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

    What are the non Salah or Kane owners doing (apart from hiding behind sofa)?

    Hazard, Auba, Sterling, Sane, Lingard, Rashford...

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    1. Big Hands Barry
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Can't have them all

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

        if only!!! Still hiding though

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    2. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      don't own Salah and not bothered.

      Kane (c) 😎

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    3. TAT
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Taking my mind off the matches and enjoying Christmas.

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

      Hazard, no pogba, no hazard, no lingard, no hazard...

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  2. Ycfc
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Captain Salah or Kane? Can’t stop changing!

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    1. Viper
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I'd go Salah if I had him

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      1. Olivier Bernards watch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        this

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    2. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane

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  3. Viper
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fabianski

    Alonso Robertson Doherty WB (Balbuena)

    Sané Sterling Richarlison (Camarasa Fraser)

    Jimenez Kane Aubameyang

    Balbuena - > Bednarek and save 2nd FT or is there anything more interesting? I have no United

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    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I personally wouldn’t want a City double up with no Haz/Salah

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    2. Ravager
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B to B and bank the other

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    3. Kabayan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wow we have exact starting 11 if i didn't use my FT (Sane to Son)

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  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone know llorente's record v Bournemouth?

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    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      hmm

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    2. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Anyone care? 😉

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    3. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      5 hatties in a row on FIFA 19

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

      Stop it

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

    Bench Mitro or Jimenez?

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    1. kanat_karktl
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mitro

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  6. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bottomed

    What transfer to make? i've got £2.4m ITB

    Fabianski
    Luiz Laporte Kolasinac AWB
    Hazard Sterling Sane Anderson
    Ings Kane (c)

    Woodman Kamara Camarasa Diop

    A) Sane > Son
    B) Hazard/Sterling > Salah
    C) Anderson > Son
    D) Diop > Robertson

    Anything else?

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    1. Dog and Fox
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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  7. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Get Snoddgrass or Deulofeu? Benched this week

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

      If you're benching just save the transfer and get another games worth of info.

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      1. Hansel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I'm on WC, sorry. To cover Ings' tough fixtures

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  8. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Is there any possibility for Hennessey to play?

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    1. Boomerang V
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I might just do Hen to Fab for -4

      My other keeper is Ryan

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    2. william prunier
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Unlikely as they've been off work

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    3. George James
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I’m starting him just in case

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  9. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bench any of these instead of Anderson?

    Shaq/Sane/Haz/Rich
    Kane/Rash/Jimenez

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    1. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I can't.

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      1. Johan Queef
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Maybe Jimenez as that is what I am doing but it doesn't feel good.

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        1. Tsparkes10
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yh same. Anderson it is

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          1. Johan Queef
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Best of luck...my rationale is silly but I'm playing Anderson as he plays tomorrow!

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  10. Les Bleus
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Repost
    On WC which is better
    A) Jimi, Luiz and Camarasa 443
    B) Martial, Shaw and Kamara 352

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

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      1. Les Bleus
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers

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    2. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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      1. Les Bleus
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers

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  11. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ahead on bench between Kamara and Gunn?

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  12. Olivier Bernards watch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    this game is gonna kill me. In the last few weeks, I (i) got rid of salah for sterling before the bournemouth game after keeping him from GW1, (ii) sold Son for Fanderon before last week's everton game, (iii) bought Martial for Fraser yesterday afternoon.

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Relax

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    2. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      who are you captaining?

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  13. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Morning,so who's making a Boxing Day transfer and isn't sure?

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  14. Ings on the up
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Would you play Doherty over any of these?

    AWB, Alonson, Digne
    Sané, Sterling, Hazard, Martial
    Kane (c), Jiménez, Ings

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    1. Johan Queef
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I'm playing him over Digne.

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      1. Ings on the up
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I am tempted to do the same.

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

      Over Digne

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    3. Saka Punch
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Over AWB for me

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      1. Ings on the up
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Surely you have to play anyone home to Cardiff. Potential at both ends.

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  15. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Gonna Cappo Salah over Kane I think

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    1. drughi
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Metoo#

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  16. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    1st sub?

    A) Digne
    B) Wan-Bissaka

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    1. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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    2. Ravager
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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    3. Ings on the up
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

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

      AWB

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    5. Saka Punch
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      As in you're starting one? Or both on the bench?

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  17. Oh Maddison
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who to bench....
    A. Digne
    B. Luiz
    C. Robbo
    D. AWB
    E. Doherty

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    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      The cheapest, least attacking

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  18. John Colby (Capt)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who is the Munday-Meister picking as captain this Gameweek?

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    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Got it wrong last week for the first time this season

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  19. shearer9
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Alonso dropped?

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    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Some on twitter suggesting so https://twitter.com/cfc_wale/status/1077240160516009985?s=19

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      1. shearer9
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Only that one geezer though

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  20. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    If you got Martial .... should you take a hit to bring pogba.

    So that you get Pogba , Martial and Rashford

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    1. Ravager
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

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    2. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      lord have mercy

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    3. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I wouldn't over load just yet on MU

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  21. How I met your Mata
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Quick help
    Chicharito to rashford for a hit??

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    1. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Not for a hit

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

      I would

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    3. George James
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah

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  22. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    2 FTs burning a whole in my pocket

    I'd like to get Son in but who to move on from this lot?

    A Sane
    B Sterling
    C Richarlison
    D Anderson
    E Martial

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  23. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Pages are flying.. can't keep pace..

    Will Salah get a full 90min? I doubt so.

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    1. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I think he will start, Kane could also get a rest or limited minutes.

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    2. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      82

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  24. FPL_DON
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    a)Patricio or b) Fabs?

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  25. Garfield1001
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bench one:

    AWB (CAR)
    Kola (bri)
    Digne (bur)
    Doherty (ful)
    Anderson (sot)

    Currently benching AWB as other defenders appear to have more attacking threat, although AWB maybe has the nicest defensive fixture...Opinions appreciated!!

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    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Awb

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  26. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Falling behind in my ML...risk Son (c) or stick with Kane?

    Cheers

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    1. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane ... once you have Son you should make up ground

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  27. ILOVEBAPS
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Worth a hit for this?

    Wilson > Rashford

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    1. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      any value for Wilson ?
      You will want him back

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      1. ILOVEBAPS
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yes. Bought at 6

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        1. Azerbaijan Shopping Centre
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Does it have to be Wilson ...

          if you can get him back in easily then fair enough to punt.

          I'm going to stick as I have Martial ... but if you want some MU coverage he's the one alright

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  28. Bubbles1985
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who to start?

    Snoddy
    Jiminez
    Digne

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    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Jim

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  29. ChippyT
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Trying not to do something crazy before the deadline, playing my wc next week and have 2ft's to use this gw if i need.

    Ederson (Foster)

    Robbo|Alonso|Doherty| Wan-B (Daniels)
    Son|Hazard|(C)|Sane|Felipe (Fraser)
    Aub|Jiminez (Wilson)

    Do i take a one week punt and do Aub ---> Rashford Sane---> Rashford for example?
    or Aub --> Kane Felipe -->Snodgrass ?

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    1. ChippyT
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sane --> Salah ***

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    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I'd get rid of Aub this week if you have a WC available,

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  30. alexh87
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bench 2)

    A) Lindelof
    B) Doherty
    C) Ings
    D) Laporte

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