Scout Notes

Mitrovic’s owners miss out on double-digit haul after penalty fiasco

Four Premier League fixtures and only five goals to report on from the remainder of Saturday’s 3pm kick-offs.

We round up the Fantasy talking points, key manager quotes and headline injury news from an unremarkable quartet of Gameweek 20 matches.

Read our recap of Spurs 1-3 Wolves here.

Fulham 1-0 Huddersfield Town

  • Goal: Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.7m)
  • Assist: Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m)

Aleksandar Mitrovic‘s (£6.7m) excellent underlying attacking statistics finally translated into Fantasy returns but it could have been so much better for the Serbian forward’s owners at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon.

Mitrovic left it late to avoid a ninth blank in 11 starts but the mid-price forward converted a Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m) through-ball in the 90th minute following a Fulham swift breakaway to register his eighth goal of the season – his first since Gameweek 13.

As usual, the former Newcastle striker dominated the penalty box touch and shot counts, with all five of his efforts (four of which were headers) coming from inside the Huddersfield area. At the time of writing, no FPL forward can match either statistic over the last six Gameweeks.

Mitrovic ought to have bagged a second goal, though, or at least had the opportunity to do so.

A handball from Chris Lowe (£4.4m) in the Huddersfield box had presented the Cottagers with a glorious chance of opening the scoring on 80 minutes, but an insistent Aboubakar Kamara (£4.4m) – who had forced the error from the German defender – refused to allow the club’s designated penalty taker, Mitrovic, to wrestle the ball from him.

Kamara’s miss from the spot only incensed Fulham fans and Mitrovic owners further, with Claudio Ranieri incandescent in his post-match press conference:

When the man thinks only of himself it’s not right. He didn’t respect me, the club, his teammates, the crowd, he take the penalty, the ball, ‘I want to shoot’. Don’t listen to reason, he wants to shoot.

It’s Mitrovic [who is the first-choice penalty taker] but he [Kamara] scored the last penalty and he thought, ‘ah I am the man’.

He doesn’t understand the reason [why people are angry]. For him, everything is fine in the match. It’s unbelievable. It’s the first time in my life.

Asked if Kamara. a popular budget forward option among Fantasy managers, could be dropped from the first-team squad as punishment, Ranieri said:

Could be, I think first of all of the club and the squad. If I think it is good for the squad he can play, if I think it’s not good for the squad I take out. Now I have to see the Arsenal match and then decide.

This was a second clean sheet in three matches for Fulham, but there will seldom be easier shut-outs than yesterday, with Huddersfield again proving they are sorely lacking a cutting edge in attack. For all their dominance in possession, the Terriers never really tested Sergio Rico (£4.4m) in the Fulham goal with any one of their five shots on target.

Fulham lined up in a 3-4-3 again but there were system changes throughout the match as Ranieri attempted to shake his troops from a fairly uninspiring display.

The Italian manager discussed his half-time substitutions, one of which was enforced as Alfie Mawson (£4.8m) picked up a knee injury, and the moving of Tom Cairney (£4.7m) from a wide role to central midfield:

I wanted to make two changes but at the end Mawson was injured. I had to wait to put Sessegnon and I put him on the last ten minutes because I can take risk.

I believe until the end because the first half was very difficult for us because we knew they pressed a lot in front because they are the third team in the league who press so high. We lost a lot of balls.

Joe Bryan (£4.8m) impressed in the left wing-back role, firing over four crosses and creating a “big chance” for Mitrovic.

Calum Chambers (£4.2m), who continued “out of position” in central midfield, will be unavailable for the match against parent club Arsenal on New Year’s Day, meanwhile.

Fulham XI (3-4-2-1): Rico; Odoi, Mawson (Le Marchand 45′), Ream; Bryan, Seri (Kamara 45′), Chambers, Christie; Cairney, Vietto (Sessegnon 77′); Mitrovic.

Huddersfield Town XI (3-5-1-1 ): Lossl; Jorgensen, Schindler, Kongolo; Durm, Billing, Hadergjonaj, Hogg, Lowe; Pritchard (Kachunga 65′); Mounie (Depoitre 65′).

