Scout Notes

Vardy’s superb FPL form leaves owners with ‘keep or sell’ dilemma

Jamie Vardy is Fantasy Premier League’s form attacking asset over the last nine Gameweeks.

Since Claude Puel departed Leicester City in the wake of the defeat to Crystal Palace, Vardy has ten goals and two assists – no FPL player can match that total of 12 goal involvements during this time.

Ahead of Double Gameweek 35, we wrote that Vardy’s form was making it difficult for his owners to trade him in.

Those who kept faith with the Leicester striker have since been rewarded with 24 points in the space of three Gameweeks.

Vardy’s owners now face another dilemma ahead of the season run-in, with Leicester away at Manchester City next before entertaining Chelsea in Gameweek 38.

The Blues’ away woes (two wins in eight games on the road and no clean sheets in that time) makes that final-day fixture more appealing than it seems on paper but a trip to the Etihad next Monday is more off-putting, given that City have kept 11 clean sheets in their last 15 Premier League games.

Vardy has delivered attacking returns against five of the “big six” clubs this season, however, including an assist in the 2-1 win over City in December.

We review another triumphant day for Vardy and Leicester in our Scout Notes piece below.

Leicester City 3-0 Arsenal

  • Goals: Youri Tielemans (£6.0m), Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) x2
  • Assists: James Maddison (£6.7m), Ricardo Pereira (£5.3m)

Leicester City recorded their fifth win in seven Gameweeks on Sunday, seeing off ten-man Arsenal at the King Power Stadium.

The Gunners played almost an hour with a numerical disadvantage following the 36th-minute dismissal of Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.4m) but there should be no doubt that Leicester were much the better side even before the Arsenal wing-back picked up his second yellow card of the afternoon.

The Foxes had already registered nine shots before Maitland-Niles was sent off and they looked sharper, hungrier and more confident than their timid visitors throughout.

The sending off actually probably hindered Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) more than helped him – Arsenal retreating to a more defensive mindset after being reduced to ten men and not allowing space in behind their backline for Vardy to exploit.

For the first 36 minutes of the second half, Vardy didn’t have a single shot.

It wasn’t until Arsenal opted to throw a few men forward at 1-0 down that Vardy was presented with the space he thrives on, with the Leicester striker following up his own lobbed effort that struck the crossbar to nod the hosts 2-0 up and then securing another double-digit FPL haul when tapping in Ricardo Pereira’s (£5.3m) low cross in stoppage time.

Vardy’s movement was excellent and he could have been on the scoresheet in the first half when he lobbed wide following a through-ball from Marc Albrighton (£5.1m).

No player on show at the King Power Stadium registered more penalty box touches, attempts on goal, shots in the box, efforts on target or big chances.

When FPL forwards are filtered by the last nine Gameweeks, Vardy – who averages 9.0 points per game under Brendan Rodgers – comes top for big chances, shots on target and efforts in the box.

Vardy isn’t the only player to be excelling under his new manager.

Youri Tielemans (£6.0m) has only blanked in one of the last nine Gameweeks and he registered his eighth attacking return of the last two months by nodding in James Maddison‘s (£6.7m) cross on 58 minutes.

Only Vardy had more attempts on goal than Tielemans at the King Power, with the Belgian midfielder going close to scoring a second when he curled narrowly wide on 73 minutes.

Tielemans is one of three Leicester players, the others being Maddison and Harvey Barnes (£5.5m), who sit in the top ten midfielders for efforts on goal over the last nine Gameweeks, emphasising just how attacking the Foxes are under Rodgers now.

Speaking of the on-loan Monaco midfielder, Rodgers said:

What he’s paid to do is create and score and he’s doing it very well.

It was a wonderful cross from James and it’s important that you have players that are hungry to score and he had a great strike as well in the game that was very, very close.

He’s shown great efficiency since he’s been here and for his age, he’s got great maturity in his game and I’m very, very pleased for him today.

Tielemans had begun this match in a midfield three with Wilfred Ndidi (£4.9m) and the excellent Hamza Choudhury (£4.3m), with Maddison and Albrighton playing wide of Vardy.

With Arsenal a man down, Rodgers sacrificed Ndidi at the break and brought on winger Barnes, reverting to the 4-1-4-1 formation he had favoured in recent weeks.

Tielemans and Maddison were given more license to get forward from central positions and it was no surprise that they combined for Leicester’s opening goal.

Maddison was again impressive, if a little selfish at times, registering four shots from distance and three key passes – two of which led to “big chances”.

Ricardo got the assist for Vardy’s goal but opposite full-back Ben Chilwell (£5.0m) caught the eye from an attacking perspective, frequently getting forward from left-back and creating three chances.

