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Scout Notes – Rotation Mars Gameweek Finale

Double Gameweek 34 marks its final act with a series of nasty twists involving suspension, rotation and a self-inflicted wound.

The average total scored in the Gameweek was 64, prompting many Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers to spend late Thursday night drowning their sorrows and telling anyone who’d listen how none of their backline ended up playing.

The tale of woe started in Chelsea’s 2-1 win at Burnley, where coach Antonio Conte made six changes to his team in preparation for Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final with Southampton.

Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, N’Golo Kante and Alvaro Morata were the only five to start both matches of the Gameweek and they brought in a grand total of 10 points between them.

But it was all about the absentees.

Marcos Alonso’s three-match ban for his ‘tackle’ on Shane Long was expected, confirmed and cost 18.8% of managers any chance of returns at Turf Moor, while the benching of Eden Hazard (6.8%) and Willian (16.2%) were probably the nastiest surprises sprung by Conte on the night.

The Belgian did, at least, get on for the last 19 minutes and produced eight points overall from the double, whereas the Brazilian – Chelsea’s most owned player in FPL – managed only half that, which was scant reward for the 118,000+ who had made him the eighth most purchased player of Gameweek 34.

Willian is now the fifth most sold heading into the weekend’s action, with 50,000+ userhing him out so far.

A popular pick on the Gameweek 33 Wildcard, defender Andreas Christensen (2.4%) was rested for the second time in three league outings.

Victor Moses, meanwhile, returned to the XI with a goal and an assist – he now has two goals and as many assists from his last six starts and three double-digit hauls for the campaign.

His fellow wing-back, Emerson, also provided an assist as he impressed in his role as Alonso’s understudy.

Other changes included a start up front for Olivier Giroud alongside Morata, the Frenchman earning his place after a two-goal blast from the bench against Southampton on Saturday.

The pair dovetailed surprisingly well, which only adds another layer of doubt to the Chelsea formation and teamsheet as managers decide whether to invest ahead of the Blues’ Double Gameweek 37 (LIV HUD).

Post-match, their manager was full of praise for the front two:

“To see Giroud and Morata playing in this way, to see these good combinations and links between them, and then their desire to run and press without the ball, this is the right way to have satisfaction in the future.

I am very pleased because they played very well. It’s not simple to see two strikers with this will and desire to fight and sacrifice themselves without the ball.”

Owned by 1.5%, Giroud finished as the top-scoring forward for the Double on 14 points, with Moses one behind United’s Chris Smalling at the summit on 16.

The team’s two wins over Gameweek 34 keep their faint hopes of a top-four finish alive, which could mean Conte reverts to his first-choice side for Gameweek 36’s trip to Swansea City once the distraction of the FA Cup is sorted.

But should the Blues make the final, and their Champions League drive comes up short sooner rather than later, managers might well be in for another series of unwelcome selections.

Clarets bring (mostly) good cheer

Double Gameweek 34’s Long Bad Thursday was literally that for one of the home side.

Cut-price Kevin Long (4.0) was drafted in by 66,000+ managers for Burnley’s double, and he delighted his new owners with a goal and 10 points in the weekend’s 2-1 win over Leicester City.

But delight was thin on the ground when he scored an own goal last night, although it no doubt produced an unhealthy dose of schadenfreude from those who didn’t have to endure the minus one-point haul that resulted.

Still, nine points from the double was a big return for such a small price.

And there could be more to come from him and the rest of a side that is the only one to feature in both Double Gameweek 34 and the reduced slate that follows this weekend – a scenario exploited by many who don’t have the Free Hit chip to employ.

Five Burnley defenders and keeper Nick Pope are currently owned by at least 5% of FPL managers as a result. However, it’s worth noting that they’ve managed only one clean sheet in 13 matches now, with a trip to a desperate Stoke City on Sunday likely to stretch their “resilience” again.

At least the in-form frontline is currently delivering.

Chris Wood scored at the weekend, but blanked last night, while it was the other way around for Ashley Barnes.

