Scout Notes

How Sterling and Hazard fared in their roles as ‘false nines’ on Saturday

Manchester City’s unbeaten run in the Premier League came to an end at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening as Chelsea ran out 2-0 winners.

Both managers decided – at least, initially – to play their talismanic wide players as false nines in west London, with Eden Hazard and Raheem Sterling leading the lines for their respective clubs.

We’ll explore how both premium players fared in unorthodox roles, as well as rounding up the goals, assists, Fantasy talking points, manager quotes and injury news from a match that just perhaps kept Chelsea in the title race.

Chelsea 2-0 Manchester City

  • Goals: N’Golo Kante (£4.9m), David Luiz (£5.6m)
  • Assists: Eden Hazard (£10.9m) x2

There was plenty of speculation ahead of Saturday’s clash at Stamford Bridge about which two wide players Pep Guardiola would perm for Manchester City’s trip to Chelsea.

Ever full of surprises, the City manager decided to deploy all three of Raheem Sterling (£11.6m), Leroy Sane (£9.5m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.5m) in his frontline, with Gabriel Jesus (£10.1m) making way.

None of that trio particularly shone against Maurizio Sarri’s side, if truth be told, even if the visitors utterly dominated the first half and fell behind totally against the run of play.

Sterling had an excellent chance early on when a deflected cross found him eight yards out, but his scuffed effort trundled apologetically at Kepa Arrizabalaga (£5.5m) and with that effort went the England winger’s only real opportunity of the game.

Sterling had gravitated towards the right flank as the game wore on – swapping with Mahrez – and got the better of Marcos Alonso (£7.0m) on more than one occasion, before being shunted to the left flank when Jesus was sent on for Sane on 53 minutes.

The former Liverpool winger was brighter than the disappointing Sane and Mahrez but his goal threat seemed to suffer as a result of the tactical tweaks, with Jesus and Sane registering as many or more penalty box touches as Sterling despite having their minutes managed.

Sane was Guardiola’s scapegoat when being hooked just eight minutes into the second half but Mahrez arguably had the poorer match and the Algerian himself was sacrificed with the clock ticking down.

The German winger at least had a decent opportunity saved by Kepa in the first half, while Mahrez’s only effort was a shot that was blocked at source.

Some perspective needs to be given here: Mahrez, Sane and Sterling had all delivered double-digit hauls in one of the three Gameweeks preceding this one and they will seldom be up against meaner defences than this, with Chelsea’s backline performing admirably and not allowing the Citizens a single “big chance” all game.

Sergio Aguero‘s (£11.2m) presence and clinical finishing was perhaps missed but Guardiola was happy with his side’s display:

We played outstanding in the first half. Apart from ten minutes in the second half, we were there until the end. I feel incredible emotion to see these players do what they do every three days.

People don’t ask about Kevin or Sergio when we win, only when we lose. The guys today were incredible. We win together, and we lose together.

You can lose but how you lose. Have we been like we normally are? Absolutely.

Chelsea [usually] monopolise the ball and create 75 per cent of chances with a thousand million passes, and they beat us with one counter-attack and a set-piece. We play the way we want to play and that’s why.

David Silva (£8.7m), who lined up as part of a midfield three with Fernandinho (£5.4m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.5m), was another City asset to have an off-day and his evening worsened when he limped from the pitch midway through the second half with what appeared to be a hamstring injury.

While there was no update provided by Guardiola after the game, City midfielder Phil Foden (£4.6m) at least offered us some further details on his team-mate’s problem:

I spoke to him at the end and he said he’s got a tight hamstring, so hopefully nothing too serious.

As for Chelsea, a team who averaged 67.8% possession in Premier League games this season and who had attempted more passes than all other 19 clubs going into Saturday’s match, this was almost a Conte-esque performance, with the Blues defending resolutely and content to hit City on the break.

Jorginho (£4.9m) was an ineffectual as he had been all season as “Sarri-ball” was abandoned for the day, with the Blues seeing only 39.0% of the ball and not mustering a single shot until N’Golo Kante‘s (£4.9m) opener just before the break.

