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Which Watford players should FPL managers consider in 2019/20?

It’s as you were for Watford going into the start of the 2019/20 campaign.

At the time of writing and with just 24 hours before the transfer window closes, the Hornets had made only two first-team signings this summer – one of them Danny Welbeck.

Centre-half Craig Dawson (£5.0m) has arrived from West Bromwich Albion and he was the only player not on the books in 2018/19 who was involved in Watford’s final pre-season friendly against Real Sociedad last weekend.

Javi Gracia’s side are also set to be lining up in their familiar 4-2-2-2/4-4-2 shape, with the Watford boss having briefly experimented with a three-man backline in their penultimate friendly against QPR.

We can be fairly confident about the system and personnel going into Gameweek 1 and beyond, then, but what can Fantasy managers expect from Watford’s players this season and are they worthy of consideration?

Our latest Big Numbers piece delves into the underlying data from 2018/19 to see which players could prosper in FPL this season.

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  1. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    How to upgrade Jorginho or Greenwood? And would you trust Pope as your only gk to get the minutes?

    Pope (Button)
    TAA VVD Digne Zinch (Lund)
    Salah Sterling Perez Jorginho (Dendo)
    Auba King (Greenwood)

    1. Oooo Matron
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Basically same team as mine (bar Auba to Kane). I've gone with a 4.5 mid and upgraded the 4.0 defender to Montoya as I believe he's got more potential than Jorginho or any of the 5 mids. Do you think Pope is the best 4.5 keeper? Still thinking about Heaton or Ryan.

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Good idea.

        I am between Pope, Heaton and Ryan. Somehow Burnley attracts me the most as a team from those but not sure if Pope is nailed and fully fitm

  2. zdrojo187
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Leno
    VVD Digne KWP
    Salah Sterling Moura Siggy
    Wilson King Deulofeu

    GTG?

    1. L S P
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      no to leno

    2. _nod
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Downgrade Leno, upgrade KWP

      1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Same forward line I’ve got Deeney tho because of penalties

  3. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    This draft good enough to start the season?

    Ryan
    Robertson VVD Zinchenko Rico
    Salah Sterling Bilva Perez
    Wilson Wood

    Woodman Buendia Guilbert Wickham

    1. L S P
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      minor quibbles but sure, if you're convinced.

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

        Which are?

    2. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Surely get Button as your back up GK?!

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

        Will drop to 3.9 before you know it!

        1. FourLokoLeipzig
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          No price to pay to have a legit back-up

  4. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Which is stronger?

    Robertson, Fraser, KDB

    or

    VVD, McGinn, Sterling

    1. Exeterslowly
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Both good but a shades it

    2. _nod
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

    3. Prince of Persia
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B

    4. RedAlpha10
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

    5. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'd go A with Bournemouth fixtures to begin

    6. zdrojo187
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

  5. Yip Jaap Stam
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Stones or Otamendi?

    1. RedAlpha10
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Stones will play more minutes across the season including against most of the Top 6, however when the season starts Otamendi will be given more game time to make up for his lack of pre-season whether this is done in cup games or the premier league its up to Pep's roulette

  6. _nod
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Pope / (4.0)
    TAA / VVD / AWB / Zin / (Kelly)
    Salah / Sterling / Martial / Pérez / (Dendonker)
    Wilson./ Jota / (Greenwood)

    1m ITB for a rainy day

    GTG?

    1. makaveli123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Zinchenko nailed?

      1. ManofKent
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        No

  7. VICTORIOUS SECRET! !
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Looks good ?

    Pope ( button)
    Zinchenko/ TAA / robbo / digne (Rico)
    Sterling / MO /sigurdsson / Perez / Fraser
    King ( Wickham / greenwood)
    Suggestions please
    Cheers ,

    1. BinManJack
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Identical to mine except I’ve gone KDB and Walker-Peters for Robby and Siggy

  8. Mackans
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Which players do you think will get the most points this season out of these:

    1. Siggy
    2. Richa
    3. Rashford

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      rashford
      richarlison
      siggy

      1. Mackans
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Is Rashford 100% nailed?

        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yup

        2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          he's the main striker for an attacking team, underlooked here

          1. Mackans
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Do you guys think that he even will get more points than Eriksen, Jimi, Wilson & Pogba?

            1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              difficult to say, I think he will do well as long as he stays fit

              He may get more points but jiminez and wilson for example are slightly cheaper so may offer better value. Depends then where you upgrade the rest of the squad.

        3. Poseidon.
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yes if we don’t sign Auba

          1. L S P
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            haha

    2. Prince of Persia
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Rash

  9. Bialystrzelec
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    First RMT. Comment appreciated

    1£ ITB

    Heaton Burton
    TAA VVD Digne Zinchenko Funk
    Sterling Siggy Perez Hayden Diangana
    Kane Wilson King

    1. RedAlpha10
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Great Team, Maybe invest the spare money into upgrading zinc to laporte to have a definitely nailed city defender or cancelo if he comes in at 6mil

  10. bangers and M*A*S*H
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Would you rather have

    A) 2 liverpool defenders
    B) Auba and 1 liverpool defender

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

      B

    2. BobbyDoesNotLook
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I have both

  11. T.Henry14
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Possible my team for gw1, think i'm close.

    Heaton - Pope rotation
    VVD, Arnold, Morgan, Montoya and Kelly
    Salah, Bernado Silva, Zaha, Ayoze, Dendoncker
    Kane, Rashford, King

    My favourite 3-4-3 formation with Kelly and Dendo on bench, and rotation Montoya/Morgan in defense.

