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Who are the best FPL captain options for Gameweek 2?

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Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers are faced with a tough captaincy decision for Gameweek 2.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) and Bruno Fernandes (£12.1m) go head-to-head again after huge opening-day hauls, but there are other FPL assets whose cases deserve examining too, including Sadio Mané (£12.0m), Riyad Mahrez (£9.0m) and Son Heung-min (£10.0m).

First, we will assess the fallout of the Gameweek 2 Captain Poll, before then analysing the leading candidates, Rate My Team (RMT) and the Premier Fantasy Tools ratings ahead of Saturday’s 11:00 BST deadline.

THE CAPTAIN POLL

Unsurprisingly, Salah has dominated the vote so far.

The Egyptian midfielder, who produced a goal and two assists last time out, has gained 63.4% of total votes from our users at the time of writing.

Only one other player has garnered more than 10% of votes at this stage, with Manchester United midfielder Fernandes currently in second place, backed by 19.79%.

Mahrez occupies third place with 2.88% of votes, with the top-five list completed by Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m) and Mane, with 2.3% and 1.54% respectively.

MOHAMED SALAH AND SADIO MANE

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  1. Ready Player One
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Start one. Bench one…

    Raphinha vs EVE
    Sarr vs bha

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    1. Bobby_Baggio
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Tough but start Sarr

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    2. Emiliano Sala
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      start raph

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    3. House Frey Wedding Planner
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Sarr

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    4. Sun God Nika
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Raph

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    5. CHIBBY1990
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Tough call. I'd personally go with benching Sarr, but only because Everton are great at making clangers against direct teams.

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  2. CRAZY TRAIN
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Gundo currently at -96....he's going to drop tonight right?

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    1. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Possibly, depending on Pep comments in press conference

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      1. CRAZY TRAIN
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Yes - although I fear the casuals will tip him over once they see the yellow flag (unless its removed ofcourse)

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        1. Jam0sh
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          It could happen yes

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    2. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      depends on what Pep says soon right?

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      1. alfast1c
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Think he will paly, according last pep press?

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  3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    So frustrating to have to choose only one team out of City, Villa, Leeds, Brentford to watch on Saturday

    The multiple kickoffs is such a step backwards for FPL imo

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    1. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Multiple screens and switching between matches like never before

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        What, in England?

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    2. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I usually watch 2 to 4, 3pm games at the same time on my laptop, depending which players I got on my team 😀

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    3. MJF
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Its all subjective but I couldn't care less what is good for FPL myself - 3PMs are the traditional kick off time and having them back last Saturday was amazing.

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Absolutely.

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      2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Couldn't agree more, makes the likes of MOTD a lot more fun too

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      3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Yeah totally subjective - Personally I hated having multiple kickoffs back in GW38, was so much better being able to watch the full 90 minutes

        GW1 wasn’t just as bad as it was only 5 games rather than all 10, but man it was such a step backwards imo

        And only being able to watch one of City , Leeds, Brentford, Villa week is a disaster, such a drag

        Hope this is a tradition they eventually scrap altogether, give people the choice to either watch or not

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    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Haha. What’s FPL got to do with it? It’s just a silly game for losers with too much time.

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    5. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      The drip feed of games was awful for FPL imo. Enjoyed it at first (during lockdown), but so glad it's back to normal. The 3pm goal rush is what makes FPL exciting.

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        So much better. It was torture the other way round.

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      2. Rassi
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Indeed. Much better this way.

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      3. Andy_Social
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        I developed the biorhythms of a nightshift worker, and still haven't shaken it off.

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      4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Personally thought it was one of the only good things to come out of lockdowns etc & really hoped they’d stick with it & do away with having more than 2, or max 3, games kicking off simultaneously

        Hopefully multiple kickoffs will eventually die out

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        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          I'm sure it eventually will as there is money to be made. Think this hurts fans who attend games regularly (especially away fans), though.

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    6. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      This Saturday I'll be at an actual game (not EPL) at 3 on a Saturday for the first time in what feels like years. FPL will definitely be taking a back-seat.

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    7. Bggz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I’m in Sydney. before the clocks change the 1230 game is 930pm 3pm starts at midnight. I end up watching 3-4 mini matches Sunday morning

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      1. Oldbloke
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        In NZ...same issues, I resigned myself to being tired for the next 37 weekends.

