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Tammy Abraham (£7.3m) has been tasked with leading the Chelsea line for their Gameweek 3 trip to West Bromwich Albion.

After impressing midweek, the former Swansea City loanee makes his first Premier League start of the season in what looks to be a 4-2-3-1 formation named by Frank Lampard.

That suggests a slightly wider role for Timo Werner (£9.5m), who is capable of operating as a left-winger, while Kai Havertz (£8.4m) gets his first chance to play number 10 in a league match since arriving from Bayer Leverkusen.

Meanwhile, Abraham coming into the team has forced Jorginho (£5.1m) to the bench, which should make for interesting viewing if Chelsea win any penalties this afternoon, as the Italian has taken two since the start of the season.

In defence, Reece James (£5.1m) continues to silence the naysayers worried about rotation, as he starts ahead of Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.9m) for the third match in a row.

His Fantasy credentials are boosted by a Premier League debut for Thiago Silva (£5.5m), although Willy Caballero (£4.9m) makes one last start in goal as Edouard Mendy‘s (£5.0m) came too soon for involvement in Gameweek 3.

Matheus Pereira (£6.0m) remains the only asset of slight Fantasy worth in the West Bromwich Albion side.

The mid-priced midfielder is the most popular among Baggies starters but is only owned by 2.5% ahead of a testing meeting with Chelsea.

West Bromwich Albion XI (5-4-1): Johnstone; C Townsend, O’Shea, Bartley, Ajayi, Furlong; Diangana, Sawyers, Livermore, M Pereira; C Robinson.

Chelsea XI (4-2-3-1): Caballero; Alonso, T Silva, Christensen, R James; Kanté, Kovačić; Werner, Havertz, Mount; Abraham.

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  1. SAY MY NAME
    6 years, 28 days ago

    I think Zaha might have been a bad pick on WC, not because he didn't score, but because he just didn't seem to have any attacking purpose, would just receive the ball and then knock it back safe, and sometimes he would fall over and complain a bit - even with nice fixtures after Chelsea Barnes might tempt me if he looks bright against City

    1. SAY MY NAME
      6 years, 28 days ago

      ooh top post lol

    2. Pacer.
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Just don't buy attacking players who play for crystal palace

      What you've got there is a £900 racing bike with two punctures

      1. SAY MY NAME
        6 years, 28 days ago

        😀 lol

    3. ThisPostsOnFire
      6 years, 28 days ago

      It's one game and the most difficult one of his 1st 6. He's returned in the previous 2 and has a very decent run of fixtures.
      Would wait and see against Chelsea's high line in the next game.

      1. SAY MY NAME
        6 years, 28 days ago

        fair point, but i can also envisage holding him for 8 great fixtures and getting nothing, i'm not always the most patient lol

    4. Third Eye Vision
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Feels like an obvious mistake now, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.

      1. SAY MY NAME
        6 years, 28 days ago

        true, i should have learnt from the same mistake in previous years

    5. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Stick with it for a few while he is OOP at least. Pens big bonus too if Milo not playing.

  2. Miguel Sanchez
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Wood or Ings as Martial replacement?

    Big price difference but would like to not have to chop and change forwards with Jimenez and Richarlison my other two.

    1. SAY MY NAME
      6 years, 28 days ago

      much prefer Ings, but then he is 2m more

    2. Ask Yourself
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Nice taste in forwards. Probably Ings on current info. I have both x

    3. ThisPostsOnFire
      6 years, 28 days ago

      The 6.5 bracket allows for nice transfer rotation between Wood, Wilson, Antonio, Maupay and Mitro.

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        6 years, 28 days ago

        They are all great options at various points but I want to lock down my forwards, GK and defence eventually so transfers can be focused on picking premium mids for captaincy.

    4. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Ings for me.

    5. Cynical
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Surely Ings vs WBA

    6. RAFA THE GAFFA
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Danny boy

    7. BobbyV
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Maupay and get more pen takers in midfield

    8. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      DCL is the obvious pick...

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Got Dig, Rich, Rod triple up already

  3. HurriKane
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Is DCL essential?

    5 goals in 3 matches playing for a strong Everton attack and is only 7.3m.

