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The biggest Gameweek of the season kicks off on a barmy Friday night on the south coast as Brighton host second-placed Manchester United.

Fantasy managers will be focused on the away side, despite the absence of their most popular asset, striker Romelu Lukaku.

The Belgian misses out through injury as Jose Mourinho hands starting roles to Marcus Rashford and Antony Martial in his front three. Juan Mata also comes into a much-changed line-up as Alexis Sanchez is omitted from the squad.

Significantly, Paul Pogba is named on the teamsheet once again. United’s form player, the Frenchman has three goals and an assist from his last four starts and goes into tonight’s match as the fourth most signed play having been snapped up by 140,000+ managers ahead of the deadline.

Elsewhere for United, Chris Smalling could be a key figure against a Brighton defence that has proved vulnerable at set-plays. The Seagulls have conceded 20 goals, including 14 from corners – more than any other side. Smalling has three goals in his last seven starts and top scored in the previous Double Gameweek with 15 points.

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

  1. barracuda
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Thinking to get TAA for 38, you fellas think he will play?

  2. Kolo Kolo
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    If Kane misfires would do a -4 & BB

    Kane, Silva OUT
    Firmino/Lacazette, Hazard IN

    The aim is to have cover from all top 6 sides

    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I’ll be keeping kane unless injured. Leicester are a mess

  3. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Only 5 playing today and Stoke as the early game.

    Boo.

  4. doy
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Did a -28 (8 transfers) for DGW37 on a BB, as I have had a mediocre season and felt there is nothing to lose, am I cray cray?

    IN: J.Ayew, Jesus, Tadic, Mawson, Alli, Smalling, Arnautovic, van der Hoorn

    OUT: Barnes, Lukaku, Gross, Stephens, Lingard, Mustafi, Salah, Lowton

    DDG, Ryan,
    Davies Mawson Smalling Morgan van der Hoorn
    Sterling Alli D.Silva Tadic Arnautovic
    J.Ayew Kane (c) Jesus

    1. Demel
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Well that was a daft thing to do.

      1. doy
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I'll take it if I get 200 pts (-28) 🙂

        1. FPL.team
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          You won't

          1. doy
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            I got 198 last year in DGW37 😉

            1. FPL.team
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              So you didn't do it last year either

              1. doy
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Hectic mate!! Everything clicked for you......Darmian, Studge, Alexis (c), Sakho, Smalling, Firms etc!! GW Rank of 23 is what dreams are made of lol.

            2. FPL.team
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              I'm messing with ya, good luck!

              1. doy
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Lol I know you were, thanks man!

    2. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      -20 last week, and judging your transfers i say good work under the premise that -28 is madness-) I have seen a lot worse -8 to put it in frame. Not the best start yesterday but could be good

      1. doy
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers mate, yeah I'm done with this season to be honest and want to end on a glorious high...can't get much worse. On 13 (-28) and dropped from 186k to 243k lol.......having said that, have a potential 27 more players playing this week ;-).

        1. Euro Raiders
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          You had nothing to lose and all to gain. Good luck.

          1. doy
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Cheers bro! Onwards and upwards!

    3. Donblaster
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Some solid moves there but also some unnecessary ones. Mustafi and Gross both had doubles so can’t see Smalling and Tadic in for -8 being worth it.
      Good luck tho!

      1. doy
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks man, I'm banking on Mustafi barely playing and Tadic outscoring Gross. Let's see how it all unfolds ;-).

  5. Sedemuda
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Favourite: Klopp for letting Salah et al. run riot & not curtailing leaks.
    Least favourite: Moaniho for not allowing his hoses run wild & not reducing clean sheet potential with his sulking around Jones & Bailly's international minutes.

    1. Sedemuda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Reply fail

  6. BON
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Everyone who did the Vardy > Jesus (C) move, funded by a -4 point hit has failed. If your plan all along was to captain Jesus then you might as well have just done Kane > Jesus instead, because with Kane's effective ownership being over 100% if you haven't captained him every point his scores will hurt your rank. Should have kept Vardy as a differential pick and saved yourself 4 points.

    1. Lukakuna
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      What do you think his points will do to your rank if you don't own him tho? Lol

    2. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Is typing while simultaneously driving your DeLorean at 88 mph not dangerous?

    3. Je suis le chat
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Have Jesus though suspect he won't rip it up do to Yaya and friends wanting in on the action. Own Vardy and feel he'll fire in 2 goals to keep his Engerland flame lit.

    4. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      have all three-)

  7. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Last 2 matches
    Ryan - 18 points
    DDG - 5 points

  8. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Only a 2k drop with 5 (-12). 😮 Damn, people went wild with hits, myself included.

    1. Demel
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I took an 8 point hit. All I owned was a Brighton keeper against United. I hardly dropped a place.

    2. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I did a -28, am I cray cray?

    3. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I'm done with this season to be honest and want to end on a glorious high...can't get much worse. On 13 (-28) and dropped from 186k to 243k lol.......having said that, have a potential 27 more players playing this week ;-).

