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Top 10k back Salah with the Gameweek 26 armband as Mane exodus continues

Despite Manchester City having a fine-looking home fixture against West Ham United on Sunday, the top 10,000 managers in Fantasy Premier League have largely backed Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) for the Gameweek 26 captaincy.

Over two-thirds of the top 10k tossed the armband to the Egyptian ahead of this morning’s deadline, although they’ll have to wait a week before they see the premium midfielder in action.

Salah and Kevin De Bruyne (£10.8m) are both owned by over 90% of the managers within the top 10,000 but significantly fewer Fantasy bosses have made the Belgian their skipper.

Only 8.42% of this elite bunch have captained De Bruyne, which isn’t enough to lift his effective ownership (a figure influenced by captaincies and benchings) beyond the 100% mark.

Sergio Aguero (£12.1m), indeed is a more popular captaincy pick in the top 10,000 despite being owned by around one-third of the FPL managers that De Bruyne is.

Over half of the Argentine striker’s owners within the top 10,000 have skippered him in Gameweek 26.

Outside of the premium trio we have mentioned above, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.8m) is the only other FPL asset to have been captained by more than 1% of the top 10k in Gameweek 26.

De Bruyne is the most-popular vice-captain candidate, meanwhile.

It was a fairly quiet week in terms of chip usage, with only a smattering of the top 10,000 deploying their Triple Captain (30), Free Hit (16) or Bench Boost (60) chips.

The second Wildcard was a more popular option, however, with almost 400 of our leading managers overhauling their squads.

The Triple Captain remains the most-used chip in the second half of the campaign, with Double Gameweek 24 accounting for a large chunk of the figure above.

John Lundstram‘s (£5.0m) loss of a first-team place – amongst other factors – might have been a big trigger in terms of Wildcard deployment, with the ‘out of position’ FPL defender so widely owned.

Lundstram understandably doesn’t feature in the Gameweek 26 Wildcard template above, with Dean Henderson (£5.1m) instead proving the most popular route into the Sheffield United backline despite blanks in Gameweek 28 and 31.

The fact that Nick Pope (£4.7m) is so highly owned perhaps suggests some of the more forward-thinking of our top 10k have accounted for this with a playing reserve shot-stopper.

Salah, De Bruyne and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.7m) are highly owned options in these Wildcard squads, with Danny Ings (£7.0m) the most-popular forward.

Compared to the overall template below, there are a not-insignificant seven differences – which could dramatically affect the ranks of those who used their Wildcard in Gameweek 26, for better or for worse.

In terms of the overall template in the top 10k, there are two changes to the ‘most-owned’ squad from Gameweek 25: Henderson and Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) replacing Pope and Diego Rico (£4.3m).

Sadio Mane (£12.2m), incidentally, is now only owned by 13.74% of the leading group of Fantasy managers – a dramatic drop on his ownership figure of 75% ahead of Double Gameweek 24.

As we ready ourselves for the blanks and doubles on the horizon, many of the top 10k still have plenty of chips in hand.

Around one in seven haven’t used any, while just over 50% still have three chips in their back pocket.

Approximately one in ten of the top 10k have just one chip remaining, while 3.6% have already maxed out.

Stats taken from LiveFPL.net

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  1. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rate my Short Story (No pun intended) 😉

    Normally im a *Buttoned up guy but finally I told my boss *Ryan that I want *Maupay in *March due to increase in companys *Gross profit. But i got *Propperly *Burned by getting fired.

    Well for now got no choice to stay at home and *Brighton up by watching *Duffy *Dunk with my Kid

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

      No *Bong, no story. 1/10 😉

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Company = Kompany? Solid effort 8.5/10

      1. FPL.team
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Not sure he ever played for Brighton.

    3. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I'm sure your delivery lacked *Steele. XD

      1. Party time
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Serve him some schelottos

      2. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Andone pun well? I’ll just have to potter along and see what I can do for Palace.

      3. HashAttack
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It's amazing what people come up with if you give them a Bong and a copy of Webster's

    4. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/west-ham-h-pre-match-thread.344461/page-35

      City fans expecting a postponement.. would be a travesty for Aguero captainers.. pure jam for non owners

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        sure there is alot of jammy VC Points coming in

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

          How’s that jammy? Everyone will have Salah as vice, hardly an unexpected choice.