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      No one is essential. But he's looking an almighty strong pick right now. Decided he was basically worth WC'ing for. Him and Son. I had 0 way of getting him in.

      1. Amey
        6 years, 28 days ago

        I've avoided Son too.

        Hopefully he'll be kept quiet by both United in these two GW's

        1. Ze_Austin
          6 years, 28 days ago

          That's... A lot of hope, based on what we've seen so far

          1. Amey
            6 years, 28 days ago

            Hmm

    2. Amey
      6 years, 28 days ago

      I've given up.
      Selling Martial for him. He's so highly owned can't mess up anymore.
      Missed a lot of points on him though 🙁

      1. HurriKane
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Martial Mitro to Jimenez DCL looks tasty even for a hit

        1. Amey
          6 years, 28 days ago

          Yeah ...
          I'm keeping Mitro though. He'll keep scoring them at regular intervals.
          Good value for 6m

          1. HurriKane
            6 years, 28 days ago

            Yh but i prefer DCL or Jimenez over both

            Dont want to sell Werner if he fires tonight

            1. Amey
              6 years, 28 days ago

              Let's see 🙂
              Might play WC if Werner looks sh.t Tonight .. ha ha

              1. HurriKane
                6 years, 28 days ago

                Same thinking. He's on audition tonight 😉

        2. SAY MY NAME
          6 years, 28 days ago

          that's 2 of the moves i made on my WC

          1. Amey
            6 years, 28 days ago

            Nice

    3. Pavsboot
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Yes imo. Nailed on striker who lives in the box playing for a team that's gonna be top 6ish.

      1. HurriKane
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Now watch him go on a run of blanks after i get him similar to last season 😉

        1. Pavsboot
          6 years, 28 days ago

          Haha with him it's always possible. From what I've seen of him so far though unless Everton dry up I feel he'll still pick up goals even if he does fall out of form.

    4. Pedram
      6 years, 28 days ago

      No

    5. DandyDon
      6 years, 28 days ago

      He was at 7. Think Jiminez will be move essential for next 4

    6. TomSaints
      6 years, 28 days ago

      He’s on form but Rucharlison is who I’d go for on wc. Consistently more threatening, does well in Bps, seems to be passing more and is on penalties. By end of week 6 he’ll be ahead of DCL and won’t look back.

      I have DCL atm too

    7. ThisPostsOnFire
      6 years, 28 days ago

      At that price, being supplied by Hames, Richarlison, Digne, Gomez, Coleman........he's a really, really, really, really good pick (I don't like using the word essential)

  4. FOO FIGHTER
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Want to get in James so hoping he can convince me to go ahead with another Brighton like performance.

    1. Ask Yourself
      6 years, 28 days ago

      You should already have been convinced. Looks nailed now and on FKs and pens...

      1. Pavsboot
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Pens is slighty ambitious but I like the enthusiasm

      2. Dannyb
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Pens?

      3. Zimo
        6 years, 28 days ago

        If he's on pens im downgrading robertson to get him

      4. Ginkapo FPL
        6 years, 28 days ago

        James not JRod

    2. ThisPostsOnFire
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Maybe you can help me with this.

      I understand James has potential attacking returns, but he only produced 2 assists from half a season's worth of minutes last season.

      Have been wondering why on earth anyone would want a defender in a Chelsea team that plays a suicidal high-line, can't make decent recovery runs and have seemingly no real defensive structure in place.

      He doesn't have the potential for the kind of TAA/Robo level output which would be necessary to balance things up with Chelsea's woeful defence, so why do FPL managers want him?

      1. Cynical
        6 years, 28 days ago

        I've been thinking this too. I expect Chels to improve defensively without Kepa but Reece has never put up strong offensive numbers before. Don't get me wrong, he's still a decent pick for the price but he won't match the usual big hitters in defence imo.

  5. davies
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Time to wildcard or wait one more week?

    McCarthy Steer
    TAA Saiss Dier Mitchell Ferguson
    Salah KDB Hamez Podence Bissouma
    Werner Martial Adams

    Cheers.

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Not enough penalty takers.

