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FPL GW19 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Sanchez

O’Reilly
Lewis Hall
Milenkovic
Dorgu

Matheus Cunha
Neto
Wirtz
Saka

Haaland
Ekitiké

Dubravka
Heaven
Miley
Nmecha

GW19 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cunha	MUN	8.1m	47.5%	Likely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	94.6%	Likely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	94.8%	Likely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	98.9%	Likely
Hall	NEW	5.2m	78.2%	Maybe
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	98.0%	Maybe
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	93.1%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	89.9%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	6.0m	82.1%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	82.7%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.9%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	5.9m	78.1%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.5m	69.5%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	5.9m	73.4%	Unlikely
Heaven	MUN	3.8m	68.4%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	70.4%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	69.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	31.8%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	63.8%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	64.3%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	66.6%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.7m	19.5%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	61.8%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.2m	0.7%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	55.9%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	61.1%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	24.7%	Unlikely
Konaté	LIV	5.4m	54.3%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	47.1%	Unlikely
E.Le Fée	SUN	4.9m	53.1%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.8m	17.2%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	49.8%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	52.8%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.7m	50.6%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.4m	44.5%	Unlikely
De Cuyper	BHA	4.3m	46.1%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	50.1%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	46.2%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.0m	39.2%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	45.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Cucurella	CHE	6.2m	101.8%	Very Likely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	100.5%	Very Likely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	100.3%	Very Likely
Yoro	MUN	4.3m	100.1%	Very Likely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	100.1%	Very Likely
Adams	BOU	5.0m	97.7%	Likely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	99.4%	Likely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	99.5%	Likely
James	LEE	5.3m	100.0%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	97.9%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	98.0%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	93.0%	Maybe
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	96.5%	Maybe
Mateta	CRY	7.7m	85.3%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.2m	88.5%	Maybe
Johnson	SUN	3.9m	93.5%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	96.5%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.3m	93.7%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	90.1%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	5.9m	77.8%	Unlikely
Robertson	LIV	5.8m	90.2%	Unlikely
March	BHA	5.8m	82.4%	Unlikely
Aké	MCI	5.3m	89.6%	Unlikely
Seung soo	NEW	4.4m	87.1%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	88.8%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	97.0%	Unlikely
Bellegarde	WOL	5.2m	88.4%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.3m	77.5%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	84.9%	Unlikely
Reinildo	SUN	3.9m	84.4%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	90.6%	Unlikely
Bayindir	MUN	4.8m	86.5%	Unlikely
Agbadou	WOL	4.3m	81.6%	Unlikely
R.Gomes	WOL	4.4m	83.0%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.3m	77.0%	Unlikely
Anderson	SUN	3.9m	81.9%	Unlikely
Sousa	AVL	3.9m	79.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.2m	79.3%	Unlikely
Bettinelli	MCI	3.9m	72.5%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	B, Vs
Down	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	B, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:46pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
Up	Keane	EVE	Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
Down	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C, Sus
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:50pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Matheus Cunha	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	A
Up	Wirtz	LIV	B, Vs
Up	Grealish	EVE	B, Vs
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:54pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	B, Vs
Down	Thiago	BRE	C, Vs, Inj
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 26 Dec, 2025 1:56pm

GW19 Chip Poll

Scoreboard

The Scoreboard – Gameweek 33 – Wednesday

13 April 2016 2965 comments

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The Scoreboard presents the Fantasy Premier League information you need from the day’s matches all on one screen, including the current top five BPS (Bonus Point System) standings from each match (potential Bonus Point earners are in bold). Actual Bonus Points will be shown when added – all points are provisional until then.

Gameweek 33

13 Apr 20:00	Crystal Palace	Everton
Yellow Cards		Barry
Red Cards		McCarthy
Saves	Hennessey (5)	Robles (6)
Bonus Points	Hennessey (2)	Robles (3), FunesMori
Top 5 BPS	Puncheon (29), Hennessey (33), Souaré (31)	Robles (34), FunesMori (32), Stones (29)

10 Apr 16:00	Liverpool	Stoke
Goals Scored	Origi (2), Sturridge, Moreno	Bojan
Assists	Milner (2), Moreno, SheyiOjo	Shaqiri
Yellow Cards		Shawcross, Pieters
Saves	Mignolet (2)	Haugaard (2)
Bonus Points	Origi (3), Milner (2), Moreno
Top 5 BPS	Origi (49), Milner (40), Moreno (36), Sturridge (35)	Bojan (35), Shaqiri (20)

