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14 January 2017 1888 comments
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Fancy a year in China with a few – and by few we mean 30 – million quid to cover some of the basic costs while you’re there?

You don’t have to answer straight away. Have a think about it.

And while you’re doing that, you might as well check out the Anytime Goalscorer and Clean Sheet odds Paddy has lined up for the weekend. Just in case, you know, things don’t quite…work out with the…with the China…thing.

Before that, here’s the latest Enhanced Offers for new customers opening an account this weekend.

And some of them are seriously enhanced,  like the monstrous 16-1 you can get on Liverpool beating Man United in Sunday’s match of the weekend.

If you’re a United fan or just think the Red Devils will win, or both, (what with it being at Old Trafford and everything), then there’s 10-1 available on exactly that outcome.

Sunday’s other offering, Man City v Everton, also gets some odds – 8-1 on Pep’s boys winning at Goodison.

Chelsea’s trip to Leicester was always going to be tricky. The Foxes are vaguely remembering how defending champions are meant to act, while the Blues have now completely forgotten how teams on a long unbeaten run should behave.

And now, you know, Diego and the…the China thing. Still, you can get 8-1 on Antonio Conte to prove that nobody is bigger than the team.

Arsenal beating Swansea looks considerably more predictable, unless Alexis Sanchez gets a pre-match offer to play up front in a 3-5-2 far, far away with Diego, and Paddy are offering 7-1 on the Gunners winning.

The Wenger boys also feature in this week’s Acca, with 20-1 available on Arsenal, West Ham and Chelsea all winning.

The Hammers, who have their own issues with the talent at the moment, are at home to Palace. And at least their unhappy bunny only wants to go back to France.

Be sure to check the terms and conditions on all those offers and, of course, we should state that all these specials are only available to those aged 18 or over. And if you’re going to wager, always gamble responsibly.

ANYTIME GOALSCORER ODDS – GAMEWEEK 21

PlayerTeamOdds
AgueroMCI1.80
SanchezARS1.83
GiroudARS1.83
KaneTOT2.00
PerezARS2.10
IbrahimovicMUN2.25
WilsonBOU2.29
SonTOT2.40
DefoeSUN2.50
BentekeCRY2.50
IheanachoMCI2.60
HazardCHE2.62
AlliTOT2.70
LukakuEVE2.70
BatshuayiCHE2.70
HernandezHUL2.80

 

Alexis Sanchez is the overwhelming captaincy favourite of Gameweek 21, but not the scorer of choice for Paddy.

Fantasy bosses look at the Arsenal man’s away goalscoring record (10 on the road, three at the Emirates) and factor in Swansea’s home form (seven goals coughed up in their last two matches) and that’s good enough for them.

Paddy, however, has gone for Sergio Aguero (1.80), compared to Alexis on 1.83. The Argentinian has been drafted in by nearly 76,000 managers ahead of City’s trip to Everton, but he still lags well behind Sanchez’s 36.7% ownership figures.

Spurs entertain West Brom in today’s lunchtime match, with the Baggies conceding, on average, just a goal per away trip.

Harry Kane (2.00) hasn’t scored at White Hart Lane since Gameweek 15 and is owned by just 15.5% of Fantasy managers, so you can see why it is the Arsenal man proving a more popular armband choice there as well.

This week’s bandwagon boy, Dele Alli, has been bought in by a staggering half a million-plus managers on the back of his seven goals in four Gameweeks. He’s at 2.70 to continue that streak.

Coincidentally, Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi is also at 2.70 to score at Leicester, with Eden Hazard – another contender to take over up top in the absence of Diego Costa – at 2.62.

Of the outliers, the 3.40 you can get on Robert Snodgrass making it three league goals on the spin when Bournemouth visit looks tidy.

Stoke’s Peter Crouch is priced at 3.60 to ‘do a Snodgrass’ at Sunderland, and you can get 6.00 on the third most popular transfer-in of the Gameweek, Albion’s Matt Phillips, to score against Spurs.

* As sharper eyes quickly noticed, we originally stated that Kane was at Evens with Paddy, which was correct when we checked first thing this morning. The odds have since been updated to a decimal value so we’ve changed the article accordingly. Apologies for the confusion, most of which resided with the author.

