Captains

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

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. Optic1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Last minute -8 on these 4 transfers..

    Lacazette > Rashford
    Fraser > Pogba
    Laporte > Digne
    Alli > Hazard

    Obviously some of these were enablers. Could go one way or the other with that one.

    Fabianski
    Doherty Digne Kolasinac
    Sterling Sane Richarlison Hazard Pogba
    Kane(c) Rashford

    4.0 Wan-Biss Bennett Success 0.4

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Like that a lot

    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Easily do that.

    3. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rumors around rich being rested

      1. Optic1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Wan-Biss first on the bench should suffice. I expect one or two surprises.

    4. Optic1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers lads. Please join me on a quick prayer.

    5. Optic1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks for the prayers. This net out +32 points in the end. Perfect stuff.

  2. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Im captaining hazard over kane good luck to you all

    1. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Was sooo close to do the same, good luck !!

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Same same
      Good luck

    3. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Same here apart from no Kane 🙁

  3. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pens down and enjoy the mass of football lads. Gl and buzzing for ML rivals teams in 30 🙂

  4. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Omg that pigeon delivered messaged!

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

    Pens down

  6. Mysterion
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Panties down

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

    Going with the gut feeling for once.

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

      same ....

      wich was ?

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

        Auba. Bound to backfire, but had to give it the chance.

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

    Managed to hit confirm on Sane > Pogba

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Commiserations

    2. *Reformed-Character*
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Did someone have a gun pointe at your head wtffff

  9. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    ... and pens down

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      you missed the i

  10. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Good luck everyone 🙂

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Gl Ogie

  11. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Members area is an absolute disgrace.

    Few minutes before deadline and it refuses to load presumably because of a lack of server power.

    Absolutely fuming.

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      mods too busy posting their teams on twitter

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Or monitoring your comments...

        1. Mysterion
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Savage

          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            That was brutal, but wonderful.

        2. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Taxi.

        3. Rotation's Alter Ego
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          😉

        4. Fitzy.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          😆

      2. Geoff
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Not sure how that impacts server power 😉

      3. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        It's not the mods. The coding behind the members area is not responsive and dated. From inspecting the source code, its a bit like spaghetti junction ... lots of things added on over time. I imagine it would be a nightmare to revamp and speed up but a decent server package (possibly a cloud based solution) would help.

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Should have had it sorted before minutes to deadline

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Something occurred to me last minute and I needed to access the stats ... but of course I couldn't.

    3. william prunier
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Shame they brought the deadline forward hey

    4. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah, bit annoying

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        It's beyond shoddy. It would never happen on fantasy football fix.

        1. BbBb
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Bye then, real shame

        2. Fitzy.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          You should leave and never return, that'll learn 'em...

    5. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Seems to be working fine for me Virg.

      Maybe try clearing your cashes.

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah. It's working now. Failed to load before deadline. Unbelievably frustrating. 😡

    6. BbBb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Well how about not leaving it until the last minute like a experienced player!?

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        +1

      2. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I needed to check something just before deadline.

      3. Rash
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Well he is a virgin..

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

      get over yourself, Virg.

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

      This guy is incredible. I would have banned you by now.

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Why? For requesting a working members area?

        A decent server from UK Fast costs a pittance.

        1. DeadStarComing
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          You complain about this site constantly and a lot of it is unfair in my opinion. If you don't like it then don't use it.

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            There's nothing wrong in striving for continuous improvement and in pushing a site you love to do better.

            That said, being able to access members stats right when you need it most is the most basic of service offerings. It's like HMV running out of CDs on Christmas Eve.

    9. Chief Brody
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Site falls over and reloads for me constantly now. Last three months it has worsened hugely. Needs attention please.

        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Agreed. More than half of websites are indexed and ranked by their mobile site speed and usability by Google now, and unfortunately this website has fallen behind. Installing an AMP Wordpress plugin would revolutionise the user experience for us all.

        2. G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          We're aware, and getting it looked into 🙂

          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19561017

      • The Mighty Hippo
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Just ask us Virg. We'll keep you right.

        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Okay. I needed to know Fulhams xG conceded stats in the Newcastle game and Kamaras goal threat stats from the same game if you have them.

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Using that game to make a decision ??? You should be thanking FFS

          2. The Mighty Hippo
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            You don't really need the member's area for that. Basically any attacker up against Fulham has a good chance of grabbing a goal and you should only really consider Kamara as an enabler from your bench. Given that he's recently been getting more game time you can move him up your bench order a wee bit.

            Hope that helps 🙂

            1. FPL Virgin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Heh-heh, thank you! I have chambers and Kamara on my bench. I wanted to see what Fulham's xGC was like under their new system against Newcastle so I could sort my bench order and see what was more likely .... a chambers clean sheet or a Kamara attacking return.

      • DirtySanchez
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Leave now, and never come back.

      • Geoff
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Don't like to see the 'absolute disgrace' stuff - it's hard not to respond emotionally - but apologies for it being down, I agree that's not good enough!

