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. Ne0
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    After the December review in a previous page, how is everyone's overall season going so far? Post your highest, lowest, and current ranks along with your biggest takeaway(s) so far. I'll start.

    Best: GW3 - 4,896
    Worst: GW1 - 122,510
    Current: GW20 - 7,564

    11 green arrow, 8 red arrows

    My biggest takeaway is that sticking with the template as closely as possible has done wonders for my rank.

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

      Best: GW17 - 1564
      Worst: GW3 - 837,565
      Current: (GW20) - 2104

      11 green arrows, 8 red arrows

      A template-ish team was quite useful getting a good rank after a horrid low in GW3. One of my biggest takeaways is actually from this week too, and that is to trust your gut in terms of captain decisions. Common consensus on here was that Pogba(c) was too risky (or so I was told), and Kane was the safest option (maybe true in theory). But nonetheless I went Pogba captained and it saved my week.

      1. Ne0
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        That is an extremely impressive climb. From 837k to 3.5k in 6 gws is outstanding. Regarding the captaincy this week, I had a similar experience. I had the captaincy on Kane the entire time because of the captaincy poll, but switched it to Salah after reading a comment in the hot topic. Really saved my week. At the end of the day, taking in all the information and going with your gut is the best thing you can do.

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

          Thanks mate haha! Yeah everything just seemed to go right in that stretch, and been hovering around the rank since.

          And agreed

    2. Pinturicchio10
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Best: 3020 (gw 6)
        Worst: 219, 630 ( gw 19)
        Current: 175, 595

        7 green, crap load of red

        Biggest takeaway was a five course Indian. Had an arse like a baboon after that bad-boy. It was worth it.

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

          😆

        2. Ne0
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Oh I'm sure it was worth it!

          1. Pinturicchio10
              5 years, 3 months ago

              It was. Still, got to learn from these episodes. Know your limts and all that. Ain't no fudging about with the Indians, they'll swell that sphincter quicker than you can say yoghurt.

        3. A Betting Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW7 - 14,082
          Worst: GW17 - 189,330
          Current: GW20 - 72,905

          10 green arrows, 9 red arrows

          A good start to the season which turned a bit stale in the autumn and led to me gambling more in December. That began horribly but has now seen me recover some places.

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Calculated risks here and there can definitely do you wonders. In the long run, it usually pays off in my experience.

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

          Best: GW8 - 5,291
          Worst: GW3 - 1,793,543
          Current: GW20 - 48,546

          11 green arrow, 8 red arrows

          My biggest takeaway is that the bench is practically pointless, so plan accordingly and don't worry too much about carrynig dead weight for a couple weeks if they aren't too expensive (actually that's not the biggest takeaway, but they first thing I thought of). Also deviating wildly from the template hasn't been disasterous for my rank. Rather, it helped achieve that 5k rank in double quick-time, and helped me swing massively back into the top 100k this gameweek. The important thing is that your players score points, and I don't believe any notion of a template is useful (perhaps the opposite: get out of my head ownership, you're confusing me! 😀 )

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            That is certainly an interesting approach. I've always stuck with the template with a few differentials. But at the end of the day, you get the players you think will get you the highest scores. That being said, I do not dare deviate wildly from the template, not even occasionally.

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

            Impressive climb since GW3, well done.

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

              Cheers Rainy

        5. 420king
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW2 🙁 - 27k
          Worst: GW7 - 323k
          Current: 77k

          11/8

          Biggest mistake was breaking away from the template on GW16 WC, would have probably been in 10k otherwise.

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Your wc hasn't served you well, has it? Letting Salah go seems to have cost you dearly.

            1. 420king
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Yup, looks like he was waiting for me to dump him before exploding 🙂

        6. Buck The Trent
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best / Current: GW20 - 4K
          Worst: GW1 - 195k
          12 green, 7 red

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Best rank is your current rank, huh? Well done sir! Keep it up.

        7. Nabs Kebabs
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW1 - 1,009
          Worst: GW5 - 66,119
          Current: 4,330

          9 green, 10 red. Hard to start with a lot of greens with that GW1 rank though.

