lukaku or ibra for him?that's the problem

    2. AndyCook
        9 years, 3 days ago

        I'd go without Kane

        1. Dazzler365
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Do you have 3 spurs players?

      • Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Kane home to Bournemouth better than Ibra vs Chelsea

        1. MMN
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Hardly wise to sell him on the back of 20 points over 2 games with a double gameweek coming up the following week

        2. Dazzler365
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Do ibra-kane-ibra hokey cokey?

    3. Connor's Calling
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Got 2 free...

      Looking at:
      Aguero / Coutinho / Carroll -> Ibra / Zaha / Kane (-4)

      What do you think?

    4. AYLD28
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Current team:

      Valdes / Pick
      Bertrand / Valencia / Davies / Alonso* / Fabio
      Sanchez / Siggy / Zaha / Eriksen / De Roon
      Aguero / Ibra / Origi

      Are these moves worth a -8

      Aguero > Kane
      Origi > Lukaku
      Alonso > Holegate

      Which will give me with the big front 3 of Ibra / Lukaku / Kane without harming my first 11 too much I feel.

      Thoughts?

      1. Stokelona
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        They look like good moves, initially I baulked at the -8, but you expect rom and Kane to score and holgate good chance of clean sheet. Think it might pay off for you

        1. AYLD28
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Thanks, what is your front line?

          1. Stokelona
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 days ago

            I have Lukaku, Ibra, Defoe. Gonna give Defoe one more chance at home to West Ham.

    5. Aarono23
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      From a time of sparse striker options, there are now a few to pick between. Who are people going with as their front three? Want to get Kane and/or Ibra in but struggling to justify transferring out Aguero or Lukaku on current form

      1. Holmes
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Kane, Abel, Luka

      2. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        For DGW34 I will have probably have Lukaku, Ibra and Kane.

    6. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      I have two free transfers & 0.3 in the bank. What would you do with this team?

      Pickford
      Alonso Valencia Davies
      Sanchez Alli Eriksen Sigurdsson
      Lukaku Vardy Carroll

      Subs: Valdes, Yoshida, Fabio, De Roon

    7. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      I think ive found the transfers to do so thoughts on this:

      Barnes Eriksen Siggy Sane Brunt Valencia ➡ Kane Haz Zaha 4.2 mid Yoshida Pieters? for a -20

      1. Dazzler365
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        -20. No

      2. VFORVANDETA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Better Wc.

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          used it sadly

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

        Any hits 16pts or higher is WC worthy

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

        Is there a 4.2 mid these days? TCarroll used to be that...he's 4.3 now

      5. FPL Pillars
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        -20, that sounds like a good plan mate.

        1. AYLD28
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Hahaha

      6. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Wildcard?

    8. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Which combo would you rather have for the DGW?

      A) Negredo + Lukaku (AOA)
      B) Davies + Ibra

      1. royals forever
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        A

        1. JÆKS ⭐
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Cheers!

    9. Hipstermanc
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Guys, will appreciate some help

      Heaton Pickford
      Valencia Gibson Davies Olsson Pieters
      Alli Sanchez Coutinho Redmond Morrison
      Origi Aguero Lukaku

      2.1 ITB, WC and all chips left. What to do with this lot?

      A) Aguero > Kane & Morrison to Zaha for -4
      B) Lukaku to Kane
      C) Aguero to Kane
      D) Anything else.

      1. Lav
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        A or C

    10. Boss Hogg
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Antonio, Siggy and Origi OUT
      Zaha, Davies (Everton) and Kane IN

      -4 points, and I can wait until later in the week if necessary.

      Yes or no?

      1. Lav
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Do it

    11. The Hindu Monkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Please help, doing Costa to Zlatan but need to offload Brunt to afford it and only have 4.3 left to play with. That will be even less if left beyond tonight.

      I already own Bertrand and Holgate (plus Valencia and Alonso) and haven't played my wildcard.

      A. Yoshida
      B. Stephens
      C. Chambers and hope for the best for double
      D. Bernardo (is he nailed)
      E. Kelly (how bad is Palace injury crises?)
      F. Naughton. (Two good fixtures next.)
      G. Pennington (likewise)

      1. The Hindu Monkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        sorry didn't mean to post that again wrong key!

