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10 May 2017 6213 comments
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Gameweek 36 finally comes to an end this evening as Southampton entertain Arsenal at St Mary’s.

Alexis Sanchez will again be the focus of most managers’ attentions. Sitting in over 27% of FPL squads, the Chilean was the most captained player (11.2%) in the round of fixtures but a blank at home to Man United in his first match of Double Gameweek 36 means he has now netted just once in seven league appearances.

Meanwhile, his team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looks to add to a pair of assists in the 2-0 weekend win over Jose Mourinho’s side. The Gunners’ wing-back has been drafted in by over 15,000 FPL managers this week for a Double Gameweek 37 against Stoke and Sunderland.

For the Saints, Manolo Gabbiadini was the fourth most transferred in player ahead of last week’s deadline, with over 108,000 taking the plunge.

Yet a blank against Liverpool took his run to one assist in five, as Claude Puel’s defence racked up the points at Anfield instead thanks to a fourth clean sheet in seven.

Thanks to his spot-kick stop away to Liverpool, the Saints’ Fraser Forster leads the way among the Double Gameweek contingent on 16 points ahead of tonight’s 7.45pm encounter.

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  1. pricycle
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Who's a safer bet for the double (i.e. who will play more games)?

    Gibbs (4.7)
    Holding (4.0)

    Thanks in advance!

    1. Yome
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Gibbs

    2. _Make
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Giblet

    3. Athletic Bilbo
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Unknown. Depends on Kosc fitness and any Monreal fatigue I assume

    4. Jam0sh
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      I'd stay away from both. Too unpredictable to say will they start or not

      1. seanie3
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        This.

        Another Gabriel situation, will he or won't he play with those two once kos is back

    5. vectorman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Nobody really knows.. We all wish we did though, both have done enough to justify staying in the side.

    6. pricycle
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks all. I already have Gabriel (foolishly) so it's possible that he'd oust Holding. So maybe Holding the safer choice?!

  2. United10
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Pick a captain out of the following. Leaning with A.
    a)Sanchez
    b)Costa
    c)Hazard
    d)Alonso

    1. Yome
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      A against Sunderland, there will be a big haul

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

      All Chelsea players are at risk of rotation if they win tomorrow.

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

    DDG Pickford
    Vertonghen Bailly Stones Yoshida Stephens
    Hazard Ozil Sane Eriksen deRoon
    Lukaku Kane Gabbi

    1FT 0.3itb

    Lukaku, deRoon, Bailly > Jesus, King, Jones for -8?

    1. mcrayeps
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      no

  4. Niemi
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Should I upgrade Maguire to a DGW player for free (max 4.5) or save the FT for next GW?

    1. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      save

  5. Buck The Trent
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Which one do you prefer?

    A Holgate (potentially 2-6 points)
    B Holding (potentially 0-12 points)

  6. theBoose
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Stick with:
    A) Ozil, Sane & Hazard

    or, switch to;

    B) Sanchez, KDB & Fabregas for -8

    1. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      stick

  7. Moose™
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Choose 1:

    A. Ake

    B. Benaloaune

    H. Holding

    1. _Make
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      H? Lol H is probably best

      1. Moose™
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Haha. So, the best def for budget under 4.0 is Holding then?

  8. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Sorry, forgot to post the link about Aguero back in training earlier.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtvI533tyiI

    1. Sjaugen
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Makes Jesus less attractive right?

      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I think he is nailed on regardless. Don't think Aguero will start vs Leicester

        1. Sjaugen
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 2 months ago

          I need to decide if I should rush Jesus in. Will need to dump Hazard and Daniels. Can't make up my mind

    2. MTPockets
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks, just found it on their twitter.
      Certainly makes kdb less appealing.

      1. Camp No No
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Why exactly?

        1. MTPockets
          9 years, 2 months ago

          Pep talked about wanting to play Jesus + Aguero. Somebody from previous team drops out/rotates, plus somebody from previous team may drop back. For a chunk of the season KDB had a deeper role, with fewer goals/assists. It's not an impossibility this happens again, plus all the mids seem to play differently when Aguero's in vs just Jesus.

