Dugout Discussion

Fantasy managers backing goals for both Liverpool and Palace

The most captained and most transferred in player of Gameweek 2 will both be at the heart of the action as the latest round of matches draws to a close.

Sadio Mané (£9.7m) was snapped up by 487,000+ Fantasy Premier League managers after his brace against West Ham in Gameweek 1, and he is in the starting line-up tonight.

Liverpool face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park having won 2-1 on their last visit back in March. The events of that meeting bode well for Mané and the 54 percent owned Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) who both found the net.

Not surprisingly, the Egyptian is the most captained player in Gameweek 2, with 1.4 million managers handing him the armband.

Andrew Robertson (£6.0m), backed by 17 percent of Fantasy managers, also registered an assist during his last trip to Selhurst Park, as well as in Gameweek 1 of 2018/19.

There will also be much interest in the exploits of each side’s forwards tonight with Roberto Firmino (£9.5m) the second most-owned option in this encounter, his 35 percent following second only to Salah. Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) is not far behind the Brazilian in third place with a backing of 31 percent.

After emerging as a fantastic budget option in Gameweek 1, Aaron Wan-Bissaka comes into his second match of the season now priced at £4.1m and in 22.5 percent of squads.

Tonight’s Monday night match should definitely have a big impact on the outcome of Gameweek 2.

CRYSTAL PALACE XI (4-4-2): Hennessey; van Aanholt, Sakho, Tomkins, Wan-Bissaka; Schlupp, McArthur, Milivojevic, Townsend; Zaha, Benteke.

LIVERPOOL XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, Gomez, van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold; Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

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7,898 Comments Post a Comment
  1. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like il be playing King v EVE after AWB shown red.

    How did Firmino look tonight?? When is he gonna score??

    1. FPLHaggis
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      King due!

      1. Pea Soup
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        This how it starts...

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Looked very wide

    3. Adsterguy
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      King always scores vs Everton

    4. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Next gameweek. Punish the sellers.

  2. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Foster -- Patricio
    Mendy // Robbo // Shaw --- Awb // Peltier
    Salah // Rich // Mkhi // Sanchez --- Stephens
    Zaha // Kun // King

    A: Sanchez + King >> Mane...leaves me 0.7 itb
    B: Sanchez + King >> Hazard...leaves nothing itb
    C: Sanchez + Peltier >> Pedro + Alonso...flex team structure and mostly play 4-4-2. leaves 1.3m itb.

    1. cuervos
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      a

    2. Thinkering like a Boss
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      What do you mean option A & B? Mane and who? Hazard and who?

      1. UnitednationsXI
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        actually decided to keep king for one more week.

        Its just tough to decide between whether to get Mane or Alonso

  3. Manani
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    seems like it is 50/50, but Mitrovic or Wilson?

    it is to switch out King

    1. Chilli Heatwave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Wilson

    2. WDT
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Am in the same boat with King. Think it would be pretty frustrating to switch to Wilson only for King to get a brace. Sideways in my opinion.

      1. Manani
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        got 2FT though

    3. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      I would go for Mitro

    4. FPLHaggis
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Wilson currently winning on all metrics but Mitrovic more central to a team which has plenty room for improvement.

    5. cuervos
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Wilson

    6. Thinkering like a Boss
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Wilson for me, Mitrovic not a bad shout too

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

      Mitrovic by a ways. Could have 3-4 goals already. Has been unlucky and struck the bar twice.

    8. ow00019
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Gotta think Wilson+ cash on those fixtures
      Think Fulham and Wolves might take a little longer to get going than first thought.

  4. Chilli Heatwave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Could be the final wc draft unless you all tear it apart, feel free

    Hennessy-Ryan

    Mendy-robbo-Alonso-AWB-4.0

    Hazard-richarlison-mane-mkhi-4.5

    Aguero-morata-Wilson

    Thanks. Feel free to destroy it.

