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  1. stat
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Adding on to my previous post, there's a guy playing FPL called Siddhart Jain who has 4071 teams under the same manager name, with many of them sharing the same team name.

      One of his teams is actually ranked 370th in the world: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/3956451/event/2

      If you check his leagues, he's in them with other people who also have thousands of accounts:
      - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/695453/classic
      - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/871504/classic

      Here's a list of all his teams: https://pastebin.com/raw/MePVWkzx

      Please report him: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/help/

      Thanks 🙂

      1. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Wonder if he uses a bot to create his teams.

        1. stat
            5 years, 9 months ago

            It's likely, there are similar patterns with a guy who is in his league:
            https://pastebin.com/raw/E3uww8CN

            1. stat
                5 years, 9 months ago

                In fact they even share the same team names.. could be the same person for all we know

            2. ZTF
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 9 months ago

              If not he must not get out too much

              1. GOTHAM City F.C.
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 9 months ago

                i thought none of us go out 😮 so its just me.

                1. ZTF
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  At least you don't make 4k teams 😉

          • Petrichor II
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 9 months ago

            How u can trace him?

            1. stat
                5 years, 9 months ago

                I scraped team info of over 5M teams so I could find the most popular team names, and then I had the idea of checking the most popular team name + player name combination, and the top of the file was littered with accounts made by "Rishab Sharma", with several different team names, with each team being duplicated about 40 times.

                I visited one of them and found the leagues he is in with tons of his own accounts (unless he knows over 4200 people called "Rishab Sharma" who often use the same team names).

                "Rishab Sharma" is in leagues with teams whose team names are shared with his own, but the manager name is often different (Siddhart Jain, Saqib Khan, Kumar Shivam, Thomas John). So this is potentially 1 person with over 25,000 accounts.

                1. Andy_Social
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Sterling work there. Are you reporting this directly to FPL Towers?

                  1. stat
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Yes, I've contacted them through https://fantasy.premierleague.com/help/ but I'm hoping that other people report them too, so it's more likely that the people running FPL will see the reports and ban the accounts.

                      Here are the leagues I found with what appears to be his teams in them:
                      - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/193030/classic
                      - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/199851/classic
                      - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/207483/classic
                      - https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/222783/classic

                  2. GOTHAM City F.C.
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Respect

              • osceola31909
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 9 months ago

                Sorry to ask what may be a stupid question, but why would someone do this? What is the end game?

                1. stat
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Every extra account you have is an extra shot at winning FPL or gameweek prizes. Since most people play fair and only have 1 team, it puts them at a disadvantage when some idiot goes and makes 20,000 teams.

                  • noquarternt
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Err...to win?

                2. Demel
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  There was a person on here a couple of years ago called Thomas and he used to brag about having different teams. One would inevitably do well and he would post that teams link after every week. He was reported and FPL removed his most successful duplicate accounts.

                  This is on a whole different scale. I imagine they will take it seriously. Good work!

                  1. stat
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      I wonder if it's the same guy, as there's a member in their league called "Thomas John" who has a ton of accounts.

                      Cheers, please spread the word if you're able to. These accounts have to be banned.

                  2. My Name Is Pepu
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Not all heroes wear capes.

                    Excellent work 🙂

                  3. Ole's at the wheel
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Meh

                  4. noquarternt
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    They won't do anything. The game is free to play and just for promoting the PL. Probably support it if anything.

                  5. V K
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Great work buddy!

                  6. gergin
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    And he needs 10 full time employeеs to manage all of them properly. Where I can apply for job?

                  7. Licious Lizard
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Reported.
                    Cheers for the good work.

                3. Balls of Steel
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  What are the chances of back to back hatrick's for Kun this weekend or do we think Wolves will be a sterner test defensively for City to break down as opposed to Huddersfield last weekend!?

                  1. Salah’s Sonnet
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    This is my thinking too. Wves have been far from decent defensively, and for some reason i can see Brighton maybe putting on a very stubborn display.
                    Right now i’m on aguero, time will tell if i chicken out of it.