    3. Moose™
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Sane minutes under serious threat?

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Yeo

      2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Yep

    4. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Interestingly couldn't see big Vinny in the training.

    5. barracuda
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Seemed to train with Stones individually and had a red bib on him

  9. Alnair
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Ozil to KDB(c) for a hit?

    Yay or nay?

    1. Camp No No
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Sideways, imo.

    2. mcrayeps
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      no

  10. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    The last three top scorers of the gameweek have been keepers. I like cheese.

    1. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Not this week me thinks

  11. OptimusBlack
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    If You Have Both Hazard and ozil and want to get rid one of them who would you pick ?
    BTW I have Sanchez & Costa

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

    Today's Press Conferences

    9am - West Brom
    9:30am - West Ham
    12pm - Southampton
    1pm - Swansea Leicester Hull City Everton
    1:15pm - Chelsea Burnley
    1:30pm -Middlesbrough
    2pm - Watford

    1. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Chelsea to tell us that Kante will be out until the fa cup

      Pedro to Fab confirmed

    2. FC Lackless [BALEGIUM]
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      cheers Phil

    3. GENERATION X
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Only got players from 6 clubs - 14 press conferences fairly meaningless to me now.

  13. Tshelby
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    RP

    BB active
    2.0 ITB
    1FT

    Current team

    Willy, Heaton
    Gabriel, Baines, Davies, Cahill, Yoshi
    Alli, Obiang, Zaha, Hazard, Sane
    Jesus, Costa, Benteke

    Zaha, Benteke, Baines -> Sanchez, Ayew and Holding (-8)

    Keeps me stranded with Obaing.

    1. AceKn1ght
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      I would keep one of Zaha and Benteke, and ditch Obiang

    2. Pazdannavaro
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Benteke, Obiang, Baines >> Holding, Matic, Welbeck

  14. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Today's Pressers:

    9am – Tony Pulis (West Brom)
    9.30am – Sam Allardyce (Crystal Palace)
    Noon – Claude Puel (Southampton)
    1pm – Paul Clement (Swansea), Craig Shakespeare (Leicester), Marco Silva (Hull), Ronald Koeman (Everton)
    1.15pm – Antonio Conte (Chelsea), Sean Dyche (Burnley)
    1.30pm – Steve Agnew (Middlesbrough)
    2pm – Walter Mazzarri (Watford)

  15. Podorsky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Pedro or Fabregas for FT

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Leaning towards Cesc

    2. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Heading in that direction but I'll wait until the oresser

  16. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Morning guys, with a BB being played in GW37 and my team looking like this

    Pickford Hennessey
    Gabriel Yoshi Stephens Holgate Gibson
    Sanchez Alli Eriksen King Hazard
    Benteke Lukaku Jesus

    thoughts guy?

    Lukaku, Gabriel and Benteke out for -8 points to

    A Monreal or Kompany, Kane, Anichebe
    B Kompany or Monreal, Vardy, Llorente

    Or for -4...keeping Kaku
    C Monreal or Kompany and llorente

  17. lasmons
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    DDG - Pickford
    Yoshida - Stephens - Davies - Holgate* - Stones*
    Alli - Hazard - Sanchez - King - Zaha*
    Kane - Jesus - Gabbi

    BB this week. Chasing 34 points in ML. Rival has no chips left. Need a couple of differerentials. Dont mind some hits.

    Thinking this at the moment:
    Stones + Holgate + Zaha + Alli -> Kompany + Huth + Sane + Pedro.

    Good idea? Happy for some other suggestions!

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

    Only change I need to make is to get rid of Ox. Got £6.1m to spend. Who is the best midfielder to get that isn't a Chelsea or Spurs player?

    1. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      King

      1. asquishypotato
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Might be too expensive - not much available, downgrade to 4.7 and funds elsewhere?

    2. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Albrighton and use cash elsewhere?

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

        Yeah thinking Albrighton. Perhaps a punt on Navas or Fernandinho though. Or Xhaka or Redmond.

  19. La vida FPL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    I need to get Gabbiadini out for Jesus. I also need Gabriel out.