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  4. Kellz86
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Schmeichel
    Tismikas, TAA, Shaw, Digne
    Benhrama, Salah (c), Bruno
    Toney, Ings, Antonio

    Ready to roll

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    1. House Frey Wedding Planner
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Good to go

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  5. House Frey Wedding Planner
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Is Dennis likely to play this weekend?

    And is his price likely to rise?

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    1. Joey Tribbiani
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Team news tab says yes, hes been training

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      1. House Frey Wedding Planner
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Nice one

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  6. mvtaylor
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Really don't like that Veltman red flag... Don't want to be wasting transfers on £4.5ms... here's hoping his price holds

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    1. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Miles off dropping lad -34.6 only

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    2. Jink
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      His price is locked, no need to worry!

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      1. Zimo
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        It's not but he's not near falling

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        1. Jink
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          What makes you think it isn’t locked?

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          1. Boxwoods
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 days ago

            Read the footnotes on FPL stats.

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            1. Jink
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              His status on FPL stats is locked.

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              1. Boxwoods
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 10 days ago

                It isn’t though. I don’t know what the “L” means, but footnotes explain (1) injured/unavailable players don’t lock until their price has moved once and (2) a player that is locked will have an “unlock” date. Neither applies to Veltman.

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                1. Boxwoods
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 10 days ago

                  *(1) above is not correct.

                  The lock happens after a player who is injured/unavailable become available again. Here are the relevant footnotes from the fpl stats site:

                  9. When a player is injured (0% chance of playing), suspended or on loan his price can still change in value. However, once his status has changed (to fully available) his price will be "locked".

                  10. When a player is "locked" i) his price will not change, ii) transfers in and out will not affect his price, and iii) his Target percentage will be set to zero. To view the locked players and determine the date and time at which they will be unlocked look in the "Unlocks" column (You may need to expand the view using the green row expander on the far left of the row to view this information). If the date and time is in the future then the players price is current locked.

                  Still unclear why the site puts an "L" in status column of a player who is not locked.

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  7. TyroneGAA
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Foster won’t start in nets for watford will he?

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    1. JBG
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Most likely no. Don't think he picked himself in his FPL team either haha.

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  8. Bruno (C) or Salah (C)?
    Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Bruno vs Salah (c)... Here's my take on it.

    Overall, stats favor Mo Salah. He plays higher up, he shoots a lot, everything seems to align on him being objectively better. But there's another angle to look at it.

    How will the game actually go?

    Jan, who did the captaincy articles last year for Scout after an amazing 19/20 season, made an interesting point about how he chooses to pick his captain which I think makes a lot of sense. Envision how you think the game will go.

    We know what Burnley are like. They defend deep, they deny space and push forwards wide. Salah has traditionally struggled against those sorts of teams. I can't see why that would be too different this time around. Home crowd, sure. But they can also ramp up frustration if there is no early goal. And frankly what happens on the pitch matters more. What sort of game is it? Liverpool piling forward trying to force their way through. I didn't think they looked too fluent against Norwich and were actually quite clinical in front of goal to get their goals. I think it's quite plausible this is a low scoring game where there is a lot of space denied.

    On the other hand, United looked really good. Pogba owned the midfield, they cut through at will and Southampton looked weak in the middle against Everton. Southampton play a high aggressive line and this suits United's speed in transition. The actual game state seems to favor Bruno heavily over Salah imo and I think this is a prime case of stats vs eye test/game flow. I think Mo is gonna win most stats battles - it might even make people just perma cap him but I think this is an opportunity. A good one. Bruno has a very high ceiling in this game and I think it's worth going for. I'm leaning very slightly Bruno atm but obviously in any one game anything can happen.

    Good luck all!

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    1. CRAZY TRAIN
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Decent assesment there - I too am leaning towards the Bruno camp.

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    2. MJF
      5 years, 10 days ago

      How did that guy get on with his captains last season?

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      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Not sure but I like his process.

        And ultimately, I think that's what matters more to me. I find that if I have a good and logical process for picking a captain, I'm happy. I also have higher risk tolerance and feel you should be trying to hit big captain scores on the off chance you whiff than to 'play it safe' every week.

        Depends on the type of player you are as well I suppose.

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        1. GENERATION X
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          I've got a similar process called Eeny Meeny Miny Mo...

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          1. GENERATION X
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 10 days ago

            ...or Eeny Meeny Miny Bru-no

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        2. Nanoelektronicar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Yes, the analysis about how players are going to play, with pictures from videos, and how game is going to develop was great in last years' articles. Much refreshing than just putting up 5 stats tables.

