Scout Notes

West Ham assets disappoint ahead of Blank Gameweek 31

West Ham United warmed up for Blank Gameweek 31 in underwhelming fashion on Saturday.

The Hammers fell to a 2-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Cardiff City, a side that had lost all three of their previous Premier League fixtures and who had conceded ten goals in the process of doing so.

This was West Ham’s sixth away match without a victory.

There was more concern for Felipe Anderson‘s owners after the Brazilian winger was hooked at half-time but the positive news for those Fantasy managers with West Ham assets in their squads is that Manuel Pellegrini’s side are at home in Blank Gameweek 31 and are unbeaten in five at the London Stadium.

The Hammers’ latest defeat on the road is the primary focus of this Scout Notes article, while we will also run the rule over the Crystal Palace v Brighton and Hove Albion below.

Cardiff City 2-0 West Ham United

  • Goals: Junior Hoilett (£5.0m), Victor Camarasa (£4.6m)
  • Assists: Josh Murphy (£4.8m)

Manuel Pellegrini said Felipe Anderson‘s (£7.2m) half-time substitution on Saturday was tactical in nature, allaying any fears of an injury for the Brazil international ahead of Blank Gameweek 31.

While concerns over fitness will have been assuaged, there will still be unease among the 15.8% of Fantasy Premier League managers who own the attacking midfielder ahead of the hugely appealing home fixture against Huddersfield Town next Saturday.

Anderson has been an ever-present in the league this season and is clearly a favourite of Pellegrini’s but the fact that he was withdrawn at the interval after yet another sub-par display must be a worry.

As is the fact that the Hammers are now blessed with attack-minded options ready and waiting for a start: Michail Antonio (£6.8m), Samir Nasri (£5.2m) and Marko Arnautovic (£6.8m) all began Saturday’s game on the bench and came on as substitutes in the second half.

Pellegrini said of Anderson’s withdrawal:

Just a tactical change because we didn’t create chances in the first half and, at least in the second half, Marko had a shot which was blocked by the goalkeeper and we had another shot from Declan Rice off the post.

Cardiff didn’t create too many chances also, but they scored their two goals.

We didn’t have many chances in the first half and that’s why we tried to make tactical changes, first with Marko Arnautovic and after that with Nasri and Antonio.

We improved a little bit but we didn’t create the amount of chances you need if you want to win away.

Anderson has registered just two shots in the last six Gameweeks, neither of which was on target.

The Brazilian midfielder has only created three chances in the last four Gameweeks, meanwhile.

On Saturday, Anderson didn’t register a single shot, key pass or penalty box touch.

He wasn’t alone in turning in a poor performance, however.

Javier Hernandez (£6.1m) also failed to register a goal attempt or create a chance in his awful 90-minute showing up front, while Manuel Lanzini (£6.4m) – who only sporadically flickered into life – did likewise before being substituted just before the hour mark. Robert Snodgrass (£5.0m) was similarly ineffective on the right flank.

West Ham had only two attempts on goal in the first hour and it wasn’t until Arnautovic stung Neil Etheridge‘s (£4.7m) palms after 74 minutes that the visitors registered a shot on target.

The Austrian striker was perhaps one of the few winners out of this defeat, as it would surely only serve to further his chances of a start in Gameweek 31.

Given that bottom-of-the-table Huddersfield visit the London Stadium next weekend, Pellegrini may even decide to play Arnautovic alongside Hernandez in a 4-4-2 and abandon the 4-1-4-1 system he has used recently.

“Out of position” defender Declan Rice (£4.6m), who was on the scoresheet in Gameweek 29, struck the upright from open play in the second half with West Ham’s only real other serious attempt on goal.

The Irons were repeatedly exposed at the back, too, with Lukasz Fabianski (£4.8m) called on to make five additional stops.

Pellegrini said of West Ham’s ongoing struggles away from home:

More than a disappointing result, it was a disappointing performance. We must review what we are doing when we are playing away because in four [of the last five] away games we didn’t score one goal and we conceded too many.

We knew that today we would find a team that was in a difficult moment with three defeats in a row that are fighting against relegation, but they didn’t have to do much to score two goals.

