Opinion

Golden rules of FPL to be broken this weekend

Never captain a defender in Fantasy Premier League they say, yet Shane Duffy (£4.7m) is the talk of the town this week ahead of Brighton’s Double Gameweek against Bournemouth (home) and Cardiff (home).

Following Harry Kane’s (£12.6m) injury midweek, Son Heung-min (£8.6m) is the new leader of the captaincy poll, followed closely in second by the Irishman who has found the back of the net five times already this season.

The Seagulls have conceded just 16 goals at home in 15 matches in 2018/19. Two clean sheets in Gameweek 34 is a distinct possibility. Even if Duffy only managed one clean sheet out of two and a few bonus points, it would be a healthy return of points from your captain.

Let’s hope we don’t see a repeat of his 2016 performance playing for Blackburn when he scored two own goals and got sent off in a game against Cardiff! Maybe they are his bogey team?

After the impressive win over Manchester City in the Champions League, Mauricio Pochettino may use the Huddersfield fixture this weekend as an opportunity to rest some of his key men ahead of the return leg next week.

Let’s face it, Spurs could field their under-23s against the Terriers and still pick up the three points. Son looked exhausted towards the end of that City game which puts me off him for the captaincy.

Duffy, who will play twice vs Son who may get a rest is an easy decision in my eyes, although I haven’t ruled out giving the armband to the in-form Jamie Vardy (£9.2m) at home to Newcastle on Friday night. The Englishman is flying under Brendan Rodgers, scoring eight in his last eight. He’s going nowhere on my Wildcard.

A big question this week for those going for the Wildcard 34/Bench Boost 35 strategy is whether to go all in on the Brighton triple up or not. It looks great on paper for Gameweek 34 with the two home games but not so good in Gameweek 35 with two away ties against Wolves and Spurs.

In contrast to their solid defensive record at home, Chris Hughton’s side have shipped 30 goals on their travels. Ideally, you don’t want to have to use any more than one Brighton asset in Double Gameweek 35. For this reason, I’m unlikely to opt for the triple up as it means booking in transfers for next week when there is likely to be other fires to put out ahead of the Bench Boost.

The Kane injury is a spanner in the works for those managers who had him earmarked for the triple captain chip. If he does miss the rest of the season (yet to be confirmed) we need to look for alternatives for that chip.

Liverpool at home to Huddersfield in Gameweek 36 springs to mind with Mohamed Salah (£13.2m) and Sadio Mané (£10.1m) the likely candidates. The final day of the season is often a goal fest and it may be worth holding on to the chip until then. Son could be an exciting prospect against Everton, Manchester United face Cardiff at home and if the title goes down to the wire, the Liverpool and Manchester City assets will be options as well.

Good luck for the Gameweek and enjoy your weekend folks.

All aboard the Duffy Express.

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  1. Yankee Toffee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    deu or jota?

    1. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Diogo

      1. Yankee Toffee
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        chairs

  2. StoichkovFPL
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Better combo on WC (BB 35):

    a) Robbo + Doherty + JWP
    b) Robbo + Laporte + Hojbjerg
    c) TAA + Laporte + JWP

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

  3. C'mon the Fylde
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    GTG?

    De Gea
    Pereira Laporte Azpil
    Fraser Maddison Mane Eriksen
    Jiminez Vardy Aguero

    Fabianski F.Anderson Rice AWB

  4. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Is Redmond likely to play both in the DGW?

    1. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      One would assume. More minutes than any other Saint.

  5. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Cathcart or Doherty? Have Foster and will be benching whoever I pick in 34 anyway.

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Doherty

  6. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    See few teams with Salah in them on here.

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Rightly so

    2. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Funds are there with no Kane..

    3. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm actually starting to see more, relative to when the week started.

  7. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    WC Draft I
    Ryan Gunn
    Duffy Valery Trent laporte AWB
    Sterling Eriksen mane jota JWP
    Aguero Lacazette Jimenez

    0.5 ITB

    WC Draft II
    Ryan Gunn
    Duffy Vertonghen Trent Valery Jonny
    Eriksen KdB Sterling Son JWP
    Aguero Jimenez Deeney

    1.8 ITB for Sterling to Salah if needed.

  8. Transferred Out
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone tempted to go Vardy over Aguero for this week only and then switch for DGW35?

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah. But its a FT tho

    2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm tempted to go Vardy over Aguero for 34,35,36 them switch to Rashford for last 2. Vardy has good fixtures in 35,36!

