Scout Notes

Palace and Everton reward defensive investment in 0-0 draw

Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton

Goals: None

Assists: None

Bonus Points: Yerry Mina x3 (£5.5m), Michael Keane x2 (£5.5m), Jordan Pickford x1 (£5.5m)

Crystal Palace and Everton played out a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park that highlighted both sides’ serious need for a goalscoring forward in the 2019/20 Premier League campaign. 

However, it left Fantasy managers invested in the defences of each team delighted to get clean sheets at the first time of asking.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (£8.0m) had two excellent chances for Everton but couldn’t find the back of the net, disappointing the 14% of Fantasy maangers who trusted him with a spot in their Gameweek 1 sqauds.

Meanwhile, strong defending from Michael Keane (£5.5m) and his colleagues, as well as some smart stops from Jordan Pickford (£5.5m), kept Palace at bay to ensure the Merseysiders continued their strong defensive form from the end of the 2018/19 season.

That was welcome news for those who had been a little concerned about the value in Everton’s defence in light of Idrissa Gueye’s departure and Kurt Zouma (£5.0m) remaining at Chelsea.

Palace grew into the game and were helped by the introduction of Zaha

However, it must be said that Palace did spend the first 65 minutes without their talismanic forward player Wilfried Zaha (£7.0m) who missed pre-season due to involvement in the African Cup of Nations and reportedly handed in a transfer request towards the end of the summer window.

Selected by 19.8% of managers ahead of Gameweek 1, Zaha was omitted from the starting XI by Roy Hodgson, but came off the bench to a raucous ovation from the Selhurst faithful indicating the fans are both appreciative and understanding of the Ivorian’s situation despite reportedly trying to force a move to Everton.

“I only really saw him on Friday, basically, because I sent him home on Thursday and we didn’t train on Wednesday. But if you are asking me how was he yesterday, he was fine. And today in the dressing room, and in the game? He was excellent in the dressing room, and you could see what he did in the game. The fact is that the situation has been and gone. I am sure Wilf will now make certain he brings his straw to the water to help us have a good season, just like he has in the past two seasons [when I have been here].” – Roy Hodgson

Saturday’s fixture against Everton highlighted that in spite of the situation regarding Zaha and the question marks over his commitment to the club, this is a player with raw and unparalleled ability in Palace’s squad and someone who could make a serious attacking impact for the Eagles in 2019/20. It took him coming on to spark Palace into life.

“I thought he handled it very well. The crowd helped didn’t it, giving him such a great reception. It was nice to have him available. I thought the two front players did an exceptional job, but they were tiring, and it was good to have him to come on, and Connor Wickham too to help keep that momentum that we had going in the latter part of the game. It was never going to be easy to break them down, although I hoped that we might eventually.” – Roy Hodgson

Max Meyer (£5.5m) had a string of promising chance for Palace, but the German couldn’t find a clinical cutting-edge as Hodgson’s side laboured in vain.

Christian Benteke (£6.0m) also fired a number of blanks with the Belgian appearing to be still short of confidence and unlikely to shoulder responsibility for Palace’s goals this season. 

Richarlison and Everton’s attacking players are in need of some help, which Kean should bring them

It was a similar story for Everton who began the match without new signing Moise Keane (£7.0m) in the starting line-up, the striker having not been involved in any of the Toffees’ pre-season matches.

After arriving as a 69th-minute substitute for Dominic Calvert Lewin (£6.0m), he showed glimpses of quality that suggested the hype surrounding his switch from Juventus could be justified.

The Italian should play an important role for the Toffees this season but may need time to find his feet, as well as earning the trust of Fantasy managers with more proven options such as Sigurdsson and Richarlison (£8.0m) currently available.

Pickford’s defensive performance underlined his value to Fantasy managers with a first clean sheet of the season. The defensive quartet of Lucas Digne (£6.0m), Yerry Mina (£5.5m) Seamus Coleman (£5.5m) and Keane shielded the England international from Palace’s efforts in the second half and will have inspired confidence in their Fantasy owners ahead of Watford’s trip to Goodison Park in Gameweek 2. 

