Captains
24 December 2018 1890 comments
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You can now vote in the Gameweek 19 Captain Poll, either below or in the sidebar of our website.

Liverpool and Tottenham are expected to be the go-to teams with them hosting Newcastle and Bournemouth respectively.

Jurgen Klopp’s Reds have been particularly ruthless at Anfield this season and Newcastle may struggle to cope with the in-form Mohamed Salah (£13.2m).

Fantasy managers might also be tempted by the Egyptian’s team-mates Roberto Firmino (£9.2m), Sadio Mané (£9.6m) or Xherdan Shaqiri (£7.1m).

Also, Newcastle’s troubles in front of goal may also convince Fantasy managers to consider Alisson (£5.8m) or Andrew Robertson (£6.6m) for the armband.

The will be newfound support of Spurs assets after their six-goal performance at Everton in Gameweek 18.

Harry Kane (£12.5m) will obviously be the Spurs front-runner after scoring 15 points from two goals and an assist at Goodison Park.

However, there was also a handsome 21-point haul for Son Heung-min (£8.5m) as well as goals for Christian Eriksen (£9.3m) and Dele Alli (£8.9m).

Eden Hazard (£11.0m) is in action against Watford, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang‘s (£11.5m) Arsenal travel to Brighton while Manchester City will hope to respond to their shock defeat to Crystal Palace at Leicester City.

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  1. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    Chicharito > rashford(ft)

    Or hold transfer and assess following week?

    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Go for it

    2. Earn your Spurs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      go for it

    3. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Good move

  2. Holmes
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    I want to see happy Salah, that sad face doesnt suit him... 😀

    1. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Oh no. We like angry salah. Better player.

    2. Earn your Spurs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      sad would be fine for the rest of 2018

      1. Tommyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        2018? Do you mean season?

        1. Earn your Spurs
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          might buy him myself after City

          1. Tommyg
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 1 day ago

            Very wise.

      2. Holmes
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        not many days left 😉

    3. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Don’t worry he’ll turn that frown upside down against Newcastle

    4. Rash
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      That's the face he pulls when he finds out he's on the bench.

  3. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    Digne, Shaw or Kola? To play week in week out for me

    1. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Kola

    2. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Liking Digne out of the lot

    3. Earn your Spurs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      my dilemma too. I know everyone seems to live digne no matter how many goals Everton let in. the same for kola. only Shaw seems to have new hope of getting defensive points

      1. Tommyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        I wouldn't put any money on man u keeping a cs, it's like a kid with a new toy in there attacking play. They are gonna concede goals imho.

        1. Hansel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          Think so too. Was pretty set on Digne until yesterday’s hammering. Not sure on Kola’s fixtures and nailedness though?

    4. Loðbrók
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Shaw og mailer, vakse og fixtures

      1. Loðbrók
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Cause of*

        1. Loðbrók
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          Oh my god autocorrect: Shaw if nailed, cause of fixtures

          1. Hansel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 1 day ago

            Haha thanks. Norweigian?

  4. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    What's better to do on WC?

    A) Get a double rise from Lingard. Bank the .1 profit but then spend it on Son who will be .1 up by Wednesday.
    B) Forget the double rise from Lingard and just get Son now for 8.5m.

    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      B

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Why? Isn't it better to bank the .1 profit? No guarantees I will get that .1 back in a few weeks when I sell Son.

    2. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      B

    3. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      What if lingard doesn't make the second rise until Wednesday night

    4. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      A

  5. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    Klopp reveals that Salah still struggled with shoulder problems at the beginning of the season

    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Doesn’t seem to bother him at the moment.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Yeah, that's why he was not so good begining of the season. Now he is back in to his best

  6. Tommyg
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    Hazard at the tip of the goals imminent table.

    1. Tommyg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Top*

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Dare to captain instead of Kane?

    2. Bald Eagle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Nope, he's just in the imminent table not at the top.

      1. Tommyg
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Your quite right. Just making the points he's in there.

  7. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    Why are people moaning about benching headaches at the moment? Surely you need a strong bench because of the high risk of rotation.

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Naaaah. Only jammy managers get pts from the bench. Not we . Someone like Sutterns

    2. Football Heaven
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      I’m considering Bench boosting since it rarely comes off in double gws. I know rotation is a factor but fffix has predicted 16 points on my bench this week

      1. Ole.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Bench boost always comes off in dgw, always get over 100 dgw because of chips.