10 Apr 16:00	Spurs	Man Utd
Goals Scored	Lamela, Alderweireld, Alli
Assists	Rose, Lamela, Eriksen
Yellow Cards	Rose, Walker, Alli	Young, Darmian, Depay
Saves	Lloris	DeGea (6)
Bonus Points	Alderweireld (3), Lamela (2)	Fosu-Mensah
Top 5 BPS	Alderweireld (41), Lamela (38), Dier (32), Walker (30)	Fosu-Mensah (34)

10 Apr 13:30	Sunderland	Leicester
Goals Scored		Vardy (2)
Assists		Drinkwater, Gray
Yellow Cards	Borini	Fuchs
Saves	Mannone (5)	Schmeichel
Bonus Points	Kaboul (2)	Vardy (3), Drinkwater (2), Simpson (2), Huth (2)
Top 5 BPS	Kaboul (27), Kirchhoff (23), Mannone (22)	Vardy (63), Drinkwater (27), Simpson (27), Huth (27), Fuchs (24), Kanté (24)

9 Apr 17:30	Man City	West Brom
Goals Scored	Nasri, Agüero	Sessegnon
Assists	Kolarov	McClean
Yellow Cards		Gardner
Saves	Hart	Foster (2)
Bonus Points	Agüero (3), Nasri (2)	Sessegnon
Top 5 BPS	Agüero (42), Nasri (35), Kolarov (20)	Sessegnon (25), McClean (18)

9 Apr 15:00	Aston Villa	Bournemouth
Goals Scored	Ayew	Cook, King
Assists	Gueye	Francis
Yellow Cards	Gueye, Ayew	Cook, Daniels
Saves	Guzan
Bonus Points	Ayew (3)	Cook (3), Francis
Top 5 BPS	Ayew (32), Gueye (25), Bacuna (21)	Cook (32), Francis (27), King (23)

9 Apr 15:00	Crystal Palace	Norwich
Goals Scored	Puncheon
Assists	Ward
Yellow Cards	Jedinak, Bolasie	Klose
Saves	Hennessey (4)	Ruddy (4)
Bonus Points	Ward (3), Hennessey (2), Puncheon
Top 5 BPS	Ward (34), Hennessey (30), Puncheon (29), Delaney (28), Souaré (28), Dann (27)

9 Apr 15:00	Southampton	Newcastle
Goals Scored	Wanyama, Pellè, Long	Townsend
Assists	Fonte, Pellè, Long	Anita
Saves	Forster (2)	Darlow (3)
Bonus Points	Pellè (3), Long (2)	Townsend
Top 5 BPS	Pellè (45), Long (36), Fonte (30), Wanyama (27)	Townsend (34)

9 Apr 15:00	Swansea	Chelsea
Goals Scored	Sigurdsson
Yellow Cards	Williams, Rangel, Taylor, Paloschi, Fer	Azpilicueta, Fábregas, Pedro, Miazga
Saves	Fabianski (2)	Begovic (5)
Bonus Points	Sigurdsson (3), Fernández (2), Williams
Top 5 BPS	Sigurdsson (38), Fernández (33), Williams (31), Rangel (27), Fabianski (26)

9 Apr 15:00	Watford	Everton
Goals Scored	Holebas	McCarthy
Assists	Watson
Yellow Cards	Capoue, Ighalo	McCarthy
Saves	Gomes (6)	Robles (4)
Bonus Points	Holebas (2)	McCarthy (3), Coleman
Top 5 BPS	Holebas (22), Gomes (20), Watson (19)	McCarthy (31), Coleman (21)

9 Apr 12:45	West Ham	Arsenal
Goals Scored	Carroll (3)	Koscielny, Özil, Sánchez
Assists	Cresswell, Antonio	Iwobi (2), Welbeck
Yellow Cards	Carroll, Antonio
Saves	Adrián (2)	Ospina (4)
Bonus Points	Carroll (3)	Iwobi (2), Koscielny
Top 5 BPS	Carroll (69)	Iwobi (43), Koscielny (33), Özil (32), Sánchez (29)

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zizoo10
9 years, 8 months ago
seeing a lot of fosu hype.
plan was to save FT.

A) Delaney > Fosu, take a -4 hit GW35
B) Save, 2FTs for GW35
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1. JayLegend
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Trying to catch up and work out why he's in such high demand?
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  1. zizoo10
    9 years, 8 months ago
    people seeming to think he'll play both games, minimum 60 mins. played ahead of darmian in the epl and fa cup today, and is playing well at that
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F_Ivanovic
9 years, 8 months ago
Van Djik is my only SGW player. He has Everton (A) who strangely can't seem to score much recently. And then Villa (A) which looks a highly likely CS.