While there will be few Fantasy managers interested in budget defensive midfielder Choudhury, his inclusion in a slightly tweaked Leicester set-up meant one less starting spot for the likes of Barnes and Demarai Gray (£5.4m) to compete for.

On Choudhury, Rodgers said:

I thought he was outstanding. He’s made the best tackle I’ve seen since I’ve been in here and that’s why he was in the team.

In the first half against West Ham, we were too passive, against Newcastle we were too passive. And I’m not the type of coach who waits to see if we are going to be passive again.

He’s shown me in training that he’s really aggressive, he recovers the ball so well.

Leicester will seldom face a defence as obliging as Arsenal’s, however, with the Gunners conceding three goals for the third Premier League match in a row.

They remain stuck on one clean sheet away from home all season and rank in the bottom third of the table for big chances, shots in the box and efforts on target conceded over their last six matches.

As well as the three goals he shipped on Sunday, Bernd Leno (£4.9m) had to make nine saves at the King Power – more than any other goalkeeper in Gameweek 36.

While shot-shy Brighton likely won’t cause the Gunners many problems in Gameweek 37, Ashley Barnes (£5.6m) and Chris Wood (£6.3m) will be licking their lips ahead of their final-day meeting with Unai Emery’s side at Turf Moor.

It is difficult to judge Arsenal’s attacking players given that they played for almost two-thirds of the game with only ten men but there were only occasional flashes before Maitland-Niles’ dismissal: Alex Iwobi (£5.4m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) both perhaps should have done better with presentable chances before their team-mate saw red.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.9m) returned after sinus surgery to play alongside Lacazette in a 4-4-2 but the Gabonese forward was mostly peripheral after Maitland-Niles’ red card and didn’t register a single shot.

While there were mitigating circumstances in Leicester, Aubameyang and Lacazette have each just scored one goal in their last seven away league appearances.

Reflecting on the game, Emery said:

Our gameplan was to be strong in our defensive moments and in our attacking moments, to take our chances, attacking their back four.
 
We started very well, we controlled the match with good positioning and defensively with not many problems.
 
The second yellow card gave us a lot of problems to continue with our gameplan with more efficiency. Continuing our idea with one player less was going to be difficult. It changed a lot, this red card.

The players worked very well and I’m proud of them. With one player less, we continued our gameplan, trying to be together, defensively strong, and in the attacking moments to take our moments. The first goal has conditioned the result.

When we were better on the pitch with one player less, they had a counter-attack and scored the second one and finished the match.

Mesut Ozil (£7.9m) and Nacho Monreal (£5.4m) missed out with foot and calf injuries respectively, meanwhile.

Leicester City XI (4-1-4-1): Schmeichel; Ricardo, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell; Ndidi (Barnes 46′); Albrighton (Gray 86′), Tielemans, Choudhury (Mendy 78′), Maddison; Vardy.

Arsenal XI (4-4-2): Leno; Maitland-Niles, Mustafi, Sokratis, Kolasinac; Mkhitaryan (Guendouzi 73′), Torreira, Xhaka, Iwobi (Koscielny 46′); Lacazette (Nketiah 78′), Aubameyang.

904 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I'll keep vardy, there is no way selling him

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I’m doing it for Hazard but slightly dreading gw 38.

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Have to keep if you own

  2. The Head-Ake
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    (Ryan) Lloris
    Robbo Laporte Doherty (Valery) (Cathcart)
    Mane Eriksen Son Jota (Deulofeu)
    Aguero Jimenez Vardy

    What moves would you look at doing?? 2 FT and 0.3 ITB. Cheers

    1. kennethrhcp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Eriksen & Son to Hazard or Sterling?

      1. kennethrhcp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        +a cheapie 2nd player

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hazard and JWP or Redmond from the Spurs pair.

      I doubt you’ll want both Jim and Jota in 38

  3. Christina.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Sexy bottoms...

    Lots of nice differential potentially.

    Long
    Lukaku
    Hazard
    Pogba
    Rashford(if fit)
    Zaha

    1. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes. Think I'm getting Pogba in this week and Zaha in final week.

      1. Richd
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        That’s my rough plan too

    2. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Pal/Bou is my tip for the GW38 goal fest, so Zaha or Wilson will be coming in for Jimenez.

      1. Christina.
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        yeah...Ful/newc as well

        1. Christina.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          oh, and South/hudd of course

        2. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          You won't give up on Mitrovic will you 🙂

          Although you could be right.

          1. Christina.
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            I bought Babel(9).

            😉

            1. HamezMace
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              If only Mitrovic could finish, Babel might have had 15.

      2. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Likewise.

