Next up, we take our post-Gameweek delve into the members’ data to assess some of the standout players across the previous round of fixtures.
With Double Gameweeks shaping our plans, Arsenal’s new goal hero, Chelsea’s recent lack of resilience and the form of Man City’s playmaker all come under analysis.
Burnley and Newcastle’s budget frontmen also catch the eye, while we also run the rule over a Fantasy slump for a Stamford Bridge big-hitter.
B for me.
B easy
A for me
B ofc.
A on the basis of two big hitters v one (I will not hear any argument that JL is a big hitter lol)
A
Kane hasn't the greatest fixtures in 34.
Gross has terrible fixtures.
Lingard big rotation risk.
What would be your England line up for World Cup?
3-4-2-1
Butland
Stones Maguire Dier
Walker Henderson Wilshere Rose
Alli Sterling
Kane
Henderson i know he's not the best technically but you need a bit of discipline especially against quality sides
Butland because he has more of a presence than Pickford (even though Pickford's better with his feet)
Wilshere the only decent playmaker we have... Needs to be fit imo
The rest speaks for itself, maybe Bring Lingard/Vardy on if we need more pace?
Thoughts?
Looks about right. I think Pickford is the star of the future but Butland is a safer pair of hands.
Lingard and Alli are, IMO, completely interchangeable in Southgate's plans and I think Lingard will start as many games as Alli.
Nice to be able to bring Vardy off the bench against tired legs!
Yeah agreed. I hope Lallana can get fit and get some games in so we have another option... Love him. Shelvey?
He's the trendy pick but I think we should be wary of just sticking a player in and hoping that he'll 'get' the system. Southgate has done a good job of keeping actually quite a big pool of players playing together and learning each other's strengths and I think at this stage the team should be picked from the extended group - there's more than enough variety.
Yeah true - Don't want to disrupt the good feeling there is atm
Dier in place of Henderson
Jones CB
Jones over Smalling?
Needs more Ashley Young
Think this is pretty spot on except I would definitely choose Pickford over Butland for his superior distribution. Alli/Lingard decision should be made on form- drop one of them back into midfield if Wilshere doesn't make it, or go with Ox.
Forgot Ox.. good points. Also forgot Ashley Young (thanks Prison Mike) instead of Rose who isnt playing much.
Yeh, I like that. We defo need someone like Wilshere, but only if he's fit.
Concerns with Rose's match fitness so maybe Young instead.
Maybe Stones out and bring back Walker, with Trippier on the wing. I just think Stones is a walking disaster. I don't care about his passing ability, he just makes me too nervous. Fully expect him to play though.
I expect Southgate to do that actually.. Love Walker on the right though, such an asset
I like this team. Although I’d go 3-4-1-2
Butland
Jones Stones Maguire
Walker hendo wilshere rose
Alli
Kane vardy
This would be my choice as well but doubt Southgate will play Vardy and Kane up top together.
Don't think they'd be comfortable together up top - neither of them play like that. Rose lacking fitness also... But good that Southgate will go 3 at the back
Anyone else considering taking a gamble and saying "Salahdios" and ditching Mo S this week on a WC?
if you eliminate the DGWs where he only has a SGW (34 and 37), are FHing 35 and could FT him in for 38, you are effectively only losing him as a captaincy option for GW33 (eve, where you wouldn't captain him anyway probably) and GW36 (STO).
Obviously GW36 looks mint, but which ever of the big guns you don't have you will miss out on plum fixtures for......
And no - I haven't been drinking (much anyway).
What players will come in for Salah. If it is for Alonso and Willian I would consider it. I will keep Salah because Salah.
If you're on a WC, whoever you want 🙂
Just awful.
Just awful.
That'll be a no then? 😉
I considered it but too much money tied up in him.
A cheeky injury on Wed ruling him out until 38 would be fantastic though
Hear hear.
I am considering it. If Liverpool get a good result tomorrow and it looks like he may get a rest against everton, I will do it.
BTW gw36 is between ucl semi finals, so even then there is a chance for a rest if they go through.
I like this guy - see you at the asylum 🙂
This looks like score 1 to the GW32 wildcarders. We never even had to consider this impossible question 🙂
With Kanes return and the GW31 dross coming good in GW32 I think its advantage GW33 WCrs 😉
Luckily we have a Kane plan!
Dross didn't come good except Rondon and King. Everyone else was rubbish!
I manged to get 77 points from my dross so cant have been all bad.
Was a nice score for sure. Wasn't from the dross of 31 though 🙂
What did you get in 31 though?
