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19 April 2018 1744 comments
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Double Gameweek 34 finally draws to a close this evening with a pair of 7.45pm fixtures. There’s considerable Fantasy Premier League (FPL) interest in Leicester’s clash with Southampton at the King Power, as Jamie Vardy attempts to score for the fifth successive league match.

Second only to Harry Kane for transfers in ahead of Double Gameweek 34, the Foxes frontman is the fifth captain pick (4.01%) and has found the net in eight of his previous ten league outings.

There’s bad news for those who invested in Leicester’s cut-price defenders Wes Morgan and Danny Simpson, though, with both named among the subs.

Much to the frustration of the 39,000+ who drafted him in for the first of two Double Gameweeks, the Saints’ Charlie Austin remains on bench-warming duties as Mark Hughes keeps faith in the same XI that lost narrowly to Chelsea.

Similar to Jose Mourinho last night, Antonio Conte has a surprise or two up his sleeve ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup semi-finals.

Willian – the eighth most bought player for Double Gameweek 34 – is benched alongside Eden Hazard and Andreas Christensen – for Chelsea’s trip to Burnley.

The Italian pairs Alvaro Morata with last weekend’s two-goal Olivier Giroud against a Clarets defence with one clean sheet in 13 attempts.

Owned by just 1.5%, Giroud is one of only two players – along with Burnley’s Kevin Long – who feature tonight that returned double-figures in their opening Gameweek 34 fixture.

Meanwhile, Sean Dyche names an unchanged line-up as the Clarets look for a sixth successive league win. Chris Wood (five goals and an assist in five) and Ashley Barnes (four goals in six) have the form to trouble a Blues’ defence with a single clean sheet in nine league matches.

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  1. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Good grief

  2. Feloh
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    hahaha lol @ long but he ruins all those double and triple Burnley def cleanies.

  3. HonestBlatter
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    release me now....

  4. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Heaton warming up?

  5. Taking the Mkhitaryan
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Logging on purely for the scenes

    1. Fantastisk
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      Longing on.

  6. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Utd and Chelsea both showing how crap most of the non-Top 6 teams are. Both putting out second string teams away from home and winning.

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      Did you say this when Huddersfield and Newcastle beat Man Utd?

      Or when West Ham and Palace beat Chelsea?

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 15 days ago

        A few swallows do not make a summer.

  7. Delph & Safety
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    KARMA CHAMELEON

  8. Pranav Santhosh
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    i was happy when lukaku got benched then he came on and scored i was happy with long after 1st game now he scores an own goal 🙁

  9. Jairzinho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Lol this gameweek has been awesome but I guess my luck had to run out sometime.

    Long og!

  10. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Justice for Long owners

  11. Fantastisk
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Alalala Long. Alalala Long Long le Long Long Long.

    1. Lukakuna
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      lol

    2. Boxwoods
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      Nice

  12. Ragabolly
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    I apologize if anyone felt I am being smug earlier about taking it easy, I was not. I am gutted myself about willian, Alonso and was cursing the FPL stars about Bailly yesterday. And about the damn Long own goal right now.

    I just wanted to respond to people blaming the FFS community for poor advice while I personally developped a lot FPL wise by following FFS over the years.

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      You don't need to apologise for anything

    2. Richd
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      Don’t apologise. You’re right and a good egg

    3. FPL DONKEY
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      It's s*** luck

    4. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      The comments were really just ‘tongue in cheek’ ... 🙂

    5. Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      I blame you personally for every decision I've made that hasn't worked out. And I expect you to pay my legal bills.

    6. grumpyman
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      The advice was good. The picks were solid, supported by bookies odds, form and fixtures. But this is a game of luck as well as judgement, and this week we ran sh*t out of luck.

      1. mir
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 15 days ago

        Spot on

  13. Bragazeti
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Laughable to say the least

  14. Adsterguy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    I wanted a Burnley CS, but that's the funniest way to lose it

    1. Goat
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      Agree hahaha

    2. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      Definitely

  15. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Poor decision from Pope.

    *takes him out of free hit team*

  16. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    I knew Long transfer in was too good to be true

  17. Dr. DOOM
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Yay!!

  18. Fresh_From_Desh
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Hahaha, couldn't make it up

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

      You'd be a crap story teller 😀

  19. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    2 goals in consecutive games for Long...a beast.

  20. mad_beer ✅
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    🙁

  21. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    long scores again.? damnn greatest bargain of all time

  22. umerlfc
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    That was a Long wait

  23. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    ML rival has Moses.

    I have Lowton and Long...

  24. Dybala10
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Sick of this. End the season now.

  25. Zilla
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Since GW22 Burnley kept 1 CS.

  26. FPL DONKEY
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    So we paid 0.1m extra in GW32 for Morgan over Chilwell because he was more nailed?

    1. glufs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      yes
      same with Valencia and Bailly

      Stay away from Chilwell and Smalling

    2. Ode
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      We?

  27. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    I'm probably going up in rank because of that Long own goal.

    1. skriniar
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 15 days ago

      gfys

  28. glufs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Almost poetic

  29. Viper
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    Was sat on 90 with 7 players to go. Will be lucky to hit the 100 now

  30. skriniar
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 15 days ago

    krista piče krista piče