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29 April 2017 2419 comments
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With just two goals from Saturday’s action so far, we now turn to the tea-time kick-off at Selhurst Park to provide some much-needed entertainment and Fantasy returns.

Crystal Palace host Burnley having enjoyed an influx of investment on the back of their double Gameweek 34, ensuring that many will have interest in this evening’s encounter.

Christian Benteke – one of the few success stories with a 14-point return – heads into the match backed by 608,000+ FPL managers, with 172,000 opting to hand him the captaincy ahead of the Clarets clash – that includes 21 of the top 100 managers.

In contrast, Wilfried Zaha owes his recent investors. He was brought in by 144,000+ ahead of Gameweek 34 only to return just three points. More than 46,000 have shipped him out ahead of today’s clash.

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

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  1. Alexieishere
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Tekkers cap, Gabi, and Zaha

    Benched Jaku

    Why do I play this game again?

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

      addictive

    2. adibo
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Benched jaku , stephens , barnes

      1. My Name Is Pepu
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Bench of the week surely 🙂

    3. AA33
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Be cheerful, it's just a game, we play it for fun 🙂

    4. FANTASYFOOTBALLPRO
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      i captained gabbiadini,, benched jakupovic and signed afobe this week, I'm not the only one in pain

  2. Pigsinblankets
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Quick poll to see if anyone else is thinking of going without Sanchez? Feeling my funds might be better placed in Alonso/Spurs def

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

      lol

    2. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Nope. Never bench Sanchez.

    3. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      o/

      Considering Ox. Been Arsenal's best player recently and think he may take Walcott's place so will be in more attacking positions.

    4. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      ownership will be so high, it would take a brave manager to go without.

    5. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Me. I have gone with Walcott and never considered selling Alonso

  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    (K)ane 56 pointer tomorrow will save me

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      That's five goals or?

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

        5 goals 1 assist

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

      4 points incoming

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

        haha a funny one you are

        1. Top 210 Club
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          2 don't forget Derby yellow card

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

          He is my captain too so the more goals the better but today's results has destroyed me

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

      Took Cap off Gabbi to Kane last minute- will feel quite Jammy if you are right

  4. Mayo for Sam
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    These moves worth a hit?

    Lukuka + Zaha + Valdes > Jesus + King + Cech (-8)?

    1. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      No one knows until city lineup tomorrow

    2. AYLD28
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      YEs

  5. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    What's a reasonable extra score for bench boost? 20 points?

    1. FALCAO & MOU
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      50 points at least in DGW.

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Expecting 22+ in 37.

    3. MTPockets
      9 years, 3 months ago

      20-30

    4. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      you need to expect more than that
      if they are double game weekers for instance, you get 16 pts for them just stepping on the pitch.

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        It's not so simple, they could get yellow cards, substituted before 60th or rotation. We've seen it often. It's not a Given that a player gets 2 points. Today I had Van Ahnholt, Zaha and Gabbiadini with three points.

    5. HashAttack
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      For your worst 4 players who would normally be benched? .... 20 is probably reasonable
      If you put you best 4 players on the bench (excluding c) then obviously you could get higher

  6. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    (K)ane will disappoint again tomorrow to let (G)abbi & (T)ekkers rivals off the hook. Standard FPL!

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Agree 🙁

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      no chance, at least a hattie if not more

    3. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      This

  7. adibo
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Jaku , stephens, barnes on my bench

    1. Rains of Castamere
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Ouch

  8. Flynny
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Has gabbi now been ruled out as a wildcard option?

    At 6.5 does he not still provide good value for money?

    Or are people looking elsewhere?

    Thanks

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Depends on TV. If it is a choice between King in midfield or Gabbi up front then King is looking a good pick.

  9. rdamjan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Best cheap 5th mid for gw 37? Capoue?

    1. Phil Dagger ⭐
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      capoue or
      Albrighton

    2. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Tom Carroll, I guess he's the cheapest overall anyway.

    3. Reuser
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      The one that has something to play for. And the cheapest.

      Davies (Everton) might be worth consideration though?

      1. Reuser
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        (Carroll)

  10. Phil Dagger ⭐
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Benik Afobe [hamstring] could miss the remainder of the season. Eddie Howe confirms the striker will be out for "a couple of weeks".

    1. Halftime
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Should keep King in an advanced position

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

      🙁

  11. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Ah well, if Aguero doesn't start he should still match or beat Gabbi and Tekkers cappers 🙂

  12. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Monreal; discuss

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

      Buy.

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

        is he nailed at LWB Doos?

    2. Phil Dagger ⭐
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      new Alonso 😆

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Monreal playing LCB is not worth £5.8m (£1m over Gabriel). If everyone is fit he goes LWB where Gibbs is competition. I'm going Cech.

  13. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Worse thing about doing FPL poorly are ure cocky ML rivals ugh

    1. Sting in the Tail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Good luck in the play offs. All rivalries aside you deserve to go up.

  14. AYLD28
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    24 all in today with King (c)

    120k rank, green or red incoming?

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

      green all the way baby

  15. marquinhos
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Which is better?

    a) Gabbi & Albrighton
    b) Sane & Anichebe

    1. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      pukes

      1. marquinhos
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        any suggestions then?

