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Ross Barkley‘s (£5.8m) 17-point haul against Burnley has already made him the top transfer target ahead of Gameweek 11.

At the time of writing, he has been signed by 173,000+ managers as Chelsea prepare to host Crystal Palace.

But is Barkley worth bringing into our teams or is recruiting him for our squads simply a kneejerk reaction to a double-figure haul?

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  1. TLF
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Hazard v Aguero captaincy is a tough one this week

    1. teneighty
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Have both but thinking of going with Salad.

      1. TLF
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Not considering Mo this week although I think he could score well against the leaky Gunners defence. Fancy Kun or Haz to do better.

      2. Sin Titulo
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        That would be the healthy decision... In addition to those 3, I am considering Arnie.

    2. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Aguero for the safe 5-6 points, Hazard for the potential big points

    3. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Shame you can't have aguero captain up to 60 mins and then hazard for the last half hour.

      1. TLF
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Haha, yeah that would be ideal

  2. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Any member willing to debrief me on the article? Guessing it says that he is a knee jerker and hazard covers chelsea points? Cheers

    1. Sting
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      it doesn’t say that..

    2. DeathoftheParty
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah

    3. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I will undercut membership and spill the beans for £14.99.

      1. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Bargain

    4. noquarternt
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Just buy membership

  3. DeathoftheParty
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Fozzy (new) or Fab (BUR)?

    I always choose the wrong one... Currently on Fozzy.

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Again wrong , lol

      1. DeathoftheParty
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Phft to your casual lol bantz...

        1. Ambrosiana Inter
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          U said it yourself that u always pick the wrong one, so why not try the other one this week?

    2. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Newcastle haven't scored a goal in living memory.

    3. thepuntmaster
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah I'd go Fozzy.

      Newcastle are in real trouble. Used to work at the stadium and I can imagine the state that crowd is in...

  4. Yoshioka
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Patricio to Ederson & TAA (frustrating rotation risk) to Peltier (pure fodder)?

    I reckon if I get Ederson in he'll be my keeper for the season barring injury.

  5. Daghe Munegu
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Any help?

    How would you get Arnie with this lot?
    2ft 0.1itb

    Ryan
    Mendy Balbuena Yedlin
    Salah Hazard Sterling Kennedy
    Kun Mitrovic Jimenez

    Patricio TAA hojbjerg Bennett

    1. Sting
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      pat to 4.0, mitro to arnie

      1. Positive vibes
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        This

  6. JJeyy
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Chances Salah rises again this week?

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 4 months ago

        probably tonight

      • noahzark22
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        100%

      • Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Tonight

      • JJeyy
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        i mean again after tonigh

        1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Probably not

      • Jsadler95
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Unlikely imo

    2. Sting
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      you people shipping fraser...do you really expect a man utd clean sheet?

      i’m benching shaw in draft for a reason

      1. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        I'm keeping. Although I don't expect Bournemouth to do well against the bigger clubs.

      2. John Colby (C)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        The wee lad's done well for me since GW 1 but those fixtures look horrible. I'm transferring out along with Wilson - dangerous on his day but oh those fixtures!!!!

      3. fr3d
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Do you really expect Fraser to get points with those fixtures?

    3. John Colby (C)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Is the flirtation with Maddison over for many?

      1. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Not given the fixtures

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

          Yeah, too nice to let go now

      2. Sting
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        keeping for cardiff then will see

      3. Bring the Cavalry
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Just brought him in befor the West Ham game, watched it and completely regretted it. Will keep for a game or 2 if he does nothing will change

      4. white lightning
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Form over fixtures & Maddison has no form. He's been playing as a deep lying midfielder & has lost the no. 10 role since Nacho came into the team.

    4. HD7
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      G2G?

      Fab
      Mendy Robbo Alonso
      Salah Richa Maddy Hazard
      Aguero(C) Arnie Success

      Subs: Button, Kenedy, Duffy, WanB

      1. Positive vibes
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Duffy 1st sub imo

    5. Emiliano Sala
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      think 5 at the back will be popular soon

      1. MTPockets
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Until another random round of rotations.

      2. johnthepg
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Should I WC this team? I'm coming first in my mini league but rivals slowly eating up my lead.

        Fabs | Foster
        WanB | Tomkins | Alonso | Robbo | Doherty
        Salah | Hazard | Maddi | Rich | Stephens
        Kun | Ings | Mitro

        1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          No way

        2. Positive vibes
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          No

        3. Jsadler95
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Not really worth it, I'd just use your free to transfer out Tomkins to Dunk/Duffy and you're good to go.

          1. johnthepg
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Thinking Tomkins & Ings > Mendy and Success (2 week punt) for -4

            1. Jsadler95
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Yeah seems reasonable enough! Both will probably rise tomorrow though so I'd make your mind up on that.

