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. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Was all set on sane to pogba last week but did Sterling to Hazard and it cost me 20 points.
    I would be ranked 2K in the world but now 6K, but I guess it's time to move on and stop think about that.

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Horrible top post, sorry.

    2. Nabs Kebabs
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hazard will pay you back over the next 2GW's. Couldn't have expected him to do too much away at Palace.

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        But I just did Sane to Pogba now lol so basically I could have done Sterling to Hazard this week, just went wrong with timing.

    3. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Don't know why people hate these kinda posts :). I wildcarded and brought in Sane, Haz over Salah, (cheap mid) all its done has cost me 2k to 11k drop OR. Aswell as lost my 70 point gap in ML as rival capt Salah throughout :).

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Ouch, hope you bounce back mate :), still a very good OR.

        1. Tsparkes10
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Hope so. Maybe beginners luck? I'm more bothered about my Rival hahaha. He has had Salah, Son and Pogba for past 3 weeks and its killed me

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

      Hard luck.

      I went Fraser to Pogba last week. (c)ed Sterling for last chance saloon.

      This week I've done Sterling to Haz with my FT.

      Hang in there bud

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        That worked quite well!
        Good luck for this week, Yeah, overall just a small red arrow to me so not as bad as it could have been :).

    5. Origi-nal
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      2 GW's ago I sold Brooks. Last GW I sold FAnderson and benched Digne. This GW I sold Sterling. Cost me 100k Or.

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

    Will Salah be reclassified as a forward next year?

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Surely

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

      No. Then Sterling, sanchez, Mane, Sane, Son, Zaha all have to.

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

        Salah is quite clearly their central forward now though, Mané is still wide... Zaha is wide and is classified as a forward.

        Sané hugs touchline so would never be a forward, Sterling plays right or left, not central

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

          I agree, but Firmino is still the central Fwd. Salah is a winger. Same as Ronaldo and Hazard.

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

            I think his position has quite noticeably changed his year, he’s gone from bing a winger to actually being an out and out centre forward, particularly recently.

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

              Tbh I agree, I just don't see it happening. Do you think Zaha should be a fwd?

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

                I think they’ll do it, it’ll solve his baps crisis too

      2. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Why? They play LAM... He has actually been playing uptop recently. As a striker with Firminho behind him

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

      nope imo

      CR7 alexis haz.. many more examples.

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        No where near as consistent as Salah uptop imo. It seems routine for him now

  3. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Can we go back to 21st December so i keep Salah on my wc and don't choke my first season 🙁

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

      Great month for me
      60k to 6k

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

        reply fail sorry

    2. Where has all the rum gone?
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      You dnt sound like this is your first season.

  4. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Just out of interest, how did everyone do in December? Post your GW14 & GW20 rank:

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I dont like this game. Started on 5370... went to a high of 1573. Stayed around 2k. wildcarded and now at 12402 ffs

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

      69k to 38k. Can't complain with that.

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

      GW14: 117k
      GW20: 79k

      not bad..been a roller coaster ride, 4 greens and 3 reds

    4. Nabs Kebabs
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      3 greens, 3 reds but overall green

      6,523 -> 4,330.

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

        nice rank Nabs

        1. Nabs Kebabs
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          thanks NABIL, good work in December to move up a fair bit yourself 🙂

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

            yep. Hopefully I can reach top 10k by season end at least

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

      Great month for me
      60k to 6k

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

        well done sir

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

          Thanks brother Nabil

    6. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      GW14 13K
      GW20 6K
      4 greens, 3reds

    7. Doolittle
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Was 22k GW15, now 94k. Mistimed quite a few moves that have hurt.

    8. FPL-(VAR)dy
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not as glamorous as others out here but have improved in my own right
      GW 14- hovering around 1 million
      GW 20- 180k

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

        excellent progress! 🙂

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

      GW14: 13660
      GW16: 1064 (my best so far)
      GW20: 3112

      1. Ne0
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Damn, from 425k in GW5 to 95k in GW12 with 7 straight green arrows, and now in 3k, excellently done sir!

    10. Skid Vicious
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Gw 14 at 18k for some good points until gw16 I was 11k.
      Then I just gently slid back to 19k where I am right now

    11. Jay_
        5 years, 2 months ago

        31k to 96k. All since selling Salah. Gutted.

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

        GW14: 106,015
        GW20: 8,706
        😀

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

          marvelous

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

          Very nice!

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

          cheers guys, went up 70k in the last 3 weeks! 😮

      • seewhyaxe
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        gw 14: 13k OR
        gw 16: used wc
        gw 20: 20k OR

        wow, that wc failed terribly. 5 red arrows in the last 6 gws.

      • European Bob
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Gone up exactly 99,999 places with 392pts. 41k OR

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

        GW14 38k
        GW20 53k

        Death by a thousand cuts - good chip use essential for the run in

      • Ne0
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        GW14: 37,737
        GW20: 7,564

        5 green arrows, 1 red arrow
        Used wc on GW20

      • ZombieEaten
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        GW14: 189k
        GW20: 46k

      • F_Ivanovic
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        GW14: 600k
        GW20: 236k

        Had 8 greens in last 9 matches overall. Unfortunately GW11 killed my season - went from 300k to 800k but at least I'm clawing it back.

