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29 September 2018 1384 comments
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There were few team selection surprises ahead of Chelsea’s big Premier League clash with Liverpool.

However, Fantasy Premier League managers remain apprehensive, with this particular match proving very hard to call.

The stock of Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) has fallen in recent weeks but he still sits at 41.2% ownership. Eden Hazard (£11.0m) is not far behind as he is backed by 36.8% of Fantasy managers. So there are plenty out there hoping for attacking returns.

However, it will be difficult for many to know where their allegiances lie in this one as defenders Marcos Alonso (£6.9m) and Andrew Robertson (£6.3m) remain fashionable assets.

The Chelsea man is in 45.3% of squads, with Robertson in 27.2%.

With highly-owned premium forwards Sergio Aguero (£11.4m) and Harry Kane (£12.4m) already delivering this weekend, there will be pressure on anyone who has captained a player at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool’s defensive prospects have been boosted by the fact that Virgil van Dijk (£6.0m) has been passed fit.

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

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

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  1. Weeb Kakashi
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Need a Firmino goal

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Mané

  2. Four Hit Wonder
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Salah owns a Salah-less team

  3. JayC
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Salah bonus lost already

  4. RAFA THE GAFFA
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Salah should have been 13m last season and 9m this season

  5. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    8 years, 19 days ago

    I thought Lacazette scored? Not showing up for me?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Assist.

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        8 years, 19 days ago

        Dam, I didn’t realised it was classed as an own goal!

        Gutted!

    2. Four Hit Wonder
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Own goal

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        8 years, 19 days ago

        🙁

    3. AIRMILES
      8 years, 19 days ago

      on 5 points, no?

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        8 years, 19 days ago

        For an assist.

  6. delux
    8 years, 19 days ago

    and that will go as penalty box touch and shot?

  7. Jafooli
    8 years, 19 days ago

    That's it 100% selling Salah , he's lost his touch.

    Aguero & Salah > Kane & Hazzo?

    1. Chucky
      8 years, 19 days ago

      defo.. should have done that 2 weeks back....

      1. Jafooli
        8 years, 19 days ago

        That you Capper Hindsight? 😛

        1. Chucky
          8 years, 19 days ago

          😀

    2. The Mighty Hippo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 19 days ago

      yes, absolutely.

  8. Mind över Mata
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Initial thoughts here - 2FT:

    A) Pog, Mane -> Salah, 4.5

    B) Pog, Mane, Jim -> Rich, Hojbjerg, Kane (-4)

    Patricio, Button
    Alonso, Doherty, Trippier, Wan-B, Robbo
    Hazard, Maddy, Mane, Pog, Fraser
    Aguero, Mitrovic, Jimenez

    1. GAMBIT
      8 years, 19 days ago

      B for me

      1. Tsparkes10
        8 years, 19 days ago

        Pogba to someone and save

        1. GAMBIT
          8 years, 19 days ago

          Actually, Pogba > Rich and saving is the wise move

  9. Where has all the rum gone?
    8 years, 19 days ago

    I cant watch the match. Looking the comments coming in.... am looking to rage transfer salah out before the match is finished.

    1. jtreble
      8 years, 19 days ago

      :). We’re only 13 minutes in.

      1. Where has all the rum gone?
        8 years, 19 days ago

        Enough to lose my mind.....

        1. Patch
          8 years, 19 days ago

          Mr Trump, you are a big feature of episode 1: American Horror Story (Season 7)

  10. The Mastermind
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Salah or Hazard, who would you rather have going into this game?

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Salah

    2. Tsparkes10
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Haz just cause hes on pens

      1. jtreble
        8 years, 19 days ago

        Agree.

    3. lilmessipran
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Haza

    4. Holmes
      8 years, 19 days ago

      None really, I would have Sigurdsson

    5. lilmessipran
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Just coz he is the better player of the two

    6. HamezMace
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Hazard

    7. Chucky
      8 years, 19 days ago

      both for me. haz if you can't have both

  11. lilmessipran
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Didn't watched the Everton game, 3 goals and nothing for Richa is concerning, how did he play?

    1. Ghost Gooner
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Quiet

      1. The Train Driver
        8 years, 19 days ago

        No he wasn't, could have had 2 and was pretty good...

  12. Cok3y5murf
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Mane taking shooting lessons from Salah

    1. Where has all the rum gone?
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Kepa not a steady goalie. Hes due a clanger soon...

  13. The Train Driver
    8 years, 19 days ago

    My reasoning: Everton will score a couple, Kun will play around 60 min, Rich (C). Predictions correct, (C) fail still..

