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13 September 2015 1657 comments
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This weekend’s swan song fixture pits Leicester City against Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium. The Foxes are unbeaten through the first four Gameweeks and have lost just once in their previous 13 league outings. The Villains, meanwhile, are without a win in three, most recently drawing 2-2 at home to Sunderland.

Leicester’s forward line is in fine fettle at the start of this campaign, ranking joint-third for goals scored (eight) and claiming the third best shot conversion rate (17.4%). Although they’re yet to earn a clean sheet, the East Midlands club has performed competently at the back, too, conceding just four big chances in as many outings.

Notwithstanding their away win over Bournemouth in the opening Gameweek, Villa have hit the target just five times on their travels, offering encouragement for investors in the Foxes’ back line. Likewise, the Black Cats will be emboldened by the fact that only Newcastle United have fashioned fewer attempts (11) in their home matches than Leicester (14).

  1. La Roja
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    53 pts with captain failure. Targett cs on bench

    Meh

    1. Pards Against Humanity
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      P*ss off

      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        Seconded.

      2. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        this

    2. Costa in Wengerland
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      55 + Payet , Targett on bench

  2. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    45 all out. Mahrez owner, but think it might have been better for my rank if micah had have kept clean sheet & 3baps he was on for.

    1. Bucket_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Same, would have been a better differential, but I'm not complaining overall! Haha

  3. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Top 1K average is 41. We'll be fine lads

    1. Frank Black
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      I'm on 42.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        It's not as if they're running away with it. The tide will turn

    2. Numb
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Lot of auto subs this week.

  4. Ayew Serious
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez captainers appering out of nowhere!

    1. Gonna mesut up
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah, we are fickle hey. Very happy though 🙂 First good captain choice so far though....

  5. BlueIncognito
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    44 with Payet to play. Decent?

    1. ralfb
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Just above avg

  6. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    GW5 Captaincy Distribution

    Aguero 20.7% X [INJURED INPLAY]
    Yaya Touré 7.6% X
    Rooney 7.3% X [INJURED]
    Hazard 6.5% X
    Gomis 5.6% X
    Kompany 4.9% ✓
    Kane 4.5% X
    Sanchez 3.6% X
    Mahrez 3.2% ✓
    Costa 3.1% X
    Benteke 3.0% ✓
    Wilson 2.4% X
    Silva 2.2% X [INJURED]
    Pedro 2.2% X
    Ayew 1.8% X
    Lukaku 1.7% X

    Other 19.7%

    GW5 Bonus Points Distribution
    22 goals scored
    6 clean sheets
    Centreback goals – 1
    Centreback assists – 0
    Fullback goals – 1
    Fullback assists – 3
    Midfield goals – 10
    Midfield assists – 14
    Forward goals – 10
    Forward assists – 2
    Own goals – 0

    GK bonus – 4
    CB bonus – 11
    FB bonus – 11
    MID bonus – 20
    ATT bonus – 10

    1. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      3-5-2?

    2. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Wow, major captaincy fail.

    3. tm245
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Captaincy failures are really keeping the averages down, it seems. Could be more important than ever with the big guns so out of form.

  7. ralfb
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    My all out attack didnt work out pointwise, but at least i got now points for mahrez and vardy, without aoa i would have benched vardy

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      So the AOA did work lol

      1. ralfb
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        Depends, at least i played vardy, but benched targett and francis

    2. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      so it did work? 😆

  8. Jimbo123
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    At half time people on here said Mahrez had been 'found out' and 'has to go'......

    Funny stuff.

      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Some 'experts' here don't know anything about football. I saw someone naming Leicester as a relegation battle team.

    1. odannyboys
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      This crowd are so fickle.

    2. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      It's best not to log on during matchday.. this place turns into a mental asylum

      1. GrumblyBlowfish
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        ^^

  9. Shrimp On The Barb
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    ^

    1. Nascimento
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Well done today mate.

    2. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      FFS should offer you free membership and a free £5 bet with Paddy Power

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Well done Ethan Powell.

    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    56 points and all thanks to Riyad Mahrez. And this is where someone advised to get Mahrez, naming him a "2015/2016 assist machine" before the first game of the season:

    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/08/02/scout-report-rudy-gestede/?hc_page=15#hc_comment_10694391

    1. Ayew Serious
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      I commented on that! I changed me comment

    2. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      I remember advising people to get him before GW1, nobody was having any of it.

  10. Numb
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    A lot of dead teams won't have him but that Mahrez goal won't benefit me much in my mini league. Most have him and a couple have him captain.

  11. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Score check?

    60 points all out for me.

