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Pressure on Salah captainers as Lovren returns on Liverpool bench

All eyes turn to Anfield today as Liverpool host Burnley in the noon kick-off.

There will significant attention on Gameweek 30’s most-captained player Mohamed Salah (£13.4m), who has blanked five times in his last six Premier League outings.

With armband rival Sergio Aguero (£11.9m) registering just an assist for Manchester City on Saturday, there is an opportunity for the Egyptian to help his backers make up some ground.

They will be hoping for something like Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.4m) hat-trick against Watford, which has already set the bar for success in Gameweek 30 very high.

Salah will today operate alongside usual attacking colleagues Sadio Mané (£9.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m).

Adam Lallana (£6.9m) comes into central midfield for a first start since Gameweek 25 to sit between Fabinho (£5.5m) and Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.5m).

Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) and Joel Matip (£4.9m) are once again the central defensive pairing but there is a welcome return on the bench for Dejan Lovren (£4.9m).

Meanwhile, as expected, it’s Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.5m) at full-back.

Burnley have rolled out the usual 4-4-2 formation with the in-form Ashley Barnes (£5.7m) and Chris Wood (£6.2m) hoping to stop Liverpool earning an 18th clean sheet of the season.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Burnley XI: Heaton; Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Hendrick; Wood, Barnes.

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  1. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Whats this double GW32 posts? Is it true? When will we know?

    1. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Oh no nothing to see hear. DGW? you must have heard wrong. We were talking about how 'dull' GW32 will be

    2. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      After GW31 it is predicted a few more games will be added to gw32. Same will happen to GW35.

      GW33 will be similar to 31.

  2. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Mane in for Sterling it is, I think. Probably a better bet vs Fulham away than TAA

  3. fkmzcgp
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 21 days ago

    A) Mane, Wilson and Brooks
    B) TAA, Wilson and Fraser

  4. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Will Salah ever score a goal again

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      He will in 56th minute

  5. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Breaking - Team news.
    I am at a wet and cold Stamford Bridge for todays game.

    The teams are, as predicted, Chelsea and Wolves.

    *I'll get my coat*

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Should be wearing your coat already or you'll catch a cold

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 21 days ago

        Haha, I saw that as soon as I posted - typical that you'd pick up on it.

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Sorry!

  6. R.C
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 21 days ago

    Robbo or TAA v Fulham?

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Robbo

  7. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 21 days ago

    bottomed
    Some bloke in the Villa v Burnley match comes onto the pitch and sucker punches Grelish.

    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Wut

    2. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      WTF?!

    3. Goat
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Hilarious

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 21 days ago

        Really, you think so?

    4. Brehmeren
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      *Birmingham "fan"

    5. ppv
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Small Heath not Burnley

    6. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Banter

    7. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      just seen it on twitter. Absolute melt.

      Should be a lifetime stadium ban so i hope he thought it was worth it.

      1. Brehmeren
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 21 days ago

        Should be a court case of assault.

        1. 7shadesofsmoke
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          agreed, but he won't give a sh!t about that. Would only add kudos amongst his cretinous little peer group.

          But he can watch the rest of the games at the pub from now on while his mates are in the stands.

      2. ppv
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 21 days ago

        3 years jail imo

      3. Kno
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 21 days ago

        jailtime as well hopefully

    8. Pinturicchio10
        5 years, 21 days ago

        About time someone gave him a slap tbf.

      • Garlana
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 21 days ago

        Grealish is a pleb but nobody deserves this, if you saw that in the street would those who are saying haha or good feel the same? I doubt it.

    9. dansmusen
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 21 days ago

      Salah needs a goal. Another big C fail for me. According to gargatron i would have scored 444 if i choosed my VC. My C score is 358. Anybody here even close to those stats ??

