Scout Notes

Scout Notes – Captain Kane to the Rescue

Harry Kane dons his Fantasy cape to pull many teams from the Double Gameweek 37 wreckage, although it is another north London striker who’s been the true hero of the piece.

The sofa behind which Kane’s captainers hid to watch armband rival Gabriel Jesus blank at the weekend was in good use again on Wednesday night, particularly when the Spurs striker contrived to completely miss the ball when put through against Newcastle.

It took 50 long minutes for those many Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers to finally emerge and, at least vaguely, enjoy their man’s performance after he stroked home Son Heung-min’s pass.

It was a huge goal for Kane, Spurs (who secured their Champions League place) and the 19.4% of FPL owners who’d captained him.

A six-point haul on the night also added an air of respectability to the decision by the 190,000+ (49.3%) to play the Triple Captain chip on him.

Having found the net in three of his last four, the Spurs striker sits just three goals behind Mohamed Salah in the race for the Golden Boot, despite concerns about his overall form and fitness.

A considerably more relaxed Spurs should now go into Sunday’s home match with Leicester City in the mood to help him narrow the gap further still.

Kane has scored five times in his last two matches against the Foxes, meaning that he will surely battle it out with Salah for the armband again.

Defence takes the strain

Watching Kane might have been a painful business of late, but Spurs’ defenders have been a rather more consistent source of joy.

That was just as well, what with Christian Eriksen (19.9%) and Dele Alli (14%) producing precious little from midfield over the Gameweek 37 doubles, while Son’s 14.5% ownership fared only marginally better thanks to last night’s assist.

It was left to the backline to deliver the goods, with a third straight clean sheet particularly fruitful for Jan Vertonghen’s 9.9% fan club as the Belgian also took home maximum bonus to currently sit as the top scoring defender for Gameweek 37 with 15 points.

That total was somewhat massaged by Vertonghen’s substitution before West Brom’s late winner at the weekend; a match in which Ben Davies, at 22.2% by far the most-owned of the Spurs defence, played no part.

He returned in place of Danny Rose last night, while fellow full-back Kieran Trippier (5.4%) made his third straight start, but went off with a knee injury late on that makes him an early doubt for Sunday.

With Serge Aurier still troubled by a hamstring issue, Spurs’ defence might struggle to keep a third clean sheet in four Gameweeks against Leicester, particularly with little more than pride and Kane’s personal glory to play for now.

As for Newcastle, Rafa Benitez made just two changes from the side that lost to Watford on Saturday.

Javier Manquillo was replaced by DeAndre Yedlin and Matt Ritchie came in for Jacob Murphy.

A fourth straight defeat by a one-goal margin followed, with only goalkeeper Martin Dubravka coming out of the double with much credit.

His six saves at Wembley – allied with a penalty stop at Watford on Saturday – meant he ended Gameweek 37 on 15 points and is currently the top-scoring keeper.

City changes wreck plans of many

Rotation-loving Pep Guardiola was always going to deliver a sting in the tail to the Gameweek for any number of managers.

The champions followed up their weekend trophy party with an extended farewell to Yaya Toure against Brighton.

Unfortunately, some key assets weren’t on the guest list, most notably Raheem Sterling (28.3%).

The winger’s absence from the squad was one of eight changes made by Guardiola, and it was a devastating blow to the 264,000 who had handed him the Gameweek 37 armband, while the 69,000+ who Triple Captained Sterling ended up with just nine points for their troubles.

David Silva (12.4%) was another not even at the ground, and the 22% who own Kevin De Bruyne had to make do with 90 minutes of bench-warming.

The Fantasy impact of City’s 3-1 win over the Seagulls was on the decidedly low side as a result, with a hat-trick of assists for Leroy Sane (12.6%) a high point for the 62,439 managers who had made him City’s third most popular transfer-in for the Double.

That figure was still well below those for Gabriel Jesus (268,671) and Sterling (199,980), but the German is finishing the season with a flourish – he now has 15 assists, which is second only to De Bruyne and that man Sterling again.