Did you even have dross?
95 in GW31
Robertson, King the main differentials from 31 with Sterling Lascelles and Maguire coming good too
Dross means robertson, maguire and sterling???
Lol
Eh? My gw 31 team didnt do well at all in 32.
It's like every week - some FPL teams do well and some do bad. Claiming victory for a whole strategy based on an individual's own team performance in one GW is a bit short-sighted.
I think we can all claim advantage all we like. I guess the best way to decide would be to look at your final OR compared with your OR at the end of GW31 (i.e. before either played their WCs)?
I'm currently up to 23k from 28k
I think you’re deluded. I do £1m richer 2,000 places higher near top 5,000 and saved money to get Kane straight in for auba in gw34. You can’t afford my team
We're going to need some tongue in cheek font around these parts I reckon
Surely with that grav no-one is taking you seriously anyway 😉
How quickly GW30 is forgotten. What a hero.
A right Bain in the arse.
Certainly worth considering
I can’t see him starting this week
It’s a huge game. Klopp did it once before against our Merseyside rivals, after the fan reaction he s not going to do it again.
Nah he'll score more than some DGWs
The potential (and probable) downside is much bigger than the potential upside
This.
Kos probably not going to play weekend if he plays Europa?
another reason to go for Kane over Lukaku for DGW34 - you don't have to waste another FT to get Kane in and instead you can focus on getting in eg. City, Arnie, Eriksen/Alli, Auba, Swansea enablers..
Hear hear
If you currently have Lukaku, you would be using (note, not "wasting") that FT this week to get him in anyway.
I'm getting Luk and Kane on my WC
Why not both?
oh well.. comment taken out of context
Who would you play from these?
A. Schindler
B. Lowton
And
1. Ibe
2. Mounie
Pure excitement here lads
B2
B1
Is Dele Alli or Eriksen a good differential over all those going for Son ?
Son will be sold now Kane is back I imagine.
Really? Returns generally better when focus of defence is on Kane and he's only not started one game, one single game, since GW14. Son was a great option until Re-Kane in GW36
Yes either are a good option
Son droppable now that Kane is back and Lamela playing well
Replacement for Stanislas? FHing in 34 So possibly a player with a fixture in GW 35..(money to spend about 10m)
Mane is who I'm going for maybe even Mkhitaryan / Ramsey if you fancy
Hve 3 Liverpool already.Also have Aubameyang and Mkhi.Anyone else??
Mkhitaryan.
Sanchez and Vardy or mahrez and Lukaku?
The latter.
All 4
That's what I m planning
Definitely flip a coin 🙂
for 34 - which one? leaning towards A myself
A) Salah > Hazard (FT)
B) Salah + Zaha > Hazard + Lingard (-4)
C) Salah + Zaha + Mili > Son + Willian + Lingard (-8)
Hey Bhuma. Great game mate.
I can’t condone selling Salah, and for a hit. Just nuts.
haha well in my head Salah goes for free and the others are the hits.. o_0
if you were to chose one of the above which would it be rupert?
Cant see Ling paying off the -4 with Zaha having a plum fixture at home. Same with Mili.
A if you really have to, but do you think Hazard can out score Salah when he has my favourite home fixture of the season (as a Liverpool fan).
I think GW 34 is the one week where a gamble to bin Salah might pay off.
The majority will not be captaining him for 34 so even if he was to haul and bag a 13-15 pter it wouldn't be the end of the world even if Hazard only got 7-8 pts.
I think you've got a point about Zaha to Lingz for a -4. May just play Zaha and Mili v Brighton
Risk it if you like but it’s Salah captain for me. Punt with your team, not your captain.
Kane or Lukaku will be my captain
Don't think you can class either as a punt. Pretty good options IMO but fair play to you.
Play any 3
Morgan
Milli
Kennedy
Lowton
Marialla
Barnes
Morgan Mili Barnes
Think ive settled on my FH 34 Team, its the best I can put out with my poor TV, thoughts
DDG
Christensen Vertonghen Maguire
Mahrez Alli Willian Lingard
Lukaku Vardy Kane
Nordfieldt Romeu Long Goldson
That's solid much better than your first draft earlier
Nice.
Cheers, now I can focus on this GW 🙂
Triple Spurs doesn't make sense with those fixtures. Only Kane imo.
Pretty darn good team
My TV is worse I'd say.
