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23 September 2018 1955 comments
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The Fantasy Premier League community turns its attention to Eden Hazard (£10.9m) and Marcos Alonso (£6.9m) for Chelsea’s visit to West Ham this afternoon.

Only Ryan Fraser (£5.7m) earned more new owners ahead of Gameweek 6 than Hazard, signed by 600,000+ Fantasy managers following his hat-trick against Cardiff.

Meanwhile, left-back Alonso is this match’s most popular player, currently sitting in 44% of squads. Both he and Hazard have been named in the Chelsea starting XI at the London Stadium.

However, there is disappointment for the 14% invested in Marko Arnautovic (£7.0m). The West Ham forward has been left out of the matchday squad entirely after picking up an injury in Gameweek 5.

That may prove positive news for Alonso owners and other Fantasy managers bought into the Chelsea defence. Arnautovic scored the solitary goal the last time the Blues travelled to face West Ham, resulting in a 1-0 win for the Hammers.

Coming in for the Austrian is FPL midfielder Michail Antonio (£6.8m) who will lead the Hammers line this afternoon.

WEST HAM XI (4-3-3): Fabianski; Masuaku, Diop, Balbuena, Zabaleta; Rice, Obiang, Noble; Anderson, Antonio, Yarmolenko.

CHELSEA XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Alonso, Rüdiger, David Luiz, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Kanté, Jorginho; Hazard, Giroud, Willian.

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  1. zLaTaN@uNiTeD
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Well done hazard cappers

    1. Regin
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      how many % captained hazard. I hope like 1/3 of FPL players.

  2. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Alonso just slid out of a BAP.

    1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kinky

  3. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    If VVD laster 7 more minutes, I would have had a clean sweep of defensive cleansheets

    1. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Same

    2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      If my auntie had balls she’d be my uncle

  4. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Thank god that's over, Great performance from West Ham and Fabianski in particular. Guess hazard isn't essential after all 🙂

  5. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    So glad I did not WC.

    #teamsalah

  6. AnfieldLad
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hasn’t Hazard typically been much stronger at home? Stook with Mane but still like the look of Mane -> Hazard, despite being poor today

    1. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Agree, I think Salah plus Hazard is the way to go. Genuinely think those who sold Salah will regret it massively soon.

  7. Grounderz
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    None of my midfielders have returned any points this GW, apart from clean sheet and minute points.

    Hazard - Mane - Lucas Moura - Fraser - Stephens

    1. Hughes the Daddy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Good selection of players, just one of those weeks where lucks against you.

  8. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    9 points from Alonso and Haz, making it 68 all out for this GW.

    1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      good score I need 5 from Richarlison to join you

      1. Regin
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        i need 15 from richa to get 68 pts. so i guess a brace would do.

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

      Green

    3. jia you
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      61 here, not great but happy enough, small red likely!

  9. Drexl Spivey
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Well done Liverpool.

  10. arndff_
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Who have to be sold first?

    A) Peltier
    B) Mendy

    1. Dreaming of glory
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Friday pressers will tell you. If u didnt ditch mendy for this week u best wait to see if hes fit now as if u take him out before a plum home game u will be livid.

      1. arndff_
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Do you think he could be fit for next GW?

        No return date so far.

        Think that injury will take more time...

        1. Dreaming of glory
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          I ditched him thinking if he missed next week as well thats 3 x no returns. Hope hes out until after internationals or atleast beyond the next week. If its a brusied metatarsal it could be 3-4 weeks but not sure anyone knows what the exact injury is just rumours

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Depends what Peltier's role in your team is. In my team his role is to be super cheap, and sit 3rd on the bench to free up funds elsewhere. He's still perfectly capable of doing that if he's injured.

      1. arndff_
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        😆 at last sentence!

        The thing is I have a bench of: Kamara, Peltier*, Mendy*.

        So I'd like to strengthen it.

  11. badgerboy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Looking like 9 and 7 (top 10k and overall) average for that match.

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Surprised it's only 7 for the top 10K, with Alonso and Haz scoring 9 combined. Surely most own them.

      1. Netley Lucas
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        9.1 if Alonso misses the bap

      2. badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Read it again.

  12. Marvin.
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Up the pool.

  13. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Fabianski faill.Played foster fml.Offday for all Chelsea players today

  14. jwong23
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Haz has a really ordinary game. Good work by WH defense too

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Rice a nice pick.