    I can do:

    A) Gabriel, King, Gabbiadini > Holding, Capoue, Jesus

    B) Gabriel, Hazard, Gabbiadini > Monreal, Fabregas, Jesus

    1. OptimusBlack
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Both options not bad but can't choose

    2. Touching Clough
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Clear B for me

  20. lordkippe
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Good morning! Going to bb in 37 and I am very uncertain about my team and transfers. would appreciate some help. 1FT 0.0 ITB

    Pickford/Jaku

    Alonso/Azpi/Monreal/Stones/Stephens

    Sanchez/Hazard/Coutinho/King/Zaha

    Kane/Jesus/Gabbiadini

    - Stones has to go
    - Is it worth hits to get rid of jaku, coutinho, zaha, gabbiadini?

  21. rohan
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Tempted to do King& Erisken out for Capoue and KdB for -4

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Resist it

    2. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Capoue 3 point guarantee

  22. Bob_the_builder
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Otamendi or Kompany.More assured of playing both games ?

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Otamendi less injury prone

  23. Positive vibes
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Costa or Vardy for GW 37?

    I already have Kane, Jesus & Hazard.

    Thx you.

  24. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    So guys I'm chasing a few points, need a bit of a differential captain material. Any ideas?

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      sane

    2. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      KDB
      Giroud
      Fabregas

      1. Danno - Emre Canada
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        I am looking at City. KDB minutes more assured than Sane eh? Cheers

  25. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Which SGW player to use my FT to get rid for BB? Valencia seems to be the stand out choice.

    King - no chance
    PVA - vs Hull and good differential
    Valencia - not nailed, releases loads of cash, so gives me greatest choice of alternative defenders.
    Hennessy - vs Hull
    0.1m itb

    Releasing Valencia gives me 6m to play with

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      wait and see if utd get through tonight.
      if they do, lose valencia, otherwise PVA

    2. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Valencia > Kompany
      PVA > Gibbs for a hit?

  26. Zizou
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    been asked to sort a friends team
    best keeper/defender combo this week for 9.6m

    1. aaroncfc
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Big Willy and Gibbs

    2. Pep says
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Cech and Pickford

      1. Heavy Data
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        This is what I'm going with

  27. Old Gregg
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    I had played this week to do.

    Teke> Anchiebe
    Jesus > Gabbi
    Romeu > The Ox.

    I have 5.8.

    Any suggestions instead of The OX?

    1. Old Gregg
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      *planned

    2. Heavy Data
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Why would you do jesus to gabbi? That sir is craaaaaaazy

    3. Old Gregg
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      It is.
      I meant Gabbi > Jesus

  28. Tim Canterbury
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Is there a way to find a particular fantasy manager if you know their name?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      If they're in HoF maybe - as long as they use their name on FPL

  29. Jazz!
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    Would you boys go for Kompany (LEI, WBA) over Monreal (stk, SUN)?

    1. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers 🙂

    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Yup

    3. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      no

    4. Touching Clough
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      No.

      Among other reasons, 3-4 Citeh I would rather have vs. only Sanchez/Cech appeal at ARS

    5. Deli Alli OxenFree!
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      NO....*law of averages*
      Kompany just got his Def-goal; Monreal is due one (guessing a 2nd ball after a corner)
      {however, I'm def bias, brought in Monreal 4 weeks ago--watching him EITHER so-close/in-form OR a footnote...can't complain tho!)

  30. mrmrscott
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 2 months ago

    I have BB and wildcard left, when are most people using these?

    1. Heavy Data
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      Wildcard last week or the week before. Bench boost this week coming.

      1. mrmrscott
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        damn, missed the boat!

    2. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      saving mine for next year

      1. Heavy Data
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Excellent choice

    3. MTPockets
      9 years, 2 months ago

      You've left it a bit late. Need to weigh up benefits of each this week, depending on squad.

    4. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 2 months ago

      With 2GW's left you have 2 options

      BB this week if team looks ok and take a load of WC punts for GW38
      or
      WC this week for best 11 you can muster and prep bench for BB in GW38

      1. Heavy Data
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Rotation in the final week could be a nightmare.

      2. mrmrscott
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 2 months ago

        Great thanks for the advice!