Scout Notes

Mitrovic’s owners miss out on double-digit haul after penalty fiasco

Four Premier League fixtures and only five goals to report on from the remainder of Saturday’s 3pm kick-offs.

We round up the Fantasy talking points, key manager quotes and headline injury news from an unremarkable quartet of Gameweek 20 matches.

Read our recap of Spurs 1-3 Wolves here.

Fulham 1-0 Huddersfield Town

  • Goal: Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.7m)
  • Assist: Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m)

Aleksandar Mitrovic‘s (£6.7m) excellent underlying attacking statistics finally translated into Fantasy returns but it could have been so much better for the Serbian forward’s owners at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon.

Mitrovic left it late to avoid a ninth blank in 11 starts but the mid-price forward converted a Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m) through-ball in the 90th minute following a Fulham swift breakaway to register his eighth goal of the season – his first since Gameweek 13.

As usual, the former Newcastle striker dominated the penalty box touch and shot counts, with all five of his efforts (four of which were headers) coming from inside the Huddersfield area. At the time of writing, no FPL forward can match either statistic over the last six Gameweeks.

Mitrovic ought to have bagged a second goal, though, or at least had the opportunity to do so.

A handball from Chris Lowe (£4.4m) in the Huddersfield box had presented the Cottagers with a glorious chance of opening the scoring on 80 minutes, but an insistent Aboubakar Kamara (£4.4m) – who had forced the error from the German defender – refused to allow the club’s designated penalty taker, Mitrovic, to wrestle the ball from him.

Kamara’s miss from the spot only incensed Fulham fans and Mitrovic owners further, with Claudio Ranieri incandescent in his post-match press conference:

When the man thinks only of himself it’s not right. He didn’t respect me, the club, his teammates, the crowd, he take the penalty, the ball, ‘I want to shoot’. Don’t listen to reason, he wants to shoot.

It’s Mitrovic [who is the first-choice penalty taker] but he [Kamara] scored the last penalty and he thought, ‘ah I am the man’.

He doesn’t understand the reason [why people are angry]. For him, everything is fine in the match. It’s unbelievable. It’s the first time in my life.

Asked if Kamara. a popular budget forward option among Fantasy managers, could be dropped from the first-team squad as punishment, Ranieri said:

Could be, I think first of all of the club and the squad. If I think it is good for the squad he can play, if I think it’s not good for the squad I take out. Now I have to see the Arsenal match and then decide.

This was a second clean sheet in three matches for Fulham, but there will seldom be easier shut-outs than yesterday, with Huddersfield again proving they are sorely lacking a cutting edge in attack. For all their dominance in possession, the Terriers never really tested Sergio Rico (£4.4m) in the Fulham goal with any one of their five shots on target.

Fulham lined up in a 3-4-3 again but there were system changes throughout the match as Ranieri attempted to shake his troops from a fairly uninspiring display.

The Italian manager discussed his half-time substitutions, one of which was enforced as Alfie Mawson (£4.8m) picked up a knee injury, and the moving of Tom Cairney (£4.7m) from a wide role to central midfield:

I wanted to make two changes but at the end Mawson was injured. I had to wait to put Sessegnon and I put him on the last ten minutes because I can take risk.

I believe until the end because the first half was very difficult for us because we knew they pressed a lot in front because they are the third team in the league who press so high. We lost a lot of balls.

Joe Bryan (£4.8m) impressed in the left wing-back role, firing over four crosses and creating a “big chance” for Mitrovic.

Calum Chambers (£4.2m), who continued “out of position” in central midfield, will be unavailable for the match against parent club Arsenal on New Year’s Day, meanwhile.

Fulham XI (3-4-2-1): Rico; Odoi, Mawson (Le Marchand 45′), Ream; Bryan, Seri (Kamara 45′), Chambers, Christie; Cairney, Vietto (Sessegnon 77′); Mitrovic.

