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Can Wolves’ FPL assets perform as well in 2019/20?

Wolverhampton Wanderers were one of the big success stories of last season, with Nuno Espirito Santo’s impressive side finishing seventh in their first Premier League campaign in six years.

The West Midlands club offered Fantasy managers some notable bargain buys, with Matt Doherty (£6.0m), Diogo Jota (£6.5m) and Raul Jimenez (£7.5m) the three stand-out assets.

Doherty, Jimenez and several others have been handed price rises in Fantasy Premier League this summer, however, and aren’t quite the cut-price gems they were 12 months ago.

Do Wolves players still appeal, then, going into 2019/20?

Our 20th and final Numbers Game piece looks at Wanderers’ underlying data from last season to see if the numbers of 2018/19 can be repeated in the upcoming campaign.

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  1. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hope you all are getting there with your teams by now. Good luck for the season anyway.

    Don't know if any of you are old enough to have read Enid blyton books as kids.

    Got a funny copy during the week called "Five Go Vegan". They're now modern millennials but back in that idyllic 1950s England.

    Brilliant scene where Ann asks a gruff pub landlord if he has protein balls

    1. Oooof
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Those parody ones are funny

    2. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lol. I'm 20 but my mam used to read me those books years ago.

    3. Caboose
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      surely Fatty's been given a different name then?

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I read all of them. Translated though.

      Where can I find that one? 😉

  2. drilsby
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    A: Ings + 0.5 ITB
    B: Jota

    I really want some Wolves. Planning to do Wilson --> Jimenez in GW 3 regardless. Is Jota then too much Wolves?

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I dont like a but only because of Pool gw2

      1. drilsby
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        You got a point. Figured I'd have him long term and swap if he didn't perform. But I can always swap to him later though.

  3. Ian Davis
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Deulofeu or Jota?

    I’m thinking of Deulofeu for this week and then swapping to Jota in gameweek 2.

    1. ManofKent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Could work, planned transfers sometimes do...

  4. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Who would you rather start for GW1?

    A) Rico (SHU)
    B) Chambers (new)

    1. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Chambers might actually start, Rico... not so much.

      So CC.

  5. jia you
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Last two spots on BB team:

    A. Jota + Rico
    B. Joelinton + ASmith

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

    2. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      worried now Daniels is fit!

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Didnt think he was. Hmm.

      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Last friendly they played had Rico Ake Cook Smith

        And Daniels played in the other game with a defence of

        Daniels Simpson Butcher Mepham Stacey

        Don’t worry Rico has this game locked down

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Thats positive, might leave it so, cheers!

    3. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

  6. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Please RMT
    Heaton Button
    TAA, Robertson, Zinchenko, Digne(Lundstram)
    Salah(C), Sterling, Perez, Fraser (Dendoncker)
    Wilson, Deeney(Greenwood)

    Is it ok to go with this?
    anything guys please

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Its good

      1. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        subs are a concern though but I don't like to downgrade any of my player

        1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I hear you mate. I have a crap bench too. Most of us have.

          1. OverTinker
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            thanks for the reply

    2. Jack Burton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have 14 of those so 9.5 from me good luck

      1. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        good luck then

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

      G2G

  7. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Who should score more

    A) KDB,King,Wesley

    B) Haller,Abraham,Kean

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B is 3 Hail Marys - start with A - all of the players in B could not start GW1

      1. Oooof
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Agreed

      2. HamezMace
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Sound advice

      3. FFSbet.com
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers all,thanks

  8. Gravy_Davey
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    With 2 goals for Jimenez and 3 assist for Jota tonight I can’t decide.

    A. Zouma & Jimenez

    Or

    B. Walker & Jota

  9. Caboose
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hammers fans - will Noble be nailed on + on pens once he returns from injury?

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      No he’s definitely not nailed. Think he will play when Wilshere can’t. First 11 below:

      Fabianski
      Fredericks Balbuena Diop Masuaku
      Rice Wilshere
      Anderson Fornals Lanzini
      Haller

      1. Caboose
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers

  10. Zola
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    10 spots sealed for me. Any thoughts on which combo of 5 looks best:

    A) Kane, Ings, Trossard, KWP, Taylor
    B) Wilson, Murray, Moura, Lundstram, TAA

    B would give a Liverpool double up at the back with VVD and a Bournemouth double up up top with King.

  11. Vpan
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    a) Kane + Montoya

    or

    b) Vardy + Laporte

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      That's a tough one! B if no Perez, otherwise A.

  12. JELLYFISH
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Rico or Lindstrom...which is the better pick?

    1. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Besic signing or Sheffield ruins Lundstram I think.

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

        Yes I heard something along those lines. So Rico it is then

    2. Hart-ake
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      The 4.0 mil defender looks like a write off this year.

  13. Edge
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Jota or Jimi if you could have either?

    1. -GK22-
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wolves have just messed with my team. I now want Jota and Doherty! But fixtures blah blah blah

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Lol

        How can a result thousands of miles away against a.pub team have that impact on you?

        I’ve had Jota in all my drafts though

    2. There's Always One!
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Very tough but I'd go jota for value

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

      I'd say obviously Jimenez, but 1,5 is a sizeable amount.

    4. Gravy_Davey
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have the same dilemma. Currently on Jimi as I think he will score more than Jota but enough to justify the extra mil? I’m not sure.

