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23 August 2018 1502 comments
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This season we are collating all relevant Gameweek advice in one article every week to help you with your preparations.

In this latest article we have pulled together all the content that we have already produced relating to Gameweek 2.

We will republish this to the top of the site on Saturday morning for anyone looking for some last-minute tips.

Captain Candidates

We have now rounded off our discussion over the captaincy in our latest Captain Sensible article.

In it we went over the results of the poll as well as the data surrounding the candidates and the ir upcoming opponents.

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Scout Picks

Our official Scout Picks XI were revealed on Friday afternoon detailing the players we think will perform best in Gameweek 3.

Make sure you check out our selection and our reasons for choosing them.

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Team News

Our official Team News round-up came out on Friday afternoon after all of the top flight press conferences had been conducted.

Make sure you stay up to date with the latest team news.

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The Opinion

After another week of success for premium defence we got some opinion on whether there is a template forming in that area of FPL.

Our panel of Fantasy managers also discussed how to handle Arsenal’s fixture swing and the continuing lack of options up front.

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Set Pieces Match-ups

As we gradually pull in more data, we’ve gone over set pieces again to try and find the best match-ups.

It looks like Liverpool assets could be strong from dead ball situations in Gameweek 3, so make sure you check out the details on this one.

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The Underlying Data

As ever, we’ve gone over the underlying data ahead of Gameweek 3 in great detail.

It can be found in the Members Area or in our latest Big Numbers article.

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The Watchlist

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Check out our latest article on it to find out what we’ve tweaked and what factors have been in play.

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  1. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Fabri,
    Alonso, PVA, Mendy
    Maddison, Miki, Mane, Richa
    Aguero, Auba, Morata

    (2 pointer bench)

    A little bit different but can't get past the Morata hunch. Vardy is my get out of jail card if he doesn't deliver.

  2. Ballistics
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    WC Draft 2 -templates r us

    Fabri
    Alonso Robertson Mendy
    Richarlison Salah(C) Mane Fraser Mhiki
    Aguero Wilson

    Foster AWB S Cook Kamara

    I’m happy with it but getting a differential twist on it is nagging away at me.

    A) Wilson/AWB to Ings/Schlupp play 4 atb
    B) Wilson/AWB/Foster to 4.5 / Trippier / Hamer play 4 atb
    C) set and forget

  3. ZakAFC_
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Mahrez to Dilva?

    1. Majestic Chanka
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Already done it

  4. Majestic Chanka
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Bench one please?

    A) Ings
    B) Mitrovic
    C) Trippier

    1. Shah G
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      C..

  5. Joyce1998
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    cant decide between these two WC teams
    which one and why?? its between salah, zaha and wilson to bsilva, morata and firmino

    henesey, hamer'
    alonso, mendy, robbo, awb, bennet
    mane, salah, mki, rich, guendouzi
    kun, zaha, wilson

    or

    heneseey, hamer
    alonso, mendy, robbo, awb, bennet
    mane, bsilva, mki, rich, guendouzi
    kun, morata, firmino

  6. Silva Bilva Tilva Pilva
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Lads, please, give me a help around here. I have 2 FTs, 0,5M ITB and ZERO subs for this week but don’t know what to do.
    I dislike Patricio, Peltier and Gunnarson.
    Thought about Patricio>Henessey or Gunnarson>anything.

    Patricio Hamer
    Mendy Rob Luiz Peltier WB
    Salah Mane Bilva Rich Gunnarson
    Auba Zaha King

    What can I do?

    1. Bocaginge
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Hennessy is a definite
      Instead of Gunnarsson, what about Fraser? Or Kante is playing on a much more attacking role this season and is still only £5m

  7. Aubamazette
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    I personally think Salah is necessary but

    A) Salah and 5.5 (name)
    Or
    B) Auba and Alonso

    1. Joyce1998
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      A and that someone being fraser

      1. Aubamazette
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Def*

        1. Joyce1998
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          oh sorry hahah, then I would go for luiz

  8. Darth Paul
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Hi all - in a fit of drunken madness, I took a -8 hit to get in Alonso, Pedro and Ings for Bednarek, Neves and King (partly for price rise changes which I know (or should have known) is idiotic).

    I already have fab and foster in goal, mendy, Robertson and WB in defence, salah, mane and richarlison in mid and aguero and tosun up front so team looks ok i think (and has done fairly well for 1st 2 weeks)

    I'm regretting the 8 pt hit though - do you think it's worth wildcarding to wipe out the hits? I would probably get rid of salah for miki and auba instead of tosun

    what do you guys think? Is it worth wildcarding now and is the though of going without salah madness? Any thoughts much appreciated

    Regards

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I'd wc if you feel your team is not going to pay back the -8 immediately. I'd keep Salah for this gw and simply offload when they play Spurs

  9. stat
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I scraped the team names of 5,106,296 players, the most common names are:

      1 Pique Blinders 9180
      2 CHANGE NAME 6701
      3 Liverpool 6262
      4 ChickenTikkaMoSalah 4849
      5 ABCDE FC 4641
      6 Top of the Klopps 4001
      7 Red Devils 3674
      8 Tikka Mo Salah 3341
      9 Boom Xhakalaka 3112
      10 Kroos Control 3105

      If you want to know how many players picked a certain team name, let me know 🙂

      1. Licious Lizard
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Pique and Kroos not even in the League. Pffft amateurs

      2. FPL Xylophone
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Van la ParraNormals?

        1. stat
            7 years, 4 months ago

            1

        2. FPL Scoop
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Netflix and Chilwell?

          1. stat
              7 years, 4 months ago

              56

          2. Loftus cheeky nandos
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Loftus cheeky nandos

            1. stat
                7 years, 4 months ago

                349

            2. Loftus cheeky nandos
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Waistcoat wanderers

              1. stat
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  193

            3. jomikijiq
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              So i have Bailly and Moura in the starting XI. Both definitely could be dropped this week. And only Peltier on the bench (Schneiderlin and AWB the other two).

              Would you take a hit to take one of them out?

            4. Joyce1998
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              salah, zaha and wilson or firmino, bsilva and morata

              1. Licious Lizard
                • 13 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                S, Z, W by far

            5. benbro
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Anything worth spending -4 on?

              Pickford / Begovic
              Mendy Robertson Luiz AWB (Daniels)
              Mané Salah Bilva Richa (Townsend)
              Aguero Ings (Zohore)

              1. benbro
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                .3 itb

            6. Dammed Utd
              • 13 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Hazard going be in the points playing number 9 for Chelsea

              1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                No, stop spreading disinformation

                1. Dammed Utd
                  • 13 Years
                  7 years, 4 months ago

                  Sarri- ball Slavkob

            7. RussWells89
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Bilva for Mhiki. Is it worth it?

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

              Keep Salah or get Mane plus Mhiki ?

            9. ArcaneDevil
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Pickford Steklenburg
              AlexanderArnold Azpiclueta SchluppTrippier Chilwell
              Neves Richarlison David Silva Mikhtariyan Eriksen
              Mitrovic Aguero Firminio.
              I was thinking of a formation to play and am getting quite confused.Please help.Also any suggested transfers?

              1. jackjones
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                Looks like you’ve already decided on 343.
                I’d figure out a way of getting Salah and/or Mane in.

              2. GOTHAM City F.C.
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                Check replies in your other post on the latest article.

            10. samoratumisangbobo
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              I have a Wild Card and thinking of drafting in Nacho Monreal , has an eye for a goal. good decision ???