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9 March 2020 1347 comments
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A large number of Fantasy Premier League managers who held onto Leicester assets for Double Gameweek 29 have been frustrated by Brendan Rodgers once again.

Despite the manager’s assurances that Jamie Vardy (£9.6m) would be ready for Monday night’s meeting with Aston Villa, he has been named on the bench.

Meanwhile, Ayoze Pérez (£6.2m) has also been selected among the substitutes, with Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) leading the line and Marc Albrighton (£5.1m) coming into midfield.

Only those who have decided to cover the Leicester attack with James Maddison (£7.5m) and Harvey Barnes (£6.1m) can breathe a sigh of relief, as both players held onto their starting berths.

But there has been a change in defence, with Ben Chilwell (£5.6m) absent from the matchday squad entirely following a recent hamstring injury.

He has been replaced at left-back by James Justin (£4.7m), who makes only his second start of the season.

Meanwhile, the main interest in Aston Villa’s line-up revolves around Jack Grealish (£6.6m) starting in the front-three once again, although he was sold by over 140,000 managers for Double Gameweek 29.

Interestingly, FPL defender Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.2m) flanks Mbwana Samatta (£5.9m) on the other side of the front-three, so there will be keen interest in the performance of this experienced out-of-position asset.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Justin, Soyuncu, Evans, R Pereira; Ndidi, Praet; Barnes, Maddison, Albrighton; Iheanacho.

Aston Villa XI: Reina; Targett, Mings, Engels, Guilbert; Hourihane, Nakamba, Luiz; Grealish, Samatta, El Mohamady.

  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Less than 5 mins to party time

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Sellers in tears

    2. Scapegoat Salah
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      What a shout

  2. Epic Fail
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Weren't even handball.

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Correct

      What is the point of VAR

    2. Amey
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Feel sorry for you.
      That wasn't a handball

  3. The Train Driver
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Don't have Vardy but owners deserved that...

  4. Oggle22
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    No Perez then?

  5. Niho992
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Even Lovren is better than this idiot Mings

  6. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Party! Shame with the Barnes assist though.

    1. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Sorry according to FPL it was Albrighton

  7. Scapegoat Salah
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    OMG YESSSSS, didn't even realise he had came on lol

  8. Tsssst
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Perez on for Albrighton any minute...

  9. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    partyyyyyyyy

  10. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Dropped Vardy this week. Hilarious

  11. RealVirg
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Oh give it to me baby, VARDY!!!!!

    Grab another 2!!!

  12. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Sold him when the news broke last week... after keeping all that time. Damn.

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Ndidi

      1. FPL Scoop
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 13 days ago

        the pain

        1. Tsparkes10
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 13 days ago

          Given up now tbf. Going rogue on my WC in 32

  13. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    This is amazing

    1. Butcher
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Same. Got slated earlier.

  14. Babelcopter
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    HARVEY BARNES WE FEAST!!

  15. jimmy.floyd
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Barnes assist?

  16. Amey
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Hellll yeahhhhhhhhh

    1. RealVirg
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Now just need the token Grealish goal ha!!!

  17. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Wow. Barnes owner but that was a definite shoulder in my opinion

    1. King Carlos
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      No way in hell was that a handball

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      Strange we have VAR this decisions like that

  18. Londongeezaa
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Finally my Vardy patience paid off 🙂

  19. Railwayman
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Mings brings Barnes owners a haul...

  20. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Vardy Party finally. Shame I sold Barnes eons ago

  21. The_Fish
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    So that’s why I still own him...

  22. FPL Pillars
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Hand ball?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 13 days ago

      You're not allowed to use your shoulder now apparently.

  23. some witty pun
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    As a Barnes+Vardy owner that was the jammiest set of points I've gotten this season

  24. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    BARNES ASSIST 😀

  25. jason_ni
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    When did the shoulder become a hand ball?

  26. AzzaroMax99
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    No Perez, Cantwell 1 pointer incoming...the same s%^&.

  27. The Mighty Hippo
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    What an absolutely awful decision. Thst was never a penalty.

  28. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    How is that handball? wtf is wrong with the rules?

  29. DandyDon
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 13 days ago

    Barnes assist?