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Attention turns to West Ham assets at Fulham

Attention now turns to West Ham’s devastating attacking players in Gameweek 17’s late Saturday kick-off.

All of the usual suspects have kept their starting places with Felipe Anderson (£7.3m), Robert Snodgrass (£5.3m) and Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (£6.4m) in the line-up.

The Hammers should enjoy their afternoon at Craven Cottage as Fulham come into the encounter with the same back-four that was taken apart in Gameweek 16.

Joe Bryan (£4.8m) is at left-back with Denis Odoi (£4.4m) playing on the right again.

Calum Chambers retains his central midfield role while Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m) is absent from the matchday entirely.

Aleksandr Mitrovic (£6.8m) is flanked in the front three by Andre Schürrle (£5.8m) and Aboubakar Kamara (£4.4m).

Fulham XI: Rico; Bryan, Mawson, Ream, Odoi; Cairney, Chambers, Seri; Schurrle, Mitrović, Kamara

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Masuaku, Diop, Balbuena, Zabaleta; Rice, Noble; Antonio, Anderson, Snodgrass; Chicharito.

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1,283 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    21 points. Christ.

    1. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      From wolves players?

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah from my 3 anyway!

    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      11 here 😆

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        🙁

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Similar to the overall average of 19, but below the FFS poster average of 42

      1. noahzark22
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        exactly

  2. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Patricio coming in for Hennessy is nice. WB stuck on bench and Wilson cameo is annoying though.

  3. HD7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I dont like this Jesus brace... have a feeling that even after Kun is back... he will rotated much more than in autumn :/

  4. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Damn my defense looks horrible for next week, beat this Kiko, Doherty, Laporte and on bench AWB, Duffy

  5. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fanderson and Kamara save my GW :/

  6. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone selling Kane for a -12 and spreading the cash?

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No

    2. drughi
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      next 4 fixtures are too good but will not captain that's for sure

    3. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I might. But then I'll activate my wildcard

    4. Mysterion
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Stop egging people on 😉

    5. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      -8 possibly.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Go for it TM

    6. Atom&Humber
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yep Kane, laca, Fraser,hoejberj out. Salah Kamara mitro and son in for a minus 8

    7. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      No man!

    8. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      You can't take a -12 for one player.

  7. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Salah and Hazard will balance things out tomorrow

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hopefully Hazard (C)

      1. internal error
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I domt have either so will be taking cover

  8. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Be nice if Laca can get something tomorrow. Patience hasn't paid off much this season.

    1. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Lacabenched

      1. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Probs... but think he has an alright chance as a cameo.

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hmm, if I was patient with Laca, I'd have got more points than I did, selling him for Kun.

      1. yakirh
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Selling for injured player...??

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          In GW3

  9. MMN
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    2 FT, 0m ITB. Any early thoughts? Will likely wait till late this week but looking at TAA out unless he's fit for the weekend.

    Ederson
    Alonso, Kola, Doherty
    Richa, Sane, Anderson, Son
    Auba, Kane, Wilson

    Hamer, Kiko, TAA, Hudson

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      You afford to wait for TAA if back soon with that squad

      1. MMN
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        If he’s back for GW19 for sure then perhaps but what transfer would you do then if keeping TAA

  10. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Doherty has a too high ownership now 🙁

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Buying him at 4.4m feels like cheating.

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Feels fantastic

      2. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Same here

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Almost as has as Alonso 😮

  11. yakirh
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Mitro YC will be nice

  12. arkom
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Please FAnderson blank! C’moon Fulham!

  13. noahzark22
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    16 points on my bench!

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yuck. At least you have a strong bench!

      1. SPorting
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Silver linings.

      2. noahzark22
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        yeah, positives for the December run.

  14. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    for the fourth time this season, Fanderson will save my gameweek

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      let's hope he hauls

  15. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Chilwell, Billing, Kane to Van Dijk, Sterling, Kamara for -8?

  16. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    What are we going to do with Kane? 🙁

    1. The Left Duke #3
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Kane and Lacazette could be getting turned out soon for me.

