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Saturday’s events conclude at Old Trafford where Manchester United host Newcastle under lights.

From a Fantasy perspective, there is huge interest in this final game with Romelu Lukaku once again the most popular captain pick for a tenth Gameweek in 12.

Almost 1.4 million (26.4%) back the Belgian with the armband, despite the striker suffering significant sales ahead of today’s deadline. More than 122,000 will be hoping that their decision to sell goes unpunished against the Magpies.

But Paul Pogba’s return is expected to boost Lukaku’s prospects: the Frenchman is fit and back in the United starting line-up. He scored two goals and picked up three assists in four starts prior to his injury.

Meanwhile, Zlatan Ibrahimovic also makes his return and is named among the United substitutes.

Phil Jones misses out, with Victor Lindelof earning his first Premier League start as Eric Bailly is another absentee through injury. Henrikh Mkhitaryan is notably missing from the United teamsheet, with Jose Mourinho confirming that his absence is for tactical reasons.

Skipper Jamaal Lascelles is sidelined for the visitors, while goalkeeper Rob Elliot is Newcastle’s most popular player on show, though 82% of his 1.4 million owners have him on their bench in expectation of United goals.

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

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  1. The Farke Side Gallery
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Salah, Alonso, Mee 52 points

    Davies, Eriksen, Kane, Jones, Kun, Fabs 7 points

  2. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Early thoughts on this mob?

    Elliot
    Bavies Daniels Mee Naughton
    Hazard Silva Sterling
    Kane Lukaku Vardy

    Foster TC Atsu Mbemba

    1ft 0.2itb

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

      Davies ➡ Duffy/Maguire

  3. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    66 with Richarlison left. That'll do.

    1. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      67 all out. Considering the Davies Eriksen Kane(c) fail, I'll run with that to the bank...

      1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah nice. I captained Lukaku

    2. Matt Sk
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      71 shaq and gross left

  4. Legomané
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    In 12 game weeks, my captain selection has returned:

    1 Kane double
    1 Kak goal
    1 Hazard assist
    8 one or two pointers
    and
    1 Mané red, for a hit no less

    🙁

    1. Yellin' in my Ear
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I'm still waiting to score more than six from a captain, getting ridiculous now.

  5. Greasy
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Why Chelsea defender would be most nailed for 5.9 or less??

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

      None.

    2. rivercityransom
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      i don't understand this question and i won't respond to it.

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

    Who's your Jones sub?

    Magic Bean coming in with his 5 is very welcome!

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      VvD.

      RLC locked out despite being first sub.

    2. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      1 of TC Otem Mariappa 😎

    3. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Some defender with 8 points

    4. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Magic bean here too 🙂 so glad I played DCL ahead of him to give me something to look forward to on Monday night ..

    5. Yellin' in my Ear
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Dunk, or RLC if he doesn't play

  7. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    GW rank 1's WC :O

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      he's in the same Facebook group as me. what a call on the capt. even he is stunned

      1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Haha amazing shout

    2. Galza
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Needs more Morata.. 😆

    3. Yellin' in my Ear
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Wow, amazing 🙂

  8. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Sold:
    Cedric (tbc)
    Brady (6)
    Otamendi (0)

    Bought:
    Mee (6)
    Zaha (7)
    Daniels (8)
    -4

    Probably gained around 9 points. Decent.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Cedric scored 1.

      1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Oh they played today. Nice. Gained 10 then

    2. Yellin' in my Ear
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      You need to count what ota's replacement on the bench scored

  9. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    I hate Harry Kane.

    1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      And me. See below...

      Sell for morata?

    2. MTPockets
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I switched to Salah after your early speculative twitter lineup. Ta

    3. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Yep

  10. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone selling Kane?

    A) because he's crap
    B) because he's expensive.
    C) because you captain him and he blanks. Perpetually. Especially at home
    D) because he won't score vs West Bromwich Albion.

    But his fixtures look so nice... Grrr

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

      no because there aren't many other nailed, explosive options in attack

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      A and D are blatantly untrue
      B and C are becoming a problem though

    3. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I just know that he will get a hat trick the week I sell him..

    4. Please Help I Don't Kn…
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      A is a disgrace, please don't say that again 🙂

  11. rivercityransom
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    wow, people are actually selling lukaku. on the one hand, it does make it easy to buy him before brighton, but on the other hand... what?

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

      just have a look at overall point scorers from the game this year. You'll figure out why

      1. rivercityransom
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        the real solution is to have both morata and lukaku

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I'm tempted too depending on midweek.