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Wolves*

                    2. ZTF
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Being a Norwich fan, I don't see a Chris Hughton side coping with Liverpool's attacking force well at all. Granted their team now is better than ours was under Hughton but his strong point was always home games vs big teams (ie last weekend), a 5-0 really wouldn't shock me

                      1. Canary_Kid
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Don't see many fellow Norwich fans on here, otbc!

                  2. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Im backing him as captain... wolves aint a park the bus team, i support SUFC so saw them in the championship... think Aguero will bag a few

                    1. ZTF
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Wolves weren't a park the bus in the Championship obviously... against the Champions of England it's a different story

                      1. Zilla
                        • 6 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Nuno said something about always playing 343 IIRC

                    2. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Cool, just fancy him to carry on and bag another few, City are so fluent, as are Liverpool, but can see Brighton to be testful imo, and like you say, Wolves won’t sit back as much.

                  3. Zilla
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Despite everyone backing Salah, I just can't be convinced that Kun is a bad option idk. The you should captain your 13m player is nonsense.

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Agreed 🙂

                  4. lugs
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    didn't Wolves draw 0-0 with them last season in the Caraboa cup at the Ethiad ? , but then again so did Hudds in the league and look what happened to them, prediction 0-4 😆

                    1. ZTF
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      City lost to Wigan in the cup last season

                      1. Zilla
                        • 6 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        That's because Will Grigg's on fire 🙂

                        1. ZTF
                          • 9 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          And because Delph's a donkey 😉

                      2. lugs
                        • 6 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        City won the Caraboa cup last year beating Arsenal 3-0

                        1. ZTF
                          • 9 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          Yeah, diff comps, I'm just saying anything can happen in cups

                          1. lugs
                            • 6 Years
                            5 years, 9 months ago

                            fair enough 🙂

                    2. Licious Lizard
                      • 11 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Yeah they had to go to penalties to win after regular time and ET 0-0...

                  5. bigbudgie
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Salah - as good if not better fixture and he's playing at home. Don't overthink it.

                    1. Tsparkes10
                      • 5 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Just seen a stat below that said Brighton only conceded more than 2 goals away 3 times last season... 2 of which they were safe so idkkkk... im going Kun though 🙂 guess we'll see

                      1. 420king
                        • 9 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        There's also this stat:
                        - Liverpool have scored at least 4 goals in their last 3 matches against Brighton in all competitions.

                        1. Kiwivillan
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 10 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          I don't know why they bother with 3rd last match from 2012

                4. ZTF
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Still no 3.9m GKs or DEFs ffs, 0.1m off being able to do Mane to Haz next week if it seems sensible.

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Plenty of time for that to happen... annoyed it happened to Hudson who i already had haha

                5. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Thought i may as well post my WC team while it’s quiet and will be busy af on here tomorrow.

                  Ederson
                  Robertson - Alonso - Mendy
                  Richarlison - Mane - Mkhi - Salah - Pedro
                  Aguero - Ings
                  ———————————————————
                  Hamer: Kamara, Bennett, AWB

                  I know there’s flaws, weak bench, lack for manoeuvre on forwards where it would require 2 transfers or more to jump on a Kane/Auba, but i’m hally with it, sacrifices and all that. Have asked a lot of questions on options prefered to get to this team, and it’s the first day i haven’t tweaked anything.

                  Opinions much appreciated.

                  1. Ross From Friends
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    could you BE more template? as chandler would say

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Haha i guess not, but seeing Auba in every single front line, and just feel more comfortable with Mkhi really. Really hoping Ings is the missing link to SOT’s attack, or at least improve it.

                  2. marko_v_111
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Midfield looks very heavy however have a lot of template players.

                    With hazard coming back Pedro/William likely to share minutes so I would downgrade Pedro to Frazer and then upgrade ings

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      This could be an option if deciding to at a later time, but more than happy for Pedro to be given the chance, he always seems to be involved and grabs something. Good opinion though thank you.

                  3. F_Ivanovic
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    I'm not keen.... I think going so heavy in defence and thus having a weak bench and lacking manoeuvrability is a bad idea in a WC team.