If Long’s intervention against Chelsea was unfortunate, Barnes’ goal was the polar opposite as he tried, and failed, to get out of the way of Johann Berg Gudmundsson’s shot and brought in seven points – he earned a bonus point as well – as the ball deflected off his heel and into the net.

The striker has now scored five goals from his last seven starts, while Gudmundsson has produced an assist in each of his last four appearances.

There are no more Double Gameweeks for the Clarets now, but their run-in (stk BHA ars BOU) is sufficiently kindly to promote patience with their assets, particularly if Arsenal still have their sights set on Europa League glory by the time the teams meet in Gameweek 37.

A Leicester siesta

Tales of rotation woe were in no way consigned to the Turf Moor encounter.

At the King Power Stadium, Leicester City coach Claude Puel wrecked the Double Gameweek schemings of managers with Wes Morgan (2.9%) or Danny Simpson (2.4%) by dropping both for the visit of Southampton. That meant a start for Aleksandar Dragovic at centre-back, while Marc Albrighton took up an unfamiliar right-back role.

It was a big shock for the previously nailed-on Morgan, who missed five matches with a hamstring injury around the turn of the year, but had otherwise been an ever-present for the Foxes this campaign.

And the fact that the side then played out a 0-0 draw to keep a clean sheet for only the second time in ten matches raises new doubts over his pitch-time for Leicester’s run-in (cry WHU ARS tot), which includes a Double Gameweek 37.

Those managers who went for Ben Chilwell as their backline cover – and at 4.0%, he’s second only to Harry Maguire (12.4%) for popularity – were rewarded with defensive returns to add to the two assists from his previous four starts.

Major interest in Leicester players has remained focused on Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy, however.

Both blanked last night, which took the 12.3%-owned midfielder to four Gameweeks without a return.

Vardy (25.7%), meanwhile, was the Gameweek’s fifth most-captained player (4.01%), and only Harry Kane had been purchased by more managers for the double.

He’d scored in eight of his ten previous matches, but last night’s blank kept him to just eight points across the Gameweek to confirm Kane as the only one of the top 10 armband choices to make it into double figures.

Both Vardy and Mahrez are now among the top five for transfers-out heading into the reduced Gameweek 35 in which Leicester play no part.

Saints alive…just

Southampton bounced back from their 3-2 Chelsea horror show with a hard-earned point that keeps their hopes of Premier League survival on the under-nourished side of slim.

Manager Mark Hughes declared post-match that his side will have to ‘go for it’ from here on in, and their schedule (BOU eve swa MCI) offers some prospect of goals, at least prior to that final-day visit from Man City.

How they fare in this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea will have some bearing on proceedings as well, but a Double Gameweek 37 should ensure that their key players remain on our radars.

One of the team’s more attractive picks, Charlie Austin, is not producing the goods, however, for the simple reason that he’s barely getting on the pitch.

He managed just 28 minutes for two points from the double as a lack of mobility continues to count against him in Hughes’ currently preferred 3-4-2-1 set-up; much to the despair of the 39,000+ who brought him in for Double Gameweek 34.

But there are a couple of stand-out performers who are worth monitoring.

Dusan Tadic ended the double with 12 points, which put him joint top among midfielders with two fixtures, while the surprise package was Jan Bednarek, who followed up his debut goal against Chelsea with a clean sheet last night.

Tallying 13 points, the 4.1-priced centre-half certainly offers value as he continues to stand in for the suspended Jack Stephens.

But his starting berth will surely be in question when his team-mate serves out his ban in Sunday’s FA Cup clash.

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  1. BobBradleysOpportunity
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    wenger

  2. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    RIP ArsenalFanTV 2012-2018

    You will be deeply missed.

    1. kinghenry14
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      reborn when pardew is announced

  3. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    So Wenger s out. Who to succeed him?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Alan Pardee

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      talks of brendan rodgers surely not !

    3. Yome
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Vieira

    4. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Arsene Wenger Jr.