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    3. tibollom
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      similar thinking, currently on Bruno C

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    4. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Fabulous post - but ruined my morning.

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    5. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Hot topic!

      I agree with everything you say but I'm still leaning towards Mo for some reason

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Oh gawd.....

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        1. @persecuted_by_mods
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Sometimes it takes my brain a few days to make sense of my gut!

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      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Safety in numbers and home game. I understand fully. It's close.

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    6. WVA
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Lol this is basically what I said on the last page and everyone ignored it.

      To put it simply both will return but Bruno has the better chance of hauling

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    7. Babit1967
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Nearly changed my mind but going with the home team for now.

      Salah in a packed Anfield for me

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    8. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      You can make a case for either player. It could go either way. The correct answer will probably be to sell one for KDB and Captain him. 😆

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      1. fusen
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Yep, there will be an intense amount of Captain Hindsight going on.

        It's too close to call to be an obvious answer either way. They both have pros and cons and both could haul or blank.

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        1. Camzy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Yeah I'm not looking forward to that. It's basically 50/50 and what breaks the tie comes down to what you deem to be more important - eye test/game state or raw stats.

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    9. Chelsea91
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I am on Bruno , My order of Captain for GW2 Mahrez,Bruno,Salah.

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      1. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Needs more Chelsea

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    10. Boz
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Salah C for me. Safety in numbers.

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    11. :
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      The 12.30pm kick off is the clincher for me. Bruno all the way!

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    12. Cok3y5murf
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Surely if you can see that a high aggressive line would suit United, a professional club manager would and not do it?

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      1. WVA
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        You would think that but he doesn't and is one of the main reasons I don't like him and we get thumped 9-0

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        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Red cards causing thumpings is common. United were thumped 6-1 by Spurs too after a red card.

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    13. Goonsquad245
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Some interesting points, but I think it’s possible to get yourself into some real tangles when using eye test/intuition instead of stats.

      The ‘eye test’ will tell you that Burnley push salah wide, he struggles against them etc etc. The fact is that he amassed over 2 xG in his last 2 starts against them without scoring. That’s variance and is a pretty strong example of the failings of the eye test IMO.

      Burnley and Southampton are equally bad at defending in my book, but Southampton ‘look’ so much worse at times because of the nature of the goals they tend to concede.

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      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Which defense is better - Pope, Mee, Tarkowski or McCarthy, Stephens, Salisu...

        Every game is different, every team comes in with different form and personnel. Analyzing past games doesn't mean that much. I don't put more weight on the fact that Bruno has scored heavily vs Southampton or that Salah has scored fewer vs Burnley. It's more about HOW the game will play out, respective forms coming in and which players are going to be on the pitch that matters to me.

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        1. Goonsquad245
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Past performances against specific teams don’t matter a jot - but you said yourself Salah has ‘traditionally struggled’ against those sorts of teams. I’m just not sure that’s the case.

          What are the respective form factors you’re taking into account? What even is ‘form’?

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          1. Pacer.
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 10 days ago

            You think that past performances by two teams that have largely the same players and approach don't matter?

            That's an odd take

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            1. Camzy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              They do matter. I meant that past individual performances don't matter much. Like Salah has 1 goal, 2 assists in 8 matches vs Burnley or that Bruno has 2 goals in 3 games vs Southampton.

              What matters more is how the two teams match-up given all the current factors.

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            2. Goonsquad245
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              I really don't at all. Your sample size is never, ever big enough to be remotely relevant.

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          2. Camzy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            5 years, 10 days ago

            Form factors for me relate to how a team performs in recent matches.

            At the moment we only have 1 game logged but Southampton looked worse than Burnley and United looked better than Liverpool imo. I think it's fairly safe to say that form favors United over Pool. The cohesion of a team, the way they pass/move etc. These can be subjective but also can be seen in stats.

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            1. Pacer.
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              For me it's a dead easy choice. Nobody can make a watertight case for one over the other. One will have a good bit lower captaincy. These are the days we live for as FPL managers.

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            2. Twisted Saltergater
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 17 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              The key difference being, Man Utd we’re at home last week and Liverpool were away.

              This is the biggest factor that’s stopping my captaining Bruno over Salah. And I’ve swapped several times this week.

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            3. Goonsquad245
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              I'm not sure you can derive any meaningful measure of 'form' from a single game. Remember when Spurs were in poor form after GW1 last season? Remember when City were looking imperious after GW1 away at Wolves?

              Obviously do what works for you - just trying to give the other side of the form/eye test argument.