    1. ChelseaKTBFF
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Morata????? - Chelsea fan

      1. Chilli Heatwave
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Hmm has he looked bad? Could have mitro but would leave aguero only premium striker

    2. Pulp Minion
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Get someone else other than Morata

      1. Chilli Heatwave
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Morata->mitrovic and Westwood->Fraser

  5. Shardlow
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Not sure whether worth the hit!

    A. Bailly to Robertson (-4)
    B. Bailly to TAA (-4) - cheaper but not as nailed? less attacking returns?
    C. Save and play Bailly

    Cheers

    1. cuervos
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      c and then if you have the funds robertson

    2. zes
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      save

  6. Bridge Burner
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Triple Captain Salah??

    1. Vinyl78LP
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      For me, save it till the business end of the season

  7. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    Bonus in already. Did they buy some decent processors/servers in the last hour?

    1. Costa Nostra
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Will still be another hour and a half until OR updated. It’s slow as molasses in January still.

  8. The Royal Robin
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 8 months ago

    On my WC. Is it a bit dangerous leaving the bench so weak?

    Ederson
    Bellerin Mendy Alonso
    Richarlison Salah Mane Fraser Mkhi
    Zaha Kun

    Hamer Stankovic Bennett Kamara

    1. ChelseaKTBFF
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      not looking good

    2. FPLHaggis
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Very dangerous once european football starts up

    3. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Where's Wanny-B? Just a 1-game ban or not?

    4. MTPockets
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Stankovic has only had one game I think - is he nailed?

      • CloudSky
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        WB eats both of those other 4.0s for breakfast.

    5. Dutchy
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Best 2 rotating keepers on WC

      1. Chilli Heatwave
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I went for Hennessy and Ryan

    6. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Claudio Bravo ruptured his achilles in the training, potentially out for the season.

      1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        What a shame

      2. zes
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I'll have to take a hit then

      3. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        will man city be able to register a backup? would be nice if FPL towers priced him at 4.0 but i know this wont be the case

    7. cuervos
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Not sure what to think about Firmino and not many forwards getting points so
      a) Eriksen to Pogba/Mkhi
      b) Firmino and Eriksen to mane and (who??)

      1. ChelseaKTBFF
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I did Firmino Bilva Eriksen > Ings Hazard MAne

    8. Siggy in the Middle
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      Thoughts on Kante as a fourth mid?

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I'm planning to get him. Just not this week.

      2. Vinyl78LP
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        I have him as 5th on my WC - though shipping Wilshere for him was a no-brainer.

    9. 50shades of o'shea
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 8 months ago

      As a non Salah owner I am scared to watch I admit that. That being said I just don’t see him having the same impact. He will score but I just feel like Mane and Robertson with money spread around is so much more important.

      Talking of captains there are so many option I went Aguero triple this weekend but people are scared to captain cheap players I don’t understand

      1. FPL Hitman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Salah is meant to b kept for the whole season for his consistent returns. Cannot judge his potential impact after only 2 games imo.

      2. MTPockets
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Both perspectives valid. I think Salah's better, but 3.5m better while Aguero's firing? Not sure

        • barracuda
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          You are bulshiting yourself.. He is a consistent 8 pt a game player.

        • Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          I would love now for Salah to score a hattrick against Brighton 🙂
          Record points scorer on FPL and best player in the league. I think you’ve just got a bit lucky he hasn’t scored more (which he should have) tbh.

        • Ghost Gooner
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Kun is a cheap player? 😆

          Come back when you capt a 4.5 mid

        • Costa Nostra
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Do really this post was just a shuttle brag that you triple captained Aguero. 9.5 points per game so far for Salah and he isn’t even firing yet. And most, like myself own salah as well as Aguero and Mane, Robertson, Mendy, Alonso, Richarlison...

          1. Costa Nostra
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            *8.5 per game. Typo

      3. BigBillyBass
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Klopp’s post match comments: “Both full-backs can play probably 70 or 80% better”. Robbo and/or TAA dropped for Brighton? Surely not?

        1. zes
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          WHat's the point in these comments? Aye there'll probably be rotation but who know what the chances of either player being dropped are?

          1. BigBillyBass
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            What’s the point in you?

      4. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Benching David Luiz for next week against Newcastle because I believe Tripp cab get some attacking returns. Any suggestions who to bench instead?

