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23 February 2019 2052 comments
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James Maddison (£6.6m) has come through his injury doubts to start for Leicester against Crystal Palace this afternoon.

The central midfielder was yellow-flagged before the game following comments from Claude Puel in his Thursday press conference.

Maddison starts in the number 10 role for the Foxes as their run of appealing fixtures gets underway this weekend.

Ben Chilwell (£5.0m) was not as fortunate as he missed out on a place in the matchday squad through his knock.

Christian Fuchs (£4.1m) makes just his second start of the season at left-back.

The wide attacking midfield slots are occupied by Harvey Barnes (£5.5m) and Rachid Ghezzal (£5.0m) while a recall for Jamie Vardy (£8.8m) sees Demarai Gray (£5.4m) drop to the bench.

As expected, Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£4.6m) sits out for Crystal Palace, covered at right-back by Joel Ward (£4.3m).

Further up the field for the Eagles, there is a first start for Michy Batshuayi (£6.5m).

Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Fuchs, Maguire, Evans, R Pereira; Tilemans, Ndidi; Barnes, Maddison, Ghezzal; Vardy.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Sakho, Tomkins, Ward; Schlupp, McArthur, Milivojevic; Zaha, Batshuayi, Townsend.

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  1. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Did Ndidi get booked?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 17 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Indeedy.

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

      No

  2. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Brought in Townsend a couple of weeks ago. Suffice to say he has not really been a decent acquisition. Saying that I brought him in for Fanny so not so bad. Almiron good option as replacement going forward?

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

    How's Maddison been?

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Madison Beer? She's decent.

      1. fr3d
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Ivy not too bad either

    2. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      quite good

  4. TorresMagic™
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    • 17 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Oh dear.

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Classic Leicester!

  5. Yank Revolution
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    YASSS PALACE!!!

  6. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Batsman!! 😀

  7. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Why on earth did I get Pereira?

    1. SADIO SANÉ
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      for assists, like Doherty

    2. TAT
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Asking myself the same question. Him and Anderson for a hit, oh dear…

      1. Volley127
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Ditto... regrets

        1. TAT
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Toying with the idea of transferring Anderson straight out again – for a hit possibly.

          1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 5 months ago

            did u get anderson for one game?

            1. TAT
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 5 months ago

              I planned on having him for GW31, but after watching the game last night, I'm already looking at options.

    3. Moderately content penguin
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      This was always the wrong week. Good move for next week. No hit no problem

  8. SADIO SANÉ
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    nananananananana Batman

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      nananananananana LEADER!

  9. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    This is going to be a shockingly bad GW

  10. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    COYP!!

  11. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Leicester continue their form vs non top 6 teams. Rubbish team.

    1. Fantasy Premington
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Maybe shows the problem with the group mentality, which is slightly exacerbated by sites like this.
      Leicester bandwagon was crazy this week, despite a very basic look at their results showing they are very unpredictable and have not been particularly good against weak teams this year

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

      presume u arent watching the game?

  12. Amey
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Wth was that 😀
    Worst goal of the gw

  13. Jar Jar Winks
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    yes Pereira cs gone

    1. Peter Ouch
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Don't celebrate, its humiliating

  14. JohnnyMagrinho
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Barnes looking more of a threat than Maddison?

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

      He's a nice diver definitely 😉

  15. FPL Pillars
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Oh dear

  16. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    No pva involvement?

    1. Jar Jar Winks
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      nope

  17. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    FML

    thanks RP!

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      That's now 12 goals Palace have scored against Leicester without reply 😮

  18. davidmcnamara
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Haz + Kamara -> Kun + Hughes?

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Hughes blanks in gw31

      1. davidmcnamara
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        true thanks

    2. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Why get rid of Haz?