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            4. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              Liverpool were the form team in the league with 26 points in 30 at the end of season taking them from 7th to 3rd. Not sure what you are on about there.

              Home vs away is huge here aswell. I think liverpool's away performance last week was just as impressive as United home performance. United playing away in front of fans still to be tested

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            5. internal error
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              Southampton were playing away to Everton. Burnley at home to Brighton. I think the fact the defensive stats were close, suggests how bad Burnley were

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    14. Salarrivederci
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Very much equal to why Az was heading towards Bruno (C) on BlackBox.
      I'm on that too.
      To me Burnley can frustrate every top team except City (where they tend to lose 0-5), and I expect them to sit deep throughout the match,
      Southampton lost key players. Got beaten by a rusty looking preseason Everton in GW1. Are the 1 team you'd bet on to let in 9 goals. Keep attacking which makes them vulnerable.
      And.. could Milner potentially be on pens?

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    15. 272MK
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Loving those points. Essentially we're talking about how a team will fare against another team with similar or different tactics, which honestly Im very bad at.

      Shouldnt their past history help a bit? Liverpool past 3 games score only a few pass Burnley eg

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      1. 272MK
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Ok nvm just read the all the comments.

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    16. Pacer.
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Thing about this is if you own both you'll probably never have a more even chance of grabbing a small advantage over the majority top managers. I'll be going Bruno

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    17. Swahealy
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Son hat trick

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    18. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      People talking about Burnley's poor defending and Liverpool being at home, even if Liverpool win emphatically, what makes you think Salah will dominate the goals?

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      1. Baines on Toast...
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        That's a fair point - historically this is more of a Mane fixture.

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      2. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        You are right. Salah hasn't proven himself over the years yet. Just constant decline and let down every season. Mane far more consistent. Bobby too. Reckon there could be 5 goals in this and Salah nowhere near any of it.

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        1. Nanoelektronicar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          I just can't see Salah latching onto TAA's crosses. And that's where the most of the threat is going to come from, imo.

          Salah played good vs Norwich, but I don't think you would be happy with two assists, and the goal was just good finishing from him after the poor clearance.

          I absolutely love Salah, and he's probably the best player in the game, but that doesn't make him 10+ points player every week. He has the overwhelming numbers, but he misses chances too, and he blanks.

          You better write some arguments about why should you captain him this week, like that Burnley conceded most of the shots from the position where Salah will be, rather than this condescending comment.

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          1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 10 days ago

            Ok.

            I think Salah scores well because I expect liverpool to win comfortably and most of the time when that happens Salah is heavily involved. It is unusual when he is not. This game is at Anfield and the fans will be manic because this is the first time they can celebrate being premier league champions together. Burnley were poor last week and have been poor away from home for a long time. Salah and trent work well together. Trent does far more than cross the ball to influence the game. I think Burnley will have to learn how to play in front of fans and I think doing that at Anfield will be brutal. Could mane do well? Yes. But planning for Salah to not do well seems unwise to me.

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            1. Nanoelektronicar
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 10 days ago

              I am not planning him doing poorly, it's just, I think people are expecting Salah to absolutely put Burnley to the sword, and I am not so sure. I think it's Salah's pedigree vs Bruno's new role and it's a close call. Really, really close.

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              1. MYNAMEISBigtopmark.sman
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 10 days ago

                It is really close and my guess is they both haul. But if I learned anything from last week, it is easier to haul at home. Liverpool needed time to adjust to the crowd. All of last weeks home teams are yet to overcome that. That sways it for me. Nothing wrong with going bruno though. Who knows who gets more points. But if you are expecting liverpool to do well tomorrow then expect Salah to be a big part of that. We will find out soon ènough

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        2. Nanoelektronicar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          You could also put the Brighton game as a counter example, (although it's more anecdotal, rather than stats driven)

          https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53283275

          Salah was really impressive here vs deep defending side, scored a header too. Also connected to "without Mane" theory.

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          1. Camzy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            5 years, 9 days ago

            Brighton are not a deep defending side...

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    19. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Certainly got me thinking. Being a United fan it would be great to go in with Bruno (c) if Salah blanked.

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    20. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      What's interesting in this conversation, nobody mentioned the forbidden word - EO. 🙂

      Just go with your g... , I mean just play safe and go with EO.

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      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        https://twitter.com/LiveFPLnet/status/1428081166431789061

        The focus with captaincy is deciding who will score the most points -- that will give you the biggest rank gain regardless of EO.