We were not concentrating for both goals. You can play badly but you can at least draw nil-nil. I think that was a very bad performance.

Maybe we improved a little bit in the last 15 minutes of the first half, but we didn’t create chances. We had two in the second half with Marko and one shot hitting the post but this was not enough to win a game away against a team fighting against relegation.

The good news for owners of West Ham assets is that the Hammers face Huddersfield at home in Gameweek 31 – and Pellegrini’s troops are a different prospect at the London Stadium than they are on the road.

The Irons are unbeaten in five matches on home soil and the below comparison of their goal threat in their last six home fixtures (left) versus last half-dozen away games (right) emphasises their more potent attacking menace in east London:

Andy Carroll (£5.4m) missed out on Saturday, meanwhile, with Pellegrini explaining his absence thus:

Andy was not considered for this game. He has some problem in his ankle, so he was not in the [squad] list.

Cardiff assets now take back seat in Blank Gameweek 31 and with both Chelsea and Manchester City to come thereafter (potentially in a Double Gameweek 32), there will be few Fantasy managers interested in their assets despite this much-needed win.

As bad as West Ham were, the Bluebirds were much improved on their recent dismal showings.

Neil Warnock’s side got about their visitors with real venom in the first half, bullying their opponents from the off and showing plenty of attacking intent.

Josh Murphy (£4.8m) and Junior Hoilett (£5.0m) were recalled on the flanks as Warnock reverted to a 4-4-1-1 and it was those two wingers who combined for Cardiff’s opener after just three minutes.

The excellent Victor Camarasa (£4.6m), back in the “number ten” role, bundled in his side’s second goal after the restart and could have had another strike of his own when Fabianski made a terrific double-stop from both the Spaniard and Oumar Niasse (£5.0m).

Niasse also scuffed an excellent one-on-one opportunity wide as Cardiff were well worthy of their first win since Gameweek 26.

Camarasa and Joe Bennett (£4.4m) both limped off in the second half and Warnock provided updates on the pair after full-time:

Victor has got cramp. It’s quite physical to play for us. He apologised when he went off but I said: ‘Don’t worry, you did enough in an hour!’

Joe has just snicked a hamstring, nothing serious. But it’s three weeks until the next game, so he should have an opportunity there.

Warnock praised his side’s performance, meanwhile:

There are a lot of positives today, a lot of answers for the critics. That’s our eighth clean sheet, I would like to see how many other teams in the bottom half have eight clean sheets this year.

The centre-backs and full-backs were fabulous then you go into midfield with Gunnarsson running the show.

Arter got the crowd involved with his energy, Camarasa oozed class and Oumar played a part, the centre-halves knew they were in for a tough game today.

I asked the wide players to contribute to goals and you couldn’t have asked for much more. Wingers always get criticised but today I thought they were fantastic.

Cardiff City XI (4-2-3-1): Etheridge; Peltier, Morrison, Manga, Bennett (Bacuna 62′); Murphy, Gunnarsson, Arter (Paterson 84′), Hoilett; Camarasa (Ralls 68′); Niasse.

West Ham United XI (4-1-4-1): Fabianski; Fredericks, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Rice; Snodgrass, Noble (Nasri 58′), Lanzini (Antonio 58′), Anderson (Arnautovic 45′); Hernandez.

Crystal Palace 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion

  • Goals: Luka Milivojevic (£6.3m) | Glenn Murray (£6.3m), Anthony Knockaert (£5.2m)
  • Assists: Andros Townsend (£5.9m)| Lewis Dunk (£4.4m), Dale Stephens (£4.3m)

Crystal Palace and Brighton are without a league fixture in Blank Gameweek 31, as both teams are in FA Cup action this coming weekend.

Saturday’s “M23 derby” was the two clubs’ final league fixture before the international break and there is the very real prospect of both sides having a Double Gameweek 32 when the domestic action resumes at the end of March.

Brighton’s victory over their rivals was much-needed from their point of view but it meant a frustrating afternoon for owners of Crystal Palace assets, with the Eagles yet again demonstrating familiar failings on home soil.