    2. thattreblefeeling
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Definitely wait

      1. davies
        6 years, 28 days ago

        What transfer to use this week?*

        *potentially a one week punt

        1. MagicMessi
          6 years, 28 days ago

          Martial to Jiminez and you no need to wc

    3. Sandy Ravage
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Depends on your WC team

      1. davies
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Depends on Sancho (Greenwood) & Pulisic fitness tbh - both would be straight in

    4. ThisPostsOnFire
      6 years, 28 days ago

      That's not a WC team.

      Martial to Jimenez + Adams to DCL (if you have the spare 0.3)

  6. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    6 years, 28 days ago

    19 from 3, not a bad start!

    1. DandyDon
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Congrats 15 from 6...

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        6 years, 28 days ago

        6?!

    2. shiraz
      6 years, 28 days ago

      nice, 9 from 3 for me though

    3. have you seen cyan
      6 years, 28 days ago

      26 from 6, I think its ok. Was 30 but on a -4.
      Digne, Lamptey, Bruno, DCL, Zaha and Guaita

    4. RAFA THE GAFFA
      6 years, 28 days ago

      -4 from 3!

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Ouch!

  7. DandyDon
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Anyone else had 6 players play already? Only one score (DCL). Exactly why you shouldn’t triple up on teams other than Pool or city. Seemed like a good idea last week lol, will be moving 2 Utd on for a -4 soon. Werner as Captain so a haul there might just rescue my week..

    1. Pedram
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Outside of Everton triple up i have no players from today's matches

    2. ThisPostsOnFire
      6 years, 28 days ago

      I disagree. I think a Richarlison/DCL/Digne is a perfectly fine x3.

  8. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Still early but is it worth giving Wilson another chance GW 4 vs Burnley or move to DCL/Maupay?

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      See how Burnley look

    2. Ask Yourself
      6 years, 28 days ago

      See how poor burnley’s defence looks today. Tarkowski will most likely be back for the Newcastle game so maybe I’d shift unless wilson can keep up with how well every other striker in the game is doing

    3. ThisPostsOnFire
      6 years, 28 days ago

      I don't like the terms essential, must-have etc.

      But.....if I see a team without DCL in it - with all that creativity around him - I don't think that team is as good as it could be.

  9. Jolly Good
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Exact money in the bank for

    Martial + Davies -> Jiminez + Robbo (-4)

    Martial and Davies both likely dropping tonight while Jiminez is likely rising

    If it goes wrong (injuries), I’ll WC

    Thoughts?

    1. Diedhiou See That?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Wait

    2. Ze_Austin
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Do it

    3. Hulk Smash
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Do it. Neither of those players are prone to injury or rotation.

  10. have you seen cyan
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Got no one in this game :/
    Come on WBA!

    1. Pedram
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Werner is kinda scary ngl

      1. Piggs Boson
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Haven't owned him all season, and it never gets easier. An explosion is coming at some point...

        Own Reece James at least...

    2. how now brown cow
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Got 2 chelsea players but still come on wba

  11. Nightcrawler
    6 years, 28 days ago

    With all this penalty mayhem...martial and werner seem like a waste of money

    Unless werner is now on pens too

    1. Das Boot
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Jorginho benched so a great chance he could be

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Up steps....Mount!

        1. Das Boot
          6 years, 28 days ago

          lol, nooooooo

    2. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      We are nearly definitely going to find out the way things are going.

  12. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 28 days ago

    I am not saying James goes cause Rich has pens but it certainly make him less appealing given it’s the season of pens.

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Has corners and free kicks though

      1. Over Midwicket
        6 years, 28 days ago

        No he doesn't. Digne takes more overall frees and corners

        1. Dynamic Duos
          6 years, 28 days ago

          Did you watch the game?

          1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
            6 years, 28 days ago

            This

        2. @persecuted_by_mods
          6 years, 28 days ago

          There's been 3 matches, but midway through the last match James took over the corners and hasn't not taken one since I think. Freekicks it seems they share with Digne edging it especially for shooting opportunities

        3. Joey Tribbiani
          6 years, 28 days ago

          Agree that he shares them with Digne, but having watched the game Digne didn't take a single free kick or corner when James was on the pitch

          1. Joey Tribbiani
            6 years, 28 days ago

            Against Palace that is

          2. Joey Tribbiani
            6 years, 28 days ago

            Digne might have taken 1 actually. (Digne owner, dont own James)

            1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
              6 years, 28 days ago

              I think Digne takes the crossing position free kicks and Rodriguez the shooting chance ones.