Is it worth transferring out for a 4 pt hit for anyone? Would have 5.9m to spend and only City, West Brom and Newcastle players to choose from (due to blanks in 35/already having max in certain teams)

West Brom and Newcastle I can only see getting 1 CS at most (Wat H and Swa H respectively). Thus, assuming just 2 pointers at most in their other games, probably looking at ~10 points at most over next 3 GW. Van Djik if we assume he gets at least 1 CS we're looking at 8 points. Thus it doesn't seem sensible to take a hit for any of these defensive assets.

City have 2 away games to Chelsea and Newcastle and Stoke at home. So I see 1 CS, possibly 2. If we assume 1 and a half CS on average, then they'll score 12 points on average over the 3 weeks. When you factor in potential bonus points then it looks to be worth a risk only if they have a nailed on player for all 3 weeks.

But is that going to be the case with anyone? They play the semi-final of the Champions League after GW35. So whilst players like Sagna and Clichy are likely to be nailed for next week, they could get rotated before the semi-final. Mangala and Demichellis I have no idea with. Hard to see anyone playing all 3 so looks like I'm best keeping with Van Djik.
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1. Ten Season Wonder
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I'll get back to you on Friday
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2. Test Eagles
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Just hold him ... he's a keeper for the rest of the season.
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3. RoysCallerAnne
  9 years, 8 months ago
  time for bed zzzz
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4. AB.
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Think you've answered your own question pretty thoroughly. Keep.
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9 years, 8 months ago
FREQUENT POSTERS CUP UPDATE

QUARTER FINAL RESULTS

Sepp Blattered 78 v 65 Juggos
Feed Feo 75 v 59 Spineless Weasel
Spectrum 66 v 62 iCon
Ayew Serious 63 v Jonty 60

SEMI FINAL DRAW (matches to be played GW36 - numbers are FPL IDs)

Feed Feo 38093 v Spectrum 8011
Ayew Serious 113896 v Sepp Blattered 461736

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1. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  nicely played, Ayew. I might end up being knocked out to the champion at this rate.
  
  Well run competition this, Jarvish!
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2. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Cheers Jarvish. Good luck to Icon for the rest of the season
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3. Prøphet
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Amazing work Jarvish!
  GO SEPP! 😀
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4. Ayew Serious
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Unlucky Jonty
  
  Unlucky Sepp
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  1. J0E
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Well played. Very close in the end. Good luck in the next round.
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Twisted Saltergater
9 years, 8 months ago
Ignore a Liverpool mid and get Alli back in??
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1. Test Eagles
  9 years, 8 months ago
  GW35 yes ... the temptation of a DGW player is too much
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  1. Twisted Saltergater
    9 years, 8 months ago
    It would mean keeping either of Barkley and Bolasie 😀
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2. RoysCallerAnne
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Quite easy to ignore Milner, tbf. At a a dinner party he'd probably ask you your opinions on wind turbine sound pollution.
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  1. Twisted Saltergater
    9 years, 8 months ago
    You had me at wind
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  2. zizoo10
    9 years, 8 months ago
    true. but in fpl he might bag you a haul
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Atwood
9 years, 8 months ago
Thoughts this weeks lineup? Tempted to get rid of Lukaku for Martial.

Schmiechel - Robles
Mangala - Darmian - Bellerin - Gabriel - Sakho
Mahrez - Lingard - Ozil - Payet - Coutinho
Lukaku - Kane - Aguero
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Gabriel > Fosu-Mensah and Lingard > Iwobi?
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  1. zizoo10
    9 years, 8 months ago
    hmm, two rotation risks for two rotation risks...no
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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      9 years, 8 months ago
      My recommendations were based on the price of the outgoing players. Lanzini would be a safer pick than Iwobi but doesn't have a GW35.
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nkhoughton
9 years, 8 months ago
Currently own otamendi Gabriel Moreno Cresswell

For 5.9 million who is a ideal replacement for darmian

Already got 3 pool & Everton players
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1. che
  9 years, 8 months ago
  TFM and enjoy spending the 2 mill
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  1. nkhoughton
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Is fosu mensah nailed on?
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    1. che
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Looks the most nailed out of him, Damian and Rojo. Looked awesome tonight and they conceded 3 without him on Sunday. Darmian was axed for him tonight
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    2. F_Ivanovic
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Read the thread history for many thoughts on this.
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Amateur Pundit Zan
9 years, 8 months ago
Delaney > mensah (-4) will leave me 0.1 short of lukaku > Kane next week at current prices. But Kane is expected to fall this week.

