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Arnautovic on the bench again for West Ham

Marko Arnautovic (£6.8m) has been named on the bench again for West Ham.

Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (£6.1m) leads the line against Newcastle in the Saturday evening kick-off.

That means Arnautovic has started just once in the last six Gameweeks.

Manuel Lanzini (£6.4m) continues his comeback as he earns his first start in 293 days after a bad injury.

He looks to be operating in the middle of a three-man attacking midfield, flanked by Felipe Anderson (£7.2m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.0m).

Fabian Balbuena (£4.2m) is still not fit enough for the matchday squad, which means Angelo Ogbonna (£4.2m) and Issa Diop (£4.3m).

The main Fantasy interest in the Newcastle side will be focussed around Salomón Rondón (£5.9m), owned by 8.1%.

He starts up front in the 5-4-1 formation favoured by Rafa Benitez with Miguel Almirón (£6.0m) and Ayoze Perez (£6.1m) providing the width.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Diop, Ogbonna, Fredericks; Rice, Noble; Anderson, Lanzini, Snodgrass; Chicharito.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Manquillo, Lascelles, Lejeune, Schär, Ritchie; Ayoze Pérez, Hayden, Longstaff, Almirón; Rondón

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  1. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    No. 1 and 2 OR having a bad day, if that makes anyone feel better. Both have Pogba C.

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

      My rival has Salah.
      Yes I'm afraid 😀

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Ouch, didn't think many would captain Pogba!

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

        approx 40% of top 1k ... according to fix at least

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

          Any idea the rest of the 1k captain breakdown?

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

            Pogba 40%
            Sterling 20
            Salah 13
            Kun 12
            Haz 8

            ... Jim 1.7%

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

              Thanks. I hope the 8% are right!

  2. Waynoo
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Rice is clearly not underboiled

    1. Mattias
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      A flash in the pan

  3. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Riceeeeeeeeeee... sorry a bit late to the party 😀

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Have you ever been invited to a party?

      1. Mattias
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Potluck?

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

        He sneaks in during the activities to steal the party bags

      3. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Nope 🙁

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

      Party for one?

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Worst gameweek ever

    1. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Currently on 20 from 7 pre bonus. can't be that bad

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

      Until next week 😉

  5. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    😀
    12 -4 from 6. Wohoo! Banger this week!

  6. Liberate HK - antichinazi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone getting Fraser next week?

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

      I got Huddersfield down to win next week, Bournemouth's form fell off a cliff recently

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      When they add Wilson back into that attack they start firing in goals again, superb fixtures & no blanks

      Wilson/Fraser double up

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

      Yeah, think it’s between him and Brooks for my Jota replacement

  7. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Snoddy assist. Juhuuuuuu

  8. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    26 with Rondon, Hazard, Salah, Mane, Pereira to go. That Pogba (c) 16 point swing penalty miss has flipped this gameweek on its head.

  9. The Big Fella
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    On a scale of 1-10, how much great character do we expect Leicester to play with now with Rodgers at the helm?

  10. Madderegern
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Will. Never. Captain. Pogba. Again.
    What a horror minute.

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      WNCPA

    2. Madderegern
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      At least I also have Bardsley,

  11. Party time
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The way this season is going it seems I will never pick a right captain again

    • Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      How many minutes until Flabby cleanie zoinks?

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

        89th

      2. Mattias
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Shhhh... people are triggered enough today.

        But I'll say 30

    • Waynoo
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      West ham fans, why is Arnie not starting?

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Not Newcastle fan but it looks like pellegrini is punishing Arnie for wanting to go to China

        1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          *West ham fan

        2. Waynoo
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          ah I see

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

        Pellegrini is bringing him in for 31.

        Captaining too I heard.

    • fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Am I the only one that kept Jimenez after the Wolves ITK rumors?

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

        Jimenez dropping wasn't tipped by the ITK, that was rumours spouting as a result.

        The ITK got it spot on.

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

        No. Jimmola wasn't even rumoured AFAIK. Almost everyone kept

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

        The Wolves ITK rumours never said Jimenez was being benched.

      4. Podge
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yes

      5. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yes. Only one.

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

        Top 10k ownership so high (about 80%) his points hardly made a rank difference for most

    • Lukakuna
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      So Yedlin is out of favour now?

      1. Abra Dubravka
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Seems to be although hard to drop Manquillo after his performance midweek

    • twoplustwo
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I took an uncharacteristic -8 to get Hazard (C) and Maddison in for Sonny and Sane, hoping it works out.

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Sometimes you have to be brave

        Good luck

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

        Unless you would have captained Jimi, it will.