      • Buck The Trent
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        GW14 78k
        GW20 4k

    12. Scratch
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      To play Patricio or Fabianski...

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Fabianski

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

        Both good options this week, however borth rearly keeps a CS. Fab imo

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

        Fabianski

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

        fab

      1. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Quality business.

      2. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I did not even think about January transfer window... mad

      3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Wow! Amazing

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

        Only 4.7 too

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

        is he good?

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

          He doesn’t even need to be overly good for 4.7, just needs to start - the beauty of the price tag 🙂 I think he’s definitely good enough to nick returns here & there

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

            I see. Wll he start though - who to lose out?

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

              Schlupp from today’s lineup with Zaha going back wide I’d imagine. They really lack a genuine centre forward with Bentekkers dead

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

                sweet. Now all we need is fixtures then. Cheers man

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

      2FT and 0.00 ITB.... what should i do?

      My team is

      Fabianski Speorni

      Robertson TAA trippier (wanbisaka bednarek)

      Pogba richarlison hazard salah (billing)

      Kane Rashford Ings

      If Rashford is injured then probably I should use my FT since its just going to be waste if I don’t use it.

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

      Now secondguessing if I want to drop Kane OR auba for salah next week... hmm

      1. Srv210
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This is what I'm confused about too ...or I can drop richarlison to pereyra too

    15. Doolittle
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Will there be any pressers before the next matches? Any reason to delay transfers?

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

      Thinking I'll just save this week. Any suggestion otherwise?

      1 FT 0.5 ITB

      Fabianski (Button)

      Alonso Robertson Digne (AWB, Bednarek)
      Salah Son Sane Richarlison (Camarasa)
      Kane Ings Jimenez

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        No Hazard could hurt seriously but team looks good.

      2. Doolittle
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Sane to Pogba will be the popular move. I'm likely to do that myself, but can see why you'd save.

      3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah sane to pogba

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

          Cheers for the replies guys but yep, I'll likely end up doing it but want to monitor Sane/City to see if they recapture their mojo

    17. Alli 3',17',64�…
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Can I get some opinions on this wc team please, currently dont have Salah, Hazard or Kane hence the wc.

      Etheridge
      TAA - Digne - Boly
      Salah - Hazard - Pogba - Camarasa
      Kane - Aubameyang - Jimenez
      (Speroni, Suttner, Bednarek, Schnierdlin)

      Its kind of long term in mind, to get that attack is does require playing Camarasa all the time tho. At 4.6 I dont think there is any better tbhy, so maybe thats not as bad as it first seems?

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Bench is horrible. Aubameyang to Ings/Rash and upgrade bench and gk imo

        1. Alli 3',17',64�…
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          thanks

    18. bennyp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Changes here guys?
      Fairly happy with it

      Fab - (Speroni)
      Shaw - Digne - Kola - Wan Bas - (TAA)
      Salah - Haz - Son - Martial - (Camarasa)
      Kane(c) - Rash - (Ings)

      1ft & 0.5itb

    19. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      After looking at that assist yesterday, I think Brooks could possibly be a season Keeper for me, incredible value.

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        He's amazing 🙂 worth more than 12 mil fs 😉

        1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Haha

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

        Only problem with Brooks right now is the midfield has so many good options now. Salah, Hazard, Rich, Anderson, Pogba. City assets are still good too IMO and likewise I think the Spurs mids will be good over the next couple of months.

    20. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I'm not sure if i like my midfield on Anderson, Sane, Rich, Haz, Pererya anymore 🙁

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

        Need more Salah 😉

        patience is key though

        1. Tsparkes10
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Thinking Alonso, Haz/Sane to Salah, ? In 2 gws... but I'll see. Feel sane may get good as Haz. So may even have to drop Kane and upgrade Pererya

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

            Pereyra imo is in the 'don't buy, don't sell' zone.. at least he has fixtures with him.

            1. Tsparkes10
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Kind of I guess... kinda drunkenly brought him in for Shaqiri last week. Dunno if i prefer him over Rich or Anderson though

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

      Not one to normally brag but top 600 thanks to pogba(c)!!!!

      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Well done, bold move and great rank!

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

          Cheers mate!

      2. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Smashed it and sounds deserved. My first year in here and was sat at 1573 and couldn't believe it... now at 12k due to no Son , Salah or Pogba fs

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

          I actually don’t have Salah but will definitely get him after this week. Still plenty of time left to get back up there, especially with the dgws and bgws

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

          Lesson Learned The Hard Way. chin up

          no worries - with some experience and dedication (some say obsession) you'll reach top 40 once like me 😛

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

        well done

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

      Relatively happy with my team for next week (no Salah the only thing I’m iffy about, but don’t really know which of Kane or Auba I’d wanna drop, so...)