CLEAN SHEET ODDS – GAMEWEEK 21

TeamOdds
Tottenham1.72
Chelsea2.29
Arsenal2.40
Watford2.40
Southampton2.50
Man United2.75
Man City2.75
Middlesbrough3.00
Bournemouth3.10
West Ham3.20

Paddy has really got the hots for Spurs this weekend, making them the clear favourites, at 1.72, to keep a clean sheet.

The news that Nathan Ake has been recalled to Chelsea from his Bournemouth loan has made him the second most transferred-in defender of the Gameweek, with managers presumably taking a punt on him being an immediate, and cut-price, starter in the Blues’ back line.

That’s a proper gamble. Take him out of the equation, however, and Tottenham’s Danny Rose is one of the defenders of choice for Fantasy bosses, with just over 58,000 drafting him in this week.

Middlesbrough’s Calum Chambers just edges Rose for transfers-in and Boro are at 3.00 to keep a cleanie at Vicarage Road, while Watford are at 2.40 to do the same, so Paddy’s getting a 0-0 feeling about that one.

Burnley have just about given up travelling this season. When you’ve managed one whole point from away matches, you might as well save a lot of time, effort and money and just send an email congratulating the opposition on the three points.

But at Turf Moor, they are strangely awesome. And they’re also 3.40 to blank visitors Southampton today. The Saints are priced even lower to keep their sheets clean – 2.50 – so that could be another potential 0-0 worth investigating.

  1. SAINTS
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Play Van Dijk or Brunt?

    1. Dasher0303
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Van dijk

    2. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Dijk

    3. joersherman
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Dijk

  2. The Red Devil
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Heaton
    Mcauley Ake Jones
    Sanchez eriksen Phillips Allen
    Giroud kun ibra

    Bench- Pickford Robertson amat Fletcher

    0FT 2.3 ITB
    GTG?

  3. Dasher0303
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Alli and Crouch or Eriksen and Barnes??

    1. Karan_G14
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      B

      1. Dasher0303
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        Thanks, why?

    2. SuperMario
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      a

  4. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Say a Pl player attempted a Cruyff style penalty and passed it to a team mate instead of shooting... Would that go down as - 2 and a pen miss?

    1. Dasher0303
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Probably but or would also be an assist

      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        Well a goal if it was Cruyff style 😉

    2. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Yes

    3. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Isn't that banned now?

      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        lol how can it be banned??

        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 18 days ago

          After the Pires / Henry debacle - I thought they said you can't pass to another player.

    4. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Wouldn't count as a shot

      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        You reckon it has to? Penalty has still been missed

    5. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Great question!

  5. Mikis
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Rondon or Phillips vs tot?

  6. Aubaaaaa
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Any news on Brunt? If he's out this week, I won't have enough defenders to play.

  7. 8ball
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Play Allen (sun) or Phillips (tot)?

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Allen

  8. battystutor
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Should I play:

    Friend Baines Ake

    Or use the all-out-attack chip with:

    Friend Baines/Ake + de Roon in midfield?

    Rank: 980k (so chasing)

    1. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Ake won't start

  9. Blanka
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    On a wildcard, Chambers to Yoshida as 4th defender?

    Could do with the 0.2 m.

    1. Dasher0303
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      No

    2. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      I would keep Chambers

      1. Blanka
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        Is Yosh not a cheap way into saints defence? Started last two.

    3. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Yes. Chambers not nailed when Ayala back.

  10. Hooky
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Just had a Ronka bar. Didn't taste as good as they used to

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Rumours he likes a candy Kane bar

  11. Iinvin
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Start J Rod or Phillips?

  12. Gerci
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Foster Pickford
    Alonso Baines Holebas Barragan Amat
    Sanchez Hazard Lallana Philipps Allen
    Ibra Kane Carroll

    2FT, 2.2 ITB

    Any help would be appreciated

    1. Gerci
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Carroll + Holebas -> Giroud + Yoshida?

  13. Blue Gaffer
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Brunt to PVA/Holebas yes or no?

    1. 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Never in a trillion years

    2. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      No ways, next 3 fixtures delicious

    3. Totally !rre!evant
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Nope

    4. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      wow, i'm doing the opposite after this gw

  14. BenjaminFlow
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Allen, Lallana and Philips. Which two to start?

    1. Dasher0303
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Allen Lallana

  15. Dasher0303
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Play Crouch or Coutinho??

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Cout

  16. Luton_Fan
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    play friend away to watford or phillips away to spurs?