    2. Dynamic Duos
      6 years, 28 days ago

      I'm looking to downgrade to Klich after Brighton

    3. Pedram
      6 years, 28 days ago

      James is a season keeper for me, he might blank here and there but he'll deliver enough to justify his price tag

    4. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      He is so good. Yeah the position he plays will lead to assisting the assister but if he had really world class players in front of him they would be assists. I am not say Rich and DCL are not good but they are short of being really really good.

  13. money face bandwagon
    6 years, 28 days ago

    make sense to sacrifice salah to fund other players? dont see the need to captain him for the time being

    1. MagicMessi
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Thinking about that for next two away games but it's scary

  14. seewhyaxe
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Gareth Barry doesn't look like he aged.

    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      6 years, 28 days ago

      That cause he always looked 50 anyway.

  15. Vazza
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Who’s a better pick for the next few gameweeks

    A. Bruno
    B. Sterling

    1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
      6 years, 28 days ago

      A + 1m

  16. MSTRKRFTSMN
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Traore to Foden... no brainer?

    1. Fred54
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Which one will even start?

  17. Lucky Z
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Guys which one for free?

    A. Soucek => Havertz
    B. Davis => Jimenez

    1. Vazza
      6 years, 28 days ago

      B

    2. Puntillimon
      6 years, 28 days ago

      B but I would wait another 2 hours before deciding

    3. abhirup780
      6 years, 28 days ago

      B

  18. have you seen cyan
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Son EO 100.3%, quite a few caps then

    1. Rainer
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Top10k stats not much use yet. Vast majority only there due to Sons haul.

      Overall a better guide till maybe GW6/8.

      1. have you seen cyan
        6 years, 28 days ago

        ah is that 100% the top 10k eo?

    2. have you seen cyan
      6 years, 28 days ago

      no wait thats wrong my bad, 46.05%

  19. ☈☾
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Anyone better than 12 from 1? 😀

    1. Fred54
      6 years, 28 days ago

      10,000s probably.

    2. Pukki Blinders
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Enough bragging mate

    3. abhirup780
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Bruno (c)

  20. mgilbert86
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Captain werner time, lets go

  21. Das Boot
    6 years, 28 days ago

    C'mon Chelsea, just a cricket score here please.

  22. TomSaints
    6 years, 28 days ago

    It’s getting close to where fpl need to step in and penalties only be 3 points.

    Would make a lot of sense and require the minimal coding change. Otherwise teams could get very similar very quick.

  23. Red Red Robins
    6 years, 28 days ago

    So, which penalty takes do you all deem essential?
    Jimmy is
    KDB
    Kane, but i cant fit him in

    1. Liberate HK - antichinazi
      6 years, 28 days ago

      KDB and Bruno

      1. Red Red Robins
        6 years, 28 days ago

        Bruno a good one, hard to fit him in too

  24. Dynamic Duos
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Abit worried about not having Werner in this one , but I do have James.

    1. Ask Yourself
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Yeah James only here too. Hopefully a CS offsets any damage Werner does

  25. danlynch13
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Which duo is better

    Mahrez + Son
    KDB + Trossard

  26. Rainer
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Not this Chelsea kit, ugh!

  27. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Werner fail and he's out for DCL I reckon

    1. Rolls-Royce
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Selling for Ings probably

    2. Andy_Social
      6 years, 28 days ago

      Not for me. The Inty Break's coming up, after which Puli and Ziyech will surely be ready.

  28. TheDragon
    6 years, 28 days ago

    -1 from 2

    I’m excellent at this game 🙂

  29. Vazza
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Who’s a better pick for the next few gameweeks

    A. Bruno
    B. Sterling
    .

  30. Jolly Good
    6 years, 28 days ago

    Werner cappers unite