Opinion

FPL Question Time – What to do with Man City players for Blank Gameweek 27

Fantasy Premier League managers are starting to ponder how best to handle Blank Gameweek 27.

Manchester City, Chelsea, Everton and Brighton all have no fixture on the weekend after next, which will affect our transfer plans.

We’ve asked our panel what their plans are…

Who’s on the panel this week?

Simon March – Former FPL champion who won the title in 2014/15. Has regularly contributed to these pages ever since.

Ben Crabtree – Another FPL title winner, who secured the crown in the 2016/17 campaign.

David Munday – editor of Fantasy Football Scout, a man who spends too much time in the members area for his own good.

Question 1 – Simon

David Peter: With Mane matching Salah outcome, is it time to jump ship?

Simon: “It’s easy to see the appeal of switching Salah to Mane given that the latter is a lot cheaper and, on a points-per-million basis, offers greater value for money.

“At the same time though, there is a feeling that we’ve ‘been here before’ with these two and, the last time at least, it ended up being a fairly decisive victory for Salah.

“He’s more expensive, definitely, but he’s also scored almost 50 points more than Mane already this season.

“In fact, from a pure points-scoring perspective, Salah isn’t just the best Liverpool asset but he is, arguably, the best option of any player full stop.

“However, it would be wrong to say that there aren’t potential advantages to be gained in switching Salah to Mane, it really depends on what you do with the extra money.

“For example, for me, it would allow an easy upgrade of Richarlison to Sterling and it’s hard to argue that this wouldn’t offer a better combo in the aggregate.

“But would I be more confident in captaining Mane or Sterling over Salah long term? Probably not. Salah’s consistency in terms of starts and returns gives him an almost unique advantage in that respect.

“Also, with so many good budget or mid-priced options currently available, and so few heavy-hitters demanding our attention, it’s debatable whether we even really need the extra money right now.

“If managers can achieve the same key player upgrades with Salah as they can without him, and without severely weakening their teams, then there isn’t as much of an advantage in making the switch.

“Of course, this will be different for every manager so the key question anybody considering this move needs to ask themselves is whether, for their team, the potential advantage is big enough to justify the risk of getting rid of the current highest-scoring, highest-owned player.”

Question 2 – David

Claremount Crusaders: If, like a lot of managers, I have three Liverpool and two Manchester United players, plus those who don’t have a fixture, is it best to play the Free Hit chip for Blank Gameweek 27?

David: “I’d be lying if I said the Free Hit chip hadn’t crossed my mind for Blank Gameweek 27.

“Like many Fantasy managers, I am currently in possession of Richarlison and Lucas Digne, while Leroy Sané is my Manchester City asset of choice.

“On current form, none of these options is hugely appealing in the short-term at least and I’m keen to offload them.

“However, I’m also faced with the dilemma of having to field four key players in one unpredictable match, with Andrew Robertson, Mohamed Salah, Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford all in action at Old Trafford.

“The first obvious problem is that I don’t have a stand-out captain candidate with Liverpool away from home and Manchester United going up against that mean Reds’ defence.

“If I was playing the Free Hit, I’d be looking to get in maybe Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or Alexandre Lacazette for Arsenal’s home match with Southampton.

“However, I have to remember that while my squad doesn’t look in fantastic shape for the next round of fixtures, I still have 10 active players, which for a Blank Gameweek is a decent amount. I’d be surprised if the vast majority of Fantasy managers weren’t in a similar situation to that.

“Looking ahead to Blank Gameweeks 31 and 33, I could not be confident that I’ll be able to guarantee 10 active players, with more than four teams expected to miss games at that stage of the season.

“For that reason, I think the best course of action is to use my Free Transfers to plug the gaps in terms of players who Blank in Gameweek 27 and holding the Free Hit chip for a later date when it could have a bigger effect on my squad.”

Question 3 – Ben

Tom: With Richarlison not producing the goals anymore and an upcoming Blank Gameweek, who would you look to in the mid-price midfielder market, around the £7.0m mark?

Ben: “I’m in the boat with many other frustrated managers who own Richarlison and would have sold five weeks ago if the Double Gameweek had not been on the horizon.

“After the disappointment of Gameweek 25, the early sub against Watford and now a Blank Gameweek there’s no excuses to delay disposing of him any longer.

