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FPL Breakfast Club – The Premium Debate

Join us for another episode of Fantasy Premier League Breakfast Club this morning.

We will be live from 11:15am on our YouTube channel, but you can also watch the show embedded in the article below.

Joe and David will be joined by Az today after he missed this week’s Scoutcast.

Having juggled moving house with his FPL plans over the last seven days we find out what he is looking to do in Gameweek 17.

We will also be discussing who the best captain is for the weekend, with Manchester City likely to rotate once again.

At 11:30am we will bring you the team news from the Etihad Stadium as the defending champions prepare to host Everton.

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  1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    So I definitely think Aguero and KDB will come on, that leaves 1 sub left, unsure if I'd rather have a no-show from Raheem or a 1 pointer

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      1 pointer please

    2. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Don’t agree why would you throw in players returning from injury when you are winning

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

        match fitness maybe

      2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        In front of a Home crowd, they'd want to see KDB come on, give him a warm reception. Aguero maybe not

      3. HD7
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Because thats what you do. You put them in for a few minutes and get them in stsrting line up gradually?

  2. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Matip has a long term injury - gutted.

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    time to sell sterling with his constant rests and busy christmas period

    Who to sell for

    1. Son
    2. KDB
    3. Eriksen
    4. Salah

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sane

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fernandinho, guaranteed starter

    3. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Any of those really. Salah if you can afford

    4. El Matador
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      You're not gonna sell him

    5. BIGREDDOG
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Why sell he just got rested

    6. Bullet Eder
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      CPL at home next. A well-rested Sterling is one of the best captain options next week. Patience is a virtue in this game.

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He'll start in the cup and get rested again vs Palace.

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

      Eriksen, I got him.

    8. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Expect two goals vs palace

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

        He should start next few surely

  4. dicky2014
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Alex Scott looking yum today

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      As always

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sexist.

  5. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Thank fak I didn’t captain Sterling!

  6. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling should get some game time here as Sane should be hooked for a early rest so it might be a blessing in disguise against tired legs

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

    Sane and Mahrez in 🙂

  8. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Does this mean sterling is safe for crystal palace and sane likely benched ?

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

      no, probably both will start

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Pep

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nope

      Sterling starts league cup midweek
      Benched palace weekend
      Starts Leicester away following week
      Benched Southampton league game
      Starts Liverpool

      1. Pieterke30
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        He could start next three, bench Soton and start Pool

      2. drughi
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        disappointed owner ? lol

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Yep I called it in fairness - check hot topic from Tuesday 😉

          Wouldn’t go near him with a barge pole for captaincy

          1. Pieterke30
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            You’re not gonna keep him then?

            1. Pieterke30
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              If you believe in what you wrote there is no point keeping him

              1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                Nope, tee’ing up transfer to Sané as we speak - will keep an eye on price changes

                1. Pieterke30
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  It’s driving me nuts because when he starts he can get 15 pts each time

              2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                In fairness there was a long discussion on this in my hot topic from Tuesday which pretty much arrived at a similar conclusion

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

      Sterling/Mahrez for rotation, if we go by Pep’s quotes but you never know I guess...

  9. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Yikes that Everton midfield

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Think zouma in midfield and richarlison wing.Gomes siggy pivot looks a bit weakk

  10. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    To slow to swap Torreira to Jiminez nightmare!

  11. F4L
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    how did Fernandinho get to the game if he wasn't on the bus? Questions...

    1. Critical Observer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It was Ben Effing Dinnery reporting he wasn’t on the bus, might as well trust Stevie Wonder as an eyewitness.

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Sleeps at the Etihad.

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

    Sterling to come on bag... Don't worry guys. Unless city dominating. Then stones and Foden maybe

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

      Doesnt realy come on but a nice 1point cameo maybe

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

    Just boycott City now

  14. My Name Is Pepu
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    *comes back from a 1-week FPL sabbatical*

    *Pep benches Sterling*

    *Logs-out again*

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

      Relax still great option

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

    Must be difficult and amazing for him to pick a team each week, such an embarassment of riches.

  16. Dirty Harry
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    So glad I dropped Salah for Sterling the other week...

  17. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    We Sterling owners are doomed 🙁 and I sold Salah for him too 🙁

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

      Juuuuhuuuuuu

    2. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Same

  18. boc610
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling aint worth it. Stop kidding yourselves.

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

      Lol

  19. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sterling C vs Palace locked in.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nope

      Sterling starts league cup midweek
      Benched palace weekend
      Starts Leicester away following week
      Benched Southampton league game
      Starts Liverpool

  20. DROP IT LIKE IT'S HART
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I think I'll just get Salah for Sterling and give the City mid a pass. The mids are too pricey for someone not nailed on.

    1. J T
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      But they get enough points over due course you just have to be patient

  21. el polako
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    As a Sane & Sterling owner I fell a bit 50/50 about it 😉

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

      Same. Was always going to be 1/2

    2. J T
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      It’s all good, just hope Sane scores 10+

  22. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    This is where the theory that Sterling either starts or doesn't play at all comes into effect for captainers I guess. A no show isn't the end of the world.

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      this. Not captainer but would be getting Doherty off the bench

    2. RomeluAndJuliet
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hope so, Hazard (VC)

  23. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    still keep sterling? or get sane?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      You just get a Man City mid and keep. They will all get benched.

    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Both

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

      Keep. Should play next GW

    4. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Keep Sterling and get Sane too

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

    So who capped Sane?

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

      O/

    2. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Not sure if it submitted in time 🙁

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

    City assests just aren't worth the hassle. Why play Sterling 90 minutes in a dead rubber CL game?

    1. JJO
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      1st place ?

  26. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is Sterling FPL fools gold ?

  27. Zinedine Kilbane
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Has any1 ever hit transfer and been met with the updating screen and the transfer still went through? Nervous times

    1. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      No, missed out on Haz and Kun to Same and Kane for GW15 cost me 20 points and a wasted FT.

    2. The Red Devil
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      not gone through i think

  28. Roy Rovers
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Ouch....Aguero, Sterling & Sane!!

  29. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    City were able to play Sterling for 90 minutes midweek in a near pointless UCL game because they have Mahrez as a backup. And they are able to have Mahrez as a backup because they broke FFP and have a powerful owner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkU3mtm1ygI

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

      Stop crying and appreciate the football on display

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        I always appreciate City's football and complement their football on here every time they play.

        But what's happening needs to be exposed.

    2. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Salty United fan ? 😉

      1. Critical Observer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        You know it brah.

  30. bitm2007
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone else City less this GW ? Sterling and Sane starts were too big a lottery to use an FT on for me.

    Foster
    Alonso, Robertson, Doherty, AWB
    Salah, Hazard, Richarlison, Maddison
    Kane (c), Wilson

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

      I went Rich to Mahrez for a 1 week punt as i knew he'd start and will wc soon

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

      Gone from 60k to 9k with no City over the last few weeks. Plan on staying away for a bit longer, will get KDB once he's up to speed.

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

        Pure luck

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

          LOL salty much?

    3. Zenith UK
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I am cityless, two weeks running and feeling good! 🙂

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

        Luck will run out