Huddersfield Town XI (3-5-1-1 ): Lossl; Jorgensen, Schindler, Kongolo; Durm, Billing, Hadergjonaj, Hogg, Lowe; Pritchard (Kachunga 65′); Mounie (Depoitre 65′).

Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Everton

  • Goal: Jurgen Locadia (£5.3m)
  • Assist: None

Such is FPL and football in general, an Everton team who scored five goals in their last Premier League away fixture three days earlier couldn’t find their way past a Brighton side who hadn’t kept a clean sheet in nine matches.

The Seagulls rode their luck at times with the visitors twice striking the woodwork, while there was an element of fortune about Jurgen Locadia‘s (£5.3m) winner too: the Dutchman turning in a loose ball that had bobbled into his path via an unwitting touch by Andre Gomes (£5.4m).

FPL managers now know which £4.0m-rated goalkeeper Chris Hughton prefers in the absence of Mathew Ryan (£4.5m), as David Button (£4.0m) got the nod over Jason Steele (£4.0m) between the sticks.

After a slightly shaky start, Button went on to have a fine match in goal and returned nine points to reward those gambling on his budget appeal from the off.

Richarlison (£7.0m) was desperately unlucky not to score with one effort that Button brilliantly tipped onto the post, while Button had also reacted well to keep out the Brazilian’s strike from a narrow angle in the first half.

Chris Hughton praised his stand-in custodian after full-time:

For all David Button’s experience it is not easy for a keeper to just step in. Mat Ryan has been good for us. Button was excellent today. You train as hard as he does, when you step into a match you’re going to play well.

Lewis Dunk (£4.5m) and Shane Duffy (£4.6m) were, perhaps significantly, partnered together for the first time since Gameweek 15 and Hughton highlighted how crucial their partnership is at centre-back to Brighton’s clean sheet prospects:

It’s important because they know each other very well, and that’s not taking anything away from Leon Balogun, who’s played well in the last few games for us.

But they’re a partnership that know each other very well, and they had to deal with a fair bit of pressure towards the end of the game.

The Brighton boss also heralded Locadia’s versatility:

Jurgen’s flexibility is important for us, one thing he has is a lot of scope in the way he plays.

We’ve used 4-3-3 more often of late than in the past and Jurgen is one who’s used to the system from his previous club. He can play on either flank or down the middle, we’ve always felt he was an important member of the squad.

Sometimes circumstances around the squad, such as the form of other players, can make it more difficult for him, but to us he’s always been important to the team.

Locadia has two goals in as many matches but with Brighton sitting bottom of our Season Ticker for the next three Gameweeks and the budget FPL forward effectively playing out of position wide on the left, there likely will be little interest in him for now.

Florin Andone (£5.0m), who forced a fine reflex save out of Jordan Pickford (£5.0m), continues to share pitch-time with Glenn Murray (£6.4m) and is a long way from our budget forward radar.

Lucas Digne (£5.2m) was the most-bought FPL defender of Gameweek 20 but couldn’t follow up his 17-point haul from Boxing Day, though created two chances and had as many shots on goal to keep his impressive underlying stats ticking over.

Everton sit top of our Season Ticker for the next six Gameweeks and Digne’s appeal is only set to increase as a result, though this was another match without a clean sheet (their seventh in a row) for the Toffees.

Marco Silva stuck with a 3-4-3 for this match and there must be worries about Gylfi Sigurdsson‘s (£7.3m) rotation risk if he is to persist with a wing-back system.

The Iceland international was the fall guy here and it could be that Silva continues to perm two from three of Sigurdsson, Andre Gomes (£5.4m) and Idrissa Gueye (£4.8m) in central midfield.

This defeat may force a rethink from Silva, though, and even if not, Sigurdsson could potentially be deployed in one of the front three positions anyway – Theo Walcott (£6.1m) certainly looks vulnerable based on current form.

Sigurdsson came on a substitute and almost grabbed an assist when his free-kick was headed onto the bar by Kurt Zouma (£5.0m).