      1. MTPockets
          5 years, 21 days ago

          It's half fking time

          1. dansmusen
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Yes but the stats are for the whole season. Almost 100 points of my VC. I don't think a half will change that

            1. MTPockets
                5 years, 21 days ago

                Maybe, but it's not yet another big C fail

          2. joeydelucchi
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            We were all thinking this yesterday at half time owning sterling...give him a chance

            1. df34
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Hope you’re right , but you have wonder will it happen today as well ?

            2. 7shadesofsmoke
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              this

            3. dansmusen
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Yes but i am looking at the whole year. Gargatron stats are pretty telling

          3. Goat
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Better than Pogba -2 anyway

        • Chucky
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Spewing... Worst GW ever... got useless TAA instead of Vardy and captained Salah 🙁

          1. DAZZ
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Raz scored a hatrick in 45 yesterday... still time for mo

            1. THFC4LIFE
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              In less than 20 mins*

          2. Jafooli
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Still 90mins to go....

          3. Make Arrows Green Again
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            These half time posts are so tiresome

        • L'Aeroplanino
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Definitely going Mane next season if the huge price difference remains, not worth it over the whole season

          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Sterling: 85% the price of Salah, 98% of the points of Salah
            Hazard: 80%, 85% (with a game to play today and another in hand rescheduled from GW27)
            Mane: 73%, 81%
            Aguero: 89%, 81%
            Auba: 80%, 78%
            Kane: 93%, 77%

            So Sterling, Mane and Hazard have been better value as big hitters than Salah so far.

            1. BobbyDoesNotLook
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Good analysis.What about xG? I think Salah still misses a lot an potential points could be something that I would like to take into account even though points only matter in the end.

          2. altan8797
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            well things seemed different 7-8 weeks ago didnt they? he had 5 hauls in 6 games and no one was complaining about his price.

        • RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Guess many regret already spending 2 Pool spots on defenders

          1. DAZZ
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            I took a -4 to bring in vardy and mane 🙂

          2. The Ejiptian King
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Probably not if they had them the last few weeks.

          3. Baps hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Some have even triple Pool like my brother. Yet he captained Sterling...

          4. Fitzy.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            I've got 45 points the past two weeks out of Robbo/TAA - no regret at all.

          5. Smurf
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            My two Liverpool defenders have averaged a combined 22.5 points per GW the previous two GW’s. I have zero regrets.

          6. GREEN IS GOOD
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Nope, just you.

        • Rhodes your boat
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          What to do?

          Boruc hamer
          Robbo pereira taa Jonny bednarek
          Salah sterling pogba son guendouzi
          Higuain Barnes success

          1ft 2.0itb

          Can’t do son to hazard straight

        • Barca_Rover
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Will Salah be classified as a mid or a forward next season ?

          1. Smurf
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Doesn’t matter. He will be good value in either position after being priced back at 9m.

            1. Barca_Rover
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              9m ? really ? thats less than auba haz and higu this season lolz

              1. Smurf
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 21 days ago

                With the way Auba’s price is going he’ll be 9m this season soon.

        • TheSteel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Just seen the highlights. The second goal was more a Salah assist than the first haha

          1. DAZZ
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            He didnt touch the ball the second time round

            1. Baps hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Harm... 🙁

            2. Fitzy.
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              I think he did actually, just before the defender.

          2. Pasqualinho
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            You’re probably right. Those are the rules, though.

        • rokonto
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Will chelsea have a dgw in 32?
          What's it depend on?

          1. Now I'm Panicking
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Depends on if that's when it is arranged for, which looks very likely.

        • joeydelucchi
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          How has Salah not got 2 assists?!?

          Is there are chance he will get awarded later??

          1. Smurf
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            No he didn’t touch the ball for the second goal.

          2. Hotdogs for Tea
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Because he didn’t pass the ball to the goal scorer maybe?

          3. Pasqualinho
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            I wouldn’t think so. It’s pretty clear he didn’t get a touch on the second one.

          4. Now I'm Panicking
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Tweet FPL Towers with your protest. Google "fuzzy warbles" for a template.

        • Modest Bob
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Burnley take the lead. Westwood!

          1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Wifi a bit slow?