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Everton

  • Goal: Jurgen Locadia (£5.3m)
  • Assist: None

Such is FPL and football in general, an Everton team who scored five goals in their last Premier League away fixture three days earlier couldn’t find their way past a Brighton side who hadn’t kept a clean sheet in nine matches.

The Seagulls rode their luck at times with the visitors twice striking the woodwork, while there was an element of fortune about Jurgen Locadia‘s (£5.3m) winner too: the Dutchman turning in a loose ball that had bobbled into his path via an unwitting touch by Andre Gomes (£5.4m).

FPL managers now know which £4.0m-rated goalkeeper Chris Hughton prefers in the absence of Mathew Ryan (£4.5m), as David Button (£4.0m) got the nod over Jason Steele (£4.0m) between the sticks.

After a slightly shaky start, Button went on to have a fine match in goal and returned nine points to reward those gambling on his budget appeal from the off.

Richarlison (£7.0m) was desperately unlucky not to score with one effort that Button brilliantly tipped onto the post, while Button had also reacted well to keep out the Brazilian’s strike from a narrow angle in the first half.

Chris Hughton praised his stand-in custodian after full-time:

For all David Button’s experience it is not easy for a keeper to just step in. Mat Ryan has been good for us. Button was excellent today. You train as hard as he does, when you step into a match you’re going to play well.

Lewis Dunk (£4.5m) and Shane Duffy (£4.6m) were, perhaps significantly, partnered together for the first time since Gameweek 15 and Hughton highlighted how crucial their partnership is at centre-back to Brighton’s clean sheet prospects:

It’s important because they know each other very well, and that’s not taking anything away from Leon Balogun, who’s played well in the last few games for us.

But they’re a partnership that know each other very well, and they had to deal with a fair bit of pressure towards the end of the game.

The Brighton boss also heralded Locadia’s versatility:

Jurgen’s flexibility is important for us, one thing he has is a lot of scope in the way he plays.

We’ve used 4-3-3 more often of late than in the past and Jurgen is one who’s used to the system from his previous club. He can play on either flank or down the middle, we’ve always felt he was an important member of the squad.

Sometimes circumstances around the squad, such as the form of other players, can make it more difficult for him, but to us he’s always been important to the team.

Locadia has two goals in as many matches but with Brighton sitting bottom of our Season Ticker for the next three Gameweeks and the budget FPL forward effectively playing out of position wide on the left, there likely will be little interest in him for now.

Florin Andone (£5.0m), who forced a fine reflex save out of Jordan Pickford (£5.0m), continues to share pitch-time with Glenn Murray (£6.4m) and is a long way from our budget forward radar.

Lucas Digne (£5.2m) was the most-bought FPL defender of Gameweek 20 but couldn’t follow up his 17-point haul from Boxing Day, though created two chances and had as many shots on goal to keep his impressive underlying stats ticking over.

Everton sit top of our Season Ticker for the next six Gameweeks and Digne’s appeal is only set to increase as a result, though this was another match without a clean sheet (their seventh in a row) for the Toffees.

Marco Silva stuck with a 3-4-3 for this match and there must be worries about Gylfi Sigurdsson‘s (£7.3m) rotation risk if he is to persist with a wing-back system.

The Iceland international was the fall guy here and it could be that Silva continues to perm two from three of Sigurdsson, Andre Gomes (£5.4m) and Idrissa Gueye (£4.8m) in central midfield.

This defeat may force a rethink from Silva, though, and even if not, Sigurdsson could potentially be deployed in one of the front three positions anyway – Theo Walcott (£6.1m) certainly looks vulnerable based on current form.

Sigurdsson came on a substitute and almost grabbed an assist when his free-kick was headed onto the bar by Kurt Zouma (£5.0m).

With the turnaround time between Everton’s games being particularly unkind this Christmas, Silva warned of not having sufficient time to prepare for the visit of Leicester:

It is important to be strong again and ready for the next match in three days.

We don’t have time to prepare in the normal way but that is the schedule and we have to put in our players’ minds how important the next game is.

Brighton XI (4-3-3): Button; Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo; Stephens, Propper, Gross; Locadia, Andone (Murray 74′), March.

Everton XI (3-4-3): Pickford; Keane, Zouma, Mina (Sigurdsson 65′); Coleman, Gomes (Calvert-Lewin 72′), Gueye, Digne; Bernard (Niasse 80′), Walcott, Richarlison.