                    How would you even jump to Kane/Auba? Only way I can see is sacrificing Salah and I wouldn't want to commit to that either.

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      But it’s pretty much an absolute ball ache to fit Kane or Auba in without sacrificing positions i don’t want to change, and not losing Salah you’re right 🙂
                      Kane has like 8 away games in next 12, and at his price, just not worth it imo.......yet. Auba is a wait and see, could be Mkhi that reals all the rewards, we just don’t know.
                      LOTS of points from defence and mids this season, forwards barring Aguero are failing to impress thus far, granted it has only been 2 GW’s.

                      1. Kiwivillan
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 10 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Doesn't Kane score equally away as he does at home? I have feeling it's around 50/50

                  4. 420king
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    I like it, it's basically same as mine except for Ederson(Foster), Ings(Zaha), and Bennet(Peltier)

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Cheers man, i was all set with hennessey as my gk, and Fraser instead of Pedro which would of allowed me to bring Zaha in, kinda wanted him, but yeah, really wanted Ederson and to give Pedro a chance.

                      1. 420king
                        • 9 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        I think Ederson is a good choice, specially with City slot freed.

                        1. Salah’s Sonnet
                          • 12 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          Yeah me too, the midfield is an utter lottery, at least with ederson i limit that stress of hoping my city mid plays each week, which inevitably he will not.

                  5. Pilgrim62
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Great team

                    1. Salah’s Sonnet
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Thanks bud

                6. Spurred_On
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Which will score more?

                  A) De Gea (TOT), Mane(C) (BRI), Firmino (BRI)
                  B) Hennessey (wat), Mane (BRI), Auba(C) (WHM) (-4)

                  1. ZTF
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Hard to say but I'd still captain Mane over Auba

                    1. Spurred_On
                      • 6 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Yeah? Because I saw a stat where Brighton only conceded more than 2 goals away from home 3 times, 2 of which were at the end of the season when they were already mathematically safe and the other a 3-2 vs Palace.

                  2. Ne0
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    B with Mane(C)

                7. olly:)
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  asked last page just seeing if i could get a few more responses. If u had to pick one team who isn’t top-6 who u expect to get a CS this GW who would u choose?

                  1. ZTF
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Probably Burnley

                  2. F_Ivanovic
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Just look at CS odds and take a guess yourself... Southampton and Fulham are most likely

                  3. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Palace, Leicester or Fulham for me

                  4. Spurred_On
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Fulham, looked good against Spurs despite the scoreline

                8. Ne0
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  With expensive defense and attack expected to provide big returns (Aguero, Auba, Kane; Alonso, Robo, Alonso), is it a good idea to go light in the mid? For instance selecting among Richarlison, Pereyra, Fraser, Pedro, Walcott, Mkhi. etc along side 1 or 2 premium mids.

                  1. lugs
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    there's so many great mid priced options in midfield this year you can easily get away with it imo

                  2. Forever In Our Shadow
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    You need a balanced team. You cant have everyone.

                9. Blackstar
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  At what time do the price rises/drops usually happen?

                  1. marko_v_111
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    1hr ago

                    1. Blackstar
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Does it always happen at the same time?!

                      1. Ragabolly
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Yes

                        1. Blackstar
                          • 14 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          Thanx

                10. marko_v_111
                  • 13 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  What to do with this team

                  Foster/fabianski
                  Shaw/Alonso/Mendy/TAA/AWB
                  Salah/mane/Richardson/neves/jorginho
                  Aguero/Wilson/Jimenez

                  Got 3m in back so thinking
                  A) jorginho -> mkhi
                  B) wait this week and next week do double change Salah/Jimenez -> hazard, auba
                  C) something else

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    B, defo need to upgrade one of the strikers imo and see how salah does this week... personally dont like neves and jorginho

                    1. marko_v_111
                      • 13 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Thanks believe it or not for some reason have jorginho/neves from start. I want to move some money from defense to upgrade jorginho and make neves my fifth mid

                      Obviously ditching Salah would only be for his tricky games which I'm sure he will score well but I see hazard scoring just as well

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Yh im thinking of doing same hahhaa... just a waiting game

                11. F_Ivanovic
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Draft league qn... is Monreal worth picking up given Arsenals good fixtures ahead of Rudiger or Stones? Probably not since both these have good fixtures too but not sure how nailed they are.

