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The Complete Guide to our FPL Gameweek 23 tips and advice

It seems time and tide wait for no manager. The news that Harry Kane will be out of action until March has already seen 715,000+ FPL managers take swift action and remove the Tottenham striker from their teams.

For managers still owning the England captain, and there are well over a million of you, David has outlined the candidates to replace him as well as examining the implications for Spurs assets. As the most expensive forward in the game, there is no lack of options.

Perhaps one simple answer is to turn to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who, at £11.3m, is the next most expensive forward player. Ajax Hamsterdam points out that the Gabonese presents an excellent captain option for Gameweek 27 for those looking to plan ahead.

Captain Sensible – Gameweek 23 a one-sided affair after Kane injury

The League Cup final takes place that weekend which means that one of Chelsea or Tottenham will join Manchester City in having a fixture blank. With Manchester United taking on Liverpool, Arsenal’s home fixture against Southampton stands out. Even Championship side Derby County triumphed over the Saints in midweek.

That result in the FA Cup third round replay had significant ramifications for FPL – it ensured that Liverpool will not have a Double Gameweek this season. This will shape the thinking of managers as they begin to draw up plans on how best to deploy their chips.

Perchinho, better known to you all as Ben Crellin, establishes the lay of the land in the first of his articles this week on Blank and Double Gameweeks. Strategies to navigate them are explored in his second article. While Deulofail proposed his own strategy in what proved to be a popular hot topic.

As if that wasn’t enough to occupy us this week, we’ve also had to deal with an injury to Trent Alexander-Arnold, which took another twist on Friday, the departure of Heung-Min Son to the Asia Cup, and assess the impact David Wagners’ sacking at Huddersfield.

Both Eat my goal! and SADIO SANÉ anticipate that Wagners’ exit could spell good news for City who take on the Terriers this weekend. City are predicted to be the Gameweek’s highest scorers according to Hutch_James in his weekly Wisdom of The Crowd article.

However in another hot topic on the subject, Maximus Bonimus Pointimus thinks we may be best advised to stay away from City assets altogether. He arrived at this conclusion using a perceptive mathematical equation.

So for those not considering City players, could Alli be about take center stage for Spurs in the absence of Kane and Son? It’s certainly a train of thought that Awesom-o subscribes to. While J0E was equally effervescent in signing Alli’s praises on this week’s Scoutcast, comparing him to Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story, before Neale sung his praises in the latest Spot the Differential article.

With many managers considering taking hits to deal with all these injuries and departures, the aptly named MINUS FOUR was on hand to offer some reassurance. Currently an impressive 35th overall and, unlike many managers in the upper echelons of FPL, he’s not afraid to take a hit or 12.

Yes, so far this season FPL’s answer to James Bond has made 12 hits costing him a total of 48 points. While that might leave most managers shaken and stirred, consider that he’s also succeeded in amassing 178 immediate transfer points, proving that making the right transfers can be yield big rewards.

He highlights that fortune can favour the brave, particularly in a season with so many premium assets delivering returns. If nothing else at least his article will make you feel better if you are on a -8.

On the subject of premium assets, our FPL Question time this week focused on what to do with Chelsea’s pricey duo Hazard and Alonso. Although he understood why owners are concerned, Chief FPL Manager thinks now is not the right time to sell Hazard:

“In his next two games [Hazard] will face Arsenal and Bournemouth. He’s registered 12 aggregate attacking returns against both teams in 20 league outings, which once again validates his threat levels.”

Salah is without doubt considered the most reliable premium asset at the moment. To add to his appeal, in Gameweek 22 he collected all three bonus points from only a single attacking return. This is a fairly unusual event in the FPL career of Merseyside’s favourite Egyptian, as David examined in a members’ article this week.

However Salah wasn’t alone in attracting attention for collecting all three bonus points last Gameweek. Aaron Wan-Bissaka did the same despite being part of a Crystal Palace side that lost 2-1 to Watford. To think he started the season valued at £4.0m.

Finally, if this article hasn’t already overwhelmed you with players to consider, Gregor was on hand to offer up a couple of names for our watchlists in his eye test. And no Gameweek guide would be complete without G-Whizz bringing us the fixture and clean sheet odds for the upcoming fixtures.