ONe week punt
A)Alonso
B)Willian
C)Alli
C
C definitely
A
WHU are dreadful, beating an even worse Southampton doesn't change that
My WC team is finally ready to go! I've changed it a whole load of times since Sat and finally have something I kinda like! Lost about 0.5m in the process!
Played around with Vardy and Lukaku but think Lukaku Kane are the way to go.
Lloris Ryan (LLoris is .5m cheaper then De Gea and has decent fixtures till the end)
Smalling Vertonghen Christensen Morgan Tarkowski
Salah Mahrez Willian Lingard Milivojevic
Kane Lukaku Barnes
BB 34 - 13 DGWK players
FH 35
TC 37 - KANE
Smalling/Christensen might get rotated but I bought Bailly on my WC so don’t trust me!
Mili has to go
Such incredible value, penalty taker in a Zaha team. No double but great fixtures. Think he's staying on my wildcard too, at that price the list of alternatives is short - Gudmundsson the only real alternative?
The Kane conundrum.
I’m capping Auba (forgive me my saints) and own Vardy. Stoke weren’t actually as bad as the scoreline suggested vs arsenal. I can afford to avoid Harry for a week right?
I’m capping Auba 33, selling him for Kane 34.
I’ve slept on the decision enough.
Exactly same here. I could do with another price rise from him before I let him go, so that I can make 0.4 ( 0.2 TV )ON him. It would make it a worthwhile short term punt then.
Needs must - I'm probably going without til 36. Auba is a great captaincy choice.
See my earlier comments explaining why I think it's possible to avoid (read: hold off) getting Kane until GW36 (depending on who the remainder of your attack is)
I'm seeing a lot of people free hitting out Salah in 34 when he's got the mother of all fixtures that week, Bournemouth at home. Can see him hitting 20+ that week. Probably be my captain.
What is the reasoning? Solely an extra game? Bournemouth at home could be 6 or 7.
Madness to ditch the best player in the history of FPL
mm fair point - I'm basing my decision on salah not going crazy (which could well backfire) and the majority of the FPL community not captaining him
GOt to ask yourself why you think he won’t go crazy. As said above, this is my favourite fixture, and that was before we had Salah.
Capping Salah over a DGW Kane/Kaku is just defiance.
Not defiance from me. We’ve seen what he can do in games that are made for him.
Insanity
Going into double week 34 would you rather
A Kane Lingard or
B Lukaku Son
C) Kane and lukaku
D Kane Lukaku Vardy Mahrez Lingard
B by a street (which is why that's what I have)
Son covers Kane far more effectively than Lingz covers Lukaku. And United have by far the better fixtures. Oh, and B has far less risk of rotation (Lingz) and rest ahead of a cup semi (Kane)
Thanks having both Kane and Lukaku in team for 34 not an option (would have been had I had FH available for 35)- hence why I asked between A an B
Current squad.
Ddg Ryan
Alonso Mustafi Lowton Vertonghen Morgan
Salah Willian Mahrez Son Groß
Vardy Auba Barnes
1.2itb
No transfer this week but I'm wondering what transfers in 34 (2ft)?
1. Mustafi and Auba to Kane and Tarkowski.
2. Same players to Kaku and 5.5 def.
3. Willian and Auba to Kane and Lingard.
4. Other.
Keen to hear alternatives.
I like 1
Would you captain Kane and forget about Kaku?
mm its a tough one as kaku will be highly owned I think for the doubles and more guaranteed to play both
could go 1 or 2.. really
I'd avoid 3 - Chelsea have arguably the best DGW fixtures
but they have very little to play for, bad form and are known for imploding when things dont go their way.
Putting aside my benching headache for this week, I'm now turning my attention to playing with options for GW34 BB. Like any of these?
A) Cost: -4pts £0itb
DDG, Ryan
Alonso, Vertonghen, Morgan, Mustafi, Lowton
Son, Willian, Mahrez, Lingard, Gros
Kane, Lukaku, Barnes
B) Cost: -8pts £0.2itb
DDG, Ryan
Christensen, Vertonghen, Morgan, Mustafi, Lowton
Salah, Willian, Mahrez, Lingard, Gros
Kane, Lukaku, Barnes
C) Cost: -8pts £0itb
DDG, Ryan
Christensen, Vertonghen, Morgan, Valencia, Lowton
Salah, Son, Mahrez, Lingard, Gros
Kane, Firmino, Barnes
Thoughts?
A
Damn - that was my least favourite because it means saying Salah-ng to Mo!
I think it's a week where binning Salah may not be the worst move
He may still score or even haul but the majority will not be capping him so his propensity to do real damage is significantly reduced.