City’s scorers on the night were Danilo, Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho, none of whom are owned by much more than 4%, which merely served to show just how much Jesus’ second straight blank hurt the majority.

The 18.8%-owned striker was the most purchased player of the Gameweek, with 277,000+ captaining him and a further 75,000 playing their Triple Captain chip on a man who ended home matches with Huddersfield and Brighton with just four shots in total, none of which managed to find the target.

At the back, sweeping changes meant the night off for well-owned assets such as Nicolas Otamendi (26.1%), Kyle Walker (12.3%) and even goalkeeper Ederson (9.1%), but at least their owners didn’t miss out on clean sheet points.

The decision to bench Ederson was a particularly unexpected one as he had the chance to draw level with David De Gea in the race for the Golden Glove.

Brighton striker Leonardo Ulloa, assisted by Davy Propper, grabbed the visitors’ consolation.

The Leicester loanee was the only change made by manager Chris Hughton, who dropped Glenn Murray (5.9%) to the bench.

City’s final fixture involves a trip to Southampton that, mathematically at least, is one of only four matches still having anything major riding on it.

As a result, Guardiola might well revert to something rather closer to his first-choice XI.

While there are suggestions that Silva’s season is now done after he returned to Valencia, owners of both Sterling and De Bruyne will surely be expecting a return to the teamsheet at St Mary’s.

Points aplenty at the King Power

Amid the rush to bring in Double Gameweek stars from Man City, Spurs and Man United, one prolific striker was left in the transfer dust.

But the 43,958 who took a punt on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang saw their man emerge from the cloud with a Gameweek-high 23 points, scoring his ninth goal in 11 matches as the ten-man Gunners went down 3-1 at Leicester.

Three goals, an assist and four bonus points was a game-changing reward for his 11.9% ownership – the winter arrival has currently outscored the next best striker in FPL by a massive 12 points over the Double.

That forward happened to be on the pitch with him; Jamie Vardy breaking his three-match drought with a penalty awarded after a foul on Demarai Gray.

Owned by 23.1%, Leicester’s top scorer had been trying the patience of his managers during that barren run, but they retained their faith – he’d lost just over a thousand in net sales since Gameweek 34 – and it was rewarded.

Riyad Mahrez’s travails – he’d blanked for six straight matches – had prompted considerably more sales, with 105,000+ getting rid over the last two weeks.

The 8.8% who remained were treated to a first goal since Gameweek 30 when he finished off a late counter-attack, youngster Hamza Choudhury providing the assist.

The Foxes’ other goal was an Kelechi Iheanacho effort from Fousseni Diabate’s pass.

Leicester’s win might persuade some that their players aren’t quite on the beach just yet, although a final-day trip to Spurs won’t prompt much extra investment either way.

And they owed much of last night’s victory to Arsenal, who made it seven straight away defeats courtesy, in part, to the first-half dismissal of Konstantinos Mavropanos.

The ensuing reshuffle reintroduced Shkodran Mustafi to domestic action for the first time since Gameweek 35, his 4.4% ownership bagging one whole point as a result.

Rather more impact was felt by Arsene Wenger’s decision to leave Alexandre Lacazette (7.3%) out of the squad all together, with Hector Bellerin (10.1%) and Nacho Monreal (8.5%) also rested.

Aubameyang was left to fly the Fantasy flag virtually alone, and FPL managers have finally taken note – he’s the most signed player heading into Gameweek 38.

Alas for Arsenal, that will involve another away match, at Huddersfield.

On the plus side, the Terriers might be in an accommodating mood…

Bridge of sorrows, bridge of joy

Coach David Wagner and his Huddersfield bus parked up at Stamford Bridge and came away with the point they needed to secure their Premier League survival.

The irony was that they actually flew down to the fixture.

The 1-1 draw was not pretty – they allowed Chelsea 78% possession and 22 shots – but Laurent Depoitre’s goal, from an Aaron Mooy long ball, and an almost ridiculously heroic rearguard action proved to be enough…just.