Everton could have some central midfield issues after Gomes (right) went off injured and Schneiderlin was shown a red card

However, an injury to Andre Gomes (£5.5m) is an area of potential concern for Everton’s central midfield options. He was replaced by new signing Jean-Philippe Gbamin (£5.0m) in the 45th minute.

Silva confirmed that the 26-year-old is set to be assessed in the coming days and admitted that Everton suffered when he had to come off.

“The moment the game changed was the injury to André Gomes. We hope it’s not serious. When I changed it with Jean-Philippe Gbamin he had some problems, which is normal he needs to adapt, and when you sign new players, young players they need time to adapt and it was one of the keys for us because we started losing easy balls during that second-half.” – Marco Silva

Furthermore, Everton are already down one option in central midfield after Morgan Schneiderlin‘s (£4.5m) red card in the second half. He was dismissed for a second bookable offence in the 76th minute and will miss that meeting with Watford next weekend.

“I didn’t see the first [booking]. But the referee gave the second. For me it was not, but Morgan should not react like he did, if you are playing with a yellow card, you have a risk.” – Marco Silva

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  1. jimmy12
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Will Pulisic start for Chelsea?

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      yes

    2. AndyCook
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yes but possibly not every week with Willian back

    3. BadgersBoys
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      So, Deulofeu was pretty much nonexistent yesterday?

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        He played half a game

        1. BadgersBoys
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          So nonexistent for half a game then.

    4. MANGE TOUT RODNEY
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Folks dumping Mane for Origi are in for a shock.

      1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Bit like Wilson and King nut huggers.

      2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Those doing Wood > Barnes will be screwing when Woods scores a brace. o/

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

          Amen

      3. More Cowbell
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Assume Origi is gonna be back on the bench and mane will take over soon? Reckon mane will start the next one?

        1. Whiskerz
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yup

    5. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Robbo looked threatening but Origi stayed wide hindering him ... so he will be fine when Mane is back?

      1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        For sure

      2. fantasyfog
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        yes, when mane is back robbo will overlap much much more

      3. Brian Boitano
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Robbo thrives with Mane

    6. Shelton91
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Anyone fancying Andone?

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Brighton looked good attacking didn’t they?

        1. Shelton91
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Sure did, seen a few comments on Maupay but Andone not so much, even though he's a mil cheaper

      2. Sterling Malory
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Nope, not nailed.

        Groß if anyone for me..

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

          Who lost his place to Trossard pre-season...

          1. Sterling Malory
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Who played zero minutes yesterday.

      3. MANGE TOUT RODNEY
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Possibly, definitely keeping an eye on Brighton!

      4. AndyCook
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Not nailed as we saw last season

        • THE SHEEP HUNTERS
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I like the other one, Maupay.
          Was certainly a different Brighton than I'm used to.

      5. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Just noticed, Charlie Taylor didn't start for Burnley, antibody know why?

        1. IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Pieters

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

          Erik Pieters happened.

        3. MANGE TOUT RODNEY
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Monsieur Pieters

        4. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Taylor wasn't an injury doubt prior to the game . I wouldn't do anything rash but chances are he is second choice after that

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

        This place is so insufferable when games are on (and Saturdays generally, tbh) that I can't even log on. It feels like a proper community this morning though, with lots of genuine support and good advice. So nice. Keep going!

        1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          We're all here to help each other first and foremost. Unfortunately you get the braggers, the slaters and the 'should be banned' ers too!

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

            sterling hattie whoo hoo

        2. ritzyd
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Totally agree with this. I avoid this place during matches generally.

        3. MANGE TOUT RODNEY
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Totally agree

          The morning after the day before!

        4. IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          100%. Match-days are awful

        5. Unliklinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          How it's always been unfortunately...

          1. Ginkapo FPL
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Not true

        6. THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Always avoid during matches, too many wind ups and lolers

        7. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah, matchdays are pretty awful TBH

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

        Is this GTG?

        Pope
        Robertson VVD Digne Montoya
        Salah Sterling KDB Perez
        Jota King

        Button KWP Dendoncker Greenwood

        1FT, 0 ITB

        Any changes needed?

        Thanks.

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

          g2g

        2. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah looks fine. Good opportunity to hold a transfer

        3. mojoindojo
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Looks good. Bank the transfer

      8. Marouanovic
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Does anyone know where I can get FPL points per game started for each player for the past few seasons? It doesn't seem like I can get this info on FFS

      9. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        No sign or mention of Josh King in the entire youtube highlights of the game. How was he?

