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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. HD7
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Guys,

    Benteke and Baily to Jesus and Adam Smith for -4...what do you think 🙂

    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Yep

  2. HashAttack
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Got Sanchez already ... he's got the the dgw and if he flops it is an easy swap to KDB

  3. Clumsy Sakho
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Cech*
    Yoshida* Stephens* Azpi
    Hazard Sanchez* King Sané
    Gabbi* Jesus Kane

    Pickford(hull) eriksen(whu) holgate(swa) smith(stk)

    Looking at bench very tempted to change plan and BB this week, WC next. Would then just bench King, Holgate and Smith next week, opening up the TC options. What do you guys think? Any response is much appreciated. Tah!

    1. Clumsy Sakho
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      TC next****

    2. HashAttack
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      I can't see how BB in wk 37 gets you any more than BB this week .. you just put you dgw players on the bench ... so you still get a double BB ...
      as well as TC options, you;ll have no BB, so King > Carroll and spend the 1.9M elsewhere for wk 37

  4. For Fuchs Sake
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Ramsey looked good today, could be a decent option over Sanchez?

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

      Time to log off 🙂

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

        This

  5. sergioaguero67
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Cedric or Gabriel?

    Who looks more nailed on and a more secure option for both DGW 36 and DGW 37?

    Please help.

    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Gabriel - awful fixtures for SOT and Stephens looks the better option

    2. Clumsy Sakho
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Cedric more nailed. Arsenal probably more likely for cleanies. Just.

  6. FPL Footy Show Pod
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    RMWCT please and I'll settle on it for a couple days

    Cech (Pickford)

    Azpi Gabriel Stephens (Bavies / Holgate)

    Ozil Eriksen Sane Hazard (Carroll)

    Gabbi Jesus Kane

    1.8ITB .

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

    I don't think I want Gabbiadini
    Already own kane

    Who should I bring in to play with Kane?

    1. Clumsy Sakho
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Janssen?

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

      I'm looking at Giroud for a 1 week punt. If he does well, he stays.

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

        Giroud is so close to being dropped

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

      Costa

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

    Lots of bench points 🙂

    1. HD7
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Nobody expected this from Gabbi and Benteke and vice versa from Burnley, Hull, Boro and Chelsea getting a clean sheet ...ah

    2. Junior âš½
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Nope Walker stopped that

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

      Just 12 for me, crazy point swings from my XI cost me.

  9. Top 210 Club
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Used WC 4 weeks back. How am I looking?

    Forster
    Yosh Davies Holgate
    Sanchez Alli Hazard King
    Jesus Kane Gabbi

    Pickford Siggy Mawson Bailly

    May go into 37 with Siggy, King and Holgate. Check on Davies situation then and possibly shift Mawson.

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

      Looks a lot like most WC attacks at least.

      1. Top 210 Club
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        -8 for past 2 weeks go me 88 and 63.
        Last one to go

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

          The early WC worked well for quite a few.

    2. ANON.
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Not bad, almost looks like a WC team

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

      Very nice, how much ground to you make up by using your WC early?

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

    I've activated wildcard made some changes. I get the impression that others have already run through fifteen different teams and two hundred combinations.

    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      267 to be exact

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

      Another 30 more before Friday

  11. Flynny
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Any views on Pedro for wildcard?

    After today's goal is his place a little more secured?

    Think between him and sane in my team.

    Pedro allows me to upgrade elsewhere....maybe Gabriel to monreal.

    Thanks

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

      I'd prefer Pedro to sane

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

      Three game weeks left, will be just luck to predict. Pedro as good as anyone though.

  12. Pansasverdes
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Need help amigos..
    Out
    Firmino....clyne...crouch
    In
    Gabriel...redmond..jesus
    Yes or no....

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

      I wouldn't lose firm but I'd get jesus the others are meh

  13. ANON.
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Pretty happy with this I think. WC team with BB in GW37. Anichebe should play both matches in 37 right?

    Cech, Pickford
    Alonso, Monreal, Vert, Yoshi, Stephens
    Sanchez, Hazard, Eriksen, King, Redmond
    Kane, Jesus, Anichebe

    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      No Gabbi?

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

        Gone Redmond instead. A bit cheaper and Anichebe is the ultimate cheap attacker who will play both. Allows me to have monreal over gabriel

  14. Foozeball
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Arsenal look like a midtable side that is already on the beach. They quit against Spurs and if I didn't already have Sanchez, I wouldn't touch any of them with a barge pole

    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      They still have a lot to play for.

      Tottenham at home are excellent. Don't read too much into it.

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

        They were woeful and very lucky to escape with wins against Boro and Leicester.
        They are a bunch of quitters who gave up against Spurs, CP, and WBA. They're going to play against a Mourinho team and Stoke away (another place Arsenal struggles at).
        They are a woeful, pathetic, weak-willed, etc bunch. Their performances are echoing shades of Chelsea last year and Leicester earlier this year. The Spurs game could've easily been a Brazil scoreline if Tottenham were more clinical.

  15. Sonder
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    RMT

    Pickford, Jakupovic
    Valenica, Vertonghen, Yoshida, Prodl, Holgate
    Sanchez, Hazard, Alli, King, Zaha
    Kane, Gabbiadini, Lukaku

    0.8 ITB, 1 FT, no WC

    I think I would like Jesus/Caballero/Sane (Lukaku, Jakupovic, Zaha out over the next two GWs), but I'm just short.

    Any ideas what are priority transfers for my team?

  16. JJeyy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Negredo + Valencia + Gibson ---> Jesus + Stephens + Ranocchia (-8)

    Yes or No?

  17. how now brown cow
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Today has done nothing to help my wildcard planning

    Horribly confused.

  18. Junior âš½
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Never despised a manger so much like Poch

    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Why?

      1. Junior âš½
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        One word.
        Walker

        1. how now brown cow
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          Ha ha. I'm with you.

          Getting Davies in for me has worked a treat. Barely let in a goal!

          1. Junior âš½
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 7 months ago

            Lost about 20 points from going "safe"
            Last two weeks have been dire.
            Just have no motivation bar wc to play fpl

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

    Ville Ronka struggling to make top 5K

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/entry/30327/history

  20. Fernando Torres
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Thoughts on this team..

    Caballero/Pickford
    Cahill Holgate Robertson Yoshida A.Smith
    Sane Sanchez Hazard King Alli
    Gabbi Kane Jesus

    0.2M ITB. Wildcard.

  21. villian-ty
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Luiz out for long?

    1. how now brown cow
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Attacker for defender?

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

        😆

      2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        😆

  22. joeski29
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Thoughts on this wild card team please.

    Courtois - Boruc
    Koscielney - Alonso - Yoshida - Stephens - Holgate
    Hazard - Sanchez - King - Alli - Sane
    Kane - Jesus - Anichibe

    I've got nothing in the bank

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

      I like it. Double Soton defence excepted.

      1. joeski29
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks, I know what you mean about the Southampton defenders but can't resist the two double game weeks, hoping that if they start off well they won't be rotated even though it will be 4 games in a short space of time

  23. The Red Devil
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    RMWCT please
    Willy Pickford
    Alonso blind Stephens yoshida huth
    Sanchez hazard Alli King Albrighton
    Kane Jesus Gabbi

    0.1ITB
    Keep Sanchez?

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

      Pretty good. I had similar to this and did Gabbi, albrighton and huth to Redmond, Anichebe and vertongehn which I think is slightly better

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

        Or monreal over Vert in your case

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

      For next week- yes. Nothing better that screams out from that Arsenal side.

  24. HD7
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    If we have Yoshi and Stephens do we play them both in 36 ? ... or its better lets say... Alonso Yoshi and Adam Smith... I got burnt from Stephens already...

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

      Depends if you rate Smith.

      1. HD7
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 7 months ago

        I rate Bournemouth... form +fixtures:)

  25. Tinmen
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Folks, Costa or Jesus?

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

      Diego hoo Diego hoo

  26. ChristoBisto
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    If wildcarding is it better just to make transfers and confirm, then but wildcard on Thursday? Does it make any difference? Cheers

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

      No difference really.

  27. FPL Footy Show Pod
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Double Arsenal defence or 1 City 1 Arsenal? (keepers)

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

      Middlesboro scored 2

  28. Mike82
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Help appreciated;l for next gameweek;
    A) Jesus and Davies
    Or
    B) Jesus and Gabriel

    Already have Sanchez, Gabbi and Cedric

  29. Junior âš½
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Worth going Sanchez-less on WC
    Need to make up massive amounts of ground if I want to reach my my target of top 10k.
    30k atm

    1. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 7 months ago

      Definitely...live dangerously 🙂

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

        It's no fun if there's no risk. 😀
        GOING OZIL

        1. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 7 months ago

          That's not living dangerously...that's like buying a silver VW Golf...as mundane as it gets.

          If you want Arsenal, go Ox...much more exciting 🙂

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

      Pretty sure he's not going to kill us

  30. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 7 months ago

    Is Coutinho and Costa --> Hazard and Jesus worth a -4 of Kun is injured?