Too good to refuse?
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1. Jay_
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Go for it, I love it when the exact money is left over for next transfer, so satisfying
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2. FPL Blow-In
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I like it
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3. Diva
  9 years, 8 months ago
  FPLS has him 9/10ths of the way towards a drop.
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4. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Was looking at something very similar but (and I know it's Lukaku), he has BOU, lei, sun, NOR.
  
  I really don't think I could get rid unless Everton get even worse next week.
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FPL Blow-In
9 years, 8 months ago
Which do you prefer?

A) 442 +4points

Smalling, Bellerin, Gabriel, Fosu-Mensah
Sanchez, KDB, Payet, Firmino
Aguero, Martial

Or

B) 433 -4

Smalling, Bellerin, Fosu
Sanchez, KDB, Payet, Firmino
Aguero, Martial, Welbeck
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1. FPL Blow-In
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Basically Gabriel +4 or Welbeck 🙂
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2. Amateur Pundit Zan
  9 years, 8 months ago
  A) Gabriel + 4pts
  B) welbeck
  
  B
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  1. FPL Blow-In
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Cheers
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3. bennyp
  9 years, 8 months ago
  So basically Welbeck -4 vs Gabriel?
  
  I'd take A
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  1. FPL Blow-In
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Thanks
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4. Diva
  9 years, 8 months ago
  A
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5. AB.
  9 years, 8 months ago
  If no points hits were involved Id say B - but with a -4 Id say A.
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Fishy
9 years, 8 months ago
Lukaku to pelle ft?
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1. bennyp
  9 years, 8 months ago
  in 35 yes.
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  1. Twisted Saltergater
    9 years, 8 months ago
    I like this
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2. 32chickens
  9 years, 8 months ago
  yes ,shush-i'm not delaying
  i'd back pelle one game against lukas on current form
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3. AB.
  9 years, 8 months ago
  That's my plan.
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bennyp
9 years, 8 months ago
Bottomed..
Any advice on this lot?

Migs - Robles
Bellerin - Gabriel - Sahko - Darmian - Simpson
Sanchez(c) - Payet - Cout - Lingard - Mahrez
Aguero - Kane - Lukaku

1 FT and 0 ITB
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1. Atwood
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Similar team and I'm kinda worried about Darmian's gametime.
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  1. bennyp
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Yeh me too... Don't know if I want to waste a FT on him though..
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  2. 8ball
    9 years, 8 months ago
    he was not even on the bench today.
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Dr Dream
9 years, 8 months ago
No defenders or keepers named in the short list for player of the year, good.... it's been a rubbish year for defensive quality...absolutely bang average.
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1. Diva
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Yeah, I think the senior nominations were spot on this year.
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2. RoysCallerAnne
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Alderweireld, Huth, Williams, Smalling have had decent seasons, but yeah, no outstanding performers
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  1. Dr Dream
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Aye. I'm glad it's that way though, good for the game. Even those defenders you list are only tempered by being the best FPL picks (not really that good for CS's)...in real life their defences have been nothing to write home about.
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Jimjam
9 years, 8 months ago
De Gea, Darlow
Bellerin, Clichy, Fuchs, Sakho, Gabriel
Sanchez, Coutinho, Payet, Mahrez, Lanzini
Aguero, Kane, Lukaku

Lukaku & Clichy -> Martial & Otamendi?
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Rains of Castamere
9 years, 8 months ago
On WC and very tempted to get TFM and Rashford. Difficult to upgrade them but fantasy enablers with unreal fixtures.

Going in.
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1. Rains of Castamere
  9 years, 8 months ago
  *Fantastic, not fantasy. Though they are that too.
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2. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  That's what I like about getting Rashford a couple of weeks ago. I can't see any of my ML rivals bringing him in now with Rooney's return this evening, but he's easy to bench and should still see plenty of pitch time with the form he's showing.
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  1. Rains of Castamere
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Yep, I'll ensure my midfield 5 is solid just in case.
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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Like it, good luck!
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Space Cadete
9 years, 8 months ago
Saving my Wildcard and bench boost for 36/37, so how's it looking for this week?

Mignolet
Bellerin/Otamendi/Simpson
Ozil (TC)/Iwobi/Mahrez/Barkley/Payet
Aguero/Lukaku

Bench: Hennessey/Vardy/Daniels/Williams

Two main queries I can't decide upon:
1) worth a -4 to get in Smalling for Williams considering I can still get 11 out for GW35 without a hit?
2) Mahrez or Vardy to start, or play both and bench Barkley?

