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6 May 2017 1404 comments
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Following the disappointment of Spurs defeat at West Ham, the Gameweek resumes at the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City host Crystal Palace.

From a Fantasy perspective, there is one man under the microscope.

Brought in by 228,000+ ahead of this weekend – a key target for those dealing Wildcards – Gabriel Jesus goes into today’s game with a weight of expectation on his shoulders. He will lead the City attack in the absence of Sergio Aguero having scored four goals from six appearances and just five shots on target. Over 51,000 have also trusted Jesus with their Gameweek armband for this Palace clash.

Elsewhere, Leroy Sane is recalled to today’s City line-up with the backing of 41,000+ new FPL owners – the 7.7-priced winger remains a key differential, however: he’s still found in just 6.5% of squads.

Indeed, it’s Palace who boast the top owned players in today’s encounter, with both Wilfried Zaha (13.9%) and Christian Benteke (11.1%) still nursing high ownerships following their recent double Gameweek 34.

It remains to be seen if the Eagles pair can improve on the 1-point they both returned against Burnley last weekend. Certainly, the 38,000+ who acquired City keeper Willy Caballero for Gameweek 36 will be hoping they are kept quiet.

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

  1. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Kompany is awesome. Bet his character is sooo valuable in the dressing room.

    "Just close your eyes and swing" - Kompany, 2017

    1. Pariße
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      I bet he is, the team's celebration when he scored proved it.

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Did a quick search. Taking the piss out of Tevez's defending 😆
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5bqB8_NkL4

        1. Pariße
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          😆

  2. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    If you told me City would score 5 today I'd have given up my triple captains for the next three years and thrown them all on Jesus.

    Thank Christ that's not a thing you can do.

    1. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      A fool and his chips are easily parted

  3. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    At this rate Chelsea will win 4-0 with braces from Moses and Kante

    1. We Will Klopp you
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Nah, Gary Cahill hat trick

      1. We Will Klopp you
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Courtois scoring the fourth with an assist from Gary Cahill

  4. thunder_mike
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Did a last minute transfer of Sane > Tadic as a differential in my ML, first part has paid off.

  5. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Pretty grumpy that sane outscored alli and eriksen 😉

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Otamendi scores the same amount as Kane Alli Eriksen Sane Jesus ; go figure

      1. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Madness. Just need sanchez to blank and everyone will be getting 30 point weeks!

  6. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Which move looks best with my FT?
    A) Valdes to De Gea, bench Heaton
    B) Valdes to Courtois, bench Heaton
    C) Huth to Kompany, bench Stephens/Yoshi/Coutinho somewhat depending on performance this gw in Coutinho's case

  7. EDEN THE MAN
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    I had Kompany and KDB in my WC differential team

    Oh well

    I'm going to try and work KDB in

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      yeh, and I had the Otamendi and Kompany double up on my 321st WC draft; shame isn't it

      1. EDEN THE MAN
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Calm Down
        I'm not complaining

  8. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Only King here zzzzz

    1. UnitedFan
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      King, Heaton, Barnes and Baines here 😎

    2. Blue&White85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Don't have any other players today.

  9. Garth Marenghi
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Playing bb in 37-I still have Valencia and Bavies-which to drop for a hit?

  10. UnitedFan
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    5 goals 🙂

    Oh wait.....Jesus.... 🙁

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      5 different goal scorers.

      This has always been my issue with owning their attacking players (Aguero excluded). Their goals are so diluted amongst the team that you need them to score 3-4 goals every game for them to get decent returns.

      1. UnitedFan
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Yep, just about luck in this case

      2. MrZ
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Not when aguero on the pitch

        1. Jairzinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          He said Aguero excluded.

          1. Piggs Boson
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 26 days ago

            He didn't read the small print, just pressed 'accept'. 🙂

          2. MrZ
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 26 days ago

            So there's must be something wrong because it seems no one want to pass to jesus....

            1. MrZ
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 26 days ago

              Reply fail... Sorry

    2. tm245
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      It's like Liverpool when they were rampant. Double up has to be the way to go, I think.