        I've been speaking with Mark and the tech team and we'll be working to get it fixed before the next deadline. We know the problems and they're fixable but with Christmas and the holidays it might be harder for us to get it done by Saturday. If we haven't sufficiently fixed it I'll post a message letting everyone know ahead of the deadline but I'm really hoping we can get it done asap.

        1. G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks for that Geoff! 🙂
          https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/19561017

          Oh and before I forget, I do just want to say thank you to our Tech team who 365 days a year work in the background with little or no thanks 🙂

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            I would echo that - especially those who worked over the holidays.

            However, I work in the digital space and the opportunities for the website to improve are huge. AMP pages and running the website through this tool https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ and implementing the subsequent recommendations would make a massive difference to people's user experience on the site.

            I'm a big fan of this site and would be happy to help with these issues free of charge. I have emailed in in the past about this.

        2. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Thank you, Geoff. I genuinely do appreciate you looking into this.

          That's a fair point about the heated language ... the deadline was creeping closer minute by minute second by second and I was panicking about my captaincy and bench order and I got really frustrated about not being able to access the stats I needed.

          I think it's fair to say that FFS do 9 out of 10 things extremely well and I always take the time to be complimentary about what you get spot on and do much better than anyone else. It doesn't kick up as much fuss when I gush about the site and say nice things but nonetheless I do do it.

          1. Geoff
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Yeah, and from the anger and frustration I recognize that it's showing that you (and others) care and want the site to be as good as it can be, and I appreciate that.

            We'll do everything we can to get it right 🙂

            1. FPL Virgin
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Great stuff. Thanks again, Geoff. Good luck with the gameweek. 🙂

              1. Geoff
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                You too! Come on Kane captain..

    10. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Pens down

    11. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Jimenez and Doherty start

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Check and 9 to go

      2. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Doherty, come on you beauty!

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

      I had no idea Martial was injured and out of squad. Brought him in for Sane last night.
      Day ruined.

      1. Konig Luther
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        ?? what are you talking.?

      2. FER FUSCH AKE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        you just realized that now??

        How convenient.

      3. Pariße
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Don't think that's true, he just wasn't spotted at the hotel, he usually arrives later because he lives neraby.

        1. LǝgleSs e|even
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I think this time it may be true

      4. Big Hands Barry
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Is he?

      5. Amey
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        No one had any ideas.
        Relax

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

          Thought that guy on reddit was pretty sure. Sorry just out of bed and not too healthy and got a fright.

    13. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Lineup - Wolves starting line-up: Rui Patrício, Matt Doherty, Jonny, Willy Boly, Conor Coady, Ryan Bennett, João Moutinho, Romain Saïss, Raúl Jiménez, Adama Traoré, Morgan Gibbs-White.
      Substitutes: Ivan Cavaleiro, Max Kilman, Léo Bonatini, Rúben Vinagre, John Ruddy, Hélder Costa, Rúben Neves

      Lineup - Fulham starting line-up: Sergio Rico, Cyrus Christie, Joe Bryan, Tim Ream, Alfie Mawson, Denis Odoi, Calum Chambers, Jean Michael Seri, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Aboubakar Kamara, André Schürrle.
      Substitutes: Marcus Bettinelli, Maxime Le Marchand, Tom Cairney, Kevin McDonald, Luciano Vietto, Ryan Sessegnon, Floyd Ayité

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

      GL everyone.

    15. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Decided to stay put and leave Sane in my team with Sterling. Also moved armband from Martial to Kane 2 mins ago. Posting this so I can quote it later when Son and Martial get a brace.

    16. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Pens down

    17. Mika-eel
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Good luck everyone and happy holidays. 🙂

    18. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      PENS DOWN! Especially you at the back.

      1. LǝgleSs e|even
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Doherty?

      2. Bees4Lyf
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Dammit

    19. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Neves and Costa benched today

      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        It has begun.

    20. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kamara and Gibbs white start further forward 🙂

    21. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kane(c), brought in Lingard for Gundogan. Off out now to watch Southern League AFC Totton v Blackfield & Langley 🙂

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Sounds good. Players playing for the love of football and not the money.

    22. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      2 out 11 players locked, 9 more to go...

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        2 out of, grrr

    23. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Pens down peeps!
      Reliefed I was on here and went with Pog instead of Martial. Thx lads..

    24. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Petition to ban all the unoriginal people who write "pens down".

      1. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Petition to ban all people who criticise pen down posts, it's a tradition. 😀

      2. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I second this motion.

      3. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Signed

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

        It's just a bit of a tradition... jeez

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Im deadly serious.

          1. The Polymath
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            What about original people?

      5. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Grumpy 🙂

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

        can't sign any petition someone told me to put my pen down

    25. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      If anyone else tells me what to do with my pen....

    26. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Saiss has been performing well to be fair, deserved another start.

    27. SirStevieG
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Why so many trading Sane?

    28. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Kamara starts.

      Who needs a bench.