    5. Zenith UK
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      They should take Eddie Howe.

  4. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    well will be interesting to see what happens at arsenal now

  5. theodosios
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Already on -8
    Dubravka
    TAA Long Ward Walker
    Salah Gundogan Kenedy
    Auba Jesus(c) Barnes

    GTG?

    1. Salah'd n Sauce
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Looks fine. Don't be tempted with more hits.

  6. the Penman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Wengone...

  7. Wenger's impact on Fantasy Football
    J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic

    Wenger will leave Arsenal this summer bringing to a close an illustrious career in English management.

    But with the Gunners underperforming in recent years what impact do you think his departure will have on Arsenal assets?

    Which player are likely to depart?

    And what have been your favourite Arsenal memories under his management in terms of Fantasy points.

    Was it all those RVP goals?

    Or surprise goal hauls from Koscielny perhaps?

    1. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Ugh, someone will bring up Walcott against Newcastle now won't they?

      1. Ginkapo FPL
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Arshavin 4 - 4 Newcastle you mean?

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Favourite moment was when Ashley Young went into beast mode and got 2G and 3A against them and a ridiculous GW score.

      1. Fresh_From_Desh
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        8-2 with Utd winning with the worst midfield in history.

        Wenger being sent to the stands and standing up with his arms raised

        1. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          Wasn't that a different game? Think that one ended 2-1.

          1. Fresh_From_Desh
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            Ahhhhh maybe.

          2. Darklord_bg
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            Different games, yes.

            That one ended 2:0. United's midfield that day was Rafael, O'Shea, Gibson, Fabio.

        2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          I remember the 8-2... Stepanovs... possibly our worst ever player.

    3. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Just have to wait and see who they appoint then we can start to discuss this subject

      Obviously there do have a lot of deadwood which needs to go but all of them are of no FPL interest

    4. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I reckon my favourite hauls were from Santi Cazorla - he was so good. Must have racked up at least 200 points one season without ever being lauded as that great. Loved the little fella.

      Also remember the season where Fabregas seemed to assist Adebayor every game, owning both was a right treat.

      1. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        He scored 205 points in his first and best season for Arsenal - 2012/13 - with 12 goals, 13 assists, 13 clean sheets, 19 bonus points and only one yellow card.

    5. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Giroud -4!

      1. asquishypotato
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        The horror! I remember it well

    6. Zladan
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Favourite Arsenal memory ever was Viera giving Giggsy the ball back in ‘99.

      Favourite Arsenal FPL memory was Sanchez TC last year for 69 points.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        was more actually 75 i think 🙂 greeaattt stuff !!

        1. Zladan
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          I think you’re right actually.

    7. Norman Conquest
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      top top manager in his day just overstayed his welcome a little
      loved the clashes between arsenal and united

    8. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Nooo I was all prepped with a tasty differential to talk about!

    9. The 12th Man
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      “I don’t know! I didn’t see it.”

    10. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      My god, I had forgotten about Van Persie. He was some player!

      1. Varsenal
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Van Persie... I live overseas and don’t get to see a lot of games, but I caught of a glimpse of Persie once in a cup game, and I instantly bought him for my team. He was one of my favorites.

    11. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      S0d impact for next season, what do we think the impact will be for the last few games? Will players be looking to impress scouts i.e. goalfest? Will they be demotivated with no certainty anymore?

    12. Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Cazorla hatrick against Reading.

      1. Babit1967
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Fave fpl was captaining fabregas against Wigan assisted 4 and scored 1

      2. Twisted Saltergater
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        I was at that game! Cazorla was outstanding.

    13. Sir Edo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Captain Adebayor came off the bench to score a hattrick away to Derby.. 🙂

      ..and Henry Arsenal comeback in FA Cup with 1-0 goal vs Leeds at Emirates. (Not FPL relaterad). Arsenal fans went very loud for once.

    14. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      He made Henry a Fantasy legend for me...