          Biggest takeaway: Play my own game and pay little to no attention to what everyone on FFS and other sites are doing.

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Yeah, unsurprising with that GW1 rank. But you have done really well to maintain your rank. Staying in top 10k since GW10! Kudos to you!

        8. SC not pearls before swine
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best/Current GW 20: 5,689.
          Worst: GW 2: 144,575

          It's been a pretty mellow season for me. I don't think I've had any major strokes of genius but I've also avoided any major mistakes/low points.

          A small irony is that going into the season I was sure that Kane/Salah were overpriced and that I wouldn't own both for major portions of the season. I've had Salah all year long and have had Kane since Aguero got hurt. I still think having both is suboptimal but I haven't seen the right opportunity to shed one.

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Well, part of it is that we have had so many excellent budget options in all positions, making it easy (relatively speaking) to own both Kane and Salah. We are at a point where owning 3 of Kane, Aguero, Salah, Hazard, and Auba is optimal.

            1. SC not pearls before swine
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              It's true, but it does seem to me that having only one of Kane/Salah at a time is slightly better. That extra 1-2 million over the other 3 can go a long way. Of course, here I am with Kane/Salah and no plans to change for another week or two.

              1. Ne0
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Agreed. But that 1-2 million can be the difference between excellence and frustration. Owning both is the safer option. Owning one and investing the extra cash is the ballsy option.

        9. Mr. Sitter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW16 - 1064
          Worst: GW5 - 425,509
          Current: GW20 - 3112

          9 green arrows, 10 red arrows 🙁

          Tread the right balance between patience and stubbornness. Transfers are precious. Avoid hits.

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Good advice. But easier said than done sometimes. Also, excellent climb from 425k to 9k in 7 GWs!

            1. Mr. Sitter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Thanks! 🙂

        10. MysticMac17
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW 1 - 23,877
          Worst: GW 2 - 368,984
          Current: GW 20 - 82,022

          Not having Aguero in Gameweek 2 ruined my season and forced me into wildcarding early. Sold Salah just before his Bournmouth hattrick along with Hazard and have been punished.

          1. MysticMac17
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            14 green arrows and 6 red arrows but the red arrows have all been diastrous

          2. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Well, that does sound like a series of unfortunate decisions. Still, not a bad rank to have at this point in the season by any means. And plenty of time to go much higher.

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

          Best: GW10 - 46k
          Worst: GW3 - 411k
          Current: (GW20) - 79k

          This season I started badly with no Mane and pretty late on some bandwagons, but my biggest mistake is losing some 'season keepers' like Robbo, Mendy and Salah with my WC/FT for no real reason.

          Still think I have to time to get into top 10k at least by season end

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Jumping early on bandwagons is never easy. Hindsight is 20/20. And yes, you have plenty of time to get into top 10k. Just look at stories above of people making huge climbs in short amount of time.

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

          Best: GW1 - 238
          Worst: GW16 - 5,780,964
          Current: GW20 - 87,905

          8 green arrow, 11 red arrows

          1. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            238 in GW1! Wow! Just wow! Excellent use of Bench Boost!

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

            he said OR not GW rank 😉

            what a season for you. Keep it going matey

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

              😳

              then my current rank is worst... 😮

              season feels like last year, good start, rolling between 50k and 100k every week and in the end finished with a rank outside top 50k. Probably an average manager I guess, playing style is not good enough for decent rank 😛

        13. jia you
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW1 - 13k
          Worst: GW3 - 4.6m GW18 - 4.9m (two shockers)
          Current: GW20 - 30k

          5 Green and a huge 14 Red arrows!

          Going without Liv defence has hurt at times and too many captaincy fails with unnecessary punts on the likes of King, Jimenez and Lacazette (have had 9 or 10 different captains!).
          On the positive getting on the likes of Hazard, Alonso & Fraser early (GW3 WC) did my team wonders after a torrid GW3 was out of the way.

