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20 October 2018 1533 comments
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Eden Hazard (£11.4m) will be the Fantasy Premier League focal point as Chelsea get Gameweek 9 started this lunch-time.

He comes into the Blues’ meeting with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge as the second-most owned asset in FPL, behind only Sergio Aguero (£11.3m) with 51.0% backing.

Fantasy managers will also be hoping for a clean sheet with Marcos Alonso (£7.0m) still in 45.9% of squads.

Investment in Manchester United has waned in recent weeks with their most popular option David De Gea (£5.8m). He remains owned by 18% despite going four Gameweeks without a clean sheet.

Their most fashionable outfield option is Paul Pogba (£8.1) with 13.9% backing. Interestingly, the Frenchman has been tipped by  Joe’s famed Goals Imminent table.

On the injury front, both Antonio Rudiger (£5.9m) and Mateo Kovacic (£5.9m) came through doubts over their fitness while Ross Barkley (£5.7m) was named on the bench.

Luke Shaw (£5.1m) overcame his knock to start for Man United.

CHELSEA XI (4-3-3): Kepa, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, David Luiz, Alonso, Jorginho, Kante, Kovacic, Willian, Hazard, Morata.

MAN UNITED XI (4-3-3): De Gea, Young, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Rashford, Martial, Lukaku.

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  1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    wt absolute f is going with real madrid

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      0-2 down at home to levante

      1. Lone Wolf FPL
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        beauty! 🙂

      2. My Name Is Pepu
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Beautiful 😆

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Ronaldo

    3. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Wenger in

    4. Mic
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      And who t f is lopetegui

    5. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      No Ronaldo.

    6. Bragazeti
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Courtois

      1. money face bandwagon
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        He deserves this after leaving chelsea

  2. Aftermath
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Salaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

    1. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      WTF

    2. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      wait for it..

    3. Aftermath
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Just warming up

    4. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Next week

  3. My Name Is Pepu
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Sarri: "I don't know what sort of game to expect. In the starting XI they are a little defensive. We want to play our philosophy, we want to attack and we will watch out for their counter-attacks. As for Eden Hazard, I want him to be absolutely free in the last 25 metres"

    Come on Azzzzaaaaaa 😎

    1. Lone Wolf FPL
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Haz is last season Salah

    2. Bolivian Seaman
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      51% ownership. The other 49% are completely mental

      1. Ligdon
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yes i can confirm that

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Americans taking over our site and podcasts. Thought Brexit meant Brexit?

    1. kennethrhcp
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      pretty sure Brexit was more to do with EU than USA...

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      They ain't got no 'tegrity

    3. Mic
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yuck

    4. noahzark22
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      We ruin everything

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

      Is this serious?

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

      Exactly the sort of comment a Brexit-eer would make...

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

        So yuck

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

    Points deducted (hits) Gameweek 9; Top 10k - 0.87, Overall - 1.27

    EOs; Aguero Top 10k - 149.4, Overall - 85.4
    Hazard Top 10k - 105.6, Overall - 64
    Only Robertson above 50% (Top 10k)

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

      Richarlison 63.6% (Top 10k)

  6. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Your captains?Salah for me.

    1. noahzark22
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Salah

    2. Mic
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kun kun kun

    3. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Aguero

    4. jurgenklopp.8
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      sterling

  7. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Real Madrid losing 2-0 in 13 minutes

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

      No Ronaldo means no party.

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

    Going to be interesting today with lineups. Doubts over a lot of big hitters given either injuries and/or amount they have played while on international duty.

  9. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Mark has taken a bizarre -8 hit. Was it even necessary?

    Fabri Madisson Kane --> Dubravka Sterling Kane

    He could have easily swapped kane --> aguero if he wanted city coverage and played bennet over maddison.

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

      Seeing it as a mini-WC IMO.

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

      Kane to Kane?

    3. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      You stuffed that up by the look of it.

    4. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Kane to Kane is certainly bizarre

    5. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      * Dubravka Sterling JImenez

      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Fabri the Fulham mid?