As we mentioned in the introduction to this article, Hazard was used as the spearhead of the Chelsea attack, with Pedro (£6.3m) and Willian (£7.3m) flanking the Belgian in Sarri’s customary 4-3-3.

The Blues’ goal threat improved after the half-time, with Pedro and Willian testing Ederson (£5.8m), but Hazard’s prominence around the opposition box was minimal: the Belgian didn’t have a single attempt on goal, recorded only one touch in the City area and received the ball on only six occasions in the final third.

That being said, Hazard still knitted play together well when he was afforded possession and emerged from this encounter with two assists, the second of which was a corner-kick that David Luiz (£5.6m) headed in to put the game to bed.

Sarri said after the match that he plans to use Hazard as his “number nine” again in the future:

We had Eden for the first time in that position [striker] and in the first 20 or 25 minutes we didn’t work well in the defensive movements in the opposition half, but fortunately, we defended well in our half. We started to press better and after the first goal, the game changed.

He had some problems at the beginning of the match but he was great in the second half. Maybe he deserved to score and I think he’s a very good option [in that position]. We will play like today in the future, for certain matches of course.

The player himself said he enjoys the role but his comments about not touching the ball as often as he usually does summed up the downside to playing centrally:

I like it, because I played it last year also, so I know what to do, but the feeling is a bit strange because you don’t touch the ball a lot. You just need to focus on what you need to do and I tried to do my best, we won and that is what is important.

Alvaro Morata (£8.6m), meanwhile, didn’t even make the match-day squad for this, with Sarri explaining his absence thus:

The reason was clear; we played with Hazard as a striker and so if we had to change something there was Giroud. I think it was useless to have two strikers on the bench. I prefer more midfielders because today I was in trouble with wingers, so the only option was Loftus-Cheek.

The all-action Kante has now been directly involved (two goals, two assists) in more Chelsea goals this season than he managed in the whole of 2017/18, with Sarri hailing his contributions at both ends of the pitch:

I think Kante scored by chance because they played very close to Jorginho, more than in the other matches. He defended very well and had some good counter-attacks. Then he was in the box for the first goal, but today he played in the right position, very close to Jorginho. He played very well.

Elsewhere on the Chelsea midfield front, Mateo Kovacic (£5.8m) limped from the field with what looked like a thigh injury on 65 minutes – though no update was provided on the Croatian’s fitness by his manager after the match.

Sarri did laud his defence, however, with Luiz singled out for praise:

I have to say I was very happy with him from the beginning. Of course, there are matches like this one in which it’s easier to stay on the defensive line because the offensive movements are working very well, and there are matches when that’s difficult, like Tottenham, because the defensive phase of the team is a disaster. Today he played a really good match.

Cesar Azpilicueta (£6.3m) was excellent at right-back, too, while even Alonso improved from a defensive perspective after attracting much criticism over the past week and looking shaky early on in this fixture.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso; Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic (Barkley 65′); Pedro, Hazard (Giroud 90′), Willian (Loftus-Cheek 74′).

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Delph; Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, Silva (Gundogan 68); Mahrez (Foden 84′), Sterling, Sane (Gabriel Jesus 53′).

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1,960 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Totti
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    is this gameweek the qualification for the cup?

    if so then what is the safest score to qualify?

    I think I'm eliminated already from the cup

    1. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      top 4 million GW rank and you should qualify

      1. Totti
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        now i'm 4096000 🙂
        with 3 points on the bench and richarlison
        will I qualify? 🙂
        i think it's tough

        1. Cheese Crunch
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Too close to call. Best of luck tomorrow.

          1. Totti
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            thanks mate
            i hope so
            good luck to you too 🙂

  2. RyanMK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Current provisional lineup:

    Hart
    Doherty - Diop - Alonso
    Salah - Maddison - Ricarlison - Hazard (C)
    Ings - Mitrovic - Auba (V)

    Ryan, Camarasa, TAA, AWB

    1 FT; 0.8ITB

    Options:
    1. Swap out Salah for a Man City or Spurs mid. But can't make use of the funds which would free up unless I take a -4 hit
    2. Transfer out Ryan for another keeper
    3. Save my FT

    1. Disco Stu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      If you're going to transfer out Salah, get Sterling or one of Son/Alli and upgrade Ings

    2. Effe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Camarasa to Torriera

  3. Disco Stu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Team good for next week?

    Ederson
    TAA/Alonso/Kola
    Haz/Sane/Son/Fraser
    Chicha/Auba(C)/Wilson

    Rich/AWB/4.0

    1 FT 2.4 ITB. Save the FT or do 4.0 > Doherty?

    1. Bobby_Baggio
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Save mate

    2. Effe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I would get Doherty. He’s looking very threatening going forward and is still great value. Also Inthink important tonhabr a fully playing bench with all this rotation.

