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Has Kanté’s new Chelsea role improved his Fantasy potential?

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Some Fantasy Premier League managers may have been too quick to jump on the N’Golo Kanté (£5.0m) bandwagon this season.

The Chelsea midfielder is now in 22.1% of squads after netting a rare goal against Huddersfield Town in Gameweek 1.

However, it seems there is little to suggest Kanté will provide much value this season in spite of his new role at Stamford Bridge.

While this is a debate that raged on the Scoutcast a few weeks ago, we thought we’d take the opportunity of the international break to give it a bit more of a look.

After all, we now have more data to rely on when assessing the changes surrounding Kanté this season.

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  1. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 7 months ago

    Which striker?

    A. Auba
    B.Lukaku
    C. Lacazette

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    1. child of God
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Lukaku the safer pick

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    2. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Lukaku for me. Good stats, good fixtures.

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    3. majishun
        5 years, 7 months ago

        I currently have Auba but may swap for Lacazette to free up funds to get Pedro. What does your team look like?

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    4. Geoff
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Thanks to everyone who comments/is commenting on the Members Area improvement Hot Topic thread, hugely helpful and lots to work from.

      I am still reading them, even though I haven't commented on any yet 😀

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      1. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Keep up the good work G man 😎

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      2. J T
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Can we have more articles for non-members? I’ve been a member in the past but this year I’m moving out and I’m broke and I miss reading the articles haha!

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        1. Geoff
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Well the Members Articles will all stay that way!

          There will continue to be lots of non-member articles but the data-focused stuff you'll miss out on 😀

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          1. J T
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Haha, well that’s fair enough.. Cheers 😀

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    5. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Hi ladies

      Which is the better option.

      A) Zaha to Wilson for free
      B) Zaha & Mkhi to Vardy & Hughes/Neves

      Cheers

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      1. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Are there even any ladies here? 😛

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      2. Swanremainsthesame
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Asked my wife she reckoned Zaha for free, or Vardy for 0.1 million.

        But since she doesn't really watch football I'm not sure she was talking fpl.

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

          Proper Jimmy Carr structure. Love it!

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    6. Acrux66
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      which of this 2 options i should pick:
      1)
      Hart
      Alonso/Shaw/Mendy
      Mane/Hazard/DSilva/Fraser
      Aguero/Vardy/Wilson
      2) after 8 Gw back to Liverpool players
      Hart
      Alonso/Shaw/Mendy
      Sanchez/Hazard/Madison/Fraser
      Aguero/Lukaku/WIlson

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      1. child of God
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        1 surely

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    7. EgyptianKing
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Hi guys.

      Do you consider Ramsey a good option?

      Would it be worh to bring him in to replace Moura or Pedro?

      Cheers

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      1. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        I guess I Wouldn't want to waste FT to replace Moura or Pedro for now. They're in a good form so far.

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        1. EgyptianKing
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          I currently am on WC. My team is for now:

          Patricio
          Alonso, Robertson, Mendy
          Mane, Hazard, Pedro, Moura, D. Silva
          Kun, Wilson

          Hamer, Holebas, Bissaka, Kamara

          I was trying to evaluate which Arsenal asset could best fit this team

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          1. Sgt Frank Drebin
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 7 months ago

            Oh sorry. I don't know really, don't want to give you bad advice. From what I've seen though Ramsey wasn't playing that well so far. He wasn't that bad either though.

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    8. child of God
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Which mid under 6.4 is the best option? Has to be at least 95% nailed

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      1. Son is Rising
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Fraser hands down

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      2. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Fraser I guess.

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    9. foreverton
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      AWB or Bennett over the next few weeks? AWB has better attacking potential but Wolves have better CS potential over the next couple weeks

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      1. Jackie Moon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        I’ve gone both and then 3 premium defenders. Great way to free up funds, but keep a playing bench.

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        1. J T
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah same, I’m really happy with that set up

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    10. Krionos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      I didn't see the game, but reading the reports it looks like Shaw got a pretty serious knock.

      Anyone have any more info? Looks to me like he is out for this weekend surely?

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      1. Jackie Moon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Usually expect someone to miss at least a week after a bad concussion. So yeh I’d say he should be out.

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      2. The Kolarov Mane ⚔
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Took a shoulder to the head and was knocked out cold. Stretchered off, with a neck brace which was mostly likely precautionary.

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    11. Jackie Moon
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Thought I was mostly settled on my WC team, but more tinkering has got me thinking of something different!

      Currently on A.
      A) Robbo/Trippier, Pereyra, Fraser, Vardy
      Or
      B) SCook, Eriksen, Maddison, Wilson

      Not quite sure whether Eriksen is worth it. Thoughts?

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      1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        He's not worth it. Former owner here

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

        A is better balance. B requires eriksen to score every week.

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    12. The Legend Squad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      WC last week, but think team has shaped up okay through the first stint of internationals:

      RMT

      Patricio
      Mendy Robbo Alonso
      Salah Hazard Moura Neves
      Aguero Zaha Mitro

      Hamer AWB Bennett Guendouzi

      Zaha will be benched for AWB if he’s not fit!

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      1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        GTG

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      2. Jackie Moon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Wilson for Zaha might help for this week.

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        1. The Legend Squad
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Thinking maybe not worth a -4 though!

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    13. Champions united
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Play neves or zaha
      Play taa mee or wb

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      1. J T
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Zaha, Taa

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    14. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Who's the best 4.5 option currently? (Not Wolves or Watford) Considering Rico but worried about Daniels coming back. anyone else?

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      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Sorry, forgot to mention I was referring defenders

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      2. Bird Raymond
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        They paid a lot of money for Rico and he was straight in after his suspension. I've got him on a WC, fun to own somebody with such low ownership.

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        1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 7 months ago

          Cheers! Im on WC as well. Definitely passed the eye test vs Chelsea.

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    15. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      On a WC:
      A) Demarai Gray + Quaner
      B) Raul Jiminez + Hojberg

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    16. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Which direction do I go transfer-wise? Have used FT already, so not necessarily this week...

      Fab Foster
      Alonso Mendy Robertson AWB Bennett
      Salah Mane Pedro Bilva Stephens
      Kun Arnie Kamara
      1.0itb 0ft

      A) Bilva -> Dilva
      B) Bilva, Stephens -> Maddison, Pereyra (better squad cover for CL rotation)
      C) Arnie -> Mitro after this gw

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    17. adam28193
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 7 months ago

      Question for those people with no Salah: Can you trust pep enough to captain anyone but Salah in GW6?

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    18. majishun
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Is Pedro nailed? Thinking of getting him in.
        If not Pedro, who else would be good for that price of 6.8m maximum?

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      • cult
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 7 months ago

        Best option for next 4 games

        A. Robertson + Fraser
        Or
        B. Pereira + Maddison

        Current squad:
        Hennessy (Hamer)
        Mendy Alonso Robertson AWB (Bennett)
        Hazard Mane Salah Fraser (Hojbjerg)
        Aguero Wilson (quaner)

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