  14. KingBLAZE1986
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    good to go?

    Starting;
    Pope
    Wan-Bissaka,van Dijk, Zinchenko
    Pérez, Sterling(c), Fraser, Salah
    Murray, Vardy, King

    Substitutes
    Heaton
    Lascelles, Dendoncker, Rico

  15. FPL_DON
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Evening chaps,

    1m in the bank here but liking this a lot!

    Heaton (4m)
    TAA VVD Digne Tayler (Diop) - rotate
    Sterling Salah Perez Moura (Dendoncker)
    Wilson King (Greenwod)

    Any help much appreciated

    1. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Taylor is a doubt now apparently

    2. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Could upgrade to 5.5 like AWB or Zinchenko

      1. FPL_DON
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Oh really? Thanks for letting me know, really helpful!

        1. drilsby
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Messed me up good earlier too. Really liked that Diop rotation 🙁

  16. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Best 5.0 DF for this back 7

    Button Pickford

    Van Dijk Wan-Bissaka Robertson Targett xxxxxxxx

    Any ideas would be welcomed

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Duffy for fun.

      1. -GK22-
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Duffy TC?

    2. ManofKent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      KWP short term if you don't mind a later transfer

    3. Squib
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      KWP

  17. Ray Kinsella
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone doing King and Wilson as a double?

    1. The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Potentially. For me it’s vardy and Trossard vs Wilson and Perez. King probably stays

  18. J.Litmanen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Keep this team or do

    Kane/Moura/Ederson/Maguire --> Wesley/Salah/Pope/VVD?

    Ederson
    Maguire - TAA - Digne - Dunk
    Sterling - Moura - Pérez - Barkley
    Kane - Wilson

    Button, Lundstram, Fanderson, Wickham.

  19. The Tinkerman
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Rashford and Martial surely just became better picks?

    1. Ray Kinsella
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I reckon, but still won’t touching united until they hit for

    2. Ray Kinsella
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Form even

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

      I’ve AWB and Martial, but am nervous

    4. The Chosen One...
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Martial 7.5 mid yes. Still don't think Rashford is worth it

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        It’s a nice price point, think he will be my punt

    5. Hart-ake
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep. Good price too...will likely switch Fraser to Martial in GW3.

  20. Running hobo
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hi folks ,
    Kane + 7.5 mid or Sterling and jota??

    1. yer old da
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Sterling and Jota by an absolute street. Seriously?

    2. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Easy, Sterling and Jota for value.

  21. yer old da
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Finally nailed my team and it’s set. Can’t see it changing ahead of GW1 now.

    Pope
    Robbo, VVD, Laporte, Digne
    Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Perez
    Jota, King

    Bench: Heaton, Greenwood, Rico, Dendoncker

    1. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Rock solid

      G2G

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Very nice, similar to my setup, just i abandoned Laporte for KDB

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Shhhh 😉

      2. yer old da
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Abandoned for who exactly? 🙂

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

      Thinking a lot about going Pope/Button+0,5itb --> Pope/Heaton.
      You think there is more points to collect from rotating than just keeping Pope and letting jesus take the wheel?

      1. yer old da
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I absolutely do - if you don’t rotate you end up with your keeper playing 12 games against the top 6, likely 0 clean sheets for nearly a third of the season.

      2. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Rotating keepers always sounds great on paper and always ends in disaster and rage.

        Clean sheets often happen when you least expect them

  22. The Chosen One...
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    is it safer to go Mings with the fullbacks potentially with the odd rotation?

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

      I’m rotating him with sucurec (the Leicester Turkish geezer)

    2. Oooof
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’m going Mings, Diop and Montoya

      1. Oooof
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        With two premium defenders and a premium keeper in a 3-5-2

  23. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I don't understand the love for Montoya when you can just buy Dunk? Let's be optimistic and say Montoya gets 5 assists in his new position. He'll roughly end up on the same amount of points as Dunk who scores a couple per season. Plus you know Dunk is 100% nailed.

    I'm not trying to schit in people's sugar puffs, but seems like a case of trying to be too clever.

  24. DIMITRIS
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What's better:
    A) Go with VVD in 4-4-2
    or
    B) VVD out and Jota in for 3-4-3
    I already have Robertson.

  25. There's Always One!
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hi guys,

    Any love at all for firmino? The 1.5m I'd save over Abam or kane could be v handy

    1. ManofKent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I think he's fairly priced, won't be prolific but you'll get reasonable returns

      1. There's Always One!
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks mate. Yeah hes steady. Probably should score more than he does

  26. Starky22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Been driving myself crazy all week. Should I just set and walk away...

    Ryan
    VVD TAA Digne Zinchenko
    Salah Sterling Perez Siggy
    Wilson King

    ??

    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Good. Just make sure you have a playing sub

  27. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea fans, is Zouma going to be fist choice CB ??

    1. ArseneAllTheWay
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      With Luiz going, yes. Rudiger alongside Zouma, Christensen less fancied.

  28. ArseneAllTheWay
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pope (Heaton)
    TAA, VVD, Zinchenko, Zouma (Dunk)
    Mane, Sterling, Martial, Perez (Donk)
    Auba, King (Greenwood)

    Where to shed 1.5m?

    A) Martial --> Barkley
    B) VVD --> 5.0

  29. Big Hass
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    RMT?

    Heaton
    Digne Robertson Van Dijk Walker-Pieters
    Salah Sterling Siggurdson Perez
    Wilson Murray

    Bench: Lundstrum, Dendoncker, Greenwood

    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nice. Good luck.

  30. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Which one?

    A) Bernardo Kane
    B) Sterling King

    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B