Leicester City 0-1 Cardiff City

  • Goal: Victor Camarasa (£4.6m)
  • Assist: Bobby Reid (£5.2m)

After successive wins over Chelsea and Manchester City, it was almost inevitable that Leicester would slip up against a team without a victory on the road in 2018/19 and who had scored fewer goals away from home than any other top-flight side going into Gameweek 20.

Claude Puel had said fatigue was a factor going into this fixture and he won’t be the last manager to use tiredness as an excuse for a defeat over the festive period.

Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) was substituted midway through the second half of this defeat and was one of the players namechecked in Puel’s post-match press conference.

The Leicester boss said:

They were tired, Marc (Albrighton) and Jamie also, in their control, with their touches.

It’s normal, we tried to find solution and to push with fresh players giving their best. It’s a normal thing to try to find the good clinical edge.

I manage my team about what I see. Jamie was in difficulty, he was tired. It’s normal. He has played almost all the last games, with full minutes.

For Jamie or for other players, they have tiredness in this busy period.

It was an underwhelming afternoon for Vardy’s owners (of which there were over 100,000 more of going into this Gameweek), with the Leicester striker being denied by Neil Etheridge (£4.5m) with his only real clear sight of goal.

The frustration was compounded when Leicester were awarded a spot-kick just seven minutes after his departure, with James Maddison (£6.8m) drawing a save from Etheridge – his third stop from 12 yards this season – and being denied a tap-in on the rebound by a last-ditch Sol Bamba (£4.5m) tackle.

It was one of those days for Maddison and his owners too, with the summer signing from Norwich missing from the spot, being denied an assist when creating that aforementioned “big chance” for Vardy and seeing a first-half free-kick parried away by Etheridge.

While Vardy had three goals and an assist in five starts before this game, the Leicester striker has a fractious relationship with his manager and the Foxes’ patient, possession-based approach under Puel doesn’t seem to get the best out of his abilities.

Vardy had indeed previously mentioned that Puel’s style of play doesn’t suit him and it was no surprise that he was more of a threat against Manchester City and Chelsea, given that the Foxes adopted a more direct, counter-attacking approach against the “big six” sides.

This was a second successive clean sheet for Cardiff and in truth, Etheridge’s seven saves were fairly comfortable in nature.

Bamba and Greg Cunningham (£4.2m) were particularly impressive at the back and owners of Spurs assets might be slightly concerned going into the New Year’s Day meeting with the Bluebirds given their mini-resurgence at the back.

Warnock was asked what his side’s defensive improvement had been down to and said:

I think we’re better organised really.

West Ham would have been a different story if the penalty had gone in. I think we were a bit too negative against Watford.

And then when we changed the system at Palace it worked well and today it was great to get a clean sheet against a team like Leicester that have done so late.

As a manager you live and die by your decisions, and we needed fresh legs because they gave me everything at Palace.

It was just who to leave out and who to bring in. All credit to the lads, I thought today we deserved to win. I thought it was our best performance because we were playing a team who were flying, with the last two results they had.

To compete with them and limit them, and if we’d been more precise in the final third we could have scored two or three.

For the owners of Harry Kane (£12.6m), Son Heung-min (£8.8m) et al, though, it should be said that Cardiff have conceded more attempts on goal and shots in the box than any Premier League team over the last two Gameweeks, despite their successive shut-outs.

How much energy two rearguard efforts in four days has sapped also remains to be seen.

Victor Camarasa (£4.6m) demonstrated the problem with his bench fodder status with his third attacking return in four Gameweeks; just under 66% of his owners benched the Cardiff midfielder this weekend.

Camarasa’s superb strike from distance won the game for Cardiff late in the match and the classy Spaniard had three attempts on goal in all, lining up again as a “number ten” behind the fit-again Callum Paterson (£5.1m).

Camarasa has corner-taking duties at Cardiff and is on penalties, too, with Warnock saying that he is encouraging the on-loan playmaker to chance his arm more:

Víctor needed to come to a club like ours. He needed to be loved and welcomed, and he’s such a super boy.

He does that regularly, but his free-kick was poor today and he shot into the stands just before. I keep telling him: ‘Keep shooting – I’ll never shout at you.’

