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A breathless day ends at Anfield, with Fantasy managers doubtless expecting another glut of goals and points as a rampant Liverpool take on bottom club Swansea City.

The scene is set for Mohamed Salah to bookend Harry Kane’s 17-point haul that started proceedings in the early kick-off. The Egyptian has fallen behind the Spurs striker in the Golden Boot race but boasts an incredible 11 goals and three assists from his previous 11 Gameweek outings. Like Kane, he’s backed by 1.1 million captaincies.

Meanwhile, Roberto Firmino picked up over 244,000 new owners ahead of this evening’s clash, having produced double figures in successive matches and three times over his previous five Gameweeks.

Jurgen Klopp’s rotation policy is eased as Firmino starts with Philippe Coutinho in what appears to be a front three for Liverpool. Sadio Mane is again the fall-guy as he drops to the bench. The changes are mainly limited to the defence, as Joel Matip returns from injury to oust Dejan Lovren, while Trent Alexander-Arnold starts at right-back for Joe Gomez. Both drop to the bench.

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

  1. joinho
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Damn not captaining Kane this week is going to really hurt me 🙁

    1. Deicide
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Same. I picked Salah over him coz I thought that Salah would score a hattrick since Swansea are weak af.

      1. Odikostar
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Too many to share the goals with for that to happen I think

        1. joinho
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 21 days ago

          well yea obviously i have realised that now in hindsight

      2. joinho
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 21 days ago

        I did the exact same, I'm trying to be positive though as I almost got rid of Kane before his last hat trick so at least I've had him for both hat tricks

    2. Fpldonny
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Its only cost you 8 points tbf

  2. Dacra
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Goddam stupid decision to captain Hazard over Salah and Kane..

    1. joinho
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      That makes me feel a bit better, I captained Salah but still wish I'd gone with Kane

    2. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Wow

  3. doublyG
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Which one considering I only have 10 starters:

    A) Mariappa -> Kenny
    B) Mariappa + Austin -> Otamendi + Quarner (-4)
    C) Hazard + Austin -> Lingard + Firmino (-4)

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      C

      1. doublyG
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Thanks!

    2. southernpacific
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Ha my post below is your option C

      1. doublyG
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Sounds like a good choice for both of us. Disappointed with Hazard although worried it I will pay for taking him out

        1. southernpacific
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 20 days ago

          I think he is too unpredictable. Rather get in some double Chelsea defence soon. And play 3 5 2, with kane and bobby up top

  4. southernpacific
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    For -8 have exact cash to do..

    Lowton > azpi
    Haz> lingard
    Austin > Firmino

    Or I could just do a -4 And do the latter two?

    1. Fpldonny
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Haz out before Stoke is asking for trouble.

  5. JJeyy
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    For gwk 22 does:

    Depoitre + Hazard + Ward ---> Kane + Arnie + Ogbona

    good?

    1. Patch
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Guessing you have Ali or erick

    2. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Not sold on West Ham defence even with the double

  6. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Captain Kane 🙂

    1. -SB-
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      🙂

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Captain Kane + Fab 3

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Finally got it right 😉

      2. Je suis le chat
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        And fab 2 Che defenders!

      3. FPL Mentor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Fab 3 + Kane. Cout (C). Got away with not capping Kane. Still would be 8 points better off mind.

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 20 days ago

          4*

          1. RedMarks 赤的
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 20 days ago

            Great scores and rank!
            I hope i am able to catch up at the season end, although it will very difficult

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 21 days ago

        but i'm not complaining

  7. arndff_
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Any early suggestions? 1FT, 1.2M ITB

    DDG
    Christensen Otamendi Long Dunk
    Salah(vc) Coutinho Hazard(c) Sterling
    Quaner DCL

    Elliot Kane Arnautovic Ogbonna

    1. william prunier
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Kane to morata

      1. maditass
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Waste of a transfer to do that tbh.

      2. arndff_
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Are you joking? Lol

      3. Je suis le chat
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        He scored, I wouldn't hit him.

  8. Boomerang V
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    I have 82 plus Speroni and Sterling! Not a bad Christmas!

    I was the planning to do RCL for Pogba upgrade but now I am thinking Lingard and is much cheaper and could get me even more poins...

  9. pakornk
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Get Alli or Vertonghen for DGW? Already have Kane.

  10. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Bottomed

    Lukaku to who?

    A. Morata
    B. Firmino

    Cheers

    1. Lloyd Xmas
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Firmino

  11. Rinseboy
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    so thoughts on Hazard and Jones to Countinho and Alonso? exact cash!