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

          do you have King?

          1. marquinhos
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            yea

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

              hmm I like Gabbi over Sane; Albrighton doesn't appeal to me however. See how Sane gets on tomorrow

    3. umerlfc
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      B

    4. marquinhos
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      cheers all !

    5. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Wait for tomorrow. See if jesus dislodges Sane

  16. umerlfc
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone thinking Costa over Kane on WC?

    1. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      I got in both on my WC

      1. Flynny
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Who is your 3rd striker messiah??

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      o/ with Eriksen & Alli.

      1. umerlfc
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Thinking the same

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      have fun with that

    4. Legomane
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      No way..maybe both though

  17. Top 210 Club
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    How useless can u be to lose at home against Burnley. Hope Palace get relegated

  18. Legomane
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Heaton ASmith(sub for Pieters) King(FT) and Tekkers today.
    Rival captained Tekkers and had Jaku on bench 🙂

  19. TorresMagic™
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 17 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    3 - Barnes (32)
    2 - Keane (31)
    1 - Boyd (30)

    1. marquinhos
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      thanks TM

  20. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Have to say this season that goalkeepers continue to provide superb value in the lower ranks if you can pick the right ones... Been on a huge roll since GW16...

    GW16 = Heaton 12 pts
    GW17 = Pickford 8 pts
    GW18 = Heaton 9 pts
    GW19 = Heaton 2 pts
    GW20 = Grant 6 pts
    GW21 = Heaton 10 pts
    GW22 = Grant 3 pts
    GW23 = Heaton 9 pts
    GW24 = Grant 3 pts
    GW25 = Grant 7 pts
    GW26 = Heaton 2 pts
    GW27 = Grant 13 pts
    GW28 = Heaton 1 pt
    GW29 = Heaton 10 pts
    GW30 = Grant 3 pts
    GW31 = Heaton 6 pts
    GW32 = Heaton 7 pts
    GW33 = Grant 2 pts
    GW34 = Guzan 11 pts
    GW35 = Heaton 7 pts = 121 pts / 20 gameweeks = 6.05 pts per gameweek.

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Of course, the main component here is Heaton. What an absolute FPL legend.

    2. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Heaton

      FPL GOD _/\_

      Will miss him next season

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Just buy him next season 😉 at 5.5

        1. The Overthinker
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          My bad.
          Thought he is going down.

  21. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    34 from 3 . Captain played . Pieters didn't start, which is kinda annoying

    Jaku on bench though

  22. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    It is most likely that Antonio Valencia:

    A: Starts
    B: Come off the bench
    C: Left on the bench
    D: Not in United's squad

    1. dhamphiir
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      C

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      D

    3. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      I feel like A, but I think most will say B or D

    4. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Has to be at least on bench. Fosu got Inj and fellaini suspension

    5. HashAttack
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      can't see B happening

      1. Top 210 Club
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Red card or Inj and he could be only def on bench to come on.

    6. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      That's a wide range of responses there

  23. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    11 changes made on new WC to catch any risers. Now we wait. See you tomorrow!

  24. Flynny
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    With so few decent and affordable strikers available for wildcard this week, I am strangely looking at anichebe as the enabler for the rest of my squad?

    Anyone else looking at him?

    Just can't figure out the ideal front 3 on wildcard....

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Yes I am. But I disagree that there are few decent affordable strikers. You can afford anyone you want on a WC. It's not like you need hits to get the best ones. You just have to sacrifice elsewhere, but that's not an issue of affordability, that's just the game

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        At the moment I'm on Jesus, Costa Kane, but Kane will likely go to Anichebe to fund my Silva and KdB punts. We'll see

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Yes.

    3. Park the bus
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      From experience it shouldn't include Benteke and Gabbiadini!!

  25. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Does Mark have Jaku?

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      No. Heaton (benched) and Pickford

    2. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Urm, no. He's got Pickford & Heaton I reckon.

  26. Pointless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Does anyone know how bad the Afobe injury is please? He was/is going to be my third striker enabler.

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

      look up

    2. dhamphiir
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Eddie Howe says striker Benik Afobe is set to miss "a couple of weeks" with a hamstring injury suffered today. #afcb

    3. Park the bus
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Out a couple weeks , would avoid

    4. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Dead for season

  27. Park the bus
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Get Jesus in for Benteke tonight? Will leave me with enough to get Vert in for Blind in gw37 assuming Vert won't rise before then. Or wait....?

  28. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hennessey, Zaha, Benteke (c)

    FFS 🙁

  29. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Gibson 》Bertrand
    Gibson 》Yoshida
    Zaha 》King
    Townsend 》King
    Lukaku 》Jesus
    Benteke 》Jesus

    But no, for my one week punt I had to do:

    Lukaku 》Gabbi

    I know he's very lowly captained, but still higly owned, need him to stay quiet and Kane (C) to rescue this poor GW.

  30. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Front 3 atm Kaku Kane Gabbi - get:

    A - Costa
    B - Vardz
    C - Jesus
    D - none and leave it?

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      D for now and wait after tomorrow;s games