The best forwards to sign with the Free Hit chip in Blank Gameweek 31

FPL GW32 Scout Picks

Lammens

Mavropanos
Gabriel Magalhães
van Hecke

Semenyo
Bruno Fernandes
Gordon
Szoboszlai

Welbeck
Bowen
Haaland

Hermansen
Mukiele
Heaven
Hinshelwood

GW33 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Welbeck	BHA	6.2m	102.1%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	98.2%	Likely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	88.1%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.4m	80.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	81.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	80.5%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	75.0%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	74.3%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	74.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	74.2%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	72.6%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	71.4%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	70.2%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	70.2%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.7m	66.1%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	72.3%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	67.2%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	66.7%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.6m	63.9%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	63.5%	Unlikely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	61.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	62.8%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	59.8%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.4m	56.1%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	55.2%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	56.0%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	52.1%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	51.9%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	52.1%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	49.2%	Unlikely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.4m	47.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	48.1%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	46.5%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	46.1%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.3m	40.7%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.2%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	45.2%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	44.7%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	45.0%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	44.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	96.7%	Maybe
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	97.8%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Merino	ARS	5.4m	95.7%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	91.9%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	92.3%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	90.7%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	90.0%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	85.6%	Unlikely
Angel	WOL	4.7m	80.4%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	84.6%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	84.3%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	82.7%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	82.5%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	81.3%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	81.2%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	79.7%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	77.5%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	78.3%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	77.4%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	73.1%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	71.3%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	68.5%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	68.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	66.1%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	64.5%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	64.3%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.2m	58.7%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.0m	59.5%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	62.2%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	60.8%	Unlikely
Šeško	MUN	7.4m	54.0%	Unlikely
Merrick	CHE	4.0m	57.1%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	61.0%	Unlikely
Ebere	EVE	4.4m	59.4%	Unlikely
Milambo	BRE	5.2m	58.9%	Unlikely
N.Gonzalez	MCI	5.9m	57.5%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	57.1%	Unlikely
Chiesa	LIV	6.3m	56.2%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	54.3%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Donnarumma	MCI	C
Up	Verbruggen	BHA	C, Vs
Down	Raya Martin	ARS	A
Up	Darlow	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Petrovic	BOU	B
Up	Henderson	CRY	C

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 9:57am

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	O’Reilly	MCI	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
Up	van Hecke	BHA	B, Vs
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
Up	Struijk	LEE	B, Vs, £
Up	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Dijk	LIV	C
Down	Thiaw	NEW	C, Rest
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Tavernier	BOU	C, £
Up	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	A
No Change	Gordon	NEW	A, OoP
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
Down	Szoboszlai	LIV	B
Down	Wilson	FUL	A
Up	Hinshelwood	BHA	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 10 Apr, 2026 10:24am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	C
Up	João Pedro	CHE	A
Up	Welbeck	BHA	A, Vs
Up	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Down	Thiago	BRE	B

Last updated: 7 Apr, 2026 3:01pm

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15 March 2019 3670 comments

Skonto Rigga

Our series of articles on the best Free Hit squad for Blank Gameweek 31 concludes with a look at Fantasy Premier League forwards.

Using data that can be found in the Fantasy Football Scout Members’ Area, we have assessed which options are the most likely to find the back of the net, offer assists, or provide a combination of both.

Members can read on and take in our analysis, but those without membership can still enjoy Tuesday’s article on goalkeepers for free.

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Plagued by indecision
7 years, 1 month ago
Ederson* / Hamer*
TAA / AWB* / Doherty* / Shaw* / Digne
Salah / Mane / Hayden / F.Anderson / Pogba*
Jimenez* / Higuaín / Barnes

1 FT. Need a goalkeeper. Concerned about Higuain’s fitness.

A) Should I 4-pt Vardy in for Higuaín and Fabianski for Hamer?
B) as above with AWB > Rice for -8?

My rank is toilet and I am miles behind in my minileague if that makes a difference.
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Lionel Ronaldo
7 years, 1 month ago
(No cheating)

Name:
- The only MID
- The only two DEFs

having played all minutes of this season
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1. TheDragon
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Pretty sure Milvojevic is the midfielder
  