    1. Totally !rre!evant
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Would rather have the attacker... Either though tbh

  17. Totally !rre!evant
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Evans ->>

    A) Pieters (Bad fixtures, starter)

    B) Yoshida (Nice fixtures, but will he stay in team)

  18. Blue Moon Rising
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Costa to Giroud or Lukaku?

    1. Totally !rre!evant
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Kaku imo

      1. Blue Moon Rising
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        Got him

        1. Blue Moon Rising
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 18 days ago

          my bad, hungover.

    2. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Giroud or kane

  19. Ciro Di Marzio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Start Origi or de roon?

    Worried about a 1 point cameo from Origi but he could come in and score.

  20. boc610
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    China basically means your going to play a standard of football far far worse that somewhere like the MLS. Add to that poor pitches and corrupt officials(its corruption rank as a whole matches that of Columbia) ..Oscar and may others whomever early will have to pay the piper in terms of his career. he will stagnate and be half the player he was by the time hes 28. Fitness will suffer. id imagine even with that cash mental health could be an issue for a lot of these players. many will say well they have all this money? China is not a nice place to live in, the culture shock, the boredom, the poverty on display, cecorship of the web (You need to choose your words and conversations carefully)

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Dat money doe

    2. Scholes Balls
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Have you actually been to china? It is not that bad, the problem with a lot of players is no matter how much they are given they still can spend it all.

      1. boc610
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        I have been,but living in a country is a whole other matter. Your talking about a country that cuts and pastes (poorly) pictures of officials building non existant roads and knows nobody will say say anything, a country that is in the dark ages when it comes to human rights

    3. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      They'll be protected though. And for £30m a year he can do it for two years and retire.

  21. Loker Joker
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Current team (already on a minus 4)
    Heaton / Pick
    Alonso / Ake / Pieters / Evans* / Amat
    Alli / Lallana / San(C)hez / Phillips / Clayton
    Defoe / Ibra / Costa
    0.7 ITB

    Seeing how I would only be able to field 2 playing defenders & the recent costa news, sld I do take another hit to get in a playing defender like Chambers for Ake?? Help appreciated! (:

  22. myboycharlie
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Hi All play one from the 2 options

    A) Pieters (Sunderland away)
    B) Rondon (Spurs away)

  23. Scholes Balls
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Amat to Gabriel or
    Fletcher(5 mid) to Fraser ?

    I would need at least one sub this week so planning to buff my bench

  24. PvA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BPOKvO4g0sV

    Diego Costa posts: "Come on Chelsea!!!"

    ..............

    1. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Old news posted by his PR team

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      From his media team.

    3. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      As I said last night, 'Come on Chelsea' Is a message of support for his (likely former) team mates. It's not an apology, it's not a denial, it's not a commitment to stay. The story is true, accept it and deal with it

  25. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    I can't believe this is the first time I have owned Sanchez all season. How have I managed that.

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      He's going to blank now 🙁

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        This.

  26. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Is there any point keeping Aké?

    1. GE
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      No, I wouldn't

    2. Point-one short
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Maybe, it's too early to tell if he'll get minutes. I'd keep him for now if you can.

  27. Shaikh91
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Costa and capoue for:

    A- Gru and pedro

    B- Gru and stanislas??

    1. GE
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      B

    2. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      A

  28. GE
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    On WC:

    I Have Heaton.
    Robinson (4.0) or Jaku (3.9)? Jaku could now be nailed when new manager?

  29. batmaniac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 18 days ago

    Friend or chambers

    1. GE
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Chambers

    2. Top 210 Club
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Friend

      1. Totally !rre!evant
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        ++

        1. batmaniac
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 18 days ago

          1 more swings it

    3. nshackle
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 18 days ago

      Friend - More attacking potential

      1. batmaniac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 18 days ago

        Sealed!