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Saiss benched for Wolves as Veltman absent from Brighton squad

Romain Saïss (£4.9m) is the biggest Fantasy casualty from Sunday’s early kick-off between Wolves and Brighton.

The 6.5%-owned defender is one of five players to drop out of Nuno’s starting XI in Triple Gameweek 35.

Nelson Semedo (£5.2m), Leander Dendoncker (£4.6m), Owen Otasowie (£4.5m) and Adama Traoré (£6.0m) are the other players to find themselves benched after Wolves’ 1-1 draw at West Brom in Gameweek 34.

Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.4m) and Max Kilman (£3.9m) are the beneficiaries in defence, where the pair look set to play in a back four.

Joao Moutinho (£5.1m) returns in midfield after being sidelined for two games. Daniel Podence (£5.3m) and Morgan Gibbs-White (£4.9m) start in attacking midfield alongside Vitinha (£4.7m), with that trio operating behind Fabio Silva (£5.2m).

For the Seagulls, Joel Veltman (£4.4m) is absent from the matchday so squad so Alireza Jahanbakhsh (£5.4m) is drafted in by Graham Potter.

The attacking midfielder could be set to line out at right wing-back, though the shapeshifting Brighton boss may have some other tricks up his sleeve.

Adam Lallana (£6.2m) remains in the treatment room for Brighton, who beat Leeds 2-0 at home in their previous Premier League outing.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI (4-2-3-1): Patricio; Ait-Nouri, Kilman, Coady, Hoever; Neves, Moutinho; Podence, Vitinha, Gibbs-White; F Silva.

Brighton & Hove Albion XI (3-4-3): Sanchez; White, Dunk, Webster; Burn, Bissouma, Gross, Jahanbakhsh; Trossard, Maupay; Welbeck.

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  1. Cruyff's Eleven
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Must have left my crystal ball at home today.....

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Coz I'm not seeing it....

  2. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Dunk red means 8 gw36 players. Nightmare gw

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Join the club of 8.

  3. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Not in my XI 🙂
    Realise I needed him next week 🙁
    Could still come in for Holding 🙁

    1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Me too mate!! On my bench I’ve been checking the score to see if Wolves score coz a 15 pointer on the bench is annoying but I certainly didn’t want that!! Needed him for next week!!!

  4. Bob_the_builder
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Harry Maguire goal incoming.

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I couldn't afford him so got Lindelof instead.

      1. Bob_the_builder
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        He would provide the assist 😛

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Hope so!

  5. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    How many sofas do I need if I only have Bruno from United and captained Mo?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      You need to submit a takeover bid for Furniture Village.

    2. REDMOND IN SANDALS
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      You sir need a nuclear bomb shelter

    3. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      You realise Bruno's last goal was 10 games ago, right?

      1. Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Give or take 😉

      2. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        He’s due!

        1. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 12 months ago

          Mate, he's not pregnant...

      3. Mouldmaster
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Other than his 2 goals (and assists) in the EL semi final two games ago..?

        1. Utopsis
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 12 months ago

          Lol exactly

    4. MightyGar
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I think you need a panic room

  6. the dom 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Just a quick question, what would you be happy with if using your BB chip from your bench as minimum points?

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      15 points is satisfactory

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      15

    3. TheDragon
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      16

    4. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      18 pts imo

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        4.5 points per player

    5. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Anything is a bonus, don’t set sights too high otherwise disappointment awaits.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        This haha

    6. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Cheers lads, currently on 18 if Sanchez keeps a CS and got Lingard to go too!

  7. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Noooooooo. Even worse than benching Dunk for his Goal, he's sent off and i'll now be down to 10 next week unless I take a hit. All that planning for nothing.

    1. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Not the end of the world.

      I'm already on 10 men, and it looks like Veltman is injured too, so I'll be on a -4 for sure (at least).

      There'll be plenty of hits flying around elsewhere too, so you'll be in good company 🙂

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Planning in this crazy season is overrated.

  8. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Damn it why i didn't did that extra hit Veltman to Coleman 🙁 Painful and frustrating on a BB 🙁

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Coleman may get less than 4

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        he will get the Sheffield game as well, I don't have a defender now again so I already made a loss surely.

    2. Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Because his benching was impossible to predict

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        He is absent surely some kind of injury. The manager was lying on a press conference most probably.

        The alternative was also the better one

        Jota to Greenwood Veltman to Robbo and get Mendy instead of Henderson. All options would have been better,

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 12 months ago

          Lesson learned never go to a family event without a fully loaded mobile phone and try to avoid them when you are playing a chip. If I had a computer surely a better option would have been done

        2. Pat Bonner
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 12 months ago

          You made your decision based on info you had at the time. You did a -12 didn’t you? So you probably went through a lot of different permutations? One was bound to out score what you went for

  9. The Knights Template
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Captain Foresight told me to TC Rashford. I wish he was as reliable as Captain Hindsight.

  10. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    New top of page... Stay Down Pompey...

    1. LegendMoon
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Boo

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      They are going to turn it around!! Come on Pompey!!!