      1. Transferred Out
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        fair point it's just the double and fear of going without aguero in the top 10k

      2. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        This

    3. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      How about kun and Vardy 😀

  9. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I’m surprised to see so many teams loaded with city players

    Think 1 is enough if not too many

    Fixtures and congestion is rough

    1. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      agreed

    2. tuvok
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      They are more likely to score than not in any given match

      they are more likely than not to keep a clean sheet too

      Rotation is being overblown. The toughness of the games massively increases the likelihood of big hitters playing each game. Can City really afford to rest aguero, sterling, or laporte?

      1. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Yes because pep believes will use sane Jesus and possibly Mahrez, not all together but they will be used

  10. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Higuain to Lukaku (C) for -4 madness?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yp

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      No

  11. Viper
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Apologies for the repost, I messed up 🙂

    Foster Ryan

    TAA Verthongen Duffy Doherty Valery

    Eriksen Sterling Son KDB Jota

    Jimenez Deeney Aguero

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Needs Kane

      1. puhd
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Get out

      2. Viper
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        🙂

        1. Eat my goal!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Team looks good but I’d only have 1 city - fixtures and rotation n all that

    2. puhd
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      KDB not a great pick imo

      1. Rinseboy
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        KDB a great pick imo

        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          KDB a decent pick imo

    3. Yankee Toffee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      FWD and DEF are good. Mids could use some work imho, while Sterling, Son and KDB are obvious and popular picks. I think City is going to have it rough and Son will be rested.

    4. Dannywaz
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Like this ... ☺

    5. St. Joseph
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Where's kane?

  12. SUICIDE SQUAD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Quick one W/C
    A- Vardy + hoijberg
    Or
    B- Deeney + Jota

    1. Steiger
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B

  13. The 12th Man
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pretty happy with this

    Lloris
    Robertson,Laporte,Duffy(vc)
    Erikson(c)Son,Mane,KDB
    Aguero,Jimenez, Deeney

    Foster,Jota,Doherty,Valery

    Change Foster > Ryan to double up on Brighton or leave?

    1. puhd
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not keen on KDB but like the rest

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks. I’m liking KDB myself. If he doesn’t work out he can go later.

    2. Viper
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yeah looks very good. I'm 0.5m off this team.

      Guessing you kept Jimenez?

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        This week will be the first gw I have owned Jimenez.

      2. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Really?
        I thought your team looked expensive . Guess that’s the difference between TAA and Robertson.

    3. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Dunk this week and then switch to Laporte next week?

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks, yeh Dunk is in the mix. Is it worth using an FT up though. Was hoping to roll next week so could downgrade a bench player and maybe get another Liverpool in.

        1. Rinseboy
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          yeah good planning

    4. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I have the same except VVD instead of Laporte. Liverpool could keep 5 cleans until the end of the season..

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Originally I had Robbo and TAA but Unsure of TAA gametime.

        Would need to find another 0.6 to do that move To VvD.
        Would have to be Lloris > Ryan Or Jota > JWP

        1. Over Midwicket
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Doherty to Jonny, Laporte to VVD or just get TAA instead. After Chelsea their run is so good. And Chelsea could easily be 1 or 2 nil.

          1. The 12th Man
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Could always get Allison Becker

      2. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I could see 3 or 4 clean sheets. Pressures on, mistakes will be made.

    5. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I have a very similar team below. Tempting to double up on Brighton with Ryan but not sure it’s worth it.

      Lloris
      Robbo Laporte Duffy
      Sterling Mane Eriksson Son Jota
      Kun Jimi

      Foster Valery Bedna Deeney

      1. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        That’s some TV!
        You have Sterling and Bednarek to my KDB and Doherty.
        Very nice.

  14. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Help is needed please

    In your opinion who is the best 11.5 DF/MF combo for this GW34 WC/GW35 BB team

    Ryan Leno

    Trippier Duffy Valery Doherty xxxxxxxxx

    Eriksen KDB Jota Propper xxxxxxxxx

    Aguero Rashford Vardy

    GW35 Vardy > Jimenez/Deeney
    GW36 KDB > Mane/Salah

    Any ideas would be welcomed

  15. puhd
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    A- Deeney and Mane
    Or
    B- Firminho and Deulofeu

  16. DantheManinaPan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogba to Son for a hit?

    1. puhd
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes

    2. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Wait for the pressers

      West Ham is a good game for Utd, they suck

      Son might be rested

  17. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    A or B - A on the left and B on the right??