      3. cjhewitt92
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Which of these two is best

        1) Salah and Moura
        2) Mane and Kdb

        Moura only spurs player I have. Have city and Liverpool defenders
        Other midfielders are Hazard and Richarlison along 4.5

        1. Ne0
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          2

      4. thepuntmaster
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Opinions on this team?
        (Is a first draft, has been a few years out...)

        Allison (Ryan)

        Alonso - Laporte - Chillwell (Morrison, J Richards)

        Salah - Martial - Schurrle - Deulofeu - Richarlison

        Augero - Arnautovic - Murray

        Been a very, very long time out of the game as you can probably tell!

      5. Grounderz
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Which option?

        A) Laca/ Stephens/ Trippier ➡ Success/ Mane/ Mendy
        B) Laca/ Moura/ Stephens ➡ Success/ Mane/ Sigurdsson
        C) Laca/ Moura/ Stephens ➡ Success/ Mane/ Richarlison

        All for -4.

        1. Positive vibes
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Maybe B

        2. johnthepg
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Will you actually be playing Success? Isn't Deeney back?

          1. Grounderz
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Nope, he would be benchwarmer only. This enables a switch of template from 3-4-3 to 3-5-2 too.

      6. Positive vibes
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Patricio
        Alonso • Robbo • Mendy • Doherty
        Sterling • Haz (vc) • Rich
        Kun (c) • Laca • Wilson
        (Button, Bennett, Obiang, Hojberg)
        2FT, 0.7m itb

        What is better options?
        A. Patricio -> Ryan, then B next week
        B. Sterling, Laca -> Salah, Arnie, then A next week
        C. Patricio, Laca -> Ryan, Arnie

        If A
        (+) Let Sterling play vs SOT first and can monitor Arnie fitness
        (-) Salah price will rise

        If B
        (+) Can buy Salah cheaper
        (-) Double Wolves vs TOT this week
        Thanks 🙂

      7. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Who are the players on 4 yellow cards?

        1. MTPockets
            7 years, 4 months ago

            'suspension tightrope' on this page

            1. Ambrosiana Inter
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Cheers

        2. Jsadler95
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Assuming Arnautovic is confirmed fit Friday, would you swap Wilson out for him?

          1. noquarternt
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            No.

            1. Jsadler95
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Wilson vs United, Arnautovic vs Burnley... then Newcastle away vs Huddersfield away respectively next week. Why wouldn't you?

              1. noquarternt
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                Wilson v United is a good fixture anyway. Wilson is in the form of his life, we let price affect us too much.

                Kane when he broke through, Mahrez and Vardy when they won the league. Wilson is playing like them right now, couldn’t care less about fixtures.

          2. thepuntmaster
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            For a hit or not? I'd swap if a free transfer, keep if it's going to cost you 4 points.

            1. Jsadler95
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Free

          3. MTPockets
              7 years, 4 months ago

              No. Not getting Arnie until his kneee issue's resolved.

              1. Jsadler95
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                Hmm fair enough, I have a full playing squad though so doesn't concern me too much if he misses the odd game. Press conference Friday will likely make my mind up, just curious on other people's opinions.

                1. MTPockets
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    He's missed 2 games and scored once in last 5. But quite happy to be proven wrong as a fan.

                    1. Jsadler95
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      Yeah but one through illness rather than his knee (this weekend) so it's more like scored 1 in last 3 as he didn't play 2 of them and 4 in 8 which is decent enough for an improving West Ham side. Decent underlying stats as well of 0.49 xG/90 and 0.14 xA/90 and his next two are Burnley at home and Huddersfield away. This is my view anyway and why he's tempting me!

                      1. MTPockets
                          7 years, 4 months ago

                          True and could do well. Just not for me yet as commentary I've read from decent accounts suggests the knee's still a problem. e.g. exwhuemployee - https://twitter.com/ExWHUemployee/status/1057334714019778562

                          1. MTPockets
                              7 years, 4 months ago

                              * should add that discussion's about tomorrow's EFL game, not PL game.

                  • John Colby (C)
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    Yes - Wilson's fixtures just put me off investing in him compared to Arnie's.

                  • Positive vibes
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    No

                    1. Jsadler95
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      How come?

                      1. Positive vibes
                        • 9 Years
                        7 years, 4 months ago

                        Give Wilson one more week, he is in form.

                        1. Jsadler95
                          • 9 Years
                          7 years, 4 months ago

                          True but Bournemouth never really do well against top 6 sides. Lost 11 of their last 13 against top 6 sides, only scoring in 4 of those. Even if they are in form, think United even out of form will be a step too far imo. Jose is just too good at shutting down expansive footballing sides. Guess we shall see!