    1. Cok3y5murf
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Wrong, they scored three 😉

      1. The Train Driver
        8 years, 19 days ago

        A couple of goals meaning 2+

        1. Albrightondknight
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          8 years, 19 days ago

          Get a dictionary a couple is 2

    2. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 19 days ago

      The basic reasoning is Rick over Kun which is always wrong 🙂

  14. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Van Dijk so good. Pool need to get shooting boots on.

  15. fedolefan
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Let's have a good 0-0 here lads. Everyone goes home happy.

    1. TomSaints
      8 years, 19 days ago

      I'd take the 12 points 0-0 gives

  16. OPTA FPL
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Kun to HARRY EDWARD KANE 1FT worth it?

    1. XabiAlonso
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Ha, ye possibly. Might do it myself

      1. OPTA FPL
        8 years, 19 days ago

        how did he play? I missed the game. he is back to his form or HUD just bad?

        1. XabiAlonso
          8 years, 19 days ago

          Don't know didn't watch, don't need to watch many games to play this game

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Maybe on Thursday.

      1. OPTA FPL
        8 years, 19 days ago

        even if Kun is fit, 60 mins every GW is annoying, he wont score lucky goals every week with that time

    3. HamezMace
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Wait until after the CL games.

    4. The Abyss
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Not sure. Would do Kun > Aguero though.

  17. Kszaq
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Kun + Mitrovic out
    Kane + Jimenez in
    - 4 next week already but I have enough 60 min shows by Kun. He is great but will not be able to score each week in one hour play.

  18. Mcgugan
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Potential WC team:

    4.5/4.0

    Robertson, TAA, Trippier, AWB, Doherty

    Salah, Maddison, Rich, Knockhart, Ward

    Mitrovic, Kane, Aguero

    0.1 ITB. I’d like to hold Alonso (who I have right now) but struggling to fit him in. Thoughts?

    1. HamezMace
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Alonso was the name I had to cut in my WC team to allow the Kun Kane double up.

      Although if you did Hazard instead of Salah you could make it work.

    2. Where has all the rum gone?
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Get salah out of there

      1. Mcgugan
        8 years, 19 days ago

        Why? Great fixtures after next week and he looks a huge threat!

  19. WE ARE RANGERS
    8 years, 19 days ago

    WTF
    My projected rank on fix is 519.
    Can that be right?
    Currently 3.6k with 62 points (Sterling cappo)

    1. The Mastermind
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Where do you get these stats?

    2. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 19 days ago

      total points ?

  20. Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Hames Milner so humble he raises his hands to apologize before the corner kick in case it goes in.

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      8 years, 19 days ago

      No, he apologizes in advance for the poor cross that follows

    2. Where has all the rum gone?
      8 years, 19 days ago

      This cracks me up!

  21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    8 years, 19 days ago

    It’s suprisingly easy to get 9 of your 11 from Liverpool, City, Chelsea...

    Kun, Mendy, Ederson
    Mo, Robbo, TAA
    Haz, Alonso, Pedro

    Still leaves quite a bit of funds for the other 6 squad players too

    1. lilmessipran
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Except you wouldn't really want Pedro or a 3rd Chelsea at the moment?

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        8 years, 19 days ago

        He looked v good in the run up to his injury

    2. GAMBIT
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Not so keen onTAA and Pedro if I already have Robertson and Hazard

  22. Ghost Ship
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Feeling a bit down about my score so going on Redcafe for some laughs.

  23. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Salah has been practicing his pass backs to the goalie

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 19 days ago

      That last one was trying to play Firmino in tbf.

  24. Rash
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Those who brought in Kane this week; who did you sacrifice?

    1. GAMBIT
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Salah

    2. Chucky
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Morata and Mendy....

      1. Rash
        8 years, 19 days ago

        Nice chuck!

    3. Celt Abroad
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Salah. Plan was out for 2 weeks. Trouble is, no longer sure I want to sell Kane in 2 weeks.

    4. Dyballer
      8 years, 19 days ago

      Kun. Most ppl will say either him or Salah

  25. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Willy close. Great pass by Luiz.

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Good save by Allison

    Robertson was sleeping

  27. L'Aeroplanino
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Salah pass on target

  28. FPL Daniel
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Willian is terrible!!! Never rated him!!! That miss isn't 50m.

  29. Steve Stiffler
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Get out of my team Salah, doesn’t have a notion in front of goal

  30. FPL Daniel
    8 years, 19 days ago

    Splendid pass to Willian. Alone with the keeper and he bottles it. Amateur!!!