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30 April 2017 1880 comments
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After Gylfi Sigurdsson earned Swansea a share of the spoils at Old Trafford, we turn our attentions to a couple of mid-afternoon encounters that both get underway at 2.05pm.

Three of the top five captain picks for Gameweek 35 are set to feature in Everton’s home encounter with Chelsea.

Up against a defence without a clean sheet in 11 Gameweeks, Romelu Lukaku is looking to score for the ninth successive league match at Goodison Park.

The Belgian was handed the armband by 432,000+ FPL managers on the back of 11 goals in the previous six in front of his own supporters.

Diego Costa carries the captaincy hopes of more than 401,000 after serving up a season-high 16 points at home to Southampton on Tuesday, while a run of three double-figure hauls in six have persuaded 232,000+ to opt for his Chelsea team-mate Eden Hazard.

Meanwhile, Sergio Aguero is the number one armband choice among FPL managers this week for Manchester City’s trip to struggling Middlesbrough.

Backed by over 488,000 FPL managers, the Argentine has netted in five of his last six league outings, with the only blanking arriving against Man United on Thursday night when he fired nine attempts on goal without success.

Intriguingly, Gabriel Jesus starts alongside his fellow South American for the first time this season after returning from injury with an appearance off the bench in Thursday’s Manchester derby.

With home clashes against Palace, Leicester and West Brom before a final day visit to Watford, Jesus could now play his way into our wildcard plans if he can plunder the points against Steve Agnew’s strugglers.

Both Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling are among the subs for City, with the German’s run of 12 successive league outings coming to an end at the Riverside.

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  1. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Is Jesus through the middle or out wide?

  2. the axolotl
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    pep going all retro with an orthodox 4-4-2

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      They play much better now tho

  3. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Sterling close

  4. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Pep now realises he screwed up massively with dodgy tactics and selection yet again. Hopefully it's Sane who saves his bacon this time.

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Hopefully his bacon fries

  5. Mattymo23
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Sane better not score. Benched him

    1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      I benched Siggy for him 🙁

  6. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Benched Siggy for Sane

    Cmon Sane, come up with the goods pls

  7. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    City playing 3-1-0-6?

    1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Yes

    2. fedolefan
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      3-1-6-0

  8. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Kun testimonial?

  9. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Sane 1pter Stephens stays on the bench 🙁

    1. AA33
        8 years, 10 months ago

        🙁

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Boro turning into 11 maldinis to stop city

      1. dark91
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Could be that game against Ancona when Maldini got a red

      2. Jonny Sutt
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        That's who they've been all season ent it? Oh no what Maldini probably scored more goals in a season than boro have!

    3. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Sterling on. smh. Going to get 1 pt with Siggy laughing at me on the bench

    4. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Sane has never scored two goals in a match

      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        First time for everything

      2. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        I would be happy with one

      3. George Sillett
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        .... and your last post predicted a hat trick from him. Lol

      4. Somalion
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Scored two against Sporting in the Uefa Youth League 😎

    5. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Moses close

    6. Rhodes your boat
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Massive results at both ends of table if these results stay the same

      1. TheTinman
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        It won't

    7. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      I remember reading that their was a wc team article, can't find it, anyone got the link?

    8. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      I can see why pep loves Gabriel Jesus, his movement off the ball is pretty good, off the shoulder of defenders and is always active

    9. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Need a Hazard Hattie Asap...

    10. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Comon Eden!

    11. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Forshaw YC

    12. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Lulz limping

    13. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Alonso on my bench so Everton do something!

    14. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Might be time to stick some money on City

    15. the snazzy viking
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Almost every move I've made this gameweek has gone wrong.

      Did Negredo -> Gabbiadini

      Was going to captain King, but didn't

      Benched Heaton, Sigurdsson, Maguire and Gibson

      FML

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Please don't say your captain is Kane? 🙁

        1. the snazzy viking
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          captained Kane.

          1. DR0GBA
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Ugh

      2. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Same.

        1) Negredo to Afobe
        2) Played Blind instead of Luiz
        3) Played Sterling instead of Siggy

        GW not over yet so expect Sanchez and Kane(c) to screw me over. Got Holgate playing and he will concede a late goal guaranteed.

    16. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      1 more from Boro to get us on equal goal differance.
      2 more and we are ahead

    17. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Has Sane scored yet

    18. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Costa red incoming

      1. JÆKS ⭐
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        That's 1 yc already 😀

    19. anish10
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Will Bailly keep his CS points??

    20. Jonny Sutt
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Why do we play this game and do this to ourselves? Plan our teams week after week, scrutinise every decision, think about a gw 4 weeks down the line only to get beat year after year by ml opponents who spend 5 minutes a fortnight on a Friday changing their shoddy captain choices in there pathetic teams? I'm hanging up my boots after this year............ na actually, I have a good feeling about next season ....

      1. Disco Pat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        This

      2. vectorman
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Hahahahaha.. That's why sometimes you just gotta have a laugh with it and people have to stop making out one week they are a genius the next the most incredibly unlucky person in the world.

        1. Jonny Sutt
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Apart from this week, some people on here have been pretty damn unlucky.

    21. Richd
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      So we activate Wildcard now if we BB for the DGW's?

      1. faulksp
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Yes

    22. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Costa yellow