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Rudiger seems pretty nailed on but not 100%... but monreal is also a good shout and defo poses a bigger attacking threat. Id go monreal

                12. Tsparkes10
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  G2g?
                  Pickford
                  Mendy, Alonso, TAA
                  Salah, Lucas, Fraser, Rich,
                  Firminho, Zaha, Kun (C)
                  -Speroni, Awb, Odoi, Kabasele

                  Opinion appreciated

                  1. marko_v_111
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Defo upgrade that mid. Firmino is playing a different role this season with a lot going through keita so would ditch firmino and upgrade Frazer or lucas

                    1. Tsparkes10
                      • 5 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Just got rid of ozil for fraser to allow me to bring alonso in... Then next week looking to swap lucas for Pedro and Firminho to Aubam... Or hazard and Mitro for Firminho and Lucas.

                13. ZTF
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Aware this is a pretty template side right now, but would you make any changes on a WC?

                  Ederson (Hamer)
                  Mendy Alonso Trent (Stankovic, Wan-Bissaka)
                  Salah (C) Mkhi Mane Richarlison (Hudson-Odoi)
                  Aguero Zaha Ings

                  Oh, and money itb for Mane to Hazard if needs be.

                  Cheers!

                  1. Dr. Rog
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    toying with either this team or Pedro + Auba which I think is more forward looking,

                    1. marko_v_111
                      • 13 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      I am thinking Salah to hazard as if milner is not on the pitch mane could be on pens.

                      Want to see what happens with this before selling mane as if on pens could match Salah and save you 3 m

                      1. Dr. Rog
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        I dont really see a good way to spend that 3m though with hazard in the team. it leaves you with 10m or so and its not like laca is an option at the moment which is who I would want to spend the money on

                        dropping salah looks better if its for auba/kane partnered with another premium mid like pog/ozil

                  2. Kiwivillan
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Hudson Odoi is a dumb pick if on WC so is Stankovic. Just screwing yourself if any injuries

                  3. Torreslove
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    only difference between our teams is I got Hennessey/Robbo. Not sure about Odoi and Stankovic if you're on WC. Need a playing bench.

                14. Francescoli
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Anyone considering Davies? Great stats in this article?

                  1. Dr. Rog
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    for Alonso wk6 or so is a potential plan

                  2. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    If you mean ben davies then no... likely to be rotated with Rose and fixtures for spurs are awful

                    1. Francescoli
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Rose could be on his way out...

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        New news to me! Personally fixtures speak too much

                    2. Kiwivillan
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 10 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Rose is done at Spurs. Old news

                  3. Spurred_On
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Kept him despite the price drop, reason being he was unlucky not to get a couple assists and a goal last week, looks lively and Spurs have one of the best defences in the league

                    1. Francescoli
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      I’m tempted to bring him in for Shaw (if Shaw confirmed injured)

                      1. Spurred_On
                        • 6 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Mourinho doesn't like Shaw to begin with, is always one big mistake from being dropped + Young to contend with for the spot. Was the main reason I didn't have Shaw at the start of the season. If you don't have Bavies, I'd probably wait until GW6 to get him in

                        1. Spurred_On
                          • 6 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          Though if Shaw is injured now, you could bring in Bavies (granted you have Robbo and Mendy) and hope you get a couple good scores in the next 3 GWs. Even if not, his fixtures afterwards should make the wait worth it

                          1. Francescoli
                            • 9 Years
                            5 years, 9 months ago

                            Good points. Thanks

                  4. Demel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    I actually plan to bring both him and Trippier in around gw6.

                    1. Francescoli
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Who would you bring in first? Trippier? I have 6.0 to spend on a Shaw replacement and already own VVD and Mendy.

