Scout Notes

Wolves rotation set to be an issue as defences struggle at Goodison Park

We were treated to a surprisingly entertaining match at Goodison Park on Sunday, with Everton edging out Wolverhampton Wanderers in a five-goal thriller.

Both sides had struggled offensively this season and came into this match having only scored three goals between them in as many Gameweeks.

We analyse the main Fantasy talking points from what was the penultimate Premier League fixture before the international break in our article below.

Everton 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

  • Goals: Richarlison (£7.9m) x2, Alex Iwobi (£5.9m)| Romain Saiss (£4.4m), Raul Jimenez (£7.4m)
  • Assists: Moise Kean (£6.8m), Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.8m), Lucas Digne (£6.1m)| Willy Boly (£5.0m)

Wolves were one of the safest bets last season when it came to security of starts for their Fantasy assets.

Nuno Espirito Santo named the same starting XI for the first nine matches of the season and eight of their first-choice team started at least 34 league games – only injury likely preventing Diogo Jota (£6.4m) and Jonny (£5.5m) from doing the same.

That trustworthiness in Santo’s Premier League team selections is on the wane, however, with Wolves’ ongoing involvement in the UEFA Europa League looking like it will have a significant impact on their FPL assets.

Last week was a bit of a warning, with Leander Dendoncker (£4.5m) benched after playing the full 90 minutes in Turin less than 72 hours earlier.

There was more widespread rotation this time round, with Jota, Matt Doherty (£6.0m), Jonny and Joao Moutinho (£5.5m) all making way from the starting XI that drew with Burnley last weekend – all bar Doherty (who is set for minor knee surgery) of that quartet had played at least 80 minutes against the Serie A side on Thursday night.

Should Wolves progress to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, they will now play two games a week, every week, from now until 2020 (except during international breaks, of course).

Rotation could be here to stay then, particularly as Santo has shown a keenness to name strong teams in the Europa League.

Speaking after the match, Santo said:

It was a tough cycle, everybody knows what we’ve been through. We played Thursday night, it was a big high on emotions but we recover. Coming to Goodison Park is very difficult, even if you have 15 days of rest it’s going to be hard.

We want to play and challenge ourselves by playing two times a week against fantastic teams. The Premier League is very tough, and we have a new challenge ahead of us, but I’m proud. The cycle was tough but the answer very good.

This match saw Doherty and Jonny replaced by Adama Traore (£5.0m) and Ruben Vinagre (£4.4m) on the flanks, with the pros and cons of those two options at wing-back apparent in Sunday’s match on Merseyside.

Adama has really impressed from an attacking sense in the last fortnight and it was from one of his rampaging runs down the right that Wolves’ first goal came: Lucas Digne (£6.1m), who struggled against the former Middlesbrough man, unable to stop a cross that eventually found its way to goalscorer Romain Saiss (£4.4m).

The defensive side of Adama’s game has always been in question though and Wolves look less secure at the back with him in the side.

Indeed, Alex Iwobi (£5.9m) left Adama for dead for Everton’s second goal, nipping in front of the stand-in wing-back to head the Toffees back in front.

Vinagre is arguably less of a secure option than Jonny on the opposite side, too, and it was noticeable how many crosses Everton managed to fire over in this match: only Crystal Palace attempted more in Gameweek 4.

The pair couldn’t be blamed much for Everton’s other two goals, though: Conor Coady (£5.0m) and Rui Patricio (£5.1m) getting in a mix-up for Richarlison‘s (£7.9m) opener and Willy Boly (£5.0m) caught ball-watching for the Brazilian’s headed winner.

Boly was then sent off for a second bookable offence late on and will miss Gameweek 5.

Speaking after full-time, Santo said of his side’s defending:

Very bad. We made mistakes that usually we don’t, but it’s part of the process, keep on going and work.

I wish I had the answer, but it’s work – lack of communication, it happens, I’ve been there, I know how it is.

Both situations of crossing and players coming from behind attacking the box, we should defend better.

