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Ben Mee (£5.0m) is the most notable absentee from Sunday’s early kick-off at Turf Moor between Burnley and Sheffield United.

The centre-back, previously an ever-present for the Clarets, misses out with a thigh injury.

Over 5,000 FPL managers had plumped for Mee’s services ahead of the Gameweek 33 deadline. The defender hauled 15 points in Gameweek 32 as his goal secured a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Kevin Long (£4.3m) deputises for the Burnley captain. Nick Pope (£5.0m) owners will be hoping that Mee’s absence doesn’t make Sean Dyche’s team easier to breach.

Jack Cork (£4.9m) is also sidelined, so Josh Brownhill (£4.8m) continues in central midfield while defender Erik Pieters (£4.2m) keeps his place on the left side of midfield.

Returning to the Burnley line-up is Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m), who missed out in GW32 through injury. That pushes Dwight McNeil back into midfield, with the £6.1m man operating from the right-hand side of Dyche’s 4-4-2.

Chris Wood (£6.1m) and Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) are part of the Clarets’ 20-man matchday squad. Neither player has featured for the club since the Premier League restarted.

Sheffield United are unchanged from their 3-1 victory at home to Spurs on Thursday.

The big news from Chris Wilder’s point-of-view is that Jack O’Connell (£4.6m) returns from injury to take a place on the substitutes’ bench.

The Blades boss ruled out John Lundstram (£4.7m), John Fleck (£4.7m) and Luke Freeman (£5.0m) for ‘a couple of weeks’ in his pre-match press conference.

Burnley XI: Pope; Taylor, Tarkowski, Long, Bardsley; Pieters, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Rodriguez, Vydra.

Sheffield United XI: Henderson; Robinson, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Osborn, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.


FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 33+

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

    Pope CS locked IN

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, 1-0 Burnley

    2. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yep already banked the 10 points

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, shu not able to score

    4. Amey
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Imagine not owning him
      .
      .
      .
      .
      I don't need to imagine .. 😀

    5. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Mee out could potentially make it a 3 pointer. After 10 min it should been 1-2. Annoying

  2. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Grealish to Foden for a hit?

    If not I will start Grealish.

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

    2. harrythealien
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Foden 15-20 minute cameo incoming for this GW

  3. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    1 minute, 1 Pope save

    1. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Just hate it. Had him for that bad spell around Christmas and shipped tight before his many hauls

  4. THE Wild Rover
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pope save first minute

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

      LoL
      He's inevitable !

      1. The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Thank you agent Smith

      2. rjcv177
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Matrix lol

  5. Amey
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Can see why Ben Mee is missing a fixture this GW.
    Just look at the article picture.
    You'll get it too 😀

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Haircut?!

  6. Tmel
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Real benching headache there but tricky to bench any of those 7 attackers for Foden... G2G?

    Martinez
    TAA Doherty Holgate
    Salah KDB Bruno Mahrez
    Rashford Jimi Greenwood
    (Foden Saiss Lascelles)

    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Jimi

  7. melvinmbabazi
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    What to do this week? 2FT and 0.6 ITB
    Thinking of going triple United attack

    Martinez, (Martin)
    TAA, Doherty, AWB, (J.Robinson, Ngakia)
    Mane, KDB, Bruno, Pulisic, (Guendouzi)
    Rash, Jimi, DCL

    cheers

    1. harrythealien
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Mane, DCL to Martial, Nketia / Salah, Greenwood

      1. melvinmbabazi
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Already have 3 united

  8. Qaiss
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Today is Sadio Mane's turn.

    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      To assist Salah?

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Title's done, Mane can be a bit more selfish now instead of feeding Salah all the time 🙂

        1. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          His main task for the rest of the season is to help Salah winning the golden booth

          1. Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            Tssss lol

          2. Lukakuna
            • 9 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            Golden Booth? Is that for the most benchings in a season?

        2. Tempestic
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Nah Salah for the golden boot 😉

          1. Qaiss
            • 10 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            Should find another hobby, thats Auba's 🙂

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      for a nice little rest

  9. Champions League Varane
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Bruno or KDB (c)?

    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Big Kev

    2. Orion
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      If KDB is rested today, then KDB for sure

      1. harrythealien
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        +1

  10. Nightcrawler
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    A) DDG, Saka, Jiminez ----> Pope, KDB, Greenwood (-4)

    B) Son, DDG ---> Ederson, KDB (get greewood next week)

    C) Saka, Nketiah, DDG ----> Ederson, Foden, Greenwood (-4)

    1. rjcv177
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A higher ceiling

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

      C
      All upgrades

      1. Nightcrawler
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah. Worried about no kdb though if he is rested today but son vs Bournemouth could be fireworks as well

        Will have to take a gamble after DDG error either way i guess

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      B

  11. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pope clean sheet to go in 3.....2......1.....

  12. Pompel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    As a DDG owner, eatching yet another Pope haul will be so painful.
    Bad keeper choices yet again ruining season, will I never learn....