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        1. Nanoelektronicar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          But I can't decide :'(

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        2. Nanoelektronicar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          It's not about biggest gain, but preventing the bigger drop 🙂

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    21. Mambino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      2 blanks Camzy IMO 🙂

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      1. Neeskens Under Matip
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        No one has mentioned the refereeing, Burnley will be fine, because they can kick 7 bells out of Liverpool, and get away with it now.

        My armband is on Lukaku against that Arsenal defence..

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    22. FPL Xylophone
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      I saw a stat that Salah has never scored in GW2 since he’s been in the PL... That’s mad. But could be huge if that pattern continues.

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      1. Neeskens Under Matip
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 8 days ago

        It continues...

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    23. MissouriMarten
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 days ago

      I'm torn between Salah and Mahrez and the points already made play nicely into that conundrum too. I just can't bring myself to trust Pep...

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  9. Sun God Nika
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Check the last fixtures against Everton, Leeds always scored 2 goals minimum minus one game

    Safety raphina, punt sarr

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  10. WhatWouldYourZlatanSay
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Sanchez

    TAA Digne Shaw Tsimikas

    Sarah Bruno Barnes

    Antonio Tony Ings

    Just roll the transfer to have the wriggle room of 2FTs next week?

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    1. WhatWouldYourZlatanSay
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Salah obviously. Autocorrect is on the bench screaming put me in coach.

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  11. Rassi
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Bruno and Salah blanks. Wouldn't it be just typical FPL after all this thought and debating?

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    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I hope so

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    2. Bggz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Taa captain

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    3. Swahealy
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Yeah and everyone clambering to get Sonny in for GW 3 v Watford after his hat trick v Wolves

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  12. Andy_Social
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    How much will Odegaard be? I say a tad less than Mount, so 7.0

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    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Anything over 6 is overpriced

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    2. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      will be considered at 6, anything more will probably make him a no go

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Awkward if he's same price as Willock!

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    3. Miguel Sanchez
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      6-6.5

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    4. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      6.5

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  13. Benster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Which combo do you think will score more over the coming weeks:

    A: Ings / DCL / Buendia
    B: Lukaku / Sarr / Dennis

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    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      B

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Lukaku one

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  14. tibollom
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    G2G guys? think im set on my C and rolling on my FT..

    Sanchez
    TAA Shaw Tsiki
    Bruno(c) Salah(vc) Greenwood Barnes
    Ings Toney Tonio

    Foster Ayling Brownhill White

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    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      All good man

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      1. tibollom
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        thanks man appreciate it

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    2. Visionaries
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Great team.
      EXACTLY the same as mine.

      And yes I have the same captain and am not making a change.
      Let me know going forward of any transfers you make, haha

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      1. tibollom
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        ahha sounds good mate will do

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  15. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Big GW for people with 4 City players

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    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I remember somebody tried it with Mahrez when he joined City. Didn't go too well.

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  16. Visionaries
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Very surprised that Salah is the favourite captain this week. Sure he has a home fixture but Burnley are very unpredictable. Bruno will return for sure imo.

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    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Whispered secrets of a shattered age, I summon you; renew this sage!

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      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Mmmm, sage…

        Lovely sage & onion stuffing

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      2. Visionaries
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        My guy, knows his stuff.
        Very underrated

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  17. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    A lot has been said about home advantage and how having fans back will make a difference this season, but who do you think will likely find having crowds back a hindrance?

    I'm guessing:

    Arsenal - Probably from early on unless they somehow outdo Chelsea this weekend

    Newcastle - If they don't add anyone else to the squad and they start sitting in defensively again, and if anything regarding a possible sale of the club crops up again

    West Ham - Again if they fail to add to the squad (which it's starting to look like might happen) especially with a busier season

    Might even say an outside chance of Burnley, with the debt they've put into the club now and the lack of additions I can see things becoming difficult for them this season

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    1. fusen
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Basically any club with a stereotypical restless fanbase

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  18. klipp klopp
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    What’s the latest on gundo

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    1. Boz
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Pep presser later but probably be as vague as usual...

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  19. Neevesy
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Have Greenwood..... Think he will pay?

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    1. Neevesy
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Play....

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    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      For sure

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    3. Azurri
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Yeah, if anyone was to make way it would be Dan James imo

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    4. just a man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Yup

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  20. Andy_Social
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Brucie:

    "Dubravka, unfortunately, the injury he's had has become infected which will set him back another few weeks. Darlow has still not overcome his Covid situation, so those two are still a long way off."