        1. luke
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Non existent

        2. Sterling Malory
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Defence kept him and Wilson fairly quiet.

          Showed glimpses of quality though

          1. Egg noodle
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Thanks guys, I'll keep him for one more GW and decide

        3. fantasyfog
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I was telling anyone who'd listen that he will disappoint

          1. Egg noodle
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            To be fair I got him just as the penalty taker of an attacking team at 6.5, goal threat is a bonus though

          2. el polako
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Only 1 game, when you pay 6.5m fo4 a striker you need to manage your expectations.

        4. kime67
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Im considering a transfer to pukki or jota. Im scared he gets benched

          1. Egg noodle
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            He won't get benched.

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

              no benching just lots of 2 pointers

        5. Dynamic Duos
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Hopefully they go back to 442 with Harry Wilson.

          1. Egg noodle
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Good point

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

          Extremely trash

      10. Jordan.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        kdb and vardy, over sterling and wood ,might still be ok ,fingers crossed...

        1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Vardy gets a hat trick and you'll still short mate.

          1. IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Maths is off there..

      11. The Yorkshire Pirlo
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Who do I play? Got double Liv defence

        A) Adams [LIV]

        B) Lundstram [CRY]

        1. MANGE TOUT RODNEY
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I'd prob go Lundstram I guess, good chance of a clean

        2. kime67
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          b

        3. yakirh
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          B

        4. Zimo
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I'm going lundstram

      12. Steevo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Bilva worth keeping?

        1. IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Probably not. His appeal was his nailedness.. if he is now a rotation risk as well as lacking explosiveness he is a sell

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

            Exactly. 8m of budget taking up a non-nailed MCI spot seems a waste.

        2. kime67
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          o

        3. Dynamic Duos
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Confused , was he worth having in the first place?

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

            Bizarre question. Clearly wasn’t worth having in the first place considering he didn’t feature at all.. If he had started but blanked I would obviously keep him, but a different kettle of fish when he’s playing zero minutes.

            1. Dynamic Duos
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Well all I can say is Bilva was never in my thoughts, waste of a City spot.

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

                Great to know

                1. Dynamic Duos
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  Anyway , answer to question is no.

          2. Andy'81
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            I don't thimk anybody had Mahrez down as a starter for yesterday, he might have been the only player in the whole of the EPL to start a game without having any preseason minutes in him.

        4. kime67
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          no*

        5. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I heard it was his birthday and got the day off, just to cloud the water some more!

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

            Interesting...Wikipedia tells me it was indeed his birthday!

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

          I think he'll start next week as he does way more defensively than Mahrez. I'm probably keeping but keeping an eye on the price changes.

        7. Brian Boitano
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Hyped up by people who should know better.

      13. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Anyone else own siggy? Looked like he was unlucky not to get a few returns yesterday. Captain option v porous Watford defence?

        1. kime67
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          sterling c

          1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Hmmm even v spurs?

        2. yakirh
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Southampton were also pretty bad, Salah C for me

          1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah that's what I'm on at the moment.

        3. Egg noodle
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I had preplanned Moura to Siggy for this gameweek. He did well enough so I am going through with it. He will be my vice captain behind Salah the unsinkable.

          1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah its almost a good thing he didn't score as less will go for him now...

        4. Tcheco
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I don't because my budget wouldn't allow it but would definitely consider captaining vs. Watford. Still think Salah is the better option though as SOU look just as porous

        5. Pukki Blinders
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Could've easily hauled yesterday. Good punt for captain next week, but do you really need a big risk early on?

          1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Yeah good point. I'll probably stick with safe option Salah. Siggy vice.

        6. kime67
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          how can you not captain him after hattrick?

          1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            He won't get a hat trick every week

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

          An option but still going Salah.

        8. Warby84
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Salah vs Southampton

      14. Egg noodle
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        My rival has the most template FFS team. I know you are here buddy, show yourself.

        I'm going to confront him today 🙂

      15. yakirh
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Do you think SSK (Salah Sterling Kane) is the way to go this year?
        Anyone planning to get all 3?
        And if so, what moves are you planning? formation change?

