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24 August 2019 1834 comments
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Gameweek 2 hat-trick hero Teemu Pukki (£6.8m) embarks on his first Premier League match as a highly-owned Fantasy asset this afternoon.

He was the recipient of a huge influx of transfers ahead of Chelsea’s visit to Carrow Road, becoming the most transferred in player of 2019/20 with over 1.2 million managers signing him.

Not surprisingly, Daniel Farke has made no changes to the side that thrashed Newcastle 3-1 last weekend.

That means Todd Cantwell (£4.6m), who also impressed against the Magpies, starts again for Norwich.

Meanwhile, Frank Lampard has made two changes to the Chelsea XI with Tammy Abraham (£7.0m) and Mateo Kovacic (£5.5m) starting for the Blues ahead of Olivier Giroud (£7.0m) and N’Golo Kanté (£5.0m). 

The Blues have started the 2019/20 campaign tentatively, following up a 4-0 mauling a Manchester United with a 1-1 draw against Leicester City in Gameweek 2. 

The goalscorer from Lampard’s draw against the Foxes, Mason Mount (£6.1m), retains his place in the starting XI and will look to build on his promising attacking form against the Canaries at Carrow Road. 

Question marks continue to linger over the fitness of Kanté, and therefore Lampard’s decision to deploy Kovacic in the central midfield role is far from surprising, and potentially good for Pukki owners.

The Chelsea boss has also opted to re-call Abraham at the expense of Giroud, with the 2018/19 Aston Villa loanee yet to register a league goal for the Blues.

The 21-year-old will be hoping he can repay the faith of his manager with an impactful attacking contribution against Norwich in the lunch-time kick-off. 

Norwich XI: Krul; Lewis, Godfrey, Hanley, Aarons; Trybull, Leitner; Cantwell, Stiepermann, Buendía; Pukki.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Emerson, Zouma, Christensen, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Jorginho; Pulisic, Mount, Pedro; Abraham.

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  1. Dannyb
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    So Pukki perma captain then.

    1. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Finally, a deserved top post haha.

  2. Liastro ⭐️
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    0.1m short from doing Perez + King -> Mount + Pukki

    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      just get Ceballos or Trossard instead

  3. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    What's the best way I can bring in Pukki for Salah or Sterling?

  4. Baked baines
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Why are fools off loading Robbo?
    Gonna drop tonight if he doesn’t do something against Arsenal!

    1. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Because he hasn't done anything, you've almost answered your own question.

    2. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Pool aren’t exactly rocklike at the back

    3. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Impatience. Expensive defence is often the first to make way for attacking bandwagons.

    4. Warby84
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Season keeper for me, so irrelevant if he drops tonight

    5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      He actually looks a goal threat this season

      No clean sheets but looks like he is eager to score

      1. Collie01
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 29 days ago

        Head somewhere he's been working on his shooting a lot.

    6. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Didn't want to get rid of him, but he was a useful source of $2.5M to upgrade a non-playing Greenwood to Pukki. It's worked out so far.

  5. Random Name
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Anyone "monitoring Pukki" is taking the absolute piss

    1. Yome
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Some noobs didn’t get him after his hat trick lol

  6. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Do Pukki points even matter anymore? Surely everyone relevant has him?

    1. Warby84
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Last weeks points were pretty vital

      1. Guy Demel
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 29 days ago

        This. While others were dithering on the colours of his fixture on the FPL page, those who were watching him knew what was coming.

        Huge boost last week...

    2. Manani
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      im sure plenty dont have him yet.

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 29 days ago

        Those are dead teams

        1. Camzy
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 29 days ago

          Not true. Lots of non-wildcard teams couldn't afford him since he went up end of week 1. Most of my rivals don't have him and neither do I.

        2. Manani
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 29 days ago

          umm no. he has 2 hard fixture within the next 3 (starting from GW2), plently will have waited for the fixture to ease up first.

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      He’s about 68% owned in ‘real’ teams and so his points still matter, but this may be the last week. Won’t benefit ranks as much as last week though - key to getting ahead in FPL is getting on a player in form before they become a bandwagon.

    4. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      23%

  7. Warby84
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Pukki on the rise after 45 minutes of football, so glad I planned the GW 2 transfer at the start of the season...