Any advice much appreciated
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
9 years, 8 months ago
think I might play my triple c chip first gw, the opportunity to get a good start to the season and at least be competing from the off. This seasons start killed me
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1. che
  9 years, 8 months ago
  With Copa America and Euros you might think differently nearer the time. Might even be worth missing GW1 till players get back. I finished top 7K last year and there were over 2K GW2 starters above me!
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2. 9 years, 8 months ago
  That's really poor logic IMO, unless Man City get to the club world cup and have a DGW in GW1.
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  1. Ruth_NZ
    9 years, 8 months ago
    OK, here's something that isn't poor logic. 🙂
    
    The idea of linking 2nd wildcard and BB is inherently flawed. The 2nd wildcard is our most powerful tool, it shouldn't be used in order to support a less important chip.
    
    Think about it - if you got 12-16 points on your bench in a normal week you'd think that high. So in a DGW if you have 15 DGW players you might be hoping for double that. That means the BB in a DGW might be worth 12-16 points more than in a normal GW if you confine yourself to DGW players (which is limiting in itself).
    
    12-16 points. Is that the value of a wildcard? I don't think so.
    
    Next season I will use my BB when I happen to have a good bench. Or I might even use it the week after my 1st wildcard before unwinding to the squad structure I want. It won't be beyond the wit of man to find a good opportunity to play it in a normal GW.
    
    That will mean I can use my wildcard IN a DGW, not before. And have exactly 11 players, using my bench for players I want in the weeks following.
    
    Did I know this before this week? Yes. But I realised it too late, I had effectively given myself no other realistic option by holding all my chips back. I knew I was weakening my GW33 team and so it proved. Any gains in GW34 will not compensate.
    
    TC should be played in a DGW, no doubt of it. BB? Not so much.
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    1. oghash
      9 years, 8 months ago
      If you have more than one dgw then why wouldn't you? Surely you're linking your 2nd WC to the DGW, not the BB. The bB is just an added extra?
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      1. Ruth_NZ
        9 years, 8 months ago
        If you were linking the 2nd wildcard to a DGW you would play it in that DGW, not the week before. That's the first point.
        
        The second point is that by playing it the week before you compromise your team the week before.
        
        The third point is that by aiming for 15 DGW players (or near to it) you compromise your team in the weeks after as well. Rather than having 4 SGW players benched that you want going forward.
        
        3 compromises: the week before; lack of flexibility in the DGW itself; and afterwards. And for what? 12-16 points more from the BB if you are lucky. Doesn't stack up.
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        oghash
        9 years, 8 months ago
        Good points.
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        Fergietime
        9 years, 8 months ago
        Without doubt, playing a WC a week before hand is a major risk. Things change fast in the FPL and one gameweek is a long time in this game. Coutinho Sakho De Bruyne seemed like top buys a week ago. Lucky to get a start of them this week. Iwobi andd fosu mensah looking like must buys this week lol
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        9 years, 8 months ago
        Oggie's got the nail on the head for me, the WC's worth ~25-30 points to me. Needing to make ~6 transfers (-16 point hit) or more is about the watershed for playing the wildcard. The theoretical maximum for the WC is a value of 56 points (an FT and 14 hits to change your full squad) but that's assuming you change all of your 15 players on the WC and that each move you made would be made for a hit if you didn't have the WC. Otherwise you're valuing each marginal transfer at less than 4 points, which is especially true of your bench players, and looking at before/after wildcard projections its true value comes down to ~25-30 points. So yes the WC is more valuable than the BB but that doesn't "inherently flaw" the idea of linking the two chips.
        
        I pretty much agree with your valuations of the BB, I'd call it at the bottom of your valuations at 12 points in a SGW and 24 in a DGW. You don't have to max out on 15 dgwers and to get the advantage of the BB in a dgw. For instance I've only got 13, but if I weren't to BB I'd likely have Kane and Mahrez on the bench in a 4-4-2 formation, having them as single gameweekers being included as my notional bench players alongside 2 dgw defenders is a great advantage over a 5th mid and 3 defensive sgw bench players in a BB and yeah I'd take that as about a +12 marginal gain on a sgw bench boost. So it boils down to does WCing the week before leave you at a projected 12 point disadvantage?
        
        Each year the orderings of the blanks and the doubles have swaying effects on this. For instance in 2014, there was a blank week in 29, an sgw in 30 and a dgw in 31. For that season the plan, even without chips, was to gut your team to get through the blanks, then WC back to full strength in sgw30 with eyes on the dgw31 too. Sometimes the dgws are the week after the blank in which case it would be nonsense to WC for a bench boost. Context matters on picking the strategy.
        