To view all our discussions please visit our Hot Topics page, and if you’ve got some analysis, scout reports or features brewing, be sure to visit our community section to submit your article.

If you’re a member and are yet to get to grips with the custom statistics tables, you can view this movie for an explanation of how they work. Also, remember to tag them so that people can find the tables with ease.

COMMUNITY TOURNAMENTS

In the last sixteen of the FFS Cup Tibbles overcame the highest ranked manager in the competition Chewibb (277 OR) to book his place in the quarter finals. Tibbles, who knocked out former champion donnellyc in round 3, was also part of the winning ‘Scout B’ team in the FFS Charity Cup back in November. Could he complete a cup double this year?

Meanwhile Mark’s conqueror GARTHATRON crashed out to 218,790 ranked Man-Chest-Heir F.C. The highest ranked manager now left in the competition is Get It Inter Ya at 834 overall.

In the FFS Members Cup the highest ranked manager left is Jambo17 at 203 overall. He overcame RoysCallerAnne in the last sixteen. Heading into the quarter finals Fine_Skyline is the lowest ranked manager left, he’s currently 205,160 overall.

The quarter-finals of the FFS Manager Melee Community Tournament have taken place with dramatic results as group winners Big Bang Thierry and When ‘Arry Met Sarri both exited the tournament. Darth_Krid brought us a review of the match-ups as well as a look ahead to this week’s semi-finals in his report. Good luck to the four remaining teams!

In TorresMagic’s Last Man Standing the safety score in Gameweek 22 was 51, this saw 101 managers depart. Entries for the competition are now closed, which this season has seen 4,614 managers take part. 883 of those now remain to battle it out over the last 15 Gameweeks. The final will take place in Gameweek 37.

Miroslav Pujic clings onto top spot in our main FFS League despite having his lead cut to 13 points. He is still third overall. His Gameweek 22 team featured Spurs duo Kane and Son, as well as Trent Alexander-Arnold. Ahead of the Gameweek 23 deadline Miroslav has taken a hit making two transfers. My guess would be that Pogba and Rashford are the two players who have come in.

Tore Bjørheim holds onto his lead at the top of the FFS Members League, and is steady at number 15 in the overall rankings. Tore has also made two transfers this week, although both for free – has Pogba joined his team too? This is only Tore’s third season playing FPL and easily his finest.

Sean Tobin is the new leader of the FFS Live Hall of Fame. The Manchester United fan has been playing FPL since 2010/11 and has an impressive five top 10,000 finishes. This season he finds himself in 14th place overall.

Another manager to own Harry Kane, Sean knew who he wanted to replace him with as soon as he saw him limp off. Firmino (£9.3m) had been on his radar for a few weeks thanks to a combination of eye test and fixtures. The Brazilian now joins Rashford and Aubameyang as part of a front three.

Current Live HoF number 3 Aleksander Våge Nilsen, was headline news in his local paper when he led the Hall of Fame in Gameweek 18. Haugesunds Avis published the article on 21 December, the Sports Editor Terje Flateby is a very decent fantasy manager in his own right boasting a best finish of 451 OR in 2014/15.

In the article, 30 year-old Aleksander gives some insights into how he plays the game. Firstly he spends a lot of time watching Premier League matches:

“It is important to see the players in action, as well as using statistics. I’m keen to make my own choices and assessments, not just listen to advice from others.”

He uses his own spreadsheet to plan his transfers long term, normally five or six Gameweeks ahead. One of his strategies is to look at fixtures:

“It’s often the case that form comes when the fixtures are good.”

However adaptability is key.

“There are often changes (to the plan), but it’s important to have a plan.”

While Aleksander excels in Fantasy Football, his brother excels at real football: Joakim Våge Nilsen is a defensive midfielder in the Eliteserien, the top division in Norway. A rather more average Fantasy player, Joakim has never managed to beat his brother in their sibling mini-league. He grudgingly concedes:

“I always thought it was luck, but I just have to admit that he is skilled.”

Thank you to Niɇmi for the research and translation.