Leicester City XI (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel; Ricardo, Soyuncu, Maguire, Chilwell; Mendy, Ndidi; Albrighton (Ghezzal 58′), Maddison, Gray (Okazaki 79); Vardy (Iheanacho 68′).

Cardiff City XI (4-4-1-1): Etheridge; Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham; Gunnarsson; Hoilett (Reid 83′),  Arter (Peltier 90′), Murphy (Harris 78′); Camarasa; Paterson.

Watford 1-1 Newcastle United

  • Goals: Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.9m) | Salomon Rondon (£5.8m)
  • Assists: Gerard Deulofeu (£5.5m) | Matt Ritchie (£5.8m)

Javi Gracia defended his decision to make six changes for the visit of Newcastle on Saturday, with the Hornets having to rely on a late header from substitute Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.9m) to spare their blushes.

The Watford boss said:

I have to choose different players in this moment because we are playing every three or four days. I have to give the chances for all of my players. I have said many times that all my players deserve the chance to play as they work very well.

We are a good squad – not only a good team. If I don’t do it in this moment, when can I do it? It was the moment to change the players as some of them needed a rest. I have to prepare for all the games. Now you see the result you can say that [I should not have made the changes], but I don’t agree.

Doucoure, Jose Holebas (£4.8m) and Troy Deeney (£5.8m) – three of the six most-owned Watford assets in FPL – were among the players to drop out of the Watford starting XI, with Isaac Success (£4.6m) recalled alongside Gerard Deulofeu (£5.5m) in attack.

Success and Deulofeu registered seven attempts on goal between them but it was the introduction of Deeney and Doucoure early in the second half that provided the physical presence and drive so badly lacking before then: a one-on-one chance for Deulofeu that Martin Dubravka (£5.0m) got a leg to was the only clear opportunity that the Hornets had.

Deulofeu switched to the wing upon Deeney taking to the field and it was his cross that was met by Doucoure’s head on 81 minutes to level the scores up.

It was another classic Newcastle away-day performance after their hammering at Anfield, with the Magpies content to soak up a lot of pressure in their 3-4-2-1/5-2-2-1 and hit their hosts on the break.

Salomon Rondon (£5.8m) was restored to the Newcastle starting XI after his rest on Merseyside and was a real handful for the Watford backline, nodding in a Matt Ritchie (£5.8m) cross to give United the lead and having two efforts chalked off for offside.

Benitez said of his Venezuelan striker:

He’s doing well so we have to think he will be OK.

For us, every player is important because you have to make substitutions in different games. You need fresh legs and you need the quality of everyone.

I think if we make passes and crosses we will score some goals so hopefully we can do the same for him and for the other strikers.

Kenedy (£4.8m) was omitted from the match-day squad after some poor displays, with his manager confirming there wasn’t an injury:

It’s a technical decision. I think the other players were training well and I wanted to give them a chance.

Federico Fernandez (£4.4m) picked up a hip injury and had to be substituted at half-time, meanwhile.

Watford XI(4-4-2): Foster; Janmaat, Mariappa, Cathcart , Masina (Holebas 78); Hughes (Deeney 54′), Quina (Doucoure 54′), Capoue, Pereyra; Success, Deulofeu.

Newcastle United XI (3-4-2-1): Dubravka; Lascelles, Fernandez (Schar 46′), Dummett; Yedlin, Diame, Hayden (Shelvey 82′); Ritchie; Perez, Atsu; Rondon.

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4,195 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bad Kompany
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Any news of rashford?

    1. Bad Kompany
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Would you lose him or Wilson?

      1. Balls of Steel
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I've got same dilemma, this supposed groin injury has really thrown a spanner in the works!

  2. HD7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I wonder... are some managers here putting players on the side that they play in real clubs?

    For examp putting Salah on the right of Midfield, Haz on left side
    etc.
    Something like a superstition to get
    more pts 🙂 😀

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I do that with defenders, the rest is colour coordinated usually 😀

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I would love to but I can't move kane into midfield

      1. HD7
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        hahaha

      2. HD7
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Or Doherty as a striker on right 😀

      3. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Is that you Poch?

