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After a quiet opening two months, it took a brace at home to Huddersfield to rocket Tammy Abraham – in the short term, at least – to the top of our search for a budget third striker.

Though the Chelsea loanee is clearly full of potential, his supporting cast at Swansea did little to foster any sense of optimism over the early Gameweeks.

Indeed, across their first seven matches, the Welsh outfit had registered a paltry three goals, drawing blanks on five occasions.

On the back of a 13-point performance, however, Abraham has jumped to the forefront of our thoughts, and in so doing has already gained over 156,000 new owners.

Have those of us jumping on the bandwagon identified a canny investment opportunity? Or is Swansea’s centre-forward merely the latest in a cut-priced line of false dawns up front?

In this week’s Technical Area we’ll be running through Abraham’s – and Swansea’s – key underlying numbers across the season and breaking down their forthcoming fixtures to better assess his potential moving forward.

  1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Right then... would you be happy with this? 0ft, £0.2?

    Foster/ Elliott
    Jones/ Monreal/ naughton/ mariappa/ hunemeier
    Silva/ Erikssen/ Sterling/ choupo/ carroll
    Kane/ Jesus/ Morata

    1. GHB
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Of course looks strong

    2. COLLIN QUANER
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Solid

      1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers both - been a lot of flapping to get it to this...

    3. KingOllie
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Defence is ugly

    4. DF
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      So much better than mine

  2. klavan
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Play Elliot or Fabianski?

    1. istanbul05
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Im playing Elliot, but have Naughton in defence.

      1. Krionos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Ive never understood this.. if you believe in a cs for naughton, then surely also start fabianski??

        1. Ruth_NZ
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          It's the same issue as coverage, which some people also dismiss without understanding.

          Let's say that you assess the CS chances of Swansea and Newcastle similarly - for sake of simplicity let's say it's 50%.

          OK, take 2 Swansea you have a 50% chance of 8 CS points and a 50% chance of 0. Take one of each and you have a 25% chance of 8 CS points, a 50% chance of 4 and a 25% chance of 0. In other words, you are reducing risk/reward variance by covering 2 different teams and increasing it by doubling on one.

          Neither route is right and neither route is wrong. They just do different things. How you choose to deal with the difference relates to your underlying game strategy, whether you understand that's what you are doing or not.

  3. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Right I have 2FT and no idea what to do with them... Any suggestions? 0.7m itb

    Elliott (Foster)
    Cedric Jones Davies Kolasinac (Mbemba)
    Eriksen Coutinho Silva (RLC, Carroll)
    Kane Kaku Joselu

    1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Similar. I'm moving bavies on and getting more city

    2. Goalosaurus
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Could switch out foster if there is anymore news on his injury.

      Next week could switch out kaku to morata or kun to avoid united's games against spurs and chelsea.

  4. @chapellefpl OR 577TH
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    If you were to go for 3 city now who would it be?

    For me Silva Sterling Walker.

    1. bojack
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Bravo, Gundogan, B. Silva

    2. LarryDuff
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      walker? an over priced card magnet susceptible to rotation?

      1. Sánchez
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Rotation? With who?

        1. Sánchez
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          (he's played every single minute bar when he got sent off and suspended)

    3. Sánchez
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      I have Jesus Sterling Walker

      1. @chapellefpl OR 577TH
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Very good. Judging by the rest of the replies most here are clueless.

    4. the snazzy viking
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      KDB, KDB and KDB

    5. Mr-Inbetween
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling, Aguero & Silva

    6. Krionos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling, aguero, KDB

    7. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Aguero, Sterling, and Sane. Take the bench time, and take the pts.

      1. Krionos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        No, KDB. The man is sex on a football pitch right now. Forget fantasy, i want to have babies with him.

