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Kostas Tsimikas (£4.0m) is handed a first-ever Premier League start as Norwich City v Liverpool brings a busy Saturday of top-flight football to a close.

Kick-off at Carrow Road is at 17:30 BST.

An ankle injury picked up by Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) in pre-season has opened up a spot at left-back for Tsimikas, with the budget Fantasy Premier League (FPL) defender’s ownership soaring to over 23% as a result.

There are no real shocks in the Liverpool line-up, with Diogo Jota (£7.5m) getting the nod over Roberto Firmino (£9.0m) to lead the visitors’ attack.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), FPL’s most-owned midfielder, and Sadio Mane (£12.0m) flank Jota up top.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m) is part of a back four that includes Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m), who makes his first Liverpool appearance since suffering a knee ligament injury last October.

Jordan Henderson (£5.0m) and Thiago Alcantara (£5.5m) are both absent after late returns to pre-season training.

Budget FPL defender Andrew Omobamidele (£4.0m), who played every single minute of Norwich’s pre-season friendlies, misses out with tonsillitis tonight.

Daniel Farke has opted for a back four after a late dalliance with a wing-back system in pre-season.

Chelsea loanee and bargain-bin FPL midfielder Billy Gilmour (£4.5m) is handed his competitive Norwich debut.

LINE-UPS

Norwich City XI: Krul, Aarons, Gibson, Hanley, Giannoulis, Rupp, Gilmour, Cantwell, Lees-Melou, Rashica, Pukki,

Subs: Gunn, Zimmermann, Dowell, Tzolis, Sorensen, McLean, Sargent, Mumba, Idah

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Keita, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Jota, Mane

Subs: Kelleher, Fabinho, Konate, Firmino, Gomez, Minamino, Origi, Woodburn, Elliot

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  1. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Top 10k scoring 85??

    1. RogDog_jimmy
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Triple captain Bruno I bet.
      There are always heaps doing that early.

    2. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Lots of people pick a team for one week, TC someone randomly...

    3. Ragabolly
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes, most of them have TC Bruno

    4. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      They will make way for us Salah captainers in about 2 hours

    5. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      TC Bruninho.

  2. Shark Team
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Jota and Benrahma Save my GW..!

  3. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Waiting for the “how to turn your season around” article

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Kneejerk anyone with points in GW1...

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      GW1 Lessons Learned: Bruno is a good FPL option...

  4. Moose™
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts on Buendia?

    1. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      All fart & no poo type of player in the PL

    2. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Tried too hard... Not a bad player, just a bad day.

      1. Moose™
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Give him another week? Or jump to Sarr?

        1. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Another week, 2 even. Home games.

  5. Zimo
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Should I get rid of Barnes?

    1. MagicMessi
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I would

    2. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not unless you foresee a benching next GW.

      1. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        It's a possibility. I'm thinking Torres could get me something good next 2 weeks

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Could be magic if he starts vs Norwich. Watch City play tomorrow at the very least.

          1. Zimo
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Yeah I'm gonna wait. Just getting opinions. Thanks

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Only if you planned for him to be a 1 GW punt.

      You built you team with him for a reason and if that reason wasn't centred on 1 GW alone, consider not jumping ASAP

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        (I set up with him plus 1 mil ITB for a possible switch to Grealish/Gundogan for Norwich... but no rush necessarily needed.)

      2. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I'm worried he doesn't start next week. And I couldn't check how he played cuz I was watching Chelsea match

    4. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Absolutely

      1. Flynny
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Give him next week and then norwich....

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Just don't trust this liverpool defence at all. I maybe proven wrong but fancy Norwich to cause them alot of problems

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Gone without a Liverpool defender?

    2. Yolo Toure
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      same

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No Fabinho is worrying, hopefully just lack of match fitness.

    4. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Defence is not the problem here. Midfield is.

  7. Yolo Toure
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Barnes to Mbuemo to free up funds for Lukaku is the play I think

    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      How much is Lukaku

      1. Andy_Social
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        11.5

  8. Moose™
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Buendia to Sarr is tempting..

  9. el polako
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Stay calm peeps, stay calm.

  10. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Seriously considering Barnes & Mahrez and one of them hasn't even played. This is why I was going to retire.

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Rodgers talked him up so

  11. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Had Jota from the start, then Tsim came along and my Jota was gone.

  12. Andy_Social
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any transfer that's not for a serious injury this GW is a knee-jerk. You got those players for 3/5/7 weeks.

    1. Flynny
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Totally

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not necessarily. It could become clear that some players you're considering are way under-priced for their potential and so will be very useful for transfers going forward. Plus that .4 or .1 difference is seriously annoying.

    3. Weeb Kakashi
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thoughts on Bertrand? Got Covid. If he is not back for GW3 i could get someone else.

