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16 March 2019 1294 comments
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Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) and Raheem Sterling (£11.5m) have both been handed rests by Pep Guardiola in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Manchester City are visiting Swansea City to compete for a place in the semi-finals, and to potentially confirm a Blank in Gameweek 33.

If they do, that would mean a third Double Gameweek for the defending champions this season, having faced Arsenal and Everton in Gameweek 25 and already confirmed to be playing twice in Gameweek 35.

That later Double Gameweek is booked out with matches against Tottenham (home) and Manchester United (away), which means Manchester City’s Blank Gameweek 33 home meeting with Cardiff would probably move to Double Gameweek 32 if they leave south Wales with a win tonight.

That would set up a hugely appealing Double Gameweek with Fulham (away) and the Bluebirds (home) their two opponents.

For that reason, Fantasy managers, especially those looking to Free Hit in Double Gameweek 32, will be hoping that Manchester City win today.

Watford already confirmed that they and Fulham would not play in Gameweek 33 with their win over Crystal Palace earlier today.

Apart from the rests for Aguero and Sterling, it is a relatively strong line-up named by Guardiola to take on Championship opposition.

Ederson (£5.6m) keeps his place in goal and plays behind a back-four consisting of Fabian Delph (£5.3m), Aymeric Laporte (£5.9m), Nicolas Otamendi (£6.0m) and Kyle Walker (£6.4m).

David Silva (£8.5m), Bernardo Silva (£7.5m) and Ilkay Gündogan (£5.4m) are the central midfield trio with a three-man attack consisting of Leroy Sané (£9.3m), Riyad Mahrez (£8.2m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.9m).

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Delph, Gundogan, D Silva, B Silva, Sane, Mahrez, Jesus.

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

    BGW (Joshua) KING!

    1. YEAH PITCH!
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      THIS

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Legend 😀

      1. Yoshioka
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        You also brought Wilson in for a hit though didn't you?

  2. Fantasy Gold
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Saw quite a few people say that Josh King would score a brace now everybody is buying Wilson 🙂

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Saw quite a few people selling King for Wilson 🙂

    2. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah, was always gonna happen eh? Ffs

  3. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    Top10k: 15 (-2.5) 5 played
    Overall: 6.5 (-1) 2 played

    Servers have been dodgy all day, so mightn't be 100% accurate.

    https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/2019/03/16/18-19-gw31-intermediate-results-saturday/

    1. TheDragon
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      How many players do the top 10k have in total

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Thats a question for Ragabolly!

        Expect it to be 9-11 while 22% have used their FH this week.

      2. fr3d
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Probably close to 10.0

    2. DandyDon
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Do we know average hits taken by top10k?

    3. Jay_
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers mate

    4. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Did Maddison pick up injury?

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Collided with Chilwell and went off shortly after.

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

      Do we have an idea of what the average score is so far this week?

      1. jtreble
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Never mind: FPL Discovery back on line.

    6. FPL Scoop
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Any reason not to activate FH now? Will be nice to see crap like Felipe and Pereira out my team for a bit

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        City losing might change your plans.

      2. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        You still won't be getting rid Felipe and Pereira for good however. Have you considered WC32, FH33, BB35 or TC35 ?

        1. JoeJitzu +42
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Had planned FH32 but you make a good point.

          Get rid of the dross earlier and FH slightly better dross for GW 33

          Interesting alright...

        2. HD7
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          The drawback is you might have accumulated injuries before BB 35

          1. FantaCity
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            ... but the advantage is that any injuries accumulated during the International Break can be dealt with on the WC

        3. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Hmmh not bad at all this route ...

    7. George Agdgdgwngo
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      If I play the free hit now can I make transfers all week (like a wildcard)?

      1. jtreble
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Yup.

      2. grumpyman
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Yes. But careful if activating it now as many of the popular free hit picks may actually drop in price tonight. Might be better to wait until tomorrow.

        1. SomeoneKnows
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Why would they drop in price, I don't get it? People are bringing them in, not selling them

          1. JoeJitzu +42
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Flip statistics has a few dropping this evening due to transfers today.
            If the FHitters wait they’ll get some 0.1 less

            1. JoeJitzu +42
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              *FPL

          2. grumpyman
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            People were selling them in droves this morning. Some (Pogba, Doherty etc) predicted to fall right now on FPL Stats.

    8. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Stupid Slabhead ruined the Vardy party.

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Burnley low block was never going to cater the Vardy party. Fulham were so naive last GW vs him.

    9. child of God
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Need salah to get 4 goals and an assist tomorrow

      1. DeathoftheParty
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        SVP

    10. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Baps final in Burn/Leics game?

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Maddison & McNeil may swap.

        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Wrong answer 🙁

          1. Rainer
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            🙂 * 😉

            McNeil was great, was close to more, which costs him the BAP in the end.

            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Ended up on one

    11. Justthis
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      King and maddison on the bench. That shows what a casual i really am. Feel stupid tbh.

      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        lol

      2. Justthis
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        It was because im on safari

        1. DeathoftheParty
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yorkshire Safari?

    12. Evasivo
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Admins... Fixture ticker only showing final 3 GWs for me..