        1. Monkey Hanger
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Doesn't look old enough.

        2. the snazzy viking
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Not weird at all 😆

    8. Gilberto.
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling Silva Aguero

    9. BoooomXhakaLaka
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling Aguero Jesus

  5. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Daniels not falling tonight? Wanted to pick him up for 4.8 🙁

    1. DonTheSpecialOne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Have faith

    2. Krionos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Shh..

  6. Atwood
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    1FT and 0.4 in the bank. Any advice?

    Elliott
    Davies - Jones - Naughton
    Carroll - Salah - Sterling - Alli
    Kane - Lukaku - Abraham

    Foster - Willian - Francis - Long

    1. bojack
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      I'd get rid of Dele.

      1. Atwood
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Even before someone like Willian?

        1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          No. Bavies and William would be the first out the door for me...

  7. LD
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Best premium defenders?

    1. LarryDuff
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Mbemba

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Get Valencia, feels like I'm the only one who owns him.

      1. Yellin' in my Ear
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Prefer Jones and/or DDG and invest the rest elsewhere

    3. Nascimento
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Valencia utd are fixture proof and hes the hardest man in the league

  8. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    So many questions....

    Top picks for the last four matches arranged by ICT threat...hit the ICT creativity column for the top assist potential...

    http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/4386/

    1. X Trapnel
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      gold indeed. Terrific table.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        What does ict stand for ?

    2. DonTheSpecialOne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Top 5... Wow

  9. Mr. Perfectionist
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Start which of the following:-

    1) Groß or Carroll
    2) Simpson or Naughton

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Gross and naughton

  10. COYG
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Will jones start?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Of course.

    2. HALFSPACE
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      no

    3. Atwood
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

    4. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Yep

  11. Lecky Legs FC
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Playing my WC next week worth doing Joselu > Diouf for free this GW though?

    1. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Stoke have been playing diouf as a LWB last couple of weeks which is what's stopping me from getting him in as a striker....funnily enough it's now he's starting to bag points.....I'd say not worth it but he will probably prove me wrong again

      1. Lecky Legs FC
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        He's like a new Victor Moses but it's a strange game scoring more from there than when he used to in his forward position I'll debate till the deadline cheers

    2. yemzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      no

    3. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Yea it's an odd one....I'd be more comfortable with Abraham

  12. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    GTG ?

    Fabianski (Elliot)
    Jones, Walker, ??
    Doucoure, Erik, Salah, Ritchie
    Abraham, Kaku, Kane (c)
    Subs Monreal, Carroll, Lowe

    A Stick and save FT
    B Bert to Cresswell
    C Bert/Ritchie to Marriapa/Sterling (-4)

    1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      I like C

  13. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Defence is currently like this...

    Lowe, Davies, Kola (TAA, Mee)

    Worth taking a hit? Got 2m in the bank.

    1. Champione
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Lowe > Cedric/Maguire/Daniels

    2. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Only worth the hit for guaranteed clean sheet

      Man u, man city or west ham defence looks safest this week

      Otamendi, cresswell or Jones(should play) probably best bets

  14. Optimus.
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Cheers Tony for having me google Mary Berry on the last page 🙁

    I was disappointed while Rooney liked your post

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Oi you deadline tomorrow . I need your team and your bank details asap

      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        and by asap I mean at some point tomorrow

        1. Optimus.
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 6 months ago

          Tell me the latest you need my team in by, I will wait till Citys press conference before I think about taking a -12 😉

    2. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      She's gone, Been replaced by a much younger Scandinavian bird, Sandy Toksvig. Google her. It will be worth your time.

    3. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Moist soongeb

  15. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Going with Elliot as only GK on my WC, he is nailed long term right ?

    1. Champione
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      yep, at least until January window

  16. Champione
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    2 FT, 0.0 ITB. Suggestions?

    Fabianski
    Davies Cedric Cresswell
    Silva Sterling Ritchie Shaqiri
    Kane Lukaku Morata (C)

    Elliot Monreal Mbemba King

    1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Shaqiri not for me

  17. Aston-villain
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Any of you guys getting rid of Hazard ???

    1. Champione
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      more people bringing him in I think

      1. Aston-villain
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Im sure TM was thinking about it...just wondering if anyone went thru with it...im inclined to double up with Morata myself.