“From my watchlist, I have three main contenders to don the FC Crab Dogg colours.

“Felipe Anderson has a great immediate fixture in Fulham where they seem very weak down Anderson’s side.

“His fixtures after that are very good bar Manchester City away which comes immediately after but it’s not a game in which he can’t get attacking returns.

“His playing form is maybe a little better than his points form but West Ham have had a few harder games recently in contrast to their four easy games in the next five.

“I’d feel hard done by with less than 20 points over the next five games with potentially 30-35 possible if West Ham click again.

“Diogo Jota is the second of my main three candidates. His immediate fixture in Bournemouth away is decent.

“It wouldn’t surprise if Wolves don’t score and it wouldn’t surprise me if they score three. After that, they have two good fixtures but this is followed by a run of games that may mean you want to take him out, so potentially Jota is a short term option.

“He looks a bit stronger and like he’s adjusted to the Premier League, so I predict Jota’s points range to be 12-25 points over the next five games.

“Option number three is James Maddison at Leicester. Crystal Palace at home is next up which is quite a good fixture but the Eagles are quite strong defensively, especially if James Tomkins is back from injury for the game.

“After that, his fixtures offer strong potential to keep in until Gameweek 34 or 35.

“Performance-wise, Maddison rarely disappoints me but for FPL points he only has 11 in the last five games.

“Claude Puel appears to be the only person who believes he deserves rotation but as his opinion directly affects Maddison’s points, it is a concern.

“Leicester are playing well enough in my opinion and with their fixtures, I can see an upturn in points for Maddison.

“My current line of thought is to go for Anderson but I may switch to Maddison before the deadline.

“Ryan Fraser and Pascal Groß could come into my thinking but tricky upcoming fixtures for one and team form plus minutes issues for the other is tempering interest at the moment.”

Question 4 – David

Sam: What should we do with our Man City assets from GW27 onwards when they have no fixture?

David: “I think the right call on each Manchester City option depends on which player we’re talking about.

“For example, I think if I had Sergio Aguero right now I’d be benching him for Gameweek 27.

“No player has had more shots on target than Aguero in the last four Gameweeks, and his regularity of starts even across all three fixtures in Gameweeks 25 and 26 show he is the number one forward at Manchester City once again.

“I know that you could do an easy switch for Aubameyang for the Blank, but you are going to want Aguero straight back the following week.

“Booking in a future transfer could leave you with problems if you end up with injuries or bans elsewhere in your squad after Gameweek 27.

“With Raheem Sterling, it’s another judgement call as he has the potential to be important for you after the Blank Gameweek, so could be worth benching.

“However, his underlying statistics don’t quite compare to Aguero, with just four accurate shots in the last four Gameweeks. For that reason he doesn’t feel quite as essential for a transfer back in after Blank Gameweek 27 if you wanted to move him out.

“Outside of that, I think you can get away with ditching Manchester City options this week, especially if it involves moving on Leroy Sané.

“With the Champions League returning for the defending champions there will certainly be a greater risk of rotation for all their players so taking some time to suss out who the new favourites are during the busy period could help you avoid being stung by ‘Pep Roulette’.”

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  1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Ignoring the glitch on Sunday.
    Feasable to go without Chelsea defence?

    Had a double up until last week and Luiz and Alonso are 3rd and 4th top scoring defenders so it feels plain wrong but damn they looked like a team of kids against City.
    Will Kante now play In the center again or what? (Just seen highlights of City game)...

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      they blank next and potentially out of 31/33 so depends

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Can perhaps still Fields 3 def’s(Robbo, Walker and maybe Zaba)

        1. EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          walker will blank both and zaba potentially plays gw 31 also seems to have lost his place

          1. EMBOLOFAN
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            potentially only plays 31*

          2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Any idea of a Zaba replacement?

    2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Btw, no point answering if you’re generally against defensive double ups, though you are welcome to do so if you can be impartial.

    3. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I welcome Fook da maywedder answers much

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

      Could see Alonso getting dropped to be honest.

      Luiz is worth keeping, but Alonso hasn’t been worth his price for a long time.

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah I feel the same way about Luiz.
        Sadly he is the one I sold ahead of City. In retrospect a huge mistake

    5. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Well, Chelsea play 4 times before their next PL match, so plenty of opportunities to judge their confidence after the City result.

