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. LeicesterA
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Want to bring Pogba in for a hit, to avoid being priced out.

    I can either ditch Fraser or Rashford. Without the injury doubt, it wouldn’t be a tricky decision at all but now, what would you do? Thanks.

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

      Still Fraser

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

        Thanks. Bou do seem to be on the ropes right now.

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

      Fraser to Brooks is a nice move

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

        Doesn’t give me Pogba though...

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

          But yes, I agree that Brooks is better value than Fraser now.

  2. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Welcome back Eden! LET’S GO CHAMP!!

    Fabianski
    Digne • Doherty • Kolasinac
    Hazard(C) • Son • Rich • FAnderson • Martial
    Kane • Aubameyang
    (Button / Schindler / AWB / Kamara)

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Meant to say G2G? 🙂

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

        No Pogba?

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Nope. Got Martial. Will reassess soon! Want Salah more

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

    1FT 0.1ITB
    Lloris (Steele)
    Alonso Shaw Digne (Balbuena Bennet)
    Hazard Sane Pogba Son Rich
    Kane Jimenez (Ings)

    No Salah has been killing me so need to get him in either this or next gw.

    A potential plan is:
    This gw: Save
    Next gw: Son, Sané & Balbuena > Salah, Fodder & TAA
    Allows me to bring ings back into my starting 11 once his fixtures ease up.

    Alternatively I could do Son & Sane to Salah & Fodder this week and not lose 0.2 value. Means I can bring in a playing Fodder mid rather than a 4.2 nothing.
    Thoughts?

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

      I wouldn’t take out my only city asset.

  4. OLLY G
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is Sterling to Salah for a hit worth it to save 0.2m total? Would bring him in next week regardless.

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

      Not just for the saving, no.

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

      Yeh, I mean Salah could score better than Sterling this week anyways

  5. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    How this Free Hit looking chaps? No Pogba i know haha any recommendations?

    Loris/ Button

    David Luiz, Digne, Dohery / Benett, Kongolo

    Richarlison, Ramsey, Felipe Anderson, Hazard (c), Lucas Moura

    Kane, Aubemeyang / Success

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

      Why are you using free hit? Seems mental to me.

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

    Which three defenders to play?

    Lovren, AWB, Doherty, Digne, Pereira,

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

      DDP

  7. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    This move is on my table:

    Son,Sané, Kane to Salah, hazard, Jiménez (-4)

    1. balint84
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      who is your other forward?

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

        Aubameyang, Ings

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

      Losing Kane before Cardiff?

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

        Yeah for sure but that’s my opinion

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

        People still are traumatized about his 1 pointer some weeks ago vs Cardiff at homd mate ahah

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

          No just traumatised about the position he needs to play in

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

            I understand you mate.

            I have to say that I’ll not forget my (C) choice on Kane that GW against Cardiff ahah. I was referring to myself!

            With than in mind, however, I consider that Kane is a good asset to own for this GW.

            Maybe do the move next GW?

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

              That would the most sensible thing but think I want Salah before price rising and all

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

                I am on the same boat mate.

                I am considering Alonso and Sterling out // Luiz and Salah in (-4)

                If I do not do it this GW, I’ll likely be outpriced.

                You think I should?

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

                  Hard with sterling but if you can get Aguero easily in at some point then I would do it

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

      Certainly not this week. Salah can certainly wait

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

        Leaky city defence and best attack in the league?

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

          This^

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

        I don’t think Salah can wait

  8. LIARS POKER
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Got 2 free transfers and no clue what to do. Any suggestions on the below? 0 itb

    Fabianski - Button
    Alonso - Robertson - Digne - AWB - Doherty
    Salah - Richarlison - Anderson - Brooks - Camarasa
    Kane - Auba - Rashford

    1. Paulinho14
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      alonso to luiz and rich or anderson to pogba

      1. Paulinho14
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        probably wait on rashford news first

  9. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Not sure why people are hyping sterling up. He looked poor and wasteful to me. But i’m Convincing myself into getting hazard and he is the easiest route in so I would say that perhaps.

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

      Do it! Then again, Hazard did nothing today. 😉

      1. DR0GBA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He did nothing because Palace defended for 80 mins

        Won't be the same against Southampton 😉

      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Was terrified watching he was one interception away from breaking through 1 on 1 so many times. I think palace are beautifully organised. Southampton without Hojbjerg on the other hand... also sterling has two really tricky fixtures up next and really not looking on form

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He often looks like that but still scores.
        Agree his performance was hyped up though

    3. balint84
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Ederson+Rashford
      to
      A) Patricio+Jimenez
      B) save

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

      Sane likely to drop in price?

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

      Do we reckon Son plays against Cardiff?

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

        Probably.

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

          Surely Moura will come back into the side though?

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

            It's all guess work. I think Son will be played every game until he goes to Asia.