With the turnaround time between Everton’s games being particularly unkind this Christmas, Silva warned of not having sufficient time to prepare for the visit of Leicester:

It is important to be strong again and ready for the next match in three days.

We don’t have time to prepare in the normal way but that is the schedule and we have to put in our players’ minds how important the next game is.

Brighton XI (4-3-3): Button; Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo; Stephens, Propper, Gross; Locadia, Andone (Murray 74′), March.

Everton XI (3-4-3): Pickford; Keane, Zouma, Mina (Sigurdsson 65′); Coleman, Gomes (Calvert-Lewin 72′), Gueye, Digne; Bernard (Niasse 80′), Walcott, Richarlison.

Leicester City 0-1 Cardiff City

  • Goal: Victor Camarasa (£4.6m)
  • Assist: Bobby Reid (£5.2m)

After successive wins over Chelsea and Manchester City, it was almost inevitable that Leicester would slip up against a team without a victory on the road in 2018/19 and who had scored fewer goals away from home than any other top-flight side going into Gameweek 20.

Claude Puel had said fatigue was a factor going into this fixture and he won’t be the last manager to use tiredness as an excuse for a defeat over the festive period.

Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) was substituted midway through the second half of this defeat and was one of the players namechecked in Puel’s post-match press conference.

The Leicester boss said:

They were tired, Marc (Albrighton) and Jamie also, in their control, with their touches.

It’s normal, we tried to find solution and to push with fresh players giving their best. It’s a normal thing to try to find the good clinical edge.

I manage my team about what I see. Jamie was in difficulty, he was tired. It’s normal. He has played almost all the last games, with full minutes.

For Jamie or for other players, they have tiredness in this busy period.

It was an underwhelming afternoon for Vardy’s owners (of which there were over 100,000 more of going into this Gameweek), with the Leicester striker being denied by Neil Etheridge (£4.5m) with his only real clear sight of goal.

The frustration was compounded when Leicester were awarded a spot-kick just seven minutes after his departure, with James Maddison (£6.8m) drawing a save from Etheridge – his third stop from 12 yards this season – and being denied a tap-in on the rebound by a last-ditch Sol Bamba (£4.5m) tackle.

It was one of those days for Maddison and his owners too, with the summer signing from Norwich missing from the spot, being denied an assist when creating that aforementioned “big chance” for Vardy and seeing a first-half free-kick parried away by Etheridge.

While Vardy had three goals and an assist in five starts before this game, the Leicester striker has a fractious relationship with his manager and the Foxes’ patient, possession-based approach under Puel doesn’t seem to get the best out of his abilities.

Vardy had indeed previously mentioned that Puel’s style of play doesn’t suit him and it was no surprise that he was more of a threat against Manchester City and Chelsea, given that the Foxes adopted a more direct, counter-attacking approach against the “big six” sides.

This was a second successive clean sheet for Cardiff and in truth, Etheridge’s seven saves were fairly comfortable in nature.

Bamba and Greg Cunningham (£4.2m) were particularly impressive at the back and owners of Spurs assets might be slightly concerned going into the New Year’s Day meeting with the Bluebirds given their mini-resurgence at the back.

Warnock was asked what his side’s defensive improvement had been down to and said:

I think we’re better organised really.

West Ham would have been a different story if the penalty had gone in. I think we were a bit too negative against Watford.

And then when we changed the system at Palace it worked well and today it was great to get a clean sheet against a team like Leicester that have done so late.

As a manager you live and die by your decisions, and we needed fresh legs because they gave me everything at Palace.

It was just who to leave out and who to bring in. All credit to the lads, I thought today we deserved to win. I thought it was our best performance because we were playing a team who were flying, with the last two results they had.

To compete with them and limit them, and if we’d been more precise in the final third we could have scored two or three.

For the owners of Harry Kane (£12.6m), Son Heung-min (£8.8m) et al, though, it should be said that Cardiff have conceded more attempts on goal and shots in the box than any Premier League team over the last two Gameweeks, despite their successive shut-outs.

How much energy two rearguard efforts in four days has sapped also remains to be seen.