    2. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Fabianski saved them

  15. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    That feeling when you are Chelsea fan and benched Fabianski for Ryan 🙁

    And I am saying all those years, rotation of goalkeepers doesn't work !

    You will miss the hauls most of the time.

    Please discuss about rotation goalkeepers as valuable strategy?

    That strategy was valid only once in the history of FPL when Schwarzer and Hart were bottom priced 4.0m.

    Thanks for shared opinion.

    1. Positive vibes
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Agree with you.

    2. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I never seem to get rotating keepers right. Stick with 1 and hope for the best. On Ederson atm but may go Ryan or Hart set and forget for the season on WC

    3. Dreaming of glory
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I normally do but havent this year. Lucked out with hennessay as lone keeper but that will change when his fixtures swing

      Rotating keepers isnt a bad strategy imo u just have to take the odd bad call on the chin. U cant get it right every week

    4. Ramboros
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Rotation of goalkeepers work. People only remember those massive double digit scores on their benched goal keepers and ignore that Fabianski has only taken 25 points so far this season.

      It's important to take more than just CS probability into account when choosing your GKs, but factually you don't get enough saves in difficult games to offset your lost points for goals conceded.

    5. Hasselbaink Forever
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I went with Foster and Patricio, got it right 5/6 times - only missed out on one point so far. Opposite of how it went last year

  16. GreennRed
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Fair play Lukasz. Turned an awful GW into a bad one.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Congrats. I wish I could have say the same 🙁

      1. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers.Had McCarthy benched. Missed McC haul a few weeks ago. Tricky picking.

    2. Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Nice

  17. Garlana
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Let's go Richarlison!

    1. Boxwoods
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yeahbuddy

  18. fr3d
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Captaining Salah this week was a no brainer tbh

  19. AF90
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Happy with that as a non Hazard owner....even with Fabianski on the bench!! Better than Hazard getting double figures!

  20. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    yes schlupp no show means i get fab in 😎

    1. Dr. Agabuse
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      lol. fabregas that is

  21. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    73 all out, 416 total

    1. Rash
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      70 all out 432 here.

    2. arndff_
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Read your post about the bets... Checked your instagram.

      Told a friend of mine to bet on: Liverpool, City, Leicester, Spurs.

      He did that.

      I bet on the same teams + United.

      4/5 -_-

      1. arndff_
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        PS: Congrats for the result.

      2. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Hahah yeah my friends flunked by Utd too. And for some good money.

        1. arndff_
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Fck United. Wankers.

    3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      65 with Wally left,403 total rn

    4. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      68 all out 397 total.

  22. jia you
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Those who sold Salah (at home to Soton) for Hazard (away) deserve that!

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I got what I deserved when I bought him the week before 🙂

      1. jia you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        You certainly did as that was a prime fixture for him, at home to the worst team in the league! Those that sold Salah for Hazard this week are not the cleverest of folk imo 😉

        1. SADIO SANÉ
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          but but 0.2... how will I afford a good bench boost team in 30 weeks time!?

          1. badgerboy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Team value Lemmings!

          2. jia you
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 6 months ago

            Hahaha

    2. Hotdogs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Many took a hit to bring in Mané as "cover" as well

      1. jia you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Clowns! 😉

  23. Rash
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Flappy ownership in top 10k?

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Not sure but it's definitely below 4%.

  24. arndff_
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Played Foster. Left Fabianski on my bench.

    Was it a right decision?

    1. Winners900
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yup

  25. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Richarlison and Auba(c) now. Hope it is a goalfest

  26. Rsforstar
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    looking back at yarmo's chance, alonso's positioning was so awful

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      But he gets away with it. Sometimes it's better to be lucky.

      1. Rsforstar
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        yeah, sometimes. alonso not suited to play LB i think, much better as LWB where he has freedom

  27. Twisted Saltergater
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Salah(8) > Aguero(6) > Hazard(3)
    12.9m > 11.4m > 10.9m

    No alarms and no surprises.

  28. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Fab - 3 (34)
    Balbuena - 2 (30)
    Zaba - 1 (27)
    --------
    Alonso & Rudiger (26)
    Azpi & Luiz (25)

    Hazard (0)

    1. Dr. Agabuse
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      lolhazard 8 or smth

  29. AnfieldLad
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Need 5 points from Pickford and Walcott to stay top of my mini league, likely?

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      50/50

    2. Dr. Agabuse
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      70/30

      3for pick and 2 for walcott islikely.
      + one goal or assist and youre thru.

  30. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Come on Siggy goal or assist pls for 60 +