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Where FPL teams concede the most chances from – Part 1

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We are using the latest international break to identify trends in the opening 12 Gameweeks of the 2018/19 season.

This study aims to assess where each FPL team is most susceptible when it comes to conceding goals.

Using data available in the Members Area, we have looked at chances conceded from set pieces, through the middle and down the left or right flank.

With the relevant areas pinpointed for the first 10 teams, this first part then compares these with the upcoming schedule to find out which players stand to benefit.

Across the articles in this series the hope is the build a picture of which FPL assets have the most favourable match-ups with specific team weakness over the next six Gameweeks.

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  1. DavidKent
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone know how likely it is that Mendy returns for the first game after the international break?

    If not first game, when’s he likely to be back?

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    1. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      First game post IB? Are you kidding? He went through a surgery LAST NIGHT.

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    2. I Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Zero chance. He's just had surgery and won't be back until the new year.

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      1. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        I read that there's possibility Mendy to be back around Xmas but this is just a rumour.

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    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Not expected to play again this year

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    4. DavidKent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Thanks for the replies. Looks like I’ve got a problem!

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  2. UpAndAway
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Any chance Laporte goes up tonight?

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    1. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Most prob he'll go up.

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    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

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      1. UpAndAway
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers. So need to make the Mendy to Laporte move now then...

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  3. Bialystrzelec
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Thoughts are appreciated. What would you do with this funds?

    0 FT / £4.1

    Patricio Button
    Alonso Mendy TAA Doherty AWB
    Hazard Sterling Richarlison Fraser Diangana
    Aguero Arnautovic Jimenez

    Thanks

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    1. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Will probably try to get Kane around GW 15.
      Good to go for now. Maybe TAA> Robertson.
      Nothing worth a hit

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  4. ooooo
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    rp
    Which one?
    A) Mendy + brooks to Schlinder + Martial(-4) - rotate schlinder with Jonny
    B) Mendy to Laporte

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

      B

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  5. TAT
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Best Mendy replacement(s) beside Laporte? Have Ederson already, and don't know if I want to keep playing double City def or not.

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    1. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Alonso, Robertson, Mendy, Digne (next 4 fixtures), Yedlin, Dunk/Duffy in that order

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      1. Rocky FPL
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Meant Doherty not Mendy, my bad

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      2. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Hm… hadn't thought about Digne actually. Don't know about Everton defensively, but around that price there aren't that many options, I guess.

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    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Maybe Balbuena for me.

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        1. TAT
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Think West Ham are good for clean sheets? They seem to concede very often.

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          1. MTPockets
              5 years, 5 months ago

              Not great, but to rotate on occasion with Doherty and prefer their run to Brighton's

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      • Henning
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Mendy and Mane out for

        Hazard/Sterling and Dunk/Digne

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        1. Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Hazard (if you have Aguero) and Digne

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      • Ambrosiana Inter
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Mendy to Robertson?

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        1. Ziyech on the Bench
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Definitely

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        2. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Sounds good.

          Watford are a dangerous side, but it will pay off long term. Robertson is quality.

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        3. Ambrosiana Inter
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Cheers

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        4. Vobinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          I dont fancy Liverpool after the next three, might be bad timing.

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      • GE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Mendy ->

        1) Laporte
        2) Robertson (have TAA)

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        1. caldracula
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          1

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        2. CRO KLOPP
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          1

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        3. Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          1

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        4. GE
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Or Stones?

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      • Drogba Legend
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Worth taking Mendy out for a hit?

        A) Yes > Laporte / Robbo/VVD (have TAA), Digne, etc
        B) No, play Dunk vs LEI (home) since he's been an absolute gem the past month for me.

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        1. merin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          B

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        2. I Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          B

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      • Donster
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Hi, Need some expert help.

        Going to replace Vardy for Success next GW. Just need to plan my Mendy replacement today.

        Team:
        Patricio
        Alonso, Roberson,Mendy
        Martial, Haz, Mane, Fraser
        Aguero, Arnie, Vardy
        Sub: Kayal, awb, Bennette

        What’s the best combo of these two?

        A: mendy, kayal => Laporte, Dsilva

        B: mendy, Fraser => Digne, Sterling

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        1. Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          A

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      • DavidKent
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        My current team:

        Hennessey
        Robertson, Cook (vs Arsenal) AWB (vs ManU)

        Martial (poss injured), Hazard, Mane, Richarlison

        Wilson, Vardy, Aguero

        (Shaw - suspended), (Mendy - knee has evaperated), (Stephens - suspended).