      1. rivercityransom
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        can you afford ota > cheapie, vardy > lukaku?

    3. The Farke Side Gallery
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Did Lukaku go wide when Ibra came on?

  12. Sir Edo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Brought Dann and Speroni to my Wildcard team this week. Can they possible keep their places after such a bad performance?

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

      I brought Dann in when he had 12 points all season, and he'll be leaving my team with 13 all season

      1. Sir Edo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        But keep for Stoke at least?

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

          probably, but he needs a 15 pointer to make up for his showing today 😀

      2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        I was shouted down when I suggested Palace didn't have good fixtures because they were no good

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      I'm playing Dann vs Stoke.

  13. Zizou
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    elliot pope
    dunk ward davies mbemba naughton
    sane salah rlc stephens richarilson
    aguero kane morata

    was looking to eventually get pogba in but might need to do it quicker than i thought, i have 2FT

    was thinking stephens>pogba
    and downgrade one of from 3....
    or just sane > pogba and keep aguero

    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      See below I don't think Pogba can change price til start of GW 14 no matter how many transfers in he gets.

      1. Zizou
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        but who to downgrade

  14. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    So Pogba is totally price protected for a week and will not change from 0.0 on FPL stats - correct?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      yep

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

      Same with otamendi?

      1. Albrightondknight
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah Actually a day longer with Otamendi locked til next Sunday 8 days away

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

    OR updated

    1. Galza
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      1.4 mil > 830k...
      Into the top 1 mil at last...
      Felt like I’d never get there.. 🙂

  16. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    56 on WC with stones and Francis in starting line up and Niasse as first sub is bad bad luck

  17. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    From 440 to 823........

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

      Imagine if Kane scored 😉

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

        Imagine if I stones hadn't got Injured. 🙂
        Imagine if Francis wouldn't have got a red 🙂

        1. Fantasy Gold
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 9 months ago

          I feel so bad for you

  18. F4L
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    590k to 233k. I'll take it

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Similar to me. I'll take all the price rises too.

  19. Kermit Special
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Will my Jammy 2 pointer from Abraham come on for Jones, if my 3 defenders have played?

  20. Hotdogs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Is pogba still locked? He’s 0% on fpl stays. And if so until when?

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

      Yes and until next week

    2. MTPockets
      8 years, 9 months ago

      25th. Click the green circle thing on fplstats

  21. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    What's the verdict on Lukaku after tonight? Didn't look ultra convincing to me but Man Utd are clearly a different proposition with Pogba in the side. Worth doing Jesus > Kaku for free?

    1. Feed tha Sheep
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Both have a nice fixture but what you get with Lukaku is guaranteed minutes (even though Ibra is back) I would do it but Jesus could very well do better than Lukaku but you at least arnt always looking to see if he will start or not

  22. Feed tha Sheep
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Havnt decided whether to WC or not but how does this look?

    DDG Speroni
    Daniels Dunk Yedlin Mee Marriappa
    Salah Silva Richarlison RLC Carroll
    Kane Lukaku Morata

    Thoughts please?

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

      Is this your current team or your WC team

      1. Feed tha Sheep
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 9 months ago

        WC team lol

    2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Don't like Mariappa or the RLC-Carroll double pivot.

      Big 3 up front isn't cost efficient atm

  23. Fantasy Gold
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Brady and Vardy > Pogba and C Wilson for -4

    How’s it look?

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Vardy v West Ham next

  24. XabiAlonso
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    7 green arrows in a row 🙂
    OR 1.1mil 🙁

    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      1.1m is the new top 10k 😎

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Slow and steady

  25. New Post
    1. XabiAlonso
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 months ago

      Ffs 😆

  26. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    31k 😀

  27. Kante FC
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Fabianski

    Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee

    Salah, Pogba, D. Silva, Sterling, Sane

    Lukaku, Morata

    Bench: Foster, Niasse, Dunk, Zanka

    How are we looking?

  28. Blanka
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Contemplating Eriksen to Sane, then Firmino to Niasse which would upgrade Tom Carroll to Pogba.

    Basically Eriksen and Firmino to Sane and Pogba.

    Thoughts? Not sure.

  29. The Farke Side Gallery
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    Red arrow with 59 points at 128k
    What the actual f**k

  30. CFC96
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 months ago

    52 but 30k red arrow, not awful considering I took I hit, 4 to play so hopefully won't drop further