        1. kime67
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          kane still not wort the money

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

            Lol

            1. Van der Faart
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              This

          2. yakirh
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Keep telling yourself that.

            11M for a top 4 team, on pens, starting every game.. most likely to be golden boot winner..

            The only reason many people didn't get him is to have more balance at the start of the season, but as we go on there are emerging cheap options (enablers) that allow to fit more and more big hitters.

            For me, I am strongly considering getting Kane for Wilson as the only striker in 4-5-1 formation

            1. HollywoodXI
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              The problem is, he was dire for 85 minutes yesterday and was incredibly lucky to haul (the first goal).

              1. Van der Faart
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 7 months ago

                Inject tour saltiness into my eyeballs

              2. IRBOX ⚽
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 7 months ago

                He wasn’t dire. Got into some really good positions and fired off 8 shots. Had 2 good chances late in the 1st half.

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

                Agreed
                Like Vardy for 2m less

        2. maverickga
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          No changes, I already have all three 🙂

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

            Nice.
            Are you happy with your enablers?

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

              Totally, I really don’t see any changes to make for GW2.
              My “fodder” is Lundstram (but played the first game and was subbed off after 60mns which is absolutely great for a promoted team defender), Wickham (probably won’t play) and the Dendoncker.
              Rest of the team is Ryan/Button, TAA, Zinch, AWB, Duffy (hoping his preseason will last), Perez, Robinson, Wilson.
              On 90 points, 2 to play 🙂

        3. DA Minnion (Former great)
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          I have all 3.

        4. fantasyfog
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          ss for me kane would be nice but cant squeeze him in without upsetting my balance

        5. MTPockets
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Not for GW2

          • Cok3y5murf
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            No such thing as way to go this year. Just right now. Having all three not worth it.

            1. HollywoodXI
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              ^ this

          • Davros
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            SSK here. Happy how it worked in the end and will get better when Spurs back to full strength.

          • Revival
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            3 premiums is a bit too much. I think if we get some 5.5m mids or Forwards

          • LSK
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            I was undecided before the season started but weirdly I am now more convinced that it’s NOT the way to go. They all hauled but the damage was minimal. A few KSS teams in my mini league beat me by a handful of points and a few scored less than I did. And that’s when they all haul. You can only captain 1 so the damage is minimal and then when any of them goes through a rough patch the rest of your team won’t be good enough to cope.

            Basically gwk 1 seems like a worst case scenario for those without KSS, and it wasn’t bad enough to worry about or restructure my team over

          • Throwback
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Two out of three may be the way to . Using 9.5 options instead of the 3rd big hitter I.e. Son, Kdb, Pepe, Laca, Vardy etc

        6. maverickga
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Has anyone noticed that Kane scored in August?

          I’m playing Lundstram ahead of Zinchenko for GW2, what do you guys think of it?

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

            Lundstram coming in for KWP here. Own Kane but playing Zinch just in case

          2. fantasyfog
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            he did the same last season didnt he? broje the hoodoo then...no?

          3. MANGE TOUT RODNEY
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            He scored in August last year

        7. Party time
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Who is the delicious captain for gw 2?

            1. kime67
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              got to be sterling

            2. yakirh
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Auba is best
              Aguero if you have him always do well in big home games
              Salah always feel safe

            3. Pukki Blinders
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Salah ofc

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

              Salah. Saints got destroyed by Burnley. Imagine what a hot Liverpool team can do.

            5. Miguel Sanchez
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Auba or Digne

            6. Egg noodle
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Salah away to porous Southampton.
              Brave ones can captain Siggy

            7. Tcheco
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Salah the standout option from the big boys imo. Auba possibly but Burnley look good

            8. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Firmino loves to score against the Saints.

            9. Unliklinho
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              I've got Salah, Sterling and Auba. Depends on what Auba does today, but probably Salah. My approach is always that I just want something from my captain. They don't have to be the gw's highest scorer. Ofc it's nice if they are...

            10. Zimo
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Andy Carroll for sure

            11. The Overthinker
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Auba captain here

              1. Business Cat
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 7 months ago

                Nice. Hope it pays off

                1. The Overthinker
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  Burnley were poor last season and arsenal very good, plus auba's conversion rate is so much better than say Kane

              2. Party time
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  Great pick too but I don't trust Unai with minutes

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

                No but seriously im thinking salah or vardy. Depends on how Chelsea do defensively against united

              4. Pinturicchio10
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  Plan was always Sterling, see no reason to change that as yet.