        For this season I think BB in a dgw was still the way to go about it. From your 3 compromises, 1) the week before, yes we had a bad gw this time but run it again and again and I don't think our squads were 12 points worse. We just happened to get punished by a Toby 15 pointer and a Vardy 13 pointer, two players in another run could have been as per my personal example Kane and Mahrez. It's just what you risk deviating away from the template, big reds or big greens. 2) Lack of flexibility, Okay if you got hit by 2 injuries in gw33 then your early wildcard has cost you 4 points but that's just bad luck, otherwise your team should be sorted from your picks on the WC, our decisions shouldn't wildly change because of one extra gw. 3) Afterwards. You don't have to chase the 15 dgwers, even 11 with Schmeichel, Simpson, Toby, Mahrez would make gw34 the ideal BB week to me. If you WC in 34 you're still facing the same problem of having lots of dgwers in your squad so that compromise is still there if you WC on the dgw.
        
        All in all, yes there are compromises but I think this season there was more value to be had linking the two chips, some people just got hit this week by the perfect storm of bad luck.
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        Ruth_NZ
        9 years, 8 months ago
        You are missing the main point: by linking the 2 chips and saving BB for a DGW we left ourselves no choice.
        
        Many had Mahrez benched for big points this season. Or Alli. Creating a good BB opportunity in the first 30 GWs would be easy to do. Then you could use 2nd wildcard in the DGW. I am seeing people taking hits, sometimes multiple hits, the week after a wildcard. They have to be set against the notional 12-16 point gain from a DGW BB too.
        
        The specific constellation of fixtures is relevant, if there were not a big blank immediately after the main DGW it would make the wildcard/BB combo easier to manage without compromise. But using the wildcard to service BB is just an inherently dubious concept.
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        Pasqualinho
        9 years, 8 months ago
        I agree with the theory, Ruth. But also don't forget there was a unique circumstance this week - with 2 DGWs in succession - this has meant that a WC the week before the big DGW still means you're picking your team to prepare for an immediate DGW. So I would say that this year it was not such a big mistake (especially, as it happened, if you loaded up on defenders) - but next year it might be.
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        9 years, 8 months ago
        But I'm entirely happy with having "no choice" because not that much changes in one week of football.
        
        I laid out your compromises against the additional 12 points of BBing in a dgw and came out in favour of the dgw BB still. People who are taking multiple hits this week either got extremely unlucky with 3 or more injuries, made bad choices on their WC or are knee-jerking towards the new big thing and unless they got massacred by injuries its on them, not the strategy.
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        Ruth_NZ
        9 years, 8 months ago
        Balders, you are calculating best advantage within limited confines.
        
        I am questioning the validity of the confines. 🙂
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        9 years, 8 months ago
        I calculated expected advantage against each of the compromises you laid out and weighed it up against a planned sgw bench boost and sided on the BB34 still. If you want to my challenge valuations on the compromises or suggest further compromises feel free but as it stands you've not convinced me.
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        Ruth_NZ
        9 years, 8 months ago
        "Not much changes in one week in football"? Well maybe not in terms of the stats you rely on. But in the real world it certainly does.
        
        Someone wildcarding this week knows:
        
        1. That City are still in the CL and prioritising it;
        2. Whether Liverpool are still in the EL and how to judge the rotation risks;
        3. That Awobi is a more certain starter;
        4. That Gabriel is a less certain starter;
        5. That West Ham are out of the FA Cup and totally focused on the PL;
        6. That Jagielka and Barkley are injury risks and that Funes Mori can be safely picked;
        7. That Lennon, Rondon, Sakho and Janmaat are also injured or injury risks.
        
        I think that's quite a substantial chunk of information myself.
        
        In addition they didn't need to rip their team apart a week or 2 weeks before time in the hope of an extra 12 or so points from the BB. Nor create problems for themselves in GW35. But there we are, no point in re-hashing my arguments again.
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        9 years, 8 months ago
        1 & 2) Right, but a conservative player could have picked within those confines as each team still has some sure starters across competitions.
        3) To me his timeline has really changed outside of Cazorla back in 36 or 37 is his biggest risk.
        4) He was a risk anyway and we knew that regardless of the West Ham result.
        5) Yes but they have a solid core of starters anyway that could have been picked within.
        6 & 7) Injuries are an assumed risk of happening regardless of the particulars of the situation.
        
        'Ripping apart the team early' its a risk of going against the template on another day the planners got another big green instead of a big red, its inherent increased variance from the crowd by being different but not necessarily weaker.
        
        In the h̶o̶p̶e̶ expectation of 12 extra points. Hope would be north of 20.
        