David is the new leader in the FFS Mods & Cons. Helped by a surprise 9 point return from Fabianski, his score of 80 points in Gameweek 22 sees him take a 7 point lead. Aside from crediting Mark with giving him the job of FFS Editor, he is delighted a move from Alonso to David Luiz in Gameweek 20 has paid off. Luiz is top for through balls this season by some margin with 31, Jorginho is second with 14 and Felipe Anderson third with 13.

For further insights into David’s excellent Gameweek have a read of Greyhead’s latest round-up of The Great and The Good. It’s now six red arrows in a row for Ville Rönkä, the Finnish Enigma has slipped from 817 overall to 8,386 over that period. Meanwhile FPL Transfer Spy is predicting with 100% confidence that TorresMagic has made this week’s popular move of Rashford in, Kane out.

Elsewhere Luke Aiello increased his lead to 18 points at the top of RedLightning’s Top 10k Any Season although he’s slipped to 50th in the overall standings. It looks as if Luke is another manager to have made the Kane to Rashford transfer. He currently has £5.3m in the bank and will have two free transfers next Gameweek.

In RedLightning’s January to May League, which started in Gameweek 21, Andrew Fu is the current leader following an impressive 147 points over the two Gameweeks. Andrew is reaping the benefits of a successful Gameweek 20 Wildcard. This is Andrew’s 9th FPL season, his best finish of 4,034th came in 2014/15.

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  1. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Deadline is about 2hrs 43 mins away correct?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Correct

  2. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    After next gw who do you prefer for next 4?

    A) Alli- WAT NEW LEI bur

    B) Sane- new ARS CHE (blank)

    Leaning towards A

    1. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alli got to be

      1. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Same thinking . points will be shared amongst city mids while Alli will probably be involved in high percentage of spurs goals .

        Not to forget sane is rotation risk especially with mendy back. alli is nailed as ot gets

    2. Yome
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alli

    3. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A

    4. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      A

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

      Plan to bring Alli next week after watching how Spurs line up

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

    I have one premium space left and I can't decide!

    Hazard - Quality player. Set and forget. But streaky. Have to leave him there. Tricky-ish fixture this week. And is his mind elsewhere?

    Sterling - Good fixture but will he play?

    Sane - Good fixture, great form, but will he play? And if he does will he face greatest rotation soon?

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

      Sane

    2. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hazard

    3. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hazard, set and forget. No rotation headache as well

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

      I went Sane, Hazard is really tempting. City at this point are more stable than Chelsea. Could swap later ...

    5. Tomlette Greggs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hazard

    6. teknicolourfox
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I removed Hazard for William. Probably a Daft move but wanted to put funds elsewhere and Hazard has never really performed when I've had him any season. Hard to justify price tag when much cheaper midfielders NOW give better returns.

      Appreciate he's top of points for kids, but if everyone has him you're unlikely to make any ground by keeping him.

      That's my rationale anyway

      And he's a cheating diver, so there's that...

  4. GoonerByron
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    No one think Mahrez is due a start this GW?

    1. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      yes, I think he will

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

      Nah. Somebody has to play against Burton and Burnley.

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

      No he won't

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

    Jacob and Josh Murphy are set to face each other again as Newcastle take on Cardiff today and were the second set of twins to face each other when they did so earlier this season in the corresponding fixture.

    But who were the first set of twins to face one another in a Premier League match?

    1. Goonsquad245
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Marcus/Martin Olsson?

    2. European Bob
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Rod and Ray Wallace

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

      Michael and Will Keane during a Hull Burnley game

  6. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    BBC this morning seem to think TAA's out for 2 games. It's only the BBC, mind

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

      Based on Jurgen, you would not think so. I am keeping him regardless

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

      Klopp said it is day-to-day with his injury and wouldn't rule TAA or Wijnaldum out of facing Palace

  7. John Nerdelbaum
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Bottomed sorry. 1 free. Was going to ship TAA but think I'll hold now

    What tickles your fancy?

    a) Richarlison > Sterling/Sane

    b) Anderson > S/S

    c) Roll the free

    d) Something else?