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Aye, going to the preassure vessel that is Malmö for that game, that is a start I guess.
        Hoping Che go full strength to bounce back(actually hoping Malmö gives us Swedes a surprise win though)

    6. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Alonso nth highest scoring defender is irrelevant. He costs a lot and scored bulk of his points in first 12 weeks. He's dead money. Basing player current ownership on total points in the past is horrible strategy in FPL

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I never check ownership but they are 3rd and 4th disregarding money.
        Playing very cassualy, and they served me decent.
        But back to the original Q...

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

          Who said anything about ownership?

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

            Well I used the word but I meant it as in you owning not anybody else

        2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Sorry, completely misunderstood.
          Guess you meant specifically for me?

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

        *basing the players that you own on total points what I meant

        1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Had them from the start or close by so not guillty of that(yet).

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

            My biggest mistake this season was not ditching Alonso months ago

            1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Really, not many problems then I guess

            2. EMBOLOFAN
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              hard to accomodate for him hitting the post 4/5 times in that period though

    7. Woy of the Wovers
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Given that most teams don't have any Chelsea defence, I'd say it's quite a sensible option to go without.

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Really, no Che defence...
        Got decent fixtures(coupled with loads of games is a minus).

        Cheers for that input though.

        Alonso to ?

        Then get Luiz back perhaps?

  2. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Insight please.

    For those wildcarding between GW 21 and 30, what’s your motivation?
    Tactics, team frustration, grand master plan, great rank, poor rank, new player, experienced player, something else

    And what your plans come BGW and DGWs?

    Anyone used all their chips and making future GW plans and what are they and where is your target finish (top of a mini league, high rank, anything’s it’s just for a game for fun?)

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      My guess is boredom

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Are you in Berbs league?

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Nope 🙁

          1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Darn, I suggested he should bring you in at the start.
            Always funny with a few daring to think outside the box so would value your opinion

            1. Deulofail
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Cheers Captain. People find me a little too argumentative and/or arrogant, so I can see why someone would be hesitent to upset the balance of a group. I'm a nice guy outside of FFS though, I swear 😛 but I wouldn't want to intrude if there happens to be anyone there who has an issue with me from this site. Appreciated nonetheless 🙂

              1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                I’ll suggest you once again next season wheather you want to or not for resons above.
                Makes it more fun with a bit of divercity

                1. Deulofail
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Sure I'm game 🙂

                  1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
                    • 10 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Hanging on me getting invited for a 3rd time straight of course

                  2. panda07
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Getting invited to this league is when you know you've made it on FFS. Congrats on being a made man.

                    1. Deulofail
                      • 8 Years
                      5 years, 1 month ago

                      Uncharacteristically premature, Panda!

    2. SuperDan
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I made a drunken -20 last week... so that was my motivation to hit the WC lol

  3. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pogba my captain on UCL fantasy. LoL. I cant change him right ? i cant change even my captain right ?

    1. Surfeit of Lampteys
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I can't sub him out. What's the reasoning here? I can sub out any other player. Not cool. Major bad luck

      1. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        You probably aren't allowed to sub out a player who has been red carded.
        (You can't bring on a sub to replace a player who has been sent off in real life either - if you want to bring on a sub after the sending off, it has to be for another player, not for the player who has been sent off, and you have to play the rest of the match with only ten men).

    2. Norman Conquest
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      i'm in the same boat any player who has been red carded can't sub him out and anyone who has (c) on a player who is red carded is stuck with him

      welcome to the -2 club

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

    Post. Sorry it was sitting at 666 messages so had to add one

    1. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Is this going to become 'a thing'

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

        Was that ‘a beast’ of a joke?

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Don't worry, your post was the 19,886,677th

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

        Lol

  5. FPL price manipulators are …
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Awfully quiet on here. Where have they Ole gone?

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Ye Ole Drinkery for some strong brown Ole

  6. Uncle John from Jamaica
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone looking at Harvey Barnes? looked good in the few games I have seen and got three out of the next four at home in very winnable games.