          1. Hotdogs for Tea
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Actually you are
            Best: GW5 - 2957
            Worst: GW3 - 83,132
            Current: GW20 - 30,552

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              *2597 😉
              Haha we posted at the exact same time!

              1. Hotdogs for Tea
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Very consistent, but do you need to do something to kick on ?

                1. jia you
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Cheers, yeah, loads of red arrows but the majority were small ones! A welcome green this week thanks to Pogba(C) to stop the slide, hopefully can kick on a bit early in the new year!

          2. jia you
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Sorry replied GW rank instead of OR so...
            Best: GW5 - 2.6k
            Worst: GW3 - 83k
            Current: GW20 - 30k

        14. elchilangles
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          sorry for the noob question but where can i see how many green and red arrows i have? I went to points and then clicked to go back every week to see each week's points but it doesn't show me the green or red arrow for the week.

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

            Gameweek history, the link just beneath your Gameweek points.

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

            visit gameweek history page and you will be able to see that, have to count manually though

        15. elchilangles
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          oh sorry i found it now!

          Best: GW20 - 20,412
          Worst: GW15 4,681,906
          Current: OR - 1,574,397

          8 green, 11 red - still trying to figure out this game but my last two gameweeks i went big with the hits and got really high scores so think i might keep that tactic up!

          1. A.T
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Keep going and good luck. Little tip for you, you’re only supposed to reply if you’re doing well. It’s whats known as a subtle brag thread. See above for details 😉

            1. Ne0
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Well, that wasn't my original intention. Although that is what happened in the end, and unsurprisingly at that. I've put this question here every season I've played, and it always always turns into a platform for a subtle brag. But the idea is that those doing well can share what they have done correctly and those struggling can figure out what they need to work on.

          2. Ne0
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            That makes sense. First season is always about learning. Don't worry too much and just have fun, while making incremental improvements. Little tip for you from me too, link your team to your profile (In case you did not know, click on Account on the top right corner > My profile > Website, and paste the link for your gameweek history page, which has the format of https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/entry/XXXXXX/history). That way, if you have post a question here, the person answering can check your full team before answering.

        16. The Artist
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: 444 (GW14)
          Worst: 174,246 (GW1)
          Current: 2,164

          Biggest takeaway was how important picking "the right" team is from the outset. I think got lucky with bringing in a few players as they caught form along the way. Never yet owned Salah this season (had him from GW1 last season) and did okay without. Recent complete lack of Liverpool coverage has certainly taken its toll. I've never had a season like this and it's no coincidence that I never really wanted to use that first WC. Got lucky with the right XV from day one.

        17. JT11fc
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best GW6 197
          Worst GW20 10731
          Current GW20 10731

          Biggest lesson learnt was being too slow to react to shifts in form, such as cities dipping and uniteds resurgence. And taking a few too many hits trying to get back on track

        18. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW19 - 55,620
          Worst: GW2 - 2,277,598
          Current: (GW20) - 63,947

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            A bad start makes it tough, you've done very well to be where you are considering your OR in GW2!
            Last season was horrible for me, little went right and I was 1.7m in OR at this stage last year! Then got in some good differentials such as Son before the crowd and had a good second half of season clawing back some ground!
            GL!

            1. Hotdogs for Tea
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Cheers and yes the bad start killed me. Same happens to me every season, last year 1.4 mill around this time I think, and finished 35k

              Hopefully I can manage my team well from now onwards and get a decent rank, just my second hit this coming GW21 so I have tended to plan carefully rather than knee-jerk

              1. jia you
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Loads of time, a couple of season ago when I had a good (top 5k) finish it was mainly down to scoring very strongly in the last couple of months of the season so plenty of time to make some good moves and play the doubles and blanks well! GL

        19. Pigeon
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW17 - 10,151
          Worst: GW4 - 288,745
          Current: 24,104

          11 green arrows and 8 red arrows

          Not having Son or Salah has screwed me over a bit

        20. doy
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: GW6 - 35,918
          Worst: GW1 - 447,164
          Current: GW20 - 51,624

          11 green arrows, 8 red arrows

          My biggest takeaway so far this season is not to do knee-jerky transfers on short-term punts like Walcott, Barkley, Martial and Kane (for that Cardiff game). It has cost me a lot! Stick to my guns and not try anything too flashy too often.