    Woodie could get a fair runout.

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    1. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Good news. Ingsy gotta haul

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    2. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Zip

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  21. Bggz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    I’ve never seen such a template in FPL.

    Is it a good thing?

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    1. Boz
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      It's makes those 3&4 mid picks more crucial as everyone has the same premiums, def and forward line

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    2. jack88
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      No. But this will change soon. Its only gw1

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    3. Lord of Ings
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Once kane and Lukaku are in the picture, which I'm sure they pretty soon will be, that'll Change up a lot of things.

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      1. Andy_Social
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Not only Kane and Lukaku. Sancho and KDB get into the swing, and we suss out the pickable players of Chelsea and City. Can't have 'em all, and squads will get very diverse indeed.

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    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      No but it was always going to be template early on. No point thinking about it. First international break wild cards will really shake things up.

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  22. Andy_Social
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    An Aston Villa injury update from boss Dean Smith:

    “Ollie Watkins, I don’t expect to play, he's not healed as quick as we would like so far.

    "Bertrand Traore suffered a hamstring injury last week so he will be out until just after the international break.”

    [breaking off BBC Football]

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    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      The goalscoring burden resting firmly on Danny Ings shoulders so…

      Reckon he has a cheeky brace in him his weekend

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      1. CRAZY TRAIN
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Not convinced, he was quite isolated up front against Watford and without Watkins it ain't gonna get much better

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        1. Andy_Social
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Bailey one side, Buendia in, El Ghazi too, presumably.

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      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Blank city upcoming. Please please 😛

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      3. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        That presser isn't good news for Ings.

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    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      So Watkins starts then

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  23. SKENG
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Bachmann (Foster)
    TAA Tsimikas Shaw (Ayling Amartey)
    Salah Bruno Mahrez Benrahma Buendia
    Ings Antonio (Obafemi)

    I am saving this week but trying to think a bit ahead on what to do GW3 with 2 FTs assuming no injuries.
    Really tempted to only use 1 FT in GW3 to move Ings to DCL/Bamford instead of the I assume more popular downgrade and Mahrez > Son (c). This would mean I will have 2 FTs in GW4 and be able to also move Buendia (Sarr looks very good) and sort out Tsimikas (if needed). Thoughts?

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    1. jack88
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      I am on the same boat. Will get sarr, dcl, bamford

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  24. Nuka Girl
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    So, is the Gundogan scare now over?

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    1. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Nope

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    2. THE Wild Rover
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Presser at 1.30 will hopefully confirm, but he's been back training normally since Wed, so I'm confident he starts.

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      1. Bishopool
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        ok. tnx. now i can see the answer for my own question 🙂

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  25. Bishopool
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    I would appreciate your help. Havent seen news. Has Pep confirmed, that Gundo wont start?

    If not, I will risk, play him and save FT. Digne first sub.

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    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      No

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    2. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Not yet, but his press conference will happen after few hours.

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  26. Oggle22
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    G2G?
    Sanchez
    TAA Shaw Digne Coufal
    Salah Bruno Barnes Jota
    Ings DCL

    Forster Amartey Brownhill Obafemi

    Cheers

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    1. Galza
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      G2G

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    2. Lord of Ings
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      G2G.

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  27. Lord of Ings
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Would you start:-
    A) Ayling
    B) Coufal

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    1. jack88
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Ayling

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  28. Futureform
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    Who's LEAST essential from these?

    - Richarlison
    - Bamford
    - Antonio

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    1. Lord of Ings
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Richarlison

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      1. Futureform
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Thanks. Just concerned as he got double figures straight away!

        Need to lose 1 of them though.

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  29. Fantasyfreaks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    A cresswell v LEI

    B shaw v sou

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    1. Lord of Ings
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Shaw

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    2. Galza
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Shaw

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    3. Miguel Sanchez
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      B

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    4. Il Capitano
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      B

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    5. Fantasyfreaks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Resounding answer, cheers lads

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  30. Lord of Ings
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 10 days ago

    G2G?

    Sanchez
    Ayling taa shaw tsimikas
    Salah bruno(c) mahrez Barnes
    Ings Antonio

    Foster Coufal brownhill perica*

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    1. Galza
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      All good

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      1. Lord of Ings
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 10 days ago

        Cheers, would you start ayling or coufal?

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        1. Galza
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 10 days ago

          Ayling

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    2. Il Capitano
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 10 days ago

      Yup

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