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Potter tinkers again as Murray and Duffy benched for Brighton

Brighton manager Graham Potter continues to prove himself as unpredictable as far as tactics and team selections are concerned.

Once again, he has rolled out a completely different system to last time out as the Seagulls prepare for an away match at Newcastle.

Potter has lined up his troops in a 4-3-1-2 system lead by Neal Maupay (£6.0m) and budget midfielder Steven Alzate (£4.5m).

Unafraid of keeping his senior players on their toes, the manager has also put Glenn Murray (£5.8m) and Shane Duffy (£5.0m) on the bench.

That makes for a centre-back partnership of Lewis Dunk (£4.6m) and Adam Webster (£4.4m), while Dan Burn (£4.5m) retains his left-back berth of a week ago after playing in the middle for the first four matches of the season.

Meanwhile, Martín Montoya (£4.5m) has recovered from tonsilitis and reclaims his place at right-back and Aaron Mooy (£4.9m) gets his first start in midfield.

By contrast, Newcastle go with their tried and tested 5-3-2 formation, led by Joelinton (£5.9m) and Miguel Almirón (£5.9m).

However, there is unlikely to massive FPL interest in this Saturday evening game as the most popular player on show will be on the Brighton bench.

David Button (£4.0m) remains in 25% of teams and is also the most fashionable shot-stopper among managers inside the top 10,000 as well.

Dunk is the most popular playing asset, currently in 11% of teams, while no Newcastle player is owned by more than Isaac Hayden‘s (£4.5m) 6.5%.

Newcastle XI: Dúbravka; Willems, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Manquillo; Atsu, Shelvey, Hayden; Almirón, Joelinton.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Burn, Webster, Dunk, Montoya; Mooy, Stephens, Pröpper; Groß; Alzate, Maupay.

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

    Zinchenko almost definitely out, probably for a 4.5/Aurier/Ota

    Would you lose Digne/Barnes as well for a hit next week?

    Have plenty ITB to afford Abraham, etc.

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

    LMS safety score currently 14.

    Billions of autosubs & vice captains to be added.

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

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

      Billions?

  3. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    So Sterling and Jesus will play in the Cup.

    What happens GW7 for Sterling though 🙁

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

      Will they?

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

      Might get 10/15 minutes if he can get a bit of form back vs Preston.

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

      Source?

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

      I doubt sterling plays in midweek. He'll. Be saved for the Everton game now.

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

    god this game will be drab

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

      Hopefully a 1-1 with two OG

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

        Don't forget the red cards.

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

    Thinking of hitting the WC.

    Pope Heaton
    TAA Ota AWB Soy Lund
    Mané Son KDB Mount Cantwell
    Tammy CWilson Pukki

    Thoughts?

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

      Dis WC or pre-WC?

    2. Don Van Vliet
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Wildcard not needed, surely.
      Nothing that can't be sorted out with a couple of transfers.

    3. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      WC I'm guessing.. good team.

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

    Pieters sneaking a bap?

  7. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Live rank within the top 2000!!!

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

      Got any autosubs or vice captain incoming?

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'm going the other way *waves*.. been top 2000 all season, but this week got me.

      1. Am sorry to say again it�…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        That's with autosubs and vc. Still got TAA and Mane to play

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

    Where do we check on bps? Who on MCity looks likely to have done well?? Bilva? KDB?

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

      Looks like KDB 3 BSilva 2 Mahrez 1

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        So bilva gets an hatty and only 2 baps ? The baps system is a joke

        1. Chenku╰☆╮
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          That is why you are a pumpkin. Jokes apart it is because kdb created so many clear chances and bossed the game.

          1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Need the man in the stand back asap

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

      Thanks guys! 🙂

    3. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Official game has updates. But right now it's KDB, Bilva, Mahrez.

  9. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I went from 1.4 mil OR yesterday before Bournemouth to 125 k after autosubs
    Rico,Pope, Otamendi, Sterling c,KDB vice, Lundstram first sub

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

      Wow. That is a lot of points there though, mind.

      1. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        78 I think,but I'm bad in math

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

    43 pts from 4 (digne, kdb, pope and pukki) with zinch and sterling no shows. Livefpl won’t load for me can anybody tell me the average so far?