        21. MINUS FOUR
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Best: 30
          Worst: Not sure right now but around 100,000+ in GW4 before playing wildcard.
          Current: 30

          Biggest takeaway: Something I feel passionate about and can’t quite believe it is not embraced by more managers - Hokey Cokey premium assets around form and fixtures, and don’t be afraid to take a hit to get the few big hitters that seem optimal for the next 2-3 gameweeks, especially to cover the main captaincy options every GW. This has been the basis of whole strategy and season so far. Hits are not the enemy - poor decisions are the enemy. Get the players in who could explode over the short term and don’t be afraid to pay 4 points for it. There’s far too much safe play going on in this game I find.

          1. MINUS FOUR
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Also, team value is virtually meaningless. So many options. The key is delaying your transfers until as late as possible to gather information. I haven’t bothered with building value at all and it’s now a healthy 105.6 just by having players scoring points, not trying to catch price rises.

          2. Nabs Kebabs
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            you understand the game

            1. MINUS FOUR
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              It really amazes me how reluctant many managers are to make transfers and try to create the template, not follow it. Don’t wait to see if Son gets rotated, just get an in form Son and deal with the rest later etc. I’ve been ditching and buying attacking assets all over the place, while leaving my template defence to tick along. Virtually every week I have at least the captain poll winner, and usually the top two choices. But you have to be prepared to mix it up. In short, my advice is the opposite to most experts - I advocate not being patient at all.

              1. Nabs Kebabs
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                I'm playing more patiently than you...have taken 0 hits. But this is more due to heavy planning. I still 100% agree with your main strategy...almost always have the best captain options in a GW. If you don't have them, you're going to get wrecked, it's as simple as that. For example, I sold Salah quite a few weeks ago but made sure to bring him back for Newcastle and Arsenal at home. Hauled in both.

                And you're spot on about the early transfers. They should almost always be avoided as maximum information at the end of week is so important.

                1. MINUS FOUR
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Agree with all of that. Nothing wrong with taking no hits if you have planned that well with the same theory about premium assets and captaincy. I make similar plans but often I change my mind on deadline day - the key being that I have maximum info to ensure smart transfers that can bring immediate rewards. I’m not interested in good good fixtures in 4-6 gameweeks really. I want them now!

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

          Best: 631 GW7
          Worst: 225964 GW19
          Current: 194072

          Started well without taking hits and slowly slid down by carrying out panic transfers. Reading below I’m definitely taking on board the points minus four has made. Very interesting but makes complete sense.

      • Chucky
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        A) Kane,Richarlison and Anderson
        Or
        B) Hazard, Pogba and Arnie

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

          B but not sure in Arnie

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

            this exactly

        2. The Knights Template
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          A

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

          B with Jimmy ahead of Arnie

        4. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          B - getting Arnie ahead of the pack could be a masterstroke. His place in the team may reduce Anderson appeal and returns

      • vincentwsho
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Play Maitland-Niles or Bennett in the coming game? Will play Doherty too.

        Is Maitland-Niles nailed due to the Arsenal injuries?

        1. Pinturicchio10
            5 years, 3 months ago

            What?

          • rainy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            He probably is for now.

        2. jdp219
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Fab, Button
          Robbo, Luiz, Doherty, AWB, Bednarek
          Sterling, Son, Hazard, Anderson, Pereyra
          Kane, Rashford, Kamara
          2FTs. 0.3itb

          1) Son > Pogba
          2) Sterling, Pereyra > Pogba, Sané
          3) Sterling, Rash > Salah, 5.4
          4) Pereyra, Rash > Pogba, 5.4
          5) Other?

          1. jdp219
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Not having Pogba has ruined my ML lead.

          2. Red Card Rockets
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            5) save transfer

            1. jdp219
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Umm, save both transfers?

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

            2

          4. Pinturicchio10
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Rashford -> Arnautovic

            • Diva
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              1

            • Amey
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Rash+Fando>>Pogba+Jimmy ??

