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Sterling, Silva and Bernardo benched as Guardiola rotates heavily

Double Gameweek 32 comes to a head on Wednesday evening with three Premier League matches that all kick off at 19:45 BST.

Crystal Palace are the visitors to Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium, while Manchester City and Chelsea host Cardiff City and Brighton and Hove Albion respectively.

The headline team news at the Etihad sees Pep Guardiola make seven changes, with Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and David Silva among the players to drop to the bench.

Kyle Walker and Ilkay Gündogan are also among the substitutes, while Nicolas Otamendi drops out of the match-day squad.

Guardiola had previously ruled Sergio Aguero out of tonight’s match, so it is no shock to see Gabriel Jesus leading the line for City.

Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez will flank the Brazilian, while there is a first Premier League start of the season for Phil Foden.

Fernandinho, John Stones and Danilo are also recalled.

Neil Warnock has made only one change, with Harry Arter being replaced in the starting XI by Joe Ralls.

Maurizio Sarri has matched Guardiola in making seven alterations.

Eden Hazard returns to the Chelsea starting XI following his benching at Cardiff on Sunday, while there is a full Premier League debut for Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Gonzalo Higuain makes way for Olivier Giroud, while Emerson Palmieri replaces the injured Marcos Alonso.

N’Golo Kante, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Andreas Christensen are recalled as Willian, Pedro, Ross Barkley, Mateo Kovacic and Antonio Rudiger drop out.

Chris Hughton has made four changes, the most eye-catching of which sees the fit-again Florin Andone replace Glenn Murray up front.

Solly March, Bruno and Gaetan Bong all start at the expense of Anthony Knockaert, Martin Montoya and Bernardo.

Son Heung-min returns to the Spurs starting XI, replacing Lucas Moura in the Lilywhites’ attack.

Ben Davies is preferred to Davinson Sanchez in Mauricio Pochettino’s only other change.

Roy Hodgson has brought Cheikhou Kouyate, James McArthur and Martin Kelly into his starting XI and benched Scott Dann, Max Meyer and Andros Townsend.

That means Jeffrey Schlupp will move even further upfield on the left of a front three, with Wilfried Zaha switching to the right flank.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Emerson, Kante, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Hudson-Odoi, Giroud, Hazard.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI: Ryan, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, Bissouma, Stephens, Propper, March, Andone, Jahanbakhsh.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Zinchenko, Stones, Laporte, Danilo, Fernandinho, Foden, De Bruyne, Sane, Mahrez, Jesus.

Cardiff City XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Manga, Bennett, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Camarasa, Murphy, Hoilett, Niasse.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Trippier, Sissoko, Eriksen, Rose, Alli, Son, Kane.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita, Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Kelly, Van Aanholt, Kouyate, Milivojevic, McArthur, Zaha, Batshuayi, Schlupp.

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  1. palace ash
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A) Fabianski to Kepa
    B) Digne to Azpilicueta

    1 week punt before WC34

    1. tucaoneo
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Everton 4 CS in the last 5 games. I won't even even consider B.

    2. jaybradlights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A

  2. jaybradlights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pick one for GW33:
    A) King (BUR)
    B) Rondon (CRY)

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

      a

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

    If I hadn't of persisted in bringing in Dilva, my original LAST draft would have brought in 111 points, is it because I'm unlucky, crap or both, or just bad management???

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Same here. Went Dilva over Laporte. Trying to be too clever.

      1. Surfeit of Lampteys
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        You both deserved nothing cos you're calling him that frankly. Sorry, not sorry.

        1. Maddamotha
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Everyone does, kiddo

          1. Surfeit of Lampteys
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            No, I call him David Silva or D Silva for short 🙂

            So not quite everyone.

            1. Maddamotha
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Wow you must be proud of yourself!

        2. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Truth

    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      So much luck in these coinflip decisions for one week only. Just move on, you’ll get good and bad weeks 🙂

    3. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      People still instinctively favour attackers over defenders.

    4. POLSKA GOLA
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hadn’t have, not of 🙂

  4. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    106 points all out. Ecstatic!

    1. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      well done!

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Congratulations!

    3. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Snap!

  5. Scotty B
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Are the BAPS final?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes. Unless a Kane assist appears from nowhere.

      1. Rash
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Still time..

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

    imagine captaining a spurs player in a big dgw

    1. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Too soon...

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

        😀

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

          better than sterling...

  7. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Cannot wait to WC34 and hopefully get on better with BB DGW35.

    Lessons learnt from this very disappointing week!

    1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      What are your lessons learned ?

      1. Farke in hell
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Always keep Laporte in DGW

      2. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Don’t try to be smart eg triple city attack, mainly.

        1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          True. Hard to blame you for that though. It's spreading the risk because of rotation on a high scoring game.my condolences if it didn't go well.

  8. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Lacazette a good option for Higuaín?

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If nothing else pressing yes tbh. Rather that than Felipe to Tielemans for me?

      1. Lucackadoodledoo
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Sounds like a good trade

    2. SB007
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Oh yeah

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

    Top10k average at 89 for the GW.
    Overall 73.

  10. Mini Mahouse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I want Arsenal players in but who to get? Is it worth it to get Laca or Auba with the current rotation?

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      For one week. Auba surely starts

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

      kola is only one can make an argument for imo

      1. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This

  11. Scotty B
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Higuain > Laca or wait a week?

  12. Union_Jacks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is 107 red or green arrow?

    What’s the site where you can check rank again??

    1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Free. I've the same score

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

      LOL

      1. Union_Jacks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Huh?

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

      Huge red

    4. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Fantasy football fix,
      You are 6 above the average top 1k 101 well done!
      https://fantasyfootballfix.com

    5. Union_Jacks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks guys

  13. Eric the King
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Season finally turning around in the last few weeks - 118 all out and making ground on top 10k!

  14. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Be interesting to see if Higuain comes back into the team vs West Ham

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If it was me if play giroud, not sure there is anything more higuain offers more than giroud

      Saying that he will probably come back in and then be subbed

      1. ZLATAN'S PONYTAIL
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Saari ball!

    2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sarri must be torn he lives Higuain.
      Hard to know what he will do

  15. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    This 2 points of LAporte BAPS gave me 110. Hoooooooold

    1. aleksios
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      exact same here pretty good.

    2. Party time
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Nicee Let's go champ 😉

      • Niho992
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thx fellas

    3. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If ever you need proof that the best laid plans can amount to absolutely nothing when it comes to double game weeks, here it is:

      https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/entry/4404899/history.

      My aunt's team. Hasn't made a transfer all season. Knows nothing about football, just picked a team at the start and has left it. Tradition in our family to have a family league which she comes last in. But her dead team is getting 98 points this week, and mine is getting 91.

      1. Surfeit of Lampteys
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Splitting hairs though

      2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        That is only one gameweek though your aunt was not so lucky on other weeks.

      3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Ranked 3.9 million

        1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          My friend, my post very clearly was a statement in relation to luck being a huge part of double gameweeks, not an overall season.

    4. BEEZUS
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hig to Laca
      Fanderson to Madison

      For a -4?

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

        no

      2. Annie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I’ll be doing something like this for a hit with those players

    5. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I maybe getting the gist of Son's post-match interview wrong.
      But does he like the new amazing stadium?
      I am a bit unclear on it. 😀

    6. Gameweek 32 Rough with the Smooth
      Geoff
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Gameweek 32 Rough with the Smooth

      How did your GW32 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform? Did your FH work?

      Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 32 here:

      1. Richd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Tomkins being out in a fake lineup meant I didn’t double on palace defence and had to Chuck Boly in at 11:29. This also meant downgrading Azpi to Luiz.

        Cost me a lot of points.

      2. Mr. O'Connell
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Bad. No. Well. No.

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

        Posted a couple of pages back. I played my bench boost. 142 points. Up to 678 in the world. 🙂

        1. adams_6
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Nice one!
          32 on bench boost is great.

          1. Demel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks. That chip could not have gone any better. It has justified my punt to go against the grain with chip strategy. But it gets tougher here on in.

            1. jtreble
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              " ... But it gets tougher here on in ...". Yup. :).

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

          Great week

        3. Maximus Payne
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Logged in just to upvote this. Well done! You must be ecstatic

          1. Demel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks. Yes. Very happy. Definitely my best ever gameweek.

            1. Maximus Payne
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              I hit 114, also my best gameweek ever. Hazard (C) kept me clenched until the very last few minutes lol. Exciting week.

              1. Demel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                Congratulations. That is a great score. You deserve it having the faith in Hazard.

        4. Vobinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Excellent score and excellent strategy! Well done

      4. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        121 - all smooth, no overthinking, made a team, logged out for two weeks and changed DDG to Kepa before the deadline because MUN defence is arse.

        1. TomSaints
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I had your exact team on free hit for 2 weeks left alone. Then missed a train Saturday morning and spent half an hour changing things up.

          I should have stuck with gut instinct !

        2. President Giggs
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I also got 121, presumably we had the same team?

          Kepa
          Azpi-Laporte-Schlupp
          Hazard-Sterling-Pogba-Milo
          Aguero(C)-Jimenez-Rashford

      5. Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Roll on next season.

      6. MTPockets
          5 years, 2 months ago

          78. Awesome

        • Obi-1 Kenobi-0
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          91, decent but not great. Was hoping for my first tonne of the season.

          Eriksen risk obviously my big plus.
          My big negative is a small one, and that's going double Chelsea defence with Kepa and electing for Rudiger over Luiz - missing the correct answer on those little choices bug me more than anything.

          1. Richd
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            So pleased you stuck with Erikssen

            Or you’d have hunted me down 😉

            Congrats !

            1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Hey mate, thank you! I was definitely close to removing him and readjusting, and to be honest in the end I think more than anything I'm very fortunate to be getting 20 points from him... two dodgy assists and a more than lucky goal at the end there.

              Hope the rest of your season goes as well as it can do 🙂

        • THE SHEEP HUNTERS
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Bog Off!

          1. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            🙂

        • tucaoneo
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Smooth: saw through the sketchy Lindelof interview saying 'I am ready for Watford' and took him out.
          Rough: brought in Young.

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Oh lordy

          2. adams_6
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            I did exactly the same. I was SO smug about it on 85 mins Saturday.

        • THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          108 points, Kepa Azpi Laporte Hazard Kun Jimmy the heroes, Smalling Alli Sterling Pogba the villains. Overall fairly happy with my FH and moved upto 10k OR, now time to catch my ML leader!

        • Bruno Bruno!!
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          101 points with Hazard (C) and Doucoure my MVP of the GW coming in with 17 points

        • Annie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Higuain

        • Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Won't count Sterling & Pogba, as we all have 'em.

          Rough: Kane & Batshuayi blanks; McTomminey 1st on bench
          Smooth: Double CHE DEF eventually paid off. Laporte. 94 total.

        • TomSaints
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          94 and a bit meh.

          Jiminez, Martial and Sane gambles went ok.

          Last min azpi to Luiz for attacking threat was ironic. But overall decisions balanced themselves out.

          Maybe favouring premium safe defenders with good fixtures over rotation inevitable attackers is the lesson to take away.

        • captainjilflex
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          103 on FH with some bonus to come. Very pleased. Went for Luiz over Azpi, and took a punt on Alli which didn’t pay off. Laporte and Palace helped me out loads

        • Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          FH bettered regular team but disappointing all things considered (ie with fixtures etc).

          50/50 of DSilva Higuain Duffy over Milivojevic Jimenez Laporte was deadly

        • sean24
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Camarasa (my first sub) ruining my double Chelsea defence at Cardiff. They redeemed themselves tonight!

        • Pompel
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Trolled by Kane, but new the risks ofc. Had a gut feeling he would get in the double figures first match on new stadium, and also alternative pick Son seemingly out of form.
          Happy with Jiminez though

        • asquishypotato
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Smooth - Laporte and Azpi propping upmy team, with Kepa

          Rough - no shows galore didn’t help the overall, Son and Hazard came through but lindelof did not. Rashford did ok.

        • ignis88
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          96 points on FH. Not bad, but not great.

          Shaw -> Lindelof due to yellow cards, rough. Higuain, even rougher.

          Laporte, Milivojevic smooth.

          1. ignis88
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Oh, and deciding Guaita + Schlupp would be Palace overkill - rough.

            Having Guaita and Azpi instead Kepa and Lindelof would have been very nice

        • jia you
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Rough: Young + Mendy + Kane + Sterling (cost a heap of funds and delivered 6pts total)

          Smooth: My second sub, McTominay 9pts, in for Mendy after two no shows from two players.
          Left it late but 96 in the end. Considering the four in my rough and the amount of budget that they took up, I have to be happy with that!

        • FP Elephant
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Smooth: 94 points and first green arrow in a while. Snuck back into the top 100K and hoping to end the season in Top 50K or even 25K with keen WC and TC chip use coming up. Aguero (c), Hazard, and Jimenez led the attack and returns from everyone in from defense (Ederson, Schlupp, Trippier, Luiz).

          Rough: I made some anagrams of all the players who disappointed in my team in the DGW. Enjoy.
          - Gonzalo Higuain = Ha! Agonizing! LOL.
          - Gerard Deulofeo = U freeloaded. Gur.
          - Ras Sterling = Err... starting?
          - Pogba = Bag o' p__

          That being said, I'm considering all of the above (except Higuain) for my WC in GW34. Fool me once...

        • Kane Toads
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Smooth: GW32 FH team scored 87pts whilst regular (GW31) team would have scored 56 pts (+31pts). Ranked moved from 248k to 231k.

          Rough: Only 6 of my starting 11 DGWers played twice.

        • Somar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Scored 100 for the first time this season. I made a last minute decision to opt for Jimmy and David Luiz at the expense of Rudigar and Rashford

        • Holmes
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Smooth: Beautiful Babel. Azpi, Hazard.

          Rough: That old man named Young and his friend Smalling. Ryan, Sterling, Higuain, Pogba.

        • Treadstone
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Last minute decision to go with 3 city attackers.
          De gea/Laporte/Milli Out
          Ryan/Smalling/Dilva In
          27 point swing.....78 would have been 105.

          1. Annie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Not on FH?

            1. Treadstone
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              On free hit.

        • Carlton_Goal
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Rough: Had 5 players who only played in 1 game and only 4 who started both. Choosing Lukaku over Rashford and David Silva instead of a City defender cost a lot of points

          Smooth: The fake Palace line-up on twitter only cost me 1 point as I chose Dann to replace Tomkins. Double Palace defence, Azpilicueta and Jiminez came through (as well as Hazard, Kepa, Aguero) . Ended up with 96 points and a big green arrow, moved up 21k places to 81k overall

        • Differential C (Mark)
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Rough:
          - Trying to be too clever and get Young in for Shaw. Ouch.
          - Going Pogba over Rashford was rather annoying to be honest. Really was a coin toss between the two.
          - Getting Ederson because I was too worried over whether Laporte was REALLY nailed on, that cost me 6 pts.

          Smooth:
          - The ravenous Wolves duo Jota and Jimenez doing the business for me. Especially pleased with Diogo, took a chance and it worked!
          - Getting the Wolves duo freed up funds to get Azpilicueta over D.Luiz.
          - Sonny repaying my faith in the 2nd DGW match.
          - Hazard being Hazard again, Sarri finally coming to his senses!
          - 109 pts!

        • El-Kloppico
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Quick last min change from Lindo to Smalling.
          Zaha to Higuain.
          Jota to Townsend.

          Backfire at its best.

        • Peteski29
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          115 points on my free hit, up to 11k from 23k. All smooth really apart from Pogba and Sterling

        • Santigold
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          FH used and scored 74 points, 1 above average. Awful.

        • Powell
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Errrr...

          Chris Smalling 🙁
          Ashley Young 🙁
          Tony Rudiger 🙁

          I put an S in front of the H in Free Hit

        • Vobinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Okay where do I start..

          Smooths - Aguero, Hazard and thats just about it.

          Rough - changed strategy last minute from Laporte & Son to Dsilva & Smalling to max out on City attack. Loss of 25 points on its own!

          Higuain was a dead loss, Aguero, Sterling, Higuain, Dilva, Rashford all only played once and Smalling OG capped it off.

          73 all out... rank drop from 133k to 165k - all in all I'm not too upset with that as my FH score was really low comparing with others.

        • Man Getting Hit By Football
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Did a -12 this week.

          Vardy (6) -> Aguero (10) TC
          Barnes (2) -> Deeney (9)
          Barnes (3) -> Pogba (4)
          Lascalles (1) -> Schlupp (7)

          I would've TC'd Sterling had I not done these moves, so the following occured.

          No transfers: 12+(3x3) = 21 points
          w/ transfers: 23+(10x3) = 53 points

          53 -12 = 41 points (-21) = 20 points gained with transfers.

          Also had Hazard, Jimenez & Robertson to propel me to 94 points total.

          Rough: Ryan, Lindelof, Sterling, Mane & Pogba all scored between 1-4 points. Bednarek on the bench which would've taken me to 100. Happy though, considering a small green arrow with a -12.

        • Schafsalat
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          76 on FH - not great. Tripple ManCity attack really did not pay off.

        • shirtless
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          90 points for a small green arrow. Normal team out with 10 DGW players plus Robertson.

          Rough: Aguero(c) injury, Sterling in for Salah actually cost me 2 points! Doherty & Ryan were a bit of a let down too.

          Smooth: Aguero(c) outscoring Sterling captainers, Luiz, Wan-Bissaka, Robbo, Hazard, Jimenez, Rashford,

        • Rains of Castamere
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Rough - at 11.25am just before the deadline, I read the rumours of AWB being out and switched him onto my bench for Doherty. 4pts lost. And because I'm a sucker for a DGW, I made a last minute transfer of Robertson to Smalling for a hit - that move alone cost me 11 points and was unnecessary. However, I'd probably do the same again tbh if faced with a SGW defender with (TOT) and a DGW defender with (WAT, wol).

          Smooth - A score of 105 (-4). Good contributions from Ederson, Luiz, Hazard, Aguero, Rashford, Jimenez and my very own little magic bean Camarasa with a double digit score - my favourite points of the GW. Played TC on Kun and although 30 is decent, I'm a bit gutted he only played 58 mins out of 180.

          1. Rains of Castamere
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            And a nice jump from 225k to 165k OR. With WC and BB left I'm hoping for a top 100k finish.

        • tisza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          94 pts.
          Rough. Kun (c), lasts half of 1 game. Sterling. Last minute switch from Bilva to Dilva.
          Young.
          Pogba.
          Played Kepa over Guita.

          Smooth: Azpi (and a blind linesman), jimenez, hazard (but due To FHers not much of a differential)

          Small green. Top 10k looks to far away now.

        • President Giggs
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          121 points, only Sterling and Pogba blanked.

          40k -> 17k OR, luxury transfer for next week, WC, BB and TC still to play. Hoping for my first top 10k finish 😀

          1. Rains of Castamere
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Give it Giggsy until the end of the season.

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

        This isn't a humble brag post (already done that). But it is funny how in FPL you are never quite happy. I had a great score but that Spurs goal at the end cost me 2 points. I had a good grumble for 30 seconds or so. I think the thing with FPL is that you always want more.

        1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          You got Tripp?

          1. Demel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            No. Schlupp and AWB.

        2. TheDragon
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          If you complain about scoring 142 this will not end well!

          1. Demel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            I always think I could have got more. I think we all do.

            1. TheDragon
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              It’s a great mindset.

              A quote I like is ‘you deserve what you settle for’

              Always push for more

              1. Richd
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                It’s why I always get bacon in my big tasty

                1. Demel
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  🙂

                2. THFC4LIFE
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 2 months ago

                  Hahaha

              2. Mr. O'Connell
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                I've been happy when my players get 60 mins this season

        3. Richd
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Oh completely. I once had a GW rank of about 90 in the world once and i was fuming because if I’d used a chip I could have been #1 and I’ll never get that close again.

          Wasn’t happy at all!

          1. Richd
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            That’s a small lie I was a bit happy. Also Jonty owes me a paddy power £25 free bet still from that 😉

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

            Exactly. We could always do better. I bet nobody has ever had the best scoring XI and played the correct chip. Then you would have nothing to moan about.

            1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              yeah i remember being OR2 and thinking F U Simon March one place away...

        4. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          What’s your team for next week Demel?

          1. Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            He’ll wildcard.

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

            A wildcard team. It's going to be tough from here on in to remain in the top 1k.

            1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Ah of course.

              Might be okay. Triple Brighton?

              1. Demel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                Defence is all Brighton, Saints and Arsenal. A big concern. Going forward I can't invest as heavily in players which have blanks. I have good team value which should help and triple captain in 35 should help against the bench boosters. But even so wildcarding this week as opposed to next is a handicap.

        5. Farke in hell
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          You have only 5 players of 15 playing GW33. What are you gonna do now? Any plans?

          1. Demel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            1 word. Wildcard.

        6. captainjilflex
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          You could always get more though. Its the 50/50 transfer decisions that I get wrong that annoy me. Just got to be happy with a decent score I guess.

        7. Snevitz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          If I get a gameweek rank of under 1m in a week then I'm happy. If I get under 100k then I'm really happy.
          I'm also very happy if I finish the season in the top 1% of players and win my mini leagues.
          Maybe I'm not competitive enough....

      8. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Laporte 2 bonus, 121 😎

        1. Demel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Congrats!

      9. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Score of 100 is not even in the top 300k for GW rank 😮

        1. Demel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          What website do you take that from?

      10. DR0GBA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Would you do Higuain to Laca or Auba for free this week? Already have 11

        A) Laca
        B) Auba

      11. Weak Become Heros
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        104 pre baps.

      12. FER FUSCH AKE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        on 105 but the people posting scores of over 120 are annoying me big time.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Your 105 will still annoying the boys in the 80s and 90s 😉

          1. Party time
              5 years, 2 months ago

              90s and 80s will irritate the boys with 70s and 60s

            • KAPO KANE
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Or 70s

        2. Peter O'Hanraha-hanrah…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Chuffed with 118 (-12) until I saw I have 7 players for the next gameweek

          1. jtreble
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            You're not alone. It seems as if quite a number of managers are in the same situation.

        3. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Higuain to Lacazette for -4?

        4. Niho992
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Laporte + Kepa gave me 6 points more than Ederson + Luiz would and i change that few minutes before deadline...

          Funny how little funny decision can make difference. OFC i went for Bats over Jimmy so thats even 😀

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

          Some guy in the top 10k took a 40 point hit and still got a green arrow: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/entry/1742011/history

          1. jtreble
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            BB lad.

          2. Tsparkes10
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Congrats to him. That's insane

          3. Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            That is a joke!! Top 10k and he makes 11 transfers and scores 150+ points?!!!

          4. Spartac Mac
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Woaaah

          5. Spartac Mac
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Could this be a new tactic for bench boost on a DGW?

            Lots of -4pt hits to maximise your squad, but points deducted earned back through having 15 players (x2 games) ... ?

          6. bench boost for every gamew…
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            if i did that i would never got so lucky, almost every choice he made went well.

        6. Smurf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          The best thing about my free hit is that it will now disappear.

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            The shite rolling back in for 31 isn't great viewing.

          2. Richd
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Yes I thought that until my GW31 team came back.

            Ederson/Boruc combo in goal

            Declan rice

          3. Party time
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Hahaha