  4. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    You need to be in the top 4.2m ish. Hard not to qualify tbh

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      rf to Totti

    2. Totti
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      thanks mate for your reply
      so the take the top 4 million or top 4 million and 200

      1. Totti
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        they*

      2. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        The top 4,194,304 scorers in Gameweek 16 will enter the first round. If there are more than 4,194,304 qualifiers then there will be a random draw amongst the lowest scorers to see who qualifies.

    3. Madmag
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Do hits not count? Does it just work on gw rank?

      1. Totti
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        no hits don't be put in comsideration

      2. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        It's highest scorers, not highest ranks. Score is after any hits taken

      3. Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Hits don't count for qualification, which is a very dumb thing to do. In fact, I don't know why the gw rank always excludes hits.

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Really? I learnt something there. Agree re gwr, it can't be that difficult to deduct hits

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Interesting that the rules say top scorers rather than top ranked

            1. Ragabolly
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              As far as I remember, thy always just look at GW rank, which doesn't include hits for some reason, probably laziness.

        2. Madmag
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks ragabolly it may be dumb but it was my only chance of qualifying so I'll take it!

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Normally yes. Before last week I had never been below average, but this week has been rough 🙁

  5. Bobby_Baggio
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Which one chaps? 1FT and 0.8m ITB.

    Pat
    TAA - Alonso - Stones
    Richarlison - Sane - Martial - Eriksen
    Kane - Wilson - Auba

    (Hamer) - AWB - Bennett - Stephens

    A) TAA > VVD
    B) Pat > Leno
    C) Save

    1. Cheese Crunch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I’d get rid of Pat but probably not for Leno

  6. Cheese Crunch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    1 ft, 4.2 itb

    A) Begovic > Leno
    B) Siggy > Sterling (only other City cover is Dilva)
    C) Save

    can't do both (A) & (B) bc of funds.

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling

  7. JoeJitzu +42
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    On wildcard, would you prefer?

    A. WanB, Salah & Jiménez
    B. Luiz, Torreira & Kane

    Fabianski Hamer
    Robertson Kolasinac Doherty Femenia XXX
    Sterling Son Anderson Richarlison XXX
    Aubameyang Kamara XXX

    1. Effe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      B

      1. Disco Stu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        B

  8. Gentlemens club
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Team gtg or any hits needed for next GW if no injuries?

    Fabianski
    Alonso - Laporte - Robertson - Doherty
    Hazard - Sané - Richarlison
    Kane - Jiménez - Wilson

    AWB/Richarlison/Diangana

    1. Effe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      GTG

    2. Gentlemens club
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Oh s... Anderson instead of Rich x2.

      1. Disco Stu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        GTG. Save FT

  9. Ross From Friends
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Dropped from 20k to 62k for lack of Salah...can somebody hold me please?

    1. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      even better ill give a shoulder to cry on, but in all seriousness its still a long way to go in the season you can easilt still make top 10K

      1. Anathallo
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yep - top 1k still doable from there.

  10. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Salah to Sterling for -4?

    1. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Really hard to justify this after his haul....especially with Wolves and Newcastle around the corner...

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Why?

  11. Atters
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is there a way to see the point requirement to qualify for the cup? Currently outside with just siggy left to play

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

    Laca and Rich to Mitro and son -4?

    yes or no

    1. Atters
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Don't think I would

    2. Effe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No

    3. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nah

    4. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No

  13. TerryVenables
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I have Martial and Wilson. Should I do Martial > Anderson tonight before rises or wait on more news?

    1. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Do it now if you're gonna be priced out otherwise wait. Players could get injured in CL etc.