  8. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 1 day ago

    Is anyone else having trouble loading the members tables? I have this problem for two days now. I’m using iOS

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Fine for me, although member's area quite slow recently

    2. Emiliano Sala
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Minutes prediction for:
      Salah
      Shaqiri

      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        0

        90

        1. Jam0sh
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          😀

      2. soup natsi
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        75
        90

      3. the dom 1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        70
        90

      4. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Depends on the score at 60 mins, if Liverpool are up by 2 then salah will be off.

      5. Ole.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        80 90

        1. Ole.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          Fri Wed Sat... Plenty of rest time!

      6. Champagne supernova
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        15
        75

    3. thegrevster
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Haz + Sane ---> Lingard and Salah?

      1. Rhodes your boat
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        I wouldn’t

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        You need all 4

        1. Rhodes your boat
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          No you don’t

          1. Hotdogs for Tea
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 1 day ago

            Chelsea City Liverpool & Utd attackers - what’s not to like about that 🙂

            1. POLSKA GOLA
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 1 day ago

              The money they cost

      3. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Yes

    4. Rhodes your boat
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Finally ready to get a green arrow?

      Ederson
      Alonso robbo Digne awb
      Sane siggy f.anderson martial
      Kane(c) auba

      Hamer balbuena success guendouzi

      0ft 1.4itb

      1. POLSKA GOLA
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Very similar to mine but I have Rich & Lingz instead of Siggy and Martial and Ings instead of Digne
        I’m tempted by Sane to Son

        1. Rhodes your boat
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          City fixtures aren’t bad I’m holding

    5. HD7
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Anybody else with Robbo and VVD combo?

      I think they can get cleanies vs Newcastle and Arsenal...why not?
      Plus they are dangerous up front 🙂
      And vs City probably bench VVD

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        You think Robbo will play against Newcastle ?

        1. Old Man
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          I don't, but I'm hoping TAA will

    6. Mayo for Sam
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Best move here?

      A Sterling + Wilson > Snod + Kane (-4)
      B Dunk + Wilson > 4.3def + Rashford (-4)
      C Fanderson > Martial/Lingard
      E Save

      1ft 0.2
      Fab
      Alonso Kolasinac AWB
      Hazard Son Sterling Sane Felipe
      Auba Wilson*

      Hamer Success Bennett Dunk*

      1. soup natsi
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Wilson > Ings

      2. dbeck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        E

    7. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      I'm seriously considering Sterling Sane and Wilson to Salah Son and Ings for a minus 4.
      Crazy I guess.
      Thoughts lads.

      1. soup natsi
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Overreaction. You’ll want a city mid on thursday

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Great idea, lock and load it 🙂

      3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Brilliant two days ago

      4. Pukki Party
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        ManC wont play Palace every week, keep

    8. davidmcnamara
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      GTG? 1FT 0.5 ITB

      Fab
      Alonso, Digne, Robbo, Doherty
      Fanderson, Hazard (vc), Sane, Martial, Richa
      Kane (c)

      Stek, WanB, Wilson, Kamara

    9. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      G2G lads?

      Hart
      Luiz, Robbo. Doherty
      Salah, Sane, Felipe, Rich
      Rashford, Kane, Jimenez

      Foster, Fraser, AWB, Bednarek

    10. Earn your Spurs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Did Shaw miss all those games lately through injury or didn't mourinho like him, or what?

    11. Rash
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      G2g here? Got a feeling a may be the victim of rotation without a bench.

      Fab
      Doherty Robbo kola
      Sterling sané martial Snodgrass
      Kane rash auba

      Pat kiko kayal dunk

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Salah v Newcastle ... mmm ...

      2. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Good luck with getting 11 players out of that lot,

        1. Rash
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          I know..

    12. Earn your Spurs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Sterling Hazard Salah and Sane to Kane Son Auba and Eriksen for -8?

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        100% no!

      2. Rash
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        That will more than likely backfire at a spectacular level.

      3. Football Heaven
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Kneejerk

      4. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Think you have the best 3 big hitters, but would look to get Auba in for Sterling eventually. Salah, Haz and Auba are the talismans for their sides with high goal involvement. Kane and Sterling have been shown to be not required for Spurs and City to win games.

      5. Jam0sh
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Are you hammered

      6. LSP
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        No way bro

      7. mookie
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        I probably wouldn't get Auba but am definitely considering tripling up on Spurs. 6 home games in the next 8 is just too good to miss out on.

    13. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Basically between Kane and Salah. Don't own Salah, so going Kane. But it is very rare for a player to haul (10pts or more) in one GW and follow it up with another haul. Sterling and Hazard may be the ones who haul this GW - bounce back from poor performances last week and send a message to the doubters.