Fantasy interest in the Terriers was understandably limited, seeing as they had to travel to both Chelsea and Man City in Double Gameweek 37.

But last night’s result does have interesting implications.

Huddersfield’s Gameweek 38 visit from Arsenal could well be a rather less attritional occasion now that the threat of relegation has dissolved, which promotes the stock of the Gunners attack.

And barring a final-day meltdown by Liverpool at home to Brighton, even a Chelsea win at Newcastle will not be enough to bring Champions League football back to the Bridge next season. The Merseysiders now need just a point to claim a top-four spot.

With an FA Cup final to play a week later, coach Antonio Conte might well shuffle his pack again, as he did last night.

Weekend goalscorer Olivier Giroud was replaced by Alvaro Morata, who missed one tricky chance in an otherwise underwhelming performance, while the side’s most popular attacker, Willian (13.6%), was handed his first start since Gameweek 34, but also failed to impress.

Huddersfield went into the match with just three goals from their last nine matches, and the same total from their previous six away days.

Chelsea’s inability to keep a third straight clean sheet was, therefore, both surprising and hurtful to the 21% backing Cesar Azpilicueta.

But a huge stroke of luck at least kept Marcos Alonso’s 15.9% ownership happy, a clearance hitting the wing-back in the face and ending up in the back of the net.

Two bonus points took the Spaniard to ten on the night and 15 for the Gameweek – joint top with Vertonghen among defenders.

The backline was much-changed from the weekend, with Willy Caballero replacing Thibaut Courtois in goal and Andreas Christensen, who had a potentially match-winning header brilliantly saved by Jonas Lossl, back in after a three-match absence.

The upshot of all last night’s action is a welter of dead rubbers clogging up Sunday’s schedule.

Only the Liverpool and Chelsea fixtures, together with Man City’s trip to Southampton and Swansea City’s home match against Stoke City, have any real relevance.

But even then it will take huge swings in goal difference, and a shock away win by the Seagulls, to change the make-up of the league table as it currently stands.

All of which is going to make our Gameweek 38 decisions decidedly difficult, with run-outs for previously under-employed squad members and any number of pre-beach parties likely to be the order of the day.

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  1. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    ✅ All 2016/17 promoted teams avoided relegation in 2017/18:

    1⃣ Premier League: Newcastle, Brighton, Huddersfield

    2⃣ Championship: Sheffield United, Millwall, Bolton.

    3⃣ League One: Plymouth, Portsmouth, Doncaster, Blackpool.

    4⃣ League Two: Lincoln, Forest Green Rovers.

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I had Huddersfield especially as a nailed-on bottom 3 team. The managers of all three promoted teams have done an amazing job to keep them in the league against teams with a lot more talent.

  2. ☻ Jon Snow ☻
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    A) Willian, Jesus > Firmino, Zaha
    B) Christiansen, Vardy > Firmino, Sakho/Tarkowski

    Lloris,
    Christiansen, Hegazi, Yoshida, Long, Naughton
    Willian, Sterling, Salah, Sane, Carroll
    Vardy, Kane, Jesus

    1. Pegboy
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      1 or 2FT?

      If former, you could just do Willian>Zaha/Arnie?

      1. HotShot Hamish
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Zaha..named Palace Player of the Year last night, will be on a high Sunday.

      2. Pegboy
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Vardy > Firmino doesn't feel worth a hit for one week.

        1. ☻ Jon Snow ☻
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Rival has Firmino as his differential, so if I bring in Firmino, i'm covered.

          Only 1 FT

  3. WesMantooth
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 10 months ago

    A thought has come to mind the last couple of weeks...

    Could we all be served with better popular opinion by limiting the sample of thoughts to only those with a trackrecord of finishing high in the overall ranks?

    Say a site/tool was developed.
    - Only those with a number of either top50k or top10k finishes are able to enter the "thinktank" and express their opinions.
    - Ahead of the season their could be votes for the best selections in terms of value amongst the players in different position for the 20 different squads.
    - in between gameweeks their could be votes cast on different "burning questions". And there could be a captain poll somewhat similar to the one currently on FFS.
    -Their could be a "break the template" section, where every round one has to "vote out" the player within the top10k who's least likely to keep up momentum going forward.