All of a sudden, with Boly suspended, Doherty’s fitness an issue, rotation a possibility and the wing-back understudies not offering that same amount of protection, Wolves’ defence isn’t quite looking the formidable unit it did in Gameweek 1.

Santo gave the following update on Doherty after full-time:

He has to have a small surgery. It’s something that is bothering him. I don’t know [how long he’ll be out]. We have to keep on giving him time to recover, first the pain that he has in the knee, then back to fitness.

Further forward, there was frustration for Jota’s owners as he emerged as a second-half substitute for the dreaded one-pointer – his sixth straight blank in FPL.

Jimenez was fairly quiet all told but popped for his second league goal in as many games, nodding in from close range following a Boly flick-on.

Patrick Cutrone (£5.8m) was arguably the Wolves forward who most impressed, with his movement bright early on – although there understandably wasn’t the same telepathic relationship with Jimenez as the Mexican shares with Jota.

It was the Italian’s near-post run that caused the chaos that led to Saiss’s goal and a promising debut from the summer signing would be a further worry for owners of Jota and Jimenez, given that the pair now have something they didn’t have last season: competition for a place up front.

Everton were also less than secure at the back.

The Toffees had ridden their luck in keeping a clean sheet against Watford in Gameweek 2, while Silva’s side had shipped two goals in the defeat to Aston Villa the week after and then again against Lincoln City in midweek.

Here their full-backs were given a torrid time by Wolves’ wide players, with Digne partly to blame for both of the visitors’ goals – although the Frenchman delivered at the other end with another assist.

The Toffees didn’t concede too many shots, at least (only Liverpool and Manchester City allowed fewer in Gameweek 4), and some frailties were to be expected given that Silva chose this game to bed in three of his summer signings: Iwobi, Moise Kean (£6.8m) and Fabian Delph (£5.4m).

The hard-working Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.9m) and Bernard (£6.5m) were benched, while defensive midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin (£4.5m) was also sacrificed from the centre of the park; Delph was impressive in his stead but is not quite the same sort of midfield spoiler as the Frenchman, the injured Jean-Philippe Gbamin (£4.9m) or, more pertinently, the departed Idrissa Gueye.

We’ll have to give the Toffees more time to see if they can recapture their impressive defensive form of the last six months but going forward, Silva’s side are starting to look more of a threat.

The front four who started today also lined up in midweek, when Everton put four past Lincoln.

Kean battled gamely without looking too much of a threat, nodding over one Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.8m) cross and getting the decisive interception that led to an assist for Richarlison’s first goal.

It was the three players behind him who most caught the eye, however.

Iwobi had a promising full league debut on the left flank, nodding in a Sigurdsson cross to put Everton 2-1 up having almost teed up the Icelandic international with a delivery from out wide early in the game.

For all the talk of Everton’s new signings, it was the tried-and-tested FPL options of Sigurdsson and Richarlison who perhaps impressed the most.

Richarlison registered two attacking returns in the same game for the first time since Gameweek 11 of last season and worked very hard for the cause, while Sigurdsson’s distribution was excellent and he arguably merited more than the five FPL points he collected for his efforts.

Confidence has always looked key to Richarlison’s form, as Silva himself said after full-time:

Richarlison scored two very important goals for us and he will keep improving in our offensive moments. He is a fantastic player and a fantastic boy. How he works not just with the ball, but his work without the ball.

He is a good example to all our players and very good for our spirit inside the dressing room. We will keep working with him and he will keep improving.

He is the type of player who sometimes needs good performances and goals to win more confidence. The way he celebrated the goal against Lincoln shows how he needs those types of moments.

He started the game against Crystal Palace after just 13 days working with the team. He cannot work miracles – footballers are human also. They need time to rest and prepare. He needs time to be in the best physical condition.

Everton’s fixture schedule remains positive but Fantasy managers without representation from Silva’s side may wish to see further evidence of this new-found attacking cohesion before reviving interest in the Toffees’ midfield and forward options, given the goal drought that preceded this week.