        Problems in gw35 are still gonna be there with a gw34 wildcard.
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    2. oghash
      9 years, 8 months ago
      I do however totally understand your point, it makes sense, I just don't agree with it :).
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3. toystory2wasok
  9 years, 8 months ago
  points are worth the same amount throughout the season FYI
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4. bigbudgie
  9 years, 8 months ago
  For me it makes sense to play a WC before a bench boost. Normal season play you are (probably) adhering to a team structure and your bench is generally not that good....a 'fifth midfielder' and a couple of cheapo defenders. Not much point playing bench boost with that. The WC obviously allows for cash to be spread a little more allowing for a better overall squad, and with the doubles thrown in...that's a lot of potential. It is managing the GWs and issues around and attaining a balance which is the real challenge. all IMHO.
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Green_street
9 years, 8 months ago
Thoughts on below WC team please? Will be BB this week.

Robles Darlow

Gabriel Mensah Monreal Sakho Simpson

Sanchez Payet Firminho Lanzini Coutinho

Sanchez Martial Lukaku
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1. Green_street
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Sorry, the striker should read Aguero and not Sanchez
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2. Test Eagles
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Ewwww ... you're playing your "Double Sanchez" chip this week!!
  
  Could work well 😉
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  1. AB.
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Now *that* is a chip I would like to have!
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    1. Green_street
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Make him skippy then innit...you would then be playing a 'quadruple Sanchez' chip.
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  2. Green_street
    9 years, 8 months ago
    'Could work well'....the Sanchez double chip or me DGW squad team?
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Test Eagles
9 years, 8 months ago
9 of Defoe's 12 goals have come away from home

He could well be the diamond in the rough for the run in, given how Big Sam will get them playing. I'm tempted, especially with the DGW in 37 up his sleeve!
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1. che
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I hope you're right, not just from an FPL perspective!
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oghash
9 years, 8 months ago
They're taking their time updating the OR tonight. Only 1 game ot update, thought it would be quicker.
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1. 9 years, 8 months ago
  One game, but still 3.5 million teams to update.
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  1. oghash
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Always here to be he realist. Can't you just let me make my statements without the need for facts 😀
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    1. 9 years, 8 months ago
      I gave TM the chance to correct you first, but it look like he passed it up 😛
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      1. oghash
        9 years, 8 months ago
        lol, he tends to ignore me these days. Probably for a quiet life 🙂
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2. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  They update teams not games 🙂
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  1. oghash
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Sssssh. I miss chesterfield. Used to get the bus between mansfield and sheffield quite often many many years ago. Always liked the slow one that went through clowne, have fond memories of Chesterfield bus station.
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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      9 years, 8 months ago
      🙂 I lived in Mansfield for a while too as a kid.
      
      I don't see much of either place now, but it's where I was born and allegiances formed.
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      1. oghash
        9 years, 8 months ago
        I hated Mansfield. Was from Sheffield hence the frequent trips back as often as I could. With my cd walkman trying to hold it steady so it didn't skip[ and the bus driver telling me off for it being too loud, however not telling me off for smoking. Which was odd.
        
        Memories 🙂
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        Twisted Saltergater
        9 years, 8 months ago
        I moved down south at a young age and made friends with a lad from Sheffield, or it could've been Rotherham - near Sheffield anyway. We both stood out with northern accents down near Bristol!
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        oghash
        9 years, 8 months ago
        Ah, I used to live near Bristol too! Are you my doppleganger. I lived in weston super mare. But not as a kid, I moved there for work.
        
        Lived all over the UK.
        
        Midlands, north, south east.
        
        Not been in the uk now for about 7 or 8 years though.
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    2. Twisted Saltergater
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Bizarrely, my mum and step dad worked for the bus company in Chesterfield, and my dad was a bus driver. Apparently, the local residents gave him the nickname of an Italian F1 driver as he drove the bus so fast 😀
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      1. oghash
        9 years, 8 months ago
        Lol, classic. I bet he loved that nickname too 🙂
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Manani
9 years, 8 months ago
should I keep both Kane & alli on WC in anticipation for gw35? (playing kane this week)

or should I get rid of one of them?
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1. Ten Season Wonder
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I'm keeping both. playing Kane this week benching Alli
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Ten Season Wonder
9 years, 8 months ago
How hard would you sacrifice your team for Alexis?

current team; (2FT - 0.7 itb)