                  • Yoshioka
                    • 7 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    It's form and fitness v form and fixtures. I'd choose Wilson because I'd rather have a reliably fit and playing option, even with a strong bench behind him.

                    1. Jsadler95
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      Yeah that's why I thought I'd wait and see what was said on in the press conference Friday!

                      1. Yoshioka
                        • 7 Years
                        7 years, 4 months ago

                        I don't just mean fitness this week, I mean fitness in general.

                2. John Colby (C)
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  Just had a moment of absolute clarity coming to the bottom of a bottle of Domaine De La Ganse : Double up on Salah and Hazard in midfield to eradicate the misfiring forward line of Aguero - Lacazette and Wilson with those fixtures.

                  1. noquarternt
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    Salah and Hazard is a good idea. Aguero before Southampton and Wilson before Man U? Not so good.

                    1. John Colby (C)
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      Yeah Kun will stay but Lacazette goes until Gameweek 16.

                3. Flynny
                  • 10 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  2fts...0.3itb.....thinking maddison and ings to deulofeu and Arnie.

                  Then mitro to Murray next week

                  Patricio hamer
                  Alonso mendy robbo peltier awb
                  Salah hazard maddison richi Stephens
                  Kun mitro ings

                  How does that sound?

                  Thanks

                4. IRBOX ⚽
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  Ryan
                  Alonso Mendy Robbo
                  Salah Hazard Richarlison Fraser
                  Aguero Wilson Mitrovic

                  Button Hojbjerg Bennett AWB

                  2FT / 0.9 ITB

                  a) Button > Fab (rotation with Ryan)
                  b) Mitrovic > Arnie (maybe wait until next week?)

                  1. Positive vibes
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    B until next week imo

                5. pjanns
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  Think I'm good to go!

                  Ryan
                  Trippier - Mendy - Alonso - Robertson
                  Hazard(C) - Mane - Maddison
                  Aguei - Arnie - Mitro

                  (Hamer - Fraser - Højberg - AWB)

                  Do you reckon aswell?

                  1. VinMar
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    yup

                6. barton fc
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  is success worth a punt?

                  1. pjanns
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    Deeney might be back soon

                    1. barton fc
                      • 7 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      do they not play 2 upfront?

                      1. johnthepg
                        • 11 Years
                        7 years, 4 months ago

                        Garcia prefers Gray to partner Deeney from what I have seen so far.

                  2. IRBOX ⚽
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    Nothing more than 4.5 fodder

                    1. barton fc
                      • 7 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      surly he gets the next game? and hes in good form?

                    2. johnthepg
                      • 11 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      This article makes me think he might be worth a shout.

                      https://www.goal.com/en/news/success-performance-points-to-life-after-deeney/kueecspurkg21ihdsrdcm0kcv

                      1. barton fc
                        • 7 Years
                        7 years, 4 months ago

                        cheers. need a sub 5.5 striker to fund mendy and its him or vokes so may as well if he loses his spot when denny comes back so be it ill have money in the bank at least.

                7. barton fc
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  will barkley out score doherty by 4?
                  patricio (hamer)
                  alonso robbo TTA doherty (AWB)
                  salah hazard maddison (knockaert punchen)
                  aguero arnie mitro

                  A) TAA + knockaert + mitro > mendy + barkley + vokes/success -4
                  B) TAA + mitro > mendy + vokes/success

                8. HD7
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  Would you start Kenedy Success or Duffy next Gw?

                  *Currently Success starts and Kenedy is first sub

                9. barton fc
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  will mendy rise tonight?

                  1. RIPAguero
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    70% No.

                    1. MTPockets
                        7 years, 4 months ago

                        97%

                        1. barton fc
                          • 7 Years
                          7 years, 4 months ago

                          does he not need 100% to rise tho? anf fix have him at 87% (tho there not as accurate as statistics)

                  2. Differential C (Mark)
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    Play
                    A)Fraser
                    B)Success

                    1. #FPLBhuna
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      Fraser

                  3. Hansel
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 15 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    A) Foster + Peltier -> Hamer + Duffy (play Fabianski all weeks)

                    B) Peltier -> Zabaleta and roll a FT

                  4. CSF150473
                    • 9 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    Any else looking at Morata now?

                    1. Patch
                      • 8 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      Only if you bat for the other side

                      1. CSF150473
                        • 9 Years
                        7 years, 4 months ago

                        Lol

                  5. wattalowz
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 4 months ago

                    Why so many looking to ship Richarlison?

                    OOP mid looking sharp and 4/6 nice fixtures?

                    1. CSF150473
                      • 9 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      Doesn’t great look up top

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

                    First time in a long while turning into the scoutcast discussion and listening properly

                    Very impressed!

                    Means a late night unfortunately but a very good show!

                    1. Az
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 16 Years
                      7 years, 4 months ago

                      Thanks Patch !