    4. is this real
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      20 point hit with De Gea my only player from last night and dropped about 120k already. I’ve only just looked at my new team’s fixtures next week, it was definitely worth it.

  9. Fantasy Gold
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Fancy an Arsenal punt in GW38. Should be motivated for Wenger’s last game.

    Mkhi or Ramsey?

    1. SW6
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Ramsey if you believe motivation will play a part

    2. Lukakuna
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Ramsey is tempting!

    3. Martial Matas
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I brought Ramsey in this week for this reason. Hoping they get over that crushing failure sharpish.

      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah Ramsey is really tempting.

        Hopefully we find out if he’s starting or not.

    4. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Ramsey as you just can’t tell when Mkhi is going to play or not IMO.

  10. Fred54
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Should be fun (need to stop saying that because it never is) battle with rival.

    Kane TC for me, he doesn't even have Kane. Regular Sterling captain for him, I have him and both have Jesus.
    My Azpi v his Alonso.
    My Tadic v his Ramsey.
    My Arnie v his Eriksen.
    My Rashford fail to his J Ayew.
    Naughton and Monreal v his Vert and Morgan.
    He also has Salah.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Points difference?

      1. Fred54
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        43 in his favour.

        But this is more of a one week battle kind of thing..Both took -8s.

        1. Fpl Richie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Oh damn. He's got you then.

    2. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Christ that will be tough to take this week. Practice deep breathing and maybe take up yoga.

  11. rdamjan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    What`s your transfer plan for GW38? I take a gamble last year on Sturridge (C), this year just dullard transfer for me. But who to take out for Salah?

    A. Sterling
    B. Alli
    C. Eriksen

    Hard choice!

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      B

    2. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      IN: Salah, Zaha
      OUT: Alli, D.Silva

      but leaves me 0.1 short. Maybe take out Morgan for Lejeune for a -8.

      Maybe Firmino and Salah for Kane and D.Silva for a -4.

  12. lespaul
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    The writer of this article has used barmy when they meant balmy

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Blimey!

    2. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      He wasn't wrong as it turns out!

    3. Midlands Saint73
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Damn autocorrect.

    4. The Knights Template
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      TISM once rhymed Robert De Niro with 'bottle of beero', I'm sure the barmy was deliberate so keep calmy.

  13. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Praying for a Jesus blank now sorry all I own him too but have Kane(c) & BB to my rivals Jesus(tc)! I'm beginning to worry about blowing my season. Was sure he'd go Kane!

    1. Martial Matas
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I went Jesus (c) thinking rivals would TC Kane. They both TC'd Jesus so strangely i'm hoping my own captain blanks now!

  14. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Only a 3k drop from 20k with 0 (-4). I knew there were a lot of hits flying around but wow,

    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Green arrow here with a mighty 2 points!

  15. Fantasy Gold
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    I am bench boosting this week and I am trying to work out why I didn’t get a Brighton defender on my GW33 wildcard.

    They had Huddersfield at home that week.

    Strange.

    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Maybe because their fixtures this GW are terrible?!

      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah but usually it’s worth getting one.

        Nailed and cheap

        1. Hooky
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Swansea had better fixtures, more to play for and just as cheap.

          1. Fantasy Gold
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            True

    2. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Cos their fixtures looked shocking for DGW37 and you didn't know back then that you were BBing in DGW37?

      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I did know because I had no FH

        1. doy
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Interesting, otherwise you would have BB34 and FH35 aye?

          1. Fantasy Gold
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Aye.

            1. doy
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              I WC'ed in 32 and planned to BB34 but changed my mind and am BB this GW.....time will tell whether that will pay off. I had 18pts on the bench in 34 and have spent an obscene amount on trfs since then 😉

    3. Martial Matas
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I got Ryan, and he's already beaten his DGW34 tally this time around. Sadly he's on my bench.

  16. La Roja
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Rival just WhatsApp’ed

    “ if Chilwell doesn’t play I have Dummett on bench, no issues”

    He bench boost is active.

    1. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      His*

    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      😆 😆

    3. Captain Haddock
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      What is your rival's OR?

      1. La Roja
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I’m 25K and he is 112K

        Opened the gap since DGW34 😎

        1. Fantasy Gold
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Not really a rival though with comments like that is he.

          1. La Roja
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            I guess not. lol

        2. doy
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Neat work La Roja, having a much better season than moi.

          1. La Roja
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Kinda feels average for me tbh, few years back I finished the season 60th overall.

            Sigh

            1. doy
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Wow 60th overall, that's some pedigree! Best I ever got was 5,093 in 11/12. Been hovering around the 50k mark the last few seasons......I need to take modify my strategy a bit, take less hits and trust my gut more!

            2. doy
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Oh, and I need to spend less time on FFScout and go back to what I used to....look at historical stats and figures 😉

  17. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone wake up today and think, why on earth did I make that move?