Victor Camarasa (£4.6m) demonstrated the problem with his bench fodder status with his third attacking return in four Gameweeks; just under 66% of his owners benched the Cardiff midfielder this weekend.

Camarasa’s superb strike from distance won the game for Cardiff late in the match and the classy Spaniard had three attempts on goal in all, lining up again as a “number ten” behind the fit-again Callum Paterson (£5.1m).

Camarasa has corner-taking duties at Cardiff and is on penalties, too, with Warnock saying that he is encouraging the on-loan playmaker to chance his arm more:

Víctor needed to come to a club like ours. He needed to be loved and welcomed, and he’s such a super boy.

He does that regularly, but his free-kick was poor today and he shot into the stands just before. I keep telling him: ‘Keep shooting – I’ll never shout at you.’

Leicester City XI (4-2-3-1): Schmeichel; Ricardo, Soyuncu, Maguire, Chilwell; Mendy, Ndidi; Albrighton (Ghezzal 58′), Maddison, Gray (Okazaki 79); Vardy (Iheanacho 68′).

Cardiff City XI (4-4-1-1): Etheridge; Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham; Gunnarsson; Hoilett (Reid 83′),  Arter (Peltier 90′), Murphy (Harris 78′); Camarasa; Paterson.

Watford 1-1 Newcastle United

  • Goals: Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.9m) | Salomon Rondon (£5.8m)
  • Assists: Gerard Deulofeu (£5.5m) | Matt Ritchie (£5.8m)

Javi Gracia defended his decision to make six changes for the visit of Newcastle on Saturday, with the Hornets having to rely on a late header from substitute Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.9m) to spare their blushes.

The Watford boss said:

I have to choose different players in this moment because we are playing every three or four days. I have to give the chances for all of my players. I have said many times that all my players deserve the chance to play as they work very well.

We are a good squad – not only a good team. If I don’t do it in this moment, when can I do it? It was the moment to change the players as some of them needed a rest. I have to prepare for all the games. Now you see the result you can say that [I should not have made the changes], but I don’t agree.

Doucoure, Jose Holebas (£4.8m) and Troy Deeney (£5.8m) – three of the six most-owned Watford assets in FPL – were among the players to drop out of the Watford starting XI, with Isaac Success (£4.6m) recalled alongside Gerard Deulofeu (£5.5m) in attack.

Success and Deulofeu registered seven attempts on goal between them but it was the introduction of Deeney and Doucoure early in the second half that provided the physical presence and drive so badly lacking before then: a one-on-one chance for Deulofeu that Martin Dubravka (£5.0m) got a leg to was the only clear opportunity that the Hornets had.

Deulofeu switched to the wing upon Deeney taking to the field and it was his cross that was met by Doucoure’s head on 81 minutes to level the scores up.

It was another classic Newcastle away-day performance after their hammering at Anfield, with the Magpies content to soak up a lot of pressure in their 3-4-2-1/5-2-2-1 and hit their hosts on the break.

Salomon Rondon (£5.8m) was restored to the Newcastle starting XI after his rest on Merseyside and was a real handful for the Watford backline, nodding in a Matt Ritchie (£5.8m) cross to give United the lead and having two efforts chalked off for offside.

Benitez said of his Venezuelan striker:

He’s doing well so we have to think he will be OK.

For us, every player is important because you have to make substitutions in different games. You need fresh legs and you need the quality of everyone.

I think if we make passes and crosses we will score some goals so hopefully we can do the same for him and for the other strikers.

Kenedy (£4.8m) was omitted from the match-day squad after some poor displays, with his manager confirming there wasn’t an injury:

It’s a technical decision. I think the other players were training well and I wanted to give them a chance.

Federico Fernandez (£4.4m) picked up a hip injury and had to be substituted at half-time, meanwhile.

Watford XI(4-4-2): Foster; Janmaat, Mariappa, Cathcart , Masina (Holebas 78); Hughes (Deeney 54′), Quina (Doucoure 54′), Capoue, Pereyra; Success, Deulofeu.