For existing owners of Sigurdsson et al, there were at least encoraging signs going into a meeting with a porous Bournemouth side in Gameweek 5.

Members Analysis

Everton XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne, André Gomes, Delph, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Iwobi (Bernard 76′), Kean (Calvert-Lewin 76′).

Wolves XI (3-5-2): Rui Patrício, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Traoré, Dendoncker, Neves (Neto 84′), Saïss (Moutinho 59′), Vinagre, Jiménez, Cutrone (Jota 68′).

Lessons learned from Gameweek 4

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  1. Danstoke82
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    How about this for a potential WC draft?

    Pope
    TAA Digne Mings
    Salah Sterling KDB Mount
    Abraham Pukki Barnes

    Subs; Button Lundstram Cantwell Kelly

    £0.3ITB

    No premium striker though...

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Looks good just now

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Though reliant on Chelsea scoring big every week

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        What could go wrong?

    3. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Not keen on double Chelsea on WC. Rest looks quality I’d start Lundstram over mings

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Mount to James?

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

      James instead of Mount?

      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        James nailed?

    5. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Almost exactly the same as mine. I've got Otamendi and Haller instead of Digne and Abraham but the rest is identical.

    6. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      No. Get Aguero. Everyone who went green this week has Aguero and he's literally on fire. I have Sterling and he's out wide a bit and can haul kind of only if he's left open/unmarked. He was marked pretty well this week and so was Aguero and Aguero still hauled.

      Is Mings Aston Villa? That's 3 ppm until the next wildcard. I think Barnes scoring rate is unsustainable. You'd probably have to Mane over Salah though.

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

    Right fellas, after plenty of tinkering around here is my WC

    Pope (Button)
    Otamendi TAA (Dunk mings lunds)
    KDB salah sterling son (dendo)
    Pukki Abraham (Greenwood)

    Brackets for defenders obvs rotated

    Thoughts appreciated

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Really like it actually. I want to fit Son in too and that team looks good even with him jammed in too.

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

        Cheers mate. I feel a good balance this time

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      This is really nice except Abraham but that is just me.

  3. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    How’s this look?

    Jota Sigurdsson VVD to Barnes KDB Söyüncü(/other up to 5.9) (-4), leaving 1.4 ITB

    Pope 4.0
    TAA VVD Digne Zinchenko Rico
    Salah Sterling Sigurdsson Mount Dendoncker
    Pukki Jota Greenwood

    2FT 1.6 ITB just now. WC can be used over IB if needed after the hit due to injuries. X

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Agree with https://cdn.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/other up to 5.9

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        What? Link doesn’t work

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          You posted above.

          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            You mean on the last page?

            So Lundstram you’d say then?

  4. SuperDan
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Rate my WC team please:

    Pope (Button)
    TAA, Otamendi, Lowton (Lundstrom, Rico)
    Salah, Sterling, KDB, Mount (Cantwell)
    Pukki, Haller, Barnes

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Looks good just now

    2. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Don’t like Mount. Missed the points there I think

    3. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Problems when rotation starts - ie very soon.

  5. downthesun14
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Took the plunge and went for the wildcard as I wasn't happy without a premium forward which is my usual strategy.

    Currently got this team, would appreciate opinions:

    Adrian, Button
    VVD, AWB, Zinchenko, Soyuncu, Lundstram
    Martial, Salah, Sterling, Dendoncker, Cantwell
    Kun, Tammy, Greenwood

    I'll bring in Pope for Adrian when Allison is back.

    My question, should I go Salah to Mane and upgrade Soyuncu or is this team good to go?

    1. downthesun14
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      That's my WC team for clarity, not my current team.

  6. CFC1990
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts on Iwobi?

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Nah

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

      Headless chicken but can accrue points

  7. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Going to have triple liverpool defenders after IB 🙂 too risky I know but they are simply best defence. Can't trust any other team else than city.
    Had laporte but sold for robbo
    Awb to vvd soon too.