              1. jdp219
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Oh, interesting. Could work.

            • jdp219
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              What about:
              Son, Pereyra > Pogba, Rich?

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

            G2G? Saving FT this GW to bring in Salah for free in GW22.

            Fabianski
            Digne, Doherty, Trippier
            Hazard (C), Son, Anderson, Pogba, Richarlison
            Kane, Jimenez

            Button, Robbo, AWB, Kamara

            2.5m itb

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

              Yep.
              G2G

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

              gtg

              Robbo/Tripp is a coin toss

          6. MysticMac17
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            RMWCT please. I've gone cheap at the back but don't think its crazy unbalanced. Thoughts on the team?

            Guaita
            Jonny TAA Digne
            Salah Hazard Pogba Richarlison
            Auba Kane Jimenez

            Subs: Button, AWB, Gibbs-White, Bednarek

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

              Wow.
              4 big hitter's.
              Only problem i see is your defense is bit weak & you'd need to spare a FT on Keeper soon.

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

                why? Henn to take back his place?

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

                  May take.
                  Both keeper's provisional aren't they. So ....
                  1 bad gw & Henno can come back to the picture.

              2. MysticMac17
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Hennessey was on the bench today. It appears Guaita is number 1. If he loses his place, at least I have Button on the bench who is starting until Ryan is back from Asia Cup

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

                  If you are prepared for it then go for it mate.

            2. SC not pearls before swine
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              I dig it. I'm higher on Ings than Jimenez personally, but I've certainly been wrong before. I think in the long run you're a little top heavy but you can also sell the heavy hitter who's not firing and reinvest later.

              1. MysticMac17
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                The plan is to downgrade Auba after the West Ham game to a striker under 6 and then upgrade Gibbs-White to Mane with that money

            3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Nice effort to get 4 bighitters and a decent team

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

            Did Hart get dropped?

            1. Pinturicchio10
                5 years, 3 months ago

                SHart

              • DV8R
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Heaton back from injury, Hart wasn't first choice

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

                  Okay cheers

              • Amey
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Yes.
                Surprisingly Burnley kept a CS too 😮

              • Diva
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Dropped. Long overdue.

            2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Help Dzers

              Play 2:
              A)Kolasinac(ful(h))
              B)Rondon(mun(h))
              C)Jonny(cpl(h))
              D)Alexander-Arnold(mci(a))

              Currently on A C .Thoughts?

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

                Kola, Jonny

              2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Yep A & C... Sal could score v Utd, but Jonny has points potential at both ends of the pitch. Hard to see TAA getting much, if he does it’ll, be against the odds

              3. MysticMac17
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Yeah agreed, Kola and Jonny

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

                ac

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

                Ye A & C

              6. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Cheers all

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

              Worst transfer of the season so far? Lemme start.

              Knockaert.
              Walcott and Schindler (still on team) worth a mention

              I managed to dodge some bullets like Barkley and Torreira luckily

              1. Pinturicchio10
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Aubameyang out, gwk 8. For Arnautovic. I know, I know, now fupp off and stop annoying me.

                • rainy
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Walcott I reckon.

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

                    No, Aubameyang out for Kane(C) and his one-pointer in GW8 😛

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

                      Kane (c) was famous 🙂

                • MysticMac17
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Walcott, Lingard (under Mourinho) and Sokratis for me

                • SC not pearls before swine
                  • 13 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Just in terms of my ego it has to be Pogba in week 16. I thought Mourhino would put him back in the team and he would do what he's doing now. I immediately wildcarded him out and am feeling very bitter about his current explosion.

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

                    Ouch. Better late than never this time around

                    1. SC not pearls before swine
                      • 13 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Never, I'm on to the next bandwagon. It's Aaron Ramsey time!

                      😆

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

                        lol

                • Holmes
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Very long list

                  Out of 21 transfers I have done, I guess only 3-4 of them has worked. If it wasnt for GW1 and WC team I would have been sitting in millions... 😮

                • Amey
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Auba,Walcott,Lerma 😮 ,getting Sanchez on gw1 team.

