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30 April 2017 3400 comments
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A busy Sunday comes to its conclusion with a north London derby at White Hart Lane.

Harry Kane welcomes Arsenal in stunning form. Firing double-digit returns in each of his last three home starts, the Spurs striker is the fourth most-captained player for Gameweek 35.

With four fixtures in the final three Gameweeks, many will be scouting Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli this afternoon, though Son Heung-min may yet have a part to play in our wildcard plans after returning to the Tottenham teamsheet.

Kyle Walker’s 33% owners will be looking elsewhere, though, as the right-back drops to the bench for the third time in six matches.

With back-to-back Double Gameweeks 36 and 37 on the horizon, we need Alexis Sanchez back in form after a run of just one goal in the last five fixtures.

Yet with Olivier Giroud returning to the starting line-up, the Chilean looks likely to take up a central support berth as Arsene Wenger continues with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

At the back, the 4.8-priced Gabriel is handed a fifth straight start. Almost 8,000 FPL manages have acquired the Brazilian since yesterday’s deadline passed as a cheap route into the Gunners’ rearguard for the run-in.

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  1. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Diego Costa is involved in 40% of Chelsea's goals. Chelsea scored 3 goals today. Costa got 1pt with 0% involvement. Statistically, that makes my (C)osta decision infinitely unfortunate.

    https://media.giphy.com/media/3t7RAFhu75Wwg/giphy.gif

    1. Hakchak
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      If you had Costa last week I'm sure that lessened the blow

    2. nkhoughton
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      How I felt with my (C) this week

      King was my top player

    3. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Was a faithful Costa owner until I sold him right before his biggest haul of the season. Got him back on my wildcard for his classic 1 pointer.

      1. Petr Cech the Table
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Ouch

    4. Garlana
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Yeh that sucks, at least Kane didn't get any baps, got off lightly there.

  2. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Who's defender would you prefer this week?

    A) Hull (SUN)
    B) Ars (MUN, sou)

    1. gorilla
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      maguire

  3. gorilla
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    pissed of bout that yellow from kane. on the other hand not many top captains scored.

  4. DR0GBA
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    How's this for a WC team without Sanchez?

    Pickford - Cech
    Holgate - Stephens - Alonso - Clichy - Yoshida
    Sane - Eriksen - Alli - Hazard - King
    Jesus - Kane- Gabbi

    0m

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Captain this week?

      1. DR0GBA
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Have it on Kane atm but might switch to Eden (C)

    2. Can’t beat em so&hell…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Almost identical to mine, except I have Ozil over Erik for Arsenal DDGW cover?

      1. DR0GBA
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Ozil is so inconsistent though but decent differential if you want to risk it

        1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          Agreed but Alli and Kane enough Spurs? I just worry about no Arse with that DDGW....

          1. DR0GBA
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 7 months ago

            True but there might be no need to worry about it since they're playing 4 games in about 9 days...huge rotation incoming

          2. Garlana
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 7 months ago

            Might be, I've currently got just kane and eriksen, just too many options and too fewer funds.

  5. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    What to do here, stick or use FT.

    Currently got:
    Heaton
    Valencia Holgate Huth
    Sane Sanchez Coutinho Alli Eriksen
    Lukaku (K)ane

    Valdes Yoshida Stephens (saints get pummeled vs big teams) Negredo

    1 FT, 0.9m itb.

    1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I get that but they have a DGW?

      1. We Will Klopp you
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        But who to put them in for? Mourinho could well get a 0-0 vs Arsenal and Holgate has a decent chance of a cleanie

  6. Hakchak
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone got more than 28 on the bench? Jaku and siggy waving happily at me

    1. gorilla
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      never bench sigy

      1. Mark-O
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        You wouldn't say this if this was few weeks ago

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Close. Got Luiz, Vertonghen and Siggy. Destroyed my GW 🙁

      1. Hakchak
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Wow that's big

    3. FPL Pillars
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Got 20 points on bench.

    4. ceejay106
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Chambers, Heaton, Davies on bench
      And sold Siggy for Tadic LOL!!