    3. Bad Kompany
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I sometimes do when I’m bored. Also sometimes organize it by color

      1. Geezer
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks for the idea. Just organized it by colour. Looks much better

    4. Coaly
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I go by price, left to right

  3. Scout15
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling -> Hazard for free?
    What are your thoughts?

    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I say yes

      1. Scout15
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Did that last week

        1. Scout15
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I wanted to give him chance against Saints but also considered it last week.
          I’m gonna pull the trigger now.
          Cheers

    3. Liastro ⭐️
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Would you wildcard this team? 1FT, 0.0m in the bank....

      Foster Speroni
      Robertson Digne AWB Bennett Bednerek
      Salah Hazard Pogba F.Anderson Richarlison
      Kane Ings Kamara

      1. MTPockets
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Ya for sure

        • kitier katba
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          no

        • Maddamotha
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I wouldnt

        • Geezer
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          No

          1. Geezer
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Or did you want to wildcard TO that team?

            1. John Nerdelbaum
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              He doesn't even know - he just spams stuff

        • Coaly
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I wildcarded to that front 8 last gw...

        • John Nerdelbaum
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Not sure if you'll even read this or you'll just spam another question about your team but here goes

          Let me get this right, you've just wildcarded to this team and now you're asking if you should wildcard it again? Are you serious?

          At least you've changed from that godawful Brian Badonde grav of yours

        • John Nerdelbaum
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Is murder legal in 2019?

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

        Pogba will be 9.0 very soon

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I think the max he can be is 8.5 by 12th Jan & 8.8 by 19th Jan

          If he hauls v Newcastle & Spurs then yes he’ll do it

      3. Forza Papac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Fun fact: Neil Etheridge's 3 penalty saves this season have been from players who share names with former U.S presidents. Maddison, Kenedy and Wilson.

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Harry Truman Kane better not get a penalty next GW

          1. Forza Papac
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Or Obamayang in GW24

      4. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Just looking for a few more opinions on which other Liverpool defender is best doubled with Robbo.

        A) TAA
        B) Lovren

        Rest of defence on my WC is AWB, Doherty & Digne

        Thanks guys

        1. Bad Kompany
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          A easy

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Has to be doesn’t it. Cheers bud

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

          A

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

          A

        4. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Cheers guys, appreciate it

        5. madame shelly
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Lovren. Safe for now & bps magnet. Trent will be rotated

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

        Which option guys? Really stuck! Help 🙁

        A) Fanderson + Ederson > Pogba + Etheridge/Fabianski
        B) Fanderson + Alonso > Pogba + Digne (1.0 spare)
        C) Townsend + Alonso > Pogba + Bamba

        1. Coaly
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I’m thinking of capataining Anderson.

          Bamba? No.

        2. Alan The Llama
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          If you weren't being forced into playing Bamba all the time, C.

        3. machickenz
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Won't be forced to play Bamba every week, more so my 5th defender. I still have Robertson, Pereira, Doherty, Wan Bissaka.

          Unless you can think of another 4.5 defender?

      6. damiang2233
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Team of

        Fab, Ryan,
        Dign, Luiz, Robertson, Bennett, Alderweild,
        Salah, Anderson, Pererya, Sane, Camarasa
        King, Jimenez, Vardy

        1FT any ideas?

        Thinking Sane to Hazard/Pogba?
        Need to update forward line!

        1. Coaly
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Vardy to Auba / Kane

          1. damiang2233
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Not enough money. Can only afford Lukaku at the minute

            1. Coaly
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Robbo to TAA too then

              1. damiang2233
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                Think Robbo is better than TAA even tho he does cost more.

                1. Coaly
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  Yes, marginally but Auba/Kane are much better than Vardy

        2. JT11fc
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Downgrade alderwiereld to put more money into mids

          1. damiang2233
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            To who tho?

      7. GuillermoDickero
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Would you rather have tomkins or AWB?

        1. Sean.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          AWB

        2. #FPLBhuna
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Lol

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

          AWB

        4. MTPockets
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Probably the cheapest

          • Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            AWB

        5. Delph & Safety
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Balbuena injury update???

          1. Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Latest update is that he’s still a sh!t pick.

        6. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Am going to pretend Pogba doesn’t exist. At least until Son has played Cardiff!

          1. Coaly
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            RIP

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Thanks man. Be sure to donate generously at the wake.