  11. FirminoIsBetterThanYou
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Come on Clichy sneak that final BP!

  12. MrZ
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    No one talked about the referee.... He seems soft on fouls... Is he really like that this season?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      do you play referee fantasy or something; why does it matter lol

      1. MrZ
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        You didnt saw the game did you? So many fouls on city & the referee just stood still... Frustating

  13. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    5-0 and not a sausage for sane 🙁

    this week is going well 🙄

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      6 from 5 atm for me

    2. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      19 from 5 but captain is gone so effectively 6

      1. Hibbo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Who did you captain?

        1. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          Kane 🙁

          Gone no sanchez so i could keep triple spurs - that has not worked!

          1. Hibbo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 26 days ago

            Jeez surprised at that.

            1. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 26 days ago

              Yeah ever since i saw sanchez play at west ham ive been convinced hes useless. Will probably score 20 now!

              1. Hibbo
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                9 years, 26 days ago

                In such a small double i wouldn't have wanted anyone else as captain tbh.

                Next week captaincy is looking likely to be the key difference between winning and losing mini leagues

                1. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 26 days ago

                  What convinced me in the captain sensible article was kane was more than double sanchez in all the key stats so thought it was a fair fight.

                  Ignored the herd going for negredo in last double and it paid off. This time the gamble failed. Win some you lose some i suppose.

                  1. Hibbo
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    9 years, 26 days ago

                    The Negredo thing was stupid enough.

                    Towards the end of each season FFS goes a bit do lally i.e. Negredo, Gabbiadinni captain etc.

        2. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          How are you set up?

          1. Hibbo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 26 days ago

            Caballero
            Alonso Yoshida Gabriel
            Sanchez c Hazard v Alli JWP
            Kane Costa Jesus

            Pickford Stephens Albrighton Holgate.

            1. Cheltnamshire LaLaLa
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 26 days ago

              Big upside in that. I am now reduced to praying for sanchez red in the first 10 mins

            2. Sims
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 26 days ago

              Jeez 9/11 starting xi same

    3. tm245
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      -1 with 15 players to go. Can't wait for the gameweek to get started tomorrow.

  14. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    FFS!! brought kompany as a punt for bench boost next week and benched him this week in favour of Alonso kosc yoshida :(((

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      ouch

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Lucas Levia *unluckyyyyyyyy*

    3. hiawatha
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      the same, just playing gabriel instead of kos.

    4. Richd
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Well as you say, its next week you got him for.

  15. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    And just like that De Bruyne is the fifth highest scoring midfielder in the game.

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      hes always been under my radar......guess its his price, but then ii have sanchez....

      1. Sims
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Random rotatns make him a no go for captaincy and u want that for a player so highly priced

        Also at that price being 5th highest midfielder is a bit underwhelming

        1. tm245
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          Third highest price, fifth highest scorer, I'm pretty whelmed, actually.

          1. Sims
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 26 days ago

            Will be 7th or worse by the end of the week and that's after a monster haul. At the end of the day likes of all eriksen king have been better picks and soggy firmino matching him for cheaper price

            Not to mention alexis and hazard

            So yeah underwhelming

    2. ILOVEBAPS
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      1st goal since Feb. loves an assist however

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Like Ozil last year.

    3. Offside Trapattoni
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      He was my TC for City's DGW 27 and of course Pep sat him vs Sun and did nothing vs Stoke. Still regret it..

  16. BlzE_94
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Sterling or Sane for next gameweek?

    1. BananaNose Maldonado
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Sane. Easy.

  17. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Time for Albrighton to go nuts

  18. EDEN THE MAN
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    @Fulham4Life

    How many wins have u got so far in the weekend league?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      im on 9 atm from 12; sorry about above didn't mean to sound harsh, just annoyed at Sane and Jesus. How are you getting on this weekend?

      1. EDEN THE MAN
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Not too well
        Ur doing much better than me

        Just the 6 from 11

  19. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Who would you rather have in team for final weeks of season?

    KDB or Hazard

    1. EDEN THE MAN
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      I'm keeping Haz for gw37 but maybe Eoulf prefer KDB in 38

    2. jam
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Depends on whay happens, maybe neither.

