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31 December 2017 4044 comments
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Sunday’s pair of Gameweek 21 matches get underway at midday as Crystal Palace welcome Manchester City to Selhurst Park.

The latest teamsheet twist from Pep Guardiola sees both Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling drop to the bench, with Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus joining Bernardo Silva in the front three.

Ranked fifth and seventh top captains for Gameweek 21, Aguero and Sterling have been backed by 7.2% and 4.8% with the armband against the only side yet to register a clean sheet in front of their own fans.

Over 219,00 FPL managers drafted in Sterling on the back of three successive double-digit returns, though it’s worth noting that he’s emerged from the bench to score in two of his three sub appearances this season.

A big haul from the ever-present Kevin De Bruyne could have an impact on the FPL standings – 4.05% have handed the Belgian the armband as he goes in search of a sixth double-figure haul of 2017/18.

City arrive with the league’s best defensive record on the road, claiming more shut-outs (six) and conceding fewer goals (five) away from home than any side.

Yet the Eagles have proven a reliable source of goals at home – indeed, they have scored exactly twice in seven successive matches at Selhurst Park, which includes clashes with Chelsea and Arsenal.

With a goal or assist in all but one of those seven encounters, Wilfried Zaha has played a pivotal part in their renaissance under Roy Hodgson.

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

  1. Viper
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    66 all out.

    Missing Kane, Hazard, Christensen, Sterling (kind of), RLC

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

      42 with Haz, Christensen, RLC, Kane, Oggers no shows...still at least I had TCarroll...

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Noice.

      64 all out. If I had kept Jones, 72.

    3. No Luck
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      49 all out. Missing Kane, Hazard, Sterling (kind of), Vertonghen, Ogbonna, RLC, Elliot and Morata (C) fail.

  2. ImTheDude
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    At least KDB was walking (although with help) after the match.

    1. Matamatics
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Hopefully will be ok - horrendous tackle. He will be out for a little bit though for sure

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Can't see him playing again this year.

      1. I Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        lmao

  3. JJO
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Its just ridicoulus how are they gifting baps to Otamendi
    He is getting 3-5 baps in last minutes every game,without even doing anything goodd + losing ball
    I watched it this game closely and really is like this

    Ps.awfull tackle by Puncheon
    Those kind of tackles should lead to 10+games ban,just as example

    1. Matamatics
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I'm going to have to draft him in. Considering Vertonghen or Otamendi on a -4 for next week.

      1. Bilbao Baggins
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Madness

    2. I Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Otamendi had a ton of CBI in that game.

      1. JJO
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        He did nothing good from 85th min til the end and his baps were greater again

    3. JJO
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Interesting if he will lose baps for being dissposesed in added time

    4. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Otamendi dropped from 36 to 34 in the last few minutes.

  4. Legomané
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Cruel week...

    Kun(c) Salah(v) in a ML full of Haz(c) Salah(v)'ers is particularly frustrating. Hopefully Kun will return strongly next GW...

    Owning Christensen with main rival owning Cahill is pretty frustrating too 🙁

  5. Demel
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    How are we shaping up for the DGW?

    Me...

    Zero hits

    3 Spurs - Kane, Alli, Son

    3 Hammers - Adrian, Ogbonna, Masuaku

    Kane Triple Captain

    1. Elwood
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      LOL, really?

      You might be in for a disappointing week and hits afterwards.

      1. Matamatics
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        West Ham have three decent fixtures afterwards.

        I will be probably

        Kane, Eriksen

        Masuaku Arnautovic with no hits.

        Maybe going to TC Kane too would like to hear some news

    2. Guy Demel
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Nice for no hits. Need an escape plan to whittle those triple spurs/hammers down though.

    3. KingOllie
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      3 ham defenders loooool

    4. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Zero hits
      Kane C
      Son
      Alli
      Adrian

      1. teneighty
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Arnie, Ogbonna, Kane and Eriksen (-4).
        Kind of regret getting Ogbonna but that was three weeks ago when WH deceived us all into thinking that they actually knew how to keep clean sheets.

    5. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Not according to your link

  6. ooooo
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    With 2.9mil
    DDG
    Ota Christ Jones
    Salah Son Sterling Rich
    Kane Firmino DCL

    Rich to Alli and then Son to Silva next week? Or is it enough Spurs mids?

  7. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Gutted as a dann owner

    Played
    Yellow card
    Subbed off injured
    Palace get clean sheet
    Zero points

    🙁

    1. Kermit Special
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      🙁

    2. Matamatics
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah that was unlucky buddy

  8. ZTF
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Wildcard played...

    Lloris (3.9m)
    Otamendi Ogbonna Dunk (Kenny, 4.0)
    Son, Salah, Mahrez, Sterling (Carroll)
    Rashford Kane Rooney

    Thoughts?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      How much in the bank?