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

                    Ah, Sanchez. my GW1 pick too. Forgot about him.

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

                      not a transfer though 😉

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

                        He he 😉

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

                grav test

                1. Pinturicchio10
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    I think Zamorano was, and possibly still is, fond of the opium. As in all the opium.

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

                  Solly March vs Zaha (last four) is an interesting comparison in Member's area.

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

                    I would like to own Zaha in my FPL and real life team, he is annoying...

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

                      *wouldnt

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

                        thank god lol

                3. Cruz88
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Heres my WC team and a question:

                  Heaton (Button)
                  TAA Digne Doherty WanBiss Manga
                  Salah Pogba Anderson X X
                  Kane Wilson Jiminez

                  In place of the two X's I could have either:

                  A) Hazard and Herrera

                  B) David Silva and Sigurdson

                  C) Bernardo Silva, Richarlison and have enough ITB to change Heaton to Alison after the City game

                  Which is best? Trying to prioritise benching options but Hazard is tempting

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

                    B, but it gives you a benching headache.

                    1. Nabs Kebabs
                      • 12 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Is Sigurdsson nailed on anymore? Everton have switched from the 4231 to a 343. Gueye has to be first choice in the middle as he is their ball winner then Siggy has competition with Andre Gomes. In the 3 attacking spots, they have plenty of options...Richarlison, Bernard, Walcott, Calvert-Lewin, Lookman, Tosun etc....and Digne has been doing quite well on set pieces.

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

                        Siggy is one most important player's @ Everton.
                        He was rested.

                      2. Diva
                        • 9 Years
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        Or did they switch formation to give Siggy a rest? It didn't exactly work for them did it?

                        1. Nabs Kebabs
                          • 12 Years
                          5 years, 3 months ago

                          they played 343 away at burnley and won 5-1, siggy started in that one but gueye wasnt back yet

                          1. Nabs Kebabs
                            • 12 Years
                            5 years, 3 months ago

                            gueye came off the bench* eased back from injury

                      3. Nabs Kebabs
                        • 12 Years
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        And their 4231 got smashed 2-6 but Spurs

                        1. astonvilla1982
                          • 5 Years
                          5 years, 3 months ago

                          When is the draw of round 5 of real fantasy cup? excited! hope i get another Thai or arab lol

                          1. astonvilla1982
                            • 5 Years
                            5 years, 3 months ago

                            talking about the food as well, pre-new year yummy yums haha

                          2. Nabs Kebabs
                            • 12 Years
                            5 years, 3 months ago

                            not too sure mate

                  2. Srv210
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    If Heaton is nailed and Burnley back to defensive ways...I don't think you need to switch him to ederson with TAA in squad.

                    Try Brooks instead of Herrera too in A

                    1. Cruz88
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Good call, hadn't considered brooks

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

                    A

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

                    love having hazard in my team but would be surprised if he and herrera outscore siggy and d silva, barring injury

                    1. Cruz88
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Well Herrera would mostly be my benched 5th mid. But at times when one of the others has a bad fixture it might be nice to have additional options

                4. Srv210
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Anybody thinking about a cheap GK combo of
                  guaita & button (8.2m)

                  You can get two playing keepers(till Ryan comes back) and rotation can work well .

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

                    Nope.

                    1. Srv210
                      • 6 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Any specific reasons ??

                      I haven't done it but people on WC can think of it short term maybe

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

                        Button only regained his place in the bench last week. It was promising he got the nod this week, but he might only be one poor performance away from being dropped. Guaita kept his place this week, despite Hennessey finally being fit, but, again, how secure is that on the evidence of one game?

                        It may work out for you, but you may also find yourself looking for a new keeper within a couple of Gameweeks. As someone who has owned Button for months, I'm happy to take a risk on one but not two risky picks.

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

                        Guaita and Hennessey in competition for the starting spot. Button likely to drop to #2 when Ryan is back. If you lose both, it will likely take you two transfers to install a playing keeper.