    I bought Hazard in but his scores have been rubbish for some time. I suppose at least nobody else has him 🙂

    1. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I sold Salah for him this GW

      I have high hopes tbh

      1. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I think it must have been the Ludo article. I'm a sucker for his findings. Hope it works for us both.
        The move was Salah-Willian-Vardy to Ki-Hazard-Jesus. I guess it is Ki that is the strange move on reflection. But at 4.7 what can you do!

        1. La Roja
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          I reckon your move will pay off. Vardy is already having a party and Willian is won’t start both.

          1. Fpl Richie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Thanks La Roja - good to have some support!
            Mini-leagues won anyway, so seemed like the kind of move to give me a shot at 10k. On 18-19k currently which is solid if a bit dull.

    2. Brosstan
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Yea I made KDB triple captain. Feels like a very unnecessary risk now that just allows my rival to close the gap on me. He has Kane (C) with BB. Should have just TCd Kane but I was more focused on trying to make a last ditch surge to 10k with a differential pick.

    3. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Well I had downed over 3L of beer just before I went cray cray with trfs right before the deadline.....I was out as well haha.

      1. Tshelby
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        - 28?

        1. doy
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Was on -12 and had been mulling all week whether to sell Momo and trigger a chain of other trfs. So I was out chugging down beer and having a good time and with 20 mins till deadline, I decided why the hell not!!

          1. collardo
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Arnie TC...

            1. doy
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Me or you? I wasted my TC back in 22, BBing this DGW.

              1. collardo
                • 11 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Yeah Sorry me,meant to reply to the initial post...

                1. doy
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 7 months ago

                  No worries mate, best wishes!

  18. doy
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    My rival in my mini-league forgot to press the BB button lmao. Granted, he is miles behind me and we are the only 2 in the league.....funny nontheless!

  19. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Best differential captain in GW38 when chasing a fellow non-Kane owner?

    Presume rival will go Salah and so should I get Kane and stick the armband on him?

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Hazard/Zaha/Auba

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Over Kane? My rival doesn't have Kane and so he'd be differential in my case.

        1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Sorry, I wouldn’t class Kane as a differential. But I didn’t read your post properly, so yes in your case Kane is a no brainier if you are purely chasing that one person.

          1. Jet5605
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            No worries and thanks. Which enabling transfer would you recommend. Think B could best as Son could hurt Leicester at home and Milo still capable of getting points.

            A - Son > Zaha
            B - Willian > Milo

            1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              A - Think Zaha could be one of the top scoring players in GW38.... he’s out scoring Son right now.

    2. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Zaha

    3. willl
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      You shouldve captained Kane this week if your rival doesn't have him IMO.

  20. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Any chance we'll see more rotation at the centre of Utd's defence in the next game? Who could drop out and who comes in?

    1. Tshelby
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Don't know Mourinho said yesterday that certain players are really important that the play, like Lukaku. So I think that players like Smalling will keep their place.

    2. noquarternt
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Roll a dice

  21. Shultan
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Fully expecting mahrez & vardy to haul just after i sold both for jesus & sterling

    1. Tshelby
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Would be classic after that Gross goal

    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Yep. Fully expecting the same.

    3. barracuda
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I think Vardy could punish the sellers.

    4. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Mahrez especially would be tough - we expect it from Vardy.

      Got burned the first time round too with that transfer request - and I still went back for punishment!

  22. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Best moves in GW38 to chase my non-Kane owning rival. 1 FT and 3.0 ITB

    Willian & Vardy > Milo & Kane (c) for a -4 hit?

    DDG
    Alonso - Naughton - Long - Lowton
    Son - Eriksen - Sterling
    Jesus - Vardy - Barnes

    Ryan - Willian - GroB - Morgan

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      How much are you chasing him by?

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Ten points but it'll change by the end of GW37. Could be v tight.

    2. Martial Matas
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      How about change up Son for a midfield differential rather than Willian? Tadic or Arnie maybe?

      1. doy
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Tadic got City....I'd take Arnie at home to Everton.

  23. doy
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Looking at trfs for GW38 and I'm short by 0.1 for Alli + D.Silva to Salah + Zaha.....soooo annoying!

  24. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Bit late now, but it is right to say Ki (Swansea) takes a fair share of corners and fk's right?

    1. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Yeap takes a good share of corners and fks.

      1. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Crumb of comfort then for a rather dodgy enabler pick this end. Thanks 🙂

        1. doy
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          He's a good player, hopefully he hits a little purple patch,of which he has done in the past and earlier this season :). Captain Ki of South Korea is the key!

          1. Fpl Richie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Don't tell me you got him too? I thought I was alone in that particularly bizarre move.

            1. doy
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Nah I don't have him but was earmarking him for DGW37 a few weeks back....plans have changed though :). Best wishes!

  25. barracuda
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Kane or Salah C in 38?

    1. noquarternt
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      One hasn't got double digits since GW23. The other is having a season like Suarez/Ronaldo/Henry have done.

    2. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      MoMo.

    1. doy
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Thanks maaaaaaaaate.