        Wilf is the smart play from Palace of course but Benteke is getting a brace.

  4. drughi
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who scores more ? pretend you own neither

    A. Salah(new,WOL)
    B. Sterling(LEI, bra)

    1. lilmessipran
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Could go either way, no Cl makes me think Raz

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Sterling imo

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Salah, sterling done nothing since I brought 3 gameweeks ago

  5. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Morning dzzz, still got a red arrow despite using the TC successfully on Mane. lack of a pool defender really hurting. Best option here? got 1FT and 0.3m itb. main ML rival is 2 points ahead so is a hit advisable? i am not too sure

    Patricio -- Foster
    Doherty • Laporte • Kola --- Valery Duffy
    Son • Pogba • Sterling • Mane • Jwp
    Kun • Jimenez -- Gray

    A: Save FT and reassess next week i.e. Doherty/Jimenez > Dann/Rashford
    B: Duffy >> Shaw and then Jimenez >> Mitro/Benteke/Ings in gw38
    C: Duffy >> Lindelof and then Jimenez >> Arnie in gw38
    D: Duffy + Gray >> Kelly + Arnie (-4)..and then bench JWP.

    1. AndyCook
        4 years, 11 months ago

        A, all your defenders have decent fixtures so guess you would bench JWP?

        1. AndyCook
            4 years, 11 months ago

            In B and C I mean

      • C'mon the Fylde
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Would you agree with this move?

        Fraser & Eriksen -> Pogba & Millivojevic (-4)

        Ederson
        AWB Laporte Azpilicueta
        Fraser Salah Mane Eriksen Babel
        Jiminez Aguero

        Fabianski, Rice, Grant, Pereira

        1. fridge
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Prob just do Erik to Pog

        2. WVA
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          No way

      • #FPLBhuna
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        what's the better move here?

        foster
        robbo - trent - laporte
        mane - sterling - son - eriksen - jota
        aguero - jiminez

        ryan - ings - yoshida - valery

        a) ryan > patricio (ft)
        b) eriksen > pogba (ft)

        1. Christina.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          the one with the bigger upside...

          1. #FPLBhuna
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            genuine question though

            which has a bigger upside?

            pogba isn't pulling up no trees

            1. Christina.
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              he hasn't played Hudd yet. Cardiff to come. Pointless in buying a keeper.

              1. #FPLBhuna
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                fair point cheers

        2. denial
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I've got the Ryan/Foster combo and I reckon I'm going to leave it be for few games left. More fun with attacking transfers.

          1. #FPLBhuna
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            yeah good point, thanks

        3. Bullet Eder
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          IMO it would be a huge waste to use a free transfer on a goalkeeper with just two games left.

          1. #FPLBhuna
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            fair point, cheers

          2. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Especially when it’s Patricio who has Liverpool away

        4. fridge
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          B for me

        5. antis0cial
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I have a very similar team, probably B. Considering Son + Eriksen to Hazard + whoever maybe Mili but think Pogba is the sensible move.

      • fridge
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        If nothing too pressing this week, people agree it's worth having 2 FTs for the final game week for any big punts needed in a tight mini league?

        1. fridge
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Or if you take the lead, using 2 FTs to block some of their players...

      • Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Salah, Wilson to Pogba, Aguero (C) for -4?

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Nope

      • lilmessipran
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Getting rid of Duffy to a defender with a decent fixture seems like a waste of a transfer at this point.. play Yoshida instead?

        1. fridge
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I think I'm going to do that but play Bednarek and bank the transfer

        2. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Could have gone Duffy to Laporte last gw but instead went Murray to Zaha. Now I just have to deal with having him on the bench for the last 2 gw.

      • Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        What's a good result for Pool on wednesday? Score draw?

        1. FPL_Crisis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Anything no worse than 2-1 I’d say

        2. lilmessipran
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Anything better than or equal to 2-1

        3. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          That would be brilliant. Shame Firmino doesn't look as though he'll make it.

      • drughi
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        anywhere you can check players ownership in the top 5k ?

        1. Christina.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          lol

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

        1FT, 2.5 itb.
        Ryan
        Duffy Robbo Dohery
        Bilva Sterling Jota Son Mane
        Aguero Jimenez

        Foster Llorente Bed Dunk

        a) save FT
        b) upgrade defence
        c) Son to Haz

        1. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          GW 38 looks tricky with 3 Wolves away to Liverpool and triple Brighton defence to City.

          Hazard makes most sense this week.

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

            that's why I'm thinking Duffy to VVD now

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Other option is a united defender. Both Newcastle home and Wolves away are decent sides.

              I’m not especially keen on my double Liverpool defence right now.