                    2. Ole's at the wheel
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Won't be able to afford trip he's being bought in by thousands every week already and will cost atleast .5 more

                  5. Sharpe Shuffle
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    On my list for around GW6

                15. WM679
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  worth it to take a hit for cairney to fraser?

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    If you can wait, do it next week or week after as fixtures arent too different for this... also chelsea play bournemouth next week

                  2. 420king
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Not anymore, Cairney dropped in price tonight, might as well give him a chance vs BUR now.

                16. Dr. Rog
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Mane or Auba this weekend who scores more

                  1. Ragabolly
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Auba

                  2. Salah’s Sonnet
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Mane

                17. ZTF
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Lots of love for Kun on here tonight, Is he even nailed this week?

                  1. Kiwivillan
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    This could've been posted this time last week

                  2. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Hatty probably gives him a game.

                  3. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    He's best striker in the league for a reason... Pep says hes one of best in world and sharper than ever... dropping him would only disturb this surely

                  4. Demel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    He is never nailed but he will start the majority of games.

                  5. ZTF
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Right, cheers all

                  6. Arceus
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    We can only say most games. No one can say anybody is nailed in Pep's team.

                    It's against the law to do so 😉

                18. WannabeScout
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Price tag aside who would u prefer in your team?
                  A) Bilva
                  D) Dilva

                  1. Ragabolly
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    D

                  2. Demel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    D

                  3. WannabeScout
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Dilva nailed on from here on?

                    1. Tsparkes10
                      • 5 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Nobody in that city team in nailed on bar Ederson...

                    2. Arceus
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      See above. Don't break the law 😆

                  4. Ole's at the wheel
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    I have bilva prefer Dilva tho.

                19. Tsparkes10
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Might sound daft but how does the bench work? Like does the order of it matter...
                  Cheers in advance

                  1. Ragabolly
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Yes, if a player in your 11 doesn't start, the first on the bench comes in and so on, provided that the resulting formation is a valid one

                    1. Ragabolly
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      I mean doesn't play at all, not just doesn't start

                  2. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Order matters, need to play at least 3 defenders.

                    1. Tsparkes10
                      • 5 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Cheers

                  3. Dr. Rog
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    yes the order matters except for the following rules

                    GK subs for GK
                    you must play a valid formation which consists of at least 3 at the back and 1 fwd at all times

                20. Blackstar
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Hi guys, are there any sites that do the same job as Crack The Code but work throughout the season? Thanks.

                    1. Blackstar
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Nice one!

                      1. marko_v_111
                        • 13 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Here is another.
                        https://www.fantasyfootballfix.com/price/

                        1. Blackstar
                          • 14 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          Cheers

                21. enrico.palazzo
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  BSilva, King, Shaw > Pedro, Ings, Alonso (-4)?

                  1. Ragabolly
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    hmmm I wouldn't do it

                  2. Jinswick
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    That is quite tempting. Can you afford Mkhi instead of Pedro?

                22. Demel
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  A quick message to wildcarders.

                  1) Just because a player scored well in gw1&2 doesn't make them a good option.

                  2) Just because a player scored badly in gw1&2 it doesn't make them a bad option.
                  3) Just because a player is template it doesn't make them the best option.

                  4) A wildcard should be used to be proactive. Bring in players that others do not have. Not a method to just pick the most popular players already owned.

                  5) A wildcard is there to strengthen your whole squad. You will need it pre-2nd wildcard. It is difficult to strengthen a very week bench once it is played. It isn't just about the first 11.

                  1. Kiwivillan
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    6) I have good near template team and still have WC

                    1. marko_v_111
                      • 13 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      I have finished top 80k in 11 of the past 12 seasons.
                      My game plan is to play the market a little first half of season and then 2nd half get the top players

                      Note last year this did not work that well as they changed the price rise % and was harder for players to rise and hence get a nice team value

                      Hence using wildcard early is not as good as it might have been a few years ago

                  2. Amateur Pundit Zan
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    I used to think that until yesterday but then I found a way to squeeze in all the template players I want with a bench of Hamer, Bennett, AWB, Kamara so now I’m doing that 🙂

                    1. marko_v_111
                      • 13 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Becareful of a weak bench with mid week games kick in and rotation starts.