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      You’re awesome

    2. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      So glad you did.

      1. Warby84
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 29 days ago

        Yeah I am

    3. Miniboss
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Amazing

  8. Camzy
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Playing cautiously and not kneejerking has not paid off so far. Pukki should've been an early kneejerk ahead of NEW.

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Truth

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Depends on the knee jerk

  9. Slitherene
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Getting Pukki in.

    Who goes out?
    Wilson OR Jimenez?

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      No rush

      1. Dannyb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 29 days ago

        Pukki goes up tonight

        1. Podge
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 29 days ago

          Tonight

          1. Dannyb
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 29 days ago

            Yes, my mistake, I didnt realise you meant rest of the day haha.

    2. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Wilson

    3. Manani
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      jimenez

    4. Stimps
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Wilson

    5. Guy Demel
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Jimenez, think Wilson will come good, especially now the city fixture is behind you (which i think he'll still get something from)

  10. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Chelsea are buying Pukki next summer

  11. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Def bringing in pukki. Best option for coming weeks between this

    A: VVD + McGinn/Ceballos + Wickham (benchfodder)
    B: Perez + King + Lundstrum (benchfodder)

  12. FOO FIGHTER
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    1 Pukki, 2 Pukki 3 Pukki

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      4

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      5 Pukki(c)

    3. Bucky Barnes
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Pukki forevermore

  13. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Is a -12 worth it or should I WC?

    1. Random Name
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      just wildcard mate

    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      If it was -8 you can still live with it.

      Keep WC until Int break.

  14. Random Name
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Enjoy monitoring Pukki

    I've enjoyed 25 points so far

  15. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Norwich got Pukki for free. What a signing

  16. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Pukki differential in my money league. Crazy.

    1. DeathoftheParty
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Same... Perma Captain!

  17. Francescoli
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Need to get this Cantwell kid in. Looks like it could be a donckers to cantwell mov this week.

    1. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Cant do it as Cant is 4.6 🙁

      1. Francescoli
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 29 days ago

        I have money in the bank

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Thinking that move too. Could play him over Trossard (MCI)

  18. Little fekirs
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Don’t have Pukki ( I know), Is he going to rise soon ?

    Vardy or Jota to Pukki ?

    1. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Jota

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Probably tonight and almost definitely again ahead of WHU

  19. OPTA FPL
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Pukki off to Real Madrid at HT

    1. Skalla
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Yep straight swap with Hazard 🙂

  20. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Pukki playing a blinder.

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Making every big hitting forward look average.

  21. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Pukki is so good on baps. Absolutely essential. Season keeper.

  22. dshv
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    COME ON GENTLEMEN?

    jota + perez —> pukki + mount

    Now or wait ??

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Wait

  23. teddy.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 17 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Benched Abraham last minute. Quite annoying but bodes well long term? Got Pukki anyway.

    1. Hairy Potter
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Benched a striker playing against Norwich's defence?!?

      1. teddy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 17 Years
        7 years, 29 days ago

        Yeah, because he only played 29mins last gameweek

  24. ‘Tis the Season
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    over 4000 bought Pukki over the last 45 min. incredible

    1. Fitzy.
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      They get this week's points if they get him before fulltime.

  25. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    We all dream of a Teemu Pukkis

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Yes

  26. EL tridente
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    KWP and Robinson to Mount and Pieters?

  27. Jolly Good
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Pukki 25/1 for golden boot!!

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      10/1 I thought?

    2. Tired and weary
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      WOW!

    3. Halftime
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      I saw at the start of the season that he scored 29 in the championship, even half that in the prem would be good going.

    4. Jumbosausage
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      He was 100-1 at the start of the season

  28. ENZO SZN™
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Norwich 2-2 Chelsea HT:

    Shots: 4-10
    Pass accuracy: 85%-87%
    Chances created: 3-8
    Possession: 48%-52%

  29. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    Chelsea's next 3 are actually quite bad. Sheffield, Wolves and Liverpool. I'm holding off Mount until GW7.

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 29 days ago

      Yep, agreed. Not the most enticing.

  30. Says
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 29 days ago

    back to warm weather today thankfully, and tomorrow is going to be even jota