          2. Pukki Party
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Your stream is a bit late

          3. FPL price manipulators are …
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Are you following the BBC Live update? They're a little slow

          4. Bury94
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            I can see Liverpool turning it around before half time though. Hopefully Mane gets one

            1. YEAH PITCH!
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Lol

        • Hect.OR 98th
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 21 days ago

          Having an awful season and taken my eye off the ball a bit. Got five playing next week, 2FTs and all chips available. Worth taking a -8 to get nine out and saving the FH for Gw32?

          1. MTPockets
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Probably

            • Numb
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              In your position might be worth using FH this week.

            • SHOOTER MCGINN
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Depends if you can get from your current team to your desired GW32 team in less than 4 moves. Then I'd just do that and FH this week as most of the players are crap anyway

            • Rash
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Couple of hits will sort it

          2. Forza Papac
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Hearing that Emerson starts today

          3. fc_skrald
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            With 2 free transfers I sadly think I have the to get rid of Kamara:

            Son and Kamara -> Fraser and Wilson

            a. do the move and play 10 player
            b. do the move and take an additional -4 hit to play 11 players

            Boruc
            Robertson, Diop, Pereira, Stankovic
            Pogba, Salah, Son, Mane, Hazard
            Kamara

            Foster, Doherty, Rashford, Rashford
            0.1 mil in the bank

          4. Champions united
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Chances vvd can score
            😀

            1. Numb
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              He’s not due

          5. JELLYFISH
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Birmingham City football club....the scum of the earth. That muppet typifies everything about that club

          6. Peter Ouch
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Why people are talking much about next season?
            Are you all so disappointed?

            1. Smurf
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Least enjoyable season i've ever played for me.

              1. FPL_Gyarados
                • 10 Years
                5 years, 21 days ago

                Last season was a bad one for me. Ended 450k or so. On 35k right now this season. Had the best start of any year. Mot great the last 4 weeks or so though.

            2. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              If you have been Salah(c) recently then you probably have quite a few red arrows. Particularly with Aguero and Sterling firing.

              1. dansmusen
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 21 days ago

                I have Salah C for some weeks and been doing great. But my green arrows would have been ever greater with my VC as C in every game.

          7. DR0GBA
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpi, Rudiger, Luiz, Emerson, Kante, Jorginho, Kovacic, Pedro, Higuain, Hazard

            1. Numb
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              As expected

            2. Nomar
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Sad fall for Alonso

          8. Chucky
            • 10 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Please start alonso...

            1. Chucky
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              seaseon over...

            2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              Don’t look above

            3. Red Devil Swede
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              No

          9. Avo24
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Perreira, maguire or ake?
            For GW 31 & 33 only

          10. King Sheep
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            This season is not even finished and I am looking forward to GW 1 already!!

          11. Sim Simma
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            ⚽ Team News 📰
            CHE: Kepa, Rüdiger, Emerson, David Luiz, Azpilicueta, Jorginho, Kovacic, Kanté, Pedro, Hazard, Higuaín
            Subs: Caballero, Christensen, Barkley, Loftus-Cheek, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi, Willian

            WOL: Patrício, Coady, Boly, Saïss, Dendoncker, Jonny, Doherty, Moutinho, Neves, Jiménez, Jota
            Subs: Ruddy, Kilman, Vinagre, Gibbs-White, Cavaleiro, Costa, Traoré

          12. TAT
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            Dilemma.
            I can take out Alisson/Sterling for a cheaper GK and Mané. Issue is it would be for a hit, and leave me with 10 BGW players (including Puncheon and Balbuena).

            Other option is keeping Alisson (playing double LIV def + Salah), bringing in Haz for Sterling, and Jiménez > Wilson (also for a hit) – leaving me with 11 BGW players (including Puncheon and Balbuena).

            Which option would you go for?

          13. Hotdogs for Tea
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 21 days ago

            OMG Chelsea 🙁

            1. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 21 days ago

              No Alonso in squad, Willian on bench