Scout Notes

The latest on Rashford and Greenwood as United flop away from home again

It is now seven away league games without a victory for Manchester United after Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at West Ham United.

While the Red Devils admittedly had to face the likes of Arsenal and an in-form Everton in the 2018/19 run-in, they have so far failed to beat Wolves, Southampton and the Hammers on the road this season.

We reflect on their latest away-day display in our Scout Notes below.

West Ham United 2-0 Manchester United

  • Goals: Andriy Yarmolenko (£5.9m), Aaron Cresswell (£4.9m)
  • Assists: Felipe Anderson (£6.9m), Mark Noble (£5.0m)
  • Bonus: Yarmolenko x3, Cresswell x2, Lukasz Fabianski (£5.0m) x1

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said that Marcus Rashford (£8.5m) may be “out for a little while” after the England striker limped out of Sunday’s defeat to West Ham.

Rashford, again leading the line in the absence of the sidelined Anthony Martial (£7.6m), lasted an hour of the match at the London Stadium before having to be replaced.

Solskjaer said after full-time:

We’ve got to scan him tomorrow, he felt his groin. He’ll probably be out for a little while but I can update you later on when I know that.

Those comments would perhaps excite owners of Mason Greenwood (£4.5m) given United’s dearth of fit options up top, although the Norwegian went on to say that Martial isn’t too far away from a return.

Greenwood himself failed to make the 18-man squad this afternoon because of a bout of tonsillitis, with Solskjaer saying after full-time:

Hopefully, Mason and Anthony will be back for – definitely Arsenal – hopefully, one of them for Rochdale.

There was further positive news from Solskjaer regarding his injury-hit United side, with the United boss saying about the absent Paul Pogba (£8.4m) ahead of kick-off:

Hopefully, we can get him back next week. He started training yesterday. Probably get some minutes against Rochdale, but definitely we think he’s ready for Arsenal.

The players that made it onto the pitch didn’t pose much of a danger in a stuttering display, with Rashford fairly anonymous up top save for a couple of threatening darts from wide areas.

Daniel James (£6.2m) had little joy on his favoured left flank, meanwhile, with his only shot on goal hitting the side netting late in the game.

United’s striking crisis was laid bare when the Wales international briefly had a spell up front late in the game – United’s makeshift front four in the last ten minutes consisting of James, Jesse Lingard (£6.4m), Andreas Pereira (£5.0m) and Angel Gomes (£4.9m).

The imminent return of Martial and Pogba may well have a galvanising effect, of course, and Pogba’s creativity has been sorely missed in central midfield – Nemanja Matic (£4.8m) turning in another sub-par display in his stead.

Solskjaer said of his side’s attacking performance:

We didn’t create enough chances, but we did create big chances that we didn’t take. They didn’t create too many either and it’s a game that could have gone both ways. When you have Marcus and Dan James I don’t think pace is the problem..

The two sides’ defences will be a topic of discussion after this fixture.

For Manchester United, this was another away match without a clean sheet but there have been hints that the Red Devils are capable of recording more shut-outs than they managed last season.

Solskjaer’s side were undone by a well-crafted Andriy Yarmolenko (£5.9m) strike and a stunning Aaron Cresswell (£4.9m) free-kick but didn’t allow the Hammers a single ‘big chance’ all match and their expected goals conceded tally is the lowest of all 20 Premier League sides this season.

The Red Devils, indeed, have only allowed one big chance away from home in 2019/20.

Certainly, Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m) put in another solid shift from a defensive perspective, even if his distribution was bordering on the woeful.

West Ham, meanwhile, have quietly gone about racking up three successive clean sheets.

One of the worst defences of 2018/19 have looked surprisingly solid in the last three Gameweeks, with Angelo Ogbonna (£4.5m) and Issa Diop‘s (£4.5m) partnership blooming at the heart of the Hammers’ backline.

The return of the all-action (and sometimes criticised) Mark Noble (£5.0m) can’t be underestimated, either, with defensive midfielder Declan Rice (£4.9m) having looked exposed alongside Jack Wilshere (£4.8m) in the first two Gameweeks of the season.

That’s not to say that West Ham haven’t ridden their luck in the last three Gameweeks: Todd Cantwell (£5.0m), Wesley (£6.0m) and Jack Grealish (£5.9m) had all had gilt-edged opportunities against Manuel Pellegrini’s side and today it was the turn of Juan Mata (£6.4m) and Harry Maguire (£5.5m) to spurn excellent chances, with Mata unable to convert a Pereira cross from close range and Maguire firing straight at Fabianski when unmarked.

One worry for West Ham’s backline would be a possible injury picked up by right-back Ryan Fredericks (£4.5m), who limped off with ten minutes to go.

Pellegrini said of his side’s performance:

Manchester United didn’t create too many chances, we tried to play high, to have good recovery and you must be happy when you score two goals and don’t concede.