Henn - Elliot
Bellerin - Dier - Daniels - VVD - Simpson
Ozil - Firmino - Payet - Mahrez - Alli
Kun - Lukaku - Kane
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1. Test Eagles
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Dier > Fosu
  Ozil > Sanchez
  
  or Lukaku > Martial
  Mahrez > Sanchez
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  1. Ten Season Wonder
    9 years, 8 months ago
    I'm willing to take hits
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  2. Green_street
    9 years, 8 months ago
    I would do the below for gw34
    
    Dier > Fosu
    Ozil > Sanchez
    
    But then Dier's got a potential CS againt WBA in GW 35
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2. Manani
  9 years, 8 months ago
  lukaku>martial, ozil>sanchez?
  it could turn out bad though
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  1. Ten Season Wonder
    9 years, 8 months ago
    I don't want to lose any DGWers I have no BB as it is and want to TC Alexis (and possibly keep Ozil)
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3. Space Cadete
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I wouldn't.
  
  Ozil could easily equal or outscore him so use the free transfers to bring in DGW defenders.
  
  VVD/Daniels -> Rojo/Clyne?
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4. bigbudgie
  9 years, 8 months ago
  no offence to anyone suggesting it, but suggestions of getting rid of Ozil are total madness!
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In Bale We Trust
9 years, 8 months ago
Fosu-Mensah more likely to start both than Gabriel we reckon?
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1. Greenbackbøøg…
  9 years, 8 months ago
  yes
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2. Ten Season Wonder
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I am on the brink of making fosu-mensah my new signing. (over Gabriel)
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  1. In Bale We Trust
    9 years, 8 months ago
    I would 100% go Fosu over Gab. I'm just trying to decide if it's worth a hit. (Also need cash)
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    1. Ten Season Wonder
      9 years, 8 months ago
      Lets do it then.
      
      Im also taking -8 hit to bring Alexis in 🙂
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      1. In Bale We Trust
        9 years, 8 months ago
        Alexis is a must have!
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3. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I think so, the fans love him
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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    9 years, 8 months ago
    but does lvg?
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    1. Manani
      9 years, 8 months ago
      more than darmian for sure
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4. FPL Blow-In
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Trying to decide if I'll go with both
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Atwood
9 years, 8 months ago
What are Darmian owners doing?
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1. In Bale We Trust
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Getting rid. Would be surprised if he started one of the games. He's done
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2. 8ball
  9 years, 8 months ago
  fosu-mensah
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3. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  I'd get rid, tbh. Plenty of defenders this week should repay a -4.
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Ten Season Wonder
9 years, 8 months ago
What time do price rises / falls happen?
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  1 hour from now
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  1. Ten Season Wonder
    9 years, 8 months ago
    thanks
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KingNidge
9 years, 8 months ago
GW rank updated
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  193k. I'll settle for that with so many WC's being played.
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RoysCallerAnne
9 years, 8 months ago
False goal shouts are ban worthy on match days. So I'll give this one a go instead before bed and see if I'm banned tomorrow

YESSS. 607,198 -> 1st overall. The wait was worth it! Night all
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1. Twisted Saltergater
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Stunning leap in the ranks, RCA 😉 Night
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Skullslasher
9 years, 8 months ago
I think Carroll will be a great pick for dgwk. He assisted against United as well. And I'm pretty sure he will start both games.
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Cash Mané
9 years, 8 months ago
New to FPL thins year and need some help to win the league against my mates. Would you change anything?

De Gea / (Robles)
Cresswell / Montreal / Dawson / (Alderweireld) / (Smith)
Oil / Lennon / Payet / Sanchez / Firmino
Lukaku / Vardy / (Rashford)

1FT
0.6 Bank
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1. VS10_
  9 years, 8 months ago
  Benching Rashford? Lennon looks to be injured.
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Ten Season Wonder
9 years, 8 months ago
Mahrez, Dier, Daniels & VVD > Alexis, Fosu, Ward, Targett (-8 hit)

yay or nay?
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oghash
9 years, 8 months ago
Highest gw rank of the year I believe, I'll take that.
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1. 9 years, 8 months ago
  Well played Oggie, I really like the look of your squad for next week.
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  1. oghash
    9 years, 8 months ago
    Fingers crossed. I shipped out Olsson for Kirchoff
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    1. 9 years, 8 months ago
      Ooh that's a bold one looking ahead to gw37.
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Atwood
9 years, 8 months ago
I've been off the site for the past few days. Did anyone else's team follow the pattern of...

1- Having a great overall rank before this gameweek
2 - Using the wildcard, making a ton of changes
3 - Plummeting down the ranks as your former team scores absurdly high

Been a very hard gameweek to watch for me. Had I not touched my team at all I'd have been so much better off. Hoping the DGW and bench boost is going to make it a little more bearable.
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