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It’s as you were for Watford going into the start of the 2019/20 campaign.

At the time of writing and with just 24 hours before the transfer window closes, the Hornets had made only two first-team signings this summer – one of them Danny Welbeck.

Centre-half Craig Dawson (£5.0m) has arrived from West Bromwich Albion and he was the only player not on the books in 2018/19 who was involved in Watford’s final pre-season friendly against Real Sociedad last weekend.

Javi Gracia’s side are also set to be lining up in their familiar 4-2-2-2/4-4-2 shape, with the Watford boss having briefly experimented with a three-man backline in their penultimate friendly against QPR.

We can be fairly confident about the system and personnel going into Gameweek 1 and beyond, then, but what can Fantasy managers expect from Watford’s players this season and are they worthy of consideration?

Our latest Big Numbers piece delves into the underlying data from 2018/19 to see which players could prosper in FPL this season.

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  1. Wet Knee Houston
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Is that game of choosing a team for the whole season still going on here? I remember i used to like it.

    1. PDM TOP 1,000 any Season kr…
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      FFS "Ghost/Dead Team" League.

      The code to join this league is: p00557

      1. Wet Knee Houston
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers! I've joined, though i have no idea how it works now 🙂 I remember we used to submit the teams here on the FFS site.

        1. PDM TOP 1,000 any Season kr…
          • 17 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Just set up and forget which includes your (c) & (vc)

          Maybe a top 100k finish

  2. Whats the Mata?
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Who's a better pick on individual FPL potential basis for the first couple of fixtures?
    Fraser or King?

    Already have Wilson.

    1. cheeky moses
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      get all three 😉

    2. JBG
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Fraser IMO, he and Wilson loved assisting each other last season.

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

      Fraser

  3. Dannyb
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A Martial and Greenwood
    B Wood and Mcginn

  4. The Royal Robin
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A) Fraser + Deeney + 0.5 ITB (For Deeney > Tammy/Kean GW2)
    B) Siggy + King

    (I own Wilson FWIW...)

  5. Tom Heat-is-on
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Will Nicolas Pepe start?

    Will Aguero start?

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

      Possibly
      No

    2. Tom Heat-is-on
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Asking for a friend...

    3. Ninjaa
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Don't think either will start gw1. Both may come on for last 20

    4. Arctic_Orangutans
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      No
      No

  6. Ninjaa
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts here chaps please? Any minor changes needed? Out of 10? Gtg?

    Henderson (Button)
    Robertson Digne Zinchenko AWB (Lundstrom)
    Sterling Salah Richarlison Perez (Dendonker)
    Vardy King (Greenwood)

    1. camarozz
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Not sure on Richarlson especially when u have Perez??..
      Barkley maybe?

      1. Ninjaa
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Any reason not to have Richarlison and Perez together but to have Barkley instead?????

        1. camarozz
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Spread the risk?

          Barkleys been good in preseason but I'm not too convinced myself tbh.

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

            I'm lost here.

          2. jumbob
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            You’re aware Rich is in EVE, while Perez in LEI, right?

    2. Tom Heat-is-on
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I would downgrade Richarlison and upgrade King to Wilson.

    3. James VARdy
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Would prefer Fraser to Rich as you have no Bournemouth attack and Everton have been tame in pre season

      1. James VARdy
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Woops, you have King!

      2. Ninjaa
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Mmmm good point though. Cheers

    4. jumbob
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I like it!
      Would consider perhaps downgrading Rich for King->Wilson

  7. Black Panther
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    How does this Auba/Salah/Sterling team look?

    In GW3 I could either do:
    • Auba ➡️ Kane
    • Auba/Trossard ➡️ 7.5m/KDB

    Heaton
    Robertson VVD Digne Montoya
    Salah Sterling Perez Trossard
    Auba King
    (Woodman Dendoncker Greenwood Lundstram)

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

      I think it looks good.

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I like it, it's similar to mine.

      I'm not overly keen on Montoya playing every week though. I have Zouma and Robinson instead. Awaiting on Luiz news though.

  8. camarozz
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Okay iv got Salah /Sterling /Auba in...

    Left with bench of
    Button/Lundstram/Hanley/
    Donker
    .
    Wesley and King up top with Auba.

    Worth it??

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

      Wesley is a punt IMO. Would rather downgrade him and upgrade elsewhere

    2. n-doggg
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah. Ings over Wesley?

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

      Have you read up on Wesley?

      Ings and Che far better choices.

  9. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Couple of last minute wobbles

    1.

    A) VVD and Wickham

    Or

    B) Wood and Dunk

  10. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Ryan button
    Vvd digne Taylor /targett 4.0
    Salah kdb siggy maddison (Hayden)
    Kane Abraham king

    GTG ??

    Thanks a lot 🙂

  11. pmletch
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Please help

    a) Barkley & Wesley
    b) McGinn & Abraham

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

      B, but with King or Jota.

      1. pmletch
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I can do a) with 6.5 also?

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

          Barkley and King / Jota looks good IMO

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Tough !! B

    3. James VARdy
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I kind of like A as a punt early on

  12. 1justlookin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    2.