Newcastle United XI (3-4-2-1): Dubravka; Lascelles, Fernandez (Schar 46′), Dummett; Yedlin, Diame, Hayden (Shelvey 82′); Ritchie; Perez, Atsu; Rondon.

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4,195 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Reddonkeyham 42
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Richarlson to drop in price? If so why?

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      He didn't score for 5 mins

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Masses switching to Pogba

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

      Short sightedness along with good form of Pogba, Felipe and others.

      1. Reddonkeyham 42
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Have they not seen Evertons fixtures?

        1. Smurf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Clearly not. Crazy really. He’s averaged 2 attacking returns in every 3 games and had some great fixtures to come.

    4. Samwise
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      no... keep... easyish fixtures coming up

    5. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Making way for Pogba I presume, plus only 1 goal in 4 games

    6. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      can't have everyone, and most would rather have Anderson and Pogba - I'll probably get him back for Son

    7. Bram
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      -45.2% so a goal this week he should be fine. Any mid is up for a sale in light of Pogmania though really with many having a tough decision to make who to sacrifice.

    8. Alexis Nonsense
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No he's not going to drop

      And there wouldn't be any good reason, 6m midfielder with 9 goals at christmas is as good as you can get

  2. Nas
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is Guaita now first choice gk at palace? Or was Hennessey injured? Want to jump on him to raise money to board the pogba train. Any idea?

    1. Dosh
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Guaita and Button are the cheapest playing options, looking at something similar myself because I have Hart.

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

    what's wrong with cedric? when will he be back

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Out of favour with new manager and likely to be transferred possibly even in January

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

    Fab
    Digne, Doherty, Luis,
    Hazard, Sane, Richarlison, F Anderson
    Lacazette, Kane, Rashford

    TAA, Kiko Femenia, Hojberg

    0.3ITB, 1FT

    Any thoughts on what to do? Was planning on saving a transfer to deal with lacazette and maybe bring in Salah but not sure whether to go a different route.

    1. RamboRN
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Anyway to do lacaz and sane to salah +1?

      1. hawkeyorigin
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yea, was planning on doing it next week and saving transfer this week.

  5. #FPLBhuna
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Save ft?

    fab
    pereira - doherty - robertson
    sane - sterling - son - anderson - pogba
    kane(c) - rashford

    hamer - jiminez - awb - bednarek

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      No. One of City need to go

    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sterling to Haz

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

      Sane to rich or sig

      1. FleckyT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I'd probs do sterling to hazard tho

    4. George James
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sterling >> Haz

  6. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Ramsey nailed with Ozil & Miki out? Asking for a friend of a friend.

    1. Arctic monkeys
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Tell them not to even think about it

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

      Probably not. Emery likes to rotate just for the sake of it.

    3. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      would not touch with a 70 foot bargepole

      so many better and more reliable (fitness wise) options

  7. EL tridente
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A) Robbo
    B) Van Dijk

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B or TAA

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

      VVD as most likely to play every game

  8. Fergietime
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Who would u sell for Pogba, Lingard or Martial?

    1. BENOIT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Dale Stephens

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 2 months ago

        lingard (I have lingard)

      • dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Depends on who is in your squad.

    3. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Better pick:

      A) Arnautovic
      B) Jimenez

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        A will be, but he wasnt exactly looking sharp for us today.

      2. Business Cat
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        B...great fixtures after GW22. West Ham's fixtures turning

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

        Jimmy. Better fixtures

    4. Winners900
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      More thoughts please? Would appreciate some help.

      Which combo do you want in your squad the next gameweeks?

      A) Bennet, Martial, Richarlison, Aubemayang
      B) Trent Alexander, Snodgrass, Salah, Ings

      Cheers

    5. J to the T
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A) Sane & Sterling -> Salah and Martial (-4)?
      B) Sterling -> Hazard for free. Keep Sane

      1. Monya Meow Meow
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I would do B

    6. Samwise
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      who do i get rid of for Salah. Money no issue (4m in the bank).