        As you can see, pretty injury hit and non favourable fixtures. Have a WC left.

        My desired team has 4 Chelsea/ West Ham players, but both have hard games (Spurs/Man C).

        WC now or wait, get my ravaged team through 1 more Gw and then pull the trigger?

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        1. 420king
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          1FT?

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          1. DavidKent
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Alas, already played it 🙁

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            1. 420king
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 5 months ago

              I think It would be a good time to play it now considering the circumstances, specially if you were going to play it next gw anyway.

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              1. DavidKent
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 5 months ago

                Good shout. Thanks mate!

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      • merin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Laporte or Dunk in for Mendy?

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        1. Ziyech on the Bench
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Depends, do you have Robertson and Alonso or somethint similar? If so then Dunk works

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          1. merin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            My team:
            Patricio Hamer
            Alonso Mendy Robertson AWB Bennett
            Salah Mane Richarlison Maddison Stephens
            Aguero Wilson Arnie

            Dont really get the whole Digne hype. He may have good fixtures, but Dunk has both form and fixtures...

            0.8 ITB, 1 FT

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      • IRBOX ⚽
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        So many hits flying about already.. recipe for disaster

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        1. Piggs Boson
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah, fortunate I don't have Mendy.

          Only have Doherty, Martial & Richarlison as minor doubts with my FT in tact. Seems ok for the way this break is going...

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          1. FPL Blow-In
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah that’s very good. I have WB, Trippier, Mendy, Doherty and Martial all flagged.

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        2. Vobinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Glad I did Mendy to
          Chilwell last GW, I felt he was regressing in his stats anyway.

          Richy the only doubt so far.

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          1. onceuponatyne
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Good move... in fairness to Mendy he obviously had his reasons (knee).

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        3. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Generally yes
          Did Mendy > Laporte with my FT but now holding unless there are confirmed injuries

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      • GE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Laporte or Stones + 0.6 itb as Mendy’s replacement?

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      • Earn your Spurs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Mendy being out is opening some interesting options for me - which would you do for -4 :-

        a> Mendy/ Fraser/ Vardy -> Stones/ Sterling/ Success
        b> Mendy/ Billing/ Vardy -> Stones/ Dilva/ Jiminez
        c> Can you suggest something better ?

        Squad is
        Fabianski, Patricio
        Alonso, Robertson, Trippier, Mendy, Doherty
        Hazard, Mane, Fraser, Kenedy, Billing
        Aguero, Vardy, Arnie
        £0.2m itb

        thanks 🙂

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        1. Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Mendy, Vardy, Mane > Awb, Jimenez, Salah /Sterling

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      • Vobinho
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Aguero + Martial or Hazard + Rondon?

        Considering Haz to get him in by Ful (h) but Ranieri effect might make Kun for Bou (h) the better choice.

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

          A easy

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          1. Vobinho
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Means no Haz until GW 15

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            1. AYLD28
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 5 months ago

              How is it possible you don’t own hazard. Unless you got rid even he was injured, then shame on you.

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      • DavidKent
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Best Wolves defender? Is Doherty likely to play?

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        1. Rocky FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Doherty without shadow of doubt. Facial injury, should be fine

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          1. DavidKent
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Thanks mate

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        2. Numb
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Doherty and yes

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        3. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Yes

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      • Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        how does that look ?

        Mendy, kenedy and vardy out
        Digne, Sane and Jimenez in for -4

        thanks

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        1. Vobinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Might be worth keeping Kenedy if Newcastle play like they did last weekend.

          Who are the other mids?

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          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Salah/Hazard/Richa/Stephens

            thanks 🙂

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            1. Vobinho
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 5 months ago

              Can you get rid of Stephens instead and get Ings/Vokes in place of Jimenez?

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              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 5 months ago

                mmh will have a think about it, thanks anyway 🙂

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                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 5 months ago

                  ps : was kenedy that good on Saturday ?

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                  1. Vobinho
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 5 months ago

                    Stats werent great but he did give returns. Might be worth holding for one more week considering its burnley.

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                    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 5 months ago

                      thanks a lot 🙂

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      • altan8797
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        hope arnie's knee survives the irish game as well

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        1. Numb
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          No way he gets through this break without a flag of some sort.

