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Captain Sensible – Salah and Kane battle for the Gameweek 19 armband

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The Boxing Day-orientated Gameweek 19 looks to be taking Fantasy managers back in time, with the captain battle appearing to be between two of last season’s usual suspects.

We’ve gone over those doing well in the poll before doing a comparison between the individuals themselves, their teams and their opponents in order to find the best candidate.

Captain Poll

The Gameweek 19 captain poll indicates that this week the most popular skipper will be either Harry Kane (£12.5m) or Mohamed Salah (£13.2m), much like it was for so much of last season.

The Tottenham Hotspur forward led the poll with a tally of 38% just over 24-hours ago but that has since been cut back. He now claims just 30.9% of the vote, sneaking out Salah who sits on 28.7%.

Way off in third place is Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (5.0%) while Kane’s Spurs colleague Son Heung-min (£8.5m) has just 3.4% backing.

Eden Hazard (3.4%), Marcus Rashford (2.9%) and Anthony Martial (2.6%) are the other contenders in this bracket of support.

Not a single Manchester City player has more than 3% backing in the poll, with Raheem Sterling (£11.5m) languishing far down the list on 2.4%.

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

    1ft, would you move Mctominay to Camarasa for free? Or hold the transfer as 2FT next week will be more valuable?

    I’m concerned I need a full playing bench with rotation potentially being rife

    Fab
    Doherty Alonso Robbo
    Anderson sterling sane Richarlison
    Rashford Kane mitro

    Button Digne bennet Mctominay

    Thoughts?

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    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I understand your point but I’d hold

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

        Cheers buddy

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  2. Weilong7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Laporte and aubameyang out for shaw/digne/lovren and Kane? 2 ft..

    Which to choose between shaw digne or lovren (have robbo)

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

      Digne

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    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Digne good fixtures upcoming and assist/goal potential

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  3. No Totti No Party
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Start two from Digne Jimmenez AWB

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

      Last 2.

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      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        This

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  4. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Play two:

    Digne vs BUR(A)
    AWB vs CAR(H)
    Kola vs BHA(A)
    Chica vs SOU(A)

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

      2.3.

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

      Play 2 + 4

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    3. Rhys85
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      2 and 3

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      1. Rhys85
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Ooh sorry, maybe 2 and 4. Read that wrong.

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  5. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Who is your captain at the moment?

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

      Kane

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    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      HurriKane

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    3. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Hazard

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      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        I gone Hazard (c) over Kane as well, I must be mad.

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

      On Kane atm. Undecided between him and Salah though

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    5. Manani
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Kane. I got Salah (VC)

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

      Hazard

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    7. umerlfc
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Salah
      But really tempted by Kane too

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    8. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Salah

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    9. RyanC
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Salah. Can’t ignore those stats.

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

        Son. Got Kane and Salah

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    10. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Hazard

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  6. HaffNanner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Aubameyang, Alonso, Fraser and Gunnarson out

    Hazard, Pogba, Digne and Kamara in for -8?

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    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Could work out but could also backfire, too big a hit imo

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

    Is the Community Tournament going ahead this week or on hiatus? Can't see an article for this week.

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Canceled since I am out 😛

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  8. Rhys85
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    2FTs and £1.6 ITB. I really can't decide what to do:

    Ederson
    Kola / Robbo / AWB / Doherty
    Salah (c) / Sané / Anderson
    Jiménez / Laca / Auba
    (Hamer / Deulofeu / Camarasa / Balbuena)

    Could take out Laca? Although I think he'll start today.
    Is Sané > Hazard mad as its leaves me with no attacking City players!?

    Cheers

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    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Laca needs to go long term but I’d keep this week, maybe kola to Digne?

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      1. Rhys85
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        I think I want to hold on to Kola, at least a bit longer. I might change out Balbuena as West Ham just don't do clean sheets and his attacking numbers have dropped off.

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    2. Takedog1
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      id sell laca

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

    Really annoyed that I missed on Lingard before his price rise.

    Now I can buy him only if I take a hit...

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

      Not the end of world if you dont have Ling.

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    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I wouldn’t worry

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  10. Manani
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    play Dohetry or Luiz??

    already got Patricio playing

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

      Luiz.

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    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Luiz

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  11. aleksios
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    So Martial wont start, Digne comes on. Next on bench is Diop. Would you do Diop to Shaw/Lovren for a hit?.
    Thanks.

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

      Source or just your opinion.

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

        I think it's the fact that he wasn't spotted in team hotel

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      2. aleksios
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        The say not seen in hotel with squad so...

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

      Not for a hit

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

      It's just a rumour - I'm concerned too - but nothing concrete yet.

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

        Read he lives five minutes from the hotel

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  12. Ange Ball
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Who should I captain.

    A) Kane
    B) Salah
    C) Martial

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

      Kane.

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    2. Manani
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      A, B(VC)

      C apparently may not start, too big of a risk to (C)

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    3. altan8797
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      martial seems to be out for today. A looks like the best option there with less rotation risk then B.

