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31 January 2017 4678 comments
Mark Mark
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Tuesday treats us to no less than seven Premier League fixtures as Gameweek 23 gets up and running.

Arsenal’s home encounter with Watford has earned Alexis Sanchez the top spot in our Captain Poll yet again, with the Chilean bagging a goal or assist in nine of the last ten Gameweeks.

Spurs make their way to Wearside with Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen all in fine form.

We’ve handed the latter two places in this week’s Scout Picks with the Black Cats hampered by injuries and suspension as they attempt to clamber out of the basement.

Kane, meanwhile, bagged third in our Captain Poll on the back of six goals and two assists in five.

We’re keeping a keen eye on mid-price midfielders Junior Stanislas and Matt Phillips ahead of clashes against Palace and Middlesbrough.

Both are in form and, crucially, have fixtures in Gameweek 26 and 28 – at present, Bournemouth and West Brom are two of only six sides guaranteed to feature on both occasions.

The same applies to Swansea pair Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente as Southampton roll up to the Liberty Stadium. Both were amongst the goals in the Gameweek 22 win at Anfield – their second victory in three since the departure of Bob Bradley.

Burnley’s Andre Gray is also a man in form – indeed, with five goals in as many matches prior to Leicester’s visit to Turf Moor, he earned a rare place in the Scout Picks.

All six of those matches get underway at 7.45pm, leaving Liverpool and Chelsea to play out the Tuesday fixtures in the 8pm kick-off.

Roberto Firmino bagged a brace in his previous Anfield appearance and could be key as the Reds attempt to avoid a fourth straight home loss in all competitions.

With a goal or assist in 16 of his 20 top-flight outings this term, Diego Costa was the most transferred in forward for the Gameweek at a time where the Eden Hazard exodus continues at pace, with over 122,000 FPL managers parting company with the Belgian ahead of tonight’s deadline.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    I'm on for about 22 pts this week

    1. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Show off.....

      1. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        give 1 or take 5 from that

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Going well.

    3. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Impressive haul

      1. Rh4ziel
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        😀

    4. Crow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Lol..

  2. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Giroud must come off and stay off forever.

    In fact sell him before the deadline

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      What I said well before game....

      http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/14962406

  3. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Danny f in Rose.

    1. ILOVEBAPS
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      The one CS I was banking on ffs.

  4. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Refresh FPL, realise that one of your players died in the first half and that everyone else is blanking and everything is on fire and grind

  5. Atwood
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Rose off injured. Been that kind of fantasy season for me, just not gonna happen.

    1. Individual
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Desperately unlucky

      1. Atwood
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Yep, it's the way it goes sometimes I guess. I've probably been on the good side of that without realising it in the past.

    2. Bunk Moreland
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      He is an injury prone player, who was flagged in the lead up to the match. It was always a possibility and a risk you take.

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Being 'injury prone' is a football myth.

        1. Bunk Moreland
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          How is that a myth? Some players have better genes and/or take better care of their bodies than others.

      2. F4L
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        tbf the injury was an impact injury and not a muscle injury. Really unlucky imo

  6. gonzalocampos
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Sold Hazard and Negredo for Kane and Lallana LOL

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Sold Hazard for Walcott.

    2. Crow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Sold same for Lukaku and eriksen, burning...

  7. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Well this is....

  8. Steve McCroskey
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Sorry if the answer to this is obvious - do fouled players get assists for goals scored from free kicks? Have been playing FPL for a while and I was sure that they didn't used to.

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Yes they do. Grrr.

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Sadly, yes

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Very.

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Yes.

  9. Jake Donahue
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Well this is disappointing

  10. Monkey Hanger
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    FPL Discovery forgot there were midweek games?

    1. Jake Donahue
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Not missing much to be fair

      1. Lawrø
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        I'd like to know Ibrahimovic's EO to be fair....

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Not enough data created this GW....