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      • Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Sancho speaks quite well for an 18-year old. Said he was really nervous today but he didn't look it. Looked confident on the ball, amazing dribbler, just needs end product and he'll be a star.

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      • DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Defense is like this..

        Already own Robbo, Alonso and 2x Wolves defence.

        Mendy to Laporte or Digne?

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        1. Gonna mesut up
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Depends if you need the money elsewhere. Laporte the better option but Digne a good enabler.

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      • Gonna mesut up
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        I've already got Bennett and Patricio (rotating with Foster), ok to bring in Doherty or should I go for Digne?

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        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          digne definitely

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        2. 1569Tippins
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Doherty... soooooo attacking

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      • Doctor Evil
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        So I panicked a did Mendy/Guendouzi to TAA/Martial. Had 1.9 in the bank but now think I wasted it?

        My team now is weak in city players

        Fab/Pat
        Alonso/Robbo/TAA/Doherty/WanB
        Hazard/Mane/Martial/Rich/Fraser
        Aguero/Arnie/Mitro.

        I feel I have strength in depth but no Salahor sterling worries me

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        1. AYLD28
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Do Mane > Sterling imo

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      • gonzalocampos
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        My current price on Mendy is 6.3 but the cost is 6.4. If he goes down tonight to 6.3 do I continue having him as 6.3 or he became a 6.2 player?

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        1. Numb
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Check in the morning.

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        2. Skid Vicious
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          If you bought him at 6.3 and his current price is 6.4 you can absorb the drop without losing selling value.
          Once he drops below your purchase price you loose every 0.1 he drops.

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          1. gonzalocampos
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Awesome, thank you Skid.

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            1. Skid Vicious
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 5 months ago

              De nada.
              I like to check in the transfers page. The purchase price, selling price and actual price when looking at the price drops.
              That if you know you have that extra 0.1 to absorb a drop. You may not need to sell.
              Trippier this week dropped but it didn't affect my overall selling price as he'd gone up 0.3 more that I got him for.
              Remember that for every 0.2 that a player goes up you get to keep 0.1 on selling him.

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        3. AYLD28
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          He’s not dropping tonight, he’s nowwhere near

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      • AFC49
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Patricio
        Laporte, Alonso, Doherty
        Salah, Hazard, Richarlison, Murphy
        Aguero, Wilson, Arnautovic

        Button, Schindler, Højbjerg, AWB

        1FT, 1.0 ITB

        Laporte > Robertson
        Wilson > Jimenez?

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        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Neither?

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          1. AFC49
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 5 months ago

            Fair enough, where would you improve then?

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            1. FPL Blow-In
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 5 months ago

              I’d save probably if they are all fit.

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      • FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        What to do here?

        Patricio
        TAA, Doherty*, Trippier*
        Salah, Hazard, Mane, Martial*
        Arnautovic, Wilson, Jimenez

        Hennessy, WB*, Fraser, Mendy* 0ft .3 itb

        Mendy out is obvious.

        A) Salah and Mendy to Sterling and Alonso -8
        B) Manè and Mendy to Sterling and 5.2 -8
        C) Mendy to Laporte -4

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      • DavidKent
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Which 3 Strikers?

        On a wild card. Currently have Aguero, Vardy, Wilson.

        Thinking of going to Aguero, Jiménez, Arnie.

        Losing Wilson would lose me money and he’s in good form, but he has difficult fixtures. Arnie is great but first fixture is ManC...

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      • corderz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        A) Mendy > Alonso
        B) Mendy > Laporte
        C) Mendy + Fraser > Laporte + Martial
        D) Mendy + Fraser > Keane + D.Silva

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        1. DavidKent
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          C) because Bournemouth and Chelsea have poor fixtures.

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      • nicecat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Mendy + Mitro (£12.7) to:
        a. Dunk + Arnautovic + £1.2
        b. Laporte + Jimenez + £1.1
        c. Laporte + Rondon + £1.0
        d. Another Def+Fwd combo?
        I would use the extra funds to upgrade Hamer to a playing GK (have Patricio). Thanks.

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        1. ROLLING THE DICE
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 5 months ago

          Arnie though not necessarily this week. With Doherty.

          Or Jimenez with Alonso/Robbo/Walker

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      • ROLLING THE DICE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Play Arnie or Bennett next GW? Already have Doherty but double Wolves defence could pay off...or completely flop!

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