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Watch him score vs Everton

      1. Lazaretti
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        As a non owner

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Keep and captain in fixtures below - and let AubamaKane do their stuff - points will come:

      GW15 Kane SOU (24)
      GW16 Auba HUD (10)
      GW17 Kane BUR (10)
      GW18 Auba BUR (???)
      GW19 Kane BOU
      GW20 Kane WOL
      GW21 Auba FUL
      GW22 Auba whm
      GW23 Kane ful
      GW24 Auba CAR
      GW25 Kane NEW
      GW26 Kane LEI
      GW27 Auba SOU
      GW28 Auba BOU
      GW29 Spurs v Arsenal
      GW30 Kane sou
      GW31 Kane CPL
      GW32 Auba NEW
      GW33 Kane BRI
      GW34 Kane HUD
      GW35 Auba CPL
      GW36 Kane WHM
      GW37 Auba BRI
      GW38 Kane EVE

      1. Pacer.
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Lol. What's point though when he doesn't haul in easy fixtures. There's better players to rotate, this is just a fantasy :0

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          He'll do just fine - could easily have gotten more points today and Burnley had the defensive performance of their lives. Very positive on AubamaKane's prospects with this run

          1. Pacer.
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Why not just rotate it with Sterling

            1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Two main reaasons - 1. Kane & Auba have superb fixtures and 2. Sterling is too dodgy on his league starts from here on out:

              Everton (Home) 15th Dec - PL

              3 days rest

              Leicester (Away) 18th - LC [Qtr final - so strong team - Sterling starts?]

              4 days rest

              Palace (Home) 22nd - PL ['Easy' home game - Sterling rest/rotation?]

              4 days rest

              Leicester (Away) 26th - PL ['tougher' away game - Sterling starts?]

              4 days rest

              Southampton (Home) 30th - PL ['Easy' home game - Sterling rest/rotation? - especially with Liverpool 3 days later?]

              4 days rest

              Liverpool (Home) 3rd - PL Sterling Starts

              3 days rest

              Rotherham (Home) 6th - FA Cup Sterling Rest

              1. Pacer.
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Spurs is worse.

                Sterling is just a better choice imo. He doesn't need the minutes Kane does to haul. He has 20 points more from 4 games less or something. That's captain material. Kane's getting ragged into the ground. He looked rubbish today

                1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Spurs schedule is about equivalent to City's, but Kane's schedule is much better than Sterling's which is key

                  It's now hugely likely that Kane sit's out the NLD which puts him on the opposite rota to Sterling & ensures he starts their nice fixtures coming up

      2. El Lobito 10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        More will come if you perma-captain Sterling

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Can't captain Sterling, he looks set for start v leicester in league cup, bench v palace, start v leicester away in league, bench v southampton, start v liverpool

          1. El Lobito 10
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Was benched today and did alright

            1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Sterling last 3 gameweeks 0-2-6 - AubamaKane smashing him out of the water even though they've another couple of gears to go up

              1. El Lobito 10
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Ha nice selective choice of matches from the game's leading points scorer

                1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 4 months ago

                  Yes this is the range in which we started captaining AubmaKane - GW15 was when their good fixture run started, and when Sterling's rotation nightmare commenced - see my hot topic on same from Last Tuesday - it's still up there if you want to have a read 🙂

                  1. El Lobito 10
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 4 months ago

                    Yeah you may be right. I'm on Auba-Sterling as my rotation. Kane can't handle all these games, is too expensive and inconsistent. Sterling at home every game apart from United has returned. Sterling will comfortably outscore Arry

                    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 4 months ago

                      Kane's next two captaincy fixtures are Bournemouth home & Wolves home - those teams won't defend like Burnley - meanwhile Sterling will be in & out of the starting lineup like a dog at a fair.

                      There's no doubt that Sterling will score points - but for captaincy he is too unreliable at this time of year & with Man City's schedule - he can't compete with the security of starts & fixtures of AubamaKane so the captaincy goes to them

                      1. Pacer.
                        • 9 Years
                        5 years, 4 months ago

                        Fair enough. I've got more confidence in him getting the required minutes to match Kane for somewhat less

                        Also, Salah pretty much destroyed that rotation in a single week.

                        Aren't you worried that Kane's ceiling just isn't as high as it was because of the amount of time he spends playmaking now

                      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                        • 14 Years
                        5 years, 4 months ago

                        Not at all, the impact of Sterling's rotation cannot be overstated - 8 points in 3 weeks is dangerously low for an 11.5m - a start in the league cup all but writes off his entire month of December due to the scheduling cited earlier.

                        Maybe somewhere out towards end of January that threat dissipates somewhat, but i'd be skeptical.

                        I think AubamaKane have been comfortably outperforming Sterling from GW15 onwards which was always the time Kane's fixtures were earmarked as being extermely positive.

                        These are harsh truths for Sterling owners (of which I am one) and even harsher for Sterling captainers (of which i will not be)

      3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Aubamakane has flopped till now

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          34 points in 3 weeks is A.O.K. - they could easily have more & more points are coming 😉

          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Excuse me - 44 points!