  13. Marvin.
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Should Pope be England's no.1?

    1. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      The Queen wouldn't like that.

      1. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        She can p*ss off.

        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          So can the one in Rome

          1. Marvin.
            • 9 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            Damn straight.

    2. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Is England as good as Burnley?

    3. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Unless England plan on parking the bus every game, no.

      1. Marvin.
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I don't quite understand your point.

        1. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Burnley park the bus every match and make teams shoot from range, making Pope look slightly better than he is. He's good for FPL at a cheap price and a decent keeper obviously, but put him in a team like Arsenal and he will get found out

          1. Marvin.
            • 9 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            I see what you mean. He doesn't face too many one on one's etc.

          2. Nightcrawler
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            He was found out pretty badly vs city who have the quality to avpid shooting from range

    4. Nightcrawler
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Shd still be joe hart. He's the only one with big club mentality

    5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Is his distribution not very bad

  14. THE Wild Rover
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Sheff all over Burnley. Pope will either concede or haul

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Maby many saves

    2. Zimo
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Red cardddd come onnn

    3. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Nick Pope can do both

  15. Flynny
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hi...2fts....0.5mitb....what would you do here please? Tough to get greenwood...

    Hendo Mccarthy
    Taa maguire soy boly stephens
    Salah kdb mahrez bruno martial
    Jiminez dcl nketiah

    A.....Thinking salah and dcl to kane and foden / pulisic

    B.....maguire, jiminez and dcl to Holgate, greenwood and kane - 4

    C....something else

    Thanks

  16. TyroneGAA
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Wow that miss has kept my triple shu defense intact

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      That was shocking

  17. Amey
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Goals incoming 😀

  18. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    2 of England's most promising young keepers here. Good to see

    1. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Pope is 28

    2. harrythealien
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Pope should be England no. 1 by current form, Hendo his 1st backup & Pickford the 2nd

  19. THE Wild Rover
    • 16 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Penalty save incoming

    1. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Or not 🙁

  20. Orion
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Still can't believe that Pope has the most points in the Burnley squad... What a bad squad is that, actually 😀

    1. harrythealien
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A defensive squad obviously

  21. TAT
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Already done DC to Greenwood. anything here worth a hit?

    Foster
    TAA - Doherty - Aurier
    Mahrez - KDB - Fernandes - Salah
    Jiménez - Greenwood - Rashford
    (McCarthy - Fernández - Stephens - Hayden)

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Nah, good team for next gw.

      1. TAT
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I was thinking maybe taking out Foster for a hit, but I guess I *have* to give him the Norwich game.

  22. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pieters grab a goal and save my GW my son....

  23. PortisRed
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Can anybody tell me how to find the goals immenent table a soluble to members?

    1. PortisRed
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A soluble should have said available.

    2. Raindragon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      You've probably found it by now but, if not, just click on Votes. It's the most popular table!

  24. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pieters went from almost getting an assist to almost conceding a penalty in the space of a minute

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Almost is the key word here.

    2. Party time
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

  25. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Looks like goals in this game.

    For all the templates and group thinking, why don't people just buy Pope?

    Is 1 transfer that precious?

    1. Eze Really?
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I thought it a nil nil banker! Pope has been just about my highest scorer for a while now. And he is not even a great keeper!

    2. Eze Really?
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Is 50% of the top 10k template?

    3. Eze Really?
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Also, If you had Hendo or Martinez due to price changing from Leno, would you have got Pope in?

  26. RubeRx
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    How is that not a penalty kick? That was 10x worse than Bailly's hand ball

    1. Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      or Adam Smiths.....

  27. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    It'll be a minor miracle if Pope keeps a clean sheet

    1. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Locked in

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      It will, because he won't

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      No Lundstram today to ruin it do.

  28. Reg83
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    start 2 for next gw

    A. Aurier (away to Bmouth)
    B. Kiko (Norwich)
    c. saiss (away to Sheffield)
    D. Taylor (away to West Ham)

    1. Flynny
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A and d

    2. Ha.
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      AB

      1. Ha.
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        * AC

  29. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Lascelles not in the squad today? any leaks?

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      He was in training so hopefully he starts

      1. Chucky
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I hope he doesn't as I have Pieters first on my bench...

        1. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          I hope he does as I have Femenia and Guendouzi...

          1. Chucky
            • 12 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            😛

  30. fc_skrald
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hmm. I have two free transfers and actually thinking about wildcarding. What to do?

    a. Jiménez -> Greenwood
    b. Guendouzi + Auba -> Son + Greenwood

    Nyland
    TAA, Doherty, Aurier
    KDB, Salah, Pulisic, Fernandes
    Jiménez, Auba, Ings

    Button, Lascelles, Guendouzi, Simpson

    2 free transfer, 0.0 million in the bank, wildcard, free hit and bench boost chips

    1. Easy Cheesy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      B looks good. The only reason to WC is to improve that bench and fit one more united (jimi -> martial by freeing up funds elsewhere)

      1. fc_skrald
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks. Think I will do b.