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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.

  1. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    What an epic failure this is turning out to be. No idea what to do with Anderson and Pereira

    1. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pereira to Kolasinac

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        lol

        1. OPTA FPL
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          see you after Arsenal game tomorrow

          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            per should comfortably outscore him between now and 33

      2. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        yeeeea no. I'd have exploded if i owned Kolasinac last gw

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      per has shown enough all season to be worth it. playing vs zaha today so not ideal.

      fando looks a bit dead

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        suppose so, probably has his hands full today (pereira)

        anderson more worrying. damn.

    3. Niho992
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Boring boring top lad dakes

  2. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    LEI 22 shots Palace 4...

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      exactly. bit of a flukey game. leicester lacked a bit of quality but xga will be low today

  3. Emiliano Sala
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Ignore double liverpool defence and go for cheap options such as leicester defenders they said. Well said

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Fail

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Leicester will get points over the next few days.

      Really, though, any side outside the top 6 is going to be pretty unreliable on a week to week basis.

      Chances are, next week players like Anderson, Perreira et al will score well.

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        exactly - they are priced accordingly

      2. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I like this guy's optimism, and I hope you're right mate! 🙂

    3. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Who said that? Source?

  4. Hughes Your Daddy
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Not Sakho 🙁

  5. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Maddison is awful player. You see better players in amateur leagues. He ruined every Leicester attack.

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      lol

      1. Emiliano Sala
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        This

    2. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      overrated

      1. Niho992
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Agree. 99% english players are overratted. Brooks is better for class.

        Maddy is slow, have awful making decision, awful shot etc.

        1. OPTA FPL
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          he only "looks" good when he is far away from the goal

  6. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    -4 for Pereira actually look like bad decision 🙁

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Wasn't expecting a CS so didn't get this week

    2. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yeahhh same position. Only did Alonso to Pereira (-4) when I saw AWB was out, unfortunately. Hopefully comes through in the long term!

    3. fr3d
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Who would’ve thought -4 for a defender wouldn’t work 🙁

    4. OPTA FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      never take hit for a def

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

      think implied cs odds were about 35% so when u factor in bonus/attack potential not neccessarily unjustified. just hasnt worked out

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks lads for the comforts

  7. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I knew it it isn't worht a hit. Damn you Want the Man, why you had to become injured 🙁

  8. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    No pva involvement again 🙁

  9. Not again Shirley
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Annoyed didn’t stick any cash on palace win. This is such a predictable result. Lei strong against top half teams and terrible against lower half. Palace not too bad these days either.

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Not predictable at all watching it

      • EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        presume you arent watching the game

    2. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Scott Dann 4.4m

      1. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        was hoping he was 3.9m

        1. Deulofail
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          It's a bit much but perfect replacement for AWB if he and Sakho are out for long enough to justify it and Palace are good for your chip strategy. He was a very popular option in preseason haha

      2. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        DGW Scott Dann 😎

      3. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        throwback

    3. JIMMY TUGGINS
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      This weekend was looking promising until my players actually played.

      1. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Your players played...that's better than some people at least 🙂

      2. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        hahah pretty much sums up the last couple of GWs for me!

        that and sticking with auba rather than going for auba-->aguero-->auba for the dgw, ofc.

    4. gaurava1216
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      All week on here- Perreira and Anderson supposedly essential- this forum responsible for turning anyone into a troll...

      Glad i didn't go either.... Advice to everyone- go with your gut- don't be influenced by those on here. You ask a question and get a reply from an unkown- not like you get a person's rank or history when they reply giving any validation they half decent at this game.

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        What's your rank?

        1. gaurava1216
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          17k

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Hard to tell with no link.

            1. gaurava1216
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              53298

              1. Business Cat
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Slap the URL to your gameweek history into the "website" field in the profile edit form

      2. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Very good point tbh. A lot of it is about seeking validation that the moves you're eyeing up are sound ones - or at least that others are doing the same. Need to learn to step back from that though sometimes, and think that realistically I probably should not have gotten Anderson in.

      3. Emiliano Sala
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Don't ask. Who forces you?

        1. gaurava1216
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          If you look at all those complaining on here- can only blame yourselves... thats what I'm saying.

      4. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        log out then

        1. gaurava1216
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          you one of the 3pointers i take it...

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

      Dann is essential for the doubles surely? Always has a goal in him.

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Mark already transferred him in

        1. FPL Scoop
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          wouldn't surprise me

      2. gaurava1216
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Here we go... exactly my point as above- pick the "essential guy" who has played 1 minute all season so far

    6. George James
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Best upgrade?

      A) Son >> Sterling

      B) Kamara >> Rondon

      C) Firmino >> Aguero

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        c + 2 of mane/trent/robbo with salah is nice

    7. Salarrivederci
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      32 after BAPS with Salah, Rash, Pogs and van DIjk to go :/

      How's everyone else?

      1. J T
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        25 with 7 to go Auba(C)

        1. J T
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          -8! 😀

    8. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      PEN for Palace

    9. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Palace pen

    10. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pen for Palace. Won by Schlupp. Evans YC.

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Evans YC means more bap for Zaha who rival has grr

    11. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Mr Peno Mili G

    12. Hy liverpool
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pva do something

    13. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Mili G
      Schlupp A

    14. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      3-1

    15. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Schmeichel yellow

    16. Hughes Your Daddy
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      LUKA!!!!!!!

    17. tm245
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Girl you know it's true.

    18. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Milly G

    19. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Schmeichel finally gets a card for his mouthing off.

    20. Hy liverpool
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Pva you bitch

    21. Delph & Safety
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I captained Vardy. I’m an absolute twat.

      1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Still time.

        1. Delph & Safety
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          I have no idea how went for Jamie over Barnes, Rondon.

      2. Ask Yourself
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        We did son or Anderson so

      3. Delph & Safety
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Hmm. Maybe I should look at an upgrade to Aguero but Jesus might be in for a shout vs West Ham?

    22. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Christ sake Pereira/LEI