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

      He's young. He's competing with other mids for a place

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

      Leicester could easily line up Vardy plus 3 from Gray Maddison Tielemans Ghezzal Barnes. Gray and Maddison have both played Left AM this season

  7. Bielsa's Bucket
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Just sneaked back into 5k. Got all my chips and WC. Have 4 blankers, 1 red flag and 5 United and Pool players. WC or tap my free hit?

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Probably just make a free transfer. Wait and see.

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Not a good gwk to play WC?

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Possibly the worst from here until around GW36 😀

      2. Bielsa's Bucket
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yea. There are no good outcomes really. Might just bite the bullet and hope my (c) choice pays outs

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

      The only reason I would say yes is I'm 6.4k and anyone who uses WC or FH this week is at a massive disadvantage to me and others saving for the big BGW DGW run from 31 on

    3. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      WC would be horrendous for such a rubbish fixture week. What you going to do? Load up on West Ham and Leicester players with good fixtures but incredibly patchy form?

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        this

    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Keep wc, at least Pool have good fixrures after Utd.
      Utd, just 2 good ones after Pool, so if need be lose a Utd.

    5. Norman Conquest
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      just use your free transfer and hopefully nail the (c) most people are in the same boat there will be plenty who do a hit or 2 and with less games to pull it back we will already have a head start

  8. Bruno Bruno!!
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dropped from 14k to 40K over the last 2 GW's. Looking to get my season back on track.

    Any early suggestions for my GW27 Team?

    Fabianski
    VanDijk Kolasinac Doherty
    Anderson Salah Pogba Son
    Jiminez Aubameyang Rashford

    Hamer Pereyra Holebas Danilo

    1FT 0.3 m ITB

    1. jimmy.floyd
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Gg

    2. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Hold. Looking good.

  9. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Man U end of a run?

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Don’t think so, 2 good ones after Pool

  10. Andy Mac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Does Pogba’s red affect him for PL??

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No

      1. Andy Mac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Cool. Ta

    2. Surfeit of Lampteys
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Mentally maybe.

      1. Andy Mac
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hopefully he will come out firing!!

  11. the dom 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Sané > ??

    A. Maddison

    B. Anderson.

    C. Who else do u recommend?

    Got Salah Son Pogba Hayden.

    Cheers

    1. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      What are everyone’s thoughts on Antonio as a differential?

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nah can’t see him continue so advanced

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

        West Ham were rubbish after early good spell against Palace. I think people chasing fools gold

        1. Pierce34
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Fulham can make anyone look great though.

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

            The wily old fox Ranieri surely has a few tricks left up his sleeve. Ask Brighton

            1. Pierce34
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Or you could ask Palace, who were made to look like a mighty attacking force at home. Brighton also scored 2, Fulham's defence will allow anyone to score (apart from Huddersfield!).

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

                Palace have scored last 6 in a row including 3 away. That's pretty good attacking wise

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

                  That's 1 thing putting me off Leicester defender in this week

                  1. Pierce34
                    • 8 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Palace have been much better scoring away from home this season, so you're probably right to be put off.

    2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Another Spurs mid perhaps despite fixtures. Felipe A a curvball also despite fixtures.
      Don’t like Maddison, I’d rather gamble on the cheaper Demari Gray or Tielemans that I feel have massive potential.

      Dilva fresh? Might feel sideways though

    3. F_Ivanovic
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Mane surely

  12. jjandellis
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Looking to dump Richarlison. Anderson seems an obvious candidate - but what are peoples thoughts on Almiron?

    1. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      im thinking the same... who else other than the following likely susupects:

      anderson
      jota
      moutinho
      maddision

      ???

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

      No interest in any of these targets. People desperate and hopeful for 27 returns

  13. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What to do here please??

    Fabianski
    Doherty VVD Robertson
    Snodgrass Salah Pogba Son
    Jimenez Rashford King

    Boruc AWB Richarlison Dunk

    1 FT, 4.0 ITB

    Thanks

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Set yourself up for Kun after this week my only advice

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Or rather King to Kun. Rich to make way imo

        1. FCSB
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          yeah i need to downgrade rich to free up funds for kun i think

    2. Jimbo-Jones
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Upgrade either King or Richarlison.

  14. jjandellis
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Also, got Ederson in goal, with no back up. Thoughts on replacements please? Likely to stick for a little while.

    a. Fabianski
    b. Etheridge.
    c. Dubravska
    d. Stick

    1. the dom 1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

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

      Ederson 28-30 look like CS. Take the GK blank or get Boruc as 2nd keeper

  15. acidicleo
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hi guys..
    Digne replacement?