  One of the wolves defenders (not Jonny, doherty or Bennett). Cody maybe?
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  1. Lionel Ronaldo
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Yes for Mili. Yes for Coady*.
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    1. TheDragon
      7 years, 1 month ago
      Awesome!!
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2. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Milivojevic
  Mee and Ake
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  1. Lionel Ronaldo
    7 years, 1 month ago
    No to Ake. Missed 9 minutes against United. See above.
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3. Jay_
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Diop, Azpi, Kante
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  1. Lionel Ronaldo
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Diop missed GWs 1 and 2.
    Technically Azpi didn't play in one of the GWs.
    Kanté missed minutes against Wolves and Huddersfield.
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    1. Jay_
      7 years, 1 month ago
      Cheers
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4. Tcheco
  7 years, 1 month ago
  VVD
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  1. Lionel Ronaldo
    7 years, 1 month ago
    54 minutes against Southampton in GW6.
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5. Danno - Emre Canada
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Me well not me but Mee?
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  1. Lionel Ronaldo
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Meh
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6. Speédy
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Maguire
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  1. Lionel Ronaldo
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Check his GWs 13-16. Also GW23.
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7. dbeck
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Schindler
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8. panda07
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Tarkowski?
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  1. panda07
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Just checked it's wrong
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9. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Got it.
  Milivojevic
  Mee + Coady
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OptimusBlack
7 years, 1 month ago
Salah TC ??
YAAAAAY
NOPE
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1. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Nay
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2. TheDragon
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Patience is a virtue
  
  The time for TC will come but it’s not this week
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3. Jay_
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Thinking about. Don’t feel ‘right’ though. But I think that’s just because it’s a SGW and every SGW after will feel like that too.
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Team Cruel
7 years, 1 month ago
Mane not pictured in training today

https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/b1jd3p/man%C3%A9_not_pictured_in_liverpools_training_session/
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1. Numb
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Klopp didn’t say anything in his Presser
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  1. Team Cruel
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Managers often keep quiet if they aren't specifically asked about certain players.
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2. Lionel Ronaldo
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Lateness, toilet breaks, could be anything.
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3. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Don’t worry, he’s on the bus
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4. Maddamotha
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Typical I dont get him because of this, then he starts and gets a brace
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  1. TheDragon
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Your optimistic if you think it’ll just be a brace
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    1. TheDragon
      7 years, 1 month ago
      You’re*
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5. FPL Virgin
  7 years, 1 month ago
  They also put a man on the moon.
  
  I broke this story ages ago.
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  1. TheDragon
    7 years, 1 month ago
    You could be FFS’s roving reporter
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:
7 years, 1 month ago
So, stick with TAA, Salah & the possibly injured Mane for the FHC or ditch the defender and bring in Firmino for a guaranteed attacking double up?
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1. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Everyone needs to relax about Mane, he’ll be more than fine
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  1. AuFeld
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Do you have anything to support your claim?
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ChickenTikkaMoSalah
7 years, 1 month ago
What's this news about Mane not being in training??? Surely Klopp would have mentioned in his press conference?
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1. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Zzzzzzzz
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Tsparkes10
7 years, 1 month ago
Now Arni seems okay do I get him in over King or Maddisson?
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1. Jay_
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Prefer King if it’s for 33 too
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  1. Taking one for the team
    7 years, 1 month ago
    This ^
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Jay_
7 years, 1 month ago
A) Billing (whu, LEI), DDG (WAT, wol), Luiz (car, BRI)

B) Wilson (NEW, BUR), Kepa (car, BRI), Shaw (WAT, wol) -4
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1. MFC Lad
  7 years, 1 month ago
  B easy decision
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Transferred Out
7 years, 1 month ago
Guaita or Foster to Boruc Worth the -4 ?
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1. Jay_
  7 years, 1 month ago
  One will play 33 so probably not
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Pompel
7 years, 1 month ago
Surprised to see Siggy relatively highly rated in RMT tool for GWs 31&33. Not too many attacking returns lately, am I missing something?
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Starky22
7 years, 1 month ago
Fraser likely to start??
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1. Champ
  7 years, 1 month ago
  I think so.
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2. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Yup
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George James
7 years, 1 month ago
If all goes as expected for the teams playing in 32 how do you think this would do?

(-8)
Guatia
Alonso • Robbo • Jonny
Sterling (TC) • Pogba • Jota • Hazard
Rash • Kun
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1. Jay_
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Yep
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2. Mo Mané Mo Problems
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Who is your VC?
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Hazz
7 years, 1 month ago
Fabianski
Robertson / TAA / Pereira / Digne
Salah (C) / Hazard / Maddison
Vardy / Wilson / Barnes

Who to put the VC on?
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1. Jay_
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Wilson
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2. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Wilson
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3. The 12th Man
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Wilson or Hazard
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4. TheDragon
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Vardy
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YoungPretender
7 years, 1 month ago
Sterling & Gunnarsson > Mane & Fraser (-4) leaves me with this.