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

      So no Salah or Mané?

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Would also want one of these guys. I have salah. Not ditching unless he gets injured or goes on a run of blanks

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Think of dropping from 2 to 1 during the break. VVD downgrade to afford KDB in.

      Very reluctant to drop VVD, but need KDB and its the easiest way. They are the best defence (once Alisson is back) but still look shakier than last szn

    3. SuperDan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Nope nope nope

    4. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      if i didnt want salah i would do the same

    5. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I have had two and salah from the start. Still have them 🙂

  8. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Best duo Mid + F pls ? thx

    1. Wesley + Mount
    2. Ayew + Mount
    3. Abraham + Douglas Luiz (or Sissoko - up to 5.4 limit )
    4. Barnes + Pereyra (or Neves - up to 5.9 limit)

  9. OneDennisBergkamp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    A. Martial, Pukki, Abraham
    B. KDB, Pukki, Ayew
    C. KDB, Abraham, Ayew

    What would you do on WC??

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

      Tough one. B or C

    2. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      c

    3. SuperDan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C

    4. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ayew got poor fixtures coming up so don’t expect a lot from him and get impatient. He’s 5mil after all.

    5. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Probably C

  10. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Anyone on a WC. I'd consider Eriksen. There is my tip.

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      He is in mine has been since I pressed the button

      1. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Nice. He'll be a good differential for you.

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Tough to fit in with Salah Sterling KDB as well.

      Plus hasn’t been nailed recently oddly enough

      1. Drip Doctor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Transfer window will be shut. He'll play from now on. You can easily fit him in with 3 other big hitters and TAA in defence,

    3. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Not a great tip. He's not worth it.

  11. EMBOLOFAN
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    sorry, reframing a previous question. best keeper under 5.9?

    leicester defensive numbers are good but fixtures arent, burnley defensive numbers look ok and fixtures are ok. wolves somewhere inbetween!

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Pope set and forget for me mate

      1. SuperDan
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        This

    2. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Pope is 4.5 set & forget

    3. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Pope is where I ended up after desperately looking elsehwere

    4. Thunder Warrior
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Adrian

      1. EMBOLOFAN
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        already have 3x liverpool

    5. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      my only concern with pope is that a lot of their “good fixtures” are against attacking sides like norwich, villa, brighton, whu

  12. SuperDan
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Pick one:

    A) Otamendi
    B) Matip

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      A

  13. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    RMWCT my lovelies. Something fresh, wood over Barnes for budget and recent stat reasons.

    Pope
    TAA Ota Baldock
    Salah Sterling Eriksen Pepe James
    Wood Pukki

    Button Ayew Willems Rico

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Looks pretty decent. And indeed fresh.

      Don’t know if I can stomach going without KDB anymore myself! Even if I could get Pepe/Erik/Son

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah I just don’t think KDB vs Pepe from now on is so clear cut. Pepe offers a really nice differential and eriksen hopefully can be my cheap KDB

        1. Athletic Nasherbo
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Too many hopefuls.

    2. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Like Otamendi pick.
      Like Eriksen pick- stretching to Son probably better though.
      Like James Pick
      Agree in regards to Wood-outperforms Barnes usually with the easier fixtures.
      Don’t like Pepe pick- just get KdB.

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Fair I will look into it man, thanks for your admiration

        1. Athletic Nasherbo
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Don’t like bench really though- Willems and Rico is odd

          1. Ask Yourself
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Willems nailed for 2 months playing LWB very attacking. Short term punt until I find a 4.5 defender I like. Rico shouldn’t see the pitch for me but as I didn’t get Lundstram at 4m he is the only hope I have as the only fit LB in their squad no idea how Howe refuses to play him and continue to lose, will change soon I think

    3. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      It's a no from me chief.

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Any issues beyond the Pepe over KDB pick?

        1. goriuanx
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Barnes is far superior to Wood.
          Eriksen is hardly nailed these days.
          Bench seems strange.