  11. Scotty B
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Rose off injured, Cech conceded 2 and Luiz as my first sub. What a half!
    Oh and I'm a Liverpool fan

    1. Bunk Moreland
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Upgrade Cech to Heaton mate, you won't regret it.

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Rose injured, Ramsey injured, Valdes and Brunt CS's gone, captain blank, no points, and an Arsenal fan.

      Checkmate.

      1. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        You have Ramsey? 😯

        1. Wilshere Knowledge
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          For a few weeks now.

          On an unrelated note, why do I keep getting red arrows?

    3. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Already had three 20 point (or sub 20 point) GWs this season, this is set to be my 4th. In Gameweek 15 I collected 8 red flags in my squad in the space of 3 days. Have never known so much bad luck, also have Rose.

      1. The Tinkerman
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Oh, I also had the app crash on me and transfer Mbokani into my squad in some sort of glitch that the FPL team couldn't reverse for some reason...

  12. 4. Arsenal FC
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Burnley Have signed Robbie Brady

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Oop defender on pens?

    2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      I hope they stay up now . Nice to have another Irish lad in the Prem

      1. Crow
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Up the lads!

    3. George James
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Will he be def or mid you think?

      1. Slurpy
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Will play LM

  13. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    well this is going swimmingly

    if i was swimming in excrement

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Kinky

  14. KingOllie
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Rose -> alonso ?

    I got 2 FT and i need to rage transfer to feel better

  15. StalkingDwarf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Never knew GW23 was a blank week.

  16. mad_beer ✅
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    I have to say this week is my fault. I sold Hazard and bought Sanchez for the first time this year.

    Sorry all.

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      You're fine, where's the bloke who bought Arsenal defenders?

    2. ILOVEBAPS
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Knew it! Let us know your transfers well ahead of time each GW from now on.

    3. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Its ok. Just tell me what is your next move to be prepared

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

    Poor transfer deadline day and poor GW23

    1. Sandy Ravage
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      still over 2hrs and 45mins respectively to go, plenty of time in the football world

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

    I think everything that happened until now is brilliant if I want it to go bad for my rivals. If I can get a couple of goals or assists this could be nice. but no returns yet.

  19. Danstoke82
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Anyone know if Rose's injury looked bad?

    Considering Rose > Baines/Coleman

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Got his ankle trod on a bit. Not serious, limped off. Might miss the weekend game though.

  20. Toby Lerone
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    There's people above me in my ML who play capoue week in week out. Infuriates me

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Why does it annoy you that they are picking a player who doesn't score a lot of points and are losing t.v

    2. Toby Lerone
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Because they are above me yet playing this way. Means im failing at life

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Mane injured

    1. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Morning

      1. Ziro
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        😆

        1. Jafooli
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 3 days ago

          😉

  22. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    As an Hazard owner, I have literally no clue what to do with him now.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      May as well settle in for the long haul & keep till end of season & take the rough with the smooth. Particularly if you got in at 9.9m. Very good value imo.

      1. JÆKS ⭐
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Think he is awful value tbh, but he always keeps trolling me. Don't really like the alternatives though but would like some money in my defence to get Baines or Coleman in

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Hazard is consistent but quite boring to own.

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

    Mane injured warming up?

  24. DaveZubie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Mane injured

  25. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    But how the hell current average is even 12 accroding to ffx xD Would have expected 8 max 😀

    1. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Triple captain chips

    2. DaveZubie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      I have 15, no captain

  26. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 days ago

    Will Liverpool break the home defeat in 11 day world record?

  27. Jay_
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Heaton casually on his way to another cleanie, saves and bonus haul. Come on Leicester!

      1. The Wizard of Ozil
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        This.

      2. Toure The Route
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 days ago

        Only ray of sunshine today, let him just do his thing, come 90 minutes we will be staring at a 10 pointer hopefully. Touchwood

    • Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Mane injured warming up ?

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Mane injured warming up. Simply LOL

    • Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 3 days ago

      Mane injured warming up fail