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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
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Top 10k scoring 85??

    1. RogDog_jimmy
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

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

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

    3. Ragabolly
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Yes, most of them have TC Bruno

    4. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

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

      TC Bruninho.

  2. Shark Team
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Jota and Benrahma Save my GW..!

  3. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Kneejerk anyone with points in GW1...

    2. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

  4. Moose™
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Thoughts on Buendia?

    1. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      All fart & no poo type of player in the PL

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

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

      1. Moose™
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        Give him another week? Or jump to Sarr?

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

          Another week, 2 even. Home games.

  5. Zimo
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Should I get rid of Barnes?

    1. MagicMessi
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      I would

    2. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Not unless you foresee a benching next GW.

      1. Zimo
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

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

        1. Rainer
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 days ago

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

          1. Zimo
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 4 days ago

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

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 days 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
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 days 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
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 days 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
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Absolutely

      1. Flynny
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        Give him next week and then norwich....

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 4 days 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
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Gone without a Liverpool defender?

    2. Yolo Toure
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      same

    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

    4. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Defence is not the problem here. Midfield is.

  7. Yolo Toure
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      How much is Lukaku

      1. Andy_Social
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        11.5

  8. Moose™
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Buendia to Sarr is tempting..

  9. el polako
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Stay calm peeps, stay calm.

  10. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 days 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
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Rodgers talked him up so

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

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

  12. Andy_Social
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 days 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
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Totally

    2. Bartowski
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 4 days 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
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

    4. denial
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 4 days 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
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

    1. el polako
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

  14. Saka White Rice
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Worth moving Shaw for Pogba or is it kneejerk?

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 4 days ago

      What do you think

    2. el polako
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 days 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
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        Hahaha. Made me laugh, thank you Sir

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

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

    4. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 days 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 🙂

  15. The Frenchie
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 days 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
      5 years, 4 days ago

      You've not wildcarded already, have you?

      1. The Frenchie
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        Not yet 😉

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

      Dennis walked, no limped, off injured today

  16. Weeb Kakashi
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

  17. KirkhamWesham
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 days 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
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

      1. KirkhamWesham
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 days 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
          5 years, 4 days ago

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

  18. F4L
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Didn’t see it what happened?

      1. KirkhamWesham
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        Watch MOTD

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 days 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
        5 years, 4 days ago

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

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Bit of shoving

  19. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

    1. Licky
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Very forward thinking…

  20. The Train Driver
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

    1. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

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

      1. The Train Driver
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

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

      2. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        Bench doesn’t matter on BB

        1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 days ago

          Vs XI I mean

        2. Rainer
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 days ago

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

          1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 4 days 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
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 4 days ago

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

    2. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      all out? thats pretty good

  21. Bushwhacker
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Klopp in contacts. Just no.

  22. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

  23. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Home teams are up for it, newly promoted especially

    This won’t be easy for pool

  24. OverTinker
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Come TAA and Jota
    and ofcourse Salah(C)

  25. Mid budget coach
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

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

  26. MagicMessi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    White 1 point
    Shaw 1 Point

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

  27. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 days 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
      5 years, 4 days ago

      Not happening they can’t even get the ball

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

        Was still 0-0 in United game at this point

    2. OverTinker
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 days ago

      WHy? I have them all (apart from Pogba)

      1. KAPTAIN KANE SERVES THE PAI…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 days ago

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

  28. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Salah blank would be scenes

  29. Zimo
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Tsimikas on corners lolz

  30. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 4 days ago

    Tsimikas on corners.