    15. Stefan Schnoor
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      A few spring to mind:

      1.Santi Cazorla (C) on a Monday night away to Reading. 4 goals (think he may have got an assist too).
      2.Arshavin (C) away to Liverpool. 4 goals.
      3.RVP (C) most weeks during his last season. A hatrick in an early Blackburn game (think it finished 5-2) very memorable.
      4.Alexis in DGWs more recently too (Scored 2 against West Brom in the 2nd game I think)

      1. the snazzy viking
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Think Sanchez scored against Stoke instead of WBA, but yeah that was a snazzy moment

        1. Stefan Schnoor
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35733432 This was the one I was thinking of!

    16. The Real Big Vern
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Ozil bound to go. Wenger had pandered to his laziness for fat too long. Don't think any other manager would have put up with that on his wages

    17. WesMantooth
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      In terms of fantasypts? all those clean sheets I got from Johan Djourou back in 11/12

    18. Darklord_bg
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      As an FC Bayern fan, I have many happy memories. 🙂

    19. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      If Tuchel is the one replacing him, I will prob start the season with Mkhi and Aubam.

      1. Messiah
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Tuchel is going to PSG.

        1. Pieterke30
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          Or Bayern. Or Arsenal. Nth’s been confirmed yet

          1. Pieterke30
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            Oh no, not Bayern - Kovac.

    20. Sam1878
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      OOP Alex Song & OOP Theo Walcott, and the Fabregas assist RVP goal combination are a few that come to mind.

    21. the Penman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Arsene Wenger’s teams had no handbrake. And for that, all fantasy managers were eternally grateful.

    22. Rash
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Best memories for me both involve Sanchez and DGWs. Season before last TC for 75 points and last season I had him captain I think it was against West ham.. looked like he was complaining to the bench to come off.. FFS went into meltdown "lol @ Sanchez owners etc" then few minutes later he scores!!

    23. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Koscielny was a hero last season and I'm seasons past with his attacking returns.
      My first ever triple Captain was ozil and he netted me 42 points which was nice.
      Sanchez a triple Captain hero and general fantasy legend last season as well.
      This year arsenal seem to have underperformed in fantasy terms. Auba will stay for 35 but I will sever ties the week after and he'll be deserving of being the last Wenger player I own.

    24. TallestJohn
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Obviously RVP in 2011-12, but as soon as he came back from injury midway through 2010-11 I put my faith in him and he helped me to a great finish that year.

      Ramsey's goalscoring exploits in 2013-14.

      Cazorla and Walcott; especially against Reading, but both of them were good, consistent options whenever they played. Giroud always making the most of his minutes too.

      Sanchez Triple Captain in the previous two seasons.

      Had so many other Arsenal players in FPL and obviously I have Wenger to thank for me supporting Arsenal and even having this much interest in football.

    25. Zebrahimović
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Was at a game at Emirates and had a large bet on Bendtner scoring against Wigan.. Wenger didn't start him but then brought him on in the last minute of extra time and he scored. Never celebrated a goal in such an awful game more. Kerching!

    26. The Great Statuto
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Offering to replay FA cup match with Middlesbrough and taking wind out of Steve Bruce's complaint that arsenal had been dishonerable

    27. thisisdiz
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Wenger Laca > Simeone Griezmann + Oblak

    28. Hairy Potter
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Tiote (RIP) 4-4

    29. RedLightning
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Cesc Fabregas was a great fantasy option for them from 2006/7 to 2011/12.
      Then they allowed Barcelona to steal him for peanuts after extensive pressure and tapping up. Barcelona had claimed that he was past his best and not worth as much as they had offered the previous season, but immediately slapped an enormous release value clause on him as soon as he signed for them. Definitely not Fair Play.

      Arsene produced some exciting attacking teams, bringing in little known French players and turning them into all-time greats, but they didn't have enough steel and tended to slip up against the best opposition.
      He inherited a brilliantly trained solid back four, but never succeeded in building anything similar himself.
      He was not good at delegation, and did not allow his defence coaches to do their thing.

    30. HNI
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I will always respect and fondly remember Wenger for gifting RVP to Manutd which helped Ferguson close his legendary managerial career with another epl title 🙂

    31. Ginkapo FPL
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      This is not a sufficient dedication to a hero and legend of the premierleague. I hope that the weekend articles are all dedicated to the great man in homage.