    A) Kola
    B) Pereira

    Cheers..

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Even the burning sensation Capping him last gw, I’d still go with him.
      Maguire my choice if feeling Lei

    2. Jimbo-Jones
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B.
      Those fixtures are insane - should be good opp at both ends of the pitch. Chilwell too.
      Poor form but they’ve played Wolves United Liverpool Spurs.

    3. acidicleo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      pereira > chilwell right?

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

        Yes

  16. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pen and paper out , FA cup fixtures frisking, got City and Utd 95 % blanking that is it, i can see lots of premier league casualties in the FA cup this weekend

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I don't think so. They're more likely to field stronger teams now that they've got this far and there are no midweek PL games directly after this round like there was last round.

  17. Tekkerslovakiaftw
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Will pogba miss prem games ?

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No

  18. CliveTilds
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    (A) Sane > Anderson
    (B) Sane > Jota.
    (C) Sane > Maddison

    I prefer Anderson but can afford to do Son>Sterling GW28 if I go B/C

    1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Last sentensen Tempting I bet

      1. CliveTilds
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        ?

        1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Son to sterling, tempting....
          Don’t care much for the need be option b or c

    2. acidicleo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      B

    3. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      sane to moutinho and free up more funds

  19. Dirty Harry
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Quick vote boys for a -4 hit:

    Hazard + Long OUT
    Hayden + Laca IN

    Hayden to be used as a 5th mid bench fodder, except when needed for the BGW/s.

    Also can upgrade Laca to Aguero later as long as he doesn't rise by more than 0.2 over the week.

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

      Only danger is Hayden not starting come BGWs

  20. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Looking at getting good cheap defense fodder this week. Looking at Cook for the home games especially in the blanks. Anyone follow them recently? Perhaps Clyne is a shout?

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I'd go Newcastle instead of Bournemouth. They're a more defensive team and have better fixtures

      1. fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Newcastle is one of the more obvious picks but cash constraints and future transfers mean I can only get Lejeune. So Lejeune vs Cook is slightly closer than say Lascelles vs Cook.

        1. panda07
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          True but it depends how often you plan on playing the defender between now and GW31. Newcastle are more likely to keep a CS between now and then

  21. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Is Moutinho nailed??

    Richarlison >> Moutinho frees up funds for me to do King >> Kun the following week

    thanks

    1. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes I would say so

    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes nailed

  22. jimmyabs1987
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone moving Rash out for Vardy?

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

      Rash has twice as many goals in less minutes in last 6 weeks so no

    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      No, Vardy was dropped to the bench last match whereas Rash was carrying a knock plus Rash in much better form

  23. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone got a link to the coloured(in difficulty) fixture list provided on the fpl page? It was horisontal and needed to be magnified/upscaled(right words?).
    It had the whole season.

    It wasn’t to lean on but was very practical

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Twisted Saltergator made this spreadsheet
      https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1waMbLlXEpsu3QJW8yv746phr9IWIO-pkk-cNfM3P0wM/edit#gid=96006784
      Not sure if it's what you're looking for.

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nope your link is much better.
        Many thanks!

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        That is the one.
        Gives me a great overlook.
        Cheers!

  24. Zlat-man
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    I have
    2 city
    2 chelsea
    2 everton
    2 non playing foddder

    So in pretty bad shape for bgw27.

    Have 2 ft.

    A. Play FH? (And lose 1 ft)

    B. Or is it crazy to plan a -12? (Technically which means the 5 players i bring in,just have to score 12+ to justify the changes)

    1. 420king
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Depends on how useful the players you'd be bringing in would be in the long term. Probably better just to do a -4 or -8 at most and go with some dead guys.
      Don't play FH.

    2. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Have you decided what you are going to do around gameweeks 31-35 with regards to your chips?

    3. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Linked team doesn't marry up with what you've posted

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

      A hit or 2, getting in players you want long term.

  25. 420king
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    After two depressing FPL weeks I was hoping to at least have some enjoyment in my favorite fantasy game, UCL.

    I captained Pogba and my rival captained Zaniolo. FML.