      1. Cheese Crunch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        this

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I did that. If I had always waited before doing transfers it would have cost too much tv for me. In these early days tv is a factor. Is Anderson playing CL?!?

  14. andymck
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Arsenal attack - Auba or bust? Or can you make a case for Laca? Or maybe neither...

    1. yakirh
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Auba or bust

  15. Cruyff's Eleven
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Research shows a professional football player is actively involved in play for about 9 minutes each game, touches the ball about 30 seconds in total and actually gets out of second gear about half a dozen times per game....

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      They are paid about a quarter of a million dollars per game...

      I agree, they need rest.....

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        You've obviously never played a match before.

    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Research by people who never leave their desk?

      1. Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I know, I'm sorry if I've offended anyone...

        Moment of frustration got the better of me...

        My apologies.

  16. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone doing Richarlison > F.Anderson?
    Im tempted for the next two games at least

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I might have considered that, but Martial has Liverpool also.

    2. Thunder Warrior
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      See below

    3. Prøfeßör …
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Too short-term. You'll want Richarlison back for GW19.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        easy swap back isn't it?

        1. Prøfeßör …
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          If no other issues, I suppose. Something always comes up though.

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            hehe i suppose 🙂

      2. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        and not neccessarily given west hams fixtures

  17. ralfb
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is it worth to replace all really cheap non playing bench players for Xmas period with playing ones and therefore maybe downgrade one other player ?

    1. Effe
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I think so yes.

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes, non playing no points.

  18. Thunder Warrior
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Richa to Fanderson before price rise?

    1. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What will you do if he scores tomorrow?

      1. Thunder Warrior
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Enjoy

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I probably would.

  19. jblakes
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    have 2ft and 1.3mil free

    ederson/ hamer
    Alonso Taa Doherty Bennett wba
    Sane Sterling Rich Anderson Fraser
    Kane Mitro Wilson

    was thinking of downgrading ederson to fab and upgrading bennett to VVD. Dont like wasting ft but dont know where else to really upgrade unless i take a hit or two.
    Good to go?

  20. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is Rashford a good option as a replacement for Arnie? United's fixtures are good and I would expect him to start. I am between Rashford and Hernandez

  21. 007 [RoboKlopp]
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hi, which is better moves?
    A. Diangana, Arnie -> Fandersen, Kamara (free)
    B. Laporte, Diangana, Arnie -> Kola, Son, Kamara (-4)

    Thanks 🙂

    1. Prøfeßör …
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      A

  22. jia you
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    At least my decision to play Doherty over Alonso was justified in the end, ever so slightly! Could have done with Jimenez staying on the pine though!
    Very average GW, onto the next one 🙂

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      i'd kill for an average this gameweek

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Salah killed the game this week.

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          He did, but thankfully won't happen every gameweek

          1. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            We non owners hope so

  23. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Captaincy should be removed from FPL.

    It ruins the game and adds more luck to the game. Someone can have a poor squad yet make huge amount of ground on someone with a much better squad yet captained someone with a small return.

    1. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Captaincy should stay. Everybody usually has a template team and so captaincy is the differential

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      aww did you not captain salah

      1. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        captaincy is for the casuals. Period.

    3. andymck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hahahaha the salt is real

    4. madame shelly
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      so should all the chips (bar the wc's)

    5. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      *Vice captaincy. It plays into the hands of the casuals. Almost demonstrated this week with Kane benched and those Salah vc's got blocked.And I know people with Aguero C from weeks back who are getting those Salah baps too.

      Captaincy is vital to keep the game interesting and less stagnant

      One wild captaincy pick could come off or not. It's an important gamble the game needs

    6. Ragabolly
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Vice captaincy, debatable.

      Captaincy, absolutely not! It's a major reason for why this game is fun.

    7. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Captaincy isn't the only luck part of the game. It runs right throughout. What about when penalties are awarded incorrectly or someone gets an incorrect red or an assist isn't given or your player comes on for a cameo and blocks a good autosub. Just accept you only have a limited control over events and all you can do is attempt to make reasonable judgements.