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

                          Ah, dialup. Hullo Diva 🙂

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

                            Hello

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

                    Just read 4 post above.
                    WC team with same combo.
                    I personally don't like it.

                  3. MysticMac17
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Yeah Im doing it on my wildcard. Check out my team above and let me know what you think

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

                  Fab / Rui
                  Robbo / Digne / Chilwell / Holebas / AWB
                  Salah / Sane / Rich / Pereyra / DStephens
                  Kane / Mitro / Wilson

                  1FT, 0.9 ITB

                  a) Have to go Sane -> Pogba right now, right?
                  b) Where would I put the ~2.3 ITB I'll have? Upgrade Mitro or Wilson to...Vardy?

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

                    You just missed the price changes for Sane

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

                    A or Chillwell out

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

                      Will probably do Chilwell -> Bennett or TAA (depending) at some point. Can deal with rotation starting 2 betwen Digne, Chilwell, Holebas, AWB

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

                    Should have done A yesterday.
                    0.2m swing missed IMO.

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

                      Probably. Had Sane at lower so probably only missed 0.1.

                6. Sz21
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Did we reckon Salah will stay on pens even if Milner is back in?

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

                    Nope.
                    He is a horrible penalty taker tbh 😀
                    Owner*

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

                    nope.

                    Luckily it went in

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

                    I hope not

                7. The Greenback Boogie
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Mitrovic & Hojbjerg to?

                  A. Perreyra & Kamara for free
                  B. Keep Mitrovic against a leaky Arsenal defence
                  C. Any other

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

                    B

                8. jia you
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  I've had 10 different captains already, anybody beat that?

                  https://anewpla.net/fpl/report/

                  Agüero 6 110 18.3
                  Kane 4 58 14.5
                  Mané 2 36 18
                  Hazard 2 32 16
                  Pogba 1 36 36
                  Mitrovic 1 16 16
                  Lukaku 1 12 12
                  Lacazette 1 2 2
                  King 1 4 4
                  Jiménez 1 4 4

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

                    6 for me.

                  2. jia you
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    I've had 6 blanks which is too many I guess!
                    Captain scores for each gameweek :
                    4, 40, 4, 12, 12, 16, 16, 28, 12, 30, 26, 6, 4, 12, 24, 2, 10, 4, 12, 36,

                    1. MysticMac17
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      2 captain blanks here. 16, 18, 16, 12, 14, 16, 16, 2, 16, 30, 42, 16, 16, 12, 24, 10, 10, 4, 12, 24. Kane and Sterling

                      1. jia you
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 3 months ago

                        nice and consistent!

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

                    8 here

                  4. Diva
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Only six, and only once has somebody provided returns on the three occasions I strayed from putting the armband on Salah, Agüero or Kane this season.

                  5. Ne0
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    6 of which Arnie returned 0 points.
                    Salah 6 118 19.7
                    Agüero 6 120 20
                    Aubameyang 3 40 13.3
                    Hazard 2 18 9
                    Kane 1 2 2
                    Arnautovic 1 0 0

                    1. jia you
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Aguero has done very well looking at the data, sometimes we have short memories! I'm strong considering bringing Kun back in early in the new year!

                9. Klein
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Any early wc here?

                  1. MysticMac17
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Yeah me. Check out my team above.

                  2. Salah’s Sonnet
                    • 12 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Yep, here, happy with my decision

                10. The White Pele
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  best below 5m GK?

                  1. jia you
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Finally got rid of Ederson yesterday and went with Fabianski.

                  2. A.T
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Heston Fabianski or Patricio.

                  3. The White Pele
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    cheers both.

                11. zamorano
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Please RMT

                  Rui
                  VVD / TAA / Doherty / Pereira
                  Bilva / Salah / Fanderson (V) / Haz (C) / Fraser
                  Wilson

                  Foster / Steve Cook / Ings / Mitrovic

                  Just sold Ryan for Foster on a freebie.

                  1. IL Fantasista
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Wasted transfer IMO.
                    Lacks Pogs.