Roy Hodgson’s side have the second-worst home record in the Premier League this season, with only Huddersfield having lost more games on their own patch.

Defensively, they are fairly solid: only six teams have conceded fewer goals on home soil and the Eagles were only beaten on Saturday by two superb strikes from Glenn Murray (£6.3m) and Anthony Knockaert (£5.2m).

Brighton, indeed, only had four shots on goal all game.

Palace’s goal threat is letting them down at Selhurst Park, though: again, only Huddersfield have scored fewer home league goals this season.

The hope for owners of Wilfried Zaha (£6.9m), Michy Batshuayi (£6.5m) et al ahead of this match was that the visit of Brighton would be the perfect opportunity to remedy that problem, as the Seagulls had conceded two or more goals in each of their last five away league matches.

Palace had also scored more goals in the preceding eight Gameweeks than all teams bar Manchester City and had been on the scoresheet in every one of their Premier League fixtures in 2019.

However, Palace again found it difficult to overcome a side that set out to defend.

As blistering as they are on the counter-attack away from home, Palace lack inspiration when their opposition are camped inside their own box.

Their only goal on Saturday came from the penalty spot, with Luka Milivojevic (£6.3m) dispatching his eighth spot-kick of the season after Andros Townsend (£5.9m) had been felled.

Clear-cut opportunities for Palace were few and far between, with Jeffrey Schlupp (£4.5m) – again playing “out of position” in central midfield – blazing the best of their chances over in stoppage time.

A long-distance attempt from Batshuayi and a looping James Tomkins (£4.3m) header were the only efforts that Mathew Ryan (£4.4m) had to deal with, as Brighton’s solid backline blocked seven of the hosts’ 15 shots.

Hodgson reflected on Saturday’s performance compared to their more impressive recent displays:

It’s a poor performance in the sense that we weren’t able to do enough with the amount of possession that we’d got. But they are such different games so I don’t know quite how you compare them. The last two games, we were playing against teams where we’d had 40% of possession against a team that’s had 60% of possession.

We’d had great opportunities to use our counter-attacking threats and to use those opportunities whereas today of course we were up against a packed defence who had the benefit from 15 minutes into the game to be sitting on a 1-0 lead. I don’t quite know how the performances can be compared particularly. Can we play better? I suppose we can.

Chris Hughton meanwhile paid tribute to his centre-back pairing of Lewis Dunk (£4.4m) and Shane Duffy (£4.7m), who played a large part in keeping Palace at bay:

I thought Lewis was very good. Both him and Shane needed to be. Anything less from our two centre-halves and I don’t know if we end up winning the game.

They were put under a lot of pressure, a lot of balls into the box, and they had to stay on their feet. I thought Lewis defended particularly well.

Murray wasn’t even meant to be starting on Saturday but his replacement in the Brighton XI, Florin Andone (£5.0m), suffered a thigh injury in the warm-up.

The veteran striker lashed in a brilliant half-volley from a difficult angle to give Brighton the lead, after Tomkins had misjudged an up-and-under from Dunk in the swirling wing.

Hughton said of his strike options:

Glenn had been playing recently and we have good competition up there. We had Andone on the bench in our last game and he changed the game with the winning goal. He deserved the start.

Sometimes if it’s early in the warm-up, you know you’re making a change, but this was very late, almost as the players were coming off.

If Andone starts, he might have done well and got the winner. But equally if you have to make that change late before the game, Glenn’s not a bad option to bring in.

Away from home you need to try and stretch the team, more so. Andone probably would be stronger at that because he’s got more pace than Glenn so he’d give us more dynamic stretching of the team but Glenn’s clever. He’s very clever in the way that he does it and he works [hard].

Knockaert’s winner was a brilliant curling strike from distance but the winger was perhaps fortunate to still be on the pitch after a first-minute tackle on Milivojevic.

Hodgson said, magnanimously:

He committed a bad foul early on but I don’t think it was a malicious foul. It was a winger’s tackle, wasn’t it? Trying in a derby game to show his commitment. It was over the ball of course and it was a bad foul of course but I presume the referee gave him the benefit of the doubt on that one.

You’d have to ask the referee. We were incensed by the challenge of course, I thought it looked like a very dangerous one. I was very pleased to see Luka Milivojevic get to his feet again. My first thought was to turn to Cheikhou Kouyate and to tell him to get warmed up. I had visions of him not being able to carry on.

Crystal Palace XI (4-3-3): Guaita; Wan Bissaka, Tomkins, Dann, Van Aanholt; McArthur (Benteke 77′), Milivojevic, Schlupp; Townsend (Meyer 77′), Batshuayi, Zaha.

Brighton and Hove Albion XI (4-5-1): Ryan; Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo; Knockaert (March 75′), Bissouma, Stephens, Propper, Jahanbakhsh (Locadia 90′); Murray.



715 Comments Post a Comment
  1. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    Very worried about this week! Scraping out the below with a -4, G2G?

    Boruc
    TAA Pereira Keane Rice
    Salah Hazard Maddison Westwood
    Wilson(c) Rondon
    Ryan Aguero Pogba Kola

    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Good enough

    2. poulteren
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      i wouldnt captain wilson. Salaha all day long FULHAM!

  2. simong1
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    Should I do Crouch & Son > Wilson & Fraser for a hit? Or just do Jimenez > Wilson for free?

    Fabianski – Button
    Robertson – TAA – Perreira – Doherty – AWB
    Salah – Son – Hazard – Maddison – F. Anderson
    Jimenez – Vardy - Crouch

    Will be doing FH32 and WC34. Will also have an additional FT for GW33. 1FT, 0.9 ITB.

    1. The Yorkshire Pirlo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      I’d keep hold of Jimenez if you’ve value tied up. Going for the Bournemouth duo looks good to me.

      1. WVA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        I got Jim for 5.5 and I'm selling, can easily afford on a FH in 32 and blanks again in 33 after which Wilson has much better fixtures anyway don't you think?

      2. simong1
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        Thanks! I only have 0.2 tied up in Jimenez. Worth it with that in mind?

    2. Runaway
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      First one. Even if you have no value tied on Jimi.

    3. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Getting that Bournemouth duo almost for free (Crouch gets you a cameo at best) sounds reasonable. Son might have a game in 33, but i would be more inclined towards that scenario than losing Jimenez. And both Bournemouth and Wolves fixtures are good towards the end of season and then you can make the choice later on whoever you want to keep?

    4. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Do the first one

  3. The Yorkshire Pirlo
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    Would you Free Hit this or just use 2 FTs?

    Not happy with Alisson, feel I’ve the wrong Bournemouth assets, Almiron and Anderson could be better.

    Alisson
    Robbo/Pereira
    Salah/Hazard/Anderson/Almiron/Brooks
    King

    Hamer/Kun/Jimenez/Doh/AWB/Bednarek

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Use 2ft

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Similar position to me, definitely use your 2ft!

    3. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      you don´t know how Bou game will be next will you? You have a good team there, i might consider Vardy and perhaps a West Ham defender, then you kind of have the big guns bar Mané but you have double Liv def which could be good as well. Chelsea def maybe? Not an advice but i find myself in almost the same situation as you, two players with 2ft to complete 11 starters and i´m strongly considering Anderson out for a hit due to him not even close to the goal and Chelsea away in 33, i rather take take the hit now and save myself the inevitable transfer in 33 and thus give myself more freedom in 33 depending on how the Fa cup fares if i need to make a transfer (injury/and Spurs could get a game)

  4. FreddyP3
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    So this is how my team turned out, taken 1 hit last 5 gws to get here and a bit surprisingly gotten green arrows getting here. Thoughts/gtg?

    0FT 3.3ITB
    Fabianski
    Digne Robbo Pereira
    Salah(c) Mane Richarlison Fraser
    Higuain Vardy Wilson

    Boruc Kola Doh Camarasa

  5. MysticMac17
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    MY FH team this week:

    Fabianski
    Azpi Van Dijk Rice
    Hazard Salah Mane Fraser
    Vardy Higuaín Wilson

    Subs: Lossl, Snodgrass, Daniels, Tarkowski

    Thoughts? Gone with VVD over Robbo/TAA based on security

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Arnie over Higuain, Ake over Rice and you're Golden

      1. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        Arnie not nailed tho

        1. Debauchy
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 19 days ago

          Will be this gw

      2. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        That seems like bad advice to me, but if you're going to downgrade Higuain, you might as well go for a substantial upgrade, maybe David Luiz.

    2. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Awesome, going to smash it! Captaining Mane?

      1. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        I have (C) on Marne also (had Sterling this weekend, before you ask, am I a hex lol), this could/would only change to Salah, I guess.

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 19 days ago

          I've captained the wrong player 28 times out of 30 so no point asking me who to captain haha

      2. MysticMac17
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        I'm captaining Salah I think. maybe Fulham will be the game he gets back his form. Fingers crossed

  6. vaskez
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    Have currently 1 FT.
    If I free hit, will I have 2 FT after GW31 ? Or the chip removes all FT, in which case it would be advisable to make the transfer before using the chip?

    Cheers!

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Before anyone answers, how many players do you have for gw 31?

      1. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        If 6 or 7 take a few hits. Kiwivillan can be a pain in the arse but he is right with this one... a waste

    2. Pilgrim62
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      You will have only one FT after FH

    3. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      If you free hit, you will only have 1 free transfer afterwards, also, it will cancel any transfers that you make prior to playing the chip.

  7. hogree
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    Current team, 2 FT

    Heaton
    Kola* - Pereira - Doherty* - AWB* - Bednarek*
    Salah - Sterling* - Richarlison - FAnderson - Haz
    Barnes - Vardy - Kamara*

    Blanking in 31

    Thoughts on this as a -4?
    Sterling + FAnderson + Bednarek --> Mane + Fraser + VVD

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      Great transfer's imo

  8. H-Over United
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    Have only five players in GW31... with Schär i would have been six 🙁
    Planned one hit with then 8 players and free hit in GW33.

    Would you FH now or take one or two hits?

    1. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      this depends on your team and also hits different perspective with attackers vs defenders

      as you will face a similar problem in 33 i´d say take some hits and then FH in 32 in general but depends a little on whom you already have or have not and which players you need to sell etc

  9. Fantasy Gold
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 19 days ago

    Which do you prefer?

    A) Diop and Higuain

    B) Azpi and Arnie (only if it looks like he’ll start)

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 19 days ago

      A
      If you want to get Azpi though I'd go for Azpi+Wilson combo.
      Arnie is liability atm

      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 19 days ago

        Thanks Amey

    2. Party time
        5 years, 19 days ago

        B

        1. Party time
            5 years, 19 days ago

            I think he will start. Pellegrini felt he did well in the 2nd half, better than most.He came close to scoring although I have him already, if you fancy a differential, he could be the one

            1. Debauchy
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              GL mate really wanted him last. Pellegrini missed a trick last and he paid the price, Chica a 1 trick pony and sure Pele will do the obvious this week

              1. Party time
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  Thanks. GL to you as well buddy. I had Jimi on the bench last gw because I was so sure Arnie would start. So glad they lost in that manner.
                  Pellegrini could play both Chicha and Arnie this week, although Arnie better alone up front 🙂 and you are right Chicha is just a pony hehe. Have you got Arnie?

          • Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            B by a distance. Pellegrini would be an absolute idiot to persist with Chica. Arnie offers so much more threat in every way. GL

            1. Debauchy
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              That said Arnie is the FH special. Wilson better over next 2

            2. jtreble
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              Rumour is Pelle is “teaching Arnie a lesson” at WHU management’s request. :).

              1. Party time
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  Ha! I am not sure they want to continue that lesson after being spanked by Cardiff

                • Debauchy
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  Yeah but enough. Why though your team down the drain, enough, Arnie starts ..

                  1. Debauchy
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 19 days ago

                    Throw

                  2. jtreble
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 19 days ago

                    Agree, the whole WHU/Arnie situation is crazy strange.