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  13. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    We set?

    Fab
    Doherty, Alonso, Lovren
    Rich Shaq Haz Sane
    Jimenez Kane (C) Rash
    (Button, Anderson, AWB, Digne)

    Alonso may be rested and kinda prefer Jimenez attacking returns over Fanderson

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  14. RyanC
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Looking good?

    R Patz (Foster)
    Alonso Robbo Doherty (Digne Balbuena)
    Salah (c) Sané FAnderson Pereyra (Højbjerg)
    Kane Jiménez Ings

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  15. RIDZ
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Bench one:
    a) Doherty
    b) AWB
    c) Snodgrass

    thanks

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

      A

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    2. Astronautovic
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      C

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    3. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      B

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  16. doowral
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Considering free hit...

    Current

    Ederson
    David Luiz/Doherty/Wan-Bissaka
    Lingard/Sane/Hazard/Snodgrass/Martial
    Aubameyang/Jimenez

    Hamer/Kolasinac/Keane/Wilson

    Or free hit team of...

    Alisson
    Clyne/Trippier/Shaw
    De Bruyne/Shaqiri (c)/Son/Martial/Hazard
    Kane/Rashford

    Hamer/Jimenez/Wan-Bissaka/Bednarek

    Maverick I know, however I’ve lost some serious ground on mini-league rivals and I think there will be lots of rotation today. I can’t see Salah playing and Shaqiri has been great at home, Man Utd could get a good few against Huddersfield at home, the lack of Spurs cover I have is killing me (Kane esp), and I think they could rout Bournemouth today. De Bruyne could be a fantastic differential this week.

    The background is also that I took a wine-infused regrettable -4 taking out Sterling and F Anderson and replacing with Lingard and Hazard, which I would quite like to undo.

    Thoughts? Madness? Someone talk me into or out of it!

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    1. Jealous Viper
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Save your free hit for a blank week. Your team currently isnt a bad one

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      1. Saint Luke
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        This

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  17. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    How’s this looking??

    Fabianski
    Delph Doherty AWB
    Sterling Son Richarlison Snodgrass Martial
    Kane Aubameyang

    Hamer Wilson Schindler Dunk

    0 FT, 0.4 ITB

    I know the defence needs some work but they have decent fixtures this week, so will focus on that moving forward.

    Thanks

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  18. Jealous Viper
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Sorry. Bottomed.
    Son or Pogba?

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

      Pogba. More nailed

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      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Pog, son goes to Asian cup soon

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

      Pogba if you want a sure starter
      Son if you want to have fun, his face when he runs with a ball! *_*

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  19. BeDreamin
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Play AWB or Luiz. Already playing Alonso

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  20. umerlfc
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Get Lingard or Richarlison on WC? (Already have Rashford)

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    1. Siggy Azalea
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      richarlison all day

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    2. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Richarlison

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  21. Scheister
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Think Salah will get a rest?

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

      No they need too keep their position in league he is v important

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    2. rokonto
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Nah

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

        I reckon he'll play 60-80... drpending on score at the time

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  22. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Bench
    A) Digne
    B) Doherty

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    1. Siggy Azalea
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      digne

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  23. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Fabs
    Laporte Robbo Alonso Doherty
    Sterling Son Martial
    Kane Auba Jimenez
    (Button - Camarasa - AWB - Obiang)
    0.2itb 1ft

    Was all set with Martial in yesterday. Now I have rotation fear and think I might need to buff up the squad.
    A. Save Ft
    B. Laporte to Digne (*or Kola/Shaw)
    C. Laporte and Obiang to Snoddy and Digne* (-4)
    D. Something else

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

      I did Laporte to Trippier

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  24. Siggy Azalea
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Morning! G2G? Thanks

    Patricio
    Digne - Yoshida - Doherty
    Lingard - Salah (c) - Pereya - Sane
    Jiminez - Firmino - Aubameyang

    Foster - Fraser - Diop - Duffy

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  25. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Which GK should start:

    A - Patricio (ful)
    B - Hart (EVE)

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    1. Siggy Azalea
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      A

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  26. n-doggg
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Fraser and Jimenez to

    Martial and success

    Yay or nay?

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  27. Scheister
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Bench sorted?

    Fab
    Robbo Alonso Trippier Doherty
    Salah Sane Richarlison Martial
    Kane Jimenez

    Button Ings AWB Camarasa

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  28. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Deulofeu or Snoddgrass? Either will be benched this week but I will start whoever I choose the next 2

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

      Deu

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  29. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hi.....who would you have as first sub?

    A....awb

    B....kamara

    Thanks

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

      A

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  30. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Fabs
    Alonso Robbo Bavies
    Hazard Sane Richarlison Fraser Snodgrass
    Kane Mitrovic
    (Button Jimmy AWB Bennett)
    2FT, 1.4ITB.

    G2G? Or get Martial in for Fraser/Snodgrass?

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

      *just Snodgrass

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