    Do you see any problem?

    1. Prince of Persia
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I think Lundstram is more nailed than Kelly.

  12. Mackans
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Which players do you think will get the most points this season out of these:

    1. Wilson
    2. Jiménez
    3. Eriksen
    4. Pogba
    5. Laporte

    1. b91jh
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      1
      5
      3
      2
      4 imo

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      If Pogba and Eriksen stay

      Pogba
      Eriksen
      laporte
      Wilson
      jimenez

  13. Iggypop
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Play 4.5 defender
    Or a 5 midfielder
    Or 5 striker

    1. aleksaa2
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      4.5

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      4.5 DEF if you can find a good one. 5.0 MID could be OK - Kante for instance, nailed and steady returns. Forget a 5.0 STR until one emerges.

    3. L S P
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      A

  14. b91jh
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Thoughts on this?

    Pope
    KWP Zinc Digne Robbo
    KDB Salah Sterling Perez
    Wilson Deeney

    Norris Dend Lunds Greenwood

    Tinkering between Kwp/Digne and Montoya/VVD

  15. tricpic
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Any news on Laporte?

    1. Dybala10
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Trained today.

  16. bengan1113
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Any risk of Walker loosing game time to cancelo?

    1. ManofKent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yes

  17. Lebowski85
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Team sorted. Thanks for all of your input for the last 93 drafts

  18. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    RMT:

    Heaton Button
    Robertson VVD Digne KWP Montoya
    Salah Sterling KDB Barkley Dendoncker
    Jota King Greenwood

    Comments appreciated?

    Thanks

  19. Krisson
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bottomed
    Please RMT:

    Pope/Heaton
    TAA, Laporte, Digne
    Salah, Sterling, Perez, Robinson
    Jimenez, Wilson, Ings

    Dunk, Dendoncker, Fredericks.

    Thanks!

  20. mr messi
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Final team (I think). GTG?

    Heaton Button
    VVD Coleman KWP Lundstram Rico
    Salah Sterling Barkley Fraser Dendoncker
    King Kane Jota

    KWP might become Zouma.

  21. Pigeon
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Is playing a 5.5m midfielder only viable if you have 3 x 10m+ players?

  22. Daghe Munegu
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What would you do with 1m itb?
    I was thinking of

    A:leaving itb to do Ings to Kean/Abraham later on
    B: Coleman + Zinch to Digne + Walker
    C: one of B + Barkley to Perez

    Lloris
    TAA VVD Coleman Zincheko
    Salah Sterling Martial Barkley
    Wilson Ings

  23. Dele
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Can anyone see a way of squeezing 0.5 out of this to get Coleman to Digne?

    Pope,
    Coleman, VVD, Laporte, Montoya
    Salah, Sterling, Perez, McGinn
    Kane, Wilson

    Button, Dendoncker, Lundstram, Greenwood

    1. lifes a pitch
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wtf...thought I was looking at my own team for a sec. Lol
      Lovely team haha

    2. lifes a pitch
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Personally I would go would 1 bench player as complete fodder somewhere that extra bit of cash.

    3. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Laporte to Matip frees up 1m

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        G-o-m-e-z lurks .............

  24. lifes a pitch
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Do you guys think Laporte will play first game?

  25. Coys96
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Please can someone tell me when Wood hype is coming from? Yes good ore season form but Burnley have awful fixtures and they’ve played no one pre season

    1. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      He has a knack of scoring goals when he's fit. Wolves Europe commitments seem to have moved people off of Jota and Deulofeu's injury during pre-season has seen his popularity wane.

  26. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ok guys, I'm between 2 here:

    Heaton (Button)
    Digne, Robertson, Laporte (Dunk, Lundstram)
    Salah, Sterling, Barkley, Perez, McGinn
    Auba, Wesley, (Greenwood)

    Or

    Heaton (Button)
    Digne, VVD, Laporte (Dunk, Lundstram)
    Salah, KDB, Barkley, Perez, Fraser
    Auba, Wesley, (Greenwood)

    Which wins?

  27. NUFCAndrew
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Repost purely for more replies, apologises :(. I have 6 out of 8 of my attack locked in, I would appreciate a couple quick answers if that’s okay

  28. BinManJack
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What do we think of this?

    Fab/Button
    TAA/ KWP / Zinchenko / Digne (Lund)
    Sterling / Salah / KDB / Perez / Fraser
    King / Wickham/ Greenwood

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Not keen on 451 sorry . But I know it's pretty popular here.also not sure on double Bournemouth attack.

  29. My Mums Athletic
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Current draft...

    Heaton / (Button)
    VVD / Robbo / Zinch / Dinge / (Kelley)
    Salah (c) / Sterling / Moura / Perez / (Jorginho)
    Wilson / Jota / (Greenwood)

    Thoughts?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Very template .

  30. TheBrazilianRonaldo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Too many punts, or even pints?

    Heaton
    VVD - TAA - Digne - Montoya
    Salah - KDB - Pérez - Lucas - Fraser
    Che Adams
    Bench : Haller, Greenwood, lund

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bench Haller ? I'm.confused

      1. TheBrazilianRonaldo
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Then he’s off the bench for gm2

    2. Penguin
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Wow bad that

      1. TheBrazilianRonaldo
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I was kind of hoping more people would slate it