    Fab
    TAA Digne Doherty
    Salah Hazard Pogba Anderson Richarlison
    Rashford Deeney

    Speroni/Bednarek/Kamara/AWB. 6.2m ITB

    1. JELLYFISH
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Rich > Sané if you have funds to do on a ft

      1. John Nerdelbaum
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        can do Rich to Sterling or Sane

        1. JELLYFISH
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Sane is better value and more nailed on imo

        2. Thomas Magnum
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          A, Sterling

      2. John Nerdelbaum
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Why Rich and not Anderson or is it the toss of a coin?

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

      D) Anderson to Alli

      1. John Nerdelbaum
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Interesting.

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

      Replace deeney. Gives you nothing

      1. John Nerdelbaum
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah he will be going soon. Burnley isn't the worst fixture though

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

    Any further work needed on this lot or G2g?

    Fab
    Luiz Kolas Doherty
    Salah Pogba Rich Bilva
    Jim Auba Rashford

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

    Sorry repost, play Holebas (BUR) or Doherty (LEI)?

    May not be relevant but Jimenez play up front so whether distribution reduces risk ...

    1. RyanC
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Holebas.

      1. Thomas Magnum
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This

  10. Thomas Magnum
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Please pick 1, no other city coverage
    A) Sane
    B) KDB

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

      A

    2. Emiliano Sala
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B

  11. CHARLIE HULL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Rashford/Pereira in for Barnes/Alonso (-4)?

    Fear Rashford’s ownership and happy to bench Pereira until GW27. Other defenders options welcome.

  12. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Thought FPL Virgin was going to write his own captaincy article to submit to FFS......

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

      maybe it wasn't worthy

    2. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Seems like talk is cheap...

  13. RAMZES666
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Who scores more?
    A) Hazard + Jimenez
    B) Martial + Auba

    1. JELLYFISH
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      That’s a tough call but I prefer A

  14. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Wild card finalized

    Pat Button
    Digne Doherty Robertson Kola Wan B Bednerak
    Salah Alli Pogba Hazard Sane
    Jimenez Rashford Kamara

    Moving to a 3 5 2 for the first time this season.
    Thoughts fellas?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Kola shouldn't be there.

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

      Too many defenders?

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

        Cool - looks good but not sure about the Wolves double up at the back

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

      Kamara? Get a proper bench player.

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Ran out of funds.

  15. Tmel
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Sane, Sterling or KDB for the next few weeks?

    1. Takedog1
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      kdb looking good i think he will start today. possibly him

    2. Yome
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Sane if you need cash and he could outscore Sterling in the next 3
      Avoid KDB for now.

      1. Thomas Magnum
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Why avoid KDB in your opinion?

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          He's vanilla

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

      Sterling if you can afford.

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

    anyone else capping bacon Rash over Salad?

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Some are going for the Bacon Sané

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

      You don't win friends with Salad

    3. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      people who rise 0.3 never do well the week after

    4. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I'm very tempted but I got burnt capping Auba last week over Salah and it still hurts.

  17. Another Hoops
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Do I play Trent (in case he starts) and bench Digne or just play Digne?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Play Digne

    2. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Digne

    3. Goonsquad245
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Play Trent, he’s fit or he isn’t, no chance of a cameo

    4. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks for the responses I'm going to play Digne and hope he gets something.

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

    Hi folks.
    Did kane - firmino last night. Have no city cover at all and worried. Still have 1Ft. Should I do richarlison to sane before deadline or save?

    1. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      For free I would say yes do it but be prepared to take him out in the near future and the obvious disappointment of Pep roulette when he's benched 😉

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

      I wouldnt take Rich out for good fixture. I have no City either but i think Liverpool and Utd can cover them right now anyway.

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

        Hope your right. I have 3 x pool and 2 utd. Tough call to bring Bobby in. Sitting 3k with no city!

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

          wow 3k congrats. I wouldnt listen to me lol im way off that rank!

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

      I did Rich -> Sane only risk is his gametime but he will get more points then Rich imo

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

        I'm afraid that rich is repeating his trick from last season. Looking good but not getting the points

    4. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Can you afford KDB instead?