      2. HollywoodXI
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It’ll be postponed purely because I’m an Aguero captainer and my ML rival ALWAYS gets away with it.

      3. noquarternt
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Can’t be that bad. Some pretty horrendous weather in the UK over the years, haven’t seen a postponement for a long time.

      4. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Kun Salah was always a tight call. The real jam will be for those who took out KdB.

      5. Party time
          4 years, 1 month ago

          If it gets postponed, I am glad I have no triple/double Cty,Whu, Bou & Utd as I can't rely on williams & Balbuena.

          Fab my 2nd goalie if SHU also gets called off then No goalie. Not like I badly need one

          So maybe 10 players for me this gw

        • Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          why, it could be moved to next weekend.....still this gw

          1. IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Not sure if FPL would include it as this GW

        • Goonsquad245
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          If the city game is off this weekend they’ll almost certainly have to move it to next week surely. We’re already looking at a potential TGW for city, there’ll be no opportunity to play it...

          SHU on the other hand is a different matter.

        • IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I’ve just seen this on a West Ham forum, I’m not sure how official this statement is but ''..The storm is not expected to affect the Premier League fixture on Sunday evening unless the Etihad suffers from structure damage leading to heath and safety concerns'’

          Worst of the weather expected to be gone by this afternoon

          1. Party time
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Great!

            • Syd.
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              The worse of the weather is expected to pass at 18:00 according to the Met Office

          2. Holmes
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            As jam as Salah TC over Mane TC working in DGW

        • Differential C (Mark)
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Mahrez cap Trent Vice here ah hell.

        • Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Just been out to fetch the pappers. Not too bad at the moment but no doubt they will take West Ham's fans' long journeys ino account though.

          1. Party time
              4 years, 1 month ago

              A cup of ice cream only

            • Syd.
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              They have already closed the Queen Elizabeth Bridge at Dartford Crossing which is no surprise.

              The Met office have just issued an Amber Weather Warning for the majority of England.

              The game will in all likelihood be postponed as they cannot guarantee the safety of people travelling to the game

            • bitm2007
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Not bad down here in Cornwall either, we see several days a year that are much worse than we have at the moment.

              1. Syd.
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Today's Exeter race meeting has just been called off

                1. villa_til_i_die
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  I’m in the midlands and my bin has just blown over!

                  1. Skalla
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Thanks for the update that is not looking good then for my Mahrez(VC) , bins are notoriously sturdy...

                    1. villa_til_i_die
                      • 12 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      To be fair, the bin that blew over was fairly empty, so difficult to judge really.

          2. Bavarian
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Best replacement for Lundstram... up to 4.7m...
            Have TAA,VVD,Fernandez,Soy...
            A-Boly
            B-Stephens
            C-Taylor
            D-Other

            1. CONNERS
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              If you have enough cover for GW28 then I would get a Sheff U defender.

          3. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Not going to be good if you TC'd or C'd along with VC'd City assets.

            We may just see massive rank changes end of this GW if the matches today are postponed.

            Kinda feels good right now with Salah(c).

            1. Over Midwicket
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Just pure luck, can't analyse or discuss really. As a Mané(TC) and Kun(C) I've just had to accept the game is often pure luck.

              1. Skalla
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                FPL is not luck, you should have prepared for the season better by becoming a meteorologist, a doctor and a sport scientist like the rest of us to make sure you don't miss anything 🙂

            2. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Didn't think of that . Any chances it could happen ?

            3. bitm2007
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Not much chance of the City game being postponed, forecast for Manchester is only 20 mph winds gusting to 40 mph.

              1. FOO FIGHTER
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Weather changes in an instant...

                1. bitm2007
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  I'm a landscape photographer so have long since given up on the BBC's inaccurate forecast. The Met Office forecast is below.

                  https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcw2hzs1u

                  1. Syd.
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    It is the gusts that will cause the damage

                    It is not very often that the Met Office issues an Amber weather warning.

                    1. bitm2007
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      sure do. Met office are forecasting gusts at 40mph, they were 80mph when City Everton was called off a few years back. Games regularly place in 40mph gusts.

                    2. Geriatric Unathletic
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Syd,stop stiring and talking utter rubbish. The Met Office , as you well know, quite often issue amber weather warnings.

                      I beleive the game will go ahead today.

                  2. circusmonkey
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Sarcastic I hope, it is the same source.

            4. FPL Pillars
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Salah (c) Son (vc) 😛

            5. villa_til_i_die
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Should imagine there are endless Salah vc’s Though!!