      1. Over Midwicket
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Kane.

        Bournemouth are gaaaaahbage

      2. Rash
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        When Kane hits form he usually does it week in week out.. I'm confident giving him the armband

      3. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Has to be Kane; I’d be scared if I was a non-owner. Their saving grace could be that he’s rested

        1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          I think there’s more chance of a Salah no-show however. Two enormous games coming up for Liverpool in the next week.

        2. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          If you don't own any one of Salah, Hazard, Sterling, Kane, Ageuro, Auba you should be scared. Basically a permanent state of fear. Because guessing when these guys are going to haul is like trying to correctly guess the right number between 1 and 50. Low odds, but possible and you are screwed when the ones you don't own haul.

          1. HollywoodXI
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 1 day ago

            That’s why I own the “big 5”. The rest of my team is weaker than I like but I sleep easy at night 😉

            1. diesel001
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 day ago

              Damn. You must have some proper crap around them though

              1. HollywoodXI
                • 11 Years
                7 years, 1 day ago

                Hart Hamer

                Holebas, Doherty, Wan B, Schindler, Bennett

                Sterling, Salah, Hazard, Billing, Masuaka

                Auba, Kane, Kamara

      4. Big Hands Barry
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Didn't kane do it this time last year?

      5. The 5% Team
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Going for Kane as well....he still owes us a hattrick this season

    14. Football Heaven
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Auba to Kane -8?

      1. Lyonnais
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        What? 😀

      2. Earn your Spurs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        only if -12

    15. Lyonnais
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Thoughts on Shaw as an option?

    16. POLSKA GOLA
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Any suggestions what to do with this team:
      Ederson
      Alonso, VVD, Doherty
      Sane, Fanderson, Richarlison, Lingard
      Kane, Auba, Ings
      Bench: Hamer, AWB, Fraser, Schindler
      1ft, 0.3itb
      Tempted by Sane to Son or Martial

      1. Lyonnais
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Probably save FT.
        Wouldn't get Martial as you already have Lingard.

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Roll it

      3. POLSKA GOLA
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Thnx guys

    17. MiLK2018
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Which two to start?

      1) Fabianski (sou)
      2) Patricio (ful)

      A. Fraser (tot)
      B. Jonny (ful)

      1. Lyonnais
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        1B

      2. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        2B

      3. davidmcnamara
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Which players from the top 6 clubs are at the biggest rotation risk for this GW?

      4. Last Raulist Alive
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Either 1 or 2, but B for sure.

    18. ☈☾
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Son will start against BOU?

      1. Over Midwicket
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        100%

    19. Mackans
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Andersson -> Pogba for free?

      1. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        No

    20. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      why are people prefering kane v bou rather than pool v new?

      newcastle are a travesty

      1. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Harder to breakdown but Bournemouth go all out so are a bit more exposed. Everyone is thinking Bournemouth will do an Everton and leak a handful of goals. Can’t see it myself due to Howe not being that stupid.

        1. FC Hakkebøf
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          Exactly

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Are they ?

        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 1 day ago

          check the captain poll

          1. Hotdogs for Tea
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 1 day ago

            Quite close in the poll though, but Spurs looked very very good attacking

            I don’t sense Salah having high ownership here at FFS, seems to have been ditched for City players, so maybe skewed by that ?

      3. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Difficult choice. Bournemouth can ship goals. And Newcastle like parking the bus. Arguably, Bournemouth might concede more against the Top 6 when they are at the Vitality because then Bournemouth have to show more attacking intent, whereas Newcastle park the bus everywhere. So perhaps Salah is the better choice as Liverpool already know what to expect.

      4. Godfrey
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Salah could be benched

    21. Football Heaven
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Really considering bench boosting but rotation is putting me off. Current bench

      Fab jimenez Jonny ings

      I know ings and fab are against each other but still

      1. davidmcnamara
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        Same situation. I'm not going to because of rotation - good fixtures will come around again at a better time

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        DGW

    22. Goonsquad245
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Seasons greetings FFS!

      Who to bench (and yes, these are my only realistic choices!)

      A) Richarlison
      B) Anderson
      C) Jimenez

      Leaning A because I think he is due a rest...

    23. FPL luva
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 day ago

      Best move here?

      A) Alonso, Anderson, Mitrovic---> Luiz, Hazard, Ings -4

      B) Jimenez, Mitrovic, Sane---> ings, Rashford, Hazard -4

      C) Alonso, Anderson, Jimenez---> Trippier, Son, Rashford -4

      1. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 day ago

        A if you have to pick one but don’t like any of them