    Pope Speronni
    Jones Otta Kenny Ogbonna Hunemieser
    Salah Hazard Sterling KDB RLC
    Kane Firmino DCL

  12. Salarrivederci
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    What would you do? Would like to save the FT and use it for the DGW. But it might be risky considering rotations.

    1 FT 0,8 ITB

    Courtois
    Otamendi, Jones, Christensen
    Salah, Sterling, Hazard, Richarlison, Atsu
    Firmino, Calvert-Lewin

    (Speroni, Klavan, **Masuaku**, **Kane**)

  13. Niemi
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Bought into the Niasse/DCL rumours and started Niasse over RLC. RLC better not score more than 2 points now.

    Really regret not getting Pickford last GW too! Got Holgate instead. Hopefully Adrian can make up for it during DGW and I'm able to get Pickford in sometime in January.

  14. CloudSky
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Almost every week with a decent score but losing ground in ML little by little. Leader playing a blinder of a season, should be top 100 today.

  15. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    When did Firmino become so good? Reclassification to a striker has worked out well for him

  16. FPL Mentor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Captained Cout over Kane, but dont feel so bad after that Liverpool result and owning Salah, Cout (C) and Firm.

    77points with Sanè and Sterling to go. Hope they both start!!

  17. Aston-villain
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    84 with Silva and Otamendi to go, pretty happy with that.

    1. FPL Mentor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Well done. Sounds like u smashed it! Kane captain?

      1. Aston-villain
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Yes mate. +liverpool 3.

  18. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    64 with only Sterling left. Big fat red arrow incoming. Funny game this.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Is that 64 after adding bonus points?

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      You must have a good rank.

  19. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Have both Azpi & Alonso as well as Hazard atm. You think it might be a viable strategy to keep both defenders and ditch Hazard from DGW onwards? They both seem to offer returns at both ends of the pitch, and seem much better VFM than Haz.

  20. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Hazard and mariappa to Alonso and Silva for free ?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Yes

    2. FP El Wonky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      For sure. Much better balanced without mariappa

  21. Sánchez
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Salah still covering Firmino? 😉

  22. WE GO FOR IT
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    If you had to drop one out of Morata or Hazard, who would you drop?

    PS: I'l be dropping after GW21.

    1. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      probably Hazard

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Hazard (as I did it for Sterling, last week).

      More options at a cheaper price in midfield & fewer performing striker options. However, Firmino is making a fair case over Morata of late.

      1. WE GO FOR IT
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Firmino is the one I'll get (I'll end up with Triple Pool and Double City after GW23 according to my plan)

    3. FPL Mentor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Haz all day

    4. WE GO FOR IT
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Cheers all! 🙂

  23. LosBlancos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Will TAA play gw 23?

  24. banskt
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 20 days ago

    Big red arrow even with Kane (C) and 60 (-4) points with CIty players still to play (Sterling, D Silva and Otamendi)...

    On the verge of being knocked out in the cup (opponent has Sane + Xhaka + 1pt against my D Silva -- others are same).

    Another bad gameweek. Hazard, Christensen and Jones are major disappointments (I didn't expect DCL or Crouch to score).

  25. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 20 days ago

    No spurs and on for 75 pts... not bad 🙂

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Doesn't matter how you get the points as long as you get them.

  26. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 20 days ago

    Firmino@ %30 ownership!

    Damn!!

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      You don't own him ?

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Nope
        I have the mighty Wilson instead

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      48.7% in top 10K.

  27. Catastrophe
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 20 days ago

    Worth doing Hazard -> Coutinho now if he has to make way for Son/Arnautovic week after?

    1. Kun Tozser
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      You’re dropping Hazard before plays Stoke?

      1. Catastrophe
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Considering. Hazard has had plenty of good fixtures and hasn't delivered whereas Liverpool are scoring for fun and Coutinho is in fantastic form. Liverpool have Leicester at home so a good fixture too.

  28. Arctic monkeys
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 20 days ago

    That Morata to Firmino transfer worked quite well

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      Very!

  29. Tshelby
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 20 days ago

    Any advice on this lot?
    2FT
    0.3 ITB

    Elliot, DDG
    Kenny, Otamendi, Duffy, Mee, Fernandez
    Coutinho, Hazard, Richarlison, Salah, Sterling
    Kane, Austin, DCL

  30. Rash
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 20 days ago

    Surely richarlison owners are keeping for one more.. Swansea look down and out already

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 20 days ago

      No plans to get rid.

      1. Here's Tom with the We…
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Yes keeping then getting rid for Arnie

        1. Rash
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 20 days ago

          That's my plan..

    2. MTPockets
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Yep

      • WE GO FOR IT
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 20 days ago

        Keep and upgrade to Arnie/Lanzini for the double! Hopefully, he gives us a going away present.