      1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Doubt it they are the last leg of my 150 quid acca

  11. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Wolves are the most boring side ive seen in a long time. Arsenal are a close secone

    1. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Nuno's dinosaur manager

    2. Bob_the_builder
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      They reallly do seem lost without Raul.

      1. Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        And Neto

  12. Bob_the_builder
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    As Gordon Ramsay would say " you f***ing Dunkey".

  13. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Fortunate for Brighton as half their team are central defenders anyways

  14. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    No chance of RC overturned and Dunk playing next gw? (not watching the game, driving train).

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Clear red.

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Not a chance

    3. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Haha I’m at work and was literally going to ask the same thing!!!

    4. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Don't text and drive! 😉

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        It's not like I can do much when that suicidal moose comes anyhow...

    5. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Is it Snowpiercer?

      1. The Train Driver
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        I call this one the snow stopper, soon as little snow comes it stops working...

  15. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Imagine if there is an early red card at Villa Park with a key Manchester United man shown red?

    And a 3 match ban for Bruno Fernandes...

    1. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Would be absolute scenes! xD

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        I know...

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I would put my money on Maguire....

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Possible

    3. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Omg you've put the fear of God in me now...

  16. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    All my hope of getting a green arrow lies on Watkins now. Don't disappointment me fam

    1. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I'd happily take a Watkins blank today and a brace against Everton

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Ollie Blank Watkins?

    3. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      mine similarly on DCL

  17. TheDragon
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Every week Trossard blanks reminds me how insanely lucky those who captained him against Newcastle were (and that sparked the view of who cares about ownership)

    1. Bob_the_builder
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I remember in GW 29 I played FH. He was first bench and came in after a Bale no show. Ended up 87 when the average was 25. Probably one of the best FPL moments for me in recent times.

  18. Bees4Lyf
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Come on wolves wipe this Brighton cleanie!

    1. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Yo, happy with getting Bournemouth, makes no difference eh? Just need to step up and break the playoff curse

      1. Bees4Lyf
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Yeah Bournemouth will be tough! Just hope we do well under pressure, the playoffs never treat us well!

        1. Danno - Emre Canada
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 12 months ago

          Nope they don’t. Yeah Cherries may have lost the last 3 including us but found some form before that.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Total EO of all Brighton players in the Top 10k is 5.98%, won't make a difference unless your rival has Sanchez in goal

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Only 10,000 of 8 million plus are top 10k!

  19. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Wow 6 players in one game, I’m not sure if I’ve ever had that before. 12 points, maybe 14 incoming haha

  20. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    From basically being resigned to a Dunk 15 pointer for my rival at HT, to see him down to 4 is better than anything any player in my team could possibly do.

    1. Bees4Lyf
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Mate the fella behind me in the mini league has him! same feelings as you xD

  21. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    With dunk red Does treble WH - Dawson, Antonio & Lingard look good for GW36?

    1. MightyGar
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I have Coufal and Lingard, and thinking of adding Antonio (for Nacho). They seem to be going all out for wins

      1. Stranger Mings
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Thanks agree

  22. Marcin the Pole
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Very tempted by Maddison, Iheanacho -> Lingard, Antonio (-4). Obviously see how the rest of the week pans out but surely looks a decent move?

    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Iheanacho to Antonio will surely be a very popular move (its my main transfer going into next week so far).

    2. Utopsis
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I'm seriously considering Wilson as well - I can see him scoring vs City, plus the last 2 fixtures are lovely

  23. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Imagine not owning Bruno, then imagine not owning or captaining him 🙂

    1. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Once I've imagined not owning Bruno, then it's not too much of a mental stretch to imagine not captaining him as well 🙂

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        !

    2. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I don't have to

    3. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Quite possibly me next week

  24. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    If you could have 11 to start with good quality players, would you still take -4 to get Salah? Got TAA and Jota already.

    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Depends if you're defending or attacking your rank/mini league.

      Salah isn't hauling at the moment so if you actually have a good alternative player than him, then it's unlikely you need him.

      If your 11th player is some fodder then I'd -4 to get Salah in (if I was defending my rank).

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Thx it looks like this, Kane or Son [c]

        Lloris (Martinez)
        TAA Dallas Coufal Konsa (Azpi)
        Jota Son Lingard Raphinha (Bruno)
        Kane Bamford (Nacho)

  25. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    I wish i still had BB, Sanchez, Dallas and Bam on the bench

    1. Traction Engine Foot
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Sanchez Dallas Raphinha here

    2. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Im on BB with Sanchez, Bamford, Lingard and Struijk , praying for a Sanchez CS right now!

      1. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        scratch the CS 🙁

    3. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      I’m on BB with Dunk. Grrr

  26. The Final Boss
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Guys why veltman not in the squad?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Calf injury

      1. The Final Boss
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 12 months ago

        Oh

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    OMG traore

  28. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Traoré G

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 12 months ago

      Nice move.

      Intricate and sweet finish.

  29. AC/DC AFC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Wolves goal.

  30. Hits from the Bong
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 12 months ago

    Ffs dunk. I hate you