    8. JasonG123
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      There is skill in picking the captain. It makes the game more exciting as well. Don't be salty because you missed a haul, I didn't cry when I didn't own Hazard for his 20 (x 2) or 14 (x 2) hauls.

    9. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I owned Salah but didn't captain. I still scored 72. You can't get everything correct. I thought Aubameyang at home to Huddersfield was a better shout. I'd make the same decision again I think.

  24. Clintymints
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Thinking of maxing out my team with the holy trinity mids and kane

    Ryan/hamer
    Alonso Robertson Bennett AwB Peltier
    Salah Sterling Hazard Fraser Hojbjerg
    Kane Wilson Kamara

    2ft. Sane out for Haz and Digne out for Peltier.

    Yes I get a sh!tter and have to play 2/3 of Kamara, Bennett and Awb, but the do the benefits outweigh the dodgy cs chances?

    I haven't seen any teams looking similar with the big hitters and Kane, I should be weary of no Arse but I woudn't captain the arse lads either. Digne fixtures turn to sh!t, while Chelsea fixtures shine.

    Worth the risk or stick with Sane and Digne and just get fab in for Ryan?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Could play off at least no sofa hiding when Salah plays?

    2. The Big Fella
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I like it and think WB and Bennett could get CSs - WB is a BAPS monster too. However, I don't like the non-playing Peltier, especially over Xmas with rotation rife. This is also the main point here - the players you have got may score big every game they play but they have to play and not be rotated. How sure are you that Kane, Sterling, Haz and Kane will play every game? Do you feel you have a decent enough bench to deal with that if it happens?

      1. Clintymints
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yea, I agree, cs's worth the gamble with them. I usually never have a bench ever, - this season was different - especially with these current fixtures, but the bench I currently have is the cheapest options that actually get minutes. 3 working subs.

        This team gives only 2 working subs, which is fine. I've never ever used 3 subs! and Kamara was sub 3 the last two weeks

        I've had Salah from the getgo and my sofa is tiny 😀

        1. The Big Fella
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Up to you then! If you are sure your big 4 will play every game from now, go for it! These will be amongst the top scorers come the end of the season.

          1. Clintymints
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            I am not but they're such key men for their teams, and I'm not losing much by selling Digne really

            I could just get Kola in for Digne?

            Safe, simple and bank a transfer

    3. madame shelly
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      dont thnk you lose much short term at least

      1. Clintymints
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yea it's pretty balls out but might be ok with the current fixts

        However alternating Kane/Salah Sterling caps with Sane/Kane doing similar, it could be ok

    4. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Dont like it. Too much money involved in the big hitters when you can only captain one

      1. Clintymints
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        yep that's the thing!

        Sane coming off early got me thinking, but Aguero out was mainly the prob

    5. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      thx for the input, chaps

  25. EMBOLOFAN
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    doherty owners are you holding through this run of fixures?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes, look at his points vs pounds?

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        yeah but not sure the attacking returns are sustainable and cant see wolves keeping CS in many of their forthcoming games.

        have been considering delph as currently only have 2 city

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Yes.

      Dont like the term but Wolves are 'due' a CS or two also.

    3. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Mad to sell. Especially if got for cheap

  26. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    My team is rubbish .

    Ederson
    TAA Doherty Wan Balbuena Alonso
    Sterling Sane
    Kane Aubameyang Chicharito

    Button Brooks Richarlison Obiang

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Shurrup 🙂

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        The midfield is a right mess

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      looks fine tbh

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

      Do you still have your WC?

  27. jose1
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Keane to (a) Kolasinac or (b) Doherty for free?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Whilst I brought in A last week, I wouldn't do it this week with Arsenal's defensive injuries/suspensions.

      Wouldn't do B as Wolves have Bournemouth & Liverpool next, who can both score.

      Therefore, neither...

    2. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      i own doherty but if kola is nailed (idk) i'd prob go with him

  28. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    A) Richarlison > Son (BUR)
    B) Richarlison > Sané (EVE)
    C) Hold

    Not terribly fond of C over the next 2/3, if I'm being honest.

  29. Vamos Los Celeste
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Who to captain this gw ?

    Salah
    Kane
    Auba
    Sterling ??

  30. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Kane or Sterling