                • MANGE TOUT RODNEY
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  Mo Salah

                • Party time
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Thank you very much all. I think it will come down to a coin toss between Mo or Raz for me

                  • Throwback
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Salah obvious pick. Salah + Mane vs SOT def

                • manu4life99
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  Own both King & Wilson.

                  Tempted to sell King this gw as bou have 2 away games plus Man City at home.

                  King was anonymous by the sounds of things and has a poor away record.

                  Best 6.5m fwd to switch to?

                  How did Wesley look yday? Pukki fix put me off slightly

                  1. DA Minnion (Former great)
                    • 11 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Check out jota today.

                  2. Unliklinho
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    You may as well wait one more week and decide this with more data. GW2 isn't terrible for BOU.

                  3. Pukki Blinders
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    I am in the same situation, considering King to Haller but despite King's poor away form I may just stick with double BOU for one more week.

                • kime67
                  • 6 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  Pepe and pulisic will be interesting to watch today. Maybe martial too

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

                    Yep

                  2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Yes, and looking forward to Lingard myself.

                  3. fantasyfog
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    hopefully martial....

                    1. The Overthinker
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      I just wanted you know that I did captain Sterling when you had lol'd me for not captaining Salah 😀

                • lindeg
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 7 months ago

                  im new to fpl, can someone help me out?

                  i have bernardo silva in my starting 11 3-4-3

                  he doesn't play, ibe first on my bench, also doesn't play, mina second on my bench plays, do i get points from him?

                  1. The Overthinker
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Yes you do get mina's points

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

                      alright cheers, why do i not have them yet?

                      1. The Overthinker
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        You'll have when the gameweek is over.

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

                          okay, thank you!

                  2. Pinturicchio10
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Could just read the rules..

                    • THFC4LIFE
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      9 jammy points.... lovely

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

                        Yeh, lucky git but great when it happens to you 😉

                      2. fantasyfog
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        this

                    1. Supersonic Marv'
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Is it bad that I laughed at this?

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

                        me too haha that kid what a loser hahaha

                  3. More Cowbell
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    How much time before mane takes origi’s place? Next fixture or has Origi got another game in him?

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

                      Liverpool got Supercup match vs Chelsea midweek, might give us a indicator but I would still think it 50/50 call for next weekend

                    2. THFC4LIFE
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Next imo

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

                        Yeh, the smug people who hauled on Friday will keep Origi in for GW2 and bag one point.
                        Whilst Origi did great for himself, as the FFS report indicated, he inhibited Robbo who combines far batter with Mane, and Mane looked sharp in his late cameo.

                        1. Ginkapo FPL
                          • 12 Years
                          4 years, 7 months ago

                          I might get Andy Carroll in for him

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

                      Mane looked really good, 30 mins midweek then a start against his former club is my guess

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

                      Mane looked fired up when he game on. Straight back into the starting lineup. Law of ex bound to score vs SOT

                  4. Ziyech on the Bench
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Guilbert apparently second option at RB...

                    Trossard not starting after playing well in preseason...

                    Problems already and it’s not even week 2

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

                      Ha
                      Have both of them
                      Fraser too

                      1. Ziyech on the Bench
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        Tempted to roll the dice on Trossard at home vs West Ham you? Thinking of doing Guilbert to Dunk

                  5. Hairy Potter
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Kane is paid to score goals. Kane scores goals when he is fit. Kane offers very little to the rest of the play, except score goals. Kane scored two goals yesterday. Kane had a good game.

                    1. Catastrophe
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      I knew there was a reason he was playing up front

                    2. Fernando Torres
                      • 12 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Incorrect. Kane has the best passing range of any striker in the league and his hold up play is superb.

                      1. The Overthinker
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        Kane the midfielder 😉

                    3. Van der Faart
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 12 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      That's a bit harsh on his all round game. He's constantly involved in good build up play, works insanely hard for the team and has an incredible passing range, better than most strikers.