      • JasonG123
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Which move?
        (A) Son to Bernardo
        (B) Foster/Ryan to Guita
        (C) Foster and Trippier to Guita and Laporte (-4)

      • FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        So top scorers vs Huddersfield last 3 weeks:
        Vardy 16
        Moura 21
        Salah 19

        Shame it’s united this weekend. Impossible to pick who will do well. Maybe flat track bully Lukaku is overdue?

        1. No Professionals
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          If he's not too tired

      • No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Like most people, I'm thinking about taking son out, probably for a hit.

        But do you think Bournemouth's style of play might suit son more? I can easily see him getting a couple against a team that comes out and plays.

        1. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Wouldn't take him out because he's suspended against Ajax midweek which means he starts 100 percent against Bournemouth which are an attacking side. Salah scored a hatrick against them.

        2. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Why getting rid ??

        3. Do I Not Like Orange
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          My issue is Spurs in general have looked absolutely clueless the last couple of games against poor opposition. Injuries seem to be catching up with them.

          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Keeping faith in them until end of season. And definitely not getting rid for a hit anyway

          2. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            They look knackered. Cannot see anything other than an Ajax victory in the ECL semi-final. Hope I'm wrong.

        4. Iggypop
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          think spurs Bournemouth could be another goal fest!

      • LewanGOALski
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        How did Bilva look yestrday?
        Still worth getting in?

        1. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Yeah probably.

      • Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Not sure I could have done things much differently this gw but ended up losing 6k with 81 points . It's just everyone else was better . Bit frustrating but c'est la vie 🙂

      • HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Regarding 7th.

        Teams which go into the early stages of the EL qualifying rarely do well in the league as a consequence.

        If Wolves, or Leicester finish there, will that put anyone off owning them next season? - I expect a few of the Wolves players to have some big price rises anyway.

        1. teneighty
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          There's gonna be a next season!? 😮

          1. HamezMace
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Some of us are already googling Teemu Pukki.

            1. Miniboss
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Defo in my gw1 team

              1. HamezMace
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Ha, I'm not sure, doesn't really have any top division pedigree.

                1. Miniboss
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  He spent some time in Schalke and is far better than back then, but I see your point. I’m biased anyway as he’s my country man and I just want to have one in my fpl team after many years.

                  1. HamezMace
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    I guess that would either be the case, or you're a Norwich fan!
                    ...worth watching in pre-season, and obviously depends on price, if he's 5.5m could be a good pick.

      • Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        If a top 4 team wins the europa league , doea 5th place goes in champions League ?? Thanks

        1. FPL_Crisis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          No. I think it only works if 5th place win EL then next season there could be (upto) 5 teams

        2. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          No, definitely not.

          Works the other way around, 4th place could miss out of CL, if teams from outside the top 4 won the CL and EL.

          1. Bobby_Baggio
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            This

          2. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            You sure of that ? I thought you would then have 5 teams in cl if team outside top4 wins el ?

            1. HamezMace
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              A nation can have a MAXIMUM of 5 teams in the CL.

              The winners of the CL are guaranteed a place, likewise the winner of the

              1. HamezMace
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                ...EL.
                Then it comes down to the league table.
                So if two teams are already assured, then only the top 3 league positions also qualify.

                1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  Ok thanks I didn't take the winner of cl in consideration.thanks 🙂

                  1. HamezMace
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    I mean it's pretty unlikely to happen, would mean Spurs dropping out of the CL places, and winning the competition.

                    Example;

                    1. City
                    2. Liverpool
                    3. Chelsea
                    4. United
                    5. Spurs (but win CL)
                    6. Arsenal (but win EL)

                    United would miss out on CL football, as winners of CL, and EL take priority over league position.

                    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 11 months ago

                      Thanks .

      • simong1
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Looking for some advice please. Have a 12 point gap to close in my ML with a big prize on the line!

        Have put my team and my rival’s below. 1FT for this week with 2.7 ITB. The transfer I was thinking of was Eriksen > Sterling. Is this the best move to make considering our teams? Thanks!

        Me:

        Lloris – Foster
        TAA – Laporte – Doherty – Duffy – Valery
        Son – Eriksen – Mane – Jota – Redmond
        Rashford – Jimenez – Aguero

        Him:

        Allison – Ryan
        Robertson – Azpi – AWB – Duffy – Kolasinac
        Salah – Hazard – Son – Westwood – Hayden
        Vardy – Wilson – Jimenez

        1. Do I Not Like Orange
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I would. No idea why he has no Man City but that's a differential you need to exploit.

      • Miniboss
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Hi there!

        What would you suggest next?