                      1. Amateur Pundit Zan
                        • 11 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Yeah I get that, for me as long as my bench is playing I’m ok

                        AWB been good enough to get that spot back straight away

                        Bennett been playing ok so hopefully he good as well.

                        Not expecting anything from Kamara.

                        A strong bench is obviously better than a weak bench but has to be in the context of your first team as well.

                        For me I could have Hughes, Alonso, decent bench or Rich, Trippier, crap bench

                        So I’ve gone the Rich route.

                        I can always downgrade Rich or Dilva to 5m and pump up my 4th defender, maybe even play 4-4-2, just takes a couple of moves, it’s not that hard to improve your bench without a wildcard.

                23. Jinswick
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  I need a Mane rise and an Auba drop at some point before the GW4 deadline to afford my planned moves. Chances?

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

                    Hope for Auba's 2 pointer

                    Mane will probably rise

                    1. marko_v_111
                      • 13 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Mane will rise, auba does not seem to want to fall

                    2. Dr. Rog
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      even if auba scores a hattrick you will pocket 0.1 on Saturday night as he wont rise in price whilst mane will for sure then
                      however if auba blanks he will drop 0.1, possibly even 0.2 by the end of next week

                  2. 420king
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Only if Auba blanks.

                  3. Dr. Rog
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    unlikely im afraid. you can always do something sideways like richi to Walcott or economise elsewhere

                  4. Amateur Pundit Zan
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Probably the circumstances that would cause Aub to fall would make you want him less by next week anyway (another blank and potentially a good viable alternative like Kane making a case)

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

                  Mkhi fever to die after this week? 😮

                  1. Forever In Our Shadow
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Not with those fixtures

                  2. Ole's at the wheel
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Just brought him in. Was gonna wait till after gw3 but Alexis forced my play. Don't see that happening tho I think this is one for keeps

                  3. Amateur Pundit Zan
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Only if he is benched

                  4. Clintymints
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Most likely 2/3 games out of him

                25. Ole's at the wheel
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Took a hit before the gameweek was even over. Something i promised not to do. Both dropped in price this week so not too bad. Alexis+cairney > Pedro + Mkhi
                  3 5 2 - Pickford - Robertson mendy Peltier
                  Pedro Salah(c) mkhi Richr Bilva
                  Kun Zaha

                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Who covers Peltier?

                26. Torreslove
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Re-jiggled my WC team. Thoughts?

                  Hennessey - Hamer

                  Alonso - Mendy - Robertson - AWB - Bennett

                  Salah - Mane - Mkhi - Richarlison - Guendouzi

                  Aguero - Zaha - Ings

                  0.4 ITB

                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Very template so good atm.

                    1. Torreslove
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      I'm on 97 points at 3.2m rank. Going template isn't the worst in my position.

                      1. TorresMagic™
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • Has Moderation Rights
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Must have been a really bad team.

                        1. Torreslove
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 12 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          Pickford
                          Tarkowski Bailly AWB
                          Salah Eriksen Mkhi Jota
                          Auba Zaha Firmino

                          not particularly bad. just had none of my premiums fire. and I didnt have any of mendy/alonso/robbo

                          1. TorresMagic™
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • Has Moderation Rights
                            • 14 Years
                            5 years, 9 months ago

                            Fair enough.

                      2. Dr. Rog
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        going template makes it hard to catch up. you are in a position where you should take some risks.
                        which would be something like the salah less team knocking around hazard mane auba kun or a kane team
                        Chelsea arsenal will give you a chance to catch up

                        1. Torreslove
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 12 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          I hear ya. But will Hazard start this weekend? Going hazard over salah gives me more flexibility

                          1. Kiwivillan
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 10 Years
                            5 years, 9 months ago

                            Hazard scored 45pts in 11 weeks when I owned him 2 seasons ago. Which Hazard do you get? Essential Hazard or troll Hazard?