    Could name a couple of more features, but I guess what I'm wondering is: if the "thinktank" reaches a respectable number of participants, do you believe that the opinions of proven participants would be more accurate than the big herd of proven and unproven participants, which currently represent the FFS-community in this day and age?

    1. pakornk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      This is too much for a free game (albeit many ML with money involved).

    2. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      "Only those with a number of either top50k or top10k finishes are able to enter the "thinktank" and express their opinions."
      Like G8?

      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Exactly like G8!

    3. J T
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      It would be handy if you could clearly see how experienced a person was by some sort of colour code by their name, so when people are giving out info you know how reliable the source is.

      To many people without linked teams giving out incorrect or guess work info.

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        I often check people history if it’s available in the bio but that doesn’t mean I will always follow or agree with them...

      2. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Ofcourse there would be need for former history to verify that the participants infact qualifies to be a part of the "thinktank".

        I dont think there should be any colourcoding on ffs. I love it just the way it is. This idea is only in addition to what allready exists.

    4. Euro Raiders
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      The opinions and predictions of the so called more knowledgeable often fail you know.

      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Of course it does! That's the beauty of chance. But maybe the opinions and predictions of the so called knowledgable succeeds at a higher rate than the popular opinion of the big masses?

    5. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      might make the site more accurate but far less accessible. at the end of the day the site is for information and fun, you don’t have to follow any of the advice given to you.

      further to this advice given can be very logical and sound but still fail you. for example it’s very easy to look at the majority decision to avoid Aubameyang but it was the logical and best decision to go with Jesus and kane instead: they had the better fixtures and were going to be highly owned.

      Overall I think the site works well, we all enjoy it and it’s uo to our own personal will power to stick to our own opinion and acknowledge when we made the right call, that just didn’t work out

    6. OldBenKenobi
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      It’s your choice and your choice alone who you decide to take advice from and whether or not to follow through with it.
      At the end of the day it just sounds like an excuse for not doing as well as you would have liked?
      I’m where I am rank wise because of the decisions “I have made” not because I do everything that people say on here etc

      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        It would only be a tool. How one used the knowledge is completely up to oneself. Surely more knowledge is only a good thing?

        1. OldBenKenobi
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          You mean like the members area tools that we already have?
          Otherwise it’s still just “opinions” and everyone has their own (experienced or not)

          1. WesMantooth
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Sure! Love the tools in the members area.
            But current tools are mostly statbased and offers mostly a look on whats allready happened. Whereas this would be a tool focusing on "popular opinion" amongst a selection of managers who have done well in the past. And it would be more "forwardminded" with questions dealing with predictions about what will happen, instead of stats showing what has happened.

            1. OldBenKenobi
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              I know what your getting at but you can’t predict what’s going to happen without examining what “happened in the past”...

              1. WesMantooth
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                Sure! Which is why the current tools are superb. And also they would probably affect those participating in voting, because most of them prob use the current tool when they evaluate and try to predict the best moves going forward.

                Say there's 1000 managers participating. All of them have finished in the top50k at least three times. Do you think results from their votes on different subjects could give you information that you might find valuable?

    7. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Pretty sure I'd qualify for this, but a complete beginner would've struggled to make worse predictions than me these past few weeks.

      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        That could be the result of either poor decisions or chance. Does'nt mean that your "vote" wouldnt be popular.

        1. WesMantooth
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          *would'nt be valuable

    8. vectorman
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      I've seen similar posts before on this. I agree with both Raiders and SHOTGUNNUFC, sometimes logic goes out of the window no matter those statistics, how good the fixtures are on paper and that goals imminent table etc.

      If you really want to stay top and continue to do so, you just have to play a really boring methodical game and not panic as Ville Rönkä does.. I played it like that for several seasons but it takes stamina lol, not sure I got it no more myself 😀

      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Logic will allways fail at times, thats why football is great. The team with the best players wont allways win the game. The obvious choice might not be the right one in hindsight. But surely that doesnt mean that there isnt value in havin a pool of players, close to Ville Ronkas level, sharing their thoughts on different subjects.