  20. jam
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    All the WC teams were so similar here, nobody seemed to be going KdB, Vardy, Kompany etc. Loads of differentials if anyone was prepared to take a punt.

    1. Dele
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      I had the punt and bottled it, ffs.

    2. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Got Kompany on the bench how stooped am I?

    3. ILOVEBAPS
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      I got Vardy instead of Jesus.
      Not sure if that was wise yet.

    4. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      What differentials did you get?

      1. jam
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        None! But if I was chasing a team above me I definitely would have.

  21. Dele
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    So I did Kompany > Kosc yesterday right at the deadline... pretty annoyed.

    1. Garlana
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Makes some sense, shiz happens.

      1. Dele
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        I've done too many of those transfers this year, my downfall. Missed out on so many high scoring defenders.

        1. Garlana
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          Yeh me too, but they made sense at the time though right!? 🙂

          1. Dele
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 26 days ago

            Made sense after 5 beers at lunch haha!

            Had my colleague on my shoulder 'I would keep Kompany he has great fixtures'. DGW fever!

    2. jam
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Well it covers you for everyone else's teams I guess. I did my WC a couple of weeks ago, turned out pretty standard like all the others. The 2 people behind me in ML have done almost the exact same team. What's the point?! And there's £100 to the winner.
      If I was chasing I'd have Siggy & llorente too. Anyone desperate for points, basically.

  22. Sims
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    15 from 4 so far. Not great but above average on here I'm guessing..?

    King and Maguires to go. Hopefully 30 by the end of today

  23. TokyoRisingSun
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Tempted to switch Kane and Alli to Costa and KDB

    1. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      And then guess what happens next week...

      1. TokyoRisingSun
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Haha yeah. Always a chance. Not very impressed with the Spurs fixtures though

        1. *sigh*
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          Yeah I'm already maxed out on City players already (Sane Jesus Kompany) so may just leave it.

      2. Dele
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        This

    2. ILOVEBAPS
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Swapping good assets for good assets. Could work out or backfire.

  24. Garlana
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Only king playing today... yawn

    1. ILOVEBAPS
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Me too.
      Barnes on bench.

  25. Rover
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Am I the only one concerned with result. Jesus not amongst the points is one thing, but he didn't look as sparkly as before his injury. Hope Pep doesn't use that against him to spread his minutes with Aguero.

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Nah, it was because Palace were playing narrow and tight and flooding the box every time they lost the ball. He had no space. He had to out muscle 3 Palace defenders to win the ball for the assist. Every game is different. Leicester will try to play.

      1. Rover
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Thanks! That's very reassuring 🙂

    2. MrZ
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      With his hug to him, i guess not 😀

      1. Rover
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Oh I missed the hug lol

    3. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Not concerned

  26. 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Anyone else bench boosted this week?

    Jaku Yoshida Stephens Barnes for me, hopefully get 20+ after I benched 41 points last week.

    1. Rover
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Pickford Eriksen Firmino Yoshida for me...

      And ouch 41 is bad. I felt sad enough after 25 two weeks ago when I was seriously considering BB for the first time this season.

  27. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Really bored with myself bottling my Silva and De Bruyne punts. Template made a bit more sense in the end. Gonna stick to my guns and save the FT for GW38 hopefully, rather than knee-jerking. What upsets me the most though is that Sanchez > KdB is going to be an easy transfer for everyone, regardless of whether they even considered him before now. Whereas I am Sanchezless and gotta sit it out behind the couch. Please be merciful and keep Sanchez everyone! 😀

  28. ralfb
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Siggi to sane for dgw or Robertson siggi to Kompanie and 6.5m midfielder for -4
    ?

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      A

      1. ralfb
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Thanks, same should play both games i assume?

        1. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 26 days ago

          Not for sure. But still better option than Siggy

  29. BlzE_94
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    Who's most likely to play both arsenal games next gameweek, Gabriel or Holding?

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Gabriel I guess, but neither nailed

  30. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 26 days ago

    If Aguero is out next week too, get in your KDBs

    1. Sims
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 26 days ago

      Kdb has shown no consistency whatsoever for someone priced over 10. Bad pick. U could get lucky but wouldn't count on him saving your week

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 26 days ago

        Haha