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20 August 2018 7898 comments
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The most captained and most transferred in player of Gameweek 2 will both be at the heart of the action as the latest round of matches draws to a close.

Sadio Mané (£9.7m) was snapped up by 487,000+ Fantasy Premier League managers after his brace against West Ham in Gameweek 1, and he is in the starting line-up tonight.

Liverpool face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park having won 2-1 on their last visit back in March. The events of that meeting bode well for Mané and the 54 percent owned Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) who both found the net.

Not surprisingly, the Egyptian is the most captained player in Gameweek 2, with 1.4 million managers handing him the armband.

Andrew Robertson (£6.0m), backed by 17 percent of Fantasy managers, also registered an assist during his last trip to Selhurst Park, as well as in Gameweek 1 of 2018/19.

There will also be much interest in the exploits of each side’s forwards tonight with Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) the second most-owned option in this encounter, his 35 percent following second only to Salah. Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) is not far behind the Brazilian in third place with a backing of 31 percent.

After emerging as a fantastic budget option in Gameweek 1, Aaron Wan-Bissaka comes into his second match of the season now priced at £4.1m and in 22.5 percent of squads.

Tonight’s Monday night match should definitely have a big impact on the outcome of Gameweek 2.

CRYSTAL PALACE XI (4-4-2): Hennessey; van Aanholt, Sakho, Tomkins, Wan-Bissaka; Schlupp, McArthur, Milivojevic, Townsend; Zaha, Benteke.

LIVERPOOL XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, Gomez, van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold; Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

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  1. Nicks93
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Oh god I should have captained Aguero

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I switched at 11:29. So sad...

      1. Dele
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Me too

    2. Fpl Old Guard
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I bottled Aguero captain even though it made sense on paper and was my gut feeling, but went with Salah as I was scared of the damage he could do with such high ownership and captain choice

  2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Robbo row z

  3. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Robertson shot, straight to the Mars

  4. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Why Robbo

  5. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Whoever was just talking about taa, worth going for him over Robertson on a wildcard?

    1. Chilli Heatwave
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Considering this, is he nailed?

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

        If you think he is nailed then I say yes.

    2. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Probably

    3. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Nah it will be sideways and he'll just apologise to you.

    4. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Nah

  6. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Salah off at HT I reckon, totally anonymous

    1. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      That's too late for me. Now!

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

      Lol

    3. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I’ll give you 50/1

  7. Ohhh Shola Ameobi
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    As a Salah owner, Kun captain, I'd usually be wanting him to score less than my captain. At this point, I'm edging towards wanting a mega-haul, if only so he justifies his place. Unsure if Palace are just far better than expected, or if Salah is suffering from second season syndrome.

    1. Chandler Bing
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I just hope he grabs 1 and avoids the price fall. Was set on Salah (C) against Brighton but now I'm not so sure.e

      1. Third Eye Vision
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Palace are as expected. They’ve been looking solid at the back since the latter part of last season.

  8. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    2 Palace defenders and the three premium ones.
    That's your defence sorted for the rest of the season 😮

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      they dont face Salah everyweek, calm down bro

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        😆

  9. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Salah only 19 points behind Aguero this GW, long way to go though.

    1. Wirtzle Gummidge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      39 for me

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

    Southgate scouting Robertson and Zaha?

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      AWB

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

      Considering neither are English ... no ?

      1. Fpl Old Guard
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        And he caught a fish.....

    3. Chi not God
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Zaha plays for Cote d' ivore

  11. Giovanni Giorgio
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Bissaka doing work!!

  12. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Stop it, Wan!

  13. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Wan bisk is awesome

  14. Scotty B
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    People on here are obsessed with Salah...
    Just because be scored 30+ goals last season doesn't mean he will again this.
    Captaining him away to Palace ahead of Aguero at home to Huddersfield is a simply awful decision.
    You should take a long, hard look in the mirror at yourselves you people.
    Terrible choice!

    1. Jack Sparrow
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      No offence but you are the village FFS idiot. No one takes you seriously.

      1. Scotty B
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Ooh I think we've caught one and he's a biggen

    2. MTPockets
        7 years, 7 months ago

        And your question is?

      • Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Says the Sanchez capper 😆

        1. Scotty B
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Always knew he wasn't playing 🙂

      • Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        B

        1. Scotty B
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          C

      • Fantastisk
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        If people had looked in the Mirror instead of the Guardian they may not have had this problem.

        1. Scotty B
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Hahahahaha

      • Vlad Tepes
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Haha yes everyone wanted to captain Aguero but was afraid that he would be benched. And also rotation risk due to Gard as coach lol. He was poor against Arsenal to.

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

      Honest question: did Salah cappers expect a haul because they thought Palace were poor defensively?

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

        Don't have Aguero, so had no choice.

        Do now though, on WC.

      2. Fantastisk
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        No they did it because they feared that highly regarded Crystal Palace defence.

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

          Palace are class at the back tbf

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

        No but a goal. It is always easy to talk afterwards...

      4. Dele
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I have got no idea why I captained Salah. I knew Palace would be tough.

        The threat of high ownership and Aguero being dropped got to me.

      5. RyanC
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        No, he seemed the safer option than Aguero what with the speculation that he may be dropped (before the Guardian article even dropped). Hindsight’s a wonderful thing.

    4. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      If Liverpool are to score it looks like the new man will be the Keïta success.

    5. Scoring freely
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      If Salah doesn't score tonight he's getting a very strongly worded letter from yours truly sent first class.

      1. BadgersBoys
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Juat email him pal, quicker.

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

      WBA next Zinidine Zadane

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Zidane to West Brom confirmed

    7. The Legend Squad
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Liverpool have had a slightly tough 35 minutes against a well organised Crystal Palace defence... no need to panic

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

        All good things come to those who wait

    8. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      C'mon Salah, make a name for yourself In FPL

    9. The Chosen One...
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      AWB must play every week

    10. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Salah 100% set for 2 pointer and taken off before 90 minutes. Best we can hope for is he manages 60 minutes and gets the clean sheet bonus. If I'm wrong ban me. This is set in stone.

      1. Chandler Bing
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Screenshot taken.

      2. BadgersBoys
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Bookmarked

      3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Ban

      4. Astronautovic
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        If it's 0:0 he won't be taken off

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

        Lol

      6. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Moron

    11. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      King dropping price tonight probably, don't know whether to keep or sell ...

      1. La vida FPL
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I sold. Wilson seems to be the main man and price rises and falls seem to be more important this stage of the season. Difficulty deciding who to bring in for him.

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Thank you. I m thinking a straight swap for mitrovic...

    12. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      AWB underpriced by 2.0

      CPA for EL

    13. Scoring freely
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      That Want Biscuits guy could be the real deal.

      1. The 12th Man
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Crumbs!!!

      2. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        You're crackers...

    14. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Wan Bisaka to join a big club by January :p? Imagine him at

    15. Dele
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Palace have it all.

      1. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        And benteke

    16. Texas Pete
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      What is going on with 'pools final ball!

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

        Livernofinalball

    17. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      hoping a lot will sell salah

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

        Same here. I would love all the kneejerkers to get rid of him. He would be a great diff then. I will keep unless he has a serious injury again. Luckily I went with kun (c) this week. So many on here are so impatient and expect points hauls every week.

    18. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Looks like I put 2 Palace CS on the bench 2 weeks in a row