Captains

Captain Sensible – Kane battles in-form midfield assets for the armband

Another Gameweek deadline is upon us already, meaning another tricky decision over which Fantasy asset to captain.

The usual premium options are dominating the thinking in the Fantasy community, though there is a cluster of in-form, mid-price midfield options that are also entering the equation in Gameweek 20.

We’ve gone over those performing well in our still-live captain poll before carrying out a comparison between the individuals themselves, their teams and their opponents in order to pinpoint the best candidate.

Captain Poll

Just as he did in Gameweek 19, Harry Kane (£12.6m) leads the way from Mohamed Salah (£13.2m) at the top of our captain poll.

The Spurs striker enjoys a home fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday and is out in front with a 36.1% share of the vote, with the Egyptian sitting in second place on 13.3% (all figures given are correct at the time of writing).

Like his aforementioned team-mate, Son Heung-min (£8.8m) has both form and fixtures on his side going into Gameweek 20 and takes “bronze” with an 8.2% share.

The Korean midfielder is neck and neck with Eden Hazard (£11.1m), however, having accrued only a handful of votes more than the Chelsea winger-turned-false nine.

Paul Pogba’s (£8.1m) resurgence as a Fantasy option continues after two double-digit hauls and he lies fifth in our poll having gained 7.2% of all votes cast. It would have been difficult to imagine Pogba as a viable mid-price midfielder let alone captaincy candidate a fortnight ago, such has been his transformation under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Everton pair Richarlison (£7.0m) and Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.3m) follow next with 3.2% and 2.7% of the vote respectively, while Sergio Aguero (£11.2m) is the most popular Manchester City option among our voters having garnered 2.1%.

Fresh off the back of double-digit hauls in Gameweek 19, Felipe Anderson (£7.3m) and Lucas Digne (£5.1m) complete our top ten.

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2,628 Comments Post a Comment
  1. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kane or Haz for captain?

    1. King Henrik
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane. I have both and will go with the spurs man.

    2. Naboo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Has if you read the article it’s clear

      1. Goonsquad245
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        He's not a member.

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

          Ah forgot these were just for us. Gave the game away a bit there!

    3. King Kun Ta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Haz for me

  2. King Henrik
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone keeping a hold of Martial ?

    1. AzzaroMax99
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I am. Both him and Rash. Will see after this gw what to do.

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

      Of course - he trained and hopefully plays

    3. Stockport Hatter
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

  3. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Gtg guys?

    Ederson
    Alonso robbo Digne balbuena
    Sane martial siggy f.anderson
    Kane(c) auba

    Hamer success awb guendouzi

    1FT 1.4itb

    1. King Henrik
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wb to Shaw upgrade balbuena to a 5.8

      1. King Henrik
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Or*

      2. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Better than saving ft to get haz/ salah in next week?

        1. King Henrik
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Defo save if you can.

          1. Rhodes your boat
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Cheers mate

            1. King Henrik
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Yw good luck.

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

      It's Balbuena that is tricky but I'd save.

      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah not helpful with the lack of news

  4. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    How likely is it that Fraser plays as a fullback/wingback?

    1. enrico.palazzo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Didn’t know he ever did this?

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

        Yeah he has a few times

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

    Any reasons not to buy Lingard?

    1. King Henrik
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Rotation

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Sanchez, Lukaku Martial all back

    3. Kragbaek
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Martial

    4. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Buy. He will start imo, he offers something different to martial and Sanchez, that creative spark

  6. Reddonkeyham 42
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I'm sure there used to be a way to see if people have made transfers? Is this still the case?

    1. CostaCoffee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Scroll down and in gameweek transfers it tells you how many they made

      1. Reddonkeyham 42
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thank you!!!!

  7. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Snodgrass to Pereyra worth a -4?

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

      Not before Snodgrass plays burnley

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

        Even less so for a hit

    2. Stockport Hatter
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

  8. fadinator
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Rashford to Vardy ? worth a shot

  9. zizoo10
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    best 4.3 defender apart for AWB??

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

      Bennett?

      1. zizoo10
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        is he nailed?

        1. Yellin' in my Ear
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Pretty much I think. Depends when you need him to play though.

        2. King Kun Ta
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yep

    2. Frogman
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Chambers- see scout picks

  10. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Is Alexis Sanchez a possible punt in a few weeks? Keeping a watchful eye on him..

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

      After he Start's hitting some goals to justify outlay for him

    2. Frogman
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Unlikely

    3. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Bit too expensive at 10m

  11. King Kun Ta
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Captain:

    A Kane
    B Haz
    C Pogba
    D Lingard
    E Sane

    Replies would be very welcome....thanks and GL this GW!

    1. One Chop Allen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane

    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

  12. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I still have no MUN players. Is this a problem?

    I think we might be getting carried away by their post-Jose results. They've played Cardiff and Huddersfield, arguably the two worst teams. But maybe this is the real deal.

    Pogba, Rashford?

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

      Pogba for me. There ongoing fixtures areuch the same.

