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Rarely do we stumble upon a sure-thing in Fantasy Football. However, the potential profit offered by Liverpool’s midfield assets over their forthcoming run of fixtures gets pretty close.

The Reds manage to avoid all the sides currently residing in the top eight in the Premier League, right up until the Merseyside Derby on the December 19.

And as if that wasn’t enough, they will have the chance to fill their boots against three of the sides currently situated in the bottom six – Middlesborough, Sunderland and West Ham United.

The question facing Fantasy managers isn’t whether they should have a Liverpool player in their squad, it’s simply a question of who.

For 36.9% of FPL managers, the answer has been Phillipe Coutinho and, with his recent performance in Gameweek 9 against West Bromwich Albion, he has been promoted in our thinking. Coutinho’s stock continues to rise.

But, given his ownership and the options elsewhere in Jurgen Klopp’s midfield, is Coutinho really the stand out option?

In this latest article for members, we will analyse the Opta data to track Coutinho’s progress, attempting to assess whether, with so many strong midfielders on offer, he is truly a player that warrants such popularity.

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  1. DirtySchmit
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    I have 1FT, was going to save until I heard about Theo. Annoyingly only have 8.1 in the bank if I sell Theo. So short on the likes of Ali, Erikson and coutinho.

    Any suggestion on this team:

    Grant
    Williams, bellerin, Lovren,
    Sanchez, Theo*, Arnie, firmino,
    Serg, lakaku, Deeney,

    Cheers

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Who's on your bench?

      1. DirtySchmit
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Bench is terrible, Amat, Wilson and Holberg. Think I will have to make a change. Son? Or risk and Mata?

  2. Siggy Azalea
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Morning guys, am I good to go?

    Foster
    Jagielka - Koscielny - Vertongen
    Mane (c) - Coutinho - Capoue - Sterling
    Aguero - Lukaku - Deeney

    Thanks!

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Nice team

    2. 404_FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      (C) deeney or coutinho for me

      g2g

    3. Stockport Hatter
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Who comes in if Walcott doesn't play?

      1. Stockport Hatter
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Wrong place rely. Don't know what happened there!

    4. Siggy Azalea
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers guys

  3. Cojiro
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Bottomed. Play
    A) Lovren
    B) Smith

    (Both will play if Wally is injured)

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      B, just

    2. Siggy Azalea
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Play A

    3. Champione
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      B

    4. 404_FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      a

    5. Cojiro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks all

  4. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Choose better way:

    A)
    This GW Snoddy -> Allen
    Next GW Son -> 8.0 or wait with 2FT after international games

    B)
    This GW keep FT, play Fletcher
    Next GW Son, Snoddy -> Redmond, Lallana/Tadic/Willian/Arnie (early transfers when price changes will not allow it)

    1. 404_FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      a

      becoz fletcher only got 2 point

    2. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      A

  5. Gooner Kebab
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Woke to a surprise Clyne price increase...nice change to seeing price drops.

    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Wish I had woke to something, worst nights attempted sleep ever, given up in the end, typical when you have booked the day off and are looking forward to a lie in

  6. Tomas Brolin ate all Depays
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    2ft 0m itb
    Lloris Pickford
    Stones mustafi pieters amat holebas
    Sanchez Capoue tadic arnie firmino
    Tekkers deeney aguero

    Really struggling to make a transfer ?

    Arnie to Allen ?
    Amat to playing def ?

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Capoue to a 4.3 mid, put some cash into the bank and roll over your other transfer.

    2. Bushman
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Nice team. I would also downgrade Capoue. You could use your 2nd transfer for Tekers to Deeney or Tadic to Cout

  7. Sweetpea
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Austin buyers beware.

    Europa league fitness concerns and Long back to fitness soon plus the new guy.

    He is a squad player and Redmond aka teachers pet won't be rotated as much.

    1. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Dam....

      1. Sweetpea
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        I'm getting Wilson fyi

    2. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Good to read. They really have busy fixtures.

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

      This.
      Redmond the safest option by a mile in sure

  8. twaid
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Caught on the bottom of last page.
    Pickford, Jaku
    Holebas, Walker, Williams, Amat, Evans
    Walcott, Sanchez, Sterling, Firmino, Capoue
    Aguero, Lukaku, Austin

    2 FTs, 0.4 ITB

    Jaku>Grant will free up just enough money to do Walcott>Coutinho.
    Should I do this or sort out the keeper situation otherwise?

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Grant won't be playing for much longer, but it would work this week.

      1. twaid
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah, gotta deal with it some time, dont see how I should do it now though.

        1. Yankee Toffee
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          Williams to a cheap Stoke def would give you enough right?

