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19 January 2021 1435 comments
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Kurt Zouma‘s (£5.8m) Fantasy Premier League stock has taken another dip in Double Gameweek 19 following Chelsea’s latest team-sheet.

The centre-back has been left on the bench for a second Premier League match in a row, much to the chagrin of his 20.5% ownership.

As things stand, only three defenders are selected by more managers than Zouma but a third start in four for Antonio Rüdiger (£4.5m) alongside Thiago Silva (£5.6m) is sure to trigger a fire-sale in the build-up to Gameweek 20.

Reece James (£5.1m) returns at right-back while Ben Chilwell (£6.1m) remains the most ever-present of Chelsea’s defenders, making his 15th consecutive Premier League start.

Frank Lampard has made changes in attack too, Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.7m) coming in for Hakim Ziyech (£8.1m) after registering more attacking returns since Gameweek 15 than any other Chelsea asset (two).

Meanwhile, Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) replaces Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) but Christian Pulisic (£8.2m) retains his place on the left-hand side of Chelsea’s front-three.

Any concerns over Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) have been assuaged for now as Brendan Rodgers selects him to lead the Leicester line.

James Maddison (£7.1m), who has as many attacking returns in his last four at the King Power Stadium as the Foxes’ talismanic forward (four), has the number 10 role again, flanked by Harvey Barnes (£6.8m) and Marc Albrighton (£5.3m).

Ricardo Pereira (£5.9m) continues to wait for his first start of the campaign as James Justin (£5.0m) and Timothy Castagne (£5.7m) staff the full-back roles once again.

Leicester City XI (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel; Justin, Evans, Fofana, Castagne; Ndidi, Tielemans; H Barnes, Maddison, Albrighton; Vardy.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): E Mendy; Chilwell, T Silva, Rüdiger, R James; Havertz, Kovacic, Mount; Pulisic, Abraham, Hudson-Odoi.

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  1. TomSaints
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Was vardy a bad pick?!

    He was the player in most afraid of, take a hit to get him and 4 goals with no return...

    1. BeWater
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      I got him on my WC in GW16. 9 points in 3.5 games. Absolute waste of funds at the moment.

    2. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      He always does this. Let's you down when you hope or expect a good return.

      Then he'll go get a hattrick vs City once you ship him out

    3. Sandy Ravage
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Nah, he's had some good chances but not been as clinical as his teammates so far. He'll get more chances in the 2nd half

    4. fridge
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      I don’t feel bad getting him in, lucks not always going to be in for every transfer and it made a lot of sense...

      1. TomSaints
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Having watched both games, he could easily have got points v saints. Not so much here but surely chances in second half

    5. Eze Really?
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      My trolls for various reasons over the last 2 years:
      Vardy
      Son
      Grealish
      Maddison
      Mount

  2. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Vardy owners in for a haul 2nd half. Chelsea will play into his hands.

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      triple captained him...so I really hope you're right.

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Oh no.

    2. Il Capitano
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      I'll take any return from him at this rate, mids and forwards have been abysmal for me this week

  3. No_Mo_Salah?
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Bloody hell Vardy...

  4. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Chilly and James leave Chelsea playing 2 at the back
    suboptimal

  5. Botman and Robben
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Better get Zouma on.

    1. Dthinger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Nononononono! I need him to stay on the bench!

  6. WE GO FOR IT
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Madders 15 points so far in the DGW. Would've had him if the City double wasn't announced. Hope KdB repays faith tomorrow.

    1. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Wouldn’t have had Stonesy if it wasn’t for a double!

      1. WE GO FOR IT
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        I was gonna have Chilwell and Maddison instead of Dias and KdB. Hasn't been all bad but hope KdB returns.

  7. Call Me Old Fashioned
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Zouma and Neto to Maddison and Mitchell for -4 done. Cant believe I sold Maddison after I got him in on WC and he didn't play against Palace

    1. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      At least you corrected the mistake unlike me repeating it with Salah C for the fourth blank on row .

  8. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Imagine having Vardy over Antonio...

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      We are going to win the league

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Now are they going to believe you (again)?

        1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 16 days ago

          Haha!

          I just wish my inside info was at a more exciting club.....

          Unfortunately it’s Crystal
          Palace 😆

          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 16 days ago

            Cool... Still Premier League.

            My team is sorting itself out in 19th position in League 2!!

      2. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        No we're not 😆

        1. AC/DC AFC
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 16 days ago

          They've got a chance again!

          6 way title race with Everton too.

          Favourites Man City

          Then Liverpool and Man U or Spurs.

  9. mattk lfc
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Justin to Cancelo for -4 shaping up to be the worst transfer of all time

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Ouch

    2. TomSaints
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Hold my beer.

      Robertson and martial to Zouma and Vardy

      Got rid of Som before his haul.

  10. Thomas Shelby from Birmingh…
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Can Lampard come out of retirement, sub in himself, show these f****rs how it is done and then resign?
    One last time for Chelsea fans

    1. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      I miss captaining lampard in FPL

  11. EL_FENOMENO
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Lacazette + Soucek to Antonio + Madders

    1. The Mighty Hippo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Yes, good moves.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Yep

    3. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Wait on it if Antonio is ok then g2g

  12. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    How bad is Pulishit...

    1. GROBARI
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Nobody asked

      1. Brosstan
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Get a grav or gtfo

        1. GROBARI
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 16 days ago

          Again nobody asked.

        2. The Suspended One
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 16 days ago

          Link your team or gtfo

          1. Brosstan
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 16 days ago

            So people like you who are obsessed with checking out the teams of people you dont like can do just that... no thanks

            1. The Suspended One
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 16 days ago

              Weird dig but OK.