        You have had a much worse shocker than Mark

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

          😀

  10. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Cue DDG saving a penalty today after I've finally got rid of the twerp

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

      Luckily Hazard knows how to score a pen past him 😉

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

      Did you get Richarlison?

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah

    3. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      DDG couldn't save a pen to save his life.

  11. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    If you didn't care about fpl, who would you prefer to win Chelsea or Man United?

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

      Man United

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

      Man Utd

    3. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Chelsea. Always like the most attacking teams to win....i'm not tribal at all.

    4. My Name Is Pepu
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Chelsea because Maureeen

    5. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      United

    6. Jimmy Floyd
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Man united fan, alonso and hazard owner and I bet on a draw, so confused what I want

  12. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Early transfer thoughts for next gw as stepehns will drop in price today. 2ft

    Foster -- Patricio
    Alonso Robbo Doherty -- Shaw Awb
    Salah Maddison Richarlison Stephens -- camarassa
    Kane Kun King

    A: Stephens + Kane >> Hazard + kamara and play 442 with shaw
    B: Stephens + Kane + King >> Hazard + Kamara + Arnie (-4) and play 442 with shaw
    C: Shaw + Stephens + Kane >> Schindler + Hazard + Ings..and leave 0.6m itb to do king > arnie in gw11. can then play 343 or 433

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Nooooooooooooooooo
      Too early
      Behave

    2. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      B

    3. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Wait for this week to be played out

  13. JD @JDCochran2
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    FPL players worried about Salah's performance so far...

    He is only 4 points off last years first 8 game weeks score

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

      Yes, but hes price is almost doubled this year.

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

        "Almost doubled"

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

      price is also 4m more...

    3. CostaCoffee
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Costs much more, clearly not as sharp as last year (yet) although points aren’t showing that

  14. It's Fergie Time
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    I'm going to ride the Kun train 1 more week

  15. Pino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    I have a feeling City might struggle against Burney while Salah scoring 2-3 goals.

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I reckon Kun will score a hat trick

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

        Sterling with 3 apples and I am not complaining.

      2. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah, and he'll play 90 minutes too

  16. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    HUGE dice rolled. Ranked 40k

    Aguero and Moura out, Arnie and Salah in. Captained Kane

    1. grumpyman
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Ballsy. Good luck!

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

      Big decision - could be a masterstroke.

    3. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Very ballsy I rate that though

      I have no aguer or salah so have captained kane too

      Good luck bud

      1. Superflymonk
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 6 months ago

        They don't cll you the differentiator for nothing, huh?

  17. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hazard injured.

  18. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hazard limping

  19. Tev
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Last week Kane was captained by 55% of the top 1k and now he's not even in the top 5, below 3.6%. Kane haul and Aguero blank would actually do me wonders

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      He's bound to get a hatrick then

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

        Haha I've had mixed luck this year but here's hoping.

    2. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Same! Kane cap here cmon harry

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

        Good luck mate!

  20. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hazard seems ok

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

    Hazard is fine. The sun/shade combo though is ruining the TV viewing experience

  22. Differential C (Mark)
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    I see that Hazard's shadow is on the bench. . . .

  23. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Is alonso playing? Xd

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

    This has 0-0 written all over it....

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I’ll take that

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

      I certainly hope not! 3-1 would be nice.

    3. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      as long as man utd score, i'll take that

    4. money face bandwagon
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      I hope utd loses

  25. potatoace
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Lukaku really needs to lay off those protein shakes.

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Bad wind?

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

      It is annoying watching Rudiger and Luiz pass the ball straight into Utd's attacking third with no pressure being applied by Lukaku.

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

    Hazard +BPS (clattered)

  27. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    Chelsea free kick dangerous position just out of 18 yard box

    Won by hazard

  28. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    NBCSN viewers, if that Phil Neville co-comentating?

    1. The Enlightener
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 6 months ago

      Yep. Kill me now.

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

        He's woeful....

        1. The Enlightener
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 6 months ago

          Truth!

  29. Jimmy Floyd
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    United’s plan on hazard seems to be to try injure him

  30. AD2110
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 6 months ago

    A) Lacazette and Mané/KDB
    B) Arnie and Salah

    Which ones better long term?