                            1. Torreslove
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 12 Years
                              5 years, 9 months ago

                              Haz is one of those you get in and keep for the season. no telling when he will score. although, he does look good under sarri

                              1. Kiwivillan
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 10 Years
                                5 years, 9 months ago

                                Salah is one of those you get in for the season and keep

                                1. Torreslove
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 12 Years
                                  5 years, 9 months ago

                                  aye, not saying you're wrong. bouncing off ideas here

                  2. Ole's at the wheel
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Id swap Gendouzi for a similar priced

                    1. Torreslove
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      any suggestions?

                      1. Dr. Rog
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        westwood or billing, be wary of stephens price drop
                        there are some 4.9s around that could be worth a look too (cairney)

                        1. Torreslove
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 12 Years
                          5 years, 9 months ago

                          had stephens initially. took him out in case of price drop

                  3. Amateur Pundit Zan
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    I have 12 of those on my WC so it’s a yes from me

                    1. Torreslove
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Hey Zan! How's it going?

                      Thanks mate. Hope you're in a better position than I am. Digging out of a hole here

                      1. Amateur Pundit Zan
                        • 11 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        I’m going well by casual standards, average by ffs standards.

                        I had the main men Mendy, Robbo, Salah, Mane, Aguero but the rest of my squad not performing and needed to go

                        Not sure if it was the right move to WC, time will tell

                27. Balance
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Hi all

                  I think bookie odds are good predictors of game results / fixture difficulty.

                  Does anyone know where can I get match odds for the next 5 gameweeks? I know oddschecker provides up to 2-3 gameweeks.

                  Thanks!

                  1. noquarternt
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Betfair?

                28. Somnus
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  A) Stankovic, Pogba, Ings
                  b) Duffy/Cook, Madisson, Mitrovic

                  1. Ole's at the wheel
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Neither but A from those

                    1. Somnus
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 5 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Any suggestions on alternatives? I've been toying with Wilson or Bilva also

                  2. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    b

                  3. Dr. Rog
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    a

                  4. Ragabolly
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    b

                  5. Soapy
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    B

                  6. GOTHAM City F.C.
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Mitrovic, Madisson with anyone

                  7. Francescoli
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    B

                  8. Kiwivillan
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Pogba is a trap and Stankovic could drop out for Mooy

                29. Soapy
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Any advice please lars. On a wildcard

                  ** Hamer
                  Mendy TAA ** Bennett AWB
                  Salah Rich Pedro ** **
                  Aguero Auba **

                  A) Mane, Hennessey, Pereira, Kante

                  B) Miki, Ederson, Alonso, Ings

                  Either 343 or 352. Fitting Salah, Kun, Auba, Mane looks nice but team suffers elsewhere

                  1. Dr. Rog
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    B, the choice is mane or auba or hazard realistically (unless you go no Mo)

                  2. Joggers Nipple
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    b

                30. Henryyy
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  @TM

                  If you were on WC now, would you choose Mane or Aub?

                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    Both 🙂

                    1. Henryyy
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Who to drop out of Salah Mane Aguero Aub?

                      All 4 is very expensive

                      1. Joggers Nipple
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        I have all 4 but of course you will be weak elsewhere!

                        Ederson
                        Robertson Mendy Cedric
                        Kante Salah Mane Richarlasion
                        Auba Ings Aguero

                        Hamer Schderlin Wan B Peltier

                      2. TorresMagic™
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • Has Moderation Rights
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        Hard question on a WC given captaincy.
                        Could be much easier next week or later for those WCers.

                31. jwong23
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 9 months ago

                  Will be good to see a ~40 pts GW from the template team just to shake things up abit

                  1. 420king
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 9 months ago

                    "~" test

                    1. 420king
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 9 months ago

                      Yeah, not working. "around" makes it look like "minus" 🙂

                      1. GOTHAM City F.C.
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 9 months ago

                        do you have the link which has the list of all smiley keys?

                          1. GOTHAM City F.C.
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 7 Years
                            5 years, 9 months ago

                            Thanks! 😈