          1. Ask Yourself
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Stats and money innit
            Poch said after newcastle loss if he wants to win then he has to start eriksen
            Rotation and that with Ayew playing well, Willems playing Wing back as a short term punt to go with other wing back baldock

            1. goriuanx
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Fair enough chief good luck.

              1. Ask Yourself
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Thanks you too brother

    4. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      No reason to go for Pepe over KDB.

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I will look into it I just find Pepe so much sexier

    5. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Don't like pepe one bit.

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Hm I love him 🙁

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

          I guarantee you if KDB and pepe play similar min over the season KDB will outscore pepe by at least 40pts to 50pts

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

      Too midfield heavy. Why Baldock over lundstram? Terrible fwd line bar pukki. Unbalanced. Eriksen and Pepe is 18.5 m punt

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Don’t mind that as they usually score the most points
        Baldock for stats but unless price changes don’t go my way Lundstram has to be in
        Not hard to jump on bandwagons at all with this actually
        18.2m now !

  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Surely Matip won’t remain nailed when UCL comes into play?

    Rotation w Gomez and or Lovren

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Could say that with TAA.

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        You could. He’s a better FPL pick though. More options available around Matip pricepoint

      2. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Not that again 🙂
        If robbo can do it, so can Trent. He’s becoming a very important creative player for them now.

    2. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Lovren shouldn't get a single minute in the PL or CL if the 3 CBs stay fit.

    3. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      If you have benchcover surely that is no problem. It's not like he is going to be benched every 2nd game

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Do you think he’s best option up to 5.9? Got Zinchenko TAA Digne Rico

        1. SuperDan
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Could grab Matip and then Rico > Lund eventually

          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Could do. Thoughts on Lundstram and upgrade elsewhere though?

            1. SuperDan
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Yeah your D is solid enough

  15. Thunder Warrior
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Boly suspended for one or two gws?

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

      1

  16. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Pull the trigger on this WC team?

    Pope Button
    TAA VVD Digne Zinchenko Lundstram
    Salah KDB Mount James Cantwell
    Aguero Barnes Greenwood

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      What’s your current team?

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

        Pope Button
        TAA Robbo Coleman Zinchencko Rico
        Salah Sterling KDB Mount Dendoncker
        Pukki Jota Greenwood

        So....
        Robbo > VVD
        Coleman > Digne
        Rico > Lundstram
        Sterling > James
        Dendoncker > Cantwell
        Pukki > Barnes
        Jota > Aguero

        1. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Taking out Pukki Sterling Robbo I don’t like, the rest should be moved on/up it they’re in IX

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Pukki over Barnes surely. Aguero a tricky one one WC would prefer sterling

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

        You worried about Agueros minutes?

        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yes mate with Jesus back after IB and UCL coming up

    3. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Wouldn't double up on liv def. Downgrade one and upgrade Greenwood.

  17. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Evening guys. Feels like I could burn a FT here if no injuries during the break. Other option could be to free up cash from Zinchenko to get Abraham/ Haller in for King.

    Heaton
    TAA, Van Dijk, Zinchenko, Digne
    Salah, Sterling, McGinn, KDB
    Pukki, King

    subs: Pope --- Lundstram, Dendoncker, Greenwood --- 2 FT, 0.1 ITB

    1. MTPockets
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I'll be losing King for probably Barnes. Not sure I'd take a hit for it though

        1. Jam0sh
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yep. King out for free is an option

      • BOATIES FC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Pope for Heaton?

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Salah Mount and Barnes is better than Mane Son and Ayew isn’t it?

      1. MTPockets
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Would guess fairly even longer term

        • EMBOLOFAN
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          yeah a lot better

      2. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Trossard anyone ?
        Looks like points about to happen to me .

        1. Drip Doctor
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Brighton...

          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            This. They can just be so hot and cold

      3. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        see you in a week and a half! log out, go do something else 🙂

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          See you next page.

      4. AD2110
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Im a bit stuck on what to do...

        Really want KDB or Aguero in my team but can't think of the best way to do it.