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

        Yes I can afford kdb bot not keen on that that move

        1. Another Hoops
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Fair enough. I just think he'll be the most nailed option going forward.

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

    Morning all. GTG??
    Lloris
    Digne Holebas Robertson Doherty
    Haz (S)alah Pogba Siggy
    Ings Firmino
    Hamer Bednarek Pritchard Success
    on -4 3.2itb

    1. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah team looks fine don't take any more hits.

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

        thanks

  20. Tshelby
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Bench 1:

    A) TAA ( have Robbo)
    B) Doherty
    C) Alonso
    D) Ings

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

      TAA due to injury uncertainty

      1. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This

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

        Would it not be smart then to play him? He will play or he would not and it's against Palace

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

          May come on late though for a 1 pointer

  21. french holiday
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Sadio Manè has a great record against Palace and could benefit with Palace missing their No1 and 2 behind the sticks. Yet people seem to be chasing a over hyped Firminio and a rotation risk bandwagon in Sane who will only reduce his place next GW with return of Mendy and blank GW.

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I think many already have Salah + Liverpool def and with one spot left, and with Kane injury, it's a forward spot that's vacant as most have their midfield sorted already, hence are going for Firmino.

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

      we get it, you don't think Sane starts.

  22. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Would you do Kane --> Jimenez so you could upgrade Richarlison and Camarasa next week?

    Salah - Hazard - Pogba - Richarlison - Camarasa
    Kane - Rashford - Kamara [1FT + 0.9m ITB]

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

      Sounds good

      1. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks. It's either Jimenez or Firmino / Auba / Aguero and Ive been debating it for days and still have no idea 🙁

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

          Feel your pain. Tough call and could argue for all of them. The comparison tool edged it for me in several areas.

          1. The Count of Monte Cristo
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Don' have access to it so I'll be going in blind haha!

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

          I took Auba out before kane injury so stubbornly refuse to put him back in yet. Not confident of Agueros minutes or away form. Jimenez great budget option, i went Firmino for more explosive potential (hopefully)

          1. The Count of Monte Cristo
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Doesn't play that high up the pitch anymore though annoyingly, Firmino. It's a horribly tough call

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

              Too right it is. fingers crossed i made the right decision

  23. Chicxulub
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Bench one of:

    A) Richarlison (sou)
    B) Jimenez (LEI)
    C) Deulofeu (BUR)

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Tough but Jimenez for me. Between him and Deu

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

        Thanks 🙂

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

      Tough wouldnt want to bench any

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

        Kind of have to... (salah, pogba, sane, rash and firm are my other starters)

    3. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I've benched Jimenez and prepared myself for inevitable.

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

        Yeah. Like last time I had this problem (Digne 17 pts)..

    4. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Last 6

      Deulofeu 33pts
      Jiminez 24pts
      Rich 18pts

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

        Cheers

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

    Hi mod - my source that Aguero doesn't play today is in fact, the fixture list - thanks

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Won't play against Burton surely?

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

      That's dumber than I expected

  25. wanaj84
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    sterling + llorente

    or

    aguero + lamela

    help me....

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

      None are secure starters. neither for me

  26. Plagued by indecision
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Am I mad to captain Pogba over Salah?

    Bench order correct?

    Fabianski
    Digne / Doherty / Shaw
    Salah / Martial / Pogba / Richarlison/ B.Silva
    Jimenez / Aubameyang

    Subs: Hamer / TAA / Barnes / AWB

    1. Takedog1
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      yes

  27. Puzzle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Play Luiz (ars) or Barnes (wat)?

    1. Bellerinmondo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Barnes for sure

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

    1 Best Snodgrass replacement?

    2 are they worth a -4 this week or play Ings?

    1. Bellerinmondo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Play Ings

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

      I would love to have Ings those fixture

  29. Bellerinmondo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A. Balbuena to Robbo for a hit

    B. Get TAA next week, play Kolasinac this week, no hit.

    ?

  30. toxik
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Any Aguero captainers here?

    1. Bellerinmondo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Just you 😉

    2. Another Hoops
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If you're chasing why not.