    2. LarryDuff
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      yeah two goals v napoli is shite

      1. Aston-villain
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Yeh shocking performance..lol. looked great with Morata back.

      2. Aston-villain
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        Its crazy how he scored 2 against Roma and then managed more against Napoli too

    3. KingOllie
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Im excited to have him this week!

      1. Aston-villain
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        So am I...

    4. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Yep getting rid of my dodgy toaster

  18. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Interesting article on the BBC website about Burnley playing away from home I recommend the read 🙂

  19. FC Lackless [BALEGIUM]
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Kaku to drop tonight ?

    1. K.F.C
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Surely not before Hudds? (hopefully not)

      1. FC Lackless [BALEGIUM]
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 6 months ago

        seems daft but the rate of drop is fast [-96.9 atm]

  20. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Which to ditch for Sterling?

    A Ritchie
    B Chupo
    C GroB

    B for me atm

    1. Gilberto.
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      A for me

    2. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      C for me
      Ritchie and choupo have way better fixtures this week.

  21. Gilberto.
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    All set for this week? 0FT 0.2ITB

    Elliot (Fab)
    Kola Otamendi Cedric Cresswell (Suttner)
    Eriksen Silva Choupo (Carroll King)
    Kane (c) Jesus Morata

    Cheers

    1. Lee8686
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Looks good

      I like that Kane (c) I have a feeling he's going to get over his wembley woes in style this weekend

  22. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone explain to me why Ward (BUR) is so popular all of a sudden and he having City nxt??

    Rising tonight seemingly

    1. Aston-villain
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      They're using the auto pick

  23. Zareos
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Which transfer would you go for?

    A. Mooy to Richarilson,
    B. Kolasniac and Mooy to Dunk and Sterling (-4)?

    1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      A

    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      A fixtures improve after this week

  24. James2201
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Here’s my team 1 FT and 0.4 in bank

    Fabianski
    Jones B.Davies Mee Kolasinac
    Eriksen Myki Silva
    Kane Lukaku Abraham

    Subs - Foster Sanchez Chalobah Mbemba

    Thinking of swapping mkitarian out for either Sane or Sterling but unsure which is best bet. Always worry with city that they will get rotated, but they seem to be an essential currently. What do you suggest?

    1. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Sterling. Definitely.

    2. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      sterling

  25. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    And again.....same table.....but this time hit the "touches in the box" column and count the goals and assists for the top few

    http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/4386/

    I say it every year that you can actually play this game by basing a strategy on that stat alone. Just discount the odd poor pick (Shane long this time)....

    1. FC Lackless [BALEGIUM]
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      cheers Wakey...good stuff

    2. Like an Egyptian Magician
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      Priceless

  26. We ain't got no histor…
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Not someone who believes in saving a ft, what would you change in this team:

    Ederson Elliot
    Alonso Fernandez Davies Mbemba Hunemeir
    Ritchie Mkhi Gross Silva Tcaroll
    Kane Jesus Vardy

    0.9 itb,1 ft

    1. Gizzachance
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      maybe davies, hes still a doubt, and rose is back now, plus some tricky fixtures coming up

  27. tbhogal
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    G2G guys or any changes needed? 1FT 0.4 ITB

    Fab (Elliot)
    Jones,Clark,Davies (Ward,Rangel)
    Ritchie,Salah,Eriksen,Sterling,Carroll
    Kane, Lakaku (Wood)

  28. Jimmy Boy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Captain:
    A) Aguero
    B) Sterling
    C) Lukaku
    D) Kane
    E) Choupo-Moting punt lol

    1. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 6 months ago

      D or B

  29. Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 6 months ago

    Sterling IN and who OUT ?

    A Ritchie
    B Chupo
    C GroB