  9. Yankee Toffee
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Do we Cameron will start on Monday night?

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      *think

  10. Venom Snake
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    G2G?

    Foster
    Smith - Britos - Pieters
    Sanchez - Firmino - Coutinho - Arnautovic
    Aguero - Lukaku(c) - Benteke

  11. Blues Cruise
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Is Rashford nailed on to start?

    1. Brap.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      No

  12. ANON.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Is Moses a good option now? Started last 3 games

    1. Blues Cruise
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      He isnt a FPL material imo.

      1. Yankee Toffee
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        agreed

    2. Brap.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Gotta get a few more goals/assists before he turns anyone on

  13. Dazzrb
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    G2G?

    Foster
    Williams Holebas Clyne
    Walcott Sanchez(c) Mane Allen
    Augero Lukaku Benteke

    Bench
    Jaku Zaha Stones Amat

    1. Guru Mediation
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      We have same front 8. I would pick stones over Williams personally,but it's a close call

  14. camarozz
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Damn, bottomed.
    Debating sterling to coutinho all wk and losing ground for not having him as my double up with firmino. Should I use my ft to get coutinho in this morn?? For sterling.
    Article is pretty convincing

    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      You sound pretty convinced already 🙂

    2. Siggy Azalea
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Just doubled up with mane and couts after walcott injury....go for it

    3. 404_FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      i go coutinho for sterling last week

      city is on bad form

    4. Brap.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Pity you didn't do before the price changes

      Better late than never perhaps

  15. Humlesnurr
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Just moved the armband from sanchez to deeney, with lukaku, kun, firmino and walcott lurking in the shadows. This GE will be all or nothing!

    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      I went the other way with the armband Deeney-Sanchez

      1. Humlesnurr
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Good luck!

  16. Manchester 17
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Repost:
    Final Check:

    Heaton
    Kosc Francis Clyne
    Mane Lallana Ozil (c) Wally
    Kaku (vc) Kun Deeney

    Jaku Williams De Roon Amat

    G2G?

    Cheers!

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Wally prob won't start and possibly won't play so Williams will be coming on

    2. 404_FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      C deeney for me

  17. Numb
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Think I may need to get this Coutinho chap

  18. alfast1c
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    RMT lads plz. Swapped walcot>coutino got 1 more free transfer...

    Curtois
    Stones - Valencia - Friend
    Firmino - Coutino - San(c)ez - Redmond - Capue
    Costa - Aguero

    subs. VanDijk - Amat - Diomande

  19. Kane Train
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    GTG ? 1.1itb and 1FT

    Pickford
    Koscielny / Lovren / Walker
    Coutinho / Sanchez / Firmino / Capoue
    Aguero / Deeney / Lukaku

    Bench: Jaku , Amat, Barry, Kelly

  20. bojack
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Great article.

    Have Firmino and will bring Coutinho in after they play Saints away.

    1. The Hindu Monkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      This.

  21. The Hindu Monkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Play Heaton or Pickford lads?

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Heat is on

      1. Brap.
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Heaton Chemistry

  22. Meinhoff
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Which one to play:

    A) Williams (WHM)
    B) Stones (wba)
    C) Friend (BOU)

    1. myboycharlie
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      C

  23. Numb
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Not seen many people captaining one of the Liverpool mids this week

    1. Hurricane Gilbert
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      That is because it's a lottery deluxe

    2. Siggy Azalea
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      captaining Mane...got to be worth a punt

  24. Mario Balofail
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Is Wallcot out for today?

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      supposedly

    2. Siggy Azalea
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Just transfered in Coutinho for him...so i'm hoping so...

  25. 404_FC
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    bench 1 for this week

    a. capoue
    b. allen
    c. wilson

    my gut is b

    becoz i think hull is bad form

    any thought?

    1. myboycharlie
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      A

    2. Bushman
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Personally I'd bench Capoue. Think his purple patch is over and he'll score 2-3 points pw for the rest of the season

    3. 404_FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      ok thx i trust u guys

    4. Brap.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      If you don't play Cap home to Hull you gotta transfer him out cos he's a waste of space

  26. Bushman
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    So Coutinho is 100.1% likely to increase in price according to fplstats. Am I right in saying that he won't rise until 2:30am tomorrow morning? Thanks

    1. myboycharlie
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

    2. The Hindu Monkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Correct

    3. Bushman
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks. I'll prob swap Son for Cout this evening then.

    4. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Be careful clocks change tonight

  27. Lecky Legs FC
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Right I need to in Bailly out my team I took the - 0.1 price drop and only have £5.4 to spend who should i replace him with?

    A) Fuchs
    B) VVD
    C) Daniels
    D) Shaw

    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      A. Good fixtures coming up

      1. Lecky Legs FC
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Good morning Specg yes good form and fixtures can also score worldies too I should of mentioned this would be for a -4 hit as I can't afford to keep Bailly in the squad as his price will continue to drop still a good call?

  28. ANDER.
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Captain one:
    Aguero
    Sanchez
    Lukaku?

    1. Meinhoff
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Sanch

    2. MOZIL
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Sanchez and blank together!

  29. Js31
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Even after this article. There's something telling me to get Mata instead of Coutinho. Do we think Pool will beat Palace?

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Liverpool are odds on to win with the bookies.

    2. Brap.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      What, as straight alternative?

      Cout is a far better bet

      1. Js31
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah. Already have Firmino. Want United coverage for today

  30. the dom 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Who to Captain out of these lol???

    a. Kun
    b. Coutinho
    c. Firmino
    d. Lukaku
    e. Sanchez
    f. Deeney

    any thoughts LOL 🙂

    1. Siggy Azalea
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Deeney or Couts for me...