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All eyes on Vardy in Double Gameweek 34 opening match

Jamie Vardy (£9.2m) will be the focal point of Double Gameweek 34 on opening night.

With many managers submitting their Wildcard squads for the rest of the season, the Leicester man was a popular figure this week.

With seven goals in his last six matches, Vardy is in hot form and his ownership will be hoping that continues against Newcastle tonight.

He will be supported by exciting midfield options Youri Tielemans (£6.1m), Demarai Gray (£5.4m), James Maddison (£6.9m) and Harvey Barnes (£5.5m).

The main Fantasy focal point for Newcastle is Salomón Rondón (£6.0m), but even still he is in just 7.5% of teams.

The next most popular Magpie is Jamaal Lascelles (£4.7m) in 3.2% of squads.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell, Tielemans, Ndidi, Gray, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Manquillo, Lascelles, Schar, Dummett, Ritchie, Ki, Hayden, Almiron, Perez, Rondon

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

    So after days of tinkering, me and my ML rival, who have the exact same amount of points, roll out almost carbon copy teams. Who do you think scores the most out of this lot?

    A) Laporte, Robertson, Mané, Jota, with Duffy C
    B) Doherty, TAA, Salah, Siggy, with Son C

    1. MTPockets
        5 years, 1 month ago

        them

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

          I see what you mean

      • Golden Oldies
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Almost carbon copy except a load of differences..

        B

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

          Both same keeper pair and double Brighton defense + Valery. Both Son, Eriksen and JWP. Both a front line of Kun, Jimmy and Rash. Could’ve been a helluva lot different.

      • WVA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        B

      • LMFAO
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Do you even understand the meaning of carbon copy would be much more satisfying to know.

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

          Haha, see above. Should have used a different atom than carbon. Sorry.

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

          But you could argue that Robertson = TAA, Mané = Salah and Siggy could easily become a Jota after the FT. So it’s pretty similar.

      • JRO093
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        A

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

      Vardy (C) useless ffs

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

        Duffy will have had an OG and YC by this point though.

      2. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Yep. Not feeling too clever at the mo. 🙁

        A while to go yet.

      3. SweeSwee
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Why can’t they just go back to playing ugly counter attacking football, scoring goals and keeping clean sheets.

        1. SEXY SALAH
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Teams figured them out

        2. JuulKrapuul
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Last counter Newcastle conceded was in 2017

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

      Anyone else just seeing very similar versions of WC teams within their mini leagues?
      Captain choices gonna be key!

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

        No - seeing huge variations in teams

        1. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Same.

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

        My wildcard team is almost a carbon copy of the top 10k template, going to be hard to gain any decent ground now.

      3. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Quite happy with my Salah and Hazard differentials!

      4. V-2 Schneiderlin
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        top 4 in my league all have Son (C) - will come down to minor differences this week

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

      We have chance to catch Mark. He went Salah and has 0 City.

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

        He knows

      2. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Salah will surprise everyone this week I think

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

          Agree. Although I don’t have him

          1. SEXY SALAH
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            My captain 🙂

            1. The 12th Man
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Nice. I brought him back but didn’t captain him.

        2. Sandy Ravage
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Salah has been surprising everyone one way or the other all season

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

          Noway
          I captained him... Blank is guranteed

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

        Salah was almost a no-brainer. Nice to see him in my team ready for Cardiff already...

      4. drughi
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        How can you not have salah ahead of Chelsea Cardiff and huddersfield is beyond me

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

        People don’t have Salah for Cardiff? Ouch

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

          Mane the one 🙂

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

      Tielemans YC

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

        Very easily could've been red.

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

      That’s a red card

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I saw a yellow one

      2. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Could’ve been.

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

          *Should’ve

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

      Vamie Jardy

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        G?

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

          Assist?

      2. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Have you seen him yet?

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

      OMG

    9. One Man
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Which defender to bring in for 5.5m or under, have TAA, Doherty and Van B. ?

      1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Valery maybe?

    10. Ambrosiana Inter
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Team for this week
      Ryan
      Dunk,Mustafi,Vestergaard
      Sane,KdB,Eriksen,Son,Martial
      Kun,Murray (C)

      Lloris, Jiménez,Kolasinac,Valery

      Points predictions?

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

        63

        1. Ambrosiana Inter
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Mmmm

      2. The 12th Man
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        102

        1. Ambrosiana Inter
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Would be good

      3. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Hey Inter, loving your work. 87pts.

        1. Ambrosiana Inter
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Nice thanks,hope for some more though 🙂 ..u confident on your team?

          1. Burger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Not really, expecting mass rotations so end up a car wreck 🙁

          2. Burger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Oh, but Sane will go large this week. My captain, and a massive differential.

            1. Ambrosiana Inter
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Nice yeah sane deffo , him and kdb hopefully will help me close the gap in mini leagues...someone triple captained Duffy,loads of balls

              1. Burger
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                How many pts you need for 1st place?

      4. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        20 - 200

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

        86. No more no less.

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

        86

    11. The-Red-1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Who to captain?
      MG Pedersen or Okocha?

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

        Djorkaeff.

        1. Ambrosiana Inter
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Love yuri

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

        TCMGP

      3. SweeSwee
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Have you considered Fred?

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

        Okocha is more fun

      5. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Pedersen playing as a holding mid these days. Not worth the captaincy

      6. Jay_
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Di Canio

        • The 12th Man
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Amokachi!!!

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

          Nolan.

          1. The-Red-1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Took a -4 to get in Djemba Djemba

          2. i am jose mourinho
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Hadergjonaj

        • Party time
            5 years, 1 month ago

            El Hadji Diouf

            1. 7shadesofsmoke
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              how many points for spitting?

              1. Party time
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Hahahaha

            2. JJO
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Me 🙂

            3. MTPockets
                5 years, 1 month ago

                MGP vs Mjondalen

              • Teahupo'o
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Malouda

            4. IRBOX ⚽
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              3 passes for Vardy so far.. very involved

              1. Burger
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                As long as he passes into the goal who cares.

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

                He’s been in some great positions but ignored by the greedy Barnes and Gray

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

              Vardy Vardy Vardy

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

                He done anything?

            6. One Man
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Is Son a good buy right now for Mane ?

              1. Burger
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Before either have played? Err, no.

            7. g40steve
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              HT

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

              Vardy always scores second half.

              Bookmark this

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

                As a non-owner I am aware of his annoying habit of scoring late goals

                1. Ambrosiana Inter
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Same

            9. wolvesmad
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Anyone else getting all teams as having DGW in FF and in Rate my team?

              1. wolvesmad
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Ah gone now

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

              100% of Vardy’s goals in recent memory have been scored in the second half.

              1. Ambrosiana Inter
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Yup still fearing for one of his hauls

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

              QUADRUPLE BRIGHTON DEFENCE

              avoided Vardy

              WIN

              1. Ambrosiana Inter
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Mmm

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

              Worth turning this game on or no?

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

                No lol both teams are rubbish

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

                  No offence to anyone

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

                    Thanks. Guess I'll pay attention to my friends then

            13. WVA
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Rondon has been so unlucky lately!

              Probably because I have him ha.

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

                Who does Him Ha play for?

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

                Ha

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

              Jardy Vamie

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

                Why do you keep saying this? Are you broken?

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

                  First time I've said it

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

                    Its a bit weird

            15. Burger
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Vardy 50% EO in the top 10k, that's a surprise, thought most had sold on the wc.

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

                People get attached.

                1. Andy'81
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  I can relate to that, I've kept Hazard in my WC team.

              2. IRBOX ⚽
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Mistake - won’t play Huddersfield every week

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

                Half time, I'm happy to have sold him.
                Not sure about FT 😀

                I personally think we Vardy © last gw got lucky.

              4. 7shadesofsmoke
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                great form, great fixture, nailed, didn't play midweek, kane injured so money to spend, bookies favourite to haul... I thought he'd have higher ownership to be honest

            16. Rash
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Duffy cappers; how many points we expecting realistically?

              I'd be happy with standard 2 clean sheets.

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

                Couple of goals would be nice.

                Own goals that is.

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

                Standard clean sheet and Brighton in the same sentence...... hmmmm

              3. L'Aeroplanino
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                8

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

                10

            17. NUFCAndrew
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Buzzing

              1. Syd.
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                rampant rabbit?

            18. SEXY SALAH
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Wouldn't worry guys, Vardy was blanking this time last week

            19. Syd.
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Jamie Vardy had six touches in the 1st half

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

              LMS Captains (77 teams)

              Son 40.79%
              Duffy 36.84%
              Vardy 10.53%
              Agüero 5.26%
              Eriksen 2.63%
              Murray 2.63%
              Dunk 1.32%

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

                Mercy for Duffy captainers.

              2. RoysCallerAnne
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                🙁

              3. TOPCAT1960
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Looks like people are worried about missing out ?

              4. Pras (FPL)
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Dunk 😀

            21. Lucky Z
              • 6 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Murray => Jimenez for FT is a no brainer?

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

                Yes
                Wait till Friday though

                1. Lucky Z
                  • 6 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Exact funds..

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

              I got 7 Brighton players in my draft team this week