        A) Duffy & Hojberg -> Laporte & 4.0 fodder
        B) save ft
        C) something else

        Foster
        Robbo TAA Doherty
        Mane Son Eriksen Sterling(c)
        Jimenez Kun Llorente

        Ryan Valery Duffy Hojberg
        1ft, 1.1itb

        1. Miniboss
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Will play Ryan ahead of Foster.

        2. Bobby_Baggio
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          B

          1. Miniboss
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            thanks!

        3. FPL_Crisis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Doherty to Laporte?
          Hojbjerg can be played vs HUD in 38

          1. Miniboss
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Good advice but not quite enough funds. Got Doherty in early, sale price only 4.8.

      • balint84
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        A) Shaw
        B) AWB

        1) Salah (C)
        2) Kun (C)

        1. Bobby_Baggio
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          A
          2

      • BulgarianOwls
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        for the last 2 weeks, who will score more
        A) Pogba
        B) Sane
        C) Bilva

        1. Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          A

      • Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        A. Eriksen to Jota or B.Silva
        B. Wilson to Rashford
        C. Stick and have 2 FT for final gw

        Team is:
        Ryan, Boruc
        TAA, Robertson, Duffy, Bednarek, Lascelles
        Son, Salah, Eriksen, Sterling, Brooks
        Zaha, Wilson, Jimenez

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          C definitely

        2. Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          C

      • Gameweek 36 Rough with the Smooth
        Geoff
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Gameweek 36 Rough with the Smooth

        How did your GW36 go? Did your transfers pay off? Did a hit turn out badly? How did your bench perform?

        Feel free to post your tales of joy and woe from Gameweek 36 here:

        1. drughi
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Eriksen(2)>Mane(13) and played TC chip (salah). Went from 17k>6k. Best gw of the season.

          Rough: Benched JWP

        2. AuFeld
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: Jota on the bench with 12 points.

          Smooth: 101 points. KdB ~> (c) Mane worked out well.

        3. Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: 125 points with TC Salah
          Rough: Jimenez 7 points on bench.

        4. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: only two players (Son and Bilva) with no returns. More or less kept pace with most TC sides.

          Rough: Switching captain from Robbo to VVD at last minute cost me a century.

        5. lilmessipran
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth :142 points, gw rank 695
          Rough : Benched Jota and his 12 points, what could have been

          1. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Nice work

          2. Amey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Amazing score !!!

          3. FPL_Sponge
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Amazing score and even better story with the rough!

          4. lilmessipran
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Cheers..thanks all

        6. Buck The Trent
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Eriksen, Trippier to Salah (TC), Kelly (-4)

          Played Yoshida ahead of Kelly. Yoshida not in squad and in Kelly jammy points.

          130 (-4) .. OR 7.1k to 2.7k

        7. Sedemuda
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Eriksen to Salah TC, up into top 3k for the first time (3rd season playing).
          Robbo, Gray, Jota, Jimi, Laporte, Aguero.
          Rough: Valery on the bench (only 2 points missed!)

        8. kennethrhcp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I'm gonna mix 35/36 in one... Bri lads conceding 5 against Bou messed up my head & I switched my plan of BB35 to TC 35 & BB36 with Bri playing Newcastle... better than Wolves & Spurs right... oops 🙂

          TC'd Jimenez for a monster 12 points.

          TC35 + BB36 = 16 points
          BB35 + BB36 would have = 50 points

          but smooth part is I still went from 2,581 out to 3,825 & currently at 1,254 🙂

        9. Jafalad
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          114 points. TC’d Salah. Kept faith with Vardy.

          Out of the doldrums of the 100-200k ranks and now at 72k for traditional late season charge.

          Two 100 point game weeks in succession suggests week 34 was the right week for the Wild monkey.

          Spuds assets only rough.

        10. Bunk Moreland
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: decided to go all out on Pool and sold Vertongen and KDB for TAA and Mane -4. TC Salah. 117 points -4 and a big green arrow.
          Rough: no real rough, I was 50/50 on whether to bench Lacazette or Jimenez and I benched the wrong one but it only cost me 5 points.

        11. Mithrandir, the Grey Pilgri…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: Rondon on bench 5 pts
          Smooth: 122 points TC Salah.

        12. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Salah TC, Robbo, Jota, Laporte, JWP autosub, Jimi. GW score of 123(-4) and green arrow from 68k to 35k OR

          Rough: Changing my mind on my planned Eriksen > Mané transfer last minute and going Eriksen, WIlson > Firmino, Mili (-4) for an overall net loss of 11pts!

          1. Amey
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Well Done !!

            1. Don Kloppeone
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 11 months ago

              Thank you mate!

              Hoping you have a storming last couple of weeks!

              1. Amey
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Exactly opposite of storming 😀
                Some bad luck, some bad decisions.

              2. Amey
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                Lol
                Misunderstood it.
                Thank you for this bro 🙂
                Hopefully you break 10k 😉

                1. Don Kloppeone
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 11 months ago

                  That’s pretty much impossible. I’m hoping to attempt to creep into Top 25k

                  1. Amey
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 11 months ago

                    GL 🙂

        13. JasonG123
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: KDB and Eriksen to Salah (TC) and Deulofeu for a hit.

          Rough: Played Bednarek over Valery.

        14. Runaway
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: 111 points with Salah TC and into the top 10K again (5th time this season)
          Rough: My differentials to ML leader (Son, DCL and Valery) did not differentiate so could not close the 6 points gap

        15. Mr. Funny Name
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth:
          Eriksen & Duffy out; Mane (c) and Kelly in for a -4
          Benched Kelly but Vertonghen no show meant he came off the bench
          87(-4) all out not too bad

        16. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: holding off on deploying TC and going into the match with only Mane and TAA. Triple Spurs. Monreal. No Laporte who everyone seems to have. Andre Gray bench.

          Smooth: JWP. Still have triple captain next week, however rank has been decimated over past 3/4 weeks so may as well punt on someone ridiculous.

        17. ChuckN
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: 130 with no chip.

          Rough: benched JWP over Son. Just a crazy crazy move what was I thinking.

          1. Gudjohnsen
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Smooth: Triple LFC of Salah (C), Arnold and Robertson. Wilson and Jimenez did well on saturday.

            Rough: Double Brighton defence, sold Murray for Zaha (lost 3 points). Sterling blanked and Brooks was on my bench. Eriksen and Son did nothing for me.

        18. Amey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: Jota on bench(everything else 😛 )
          Smooth: Mane©

        19. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: Liverpool probably won't win the league, left Ward-Prowse on the bench.

          Smooth: 116 points with no chip played! Easily my best ever single gameweek. Captain Salah, returns from Trent, Robbo, Jota, Jimenez, Wilson, Aguero. Moved from 54k to 31k and should be on course for my best ever finish. 🙂

        20. Pompel
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: Going KDB + Firmino in DGW as differentials has been a complete and utter failure. Also backlash of three Spurs (Eriksen/Son/Verthongen) for Huds + DGW now getting apparent. Finding myself in a very awkward place to climb rankings in last two GW's now.

          Smooth: Mane(c) + Jota from bench. JWP and Jiminez back on track.

        21. mookie
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Did Sane(2)&Auba(2) to Mane(13)&Firmino(JWP off the bench with 9) for free.
          Rough: Fell for the "Mane benched FFS" and switched captaincy to Son losing 11 points in the process. 62 points and a drop from 3,2k to 7,8k.

        22. tisza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          smooth: laca & jwp to mane & long (having delayed for team news otherwise would have been Laca to Firmino). Salah (TC), TAA, Jimenez. 107 pts. Finally last 2 GW chips have broken me clear of the 50/60k mark where I've been since 1st week of December. Up to 20k which would do as a finish to a sluggish season

          rough: bit pedantic but 80 pts on Friday and remaining 8 players contributed just 27 pts. 3 Spurs biggest offenders.

        23. shirtless
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          A pleasant chip free 99! Just shy of back to back tons!

          Rough; nothing really!

          Smooth; KdB>Mane, Salah(c), Robbo, Jimenez, Aguero, Gray.

          Nice green arrow up to 16k OR and sealed my mini-League as rival scored less playing Mane(TC) against me.

        24. It'd be Rudi not to...
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: 129 (-4), TC Salah, almost halved rank from 98k to 50k OR.

          Rough: Kola shipping another 3 goals.

        25. Gooner Kebab
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Best smooth of my season:
          - 130 pts
          - A hit that worked: Eriksen + Sterling to TC Salah + Bilva.

          Rough
          - Gray 8pts on the bench but no complaints really.

        26. Make Arrows Green Again
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth - Captain Salah, Mané, TAA, Jimenez owner. Also Vardy - going from a blank to a brace in a few minutes was very nice!

          Rough - 29 points on the bench. I played my BB last week for a grand total of 6....

          1. Make Arrows Green Again
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Still ended up with 92 so can't complain too much.

        27. Man Getting Hit By Football
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: 101! First time I hit a century without a chip.

          Robertson (c), Mane & TAA helped me out. Wilson, Aguero & Laporte also put in big scores.

          Went from OR 467K -> 367k.

          Rough: Four blanks - Boruc, Sterling, Hazard & Son. JWP (9) & Valery (4) were 1st & 2nd on my bench.