    2. CostaCoffee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      They’re cheap enough that it’s worth a punt

    3. One Chop Allen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Pogba

    4. Goonsquad245
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      And they now play Bournemouth with BUR and BHA on the horizon too. I have two and would be terrified this week with none.

  13. King Henrik
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anything you guys would change here ? 1ft nothing itb.

    Patricio
    Robertson Shaw Luiz Holebas
    Martial Hazard Salah
    Kane Mitrovic Rashford

    Hennessey WB Musuaku Paterson.

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I’d hold good team

      1. King Henrik
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers mate.

  14. No Pirlo No Party
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Final piece of the jigsaw...

    Fabianski - Speroni
    Robertson - Doherty - AWB - Bednarek - XXX
    Salah - Hazard - Pogba - Anderson - Richarlison
    Kane - Ings - Kamara

    4,8 to spend.

    A) Holebas
    B) Bennet/Jonny
    C) Other?

    1. King Henrik
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

      1. No Pirlo No Party
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks mate. Currently on A. Shame I can't stretch to TAA.

  15. Tommyg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Jimenez or kamara to start lads?

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

      Kamara

  16. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Do you guys think Sterling will start ? Thanks

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

      50/50

    2. King Kun Ta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      What about Sane? With his big role in the homegame with SOU he could be a captaindifferential....

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

        No

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

      Nope

  17. dashdriver
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fabianski
    Lovren / Kolasinac / Balbuena
    Hazard (vc) / Pogba / Richarlison / Felipe Anderson
    Kane (C) / Aubameyang / Rashford

    Hamer / Billing / Wan-Bissaka / Peltier

    0 FT / £3.7 ITB / 69K OR

    GTG or worth any hits to sorten out my defence?

  18. tbhogal
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    G2G this week guys? 1Ft 1.2 itb

    Patricio (Hamer)
    Digne, Lovren, Alonso (AWB, Bennett)
    Sane, Anderson, Rich, Salah (Hojberg)
    Rashford, Kane, Jimenez.

  19. zizoo10
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    is dropping robbo for taa on wildcard ludacris? that extra cash would sure come in handy

    1. No Pirlo No Party
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      It's certainly tempting. Keeping myself.

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

      Still got more points than the mid priced mids

    3. clodhopper
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Good move 2hard fixtures

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

      It's a trap.
      Get them both IMO

      1. Goonsquad245
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        This

    5. Yellin' in my Ear
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Get both

  20. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    2FT, 0.6 ITB. No idea what to do....

    Fab/Rui
    Alonso, Laporte, Robbo, Keane, WBis
    Sterling, Sane, FAnderson, Richarlison, Billing
    Kane, Jiminez, Rashford

    Tempted to downgrade Rui to Speroni to save cash. I want Haz and Salah but can’t ditch City options before Southampton. Keane downgrade also an option, but good fixtures.

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

      You could ditch one City for Haz?

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        They’re about to play Southampton though.... if i knew one would be rested then yeah

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

          Yes, but that lack of quality in performances is the worry

          Lack of performance relative to the others is an even bigger worry!

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

      Laporte and sterling for digne and Son (who becomes Salah next week or week after that)

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Last week doing Sterling > Haz did wonders.

      Think it may be worth it this week too.

      1. One Chop Allen
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        When is Fernandinho back? If he is, expect city backlash

  21. jaywills
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Kolasanic to
    A) Alonso
    B) Pereria
    C) Chillwell
    D) Trippier

    1. One Chop Allen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Trippier

  22. Ruinenlust
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    ?Play Wan-Bissaka (CHE) or Kamara (HUD)?

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

      The one against the team bottom of the league

    2. Gruu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kamara

  23. Borran
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    A) Trippier
    or
    B) David Luiz

  24. zizoo10
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    RMWCT - first draft

    Fabianski
    Robbo • Luiz • Digne
    Salah • Haz • Pogba • Rich • Deulofeu(nailed?)
    Kane • Ings

    Button • AWB • Bennett • Kamara

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

    Play:

    A) Foster (Newcastle H)
    B) Fabianski (Burnley A)

    Have Holebas

  26. fenixri
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    2Ft and very happy with my team. Should I do Steele->Speroni and cash that 0.1 or just burn transfer?

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

      Who's first keeper?

    2. Yellin' in my Ear
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Always useful to have a back up keeper, is Steele backup or button?

  27. Infamy, Infamy
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Martial, Anderson, Siggy as best 7.3 midfielder?

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

      Siggy at this moment in time for me.

      1. One Chop Allen
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Siggy

  28. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    who scores more:

    1) Salah + TAA + Jimenez
    2) Auba + Robbo + Rich

  29. Gargamel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Perhaps there should be a stat for expected goals not including penalties. Any penalty taker will have a good expected goals tally for that game, but it doesn't really tell us if the player is actually in good form or not.

  30. John Nerdelbaum
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Final decision on WC

    a) Mitrovic + TAA
    b) Ings + Robertson

    1. jaywills
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A