    5. Pigeon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      21 with Heaton, Maguire and Chambers

    6. Gommy
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      28 here too!

      Jaku, Rashford, Chambers & Holgate with the latter coming in for Pieters!

      Thankfully, I'm sat on 70 with Coutinho to play so I could be feeling a lot worse.

    7. Drabzonspor
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I have Jaku and Cahill on the bench - 28pts

      Had Heaton and Valencia in their place. Vertonghen and Yoshida came good though.

    8. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      33

      1. Alnair
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Yikes, unlucky.

  7. Can’t beat em so&hell…
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Keep finding myself in these conundrums....

    a) King + Ozil
    b) Davies + Sanchez

  8. Old Wulfrunian
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    32(-4) still have Coutinho.ML leader 78 all out
    +50 points!

  9. Twisted Saltergater
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    My ML rival played BB this week (surely by mistake). His bench is:

    Jaku - 14 points
    Zaha - 1 point
    Baines - 1 point
    Holgate - 1 point

    Thing is, he has Grant in goal, so Jaku would've auto-subbed in anyway 😆

    1. The Overthinker
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Ouch

  10. makaveli123
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    "At the moment, we can walk from the bed to the toilet and break a leg."
    Well said, Mourinho

    1. Rhinos
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      You could also dive into the toilet

    2. Brap.
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Carrick geriatric CB

  11. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Already on a -4? Worth another hit to do firmino>Sanchez . Gut says no, I will have no arsenal cover for the double and just yoshida from Southampton

    1. Expected Toulouse
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Honestly i am tempted to wait on Sanchez until his second DGW. Fixtures don't look good and he's out of form. Tempted by a pool mid instead as well. Not sure for -8 though.

  12. Deulofail
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    New WC draft. First one with more than 1 Spurs player, but looking people here have the right idea trusting them. How's it looking?

    Pickford Cech
    Monreal Cedric Alonso Cahill Ake
    KdB Sane Alli Eriksen Albrighton
    Kane Jesus Anichebe

    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Ake obviously not a cert

    2. Can’t beat em so&hell…
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      and if you have BB that's 2 games you're missing out on with Ake?

      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Or 1 or 0. What do you know that I don't?

    3. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Why not just go with Yoshida/Stephens instead of Cedric and upgrade Ake?

      Really don't like your midfield though

      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Well if Ake is likely to play both games, there are no upgrades even up to 5.5M. Unlikely maybe, but we'll see.

    4. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      The lack of Chelsea is worrying.

      1. Pierce34
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        You could be on to something and KDB might turn out to be a great differential, but I don't think he's all of a sudden going to start outscoring Hazard.

      2. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        There are 3 Chelsea players there. All with attacking threat. If Ake goes, I'll consider another Chelsea player

    5. WE GO FOR IT
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Cedric -> Yoshida/Stephens, Ake -> Holgate
      Downgrade Cahill
      Upgrade Albrighton/Anichebe

      1. Deulofail
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        The next best player after Albrighton is 1.2M more. The next after Anichebe is 2.2M. Gotta think about the balance. Neither King nor Gabbi seem to be worth the extra in my opinion.

        Cahill is one of my favourites in my team tbf. Ake will go if unlikely to start, but Holgate no way. Not for me. I'll make a bigger sacrifice to upgrade him

  13. Feloh
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Walker/ Valencia/ to monreal
    eriksen to Sanchez

    should I hit it now or save

    1. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Why are you destroying your team with that second part

      1. Feloh
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        low team value

  14. Viprin
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Do you reckon Walcott to start the next 2 games?

    1. We Will Klopp you
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Unlikely, seems to have lost his place with the new system, even if he starts 1 could well be benched for the second, I'd definitely avoid

  15. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Do people think it may be worth keeping Davies instead of getting Gabriel on WC? Worried Gabriel may have lost his place after that performance, plus will Poch want to chuck Rose straight back in with the CS ticking over past few weeks?

    1. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Gabs will be ok for next week as Mustafi is still crocked. After that I wouldn't be too sure.

  16. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    I doubt getting ozil and cech for GW36
    Good thing is, still on WC

  17. dhamphiir
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone who has Bailly or any Man United player, are you keeping them? They have tight fixture and most of them are away matches.
    Mourinho even admitted their main priorities is Europa League

    Their fixture looks like this
    04/05 - Celta Vigo away (UEL)
    07/05 - Arsenal away - GW 36
    11/05 - Celta Vigo home (UEL)
    14/05 - Tottenham away - GW 37
    17/05 - Southampton away - GW 37
    21/05 - Crystal Palace home - GW 38

    1. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Jose wouldn't want to lose to his specialist in failure at least

    2. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Benching him this week, not sure for 37 yet, if he's fit then I'll keep him

  18. Henning
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Wow nice transfers
    out Vardy and jakupovic
    In Caballero and Gabbiadini : )

    1. Petr Cech the Table
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Lovely.

  19. Jet5605
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Is Haz & Pedro too much Chelsea?

    I doubt Pedro will get dropped after that screamer today.

    1. Deulofail
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Not sure how little doubt you can have. Willian is the best non-playing player in the league

      1. Jet5605
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Willian will be at Utd next season

        1. Deulofail
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          Is that relevant?

          1. Jet5605
            • 11 Years
            8 years, 7 months ago

            No less relevant than a claim that he's the best non-playing player in the league 😉

  20. Son of Rambo
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Matic as a fifth mid on WC anyone?

    1. Pasqualinho
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      For bench boost maybe - wouldn't be my choice other than that.

  21. The 12th Man
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Thinking Hazard is a better captain choice next week against BORO than Sanchez with 2 games.

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Definitely.

    2. Expected Toulouse
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Agreed. DGW36 fixtures not great for Arsenal. Hazard has a plum fixture at home to. Will probably be my captain as well.

  22. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    In the grand scheme of things Aguero TC 27 pointer was actually pretty good with Ibra crocked and Sanchez looking iffy

    1. Good Times
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      =D

  23. weaver93
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Which one???

    Gabby or Lukaku to Jesus..

    This would also mean Zaha to Hazard..

    Pick - Grant.
    Alonso, Davies,Holgate. Nyom Stephens
    Sanchez,Alli,Zaha,King,De Roon
    Gabby, Kane , Lukaku

  24. Twisted Saltergater
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea's remaining fixtures

    GW36 - MID
    GW37 - wba/WAT
    GW38 - SUN

    Costa, Pedro or Cahill for 3rd Chelsea spot?

    Might we see more of Fabregas in these games where Chelsea will look to attack.

    1. Digital-Real
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I'm definitely bringing Cahill in and Ake for Alonso

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Does it look like Luiz has a groin injury?

    2. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Cahill

  25. Feloh
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    eriksen + tekkers to Jesus + Sanchez( c )

  26. Good Times
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    how nailed on is gibbs gentlemen?

    1. Pigeon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Why would you want an Arsenal defender?

    2. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      5th start of the season, 454 minutes total football played in league.

      him a with touch wouldn't bargepole - re-arrange those words for your answer. 😉

  27. kalmoffit
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    The difference between Benteke's booking against Spurs and Rashford's assist today won't decide too many mini leagues will it.

  28. Digital-Real
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    before today which player did everyone plan on using but their TC chip on? (assuming you still have it)

    1. dhamphiir
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Sanchez
      now planning TC Hazard or Jesus

  29. Bobby
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    If I had left my team as it was this week - jak in and negredo captain. Fantasy football...

  30. Rhinos
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Granny ruled out of scoutcast
    https://twitter.com/FFScout_Granny/status/858689805965721600