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

        I hope so. One of his last games before going to the Asian cup

      3. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Eriksen due a rest, he looked knackered against Wolves

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

      I’ll be outpriced if not done this GW:

      Alonso and Sterling out // Luiz and Salah in (-4)

      Giant dilemma for me... Do it or nope?

      Thank you all

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

        Yes

    7. HD7
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Anybody playing Doherty and AWB together for their classh and hoping for 0-0 or just play Doherty?

      1. Paulinho14
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        i play doherty week in week out

      2. Paulinho14
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        so yes will do the exact same

      3. YEAH PITCH!
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Just Doherty.

        1. HD7
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks

    8. Paulinho14
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      would you rather have no spurs or no city?

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

        For which time horizon?

        1. Paulinho14
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          3-4 weeks

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

            I think that after the Pool game, and especially if City wins, it is crucial to invest in City attacking assets.

            I consider Son / Kane duo, however, still one of the best bets for next couple of GWs

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

        City

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

      Bavies won't start the next one will he?

    10. Tabbara
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Is it too early to jump on Arnautovic
      Looking to replace Mitrovic

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

        Arnie's fixtures aren't great.

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

        I think dumping Mitro is worth it

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

      Hazard a must have for 2 next but Pogba could wait until Son to Asia?

      1. Erez Avni
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        this

      2. Alexis Nonsense
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        This is my thought

        Keep Son for two more (Pogba 2 tough away fixtures) then swap

        Perfect

    12. Pooodle
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Best way to get Pogba funds?

      A) Alonso to Luiz
      B) Ings to Success (rely on Brooks for next few weeks)
      C) Shaw and Patricio to Button and Jonny (-4)

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

        Who's making way for Pogba? Those move include Pogba in I'd take it?

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

          Martial out for Pogba

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

            A or B.

      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        A

    13. Benditlike
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling to Pogba or Hazard?

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

        Hazard

      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Haz with the fixtures

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

        Hazard

      4. Alexis Nonsense
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Hazard, Pogba has been good, but he's prob not going to keep it up in two tough away games (ManU have had only easy fixtures, Newcastle and Spurs away is harder)

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

        Thanks. Will probably stick to the original plan which is getting Hazard.

    14. NestorC
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What to do with Rashford now? I don't think they will risk him with Lukaku being fit?

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

        May as well sell.

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

          Cheers

    15. Duffy Dunk
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Is Lovren nailed?

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

        Not long term

    16. CostaCoffee
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Officially worst gw in remembrance. First of all took a hit to go Brooks, Chica, Balbuena (total of 5 pts) to Holebas, Lingard and Kamara (2pts). I’m 20 pts worse off after those transfers (-4,would’ve had to play Jimenez and Doherty instead of Balb and Chica, + Brooks extra 3).

      Team finished with 28, (24 after hit) bench finished with 24 and rank went from 3k to 9k. Great way to end the year

      1. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Well I considered following replacemtems for Lacazette and Townsend:
        Rashford , d silva
        Kun, deeney
        And went with vardy and Willian
        Brrrrr
        Still managed 61 points thugh

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

          Would never get Willian tbh, Vardy seemed like a great pick though and still is

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

        Ouch, tbf I would have thought it would have been a bigger drop. Still top 10k, I believe in you...

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

        Still a great rank for this stage. There's always bad weeks even in a good season.

    17. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fraser to
      A) Martial
      B) Siggy
      C) Other (below 7.5)
      D) Keep

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

        Keep or get to Pogba

    18. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Talk to me:
      Vardy and Son out
      For
      Carroll and Hazard

      1. DR0GBA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Don't waste a transfer on Carroll

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

        Andy Carroll? Really?

      3. JustPark
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Carroll 10 years ago might work.

      4. Ambrosiana Inter
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I know but it s a one week punt plus we all know he has those 2/3 games when he goes nuts before going out injured again

    19. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Some help please

      Fabianski 
      Alonso laporte lovren 
      Salah hazard richarlison pereya
      Kane Wilson rashford 

      Patricio Bennett awb ward 

      Worth activating wc to get pogba in? Or just take a hit?

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

      RMWCT please

      Guaita
      Jonny TAA Digne
      Salah Hazard Pogba Richarlison
      Auba Kane Jimenez

      Subs: Button, AWB, Gibbs-White, Bednarek

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

        V nice

      2. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I'd like my wildcard team to give me a bit more of a bench

    21. HD7
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      GW 21: Right order of starters and bench?
      Captain?

      Fab
      Doherty Kola Robbo Digne
      Salah Pogba Anderson Richa
      Kane Auba(C)

      Subs: Button, Camarasa, AWB, Success

    22. Erez Avni
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      strling out for
      a. pogba
      b. hazard

      just wondering hazard is more potential for captaincy this gw

    23. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Transfer done
      G2g
      Fab
      Robbo doc kola digne
      Haz(c) Salah(v) son pogba rich
      Rashford
      Pat rondon ings kiko