    4. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Don't agree. Transfers are there to be used. Every season there are genuine bandwagons to jump on at the start. The trick is picking the right one.

  13. Zalk
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    This video didn't age well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8krEoCszDM0

    1. el polako
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      1st game week haven't even finished yet...

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Some suckers must have fell for it, that's good enough

    3. Saka White Rice
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Worth moving Shaw for Pogba or is it kneejerk?

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 8 months ago

          What do you think

        • el polako
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Do it but remember to take extra hit with it.
          -8 or nothing, oh and don't wait for tomorrow's game.

          1. Cruyff's Eleven
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Hahaha. Made me laugh, thank you Sir

        • Freshy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          WC???????????????????/

        • Pep bites Kun
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Too early in the season for knee-jerks. I jumped on Pogba 2 years ago, with good results, but it was a few weeks after he started showing some form.

          Too early for me with no Sancho showing, but fortune favours the brave 🙂

      2. The Frenchie
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Though on that team?

        Sanchez
        Alexander-Arnold - Coufal - Tsimikas
        Salah - Bruno Fernandes - Grealish - Mbeumo
        Lukaku - Ings - Dennis

        Foster - Duffy - Livramento - Bissouma

        1. KirkhamWesham
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          You've not wildcarded already, have you?

          1. The Frenchie
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Not yet 😉

        2. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Dennis walked, no limped, off injured today

      3. Weeb Kakashi
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Is Bertrand likely to be back for GW3? If not then i'd rather sell him.

      4. KirkhamWesham
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I'm only on 36pts with 4 to go.
        I'm hoping Captain Salah bags a hattrick.

        Not a great number but I have no intention of using next gw's transfer, unless there's an injury.

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          I'm guessing your Bruno-less, so that point total is actually decent.

          1. KirkhamWesham
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            No. I have Bruno as VC.

            Toney, Raphinha and Shaw didn't do much for me.
            Next week, they'll all haul

            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              fair enough, still an above average score, beating me! Yeah those 3 are good picks, won't be long before they start returning.

      5. F4L
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Sanchez robbed of a CS, how was that Burnley goal allowed 😆

        1. Paqueta Rice
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Didn’t see it what happened?

          1. KirkhamWesham
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Watch MOTD

            1. Hazz
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              Tark just shoved Maupay over running towards the header.

              Owen thought it wasn't a foul so that means it clearly was.

          2. F4L
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Tark just properly shoved Maupay to the floor before his header + Sanchez was blocked (but that wasn't necessarily as bad).

        2. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Bit of shoving

      6. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Look at Liverpool midfield haha. My double CS wipe incoming 100%.

        1. Licky
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Yeeah, I'm not sure about that midfield at all. XD

        2. Bushwhacker
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Very forward thinking…

      7. The Train Driver
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        14 pts on BB. Could've been worse I guess. Schmeichel saved my a**.

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Benched Kapser at home to Wolves? Which keeper did you start?

          1. The Train Driver
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Sanchez. I just got Kasper because of the BB. Wouldn't have had him otherwise.

          2. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Bench doesn’t matter on BB

            1. Scapegoat Salah
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              Vs XI I mean

            2. Rainer
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 8 months ago

              It does if you're counting BB added points. Sanchez the true BB keeper in this case.

              1. Scapegoat Salah
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 8 months ago

                But then he probably would have started Kasper if not BBing lol
                Less attention paid to 11 vs 15 if BBing

                1. The Train Driver
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 8 months ago

                  Would have hade Sanchez and 4.0 if I didn't BB

        2. Joey Tribbiani
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          all out? thats pretty good

      8. Bushwhacker
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Klopp in contacts. Just no.

      9. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Good start, and after how the promoted sides have looked I’m quite hopeful about Pukki!

      10. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Home teams are up for it, newly promoted especially

        This won’t be easy for pool

      11. OverTinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Come TAA and Jota
        and ofcourse Salah(C)

      12. Mid budget coach
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Chamberlain start means Liverpool lose and no points for Salah because Ox just keeps running with the ball never passes

      13. MagicMessi
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        White 1 point
        Shaw 1 Point

        Bench. Ayling. 6
        Amartey 7
        Gilmour !?? (Propably hell get some ponits :D)

      14. Scapegoat Salah
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        If Salah and Jota at least match Bruno and Pogba there could be some DISGUSTING SCENES in here tonight

        1. Steve The Spud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Not happening they can’t even get the ball

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Was still 0-0 in United game at this point

        2. OverTinker
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          WHy? I have them all (apart from Pogba)

          1. Scapegoat Salah
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Same, just saying it will erupt - probably highest scoring GW1 ever

      15. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Salah blank would be scenes

      16. Zimo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Tsimikas on corners lolz

      17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Tsimikas on corners.