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Me too

        1. Evasivo
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Any Mods around?

          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            I’ve flagged your post

            1. Evasivo
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Thank you

      2. MTPockets
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Move the slider below

          1. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            There isn’t one

            1. MTPockets
                7 years, 3 months ago

                There is for me, but maybe a members thing

                1. The Bandit
                  • 15 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  Membership shouldn’t affect the home page

                  1. MTPockets
                      7 years, 3 months ago

                      Apparently it does. Don't see it when I log out

            2. G-Whizz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Thanks, it's been reported to our Tech team who are currently trying to get this resolved 🙂

          2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Considering who is most likely to play a DGW next week, who would you consider essential? I'm looking at 3 Citeh for sore, Kun, Sterling and Laporte. Pogba and Lukaku are firmly on my radar, too.

            1. bitm2007
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              If Brighton beat Millwall, Kane will also have a DGW32, with Palace being Spurs first opponents in the new stadium.

            2. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              3 Chelsea, Man C, Man U and 2 Soton should do the trick

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

            Rival is without FH and WC. I have all the chips. Expected him to play the TC in GW 32 - Aguero or Sterling... however he played it like me Salah (TC) this GW...
            Very impulisve and short sighted I might say.
            In our money league we also have money award every 4 GWs before the General one in the end of season. He was 100 pts behind me, after last GW he was only 9pts behind me. Clearly short sighted though. Expect after my FH GW 32 I will again have a nice lead 🙂

          4. bitm2007
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            It will be interesting to see who much, if any FH'ers have gained so far this GW.

            18 from 6, no FH here.

            1. ppv
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              10 from 6 FH

              1. DeathoftheParty
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Exactly the same.

            2. Fantasy Gold
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              28 from 7 here

              1. One for All
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                32 from 5. King Brace,Rondon goal and Yedlin and Felipe Anderson assist

            3. tricpic
              • 16 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              smug

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

              10 from 6

            5. Jay_
                7 years, 3 months ago

                6 from 6, no FH. Gutted

              • Regin
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                with watford winning, is watford vs s'hampton for gw32 confirmed? want to get valery as an enabler.

              • leo_messi
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                34 points today,no fh ,2 x che and 3 x live tomorrow 🙂

            6. Positive vibes
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Who will win?
              A. Robbo, Digne, Haz
              B. Siggy + 6 pts
              Cheers 🙂

              1. DeathoftheParty
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                A

            7. DeathoftheParty
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Had a mare. But so has everyone in my ML... Most importantly. No one has Salah as capt apart from me.

              Mo, punishment SVP.

              1. Positive vibes
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                This

            8. TheDragon
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Do we know what Salahs effective ownership is in top 10k and do we have any mane update

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

                174% and Scotty didn't spot him on a train

            9. threeputt
              • 16 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Last 10 of ML LMS, gonna boil down to my Mane (c) v the rest who all have Salah (c)

              oh sh1t !

              1. HurriKane
                • 13 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Mane out it seems . Whos ur vice?

                1. Regin
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  why is mane out?

                2. threeputt
                  • 16 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  Higuain
                  Reckon Mane will be fine

            10. FPL Scoop
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              So that was abysmal.

            11. Regin
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              all those last minute goals cost me 4 points, 2 for ake & 2 for taylor, they lost their 1 bp & conceded 2 goals. this is a gw where 4 or 5 points can make a big difference,

            12. Justthis
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              How many players are in the top 10k?

              1. The Tinkerman
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                erm... 10,000?

                1. XabiAlonso
                  • 10 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  About 10999 according to some

              2. Jay_
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  😀

                • 'Broadsword Calling Da…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  Brilliant, do I win a prize if I tell you? 🙂

                • how now brown cow
                  • 11 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  There are too many hard questions on here. More of this please.

              3. The Tinkerman
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                GW32 then.... Assuming City win,

                Triple City, triple Chelsea nailed on

                Maybe triple United.

                Jiminez and maybe Doherty also.

                Southampton a potential filler team for one final spot. Palace an outside bet if they double with that HUD fixture. Not a lot else...

                1. Positive vibes
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  Agree

              4. fr3d
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Sane close

              5. Regin
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                i didnt have king but i had mcneil!

              6. FPL Scoop
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Is anyone going for WC32, FH33, BB/TC35?

                Why/why not?

                1. The Tinkerman
                  • 10 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  I'll tell you when we know the fixtures.

                  1. G-Whizz
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 8 Years
                    7 years, 3 months ago

                    This

                2. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  7 years, 3 months ago

                  Good question to ask and debate, just thinking the same option. First instinct is that, you'd lose out on Liverpool assets and Man U blank week after, but i have only barely scratched the surface. I think the consensus for the near term is to find out who's actually playing first, and then debate from there..makes sense.

              7. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                • 12 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Imagine being a Huddersfield fan and being so close to seeing them win for the fourth(!) time this season.

              8. The Tinkerman
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Hoping for a Milwall win tomorrow to maximise the DGWs in GW35.

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

                  Nope
                  We need triple dgw's for Brighton 😉

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

                    3 dgw's*

                  2. The Tinkerman
                    • 10 Years
                    7 years, 3 months ago

                    No way am I holding triple Brighton for a DGW after WC. Who would you even get? Attackers rotate too much.

                    I'd rather have more choice for WC looking at BB35.

              9. tricpic
                • 16 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                12 from 7, utter waste of Free Hit.
                Need Mo to save this GW.
                Maddison on bench, anyone else now hoping those mane rumours are true?

              10. Scapegoat Salah
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Does Hernandez get 3 bonus??