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

            Easy swap

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              ‘Tis true

        7. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Pogba saves the day. 2104 OR as opposed to likely 6k+ if he had blanked

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

          AWB has to be best RB in the league? He's been amazing. Has pocketed Martial, Sane, Auba and Hazard to name few (Auba scored from penalty).

          Palace going to get big bucks for him.

          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Up there for sure this season. Great potential and still very young, too.

          2. Garth Marenghi
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Probably

          3. Coaly
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Azpi? Walker?

            1. _figu
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Azpi has struggled this season(?) - or at least not at the level he has been last couple seasons. Walker, yea maybe. Tough to compare really, I could see AWB getting some more assist in an attacking team. He's decent going forward and only going to improve.

          4. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            His dad used to be the cleaner at our office. I worked there for 6 years and he was there for the whole time. Would speak with him every morning in the lift and he’d tell me how his son was getting on at palace.

            I always used to say to him one day it sounds like your son is definitely going to make it as a pro and he would be able to sit back and retire, he didn’t speak the best of English but always used to laugh and say “I pray I pray I pray”!

            It was only until a month ago I found out his son was AWB! He’s no longer a cleaner 😎

            1. _figu
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Ha, that's amazing. I don't think Palace will be able to keep him after summer if big clubs are paying any attention.

              1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                He was a lovely bloke to be honest, I was chuffed when I found out AWB was his son and that he was no longer the cleaner!

                He’s a great player, will definitely be snapped up by someone eventually.

        9. Maddamotha
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Price rises now or in an hour?

          1. Mr. Sitter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Now

        10. Joyce1998
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          kane and felipe anderson or aub and son??

          1. Sean.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            NO

        11. Cookie Kid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Missed selling sterling at 1.12am, already dropped to £11.3m, less than my buying price

        12. Salarrivederci
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Gtg?
          1 FT - 0.4 ITB

          Kepa
          Robertson - Digne - Kolasinac - Shaw
          Salah - Hazard - Pogba - Lingard - Richarlison
          Kane

          (Button, Arnold, Succes, Kamara)

        13. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Sane dropping again man? Ffs

        14. Ciarant20
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          What’s people opinions on Rashford atm? His injury scare has he concerned he may not play or start against New. So I’m unsure whether to

          A - Free transfer to Jiminez as Utd have Tottenham after NEW or

          B - hold transfer out for a week to bring Salah in elsewhere

          1. _figu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Salah is more important. I'd keep and see if Rashford still starts with Lukaku.

          2. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            B

        15. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          My transfers aren’t working? Can someone plz explain

          1. Cookie Kid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Price changes happening

          2. OPTA FPL
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Frozen dung prices change (1:12-1:13)

          3. Geezer
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Price changes going on

          4. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            They are updating prices

          5. rainy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Transfers are locked while prices are being updated

        16. rainy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Price Changes - 31st December 2018

          🔺  Salah (13.3), Pogba (8.2), Digne (5.2)

          🔻  Kolasinac (4.9), Fraser (6.1), Pope (4.8), Ralls (4.6), Moses (5.5), Fuchs (4.1), Ederson (5.6), Walker (6.4), Sterling (11.3), Sané (9.5), Hoedt (4.2), Chicharito (6.2)

          1. Cookie Kid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers Rainy

            2-1

            My sterling curse continues

          2. Mr. Sitter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks Rainy

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

            3 up and Kola goes down just to rise again after Fulham haul.

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

            Laporte survives

            1. Royal5
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              1 CS in the last 10 is it?

          5. Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers Rainy.

            Loving how Pogba’s antics are distracting people from Son v Cardiff 😉

            1. rainy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Behind-the-sofa time for us non-owners perhaps 🙂

              1. Twisted Saltergater
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                DFS still got their sale on?

                1. rainy
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  They do, as it happens 😉

          6. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            thanks Rainy

            wow Salah

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

            3-0
            TV 106.1
            Turning my season around

            Cheers Rainy

            1. rainy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Lots of green arrows for you 🙂

          8. waldo666
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers, Rainy.

          9. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Gahh Salah rise and sane drop annoying.

            Pogba and jimmy up though!

          10. _figu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            13.3 for a one player is a lot. Good thing I'll be paying for two.