        Kepa
        VVD, Trippier, Mendy
        Salah(c), Mahrez, Richarlison,
        Fraser
        Mitrovic, Aguero, King

        Shipping King and Mahrez next week for Hazard and Kamara.

        1. Klip Klopp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          I'm confused. Do you want to bench Luiz or not?

        2. ChelseaKTBFF
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Why not bench Mitro or Fraser?

      5. Klip Klopp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        A. Foster + Ozil --> Ederson + Mkhi for free?
        B. Peltier + Ozil --> TAA + Mkhi for free?

        Thanks

        1. cuervos
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          b

        2. ow00019
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          B probably. Don't see why you need to get rid of Foster yet?

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

        107 total
        -1 on the bench
        And I didn’t even captain kun
        Crazy gw

        1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          98 all-out for me. Unbelievable Jeff!

      7. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        One last chance for King .

        1. Bodini
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Worried he’ll drop tonight?

      8. alfast1c
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Bottomed.

        Going to do Eriksen+Davies >> Mane+Bellerin for free, got 2 trasnfers.

        Yes or No ?! Please help lads.

        Eriksen not in form and way to back and Davies might not play...

        1. Klip Klopp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          I think Bellerin might get dropped for Lichsteiner

        2. zes
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Don't own any of the 4 but I wouldn't touch an Arsenal defender atm and I'd hold Eriksen

      9. ow00019
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Jota to:
        A) Pedro
        B) Richarlison
        C) Maddison
        Already have Tosun
        Miki out of price range

        1. Klip Klopp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          b

      10. Takedog1
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 8 months ago

        Eriksen , jota , firmino > mane hazard and ings

        -4

        Shaw , jota, firmino , eriksen > Alonso , mane , mhiki and ings and 2 mill left over

        -8

        1. cuervos
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          a

      11. stat
          5 years, 8 months ago

          According to PaddyPower, Man Utd have a 32.3% chance of keeping a CS against Spurs (H).
          Cardiff have a 41.7% chance of keeping a CS against Cardiff (H).

          Does that justify starting Hamer vs CAR over DDG vs TOT?

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

            Wagner might make the decision for you.

          2. Yellin' in my Ear
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Don't think Cardiff will keep a clean sheet, even against themselves.

          3. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            It means Moura ain't going no where...

            I'd start Hamer. We will score 1 at the very least

          4. SADIO SANÉ
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            I'm playing Hamer this week but not expecting Wagner to

          5. +
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Your implied probabilities don't factor in their overround, but yeah probably

          6. Woy of the Wovers
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Cardiff more likely than not to concede against Cardiff?!! I knew they were poor but didn't realise quite how bad.

        • HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Lichsteiner nailed now right?

          1. Klip Klopp
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            potentially. Bellerin has had 2 bad performances

        • pol
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          A- Kante
          B- Fraser
          C- Hughes
          D- Gray

        • Everyday im Schneiderlin
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          A cech and tripper
          B allison abd Bellerin?
          thanks

          1. Adsterguy
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Cech and Bellerin bad choices. Arsenal woeful at the back

            1. Everyday im Schneiderlin
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 8 months ago

              cheers

        • The White Pele
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          Hazard or Mane?

        • fridge
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          2FT and 0.5 ITB. Would you move King on to avoid a price drop?

          Foster. Patricio
          VVD. Mendy. Tomkins. WB. Peltier
          Salah. Mane. Bilva. Richarlison. Cairney
          Aguero. Zaha. King

          A) King to Arnie
          B) King to Tosun
          C) King to Wilson

          1. ChelseaKTBFF
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            King to Ings upgrade Peltier perfect

          2. zes
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 8 months ago

            Wouldn't bother moving Peltier atm, you've got enough strength in depth. Would hold King too. I'd personally probably move Patricao > a 4.0 to give you 1m flexibility for the upcoming international break.

        • Dutchy
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          On WC, who are the players who are at risk due to euro football?

        • beso
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 8 months ago

          WB miss next round only ?