              Mr. Integrity likes to criticize others and hide behind anonymity. Shocked.

              1. Brosstan
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 16 days ago

                THeres no contradiction. Im perfectly congruent on here, linking my team doesnt make a difference.

                1. The Suspended One
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 16 days ago

                  It’s OK, plenty of others are fearful of putting themselves out there, you aren’t alone.

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Lazy

    3. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Better at Fortnite game !

  13. TheDragon
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Can Chelsea just score a goal already!

  14. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Wish my TV was lower. Would've bought Maddison over Vardy

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Harder to fit a midfielder in your team though.
      More options

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        On FH

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      haha

  15. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Selling Vardy punishes me every time but likely to do it

    1. Il Capitano
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Keeping him until Leeds at least

  16. Dybala10
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Didn’t expect 3 goals in a row when I got Maddison but love those differential wins 🙂

    1. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Great differential

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      He’s playing better than ever before

  17. MagicMessi
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Any Grealesh+ Watkins owners here feel like they missed out ! Feels like years since Villa played .

    1. TheDragon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Having Villa players and having to wait until Saturday for the Newcastle game is the ultimate in delayed gratification

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Tantric almost.

      2. MagicMessi
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Green arrows everywhere but so many Managers triplecaptaining and benchboosting with failure so feeling light about it

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Not really. Our days will come. Wed and Saturday .

      1. MagicMessi
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Praying for Villa mega haul can be a season saviour fingers crossed

    3. Gross Blank Point
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Grealish, Watkins and Martinez!!

  18. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Will Lampard make the next deadline? Roman's trigger finger must be starting tingle

  19. Digital-Real
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Those that couldn't afford Maddi got Foden 😉

  20. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    They weren’t wrong when they said Reece James was a mix of Trent & AWB...

    He has Trents defensive awareness along with AWBs attacking ability.

    1. Amey
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      LOL

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      😆

      All he ever does is receive the ball out wide, then pass it backwards......

      That’s all he’s done all game!

    3. tuturututu
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Haha yes

  21. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    FH'ers have lost pretty badly this week.

    A lot picked Vardy, some Zoumas.

    1. _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Alot of non FHs done Kane to Vardy for a hit.

      Vardy will score though.

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Yeah...

      Zouma stayed in mine but can take 1 complete blank in these turbulent and rapid fire locked down times

    3. GROBARI
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Still 45 minutes but this is fail pick at the end for sure

    4. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Vardy the only fail on my FH. On 99 pts

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Nice but I imagine you're not the majority of FH'ers.

    5. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Ml rival FH has maddison and Barnes and stones and Antonio Shmeichel he's on 98 points last time I checked so not necessarily lost ..

  22. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Need to ditch Zouma and switch out bgw Lacazette...

    Have Antonio.

    Who is best upfront except Kane?

    1. Egg noodle
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Bet its going to be Vardy, but next week!

  23. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    I'm going to triple up on Leicester and get Vardy in for the Leeds game. Could be a decent TC option.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      He's best away.

      Except home to Brighton of course but always an exception

      1. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Yeah maybe you're right. His home record ain't great is it? Besides I'm doing just fine with Justin and Maddy right now!

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Justin Barnes Maddison

      1. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        For one week only I reckon. I think Barnes is good coverage, in case Maddy's knee goes again which I hope it doesn't!

  24. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Chelsea were terrible in that half.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Half of January?!

    2. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Terrible.

      Reece James walking all over the pitch again

    3. GROBARI
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Chelesea is terrible in every match since start of December. They have lucky against Fulham to be honest. If they stayed with 11 man that would be easy a draw foe Fulham

  25. JohnnyCroat
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    I feel like, for all the talk of DGW teams, that the Foxes were basically ignored. Anyway, Antoni-gol, what a player.

    1. TheDragon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Everyone wanted Vardy and 50% own Justin

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Leicester quietly get in with it

  26. Nightcrawler
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Brendan rodgers is a great manager bet pool feel foolish sacking him now

    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Said no one ever...

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      aye of course not like they havent won the league and c1 since ....

  27. tuturututu
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Lampard getting fired tonight

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Next time?

      Bruce first after Leeds at home??

  28. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    Brought in KDB (c), Stones and Antonio for a -8 hit. 50 points from those three so far. Happy days!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Enjoy

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Thanks mate

    2. Stockport Hatter
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Great stuff well done.

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Cheers mate

    3. GROBARI
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Congrats!

    4. popey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      snap on all - outgoings were Brewster Son and Trent so pretty happy!

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Nice one! Well done

    5. The Invincibles
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      I did the exact same 3 for a -8!

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Great minds!

  29. Stockport Hatter
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    104 (-12) plus Antonio and Coufal bonus points, with Maddison and Justin having 45 left then 10 to play. Hits to bring in Justin, Antonio and Maddison going really well. Successful bench boost for the first time ever and captained Salah who I fully expect to be a fail!

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      If Salah hauls the shine is off BB to TC.

      Could still happen but KDB most likely

      1. Stockport Hatter
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        I suppose but I can’t complain. My bench is Martinez, Maddison, AWB, Wilson.

  30. Don Kloppeone
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 16 days ago

    I did Kane > Vardy on my BB. My 11yr old son did Podence > Maddison.

    Obviously there were other transfers involved but on the LEI front:
    11yr old son 1 - 0 Dad....!

    1. Stockport Hatter
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      😆

    2. Thomas Shelby from Birmingh…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 16 days ago

      Keep him away from this...it's addictive

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 16 days ago

        Tell me about it. Obviously he’s not on FFS but he’s always telling me how obsessed I am (embarrassing!)