                      1. Hairy Potter
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        You're right he does have a good all round game. I just can't remember the last time I watched him and thought he played well, BUT he does his main job of scoring goals regardless and that's all that matters from a FPL point of view.

                        1. Van der Faart
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 12 Years
                          4 years, 7 months ago

                          Spurs haven't played to their best standard for about 12 months now. Very little pre season, no sufficient rest for many important players and a ton load of injuries last season was a big issue. Once everyone is back fit (Son, Dele, Lo Celso, hold onto Eriksen) and it should be a different team we see.

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

                      I’m sorry but I have to disagree. Nobody who watched the game could possibly say Kane had a good game. He (and Spurs) were dreadful before Eriksen came on and Kane was very fortuitous with his first goal. The second was a nice finish but his overall game was poor IMO.

                      1. Van der Faart
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 12 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        Keep peddling the same sorry statements. You're getting boring now.

                        1. HollywoodXI
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 7 months ago

                          🙂 ok mate

                      2. The Overthinker
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        Agree

                      3. Hairy Potter
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        Striker scores brace = good game for striker, regardless of the rest of their play.

                    5. Throwback
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Agree with Hollywood. Not a great game from Kane . service/ midfield balance was abysmal before Eriksen came on though. His prospects will depend if they keep Eriksen + Son staying fit

                      1. Das Boot
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        I agree as well, pretty much said the same earlier, Spurs were rubbish 1st half. The Danishhhhh bloke saved their bacon.

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

                      Kane offers a lot to the rest of the game. he is an excellent player all around. When he drifted out to the wing he put in the best crosses of the game. If people werent blinded by "muh deep striker" FPL mentality everyone would be saying he was MoTM. (except maybe Mings)

                      1. Hairy Potter
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        That just reminds me of Shearer when he was in his rut before Bobby Robson came and told him to stay up front and concentrate on being in the right position to score goals. Forget about the crowd applauding his donkey work, running after balls on the wings and crossing. Shearer was a great crosser as well, but you want your striker in the middle on the end of the crossess. Concentrate on being up front and being ready to score.

                        My hamfisted comment was actually meant to be in defence of Kane and saying as long as he is scoring, he's doing his job.

                  6. Catastrophe
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    How did Robinson look? Not seen highlights yet.

                  7. Fernando Torres
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Best 4.5m defender?

                    1. Catastrophe
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Before the GW I was thinking Montoya. Maybe Dunk?

                    2. Pukki Blinders
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Montoya or Mings

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

                      A Sheffield Utd or Villa defender at least gives you 3 good fixtures in the next 4 gameweeks

                      1. Das Boot
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        Dunk has 3 nice fixtures in the next 4 also

                  8. mdm
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Play one:

                    A. Rico (avl)
                    B. Lundstram (CRY)
                    C. KWP (mci)

                    Thanks!

                    1. Catastrophe
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      B

                    2. Zimo
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Lundstram

                    3. Dynamic Duos
                      • 10 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      I think Lundstram should play this gwk , I'm considering him over Zinchencko

                    4. Brian Boitano
                      • 11 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      Lundstram.

                    5. Throwback
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      B

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

                    What to do with b silva? I thought he is safe option and put him instead of sterling? Worth a -4 to out sterling and downgrade kane to a 8. 0 fwd?

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

                      *put sterling

                    2. Catastrophe
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      You can almost guarantee he will start if you take him out. But Mahrez presumably had a great game so if it was me I would switch him out, won't be the last time he's benched I'm sure. Would normally say no to a -4 this early but not having sterling is going to be a painful. My team is based around sterling-salah-kane would recommend the same..

                  10. Licious Lizard
                    • 11 Years
                    4 years, 7 months ago

                    Can Mark please talk to the FPL towers and get FPL to show the points of Bench players???
                    Thanks

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

                      Just click on the 0 and the points show.

                      1. Licious Lizard
                        • 11 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        Hmm not in the phone. You have to enter the player information to see it

                    2. fantasyfog
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 7 months ago

                      just click on them.you lazy sod

                      1. Licious Lizard
                        • 11 Years
                        4 years, 7 months ago

                        With 5m players, imagine how much time is wasted by this.
                        And as most of us are doing FPL at work it has a huge economical downside 😉

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

                          Not for you - it didn't cost you a penny to join.