      2. Stokelona
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Stephens is on fire at the moment and you'll have a double possibly gw 35, I don't know much about Boro defenders

        1. Boss Hogg
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          This.

    12. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Is Origi still nailed on whilst Mane is injured or do you think that Sturridge will take his place

      1. Lav
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        If Sturridge takes his place he will get injured making it Origis again

      2. Pep's Money Laundry
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Don't worry about sturridge, even klopp doesn't think about him

      3. Boss Hogg
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Sturridge is a threat when fit.

        I can't get over how thick Sturridge is. Honestly, he's like a 6 year old.

    13. DeadStarComing
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      After sorting the fixture ticker by difficulty for the remaining fixtures I noticed the top 5 don't have any double game weeks. So what's your stance? Are you drawn to doubles or is it just simply about the quality of fixtures remaining?

      1. Lav
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        If the player is good I am drawn to doubles. Otherwise its all about fixtures.

        For example Josh King is a season keeper with Kukaku for me.

        1. Lav
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          *Lukaku

      2. Stokelona
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Arsenal, man Utd, Southampton, Spurs. Some good teams have doubles

        1. DeadStarComing
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          But not necessarily the best run in between now and the end of the season is the point I'm making. For example, Liverpool have a great run of fixtures but no double. I guess it matters more if you have a Wildcard or not.

          1. Stokelona
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 days ago

            Yeh it's a good point about liverpools easy run in. But I think Man U and Arsenal's fixtures are ok. Man U still play Burnley, Swansea and crystal palace and Arsenal's are not too bad. Personally I'd rather have the extra games, but if you still have a wildcard you can have the best of both worlds

      3. Hooky
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Not all the fixtures have been rearranged yet, hence they are not on the ticker

        1. DeadStarComing
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Oh that's a good point. I guess some double teams should move up on it a little. I guess I'm still just fishing for peoples opinions on whether they are more interested in two average looking games than one good one.

    14. Lav
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      What midfield would you want on WC?

      A. Eden Alli Eriksen King
      B. Sanchez Alli Zaha King
      C. Something else

      1. liiusions
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Sanchez Hazard Alli King

        1. Lav
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Cant

      2. AndyCook
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Sane, Alli, King, Sanchez, Hazard with Kane and Ibra up top (Lukaku for next week instead of Ibra)

      3. Stokelona
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        84 with Sanchez, Walcott and Bellerin to come! Hoping for my second century of the season.

        1. fedolefan
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Wow, very well done.

          1. Stokelona
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 days ago

            Thanks, Son and C Lukaku to thank too.

        2. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, 90pts looks likely 😳

          1. Stokelona
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 days ago

            I hope not! Need the points now because I've wasted my bench boost already

      4. The Hindu Monkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Sanchez injury worries? So, by that people mean the Yankees, Gary Sanchez don't they, who was crocked about an hour ago?

        Honestly, you guys...

      5. PvA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Sack it... -8 done

        Tadic, Negredo, Walker and Capoue



        Eriksen, Zaha, Mustafi and Anichibe

        1. Hooky
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          I'd prefer the first 4

      6. Arsenal USA FC
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Before the prices rise?

        Siggy Pedro -> Son Coutinho

      7. F4L
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Man u didn't look good today, Blunderland made them look decent; I don't think Ibra is worth getting, might shift him personally

        1. Hooky
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Yeah he's garbage, I'd sell him as well if i owned him

      8. We Will Klopp you
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Can't remember whether autosubs are at the end of the day or at the end of the gameweek, anyone know? Haven't had one in a while.

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

          Gameweek

        2. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          Week

          1. We Will Klopp you
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 3 days ago

            Cheers

      9. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        GW Rank Updated

        1. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          1.4M to 506K.

          I think yours is gonna be in the low 100Ks?

      10. twaid
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Alonso, Firmino, Carroll > Yoshida, Zaha, Kane (-8). Y/N?

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

        What would you do with this?

        Pickford
        Valencia Brunt Vertonghen
        Alli Sanchez Eriksen Siggy
        Costa Origi Lukaku

        Jacu - Clayton/SWard/Yoshida
        1ft 0.3 itb

        Thanks