          Still chuffed with the result though!

        28. ㅤRising
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: I sold Wilson as well as Stering for a -4 to fund Salah TC
          Smooth: Wilsons points would be on bench anyway as I played Jota over him, shifted TC from Mane to Salah, 127 points

        29. Bury94
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth - KDB and Erkisen -> Jota and Salah was probably the best transfers I've done all season. 109 points and up to 8k.

          No rough really, wasting the TC on Salah a few weeks ago away to Fulham when I should have saved it for this GW was annoying.

        30. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Not much
          Rough: Mane post, Wilson bench, Fabianski bench, bench scoring 28 when I BB-d for 14 last week. Transfers (Haz+King for Bilva + Kun -4) costing me 8 points as I would have played Wilson if I did nothing, and got 1FT. Bilva no assist. Sterling blank and now he'll be owned by everyone, so dead asset.

        31. AllGonePozzo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: Did Kun to Firmino.
          Smooth: Mane(TC) and Jota off bench for 104

        32. Rains of Castamere
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth - 97 points with no hits or chips, Mane (c) plus Salah and Trent gave me a good start and JWP added to it to give me an 'in play' 40 point advantage over my ML rival.

          Rough - ML rival caught me up shortly after with Digne, Jota, Aguero (c) and Ederson so we're neck and neck again.

        33. Pap Le Cissier
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Siggy/Salah in for Eriksen and Sterling after a very last minute change of heart from giving Mane the armband, 121 points for the gw

          Rough: JWP on the bench

        34. Marjie
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: 116 points, up from 948K to 648K!!!!!

          Rough: Removed TC from Salah to Sane (as per 'advice' from my son). Got in Son for KDB with my FT and benched Wilson. Could have had 146 points!

          First season playing and only now really getting to grips with how to play the game. I was pressurised into joining FPL by my husband and sons as they said it would be 'fun' for me to join in. Eight months ago, I knew absolutely nothing about the Premier League (except that Kane played for Spurs!) - now I know more than them thanks to this site! Have really enjoyed playing (even if it has become addictive). Currently 3rd in my ML, which I'm proud of - just need to beat my husband (leading me by 26 points) and then I'll be very happy! Good luck to all for the remainder of the season.

        35. Santigold
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I took a brave 12 point hit this week: Aguero (9), Eriksen (2), Deulofeu (2) and Trippier (0) out for Long (5), Salah (19), Mane (13) and TAA (10). Triple captained Mane. Ended up with 110 points (-12). No regrets.

        36. TFP
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Played my triple captain this week, got a respectable 96. A couple of interesting anecdotals on chip use from two minileagues that I'm in second place in [to two different people].

          *Rough:*

          (a) I was trailing rival 1 by c 35 points [largely due to him having triple captained Aguero in a good week], knew he had, and would captain, Salah so given his lead felt that this meant I had to go with Mane, even though I knew that Salah was, in expected points value terms, the better option. Does this sort of thing point towards using chips earlier rather than later? Or else only going for differentials when you absolutely have to - 3 * Salah's score rather than rival's 2* would still have, other things being equal, clawed back 19 pts?
          (b) Got Firminho in early in the day, under a 'just in time strategy', reacting to all information, would have meant I'd have avoided him, even though RL concerns made that approach inconvenient for me.

          *Smooth*

          Other ML rival simply forgot to click bench boost - and like a smart **** he'd left some quality players like, most notably, Mane, but also AWB on his bench [31 pts total]... another reason to always pick your strongest XI, even if you plan to play BB.

        37. HUMAN TRIPOD
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough and Smooth:
          Laporte / Vardy to Trippier / Firmino
          Wilson off the bench for Firmino

          Finished on 108 (-4)

        38. iL PiStOlErO
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          After last week with 113pts (bench boost) basically all smooth again: 117pts, Salah TC, Robertson, Jota&Jimenez, Kun, Hojberg coming off the bench with 6pts
          Rough: bringing in Firmino few hours before deadline (but it was instead of Laca so not such of a big deal), Son and Delofeu blanking

        39. FP Elephant
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Thanks Geoff.

          Been a smooth two weeks: back to back 100-point weeks for the first time ever (albeit using BB and then TC chips). 110 in GW 35 and 117 (-8) in GW 36 has me moved up over 45,000 places from 78K to 33K. Hoping to finish strong inside top 25K and beat my ML rival.

          GW 36 smooth: took an 8-point hit to ship out Lacazette, Eriksen, and Kolasinac for Zaha, Salah, and TAA. Triple captained Salah. Net gain of 56 points after hits. Also got good returns from Wolves (Jota & Jimenez) and City (Laporte & Aguero) players.