TAA Luiz
Hazard Salah Mane Fraser
Rondon Barnes King

Worth it? Saving my chips.
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1. davidmcnamara
  7 years, 1 month ago
  do it
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kysersosa
7 years, 1 month ago
Good to go?
Boruc
TAA, VVD, Chilwell, Rice
(M)ane, Maddison, Brooks
Arnie, Higuain, Vardy

Guaita, Pogba, Sterling, Shaw
1 FT 0 ITB looking at taking shaw out for Clyne?

Thoughts
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Forza Papac
7 years, 1 month ago
Sir Lenny Henry is looking trim.
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1. The 12th Man
  7 years, 1 month ago
  It’s the striped suit
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trikster102
7 years, 1 month ago
Vardy or Hazard this week?
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1. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Vardy
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FDMS All Starz
7 years, 1 month ago
Which option is better?

A) Pedro/Maddison - Fraser - Allison (-4)

Or

B) Mane - Arnie - Fabianski (-8)
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1. Taking one for the team
  7 years, 1 month ago
  B
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Rainer
7 years, 1 month ago
Salah now being bought after the Mane news.
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1. davidmcnamara
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Link?
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2. trikster102
  7 years, 1 month ago
  what news?
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Weasel Boy
7 years, 1 month ago
Kun + Poggy to Wilson + Hax -4?

Would lose 0.5 on Poggy and 0.3 on Kun.
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The 12th Man
7 years, 1 month ago
Jota,Aguero > Fraser,Vardy for free?

Will give me this :-
Fabianski
Robertson, TAA,Periera
Salah(c),Hazard(vc),Almiron,Fraser
Vardy,King,Barnes

Hamer,Pogba,AWB,Doherty
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1. JoeSoap
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Yes
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Flynny
7 years, 1 month ago
Hi.....thoughts on jiminez to king - 4?

I'd lose 0.4 on jiminez and possibly want him back of free hit next week

This love would give me 11 starters for 31....already got Wilson

Thanks
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1. The 12th Man
  7 years, 1 month ago
  If you have your FH and or WC I would.
  Can shift funds around to get the players you want.
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  1. Flynny
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Thanks
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Maddamotha
7 years, 1 month ago
Kamara > Vardy worth a hit? Would mean -8, and 11 playing
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1. Garlana
  7 years, 1 month ago
  I would
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2. The 12th Man
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Probably
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only2
7 years, 1 month ago
Any update on Higuain yet?
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1. Lionel Ronaldo
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Still fat
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2. Bobby Digital
  7 years, 1 month ago
  He's fine
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La vida FPL
7 years, 1 month ago
Is it worth bringing in Rice or D.Luiz for a hit this week? I have 11 but would mean Schindler could sit on the bench in case any last min non players?
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1. Tempestic
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Not for a hit
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anish10
7 years, 1 month ago
Is a -8 worth it to get another defender or keeper in?

Only have 9 ATM
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1. MFC Lad
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Yes if it gives you the full 11 in 33 too
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JoeSoap
7 years, 1 month ago
A. Rash>Vardy
B. Pogba>Hazard (losing 0.9 on Pogba)
C. Both for -8
D. Play 9

Playing FH GW32 (all other chips remaining)

FAB
ROBERTSON, TAA, PEREIRA, DIGNE
SALAH, FRASER, Pogba, ANDERSON
Rashford, WILSON
Guaita, Hojb, awb, Jiminez
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1. The 12th Man
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Probably A.
  Could you not lose AWB for someone like Rice if you want 11.
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  1. JoeSoap
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Thanks. Prefer attackers at this stage. Have Fab as well.
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2. TheDragon
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Definitely A.
  
  Whether to do Pogba to Hazard depends on whether you care about ownership. Hazard will be very highly owned. Also depends on what your planned FH GW32 team looks like, if it includes Pogba and whether you need that £0.9m
  
  Surprised you are losing as much as £0.9m, you know you only lose half the difference between purchase and sell price?
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  1. JoeSoap
    7 years, 1 month ago
    Thanks. Not an issue for GW32 as I can have a cheap bench. May be an issue when WCing GW34. Bought for 8.0 and if I lose him will have to pay 8.9. That said if I sell him I have gained 0.4 as you say.
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YEAH PITCH!
7 years, 1 month ago
-8 to get 11 out?
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1. JoeSoap
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Thinking same, see above. Would probably want attackers or pool defenders though.
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2. Maddamotha
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Thats the Q
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4zim
7 years, 1 month ago
FH This week. 1.6ITB following trnsfers. RMT

Fabianski / Hamer
Robertson Luiz Rice / Schindler Daniels
Mane(C) Salah(VC) FAnderson Fraser / Almiron
Barnes Vardy Higuain

Anywhere you'd suggest an upgrade?
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mr messi
7 years, 1 month ago
Should I play Fab or Boruc?
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1. MFC Lad
  7 years, 1 month ago
  Fab
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