Scout Notes

Nine goals in as many Gameweeks for Mane but Salah flops yet again

Liverpool kept their title bid on track at Craven Cottage on Sunday with an unexpectedly close-run win over relegation-threatened Fulham.

There was further joy for owners and (especially) captainers of Sadio Mane as the Senegalese midfielder registered his third double-digit haul in four Gameweeks and drew level on Premier League goals with Mohamed Salah for the season.

The Egyptian, however, blanked for the sixth time in eight top-flight games.

There was to be no clean sheet either for those Fantasy managers backing Liverpool’s defence after a calamitous passage of play allowed Scott Parker’s side to temporarily draw level.

There’s plenty to discuss in our Scout Notes below.

Fulham 1-2 Liverpool

  • Goals: Ryan Babel (£5.5m) | Sadio Mane (£13.4m), James Milner (£5.6m)
  • Assists: None | Roberto Firmino (£9.2m), Sadio Mane (£9.9m)

There was a depressingly familiar feel to Mohamed Salah‘s (£13.4m) performance in west London on Sunday.

For those not watching the match, the Egyptian’s underlying attacking statistics would have caught the eye.

Top of all players on show at Craven Cottage for penalty box touches, overall goal attempts, shots in the box and efforts on target, the data analysts amongst us would have been impressed by Salah’s numbers.

In reality, the Egypt international rarely looked like hitting the back of the net.

Only in the final 15 minutes did Salah pose any kind of serious threat but even when afforded a one-on-one opportunity with the error-prone Sergio Rico (£4.4m) just before full-time, FPL’s leading points-scorer (still) of 2018/19 lacked any kind of conviction with his finishing.

The Liverpool winger fluffed an early chance wide and fired in another two efforts that Rico should have gobbled up with ease – though the Spanish custodian made a hash of both shots, with one error proving costly.

Even aside from his tame shooting, Salah frustrated.

The Egyptian’s touch was awful and he failed with all five of his attempted take-ons, getting tackled on nine occasions – more than any other player in Gameweek 31.

A miserable afternoon for the 44% of Fantasy managers who own him, particularly the 1.7 million who captained him, was summed up by Liverpool’s winning goal.

Rico hauled down Sadio Mane (£9.9m) after spilling Salah’s 79th-minute shot to give the Reds the chance to retake the lead from the penalty spot but it was James Milner (£5.6m), on as a substitute just seven minutes earlier, who stepped up to win the game for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

The Liverpool boss shared his thoughts on the Reds’ spot-kick running order after full-time:

Mo scored a lot of goals and then he got the penalties as well but when Millie is on the pitch, I think it makes sense. And so, wonderful. Doubts, no, but even Millie is a human being and you can fail. But, you know, very, very good.

What to do with Salah is now a serious question that many Fantasy managers will have to ask themselves.

For those with the Free Hit and/or Wildcard chips still in their locker, the Egyptian is, some would argue, perhaps dispensable for Double Gameweeks 32 and 35.

Whether he remains a staple of Fantasy squads outside of these dates (and after Blank Gameweek 33) is another matter.

Salah will undoubtedly deliver attacking returns between now and the end of the season, maybe even posting a double-digit haul or two in the run-in.

Some attractive fixtures (Huddersfield at home in Gameweek 36, in particular) and his overall/effective ownership are further points to consider and it is this “fear factor” that deters many of us from selling him.

A blank against the worst defence in the Premier League may have been the tipping point for a sizeable percentage of Fantasy bosses, however, and his average FPL score over the last eight Gameweeks is now 3.5 points per match.

Mane, in contrast, is in red-hot form.

The Senegalese midfielder averages 8.9 points per game over the same period and now has 11 goals in his last 11 competitive starts, including nine in as many Gameweeks in the Premier League.

Mane’s underlying stats away from home haven’t been great of late and again, on Sunday, he hauled despite registering so-so numbers: two shots, one key pass.

There could well have been other attacking returns, though, despite these unremarkable KPIs: it was Mane that sent Salah through on goal in the dying stages, while the Senegal international himself hit the woodwork with a header from a Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.6m) corner.

Quite simply, the stats tell only part of the story and don’t begin to reflect Mane’s current confidence and clinical streak in front of goal.

While there was an element of fortune about his “Fantasy assist” for Milner’s penalty, Mane’s goal was superbly constructed: the former Southampton winger trading passes with Roberto Firmino (£9.2m) and meeting the Brazilian’s cut-back to put the visitors 1-0 up after 25 minutes.

How many Fantasy managers missed out on captaincy points or Mane’s 13-point haul altogether because of his absence from training ground photos on Friday is an intriguing question.

Liverpool in general made hard work of a side that had conceded two or more goals in all ten of their previous league fixtures in 2019.

The Reds’ recent away form is something of a worry and this latest display was similar in style to their previous league matches on the road this calendar year.

While Liverpool average 3.4 goals per league game at Anfield in 2019, they are scoring at a rate of 0.83 goals per match on their travels since the turn of the year.

The Reds rank a lowly 11th for total attempts on goal over their last six away games, joint-eighth for shots on target, sixth for efforts in the box and joint-fifth for big chances.

They rank in the top three for all of the above categories over their last six Premier League fixtures at Anfield.

Klopp acknowledged that Milner’s penalty came at just the right time before any panic could set in:

I didn’t see us panic, that’s right – I liked how we reacted – but we needed a penalty for that situation.

That doesn’t say we were sensational, the boys are human beings. I was sure we would not panic, we would not show the nerves you are all waiting for. We are long enough in this situation. We know it’s difficult for other teams to beat us, that always gives us the opportunity pretty much to win it.

Most of the draws we had, we were closer to winning the game. That gives us confidence, that we know another chance will come.

Much of the league leaders’ early threat came from their full-backs, in particular Alexander-Arnold.

The Liverpool right-back conjured up memories of his performance against Watford with some of his teasing deliveries, with Joel Matip (£4.9m) wasting a free header from one Alexander-Arnold corner and Mane hitting the bar with another.

His distribution from open play was also commendable, with the England defender finding Salah in the box (who predictably took too many touches) with one pass early on and then producing a superb cross-field pass to Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) minutes later.

Robertson ought to have done better when he broke into the box on ten minutes but could only find Rico’s arms with a pass along the six-yard line.

The Scotland left-back could have had an assist himself later when Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.5m) headed his cross over.

Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) was again prominent at set-piece situations, drawing Rico into a save with one header and very nearly capitalising when the unconvincing Fulham goalkeeper spilt a Salah shot at his feet.

Not only was there not to be any attacking returns for owners of Liverpool’s defenders, there was to be no clean sheet either.

Fulham had barely troubled Alisson (£6.0m) before their 73rd-minute leveller and the Cottagers’ goal was all Liverpool’s own making.

Milner’s skied clearance towards his own goal put van Dijk in trouble, with the Dutch centre-half producing a tame header back to a hesitant Alisson and allowing Ryan Babel (£5.5m) to almost apologetically score against his old club.

Klopp said:

We let them back a bit into the game, with counter-attacks and passing the wrong ball. It’s just the intensity of the competition, it’s nothing to do with nerves. Trent passed the ball into the middle, they get the ball, pass only one time and then Babel is against one or two [defenders]. These situations hurt, but it’s normal.

The goal they scored, I thought a little bit we begged for it – there were two or three moments where we asked for it. There were two or three moments not exactly like that but they had their best moments in that period of the game and then finally they scored.

But then I actually saw the reaction of my players and I’m really pleased with that. It was a good reaction. After they got the equaliser, we were again much clearer than we were before the equaliser. So, all good, a good reaction. Not a perfect football game but, in a difficult week for us, a sensational result.

For Fulham, this was another battling display under their interim manager.

Parker kept faith with a 4-2-3-1 set-up but brought Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (£4.4m), Jean Michael Seri (£4.9m), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (£4.5m) and Floyd Ayite (£4.3m) in at the expense of Kevin McDonald (£4.2m), Ryan Sessegnon (£6.0m), Denis Odoi (£4.4m) and Havard Nordtveit (£4.5m).

Calum Chambers (£4.2m) moved back to centre-half, meanwhile.

Manchester City next face the Cottagers in Gameweek 32 and there have been signs over Parker’s three-match reign that they won’t quite be the pushovers they were towards the end of Claudio Ranieri’s tenure.

Ultimately, though, they have shipped seven goals in three Gameweeks under Parker and rank bottom for shots on target and efforts in the box conceded during that time.

Joe Bryan (£4.8m) again impressed at left-back, however, and whoever plays on City’s right in a fortnight’s time will likely face a sterner test than their counterpart on the opposite flank.

Parker said of his side’s display and of the forthcoming clash with Pep Guardiola’s side:

First half, we set off a bit and tried to stay in the game and we worked on that this week and the second half as the game moved forward we put them under pressure and got a goal, albeit from a mistake.

We played against the best counter-attacking team in Europe, a front three which are pretty deadly. We need to stay in the game and we did that first half and there was some massive positives in the second half where the players took the front foot and we got back into the game, but it’s a shame we couldn’t hold on.

We worked all week on a gameplan, the boys have been superb in understanding and applying themselves daily and they’ve been first class. We’ll do the same for Man City.

Klopp meanwhile provided an update on Jordan Henderson (£5.3m), who missed out with an ankle injury:

Hendo will go to the national team; two or three days at Melwood to do the rehab, but it looks positive.

I think he is in contact with Gareth [Southgate] so when he can train in that moment, he will go to the national team. If he plays, Gareth will decide then, but it’s really positive.

He was still not able to play today but it was not that serious and now, in three or four days, he should be fine.

Fulham XI (4-2-3-1): Rico; Fosu-Mensah (Christie 74′), Chambers, Ream, Bryan; Anguissa, Seri (Sessegnon 65′); Cairney (Kebano 82′), Ayite, Babel; Mitrovic.

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson; Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Lallana (Milner 73′); Salah (Sturridge 90′), Firmino (Origi 72′), Mane. 

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  1. davies
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 12 days ago

    Salah > Mane now to get likely double rise?

    Will activate FH later in the week...

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 12 days ago

      Should get 1 at least. Can always get rid if not.

  2. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 12 days ago

    If FH32 any reason not to activate now?

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 12 days ago

      No just FH doesn’t mean you have to transfer all your players etc

  3. That Was Easy!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 12 days ago

    No FH going into 32, so I’m thinking Salah, VVD, Higuain > Sterling, Kun, Laporte for a (-8). Top of my mini league, so thinking a bit defensively with my transfers. If I didn’t make these moves I’d have...

    Boruc
    AWB Luiz Bednarek
    Sterling (C) Hazard Mane Barnes
    Wilson Higuain Barnes

    Will get me 8 DGWers and 10 in BGW33, thoughts? Don’t have much value tied in VVD and will potentially mean no Salah for the home stretch.

    1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 12 days ago

      Good plan imo.

    2. Jay_
        5 years, 12 days ago

        Decent

    3. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 12 days ago

      What is the condition for Soton to have DGW?

      1. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 12 days ago

        They will have one - just a case of whether it is 32 or 35. Watford v Fulham and Watford v Southampton both need re-arranging and 99% one will go in 32 and the other in 35. Bear in mind Southampton play on the Friday of GW33, so this may suggest the Fulham game is slightly more likelier to go to 32 with the Southampton game to 35.

        1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Thanks for the info. Valery is very tempting and maybe having price rises too.

          1. Now I'm Panicking
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Yeah - I've got him provisionally on my GW32 FH at the moment in case he rises and Southampton get the DGW32, but he will be gone sharpish if he doesn't have DGW32.

            1. Jay_
                5 years, 12 days ago

                Same

      2. SuperKante
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 12 days ago

        It's my first year, hence why my dumb question. by does the FH work the same way as the WC in that when I active it, I can make keep making transfers till the lockout? o

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          yes, get your GW31 team back after deadline.

          1. SuperKante
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Thank you!

      3. Jay_
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Lukaku v Kane
          Bilva v Ederson/Laporte

          Two trickiest choices for me.

          1. b91jh
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Bilva may end up in a 6-pointer even he starts both games, dont expect too much from him imo

          2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            Kane, Laporte imo

          3. Werner Bremen
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            City defence way better. But Lukaku and Kane question bugs me too

        • IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 12 days ago

          Feeling rather dejected today.. after weeks of meticulous planning and getting out 11 players had a horror week of 32 points, including wasting TC on Salah and OR has doubled. Hard knocks like this really affect your daily mood 🙁

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 12 days ago

            I got 16 but didn't use TC.
            Always someone way worse off.

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              More like a third more compared to my 2/thirds.

            2. IRBOX ⚽
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Feel you mate

          2. Jay_
              5 years, 12 days ago

              32 not too bad really. The wasted TC horrible though. I feel you, I too planned for weeks and got 18. You doubled TM’s score this week.

            • MTPockets
                5 years, 12 days ago

                That's nowhere near a doubled

                1. IRBOX ⚽
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 12 days ago

                  3k to 6k in 2 GW’s..

                  1. 007 [RoboKlopp]
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 12 days ago

                    Still a very respectable rank. There will be better days mate. Im down to 300k, lol

            • Scout15
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 12 days ago

              Sorry guys, had to ask again. Didn't get any answer first time... It's shorter now.

              So my team currently looks like this:

              Ederson - Boruc
              Robertson - Perira - AWB - Daniels - Diop
              Hazard - Mane - Pogba - FAnd - Billing (if using BB I would sold him)
              Aguero - Vardy - King

              I was planning to use FH, but not sure if there is going to be a better chance for BB.
              What do you think?
              BB or FH ?

              1. Jay_
                  5 years, 12 days ago

                  FH easy.

                  1. Scout15
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 12 days ago

                    Thanks!

                • 007 [RoboKlopp]
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 12 days ago

                  FH, Chelsea defense even Kane is more tempting

                  1. Scout15
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 12 days ago

                    It sounds right.
                    Cheers!

                • FourLokoLeipzig
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 12 days ago

                  I was also planning to FH... but am now thinking of BB instead. Just wish that had crossed my mind a week ago so I could have planned better for my new plan!

              2. Clintymints
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 12 days ago

                Free hit is like Brexit for Farage

                You play the market before you activate it

                1. Jay_
                    5 years, 12 days ago

                    Can we make gw31 like Brexit for remainers? I want another go.

                    1. Clintymints
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      I eh, concur

                2. The Overthinker
                  • 7 Years
                  5 years, 12 days ago

                  For Mane owners, in the form he is,are you removing him due to his SGW?

                  1. Now I'm Panicking
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 12 days ago

                    SGWers are dead to me

                    1. MTPockets
                        5 years, 12 days ago

                        This. DGW tunnelvision

                        1. Now I'm Panicking
                          • 9 Years
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          Never fails 😉

                    2. jia you
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      Yeah will gamble on XI double gameweekers I think.

                    3. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      I got to be honest I am tempted to keep him (probably won't).
                      I watched the game carefully today and Mane was way more alive ready for any balls in the box before Salah.
                      Mane was literally on his toes the whole time ready, lively.
                      Salah was doing his best frustrating Walcott impression.
                      Worse still salah refused to pass the ball on a number of occasions to better placed teamates and just ran into traffic.

                    4. Clintymints
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      Keep

                  2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
                    • 7 Years
                    5 years, 12 days ago

                    Man City surely have DGW32?

                    1. TorresMagic™
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      yes

                  3. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 12 days ago

                    Down to 85k, yesterday was too perfect for today to go well :(. Still got hope next 2 weeks but 90 points behind now.

                    For freehit, is it worth getting in Valery for TAA or VVD tonight incase of rise?

                    1. fedolefan
                      • 9 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      And here we go!! Come on TM, do the right thing.

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        5 years, 12 days ago

                        ??

                    2. clodhopper
                      • 10 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      Chin up sparky u still doin good

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        5 years, 12 days ago

                        Sparky makes me feel like you know me but cheers :). Hopefully climb back soon

                    3. MTPockets
                        5 years, 12 days ago

                        I've got him, and the 3.8s

                        1. Tsparkes10
                          • 5 Years
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          I've got one of the 3.8s but not sure if I'll need 2 so I'll just go valery for now I guess 🙂 cheers m8

                    4. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      Finally an article that tells the truth about Salah! It only took 8 weeks!
                      The David Mundy propaganda has been silenced is he off today?

                    5. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
                      • 14 Years
                      5 years, 12 days ago

                      This is probably a stupid question- but with a free hit if you transfer mane out for example - does that mean that you will NOT loose any price rises after the team reverts to it's previous form?

                      1. Jay_
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          Yep. But you might wanna hold of for a rise, if you gain SV on his next rise, before you sell him.

                          1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
                            • 14 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            Damn too late have sold him would not have gained SV with a .1 anyway.
                            Happy enough with wildcard team in any case.
                            I found it easy to pick which worry's me.
                            Maybe I just went of the obvious ones?

                            1. Jay_
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Shouldn’t matter tbh, if you wasn’t gonna gain SV anyway. As he may well rise again but once the doubles are announced, he’ll slow and all the big gun mids will rise rapidly.

                        • Hy liverpool
                          • 10 Years
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          Jarvish is useful in those DGW info.
                          Most probably will copy his team. 😀

                        • Weilong7
                          • 7 Years
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          If I make more than one transfers now.. to get in mane and sterling.. the deductions will be gone when I activate FH later this week when fixtures are confirmed? Thanks

                          1. TorresMagic™
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • Has Moderation Rights
                            • 14 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            yes

                            1. Weilong7
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              Thanks TM 🙂

                        • Uncle Gamst
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 12 Years
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          FH team for GW32. 0.2 left.

                          Kinda weak in defence but what so you think?

                          De Gea
                          Dunk, Wan-Bissaka, Valery
                          Sterling, Hazard, Sané, JWP
                          Agüero, Rashford, Higuaín
                          Gunn, Simpson, Connolly, Hudson-Odoi,

                          1. Tsparkes10
                            • 5 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            Sane, Dunk and Hig not keen on.

                          2. Niho992
                            • 5 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            Sane? Really?

                            FH wasted.

                            1. Uncle Gamst
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 12 Years
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              What's wrong with Sané?

                          3. Camzy
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 13 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            Pogba surely.

                            Aguero, Sterling, Pogba, Rashford, Shaw, Jimenez all must picks imo.

                        • juho
                          • 6 Years
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          Time for reflection - what can we learn from captaining Salah over Mane?

                          What was the error in logic? Mane had missed training but the upcoming international meant that it was unlikely for Klopp to rest him?

                          1. jia you
                            • 7 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            form players over underperforming ones

                          2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
                            • 14 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            Well I captained Mane..
                            The error is the logic for salah captainers:

                            1) Blinded by Salah's form at Christmas
                            2) Underlying stats - which were false flags - watching him play tells a different story.
                            3) The sunk cost fallacy - he is due etc
                            4) The group think - people followed the so called 'experts'
                            5) People were extremely risk adverse.

                            1. juho
                              • 6 Years
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              Strangely enough, I knew that Mane was in far better form, but overweighted the possibility of him being rested

                              1. waldo666
                                • 13 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                I did this exact same thing.

                          3. ZimZalabim
                            • 7 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            people just needed to justify captaining salah over mane
                            missing training was one, salah ownership was another, Mane away form was a third.

                            ultimately everyone was just worried that salah would go crazy based on just fear nothing else. People on here created enough doubt, loads in my ML that dont come on here or pay as close attention left the armband on mane and made up good ground on as fearful salah captainers.

                            1. clodhopper
                              • 10 Years
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              Yes it seems the duff info on this site is starting too make members regress which is a shame as people wont want too pay too join a site that hinders rather than helps suppose some people prefer a negative spin or a nice spamming sesh too cheer up their miserable lives sad realy

                        • jia you
                          • 7 Years
                          5 years, 12 days ago

                          Aguero / Sterling / Laporte
                          Pogba / Lukaku / Lindelof
                          Hazard / Higuain / Luiz
                          DGW GK
                          One more mid
                          Bench fodder
                          Done 🙂

                          1. Tsparkes10
                            • 5 Years
                            5 years, 12 days ago

                            Ez. Not sure on Hig though... I'd go Foster in goal and maybe Delu?

                            1. jia you
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              Yeah likely Foster or Gunn, not overly confident on going triple CHE for obvious reasons but think I'll gamble on them finding a little bit of form!

                          2. Jay_
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              Agree on the 3 from each of United, City, Chelsea. Not sure on small 50:50s yet like triple United and City attack vs 2 and a Def. Gone right off Hig. The last 2 spots are interesting. On AWB and Valery atm in a 4-3-3. Be handy if Saints do get a DGW32.

                              1. jia you
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                currently have AWB first sub but he could be starter yet.

                              2. jia you
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                just scraped into the top 2k so my FH is very important in 32, to hold a top 10k finish, as I've no WC and will need to spend some points on hits in the future!

                                1. Jay_
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Brilliant stuff mate. Well done!

                                    1. jia you
                                      • 7 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      cheers mate but a long way to go!

                            • Niho992
                              • 5 Years
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              Are you considering Spurs players on FH ? And who?

                              1. Tsparkes10
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Doubt it. Maybe Kane but prefer Aguero and Lukaku

                                1. Niho992
                                  • 5 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  I prefer Kane over Lukaku surely.

                                  Rashford over Lukaku too.

                              2. Werner Bremen
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Only Kane

                              3. jtreble
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                No.

                              4. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Kane & that’s it

                              5. Hy liverpool
                                • 10 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Arry

                              6. waldo666
                                • 13 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Na.

                            • Werner Bremen
                              • 5 Years
                              5 years, 12 days ago

                              Ederson
                              Luiz, Lindelof, Schlupp
                              Pogba, Hazard, Sterling, JWP
                              Kane, Aguero, Jimenez

                              Thoughts?

                              1. Tsparkes10
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                I'd want some Watford in there. Especially if they play Fulham in dgw. Maybe Foster to then get Laporte instead of schlupp. Jimi could get rotated

                              2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
                                • 14 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                I like the JWP pick.
                                The rest look solid why did you pick Kane though?

                                1. Werner Bremen
                                  • 5 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  I could go Lukaku though, but Kane is tempting in so many ways. Welcoming Palace in the new stadium and against a Liverpool defence that conceded even from Fulham. Should I say more?

                              3. Niho992
                                • 5 Years
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Soton double isnt so certain.

                            • Jay_
                                5 years, 12 days ago

                                Mane, Valey, the 2 x 3.8’s, Boly, Deulofeu all close to a rise in a few minutes.

                                Salah, Son, Billing close to a drop.

                                1. Hy liverpool
                                  • 10 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Mane and probably valery only

                                  1. Jay_
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Just Mane rose in the end I think

                                2. Differential C (Mark)
                                  • 8 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  FPLFreddo posted a few days ago about how the FH chip changed his season, went from 400k-ish to about 70k! Just goes to show how much of a boost an FH can get you when done right!

                                  1. juho
                                    • 6 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Fair bit of luck involved in picking the high scorers in GW31

                                    1. Differential C (Mark)
                                      • 8 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      True. Just wanted to cheer us masses up after that horrid BFW haha.

                                  2. Tsparkes10
                                    • 5 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Yup. I feel a lot in top ranks will have used their FH in the week Aguero Hattied against Arsenal so hopefully they struggle. 🙂 guess we see

                                3. Penang Sandman
                                  • 11 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Guys, one question. Say i did Salah to Mane using FT, and FH for this GW.
                                  Which one will i ended up with in GW33?

                                  1. Legendary!
                                    • 12 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    you will end up with the original team *before* any transfers

                                    1. Penang Sandman
                                      • 11 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Well well. After this soon to be disappointing DGW, i still need to deal with this Egyptian mess

                                  2. Old Man
                                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                    • 12 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    I did exactly that knowing full well that it wouldn't make any difference. But it felt bloody good all the same.

                                4. rainy
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                                  • 8 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Price Changes - 18th March 2019

                                  🔺  Mané (10.0)

                                  🔻  Salah (13.3), Eriksen (9.2), Son (8.6)

                                  1. Niho992
                                    • 5 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Like Son drop

                                  2. Differential C (Mark)
                                    • 8 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Cheers Rainy! Always appreciate the work!

                                    1. rainy
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                                      • 8 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Very welcome 🙂

                                  3. TorresMagic™
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                                    • 14 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Cheers Rainy!

                                  4. jia you
                                    • 7 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Salah still 3.3 more than Mane is a little funny, cheers Rainy!

                                  5. waldo666
                                    • 13 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Cheers, Rainy.

                                  6. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
                                    • 5 Years
                                    5 years, 11 days ago

                                    cheers

                                5. Joggers Nipple
                                  • 14 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Have read pages of good advice but still not really sure on who will be playing double this GW!

                                  Anything massively wrong with this rough draft?

                                  Foster
                                  Luiz Lindelof Laporte
                                  Pogba Hazard Sterling 4.7 Double GW player
                                  Rashford Higuan Aguero

                                  Hamer Valery Simpson Elney

                                  1. TorresMagic™
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                                    • 14 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Pretty solid, Higuain losing some fans.

                                    1. Joggers Nipple
                                      • 14 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Cheers, I guess hes the one I can play round with and make the 4.7 mid better. Thanks

                                    2. Kun, Ayew Nigerian?
                                      • 9 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Hi Torrres

                                      What’s your final OR target?

                                  2. jia you
                                    • 7 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    going for the triple L in defence myself also...see below. Strong looking team!

                                6. jia you
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Thoughts?

                                  Gunn
                                  Laporte / Luiz / Lindelof / AWB
                                  Sterling / Hazard / Pogba
                                  Aguero / Lukaku / Piginpain
                                  (Speroni, Valery, Hojbjerg McDonald)

                                  1. Joggers Nipple
                                    • 14 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Looks ok.
                                    Maybe Rashford over Luk and can get a better mid to play over AWB?
                                    Just thinking out loud, it looks ok

                                    1. jia you
                                      • 7 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      def something I'm considering but I do feel that Lukaku could prove the shrewder pick to Rashford.

                                      1. Joggers Nipple
                                        • 14 Years
                                        5 years, 12 days ago

                                        Fair play, you must have better team value than me as our teams are v similar and you have Luk over Rashford. If you feeling Lukaku then go for it

                                        1. jia you
                                          • 7 Years
                                          5 years, 12 days ago

                                          I wildcarded in GW23 so my SV is pretty high with not much money tied up in players bar Pogba and AWB

                                7. camarozz
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 9 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Good chance Valery is gonna rise?.. 99.5 fpl statistics

                                  1. TorresMagic™
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                                    • 14 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    FH skewing numbers.

                                8. Differential C (Mark)
                                  • 8 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Ederson keeper a must, aint it? Only City defender I'm confident of guaranteed starts for both DGW matches vs FUL and CAR.

                                  1. jtreble
                                    • 7 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Keep an eye on Mendy.

                                    1. Differential C (Mark)
                                      • 8 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Of course Mendy is always an option when he is fit. Will have to wait and see. Cheer

                                  2. waldo666
                                    • 13 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    I reckon so and am leaning that way myself.

                                    1. Differential C (Mark)
                                      • 8 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Right? Sure there's Laporte, but he's a bit more expensive + I like Ederson's likelihood of playing both better.

                                9. Hot Fuzz
                                  • 7 Years
                                  5 years, 12 days ago

                                  Hi guys, when is pl going to announce the teams playing in the 32 double so far I only can see man u. And wolfs. Does anyone of you knows all the doubles for this week? Thanks

                                  1. TorresMagic™
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                                    • 14 Years
                                    5 years, 12 days ago

                                    Next day or 2.

                                    1. Hot Fuzz
                                      • 7 Years
                                      5 years, 12 days ago

                                      Thanks TM, any sure hints from your end?