                    1. Fantasy Gold
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 19 days ago

                      Thanks all

          • #FPLBhuna
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            pva > azpi (-4)

            ?

            1. Debauchy
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              If it was for Ake then yes. So no

              1. #FPLBhuna
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 19 days ago

                lol you're having a laugh

                b'mouth cannot defend

                1. The Ejiptian King
                  • 5 Years
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  They've conceded 2 goals in 4 home games since Boruc came into the team and that includes playing against City, Chelsea and Wolves.

                2. Debauchy
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  Grrrrŕrrrrr no laughs here

          • Amey
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            Just read the Eliteserien Fantasy article. Chips in that game are very creative 😮

            Except one:
            " Park the Bus "
            It reminds me of something 😀

            1. Hotdogs for Tea
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              It’s a great game, PtB is devastating 🙂

              1. Amey
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 19 days ago

                Don't even know a single player from that league.
                Nice to hear that though. FPL can copy some of those chips 😛

                1. Hotdogs for Tea
                  • 8 Years
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  Neither do I except for The Lord, and I have been playing it for 2 seasons 🙁

                  1. Amey
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 19 days ago

                    Ha ha
                    Nice.

          • #FPLBhuna
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            comments disabled on new post?

            1. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              I thought I was gonna be top top of the page there..what's all that about?

          • BigBillyBass
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            Anyone using their free hit this week care to share their team? 🙂

            1. Hotdogs for Tea
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              Check out Hot Topics

              1. BigBillyBass
                • 5 Years
                5 years, 19 days ago

                Thanks

          • Optic1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            Afternoon all. I'll be putting the below team out this week for a -8. Thoughts and FB welcome.

            Fabianski
            Luiz Robertson Digne
            Salah(c) Hazard Maddison Brooks
            Firmino Wilson Barnes

            Button - Pogba Doherty Bennett - 2.3itb

            There is another alternative of 442 with Azpi instead of Wilson.

            FH 32 and WC/BB in 34/35.

            Cheers

            1. poulteren
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              nice but i wouldnt bother with an 8 point hit. Just play 10 players ?

              1. Optic1
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 19 days ago

                Well the hits are for Maddison and Wilson. I'm under the view that the appearance points alone will net out over 31/33 and anything they get on top is the bonus.

                Worth thinking about though - thanks

                1. Debauchy
                  • 11 Years
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  Feel the same, he who hesitates is lost. Swords out , the time is now

                  1. Debauchy
                    • 11 Years
                    5 years, 19 days ago

                    Was yesterday but yeah

                2. poulteren
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 9 Years
                  5 years, 19 days ago

                  you can make a change to take the team to 11 players in 33 and remember that there is a massive gap between 31 and 33. I have avoided hits this year and done SO much better than usual.

          • H-Over United
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            Is Free Hit committed till the weekend or can i switch the team the whole week like on a Wildcard?

            1. Amey
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              Yep.
              It's a pseudo WC 😉

            2. GREEN IS GOOD
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              Check the hot topic

            3. poulteren
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              you can switch it mas much as you like.

          • poulteren
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            I have nine players for GW31.

            who would you rather have

            a. ) HAZARD
            or
            b. ) FRASER

            1. Debauchy
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              Hazard

            2. Crazygopher
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              Haz

          • Daghe Munegu
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            Anderson to Fraser worth -4 ?

            1. Crazygopher
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 19 days ago

              No

          • barcaa7
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 19 days ago

            Puncheon to Fraser worth a hit ?

          • Oggle22
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 18 days ago

            G2G?
            Fab
            Ake Luiz Rice
            Salah(C) Mane Haz Anderson Fraser
            Vardy Firmino

            Schemichael Daniels Crouch Connolly
            Do I need Wilson?

            Cheers

          • Steiger
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 18 days ago

            Thinking if these are good moves for a -8 to field a full 11...?

            All chips intact and FH in 32.

            Sterling>Hazard
            Hojberg>Brooks

            Fab
            Robertson TAA Digne
            Salah Hazard Fanderson Brooks
            Higuain Vardy Wilson

            No bench

            Thanks in advance.