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17 April 2017 4192 comments
Mark Mark
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After Diego Costa and Zlatan Ibrahimovic managed a single point between them at Old Trafford yesterday, all eyes are on Alexis Sanchez as Arsenal roll up to the Riverside in tonight’s final Gameweek fixture.

Recently shuffled onto the left flank, a run of three matches without a goal has knocked our confidence in the Chilean ahead of the Gunners’ double Gameweeks 36 and 37.

Indeed, only 5.9% have handed Sanchez the armband as he attempts to reclaim his spot as top scoring player in Fantasy Premier League, having been knocked off his perch by Romelu Lukaku at the weekend.

Tonight’s team selection looks to have handed Sanchez a change of role. To everyone’s surprise, Arsene Wenger appears to have set up with a 3-4-2-1 formation or even a 3-4-1-2, with Sanchez perhaps joining Olivier Giroud up front – a concern perhaps for the 91,000+ who sold the Chilean ahead of Gameweek 33.

Tonight’s encounter also gives us the chance to run the rule over the hosts as they prepare for a potentially profitable double Gameweek 34 against Bournemouth and Sunderland.

Both Victor Valdes and Ben Gibson currently sit second for transfers in among keepers and defenders since Saturday’s deadline, though in the four matches under new manager Steve Agnew, Boro have been somewhat hot and cold – keeping two clean sheets and conceding at least three times in the other two.

Valdes misses out this evening with a rib problem sustained at Burnley last time out – an injury kept under wraps until tonight: Brad Guzan claims the keeper’s jersey.

Sitting six points from safety, the Teesside team are in desperate need of wins now. Having failed to score in six of their last eight, though, most will likely steer clear of the hosts’ attack unless they can punish the Gunners this evening.

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

  1. Oven Glover
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Leadbitter injured himself with that challenge

  2. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Leadbitter YC & hammy double

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Lol at cappers

      1. Individual
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        This.

    2. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Friend in?

    3. Individual
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Hmm seems alright

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

    Arsenal made Palace look like Barca last week, now they're making Boro look like Bayern.

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Long way to go yet.

    2. b✪mber
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      They already made Bayern look like Bayern

  4. Pino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    I have 3 players in this game not playing; Valdes, Mustafi and Walcott. 🙁

    1. Oven Glover
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Crap

    2. Mario Balofail
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Congrats on that 🙂

    3. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Damn!

    4. vectorman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Mustafi and Walcott for me.. How's yer luck? 🙁

      1. Pino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        Before todays game I got 64 points so I was hoping that I could at lest get 10 points more. Now I'm getting in Heaton 2p, Origi 2p and Gibson.

  5. gorilla
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    is valdes injury minor

  6. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Ox with the grace of an ox

  7. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Ox slipping around all over the place - change your boots!

  8. The Mandalorian
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Sanchez already on 1bp, good start...

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

    Got no player playing tonight.

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Come on Alexis!

    2. gorilla
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      who cares

  10. Eddie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    The Ox can't stay on his feet.

  11. D0GS B0110XS FC
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    lukaku to benteke?
    yay or nay?

  12. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    If MNF at Boro is too big a stage for the Ox, not sure what the point of him is.

    1. twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Shouldn't be anywhere near a premier league first eleven

    2. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Wenger has ruined many a player

      1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        Bendtner springs to mind 😆

        1. tm245
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 days ago

          Bendtner is beyond ruination, he is a force of nature.

          1. Moin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 7 days ago

            Gervinho, Arshavin, Chamakh

  13. nkhoughton
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    They look very shaky in this formation

  14. dark91
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    If only Ramirez was nailed, the guy is talented

  15. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Arsenal are really shocking

  16. Oven Glover
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    The pitch looks slippery

  17. Individual
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Come on Sanchez... And, erm, Barragan....

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Maybe they can work together.

  18. HD7
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Come on Alexisss, make me sorry I chose Kane as a captain!

  19. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    3 Boro looking essential.

    1. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Or 3 players who play Arsenal

      1. Moin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        😆 So. Much. This.

  20. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Arsenal look appalling as usual

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      of late, not usual

      1. internal error
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        Long enough for it to be considered usual

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Fabio ESSENTIAL

    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      He has many times impressed..

    2. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Looking sharp

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

      He'll do his hammy any time soon.

    4. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Never was. Never will be

    5. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      jinxed it

  22. Optimus.
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Arsenal looking good

    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Ooops, they're in the yellow

      1. Moin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        haha 😆

      2. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        🙂

      3. Individual
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        I'm a Gooner and I lol'd 🙁

      4. b✪mber
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        hehheheheeh

  23. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Boro going to score at this rate, and half the arsenal team keep falling over

    1. Individual
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Barragan Hattie in the works.

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Awesome screen name.

  24. 824545201
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    How many BPS for a slip? Ox has at least 5 so far.

    1. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Stevie be like, Pool should buy this lad asap lol

  25. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Sanchez not had a kick

    1. Individual
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Isolated

    2. The Mighty Hippo
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Gibson will kick him soon enough

  26. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    ArsenalFanTV will be a good watch at this rate

    1. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Wenger out fam, you understand blood, blud fam blud fam blud fam!!!

  27. My Name Is Pepu
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Alexis 2 pointer incoming, brace yourself for a late Giroud goal everyone 🙂

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Less than six and I top my ML for the first time this season 🙂

      1. My Name Is Pepu
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        You got this mate 🙂

  28. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Despite the rhetoric, Wenger is clearly becoming a big problem for his players, several given a chance tonight and still nobody seems interested

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      I see no reason to stick with him now Tony Adams has taken the step into management.

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        Haha, that film of him yesterday was bizarre 😀

    2. Individual
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      Yeah it's a problem.

    3. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      More than Wenger, Arsenal I think needs an owner who is super rich, will cut the ticket price in half, and give funds to buy whatever player they like..

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        They are super rich, they just don't like spending

  29. Individual
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Negredo essential!

  30. vectorman
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 days ago

    Think I was playing the right game before learning that Mustafi and Walcott aren't playing... Grand Theft Auto!!! Wenger has seriously screwed me over and I'm taking it personally.. My rivals must be lapping it up, feel like using the C word

    1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      CrapFPLmanager?

      1. vectorman
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        Been 10k and 1k in my time.. Not to crap 😉

        1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 days ago

          Wenger won the league many years ago 😆

      2. Moin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 days ago

        😆

    2. vectorman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 days ago

      OK it is a bit funny... Means I'm relying on Negredo from the bench now