    Dunk or Targett?

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

      Dunk

  13. Pluge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    RMT please, comments appreciated.

    Heaton/Button
    TAA/VVD/Digne/Duffy/Lundstram
    Salah/Sterling/Siggy/Barkley/Dendoncker
    Vardy/King/Wickham

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      442 with Duffy every week ? Rest looks good

      1. Pluge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        That was the plan 😡

  14. big dawg
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Rate this team peeps...

    Alison
    Zinchenko,robinson,lundastrom,
    Sala,sterling,perez,robinson,cebello
    Kane,wilson

    Kelly,simpson,button,greewood

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

      Defence probably the worst I've seen.

  15. Babelcopter
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Any obvious changes needed?:
    Pope Heaton
    Robbo Digne VVD Montoya Lunds
    Salah sterling Moura Perez Doncker
    King Vardy greenwood

  16. Kragbaek
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Ryan (Krul)
    Digne, Zinchenko, Walker-Peters, Rico (Lundstram)
    Salah, Sterling, Martial, Moura (Dendoncker)
    Aubameyang, Kean (Greenwood)

    Gone absolutely mad here, haha, please make me come to my senses

    1. Vamos Los Celeste
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Same midfield as me

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

      It looks good and I will give you Kean as a punt but you know Rico is not someone e who can start every week even a donkey rotation or something like that ain't good enough I think.
      I have Zinch and KWP too but we know the risks.
      I don't you Ryan just throw Button in with him makes sense if anything happens to Ryan

  17. Sameobi
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve got a theory the first weeks of this season, with the new goal kick law, the introduction of your VARS and specifically the handball law tinkering is going to play hell with the template, and a lot of defence heavy teams are going to find themselves well down on projections.

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Hope so

  18. NotsoSpursy
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    The £2.5m gap between Kdb and sterling seems rather wide no?
    Anyone going with Kdb and no Sterling ?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I do. See my team above .

    2. Vamos Los Celeste
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      no

    3. ***00tennis***
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      no, need non injury prone players to start with + easier to $----> KDB v other way around

  19. Ricochet
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    My current team (0.5 ITB)

    Ryan (Button)
    TAA, VVD, Digne, Shaw, Zinchenko
    Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson (Dendoncker, Hayden)
    Wilson, Deeney (Greenwood)

    If I keep the 0.5 ITB I can switch from Wilson to Rashford in GW3 (or maybe from Deeney to Abraham). Would it be better to spend the 0.5 now instead?

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

      Very much doubt greenwood will play many
      Zinc rotation risk after first few

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

    Why are people going Montoya over Dunk? He's never scored a goal in his life!

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

      Watch the Scoutcast.
      Something about own goals.

  21. Davido989
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Here's me then..

    Pickford
    AWB | Trent | Robbo | Digne
    Salah | Sterling | Moura | Robinson
    Wilson | Jota

    Button | Greenwood | Lundstram | Dendoncker

    Hoping Camarasa comes in at 5.5m though. 🙂

    1. n-doggg
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Looks good for a 4 at the back team. Cama won’t be on pens though so not as much appeal?

      1. Davido989
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah won't be on penalties but decent player in the main.

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

      Nice.
      Like it

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

      Very nice, similar set up to mine, I've gone Ederson, VVD, Dunk, Perez, Wood.
      Double Everton defence looks horrible and Robinson is not nailed apparently.

  22. nibby
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Have anyone ever played fantasybet? Is it authentic?

  23. milanista10
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A) Digne & Robinson
    B) Zinchenko & Barkley

    A or B?

  24. Pumpkinhead
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    RMT

    Heaton
    VVD, Rob, Digne, KWP
    Salah, Fraser, Kdb, Perez
    Kane, King

    Digne - could be any 6 or 5.5 defener (currently have 0.5 itb.)

  25. Arctic_Orangutans
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A. Doucoure
    B. Barkley
    C. Jota

    Id be confident with Jota if he wasn’t involved with europa..

  26. Krisson
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Please RMT:

    Pope/Heaton
    TAA, Laporte, Digne
    Salah, Sterling, Perez, Robinson
    Jimenez, Wilson, Ings

    Dunk, Dendoncker, Fredericks.

    Thanks!

  27. The Royal Robin
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone choose Trent over Robbo?

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

      Some will.

  28. drughi
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    A or B

    A. Coleman, Fraser and Vardy
    B. Digne, Jorginho and Kane

  29. StevieNaismithThough
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Okay. So. I know this sounds stupid. But it's anyone else starting to look at lamela? Eriksen has one foot our the door, lamela doing stuff magical stuff on pre season. Spurs creative spark for 6m? Maybe? Or am I being a massive moron?

    1. Pumpkinhead
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Stay clear - always a problem with him.

  30. lfc6
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Which ones best or any advice. Feel B is too risky but you never know.

    A
    Ryan (button)
    Robbo VVd KWP chambers (lund)
    Salah sterling barkley moura or martial (hayden)
    King kane ( wickham)

    B
    Ryan (button)
    Robbo vvd kwp ( 2 × 4 mil)
    Sterling salah perez barkley h.wilson
    King kane (wickham)