    32. noquarternt
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Got a GW rank of 833 by captaining Ozil a few seasons ago.

      Fabregas... I'm sure there was a game where he got 4 assists and a goal or something?

      But just good in general for always providing great attackers!

    33. doy
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      #MerciArsene. End of an era. Fave memories include RVP in 11/12 where he went off.....Kos goals and clean sheets and bps....Theo, Rambo, Cazorla in their purple patches....

  8. GreenWindmill
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Right, lets kick Mike Ashley out quick sharp before he realises Arsenal will pay good money for Benitez...

  9. ZeBestee
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Really sad seeing Wenger is leaving the club. Legendry manager who is genuine in his actions and talks and has given a lot to the club.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      same here. but probably the right time to go

    2. Yome
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      It is about time he leaves, he should have left long time ago.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Two years overdue Imo.

    3. ZeBestee
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      right but who will replace him tbh? Let us hope the club has planned well for his successor. Otherwise things would get worse before getting better if ever they did.

    4. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      He should have stayed if that's what he wanted. No point bowing down to pressure.

  10. Syd.
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Wenger In

    Wenger In

    Wenger In

  11. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    sad day for football

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Agree. Arsenal might become relevant again now.

  12. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Keep away from our Rafa!!!! 😉

    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Start revising for a new username and grav mate just in case 😉

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        😆 RAFA THE EX-GAFFA

        1. Salah'd n Sauce
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          Nailed it 🙂

  13. boc610
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    .....its Jan 2019 ......and Troopz is bellowing into the mic about how he misses Wenger and that Luis enrique had messi at Barca and was never a good manager and is running Arsenal into the ground after their 4th straight defeat

    I think there is life in Arsenal Fan TV yet 🙂

    1. Fresh_From_Desh
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I think this is bad for Arsenal fan TV.

      Don't think Simione would understand the word blud

  14. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    A. Sané + Mané?
    B. KDB + Arnautovic?

    Butland
    VVD • Baines • Bellerin
    Salah • Sterling • Zaha • XXX • XXX
    Jesus • Lacazette
    (Speroni / Pérez / Lowton / Long)

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      FREE HIT TEAM this is

      1. boc610
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Rafa's a GOONER

    2. Kryten
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Similar to mine... My xxx is ozil and Shakiri

    3. SAUCY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      That's tough. A if Mane confirmed starting by Anfield Express. Otherwise B

    4. kinghenry14
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      A if mane starting XI confirmed imo

    5. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Thanks all! All eyes on Anfield express haha

  15. Salah'd n Sauce
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Love the Video clips of Arsene trying to get his hands into the pocket of the Managers jacket... or just work the Zip.
    Classic stuff.

    All in all though. Last of a dying breed.
    Good luck to him.

  16. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    who will succeed at arsenal then ?

  17. SoShy
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Educate me on this free hit chip.. sounds way more complicated then it should be thanks

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      It's ridiculously simple
      FPL website has all the info you neer

      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Need

  18. QPRUTD
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    "schadenfreude"
    Do you expect people to know what that means????

    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Doesn't he play for Dortmund?

    2. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Google's great though lol
      Schadenfreude (lit. 'harm-joy') is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another.

  19. boc610
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Wenger: "so this Breaking Bad show...worth a watch?"

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      🙂

    2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I think Michael Portillo's Great Railway Journeys would be more his bag.

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    I think this news is now huge for Arsenal prospects, the players will be determined to send wenger off in style

    1. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      that's what EL is for

    2. drughi
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Özil to finish off the season in style

    3. boc610
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      leaving Gunners in the Champions league will be his biggest priority

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        what about the final home game v burnley and his final ever game in the pl v huddersfield

        1. boc610
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          he has know he was leaving for a long time now and has already said the league is meaningless. whatever results he gets and who ever is on the pitch wont matter, he will get a great send off either way. all he sees right now is Athletico

  21. Zebrahimović
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Been through so many squads on this free hit but this one feels good providing the Liverpool/City/Arsenal assets all play.