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Ouch, that's depressing. Did you have Zaniolo at least? And was he his only player today, otherwise what possessed him to captain him?

      1. 420king
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I had him yeah, so that softens the blow a little. His only other option was Kolarov but I guess he prefers more offensive players, probably transferred him in after he saw the lineup and checked his price too...

        1. Pierce34
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah I was the same, saw him in the lineup and snapped him up. I was on Son and Rashford but transferred them last minute to Zaniolo and Benzema so it's probably looking like a win for now. Dzeko captain so I'm sticking because I'm a dullard.

          1. 420king
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I've had him in my team for weeks which makes it even more annoying. I wasn't expecting this though! Playing it safe is probably a good choice, most good options play away this round and 8 is pretty decent.

    2. Srv210
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      That zaniolo was out of syllabus bro...I also had Pogba (not captain) but Dzeko & mbappe eased the pain a little

      1. 420king
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Annoying when the cheapest player in the game scores, let alone two. At least I had him this time.

        1. Srv210
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          I didn't ,never thought he'll get much gametime ..but yeah that's the price of not following serie A

          1. 420king
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            I use flashscore when I'm not sure about the game time, usually paints a good picture.
            https://www.flashscore.com/player/zaniolo-nicolo/0G7MtHBl/
            13 starts in last 15.

  26. rainy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Price Changes - 13th February 2019

    🔺  Lacazette (9.5)

    🔻  Stekelenburg (3.9), Schindler (4.2), Richarlison (6.6), Seri (4.9), Nasri (5.3)

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

      2 down 🙁

      1. rainy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Going to be a long two weeks 🙁

    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Cheers, Rainy.

    3. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Well done for making my favourite player more expensive, everyone. I hope you're sitting comfortably with 0 transfers and so many of your players still to play in Europe and FA Cup 😛

      1. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Your favourite player for next week or in general?

        1. Pierce34
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          At this moment in time, so somewhere in between I guess! (N.B. I support Arsenal, but am by no means a fanatic)

          1. panda07
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Not an Arsenal fan but like Auba much more, he's class!

            1. Pierce34
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              That's my second favourite (no particular reason, just because). I don't let this dictate my FPL team so I've never had them together - instead, I've only had one at a time in my team, normally in the wrong time 😀

              1. panda07
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Both very good players, if you could sort out your defence you'd be a force to be reckoned with. I think Emery is taking you in the right direction though. He seems to have a long term plan of how to play and improve.

    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Meh.
      0 and 0.

    5. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Laca

    6. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Interesting. Laca could outscore Aguero over 26+27. Never thought about that

      1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        What do you mean? As in, if he scores 9 or more in 27?

        I’m probably going to go Kun to Laca and then reassess Kun for GW29. In which time I’ll have probably have brought Sterling in.

    7. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      1 down, durnit Richarlison!

    8. Norman Conquest
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      1 up 1 down

    9. jimmyabs1987
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I’m literally raining in price roses last few days! Everyone has been up and not one down! Boruc, Laca, Son etc! Loving it

    10. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      cheers

    11. FPL Xylophone
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      1 up

    12. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Oucharlison 😮

  27. davidmcnamara
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Best replacement for luiz outside of pereira?

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

      Per Luiz eira

      1. davidmcnamara
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nice one

    2. Norman Conquest
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      kola or schar

  28. OneDennisBergkamp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Have BB, TC & FH chips left. How would you play them considering the upcoming blanks and doubles?

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

      All depends on weekend games and when more known about DGWs etc

  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Don’t get the people saying this should mean Ole doesn’t get the United job?

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

      He needs to win every game from now until forever

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

        It would appear so 😆

        But in all seriousness, okay they were outplayed today and the tie is over you’d think, but PSG were solid as a team defensively and took their chances. Good side.

        And I still think they’ll finish ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal, so likely in 4th.

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

        Additionally, I thought his comments post match were fair and honest. I do rate the guy so far

    2. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I think he should if he made top 4

      1. Norman Conquest
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        this

    3. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I think it will become a lot clearer over the next two weeks with Chelsea and Liverpool to play. Apart from Arsenal and tonight Utd have had quite an easy run of fixtures since Ole took over.

  30. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Dubravka and Maddison are going to be my ins and punts with such great fixtures, it leaves my enough itb for Sterling.