    9. WesMantooth
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Would love more input on this subject!

    10. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 months ago

      Wisdom of the crowd is a flawed theory then?

      1. WesMantooth
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 months ago

        Nope! Wisdom of the crowd is great imo.
        The idea is that wisdom from a select crowd might be better?

        1. GOTHAM City F.C.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          I think it needs larger data to be accurate not lesser..
          The experts who rank high consistently are only able to do so because of the amount of research they do and of course sound understanding of the subject. Casuals will have to depend on these experts to spoon feed. Or casuals can individually do little research and put all their brains together to form a collective opinon.

          1. WesMantooth
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Of course. Logic suggests larger data is more accurate. But are you sure it would be if participants in "the lesser pool" arguably has much better insight?

        2. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Someone may not be good at playing fpl but have a lot of important information of the team he is supporting. Some people in other countries (or smaller clubs) may have been following certain players and know better if they have potential. Some people read local newspapers and do their homework. Others just copy that info spoonfeeded to them and for many it goes unnoticed.

          And some people here have good OR history just because they have spammed this place with RMT:s. Bharad Doda (or how is it spelled) had one year when he didn't have time for fpl. His OR was 1 million and he wouldn't have qualified.

          1. WesMantooth
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Of course he would'nt, and neither should he. There's a lot of luck to be had with just a single season 😉

    11. MTPockets
        5 years, 10 months ago

        That seems to be proposing a market in fpl players playing a market of fpl picks, effectively a kind of derivative. A good idea? - doubt it unless you know why they have a good track record and can filter some approaches out. eg. Are they good due to instinct or research or luck. Perhaps they're already just copying other pickers with instinct or research or luck.

        1. WesMantooth
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Instincts, research, luck. This prob applies everyone. Is it not fair to assume that those with a "proven record", on average have "better instincts", does "better research", and to some extent, also create their own luck to a higher degree, as a result of their methods.

          1. MTPockets
              5 years, 10 months ago

              I don't know if that's a fair assumption. If you wanted a narrower pool to be a representative sample of a larger universe then would need to know about distribution of whys. If you want that narrowed pool to be more accurate would certainly need to know about the parameters for decisions. Luck and probably instinct aren't factors I'd bet on for higher expected return.

              1. WesMantooth
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                Then I guess we disagree. My assumption is that those with a record of high finishes are a part of the larger pool. They use it for their own decisionmaking and they allready contribute in skaller and lesser extents. The coutcast share their thoughts, theres articles being written by them, and theres a lot of good players sharing their views in comments.

                What determined their season this year was luck or lack there off. What defined their last season was luck. What determines their next one is luck. However, when you've had several seasons of high OR finishes, a lot of the luck you've gotten is luck you've created for yourself. That's what good players do. Their understanding of the games, the stats, the chips, the value of a certain player, their risk management and much more, is whats making them able to do so. That's why i believe a large pool of players who are able to do that, would be able to offer insight with regards to different aspects of the game 😉

                1. MTPockets
                    5 years, 10 months ago

                    Sure but that's research or methodology, not luck. I just think you'd need first need a means to differentiate between them (and those parroting others) before assigning any distinct ability.

          2. WesMantooth
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            I guess the tool could be serviced as a twitter account

        2. Pegboy
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Best midfielder to bring in up to £6.5?

          Lingard?
          RLC?
          Gross?

          Slim pickings...

        3. Sz21
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          1. Jesus + Tadic -> Firmino + Zaha/Arnie (7.2m) (-4).
          2. Jesus + Tadic -> Aubameyang + (5.9m) Mili/Gudmundssen/etc? (-4).
          3. Other move(s)?

          DDG.
          Vert, Naughton, Fernandez, Lowton.
          Salah, Son, Sterling.
          Barnes, Kane, Jesus.
          Fabianski, Gross, Tadic, Morgan.
          1ft, 0.0m in the bank.