      1. davidmcnamara
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        chelsea form

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

      haz out after holding thro the bkank and man city is bonkers

      1. davidmcnamara
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        was always looking to replace with a man city asset and wasnt going to do it for a hit in a BGW. Had other fires to put out throughout the last couple gw's

        1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          well there is a huge differnce bw chelsea and city in terms of levels but hazard aguero sterling all are similar assets and points across the season tells

  19. The 5% Team
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    At least we won't have to wait a whole 6 days until the next GW

  20. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    AWB Injury has caused all this misery.

  21. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    We didnt get Periera for the cleansheets anyway, right lads?

  22. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    leicester conceded nice

  23. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Bad to worse. Awesome!

  24. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Think I paid 5.5 for a premium defender that plays for Leicester. When you read it out loud it sounds a lot worse.

    1. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Attacking returns though

      1. CloudSky
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Heres to hoping.

    2. Peter Ouch
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      In that way sounds awful.
      Thanks for that!

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

      hes not even 5.5 after price rise last night. palace goal was a fluke. calm down

      1. CloudSky
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Do we lose less points if the goal conceded is a fluke?

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          nah but might help you gain a sense of perspective if your iq is above 80

        2. JohnnyMagrinho
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Well, from a logical point of view if a goal is scored against the run of play it means less about the player you’re discussing and their team in general. Kind of how football goes.

    4. JohnnyMagrinho
      7 years, 5 months ago

      What? Did you not know how many CS Leicester keep/have kept already this season before you brought him in?

      Did you not bring him in for his attacking returns?

      Did you genuinely expect an immediate points return just because you brought him in for this specific GW more than any other?

      If you’re living from week to week with the belief that every move you make will work - you’re playing the wrong game.

      1. CloudSky
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        No. Yes. Yes. Yes.

    5. jtreble
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      No LEI here, defenders or otherwise, but I think you'll do well with that move out to GW38.

  25. EMBOLOFAN
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    did pva > pereira 😀

    1. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Unlucky goal to concede really

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        yeah very, makes it worse!

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

        Pathetic deflection 😀

        1. MTPockets
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Batshuayi celebrating like he's god's gift to football

          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 5 months ago

            yes - will be judged harshly for this on his day of reckoning

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

            😀

      3. Moderately content penguin
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        But there again I think Palace are more of less top if the woodwork league

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

      Odd week for it. Palace been scoring every week and Leicester's bogey team

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        i dont take superstitions into account. had a ft to burn and need per at some point so figured it may as well be now

  26. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Terrible gameweek }:(

  27. JohnnyMagrinho
    7 years, 5 months ago

    All the knee jerk/reactionary comments on here are brilliant entertainment.

    Imagine being that upset/angry you feel the need to constantly post online whenever a choice you’ve made - whether it was rational or not - doesn’t immediately go your way.

    The mentality of some people on here. Baffling.

    1. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      This comment is a knee-jerk reaction 😉

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

      absolutely

  28. mgilbert86
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Rashford to Barnes?

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      no

  29. fedolefan
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    How's the Leicester attack looking? Tielemans/Barnes/Maddison.

    1. MTPockets
      7 years, 5 months ago

      They've been all over Palace

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        I misread that as all over the place 😆

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

        So, what's lacking? Composure in front of goal?

        1. MTPockets
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Haven't see much from Vardy and yes more on target would help

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

      madds looks good

    3. Moderately content penguin
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Created nothing of note. The Guaita saves just catches reallly.

      Toothless with pot shots.

  30. Deulofail
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    I recommended Deulofeu to my casual-playing friend 20 mins before the deadline as he was panicking with 7 players blanking (plus Speroni & Schurrle). Despite my advice, he went for McArthur to go with the players he already owned, Deeney and Townsend. Expect McArthur to go on to match Deulofeu's score, as my "casual" friend clearly knows more than me. Townsend destined for a last minute goal too 😆

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      change ur username mate after the 23 points 😉

      1. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Was told to change it. Changed it. Was told to change it back. Changed it back. My life is a blast.