          GW 36 rough: could complain but I won't. Hard to be upset about anything when you break 100 and get your triple captain right.

        40. reekster
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: missed the deadline (damn these Friday kick offs!), so was left with Firmino and De Bruyne starting and Jimenez(c) instead of Mane(TC)...

          Smooth: Redmond and Pereira (LEI) coming off the bench for a combined 15 points and Vardy (who I was going to ship) hitting a brace, plus TAA and Laporte both getting baps.
          86 points all in.

        41. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: After missing out on 24 pts by forgetting to BB last week, I managed a massive 8pts from my BB this week (even if I played a genuine bench with Foster, Llorente and Valery). https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/20284473

          Smooth: Deeney (-) + Dunk (2) ➡ Llorente (1) + Trent (10) for free

        42. Ddg
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Sterling and Eriksen to Salah (TC) and Jota. Probably my best ever hit and a game week score of 129 to move inside the top 1k

        43. FPL Canuck
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: did NOT pull the trigger on planned transfers Foster to Guiata / Eriksen to Mane
          Smooth: Triple Cap Mo

        44. Lazarus Star
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: GW3 - GW35
          Smooth: GW36 Erikson & Son > Salah (TC) & JWP -4

          1. Lazarus Star
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Ended the gameweek on 132pts (136 -4) and a jump from 116k to 53k and 3 players (Mane, Robbo and Salah (TC)) yielding 84pts alone!

        45. Bouncebackability
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough:

          I was doing Aguero and Eriksen -4 to Salah (captain) and Mitrovic all week.

          After the Bobby our news, did Wilson to Origi at 6.59 instead.

          On bench boost as well so was not only a 16pt haul missed with the biggest troll in the game, but nobody came in for the zero pointer either.

        46. Planet Head
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Rough: way below par, 67 points, OR doubled

          Smooth: still in top 10k somehow

        47. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Smooth: Hit century, Finally inside top 100k, kept Vardy and Wilson

          Rough: JWP (9) 1st sub, AWB (9) 3rd sub, started Bednarak, kept Pogba

        48. Taking the Mkhitaryan
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Eriksen to Salah TC
          122 pts
          1467 OR to 436 OR

        49. Awesom-o
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Sold Sterling and bought Salah as part of my 1FT.

          Gained 16 points from that move, on top of that I also captained Salah.

      • Bobby_Baggio
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Morning all. Thoughts on which you prefer from below. 2FT and 0m ITB. Cheers all.

        Lloris
        Laporte - Bertrand - Robbo
        Mane - Son - Eriksen - Jota
        Aguero(TC) - Jimenez - Gray

        (Foster) - Valery - Duffy - KDB

        A) Duffy + KDB > Shaw + Pogba
        B) Duffy + KDB > TAA + 8.7m mid
        C) KDB + Eriksen > Sterling + Milli or 7.2m max.
        D) KDB > 9.6m mid and have 2FT for last GW

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          B. with B.Silva...or Pogba.

          1. Bobby_Baggio
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Cheers

      • pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Which team have you had most different players from. Proud to claim Palace here with 7

        Guaita
        AWB
        Mili
        Wilf
        Townsend
        Bat
        Tomkins

        Flirting with Benteke for Jim in 38!!!

        1. Do I Not Like Orange
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I think probably Pool:

          Robbo
          TAA
          Lovren
          Salah
          Mane
          Firmino

        2. AuFeld
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Eight with MCI: Sterling, Sane, Aguero, Laporte, KdB, Ederson, Mendy, & b. Silva.

        3. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Is there an easy way to find out this ?

          1. FPL_Crisis
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Fplmystats team selection

      • TAArt
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        If you were chasing this team who would you be looking to get in:

        Ryan / Foster
        Laporte / Robbo / Duffy / Bennett / Valery
        Sterling / Mane / Jota / Son / Hojbjerg
        Vardy / Aguero / Jiminez

        I was considering either Mane & Wilson > Pogba & Rashford, or Salah & Wilson > Lukaku & Pogba

        Not sure about getting rid of Salah or Wilson.

        Alternatively Deulo > Babel

        1. Sedemuda
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          I'd wait on injury news regarding Utd assets.
          Rashford groin & Kaku holding his hammy towards the end of the game.
          Both issues make Pogba less attractive right now as well.

      • UnitednationsXI
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        As things stand, the top4 teams quality for UCL next season whilst team finishing 5th goes into Europa League.

        - Does this situation change if either spurs/pool win the champions league?
        - Assuming one of chelsea/arsenal finish 4th, does the situation change if one of them also wins the Europa league? i.e. chelsea finish 4th but also win the Europa league

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          See my post above 🙂