    TAA vs Robertson
    Jota vs Deulofeu
    Agüero Vs Vard
    Foster Vs Ryan
    Valery Vs Laporte

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A I think...

    2. RMA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Aguero big difference-maker

    3. BOATIES FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A but Ryan

  18. Scotty B
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    De Gea
    Pereira VVD Dunk
    Salah Richarlison Maddison Mane Son
    Wilson Higuain

    Gunn Rondon Doherty Bednarek

    Higuain > Laca for -8 or stick?

    Armband on Son, Salah or Dunk?
    Edging towards Dunk with the DGW

  19. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Stick and son

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Reply fail to above- Scotty b

  20. Federico
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    WC decision for GW34:
    A) Vardy Jota
    B) Firmino Jota
    C) Deeney Eriksen

    I'm currently on A), planning to transfer Vardy to Deeney or Firmino for GW35 onwards. Question is, should I go with B) or maybe C) from GW34 and save the FT?

    1. BOATIES FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A for me, then Bobby in 36

      1. Federico
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers! I'll (re)consider the early move for Bobby some time before the deadline. Can't save FT using BB chip.

  21. kinghenry14
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    any thoughts on this wc? 0ITB

    ryan gunn
    robbo vvd doherty duffy valery
    mane eriksen son lucas jota
    kun auba jimenez

    triple spurs mid might be overkill but i quite like lucas at that price and for BB 35

    cheers

    1. BOATIES FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Laporte instead of VVD might spread the risk

  22. Kno
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    This defense to cheap/risky? Trying to push son into the team without losing Vardy and not sure if its worth the sacrifices.

    Kola Taa doherty duffy valery

    The downgrades is pretty much robbo/laporte -> kola and trent

    sterling mane eriksen son hojberg
    aguero vardy jimenez

    1. kinghenry14
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      i think it's fine but i don't like kola

      1. Kno
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        yeah not super happy about him either. Might just end up going back to the old deeney draft.

    2. BOATIES FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Sterling to KDB instead maybe?

  23. BOATIES FC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Down to 2 drafts....

    A)
    Ryan Lloris
    Laporte ROBBO Doh Duffy Bednarek
    Kdb Eriksen Son Jota HOJBERG
    Kun VARDY Jimmy

    B
    Ryan Lloris
    Laporte TAA Doh Duffy Bednarek
    Kdb Eriksen Son Jota MANE
    Kun Jimmy DEENEY

    in A Vardy becomes Firminho in 36

  24. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    G2G?

    Foster Lloris
    Valery TAA Doherty Duffy Dunk
    Eriksen Son(c) Sterling Jota KDB
    Aguero Jimenez Kane

    BB in 35

    1. Federico
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Kane (c)

    2. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Erm...

    3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Well

      1. McSauce
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        brained it sorry lads

        G2G?

        Foster Lloris
        Valery TAA Doherty Duffy Dunk
        Eriksen Son(c) Sterling Jota KDB
        Aguero Jimenez Deeney***

        BB in 35

  25. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    4.4 mil itb

    Foster Lloris
    Robo Duffy Dunk Val Doh
    Son Mane Jota Moura Pogba
    Jimi Vardy Deeney

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Proper like this team

      Eriksen over Moura? And would that give you enough left over to switch dunk to someone for the second dgw

      1. Yankee Toffee
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        He's got 4.4 itb already.

        I like the Moura pick, but would go Eriksen over Son as I think he will be rested. Dont like the Pogs pick tho

        And no citeh?

  26. Kevin 11
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    So 1 wc makes it easier to go Mane Firmino Robertson, Laporte Aguero for gw 36 the other Sterling Agüero Laporte (or Robbo at a push) Fimmino TAA
    which is better 1st or 2nd

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Prefer 1st

      1. Kevin 11
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Leaning that way, great as Sterling is

  27. Mattymo23
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Any chance of Lukaku or Rashford being rested?

  28. jaywills
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    WC team g2g?
    Ryan, Lloris
    Doherty, TAA Duffy (AWB, Valery)
    Son, Eriksen, Mane, Sterling (Hudson Odoi)
    Vardy, King, Jiminez
    (Idea is to transfer vardy to lacazette next week)

    Rip that WC team apart!

  29. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    A) Sterling+Hojbjerg as 8th attacker
    B)KDB+Jota as 8th attacker

    The 8th attacker only plays in 35 and 37 but may be needed because of rotation too!

  30. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Would you say JWP is better value than Doucoure?

    1. jaywills
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes