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9 April 2017 2916 comments
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After Zlatan Ibrahimovic delivered a goal and assist for his 29% owners in United’s 3-0 stroll at the Stadium of Light, we now make our way to Goodison Park as two of the most in-form frontmen in the top-flight go head-to-head.

Everton’s Romelu Lukaku looks to score for the seventh successive home match, having struck ten times in the previous six in front of his own supporters.

Over 10% of Fantasy Premier League managers have pinned their captaincy hopes on the Belgian, making him the fourth most popular pick for the Gameweek.

Jamie Vardy rolls up on the back of five goals and a pair of assists in the last five Gameweeks.

Backed by over 16% of FPL managers, the Leicester City frontman faces a tough task against a defence with five clean sheets in their last six home fixtures.

Yet with the Toffees hit hard by injuries and suspension at the back, Craig Shakespeare’s side will fancy their chances of claiming a sixth straight league win since the departure of Claudio Ranieri.

In saying that, it remains to be seen whether the decision to bench Riyad Mahrez will backfire, with the Foxes manager clearly having one eye on the midweek Champions League encounter with Atletico Madrid.

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  1. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 10 months ago

    Any chance that was a Baines assist?

    1. Viper
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Zero 😉

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Top of the page - assist confirmed.

      Mark - please arrange the necessary.

  2. Jay_
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Vardy subbed 60.30

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Jammy owners

      2. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Are you serious??? Arghhhhh

    • Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Changed captain from Lukaku to Alli

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Let me guess. Last minute too?

        1. makaveli123
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          😀

        2. Cok3y5murf
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Oh yes

      2. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        No harm in that

    • makaveli123
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Lu(c)aku

    • LaLaLand
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Getting baines over coleman all those weeks ago was a nightmare, he hasnt scored or assisted once in over 10 weeks with his highest points being 6

      1. matiakez
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Pretty much every Everton defender who has played since has attacking returns as well. So frustrating. Well apart from funes who I also got.

    • Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Baines > Jagielka for a hit?

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        yes if you like losing points

    • Bubz
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      On 80 points with Sanchez and Zaha to play. Not too shabby

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Very shabby

    • Numb
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Leicester given this up

    • Differentiator
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Ronka captained Lukaku.

      Ronka knows.

      Ronka bought Sigurdsson this week.

      Swansea play Watford next.

      Ronka knows?

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        This place is seriously obsessed with Ronke.

        1. makaveli123
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Wanky?

      2. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Who is ronka?

        1. *sigh*
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Simply the best

          1. mcrayeps
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Link to his team pls

    • Egyptian Giza
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      What does GOAT mean

      1. The Wizard of Ozil
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Greatest of all time

      2. Clifford☯
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Greatest Of All Time

      3. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        ɡəʊt/
        noun
        noun: goat; plural noun: goats
        1.
        a hardy domesticated ruminant mammal that has backward-curving horns and (in the male) a beard. It is kept for its milk and meat, and noted for its lively behaviour.
        synonyms:
        billy goat, billy, nanny goat, nanny, kid
        "a herd of goats"
        a wild mammal related to the goat, such as the ibex.
        the zodiacal sign Capricorn or the constellation Capricornus.
        singular proper noun: Goat; noun: the Goat
        2.
        a lecherous man.
        synonyms:
        lecher, lecherous man, lascivious man, libertine, womanizer, seducer, adulterer, pervert, debauchee, rake, roué, profligate, wanton, loose-liver, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, Romeo; More

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          For 2.

          a lecherous man, see also 'John Terry'

      4. Fergietime
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Animal bit bigger than a sheep

      5. Egyptian Giza
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers all

    • PvA
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Lukaku captaincy stats:

      10.1% in the top 10k

      10.3% overall

      1. makaveli123
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Dial up?

    • Big_Bear
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Come on Lukaku!

      Lukaku & Baines on for 13pts at moment which leaves me needing 5 from Sanchez to win my cup match up (18 points behind against Lukaku,Baines & Sanchez). A goal from either on them would be lovely

    • Davido989
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      Lukaku predicted price next probably depends whether he's at Everton or Chelsea/United. Surely going to be upwards of 11m.

      1. Aiden Mcgeady 😆
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Probably will be 12

      2. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Impossible. 10m next year for sure.

        1. Gnu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Your having a laugh.

      3. andymck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Kane started at 11m this year so Lukaku will be around there for sure.

      4. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Lots of player gonna be over 10+ next season. Spurs players would be impossible to fit in

      5. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        10m probably, like Vardy this year.

        Kane was 11m since he'd got 20+ goals 2 seasons in a row.

    • JustPark
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 10 months ago

      56 points here with captain played and Sanchez left. Disaster week.

      1. Ben the Mee
          8 years, 10 months ago

          45pts says hi

        • the snazzy viking
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          disaster? you've got 10 odd points more than me.

        • grumpyman
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          56 a little lower than average but far from a disaster.

          1. JustPark
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Unless average is the minimum. 🙁

        • Mark-O
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          92 and still ongoing

      2. boc610
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        kaku is better than kane

        1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          No

        2. *sigh*
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          emmm....

          1. boc610
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            kakus goal record is better, he's played in poorer teams and theyre the same age , its hardly a crazy statement to make

            1. Rolls-Royce
              • 12 Years
              8 years, 10 months ago

              I'd tend to agree this

      3. Mark-O
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Is Everton playing like West Brom? Set piece goals everywhere and Jag's points... oh dear

      4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Come on lukaku a brace isn't enough, get that hatty my son

        1. L'Aeroplanino
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          this

      5. Ravager
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Well at least shipping Vardy for Kun didn't burn me

        1. Magic Bean
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Too early for that

      6. PvA
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Average (post BAPs) in the top 10k: 58.1

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

          62.9

          1. PvA
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            64.3

          2. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
            • 13 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            TM, do you predict that the LMS cut-off will be above or below the top 10k average?

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

              No idea tbh. It was 43 and most will get 13 Lukaku minimum. I'll probably struggle to make it after autosubs.

              1. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
                • 13 Years
                8 years, 10 months ago

                It's looking somewhat shaky for me too. Benteke is a pretty big differential in the top 10k, so I'm hoping he can do something tomorrow night.

      7. Hakuho FPL
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        one more lukaku!

      8. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        25 points from Ibra and Kaku today. Happy with that

      9. Clumsy Sakho
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        If a player wins a corner, then they score directly from corner. Assist or no assist?

        1. FALCAO & MOU
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          No ass.

      10. The Wizard of Ozil
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Lukaku makes me wana rage quit FPL, several times a season.

      11. Sterling is £11Mill..…
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Baines>jagielka ??

      12. boredjames
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        "Never bench, never captain" they used to say.

        1. walkman666
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Things change

      13. Hurricane Gilbert
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        If Everton would get a penalty now, we all know that Lukaku will grab it to score his hatty...

        1. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          And miss the penalty? 😳

        2. DR0GBA
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          I said that earlier and got told I know nothing about football, be careful 😉

        3. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          So want Everton to get a peno now

      14. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Sanchez under serious pressure to perform tomorrow since virtually every other well-owned/captained player has crushed it this week.

        1. Bubz
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          Only 6% in top 10k captained him

        2. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          A lot of owners though.

          Another blank might cause an exodus with people wanting Kane and Ibra money.

      15. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        So Despite selling Alonso and bringing in Kane for a hit, I will still make 60+ pts thanks to Kaku,Jags..Phew

      16. Clumsy Sakho
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Who will score more next gameweek?
        A) Origi + 4
        B) Benteke

        1. Bubz
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          A

      17. Assisting the assister
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 10 months ago

        Goallaku >Ibra or Kane now looks slightly less attractive

        1. Sleep Talk
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 10 months ago

          I'm waiting at least one more gameweek for that transfer

        2. Ben the Mee
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Until he becomes Trollkaku again next full moon

          • sunzip14
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            That must have never been under consideration this GW or Next in the first place

          • Revival
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Captain Lukaku next week and then sell for Ibra in GW34 the way to go

          • Magic Bean
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 10 months ago

            Surely it wold be Goalkaku?