        Ryan,
        VVD, Digne, Dunk
        Salah, Sterling, McGinn, Mount
        Auba, Wilson, Pukki

        Button, Cantwell, Lund, Rico

        Any obvious changes or shall i just leave it how it is?
        Cheers!

        1. matiakez
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Tricky, similar to me but I've kane instead of auba - without hitting WC it looks pretty tough.

      5. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Heaton Button
        Robo Digne Zinchenko Soyuncu Lundstram
        Salah Sterling KDB Mount Dendonker
        Wilson Pukki Greenwood
        0.7 itb 1 FT

        1. Robbo to TAA
        2. Robbo + Greenwood to Matip + Barnes for -4 (have exact cash for this)
        3. Dendonker to Cantwell
        4. Any other

        1. Top Lad Dakes.
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Numero dos

          1. OverTinker
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            what?

        2. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Save FT

      6. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Getting worried seeing folks (well one or two people) saying Wood looks better than Barnes.

        Barnes not been playing as well in the last two or something?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Comparison tool ftw.

          1. Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            You really, really want me to get membership don’t you?

            Will do. Soonish.

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              If you don't watch the games, it has to help.

              1. Top Lad Dakes.
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                This is true.

                I watch the games when I can but hardly get chance to. And don’t live in UK til later this month so can’t watch MOTD.

                Could you answer the question though, just this once? 😆

                1. TorresMagic™
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • Has Moderation Rights
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Wood has to score for Burnley sooner or later.

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

        Seeing very little Auba on wc, fixtures look good and forms decent. What's putting people off? Just too many big hitters to fit in?

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

          Yeah. And plays wide.

      8. Concrete
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Haller or Abraham

        1. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Haller

        2. Athletic Nasherbo
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Haller. Abraham worse fixtures next 2 and Champions League starting soon.

        3. Spacemonkey
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Haller.

        4. Concrete
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Cheers

        5. DontPiqueTooSoon
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I am in the same situation. I have decided to go with Haller as couldn't afford him if his price rises. Hallers next two fixtures look decent whereas Abrahams less so. Could keep an eye on performances and price changes and downgrade to Abrahams if necessary.

      9. SuperDan
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Pick one:

        A) Otamendi, Lowton (Cantwell, Rico)
        B) Otamendi, Pieters (Dendoncker, Kelly)
        C) Zinchenko, Lowton (Dendoncker, Kelly)

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

          B if laporte long term injury

      10. Maddi Son
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Sterling will probably have fairly low captaincy next GW. (Compared to normal) - Salah's fixture combined with the fact that he blanked this week. I'm all over that.

        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yeah will probably end up being mine. Captaincy is stressful this season so far

        2. MosF94
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Exactly the kind of fixture I look at and think "Sterling haul" - hope I'm right!

      11. HollywoodXI
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        2 FT. Kane and Mane > Firminho and Salah. Yes or no?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Not today.

          1. HollywoodXI
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            No but during the IB?

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Like in 12 days perhaps.

      12. czechow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Want to wait two weeks or so before buying Salah and Barnes for Kane and Martial. Have exact money except FPL Statistics has Salah on 96% and potentially going up tonight and and Fantasyfix has him on -7. What's that all about?!

        1. MTPockets
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Salah's risen 0.5% on fplstats since I last checked this afternoon.
            Doubt he rises, but given the mismatch there anything could happen

            1. czechow
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Gonna wait and see. Let's hope for the best!

        2. matiakez
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          WC or not;

          Heaton
          Digne TAA Zinch Montoya Lund
          Sterling Mane Mount McGinn Dendo
          Ings Pukki Kane

          No KDB or Aguero is an issue but other than that it doesn't stack up that bad GW5?

          1. Plant Based FPLer
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            No. Kane over Aguero is a prayer. McGinn just isn't going to do it with Aston Villa, maybe Iwobi. There's a plethora of good forwards right now, Haller, Kean, Wilson, Vardy, Jimenez, Abraham, so having three is good.