      Eriksen, pogba, richarlison, F.A. Hazard.

      Should i wait a week if Eriksen?

      1. TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        FA

        fixtures turning after this week

        1. NWA
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Not sure what you mean by FA fixtures are turning but he could easily score the 3 gw. the way he is playing + home fixtures vs arsenal (not the best defense in the league) + next away fixture vs Bourn.
          I would do it for eriksen who is playin deeper in the field for spurs.

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

      Was thinking Lowe to Digne but I reckon he may be rested against Leicester so will roll transfer this week. Look ok ?

      Patricio
      Alonso, Doherty, Lowe
      Hazard, Richarlison, Pogba, Martial
      Vardy, Kane, Jiminez
      (Ryan, Camarasa, Robbo, WB)

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This is the week to roll if you have the transfer and don't have Salah.

        1. TLF
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I'm not rushing to get Salah back week after either but rolling does make sense I guess. Thanks.

    8. Winners900
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Salah essential after city?

      I have dropped from 100k to 350k after selling him before the Bournemouth haul:(

      1. mookie
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Nope, I climbed from 400k+ to top 100k since then without him.

        1. NWA
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          am curious whats ur team? not sure who is in better form than him other than Pogba...

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Nice to have, especially if captaining.

    9. FPL FREAK
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Pereira > Doherty for -4..??

      Rest of defs are:

      Luiz. TAA. Pereira. Bennett. Bednarek.

      1. FPL FREAK
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Anyone?

      2. NWA
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I would say yes because Doherty has 3 home games in the next 4 gw.

    10. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sane and Lingard —> Pogba and Siggy worth it? Yes or no ? Thanks.

      1. _figu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        If you're team is in good shape, those look good long term transfers getting 2 nailed players in (Siggy had his rest this gw)

      2. Kun Tozser
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Nice long term picks

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

        why siggy over rich? + you could save some budget

    11. Squeazy
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      What do you think of Deulofeu as an option? Fixtures and form look good to me but I don’t hear him mentioned by many. Am I missing something?

      1. _figu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        So many mids firing. But he's an option for sure.

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

        Bit of a streaky player and normally gets 60-70 minutes if starts. But could be ok choice if helps fund elsewhere

      3. MTPockets
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Great value imo, just doesn't always get 60+ mins

        • Arctic monkeys
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Man u city spurs mids Richarlison and Felipe are all better options.

        • Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          No room at the inn, too many other better options

        • Big4FPL
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I’m considering him or Pereyra, Watford have some decent fixtures - only concern is Watford’s goals seem to be distributed evenly between Doucoure, Delofeu and Pereyra, would be much easier choice if just one of them was doing well!

        • mookie
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          He's averaging more than 4,5 ppg when he starts. One of the best value mids in the game.

        • NWA
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          depends what is your team strategy. Id rather save on a 5th mid if your are playing with 4 and id rather play with a more expensive in form mid if you play with 5 mids

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

        RP. Rico (4.4), McCarthy (4.5) or Fabi (4.7)?

        Thinking Rico myself since can't predict cleanies to save my life

      5. Big4FPL
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Sane & Kamara -> Pererya & Rashford is tempting with United and Watford’s fixtures...however part of me thinks everyone is jumping off the City assets of Sane/Sterling too quickly and Pogba is enough United coverage, thoughts?

      6. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Best midfield trio out of the following please?

        A) Pogba, Fraser, Camarasa
        B) Pogba, Brooks, Deulofeu/Snodgrass
        C) Pogba, 4.2 mid, Richarlison (Play 4atb)
        D) FAnderson, Brooks, Richarlison
        E) Richarlison, Fraser, Snodgrass/Deulofeu
        F) FAnderson, Fraser, Snodgrass/Deulofeu

        Pogba and FAnderson together isn't within budget.