      1. ZTF
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        0. Shame Danilo isn't nailed on.

    2. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Good apart from Rooney

      1. ZTF
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        DCL?

        1. Greenbackbøøg…
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          No, maybe just go cheap with Quaner and upgrade Carroll

          1. ZTF
            • 11 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            Hmm decent shout, who'd you go for? 7.1m, maybe Lingard/Zaha?

  9. Kermit Special
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    So KDB, Jesus and Silva out? Man City looking screwed.

    1. PlayPercentage
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Mane, Sterling and Aguero will now be regular starters.

      1. Fitzy.
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Mane?

      2. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        They’ve all been regular starters

  10. Sancidino
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    For the double would you rather have Arnautovic, Lanzini or Vertonghen? Cheers!

    1. Elwood
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Ar

    2. ChampChomp
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Arnie

    3. No Luck
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Probs Arnie

    4. Sancidino
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Arnie it is then! Cheers!

  11. TallestJohn
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hazard (C), Sterling (VC) was not fun

    1. skriniar
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      😀

  12. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Transcript of the Pep/Roy conversation on that bench..

    "How much do you want for that Zaha fella"

    "I once put Harry Kane on corners"

    "I'll give you 80 mill"

    "I once put Harry Kane on corner you know"

    "100 mill"

    "Harry Kane is good at corners"

    "Oh,...never mind"

    1. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      😀

  13. KingOllie
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    I have Kane Alli Son Arnie and Masauku
    Safe to say im loaded up boys!

  14. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    need fpl discovery to update the average...........find out how red my arrow is

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I'm going with scarlet.

      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          sarcasm doesnt come out well on message boards........
          someone might think that was sexual ecstasy

          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            Was it not? 🙁

  15. PlayPercentage
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling 1pt is frustrating, as I had Dunk on the bench.
    On the other hand it's been a good day not to have Sterling(C), Aguero(C), KdB(C) etc.

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      isnt he getting a yc

      1. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        no

      2. PlayPercentage
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        No. Fernandinho got the YC.

    2. manutd99
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Im sure he got yellow. Not showing at moment. Prob be added later

      1. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        he didn't get a yellow card. It was Fernandinho.

        1. manutd99
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          One point it is then

    3. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Rival in my cash ML triple-captained Aguero to try to pip me to December manager of the month payout. Unlucky, sucka.

      1. Teror
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        What a moron

  16. CostaCoffee
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    7 of my outfield players didn’t play this week, was only expecting 3 not to play (Kane Ogbonna Ward) had Morata captain too, down to 10 in my mini league which I should be winning at this stage

    1. Elwood
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      There is no Should with this game!

      1. CostaCoffee
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        There is really

    2. No Luck
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      All the more satisfying when you come back and win last week of the season

  17. Sz21
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    1. Richarlison or 2. Loftus Cheek..

    Who would you remove from these- Lanzini in..

    1. Elwood
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2

    2. PlayPercentage
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I'm keeping Richarlison. He is getting goal attempts in every game he plays.
      A haul is imminent.

    3. Patch
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I can only afford RLC to Arnie...

  18. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Is Dele Alli nailed to play both matches?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Not guaranteed but more likely than Son.

  19. slove
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Best De Bruyne replacement ?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Spurs mid/

    2. Daniel Exeter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Arnie?

    3. KingOllie
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Alli

    4. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Spurs mid

  20. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    58 all out so quite happy with that

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    kdb shown limping off the pitch with the help of staff, not a broken leg

    1. Andy1
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Good

  22. ForEvra Young
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Morata to Aguero?

    1. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Is Jesus injured? Because I’ve already made that transfer

      1. manutd99
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Yes Injured

  23. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Help needed here! Here's the thing guys:

    Foster
    Walker, Jones, Hegazi
    Hazard, Salah, David Silva, Xhaka, Dier
    Kane, Quaner

    bench: Speroni, Naughton, Mbemba, Lukaku

    Im already on -8, then Lukaku got injured, was thinking about triple captaining Kane, catastrophy I know.

    What do you say, should I hit the wildcard button or maybe go -12 with replacing Lukaku ?

  24. A Team Of James McCleans
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Groß to Son or Richarlison to Alli?

    1. Elwood
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Son!

      1. A Team Of James McCleans
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Will he start both games?

  25. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    51 with Foster to play.
    Pretty disappointing.

    1. Kermit Special
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Lots of ppl with worse scores than that. Be content, this has been a crap GW

  26. Football Heaven
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Still triple captain Kane?

    1. skriniar
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      not yet, be patient

  27. skriniar
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    what are u drinking?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      The tears of KDB owners.

    2. Matamatics
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Sippin' on Hennessy like many of my favourite rappers

  28. Melania
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Fabianski, Mariappa, Gross, Hazard ➡ Lloris, Ogbonna, Arnautovic, Alli for a -8?

    Currently have have Kane on for the DGW.

    1. Teror
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

  29. CostaCoffee
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    If I triple captain should I put it on
    A) Son
    B) Kane

    1. Kermit Special
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Defo not A. B if he's confirmed fully fit.

  30. Uncle Gamst
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    How can not one Palace defender get bonus points?