That's my opinion not the common consensus though.
Still no confirmation on the rearranged games?
negative
Keep or ditch Mustafi for 34 if bench boosting?
Had planned to get a doubler but plenty seem to be keeping now.
could keep
not a bad fixture
Are you on wc?
Last week sadly.
Depends on FH or not. If I had my FH for gw35 I would get Christensen instead of Mustafi for bb 34. Think Mustafi edges it without FH though.
Teams with 2 (TWO) DGW
Brighton
Chelsea
Leicester
ManUtd
Southampton
Tottenham
Did I miss out any teams?
That's it.
thanks TORRESMAGIC
With all my chips left and struggling to figure out where to play them, some crazy thoughts have entered my mind. TC Salah on the last day of the season..(going for golden boot, at home to Brighton)...thoughts?
Yeah might go with that myself
How about this to try shaking the WC template up a tad (not loads, the midfield template is hard to escape!)
Lloris - Ryan
Chilwell - Lowton - Tarkowski - Smalling - 6m
Lingard - Mahrez - Salah - Son - Willian
Kane(Lukaku for gw34) - Vardy - Barnes
That 6m defence slot is a question, though...
Fed up with Hazard and want Kane with no WC and no FH.
DDG
Alonso,VVD,Simpson
Hazard,Mahrez,Salah,Walcott
Firmino,Aubameyang,Mounie
Adrian,Stanislas,Fernandez,Lowton
1FT 0m itb
Hazard,Firmino > Lingard/Willian,Kane -4?
Id hold Hazard this week probably big win
So I guess the consensus between the non-GW33 wildcarders is to get Kane for 36 or 24 if he goes mental vs Stoke.
The problem is, if he goes mental vs. Stoke you want him vs. Stoke, not vs City next week.
Kane has scored an average of 2 goals per game vs. Stoke. Stoke are the team with the worst defense in the league having conceded 61 goals. They concede on average 3.5 goals against top6 teams and Spurs are one of the more attacking top6 teams along with Pool and City, so I'm expecting 4 goals with Kane scoring 2-3 of those.
Am I missing something? Why isn't everyone rushing to get him?
Please, give me a reason not to screw up my team, TV and points (-4) to get him this week.
My reasons
Because you lose the points from the player you ship out (Lukaku/Auba generally)
Because you lose the points from the player you use to raise funds (Son seems the popular choice, who could easily return well v Stoke)
Because Kane's DGW isn't quite as appealing as Lukaku's (as Lukaku doesn't have to play City in it)
Because Kane is more at risk of a rest ahead of a cup semi v major rivals with top four now sewn up (meaning he could even have a more difficult DGW than Auba's SGW)
I've explained that I'd love to have Kane, but don't see him as essential until GW36. You can't have them all and a returning Kane won't convince me to tear up what I already have
Great arguments, though some of them do not apply to me (for example I plan to have both Kane and Lukaku for 34). Also Son is more of a rotation risk than Kane now that Kane is back. Lukaku has City next, so a 2-pointer is imminent.
I'll probably chicken out since I'm a dullard, but this weekend is shaping up to be one of the scaries in my FPL "career". It doesn't get more plum than Kane chasing the Golden Boot vs. Stoke.
Son has started every game bar one since GW14. Kane or no Kane, his rotation risk is limited
I'm also clinging to a bit of hope that City seemingly concede every week (noticed as an Otamendi owner!) and Lukaku returned in the last two "big games" he played
FWIW I think the real gun fixture this week is Auba at home to Saints. They are truly awful and he is on fire (not returning from injury or similar... 😉 )
Anyone with all chips left not using their wildcard these next few days? Reasons why?
Still everything intact here.
Undecided when to WC
My team is still pretty good and currently have 9 players for 35.
@Rupert (off topic)
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Going to be v hard to know which 3 city players to free hit into gw35 given the potential rotation isn't it.....
This is why you can't get away with a fodder bench when using FH on a SGW
Considering they don’t have any midweek fixtures between GW34-35 it should be the usual starters.
Although if they reach the UCL semi then they have a fixture in midweek 35. That will probably make atleast Jesus a safe choice?
BREAKING: Sergio Aguero ruled out of Manchester City's Champions League quarter final tie with Liverpool tomorrow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43632176
6 years, 1 month agoA) Lukaku Son Gudmanson
B) Kane Lingard Gross
DDG Ryan
Alonso Smalling Lowton Morgan Stephens
Mahrez Salah Willian _____ _____
Vardy Barnes _____