    1. MTPockets
        4 years, 6 months ago

        30 inc autosubs

        1. The Pesci challenge
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Same

      • Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Try livefpl now

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

      Considered a WC, but may hold now.

      Pope
      TAA / VVD / Otamendi
      Salah / Sterling / KDB / Cantwell
      Abraham / Pukki / Barnes

      Button // Kelly / Dendoncker / Montoya

      FT: Jota/Digne >> Otamendi/Abraham?

      Could also be Barnes, but Wolves don't have great fixtures either. I'll probably have to do it tonight (eek), but if it went tits up I still have the WC to deal with it.

      Anything else look worth doing?

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

        Hmm. Fix estimates that as the best move too. Tempting.

    3. grooveymatt65
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I have two questions for the lovely people on this site.

      1. Are Sterling owners (like myself) going to keep him as he has "had his rest"?

      2. Who are people going to captain next week?

      thanks!!! 🙂

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

        I really can’t decide. Could downgrade to Son if Sterling plays lots midweek.

        Idek. Salah or KDB, or Sterling if he’s rested and I still own.

      2. Relaxing
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        These questions will be far easier to answer after midweek but

        1. Probably

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

        Those considering dropping Sterling due to this rest, must be considering now having any Man City assets? Keeper and central defenders aside, they're all gonna be rotated.

        1. Markus
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Absolutely, I'm hoping for the first major mass transfer bite if people get rid this week - if man city had scored one, nobody would be jumping to these conclusions. The fact they scored 8 is a good indicator of future team performance and potential Stirling points

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

          *not (not "now")

    4. LIARS POKER
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Abraham or Pukki if you could only partner one with Aguero?

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

        Abraham, given Chelsea's fixtures & the fact they're a better team.

        1. LIARS POKER
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Thanks that's my thoughts too

    5. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I really wish Sterling had come on for a one pointer as an owner!

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

        me too

      2. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Yep me too, this Pukki vc is hurting at the moment

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

      Anyone has more info on Walker- Pieters? Has he lost the place in starting 11? I know he was injured but was expecting him be back by now

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

        Aurier has come in and done well.

    7. S.Kuqi
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Probably first time ever when defender gets goal, assist and cs but zero baps

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

        KDB masterclass

      2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I feel sorrier for owners of Walker...

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

        Have Otamendi and thought the same thing.

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

        In a 8-0 trashing? No surprise.

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

      Best team going forward?

      Team A
      Pope
      VVD Otamendi Söyüncü
      Salah Sterling James Ceballos
      Aguero abraham Pukki

      Subs; Stekelenberg Lundstram Cantwell Kelly

      Team B
      Pope
      VVD Mings Söyüncü
      Salah KDB James Cantwell
      Aguero Aubameyang Abraham

      Subs; Stekelenberg Lundstram Deondocker Kelly

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

      how many have people got left? 4?

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

        Salah(c) TAA maybe Mount, and Lundstram Rico autosubs here

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

        Five. One of them in Jota.

        So, four.

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

          hahah

      3. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        6

      4. MTPockets
          4 years, 6 months ago

          yep

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

          3

        • jdp219
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Salah, TAA, Tammy.
          Rico autosub.

        • Yank Revolution
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          6

        • sunzip14
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          6 and Captain

        • mookie
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          3

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

          4/5 gonna be the average then probably. Probably 5 essentially for captains on auba and salah

        • Alnair
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          4 but one is c so 5 I guess.

        • Don Van Vliet
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          4 left: TAA; Mount; Firmino; Aubameyang

          Lundstram second sub unfortunately, should Mount not play.

      5. Vatroslav
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I'll go with the rough and smooth even now:

        Rough: forgot it's the weekend due to my crazy schedule, and didn't make any changes from last week.

        Smooth: Kept KDB captain 🙂

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

        How is this plan?

        James, Zinch and Digne to KdB Rico and Kelly for -4?

        Would mean triple attack City, but Sterling could easily become Mane or Auba in the weeks after.

        Thanks

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

        LOVE a green shirt

      8. Rolls-Royce
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Still can't believe Aguero couldn't score a single goal from open play in that game.