          1. Pegboy
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Son > Zaha/Arnie? I don't think Son will start on Sunday.

            1. Sz21
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Cheers- was thinking about Son out too.
              We ll see.

              1. Pegboy
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                I'd only sell players for a hit at this time of year if I was confident they weren't going to play.

        4. Yellin' in my Ear
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          Fair to say I didn't maximise my chips this season, 15 points from TC (Sterling) and BB (12, Gw34). Anyone worse?

          1. Do I Not Like Orange
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Yes, 9pts from TC Sterling.

          2. Holmes
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            8pts from TC, 21 from BB but 15 out of that is from Dubravka 😮

          3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            2 points on TC, Sanchez in 34

            21 from BB this week

        5. 007 [RoboKlopp]
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 10 months ago

          I think GJesus will play and score in the last gw.

          1. Ziyech on the Bench
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            I agree I think Pep will start all the big guns for the last game to reach 100 points and southampton are already guaranteed staying up so it should be good

            1. Lemongrab
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Saint's aren't 100% safe. If they get smashed 6-0 and Swansea win 4-0 then they will swap places

              1. Ziyech on the Bench
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                yeah man keep dreaming...

          2. J T
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Scenes when everyone sells for Auba and Gesus scores a hatty

          3. MTPockets
              5 years, 10 months ago

              No idea but certainly not selling a city attacker for the last and potentially 100pt game.

              1. Duffy Dunk
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                Only worry would be Sane, who has played 2 full matches in 4 days.

                1. Baps hunter
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 10 months ago

                  Yes. But he is also young and in form. He is hardly injury prone? And dangerous even if his munutes were managed.

          4. Ziyech on the Bench
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Predictions for today's game?

            1. XabiAlonso
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              0-0

            2. Holmes
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              As long as man utd concedes....

              1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                This

            3. Krafty Werks
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              2-2

            4. Ziyech on the Bench
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              I hope Smalling finally gets some resting time lol

              1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                Agree

              2. Duffy Dunk
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                I hope he does a Vertonghen and gets a clean sheet having been subbed off before WHU score.

          5. The Mighty Whites
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Best Tadic replacement for 6.5?

            1. Goalosaurus
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Milivojevic

          6. Nesvy
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            David Silva replace ?

            a/ Arnautovic
            b/ Sané
            c/ Keep

            1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Sane or Zaha

            2. Pegboy
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Wait for more news.

            3. Duffy Dunk
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              c is out of consideration so far due to reports suggesting he's gone for the season.
              Not sure about b since he played the whole match.
              So a.

            4. wulfrunian
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              A

          7. 007 [RoboKlopp]
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Hi, please choose 2
            A. Willian
            B. Lingard
            C. Mili
            D. Zaha (-4)
            Cheers 🙂

          8. FPL ZB
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Which relegated players do you see being signed up in the prem next year?

            Butland, Shaq, Evans, Rondon (promoted side), Mawson

            1. Duffy Dunk
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              I see Butland Shaq Mawson in prem teams.

            2. Bury94
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Dawson maybe

            3. Holmes
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Ayew brothers, Rodriguez

              Brunt might do well in Burnley

              1. FPL ZB
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                I feel like, despite never having played there, Brunt would be going home if he went to Burnley

            4. wulfrunian
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Maybe Chadli .

            5. pundit of punts
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              West Ham should raid Swansea.

              Fabianski and Mawson would be a good start for them.

            6. Goalosaurus
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Joe Allen and Keiron Gibbs could be another two

            7. Mayor of Flair
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Can see Shaq going abroad

              Ayews, Sanches

              Sturridge

            8. skodaole2
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Dawson, Chadli, Rondon, Choupo, Shaq, Butland, Jese, Ayew (both), Mawson, Fabianski, Sanches will leave their teams imo. Dont know about prem or another country's league.

          9. Holmes
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Mini League was over few weeks back and went in this week trailing 118pts, tried to reduce the gap by -16pts, obviously not every move worked but have brought that gap down to 65pts but its too late, sigh!