                12. De Gea is GOAT
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Hey guys! Will be using WC soon if not in a few weeks and my question is would you invest more so in the mids instead of big hitters forwards? Auba and Kane are the only forwards id go for in that price range but i feel like midfielders is where the points are. Any help would be muchly appreciated.

                  Possible WC team:

                  Button - Patricio
                  Doherty - Digne - Kola - Robbo - Holebas
                  Hazard - Salah - Sterling - Richa - Maddison
                  Kamara - Jim - Rash.

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

                    Kola to awb
                    Madds to Pogba/martial
                    Rash to Arnie/ings
                    Holebas to Taa
                    I'd suggest this.

                    1. De Gea is GOAT
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Thank you for that 🙂

                13. Scheister
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Who will be dropped when Sanchez is back? ...Lukaku fit too. Martial and Rashford to share minutes?

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

                    sanchez to sit on bench

                  2. Scratch
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Can't imagine Sanchez would be first choice as soon as he's back, doesn't deserve it

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

                    Sanchez can play as a 9 (sort of) too.

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

                    He will play rw IMO.
                    Martial lw & rash playing both Striker/lw.
                    Rotation galore 😀

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

                  Mitrovic probably going through some anger management process otherwise he would have punched Kamara during that incident... 😆

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

                    This

                    Would love to see a repeat of Bowyer - Dyer act

                  2. jia you
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Haha yeah, he reacted very classy to the who episode! As for that big lump Kamara, what a clown to put pressure on himself like that especially as he's such a mediocre player!

                15. hawkeyorigin
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Need to wait one week to get lacazette out (worst transfer of this season...)

                  Thoughts on whether to play him this week or go with TAA or Kiko Femenia?

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

                    Play him.

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

                    play

                16. Jinswick
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Which 1 would you start this week?

                  A) Trent (mcy)
                  B) Holebas (bou)
                  C) Camarasa (TOT)
                  D) Ings (che)

                  Fabianski
                  Kolasinac, Digne, Doherty
                  Hazard, Son, Siggy, FAnderson
                  Kane, Auba

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

                    D

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

                    B

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

                    B

                17. Scheister
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  2 FTs, 1.0 itb

                  A) Martial to Pogba
                  B) Sane to Hazard, and Trippier to Digne
                  C) other?

                  Fab
                  Robbo Luiz Trippier Doherty
                  Salah Sane Richarlison Martial
                  Kane Jimenez

                  Button AWB Ings Camarasa

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

                    B

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

                    B

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

                    B

                  4. Winston.
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    B

                18. Winston.
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Who to play ?

                  A. Robertson (mci)
                  B. Lingard (new)
                  C. Holebas (bou)

                  Thanks.

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

                    C

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

                    between A or C.. maybe C coz already rested last GW and you're kinda stuck with him, and its leaky bou

                  3. A.T
                    • 13 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    B

                19. olidooley
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Hey guys....dumped Sane for Pogba...1 FT left....save for now?

                  Patricio
                  Alonso Doherty Digne
                  Salah Pogba F Anderson Fraser
                  Kane(c) Rashford* Jimenez

                  Hart* Robertson AWB Hojbjerg**

                  Save?

                20. Scheister
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Trippier to TAA or Digne?
                  Yes, TAA poor fixture this week, but averages more ppg than Digne

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

                    (Looking long term)

                    1. A.T
                      • 13 Years
                      5 years, 3 months ago

                      Trent

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

                    Taa

                  3. The White Pele
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    TAA

                21. SpaceCadet
                  • 10 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Suggestions for this lot guys? 1 ft, 1m itb

                  Patricio
                  Alonso digne awb
                  sane mane son snodgrass
                  kane rashford jiminez

                  McCarthy Lingard vvd Balbuena

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

                    Lingard to Pogba.

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

                      He only has 1m

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

                      0.4m short, would have to take a hit. McCarthy to button?

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

                        Ahh yes of course, a bit short. Jlingz is such a troll....Button would be OK, Ryan's back by GW26 eh.

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

                    I used FT on McCarthy>Button to free up enough for Son>Hazard

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

                      Good shout, cheers