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

        Good moves with the blanks in mind, anyway. Good luck.

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

          Please bag a couple tomorrow 😀

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

            I love Hazard but even I hope he stays quiet. Need to hope the CHO CHO train is in full force.

    • Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Cmon Rondon and Fanny grab some ASAP...

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        What about rice?

        1. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          He has played his part..

      2. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Snoddy one more goal and one more assist

      3. TAT
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Thisssss!

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

      Salah (C) in GW31 will beat the average score this week alone

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

        200% EO

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

          Just under 100

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

            GW31

    • Zladan
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Newcastle are terrible.

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        You sound surprised

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

          I bought Rondon fairly blindly off the back of a G + A v Hudds, with GW31 in mind. Nothing can get near him. I'm disappointed in myself for making the blind transfer tbh.

          I did think Newcastle had turned a corner with their recent results though. But this is atrocious. West Ham aren't exactly amazing.

      2. twoplustwo
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Not compared to the stuff beneath them; Rafa has done brilliantly

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

        Away from home especially. They offer nothing going forwards.

    • Maddi Son
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      The TC chip is a weird one. Even though it's only worth 20 points if you're really lucky... it still feels like a punt in the gonads when it fails. (Sterling) Would've been a pretty good day otherwise.

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

        Commiserations - would have been huge especially with the highly captained Pogba scoring so poorly

        1. Maddi Son
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          True dat.

      2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Have a feeling this is the season where it's not going to be valuable at all

        One time it worked was aguero

    • Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      YES RICE !!!! 😀

      1. Chucky
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Juhuu again??

        1. Richd
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          No sorry. I’m only just catching up. Still 1-0

          Was cursing the fact I went Rice ahead of Diop and it’s even now

          1. Chucky
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Same... got him in for AWB 2 weeks back 😀

    • SM001
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Currently on 17 points from 8 players. Pogba(c) and Auba in my team.
      AWB on my bench. Before the West Ham kickoff I joked my bench could get more points than the outfield.
      Minutes later Declan Rice scores. Soooo yeah.

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

        Pog captain was always risky with no Matic tho... some excellent players in my MLs did the same

    • aborg
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I'm starting to despise Pep. Why did he have to stay saying that he was tired last game in the last 15 mins and then mentioned Jesus ready for action, etc, etc... and then he still plays Aguero the full game ??

      Apart from that, how do you play a player 3 days after he played a 120 min game and then another the following 3 days for the full 90 mins?? Jesus was ready to at least play half the game today. Pep is really losing it !

      1. Rik Waller
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        odd post

      2. twoplustwo
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        The simple solution is not to own them

        But you can't help yourself, can you 😉

      3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Never trust pep

      4. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Did you bring in Jesus? lol

      5. MTPockets
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Should have watched his press conference.
          He wasn't at all negative on Aguero/positive on Jesus, as portrayed here

      6. All For One
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I have Yedlin in my starting 11,with Felipe Anderson as 1st sub and Bennett as 2nd sub. Will Bennett repleace Yedlin if he does not start?

        1. Hy liverpool
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          If 3 at the back... Bennett

          1. All For One
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Nice... thanks guys

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

          If you only have 3 defenders in your starting 11 (including Yedlin) then yes if Yedlin doesn't play a single minute

        3. Mika-eel
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Bennet will sub in if you don't have 3 starting defenders.

      7. Hy liverpool
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        So are we going to keep Son over pogba for next week ?

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

          Spurs look abject, Pogba obviously worth keeping

        2. All For One
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Your last name is my surname and I'm a Liverpool fan aswell lol.
          I would keep Southampton looks like a great fixture, while Pogba has Arsenal then a blank

        3. Zladan
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Sold Son for Hazard, and will be selling Pogba this week to enable TAA in place of Bennett.

        4. Miguel Sanchez
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah - losing Son to Maddison next GW. Too much value tied in Pogba having bought at 7.9

      8. GE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Why didn’t Guaita play?

      9. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Perez goal disallowed

        1. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Assist?

          1. fr3d
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Rondon and Fanny

            1. Chucky
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              😛

        2. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Hardly

      10. mojoindojo
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        FPL should introduce new rule next season (better still from this week itself): If your captain is in negative then armband should move to VC. 😐

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

          Nice if you got Pogba (C) and Auba (VC)

          1. mojoindojo
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            In that case C is void with no doubling 🙂

        2. twoplustwo
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          wot

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

          LOL

      11. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Will this game ever be like it used to be? 🙁

        1. Podge
          • 13 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          No

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            No point in playing then

      12. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I wonder how many of those weirdos created a new team just for tonight's high score and triple captained Pogba.

        LOL @ those guys.