    Chuffed 😀

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      31 with Sakho to go. I hate you so much right now 😀

      1. pundit of punts
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        😀

      2. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        45 all out

    2. GrumblyBlowfish
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Nice. 43 with Wijnaldum to play for me.

    3. Jazz!
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      50 all out

    4. tm245
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      50 all out if Micah keeps his assist. Quite pleased, esp after 27 last week.

    5. Costa in Wengerland
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      55 + Payet

    6. Le _ Professeur
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      44

    7. Zasa
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      42 plus Sakho

    8. naits
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      53 with Payet to go

  12. GrumblyBlowfish
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez reminds me of Ben Arfa when he was good.

    1. DannyBoy....
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Ben Arfa was good?

      1. GrumblyBlowfish
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        He had one good season. Remember when he ran 3 quarters of the pitch and scored? Those were the good old days.

        1. Defcons are for Kinnear
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 3 months ago

          Most of his goals were spectacular. Bolton and my favourite was Blackburn in FA Cup

          1. GrumblyBlowfish
            • 12 Years
            10 years, 3 months ago

            That goal vs Blackburn was Messi-esque

      2. Bob.
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah Ben Arfa used to be a class fantasy player! So much talent

    2. Nascimento
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Think he's probably a little less trouble in the dressing room too.

      1. GrumblyBlowfish
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        Definitely

    3. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Benny was awesome on his day

    4. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Hazzarrrrrr

    5. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Where is Ben Arfa these days ?

      1. GrumblyBlowfish
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        That amazing French team Nice

    6. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      perfect comparison, was thinking the same. he's basically ben arfa without the leg break and questionable attitude

  13. thorvaldsson
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    -12 now it’s been foolish for me at this point only person in the world without Mahrez. At this point it’s going to have to be for pride and fun. Play AOA just to try to negate such a heavy hit.

  14. Nascimento
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Judging from the posts on here you'd think Mahrez was the most captained player this GW.

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Wonder how many had him as (v) like, ugh, me.

    2. ADucksBehind
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      The fact that he just finished playing have anything to do with that you think?

      1. Nascimento
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        The fact that he scored well certainly has.

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Same result compared to non owners.

  15. The Royal Robin
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Mahrez to the rescue.

    With bonus pts I might even hit 40/41, considering I was on 28 last night I'm pretty darn chuffed.

  16. Niemi
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Time to get rid of Mertesacker? Or should I wait and see how bad Aguero's injury is?

  17. The Man Pastore
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard / Chadli --> Sanchez / Mahrez or Bolasie for 2FT. Yay or Nay?

  18. Les Bleus
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    That VC on Mahrez is so painful. Does anyone here not have Mahrez?

    1. The Man Pastore
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      o/

  19. Nutella
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Who to get in place of Schmeichel (my back up is McCarthy)

    A) Butland
    B) Myhill

  20. Burning Plastic
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Anybody fancies captaining Mahrez next week against a Stoke team that has 2 points? if not, any good options? I was thinking Benteke with Coutinho back.

  21. Dugout
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    35 with Cresswell and Payet to play. What's going on this season?

  22. athreya
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Had Riyad since GW1. Thanks to the dedicated posters here particularly Doosra for bigging him up in the pre season.

  23. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    That richards assist has a similar feel to the hutton goal last season (was it?)

    Didnt watch either match, looked at the scorelines expecting point from the defenders and BOOM, attacking returns out of nowhere

    Love the budget villla defenders

  24. Mull
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Shove your hindsight up your arse. You were never going to captain Mahrez over Sanchez or Aguero.

    1. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Why not?

      1. Mull
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        That was directed at someone who never picks anyone but Aguero.

    2. Numb
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Nope

    3. Jazz!
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      I did it though

      1. Ohhhhh Gary Macca!
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 3 months ago

        No one cares

    4. ADucksBehind
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      I did

    5. Prøphet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Guess some of us are different

  25. pundit of punts
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Wouldn't mind City selling Navas and getting Mahrez in next summer.

    1. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Mahrez isnt good enough for city

      And neither is navas

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      🙄

    3. Nascimento
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Financial Fair Play though? You'll have to sell of Aguero, Silva and Kolarov too to fund that one.

    4. Defcons are for Kinnear
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Kolarov and Mahrez in one team!!! 😯

  26. Diva
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Has anyone got a record of the Transfers Made figure from FPL status page for GW4? Thanks.

  27. Whats the Huth
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Richards credited with an assist?? Surely not.

    1. Zasa
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 3 months ago

      Yessir according to FPL

  28. The Royal Robin
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Going to win my H2H purely on the basis my opponent doesn't have Mahrez.

    Madness.

  29. Optimus.
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 3 months ago

    Still on course for my 1st century of the season 🙂

    41 with Payet to go