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              It is but many have made 5, 6, 7m plus TV to afford him comfortably.

            2. Pieterke30
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              As in you wont get Salah or as in you will always captain him?

          11. Baps hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            1-1 and problem solved?!?

            Sané is the name of the problem. I will probably bench him.

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

            Pogba up tomorrow too?

            1. Salah4Ever
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              At this rate i guess so

          13. Whats the Huth
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Urgh kolasinac is the worst transfer I’ve ever made

          14. Pieterke30
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            3-0

          15. Kazza_
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Did I dream this but I thought chicartio wasn't anywhere near dropping on fpl statistics last night..... Is the one out the blue?

          16. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            cheers R

            1. rainy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Happy new year, FCL 🙂

        17. Marcin the Pole
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Ederson
          Robbo Alonso Digne
          Sterling Hazard Anderson Richarlison
          Kane Wilson Jimenez

          Hamer Bennett Bednarek Billing

          How does Sterling, Richarlison, Kane -> Pogba, Salah, Firmino (-4) look? Too knee-jerk?

          1. Cookie Kid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Too knee jerk

            If anything I’d upgrade Anderson to Pogba by doing alonso or Robbo to TAA

            or downgrade Wilson to 4.4 and use cash to get Pogba

          2. Geezer
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Could work out

          3. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Not really but I'd rather keep Kane and get Salah with another way

          4. JT11fc
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Maybe a little jerky, rich has good fixtures, how about downgrade ederson this gw and next gw downgrade kane and upgrade billing to salah

            1. Marcin the Pole
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Probably a good plan actually. Cheers.

        18. NABIL - FPL otai
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          hey ya DZ

        19. JT11fc
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Hows this team looking?
          Fab steele
          Trent doherty digne awb bednarek
          Haz salah sane pogba rich
          Kane wilson kamara

          Trying to put my eggs in as many baskets as i can after being stuffed up by city mid double up.

          1. MrZ
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Steele to button

        20. madame shelly
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Might sound odd but Kane -> auba this week for free ?

          Protecting ml lead as all chasers likely to captain auba . I think Kane might get a little rest (unlikely but also blanked Vs Cardiff at home)

          1. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            nope TOT will want to bounce instantly

        21. Joyce1998
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          A- auba and son
          or
          B kane and felipe anderson

          1. madame shelly
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Auba & Anderson

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

            B long term

        22. jdp219
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Fab, Button
          Robbo, Luiz, Doherty, AWB, Bednarek
          Sterling, Son, Hazard, Anderson, Pereyra
          Kane, Rashford, Kamari

          Me not having Pogba has allowed my rival to make a big dent in my ML lead. Several ideas on to get Pogba with 2FTs, but what would you do?

          1. doy
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            A) Rashford, Pereyra to Jim, Pog
            B) Sterling to Pog, frees up cash to maybe bring in Mo?

            1. doy
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              C) Son to Pog after Cardiff?
              D) downgrade Kane to someone like Jim/Arnie, then upgrade Pereyra to Pog?

        23. Stevie B
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          What to do with this lot?

          Lloris, Speroni
          Alexander-Arnold, Digne, Doherty, Wan-Bissaka, Bednarek
          Salah, Hazard, Pogba, Richarlison, F. Anderson
          Kane, Jimenez, Kamara

          One free transfer and unfortunately no money in the bank.

          Thank you!

          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Save. Teams looks good

          2. Geezer
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            I would save

          3. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            You have great front 7 + Kamara. Not sure what problem is?

        24. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Morning DZ - where would you spend a FT here? 2FT 0.1 ITB
          *plan is likely Kane Snoddy out Salah fodder in NEXT week*

          Fabianski — Hamer
          Alonso Doherty Digne — Robertson AWB
          Hazard Pogba Sane Snodgrass — Diangana
          Kane Auba(c) Jimenez

          Thanks guys! Will try to return the favor on any replies

          1. Geezer
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Sane to Richarlison?

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              This week?

          2. NABIL - FPL otai
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            sounds like a decent plan, although losing Kane/Auba is a coin toss atm

            Sane & Diangana stikn your team atm. I'd ditch one of those

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Yeah, very risky I know but Liverpool look hard to stop