            If Arnautovic can score 20-25pts tonight, maybe I'll try to put some fight in last week 😆

            1. OldBenKenobi
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              If you’re not first your last 😉

              1. Holmes
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                True that 😛

          10. Tmel
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Best replacements (in a similar price band) for:

            Gross
            Barnes
            Morgan

          11. OldBenKenobi
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            0-0 tonight would be beautiful

            1. Over Midwicket
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Arnie hatty and two peno saves

              Nothing else matters.

          12. Tmel
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Any chance Smalling or Pogba don't start tonight? Currently one ahead of my rival but only have DDG playing

            1. OldBenKenobi
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              No clue but a Pogba no show would do me nicely

            2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Rival has both of them, so no show will be great.

            3. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              could see it happening. we’ll just have to wait and see

          13. Malkmus
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            A'noon all. After tonight I will likely have a point lead in my £300 ML.

            Major diff's are:

            Him - Vert, Salah, Mahrez, Gross, Vardy
            Me - Smalling, Eriksen, Son, Arnie, Kane

            Should I:

            A - Eriksen to Salah (c)
            B - Son & Kane to Salah (c) & Auba
            C - Other

            Ta !

            1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              A if for free

            2. Mayor of Flair
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Brilliant that it goes down to the wire.

              A for me

              1. Malkmus
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 10 months ago

                Thanks both yes A is for free

          14. Mayor of Flair
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Whoe's more likely for a CS on the last day?

            A. Bauer v SWA (a)
            B. Lowton v BOU (h)
            C. Mawson v STK (h)

            1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              B imo

            2. skodaole2
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              A,C have attacking threat, B more chance of a cs. Would play B,A,C in that order

            3. quayle99
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              B

          15. Krafty Werks
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Currently a mere 3pts ahead in my cash ML (but i still have De Gea & Arnie extra to play tonight so should be a few more later). What would you do to nullify the threat here for GW38. Should i try to bring in at least 1 of his 2 most dangerous differentials who could easily haul big in 38 of Salah and Aubameyang?...and/or a Liverpool defender maybe?

            ME :

            De Gea (Ryan)
            Smalling, Maguire, VdH (Cedric, Lowton)
            Eriksen, Sterling, Son, Arnie (Gross)
            Kane, Jesus, J.Ayew

            HIM : (Think he could do Dilva & Vardy > Zaha/Arnie & Firmino for 38? or might just stick?)

            Ederson (Elliot)
            Smalling, Mustafi, Robertson (Mawson)
            Eriksen, Sterling, Dilva, Salah, Milivojevic
            Aubameyang, Vardy (Rodriguez)

            Any help/ideas very much appreciated...thanks.

          16. pundit of punts
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            18 points off top 10k.

            DDG,Smalling and Arnautovic to play tonight.

            Can I be inside top 10k after the games tonight?

            1. Tshelby
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Yeah could be possible but more likely to be next week imo. Nice rank!

          17. HotShot Hamish
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Anybody reckon Klavan will play on Sunday?

          18. OldBenKenobi
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Willian > Arnautovic/Zaha -4?
            (Obviously will wait until deadline)

            DDG
            Alonso, Cresswell, Bauer
            Salah(c), Alli, Son, WILLIAN
            Kane(v), Vardy, J.Ayew

            Lossl, Tadic, Stephens, Dummett

            0.1ITB 0FTs

          19. mattieboy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Thinking of doing....

            Mahrez to Mane
            Vardy to Firmino
            Willian to Fernandinho for -8

            Crazy or worth a punt?

            1. Tshelby
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 months ago

              Depens on your rank or if you still want to take some risks

          20. quayle99
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 10 months ago

            Bench Boosting last min

            Pope/Fabianski
            Cresswell/Long/Davies/Smalling/Robertson
            Sterling/Salah/Milivojevic/Sane/RLC
            Kane/Aubamayang/J.Ayew

            Tadic, Son, Maguire >>>> Salah, RLC, Cresswell/Van Aanholt?

            I'm 1st in my league 2nd only 3 points behind! any advice?