          4. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Calvert lewin to ings for free or save ? Thanks

            1. Holmes
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Save for now, any other player you can drop for Ings?

              1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Hello Holmes. Auba and vardy my other 2

          5. sledger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Belgian and Dutch games called off.

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

              Old news

          6. FPL Pillars
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Kneejerkers our in force, top two transfers in 1. Richarlison & 2. DCL

            1. el polako
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Arsenal and Man Utd are not bad fixtures.

              1. FPL Pillars
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                You one of them?

                1. el polako
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  No had them for a while and not selling before Arsenal for sure.

            2. FPL.team
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              I was gonna sell DCL this week but think he's bought himself another game. Other things to worry about, his form is great and Arsenal isn't a tough match for a striker.

          7. FPL Bond @ Twitter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Is it confirmed that today's games are going to be postponed? If yes, will they be postponed to some other gameweek?

            1. Syd.
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Yes unless they decide to play them next weekend

            2. Party time
                4 years, 1 month ago

                No it won't be postponed.If it gets postponed the match result is 0-0

                Who you got?

                1. FPL Bond @ Twitter
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  I've got triple Sheffield & Aguero. Worried...

                  1. Party time
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      If they call the games off it means shu cleansheet for you & Kun blank.

                      No need to worry, buddy

                      1. IRBOX ⚽
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        😆 .. not sure if serious

                        1. bitm2007
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          serious or not, it's wrong.

                          1. IRBOX ⚽
                            • 7 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Hence the reply mate

                            1. bitm2007
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 9 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              and my comment.

                              1. Party time
                                  4 years, 1 month ago

                                  Chill out mate, we know it's wrong

                          2. Party time
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Ohh you bet I am as long as he does not ask who gets Max Baps 😆

                          3. badgerboy
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 8 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            !? 😀

                    • bitm2007
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      No, and yes in all likelihood it would be moved to another GW. City and WH won't get their mid winter break if moved to next weekend/week.

                      1. Party time
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          Oh.. Shhhhhhhh

                      2. Karan14
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        With City likely to have a couple of more postponements due to the Cups I wouldn't be surprised if the match is move to next weekend if it is called off today. That would probably not change any for Kun cappers.

                        1. bitm2007
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          Pep would be dead against that, no winter break. More likely to be moved to GW34 or GW37, there are also a couple of CL last 16 midweeks when City don't play. I see them as a last resort however.

                          1. Karan14
                            • 7 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            They got the 2 week break anyways though? Yes the players didn't get to go on holiday but I don't think he would mind that?

                            1. bitm2007
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 9 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Klopp mined, he put his under 23's out rather than shorten the Liverpool mid winter break. I'd be surprised if Pep see's it any different.

                    • The 12th Man
                      • 10 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      In the Sky game.
                      Richarlison > Bruno Fernandes for a captaincy option in the United v Chelsea game?

                    • FPL Pillars
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26164709

                      It’s happened in Manchester before due to high winds...

                      1. The 12th Man
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Looks at bench.

                      2. bitm2007
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        That was 80mph winds, Met Office are forecasting 20mph gusting to 40mph for Manchester today.

                    • el polako
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      26 points from yesterday Everton - Palace game.
                      I take postponed games from Ciara today without complain.

                      1. The 12th Man
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Very nice. So close to more with that Lewin miss at the end.

                        1. el polako
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          To be honest dissapointed that out of all people Benteke wiped out my Digne's clean sheet.

                          1. IRBOX ⚽
                            • 7 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Blame Pickford

                          2. The 12th Man
                            • 10 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Yeh I had Digne too. Pickford is either brilliant or garbage.

                            1. pingissimus
                              • 5 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Often both

                              There was one great save from Benteke in there too! And a post from Benteke too too.

                              1. The 12th Man
                                • 10 Years
                                4 years, 1 month ago

                                Yeh that was a great save.

                    • Fpl Richie
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Wind currently 65mph here in Norwich. Might go for a kick about.

                      1. Fpl Richie
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        #windykunhatty

                      2. The 12th Man
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Take one of those plastic footballs.

                        1. Fpl Richie
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 8 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          Might actually help. Come on down - I assume everyone here is from Norfolk? 🙂

                          1. The 12th Man
                            • 10 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Near Middlesbrough here.
                            The rain is lashing here. High winds.