            1. Pacer.
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 4 months ago

              Looking like a simple Aubameyang cap could outscore the rotation. That's a bit of a fail

              1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 4 months ago

                Not at all:

                If you'd perma captained Auba you would only have gotten 4 points in GW15 instead of 24 from Kane
                If you'd perma captained Kane you would only have gotten 2 points in GW16 instead of 10 from Auba

                Sterling has gone 0-2-6 in the same three weeks, that's the beauty of it - it's the rotation that delivers the points

        2. Pacer.
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          All good food for thought. Let's see what Auba does tomorrow. If he hauls away from home it'll put more question marks under the value of Kane. I'm a big fan of just don't blank when it comes to captaincy but still Kane's recent returns have been underwhelming for a captain choice at that price.

          Salah's monster haul has certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons

          Why do you think sterling won't play in the league if he plays in the cup.

          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            I think he will play in the league, just not the palace game due to squad management - Leicester away midweek in the league on Boxing Day is a banana skin Pep will want a very strong team for...

            Palace home is 3 days before that, that’s his opportunity to rest/rotate again, Sterling was benched today and they have a league cup qtr final in 3 days - all points towards that, but I could be wrong of course.

            Putting captaincy in Pep’s hands in the silly season is too dodgy

            Regarding Kane - it’s natural that people will be questioning him until AFTER his haul - it was the same with Salah. One game is all it takes for the masses to cotton onto this.

            He delivers when he starts (7 returns in last 6 starts) and there is much more to come from him, I’m looking forward to the weeks ahead!

    4. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wait and see for now. Disappointing today though.

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        This

    5. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Cheers all

  17. The Left Duke #3
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Did a poll this morning on here. Fab v Patricio and Rich v AWB. Went with the winning votes Fab and Rich. Well annoying

    1. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      If you hadn’t done a poll would you have done different?

    2. Sterling Silva is better th…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Not as a annoying as it was for the people on here that took the time to reply

  18. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Most people keeping Kane for now, surely?

    (Especially interested in those who have Kane+Auba, as I do - midfield of Haz Sane Anderson Fraser if that's relavent too)

  19. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    What happened to hennessey?

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Drank too much cognac.

  20. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    look at big aleks there, what a stallion. how many WHU players will he kill tonight. Fabs definitely could have block knocked clean off by POWERSHOT

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Can you shut up, please?

      1. Pacer.
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Soz yes taking up space could be used for your incessant bland negative interjections

        big aleks is on it

  21. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Right AK47 and FA8 - let’s see some points here!

  22. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Scared Salah and Auba non owner 🙁 #gulp Laca too

  23. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    At least Schlindler vs Richo didn't matter.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Raise your game mate you are falling. And u predicted Kane fail

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Green arrow atm.
        If I don't captain him, he will smash it.

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          You might be right. Time will tell

  24. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Comeeeee oooonnn Mitroooooo

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Thisss

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Is trippier nailed on?

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Stop that Fab! 🙂

  25. El Lobito 10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Laporte>Trippier for free? Laporte awful signing.

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Nah, City will resume CS service soon

      1. El Lobito 10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It's been a long time now. They switch off when cruising. Even Cardiff got one. 6m for max 6 points and he hasn't done that in ages is not worth it.

  26. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    5.30 wish list

    - Anderson 1 pointer
    - Wham to conceded 4 goals
    - Fabs 1 pointer
    - Chicarito brace

  27. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Wilson coming on for a 1 point cameo annoyed me. It stopped WB coming on for me to get his 6 points. So annoying. I just need Fanderson and Hernandez to score and assist each other and for Fab to keep a CS and save a pen now.

    1. El Lobito 10
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      You, me and probably a few hundred thousand others. That's fantasy.

  28. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Who is this Fanderson everyone is talking about ?

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Fander Son, plays for Wolfsburg

    2. Point-one short
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      The man, the myth, the legend?

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Not sure why the F is necessary - aren't any other Andersons that people are gonna be talking about, are there???

      1. Point-one short
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Not fsure

      2. El Lobito 10
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It's a real puzzler trying to work it out

      3. Make Arrows Green Again
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It's a bit of fun.

  29. Make Arrows Green Again
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    F, as in, "what the F, Harry" and, er, Son.

    1. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Reply failing like a complete dunce tonight

  30. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Feeling fairly confident scoring the average so far today, with Chico now and Alonso, Haz, Kola, Auba (c) tomorrow.