        Thanks

      7. Kun Tozser
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Best mid up to 7.3 to replace Snodders ?

        1. School of Poch
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Depends on the rest of the team but I'd say Martial

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

          Martial or one of the Everton mids

      8. School of Poch
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Best 4.8 or less defender?

        1. Bram
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Hard to say without seeing who they rotate with. If you have Doherty then Holebas gives reasonable fixture rotation.

          1. School of Poch
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            I do have Doherty and was just looking at Holebas... gonna go with that I think, thanks

        2. PompeyUpNorth!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          shaw?

      9. DR0GBA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Anyone else terrified of not owning Auba this GW?

        1. Smurf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Not really. Can’t have them all.

          1. _figu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Pretty much this. Sold this GW as part of a hit.

        2. FleckyT
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Conceded 1 in last three. They have tightened up at the back

          1. DR0GBA
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Played against teams with poor attacks though compared to Arsenal and Auba

        3. MTPockets
            5 years, 2 months ago

            No but people selling him is bizarre

        4. Beard of Zeus
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Anyone actually not getting Pogba?

          1. Nascimento
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Me

            Already got him

          2. MTPockets
              5 years, 2 months ago

              I'm not now that Rashford's a doubt. Need to save transfer to deal with that

            • Pep's Money Laundry
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Me, I'll get him after spurs game

              1. FleckyT
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                Thinking the same for son

            • PompeyUpNorth!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              I don't think I'm going to bother..
              Got this and doing well, so who to get rid for? Unless I go 352?
              Fab/Hamer

              Alonso Doherty Robbo Kiko AWB

              Salah Haz Felipe Rich Billing

              Jimmy Kane Rashford.

          3. Paulinho14
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            any news on Rashford? is he injured?

            1. dunas_dog
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Seems to have felt twinge in groin so more precautionary bringing him off. Lukaku probably due to come in around then anyway

          4. Kane Train
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Anderson or Richarlison to Pogba? Which one

            1. PompeyUpNorth!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Rich better games but Anderson better stats... So toss a coin and let me know which one it is... I am going to keep both I think..

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

              I'd keep Richarlison

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

              Would keep Richarlison personally.

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

              Agree with above comment. FA is playin home next vs arsenal defense which is terrible + Bourn away . So not sure Rich will outscore him. Lets say Rich has a slightly edge but toss a coin

          5. Farke in hell
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            City should buy Ramos on January 1st.

          6. Lingard’s Shin Guards
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Pressers this week? If not, what happened to Rashford?

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              Tweaked groin apparently is all I heard. Nothing concrete tho

          7. DMP
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            6k to 33k on 4 GW.
            Need your help to solve this out.
            Team looks fine, but after Utd, I think I cant keep ignoring Pogba, so:

            Fabs
            Alonso Trippier Robbo Digne
            Salah Hazard Richarlison
            Kane Jimmy Wilson
            Hamer Snoddy Bennet Obiang

            For (-4):
            A) Alonso/Snoddy -> 4,8/Pogba
            B) Trippier/Snoddy -> Bednarek/Pogba plus 0,4 (Obiang to Camarasa later)
            C) Other

            1. Top Lad Dakes.
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              B

            2. NWA
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              B

          8. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Appreciate any feedback guys!

            Where to use at least 1FT here? 2FT 0.1 ITB. Some options, maybe:
            A) Kane Sane to Salah max8.9fwd
            B) Kane Snodgrass to Salah fodder
            C) Sane to DSilva
            D) Anything else you can think of?
            *Salah will almost definitely be brought in this or next week

            Fabianski — Hamer
            Alonso Digne Doherty — Robbo AWB
            Haz Pogba Sane Snodgrass — Diangana
            Kane Auba(c) Jimenez

            1. dunas_dog
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 2 months ago

              A with Arnie?

              1. dunas_dog
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 2 months ago

                * oh wait you have 3 West Ham
                Ings? And gives you funds to upgrade elsewhere

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

              I would keep Sane now that he was rested.

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

              Why do you want to get rid of Kane?
              Id rather go without Salah this GW