                            1. Fpl Richie
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 8 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              We'll call it a draw then!

                              1. The 12th Man
                                • 10 Years
                                4 years, 1 month ago

                                Yeh I’m not driving 4-5 hours in this rain. Match postponed.

                    • Miguel Sanchez
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Who should be England number 1 this summer?

                      A) Pickford
                      B) Henderson
                      C) Pope
                      D) other

                      1. Holmes
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Pope with Henderson as backup

                        1. @persecuted_by_mods
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Henderson is better than pope

                            1. Holmes
                              • 10 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Experience

                        2. The 12th Man
                          • 10 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          Henderson
                          With Foster as backup

                        3. Party time
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            D) Other

                            1. Party time
                                4 years, 1 month ago

                                Scott Sterling to bring it home

                                https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8F9jXYOH2c0

                            2. BNMC
                              • 4 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Scott Carson.

                          • The 12th Man
                            • 10 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            The weather forecast was a factor for me not taking a hit to get Aguero in.

                            1. Fpl Richie
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 8 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              I did it but I'm a massive idiot sadly judging by recent moves

                              1. The 12th Man
                                • 10 Years
                                4 years, 1 month ago

                                He’ll probably still do well.

                                1. Fpl Richie
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 8 Years
                                  4 years, 1 month ago

                                  I knew it was a risk but it felt like the difference between another season of fpl mediocrity and a stab at a high finish. We'll see. Gulp

                          • Fernando Torres
                            • 12 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Who should I get in for Ryan??

                            5m budget... I'm thinking Pope or McCarthy.

                            1. Holmes
                              • 10 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Dubravka
                              Pope

                              1. Fernando Torres
                                • 12 Years
                                4 years, 1 month ago

                                Fair, Newcastle dont have gw31 fixture do they?

                                1. BNMC
                                  • 4 Years
                                  4 years, 1 month ago

                                  They do for now. If they lose to WBA they won't.

                                2. Holmes
                                  • 10 Years
                                  4 years, 1 month ago

                                  Not yet but if they lose to West Brom in next round, they will have

                                  1. Fernando Torres
                                    • 12 Years
                                    4 years, 1 month ago

                                    Which is very possible. I've got Lascelles. Both Pope and Dubravka have decent fixtures.

                          • BNMC
                            • 4 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            After yesterday's result I fear for Brighton

                            1. pingissimus
                              • 5 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Palace too just 3 points ahead with a foul run in . I’d be surprised if they picked up more than 10 points here on in. They’re specialists in putting only half a good season in and they’ve already had their good half.

                              1. BNMC
                                • 4 Years
                                4 years, 1 month ago

                                I think Palace are decent enough and reasonably safe.

                                Brighton could easily fall into the drop zone with their fixtures ahead, but it would require a huge upturn in form from some of Bournemouth/Watford/Villa/West Ham to overtake Palace.

                              2. Party time
                                  4 years, 1 month ago

                                  Palace should get relegated imo. They've been lucky over the years Likewise Bournemouth & Watford.

                                  I want them out

                                  1. BNMC
                                    • 4 Years
                                    4 years, 1 month ago

                                    Surely if they go down it will be the end of Zaha's time there...

                                  2. pingissimus
                                    • 5 Years
                                    4 years, 1 month ago

                                    But there again you look at the sides that have gone down and I don’t see many hard luck stories - plenty of dubious sides in the bottom 10.

                                    It’s either this season or next they’ve hit the salary problem that did for WBA imo.

                                    And of course I’m biased but they’ve been quite fun for the prem. Until this season they’ve had a watchable counter attack and have had way more than their fair share of big moments with top 6 upsets - Crystanbul was just the highlight.

                            2. Skalla
                              • 7 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Surely with the weather there is still a better chance that Pep rests/rotates his main players to protect them from the weather and injury than the game actually being called off...

                              1. BNMC
                                • 4 Years
                                4 years, 1 month ago

                                They don't have a game until King Power in 2 weeks. It'll be fine.

                                1. pingissimus
                                  • 5 Years
                                  4 years, 1 month ago

                                  Champions league
                                  Leicester
                                  Carabao

                                  All in 10 days or so after

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

                              With Lund/JOC/Hendo I'm more concerned about a Sheffield postponement today than a City one.

                            4. Skalla
                              • 7 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Best news of the gameweek so far though is that Josh King is back!