        1. Mr Peanutbutter
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          maybe if he didn't have a stupid haircut

      9. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        KDB gonna rise tonight ?

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

          He is risen
          Our Lord is risen

      10. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Can I ask what is the benefit of people posting scores here?!?! What's so good about it may I ask?

        1. Supersonic Marv'
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Rough week?

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

            What, 59 points with 5 to go is rough is it? Nah, I just don't feel the need to brag when I do well and then go quiet when I do bad.

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

          to guage other peoples scores. Some of it is bragging for sure but most of it is to find out what others are roughly on

        3. CRO KLOPP
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          You are on the wrong website mate

        4. Not again Shirley
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          It’s almost like you’re not pleased for your fellow players when they do well and have the audacity to tell people about it.

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

            Your name is my response

            1. Not again Shirley
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Grow up. People do well they want to share. What’s wrong with that. It’s not bragging.

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

                Our opinions differ

        5. Bartowski
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          This is a site dedicated to a fantasy football game where you score points.

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

          Its nothing really. Like why do people in a pub drink beer. I dont know. Kind of expect it i suppose.

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

            Most here only talk when they're doing well though, so it's obviously to brag. I respect those who post their scores every week I suppose and not just when they have a good score. Also, those numpties who have a good week and then go "any good?!?!", I just don't get it. But whatever

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

              i have seen many people post bad scores and horror stories here, you clearly only log in during games

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

                Yes, and those people are cool.

                I don't only log in during games no, I rarely do.

      11. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I'm gobsmacked with how well it's worked out for most people who had Zinchenko and Sterling C in my cash leagues. Lundy is one annoying piece of $hit.

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

          He probably thinks the same about you

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

        These moves for -4 look OK?

        Greenwood to Tammy
        Digne to Soyuncu
        VVD to Otamendi

        Pope
        TAA Soyuncu Otamendi
        Sterling Salah De Bruyne Cantwell
        Haller Abraham Pukki

        McGovern Ceballos Rico Diop

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

        Dodged a bullet a wee bit w no Aguero this week at least.

      14. LIARS POKER
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Aguero or Sterling to partner KDB on wildcard?

        Aguero has returned in every game so far and having looked at City's schedule I think he looks good to start every prem game for the next couple of months

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

          On recent evidence Aguero, but the pendulum may well swing again.

        2. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          How did you figure out that he can start every game?

          1. LIARS POKER
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Think Jesus will play the midweek games with Aguero starting the prem ones

            Tues - Preston
            Sat - Everton
            Tues - Dinamo Zagreb
            Sun - Wolves
            Sat - Palace
            Tues - Atalanta
            Sat - Villa
            Sat - Southampton

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

              That is exactly my thinking. Until City meet some difficult opponents in midweek games, Kun will be rested.

      15. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Lads would you WC this team?

        Ryan Button
        - terrible

        TAA Digne Zinchenko AWB Lundstram
        - too much cash and now Zinch is a rotation risk and Digne is waste of space

        Salah Sterling KDB Mount Donker
        - no bench fodder, Mount injury doubt, Sterling rotation risk, no Son, Salah fixtures mean I won't captain him can use that money for Son, Kun, Auba, Pep even, Vardy. No Mane

        Tammy Pukki Greenwood
        - with so many goals and so many options, I want to go Kun, Auba, Vardy

        0.3 itb, 1 FT.

        Please help guys

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

          No? You've already got the template attack. You'll literally just be WC'ing to fix your defense which isn't worth it based on the lack of CSs this season.

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

          Keep.

          Ryan is a fine keeper. Clean sheets will happen once in a while, but it's the 6 saves that get you bonuses.

          TAA, Digne, AWB, Lundstram, Zinchenko... Zinch might be rotated with the tea lady? They have no real options at the back currently, and once European progress is secured he'll get his rest.

          That midfield is a powerhouse. Mount already likely back for next week. Donks unlucky this season, but VAR can't shaft him continually.

          That front line also seems fine. Play Puks at home, bench away. You can't play 15...

        3. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          thank you all lads you are all wonderful and helpful