    Butland
    Bellerin/Baines/VVD
    Salah/Mane/Sterling/Sane/Zaha
    Lacazette/Jesus

    Nordfeldt / Crouch / Long / 3.9

    Thoughts?

    1. kinghenry14
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      looks good

    2. Zenith UK
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Arsenal and Everton to both concede

  22. SAUCY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Non FH team, good to go?

    Hennessey
    Robertson | Cresswell | Lowton | Long | Dummett
    Salah | Sterling | Sane | Milivojevic
    Jesus

    DDG | Groß | Kane | Vardy

    0FT, 0.8ITB

    Cheers

    1. Salah'd n Sauce
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Niwt wrong there. Liverpool rotation might hurt but solid other than that.
      C on Jesus?

      1. SAUCY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers. I'm thinking Sterling for C

        1. Salah'd n Sauce
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          Yup.... Also good.

  23. The Big Fella
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Hello! For a -4 should I go Vardy, Mahrez, Alonso to:
    A) Jesus, Lowton, Zaha
    B) Jesus, Lowton, Arnie
    C) Jesus, Lowton, Sterling

    The only thing with A is that I think if I am taking a -4 (my first of the season) then it should be for a player playing in the blank GW and the DGW to maximise the points they can get to make up for their additional -4 cost. However, I do really like Palace's run in. Arnie may be on the wing now Carroll and Hernandez are back in contention and Sterling may be rotated.

    1. SP Polymorphism
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      c

  24. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    So, I think justifiably there was some doubt on the scoutcast about burnley defenders in the free hit. But is it worth getting one just in case they keep a clean sheet so that we have some coverage on people without a free hit who will be chock full of burnley clean sheets?

    1. neilddd
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      That's what I'm doing - main ML rival has 2 Burnley defenders so I've brought in Ward on FH to limit the damage there. I also have Long as an enabler who I will bench

  25. kinghenry14
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    RMFHT 0.6ITB

    karius
    kompany mustafi pva
    salah özil sterling zaha
    jesus laca firmino

    butland milivojevic ward long

    1. Zebrahimović
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      8/10
      Like the Ozil pick.

    2. RichRover
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Likelihood of Ozil playing?

      1. Salah'd n Sauce
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        High. Using it as tune up game

        1. RichRover
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          Nice

      2. kinghenry14
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        after wengers quotes i'd say its very likely. said something like the players already got enough rest and the game on the weekend is needed as preperation for EL

  26. Kai
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    All these years wanting Wenger to leave, now we want him to stay

    1. Zebrahimović
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Wenger in!

      1. kinghenry14
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        sad but overdue

  27. goriuanx
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Is Syd around?

    1. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Whats up

      1. goriuanx
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Top of fook da maywedders now sonny jim 😎

        1. Syd.
          • 15 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          It is after GW38 when it matters

          Only a blip 😉

    2. Kai
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Hi BF!

      1. goriuanx
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        hello

  28. the vanisher
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    FH35:

    laca or auba?

  29. Bubz
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Kinda feel sorry for Wenger, I bet this decision absolutely breaks his heart. Hope he finds something to keep him busy after this job or he could be very depressed

    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Same goes for the millions of people who retire every year then?

      1. Bubz
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        I'm sure the average person can't wait to retire. Bit different when you've run one of the world's biggest football clubs for 20+ years, and have clearly been in denial about leaving for a long time

    2. boc610
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      he will get the French national job at some point for sure.

    3. boc610
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      makes me think of Bird in Shawshank Redemption..not comparing Arsenal to a prison 🙂 but the man has to some degree been institutionalised and sheltered from the real world for a very long time and seems to have no other interests (could be wrong, its an assumption) other than football.

      1. Fresh_From_Desh
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Arsenal Fan TV have offered him a role

      2. Bubz
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Haha yeah I know what you mean. Lets hope he doesn't meet Bird's fate...

  30. InvertedWinger
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Butland or Pope on FH?