      With that in mind (team is linked if anyone wants to look, or posted last page) what looks the best use of a FT?

      A) Snod to Deulofeu (either will likely leave next week if I end up getting Mo)
      B) Diangana to Billing
      C) Diangana to 4.2fodder

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I'd keep Snod this week as could do well against Brighton. Diagana to bench fodder sounds okay to make few funds I guess

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

        only 1 Ft, keep. if 2 FTs maybe B

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

          Yep it’s 2. Cheers

    23. FPL-(VAR)dy
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Play one of:
      1)Ings (v Che)
      2)Kiko (v Bou)
      3Lovren (v Mci)

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

        2

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

        Kiko

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

        2

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

        what they said

    24. Assistant To The FPL Manage…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      GW14 - 406
      GW20 - 4291
      Tried to break away from template (triple city) Didny work!

    25. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      1) Is Martial and Pogba overkill?
      2) Who to captain Kane or Auba?

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

        maybe
        the homie

    26. Perthite
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Should I hold my FT or consider Ings/Rashford out?

      Fabianski Foster
      Robertson Doherty Digne Holebas AWB
      Salah Pogba Hazard Fraser Camarasa
      Kane Rashford Ings
      1FT 0.0

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

        hold. nice team

        Think both will play unless seriously injured

        1. Pierce34
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          You think? Even if Rashford can play it's easy to rest him so he doesn't suffer a recurrence now that Lukaku is back.

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

      How do I get Pogba into this team? 2FTs, 0.3itb. Thanks!

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

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

        easy, sterllng out.

      2. Assistant To The FPL Manage…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yep Sterling

      3. Skid Vicious
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Or you could straight swap with son.

    28. seewhyaxe
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Start 3 out of:

      1. Kola (FUL)
      2. Digne (LEI)
      3. Luiz (SOU)
      4. Doherty (CRY)

      Currently on 1, 2, 3.

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

        agreed.

        I'd try to start all 4 nonetheless

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

          Can't. It's a benching headche.

          Martial, Pogba, Hazard, Anderson
          Kane, Auba, Jimenez

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

            Bench Jimenez

            1. Where has all the rum gone?
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Why? I did play the attacker over an extra def. tho this year def has out scored attackers.

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

                You are currently playing Jimenez and benching Doherty, no? Well, I'd play Doherty over Jimenez in a fixture like that any day.

      2. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        3 and 4 have to play for you. Id go Digne for third slot

    29. SuperDan
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Guaita or Button?

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

        I've got both, haven't decided who to play this week yet...leaning towards Guaita

    30. Gabistuta
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Fab | Hamer
      Alonso Digne Kola | Doherty AWB
      Hazard Fando Martial Pogba | Brooks
      Auba(c) Kane Rashford

      0.1ITB 1FT

      G2G? Thinking of saving the FT then downgrading Auba/Kane and upgrading Martial to Salah. Good plan? Alternative routes to Salah?

      Cheers

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

        Nice, save and your plan is very sensible.

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

        Yes good plan

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

      So whats the Salah plan?

      I dont have any plan 😮

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

        Consider captain him vs city as a owner

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

        Kane/Auba out to fund upgrading Son/Snoddy 😉

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

          Good you have a plan

          I'll probably roll without Salah as long as there is no lack of captaincy option in my team 😛

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

      Hey Guys
      Struggling to decide whether to upgrade Kamara or Beef up defense

      Fabianski
      Lindelof Alderwereild Digne Holebas
      Salah Hazard Pogba Richarlison
      Kane Rashford

      Hamer Kamara Bednarek Odoi

      3.3 itb any suggestions?

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

        Nice team. Monitor rash for sure. Kamara to Jimenez imo

      2. Down with this sort of thin…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Defence is grand, upgrade Kam to Jim. Holebas to taa too.

    33. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      G2G for next week?
      Fabianski
      Luiz Robertson Digne(TAA)(AWB)
      Brooks Hazard Son Anderson Pogba
      Rashford Kane(Success)
      0ft, 1.8 itb

      long term need to get Salah in, but how?

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

        Very hard to get Salah in there. Son will be expendable once he leaves for Asian cup, but still who else?

        Good to go this week, though. Kane(c)?

    34. Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No football until next year is pretty depressing.

      1. astonvilla1982
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        who captain for GW21 kane or pogba? leaning towards kane as cardiff are shite

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

          You can captain Kane but Cardiff being shite is a myth 😮

    35. Down with this sort of thin…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sorry if this has been asked before: If I've made transfers and taken a hit, and now use my wildcard, does that eliminate the hit?

      Many thanks!

      1. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yes

        1. Down with this sort of thin…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Thanks for that.

    36. SuperDan
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      G2G?
      Guaita, Hammer
      Robertson, Digne, Luiz, AWB, Bennet
      Hazard(C), Salah, Pogba, Richarlison, Fanderson
      Kane, Jiminez, Kamara

      1. astonvilla1982
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        who is fanderson? pmsl