For 45 minutes we perhaps played too fast, and both teams lost too many balls, so to score the first goal was a key factor to try and win the game.

I said at half-time if we continued to defend as we did in the first half, not just in our box, but force them to make mistakes immediately when they came into our half, then we are not going to concede too many opportunities. 

Sebastien Haller (£7.5m) wasn’t able to get much change out of Maguire but will have easier tests in the weeks ahead against less-solid backlines.

Yarmolenko and Felipe Anderson (£6.9m) caught the eye, though, with the pair combining well for the Ukraine international’s goal and then Yarmolenko almost returning the favour in the second half.

In truth, this wasn’t a game for the attacking assets on show – which perhaps is a testament to the defensive improvement both sides have shown following a sub-par 2018/19.

West Ham United XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski; Fredericks (Zabaleta 79′), Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Noble, Rice; Yarmolenko (Snodgrass 88′), Fornals, Anderson (Wilshere 70′); Haller.

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Lindelof, Young; Matic (Fred 70′), McTominay; Pereira, Mata (Gomes 80′) James; Rashford (Lingard 60′).

Members Analysis

Lessons learned from Gameweek 6:

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  1. Peter Ouch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    There is no tough fixture run for liverpool attackers.
    The only tough one is the game against city.

    No Salah, no mane, no party

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

      Sterling and kdb>Salah and mane

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

      Firmino is the party.

      1. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Bobby is the real deal

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

          Bobby blanks a lot.

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

        Yeah, had Salah and Mane. Switched Mane to Firmino.

        TAA Salah Firmino looks far more balanced. Def - Mid - FWD

  2. Tempestic
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Digne to Otamendi tonight?

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

      Yup

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

      Just did it

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

      Think so

    4. Karhumies
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Did that a minute ago.

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

      seems a strange bandwagon. Everton nice fixtures apart from this week and Digne still looking promising

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

        Everton aren't looking great as a team tho, cant rely soly on attacking returns I feel for a 6.0 defender, especially when evertons attack is poor.

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

          Could def backfire tho as u say. He is still a good option, its just a question of value for me

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

        They're just not performing or looking likely to perform

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

    WC here worth it?

    Current team:

    (1FT, 1.1 itb)

    Pope
    VVD/Digne/Zinch/AWB
    Salah/Sterling/KDB/Cantwell
    Tammy/Pukki

    Bench: Button, Lundstram, Dendoncker, Wickham

    WC-team (0.0 itb)

    Pope
    Otamendi/Soy/Tomori
    Salah/Sterling/KDB/Son/Mount
    Tammy/Pukki

    Bench: Button, Lundstram, Rico, Wickham

    1. MTPockets
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Think I'd just get Otamendi in for Digne

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

          4 City?

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

          Not in for Zinch then?

          1. MTPockets
              4 years, 6 months ago

              good point

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

                What would you then? 😉

                1. MTPockets
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    Probably sell Zinchenko for Ota, bench Digne.
                    VVD vs shu, Ota vs eve, AWB vs ARS isn't so bad

                    But depends whether you think Zinchenko gets rested again. Could well play if Sterling starts LW so Mendy not needed there

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

                      Great inputs mate!
                      Yup, maybe wait and see for midweek for any hints against Preston for City 🙂

                      1. MTPockets
                          4 years, 6 months ago

                          Could also do Digne to TAA, if feeling close to a wc anyway and won't need to hold 2 liv defs for too long
                          Missed the fact you'd still have Digne starting above, which isn't ideal

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

                            Thanks, that could be a good move yes

            • GoonSquad
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Just AWB to Otamendi

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

                Then I will have four City 🙁

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

                  Sorry, missed KDB, maybe just AWB to Matip.

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

                    No worries 🙂 hmm, if any Liverpool-def I would go TAA

            • Karhumies
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Do you have enough for Zinch to Ota, Dendo to Yarmolenko? Or is that 0.1M shot? That would give you 3-5-2 without using WC.

              I guess the other option is AWB to Tomori/Soyuncu, Dendo to Mount.

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

                I could afford both options 🙂
                I like Mount much better than Yarmolenko so it would probably be the latter. Do you
                prefer Digne over AWB?

                1. Karhumies
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Digne is more attacking, so yes. That being said, I just did Digne to Ota today because I did not have triple City (now I do), Digne plays Man City next and I needed the cash.

          2. OLLY G
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            (A) TAA and Martial

            (B) Son and Tomori

            Thanks

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

              I choose C) neither

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

              Goon squad has a point.. but B if I had too

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

              Thinking about TAA + Ceballos -> Tomori + Son

          3. Big Col
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Is it worth wildcarding, from this?

            Heaton, Button
            Digne, VVD, Zinchenko, Montoya, Lundstram
            Salah, Sterling, Mount, Maddison, Cantwell
            Wilson, Haller, Pukki

            To this

            Pope, Button
            VVD, Otamendi, Aurier, Soyuncu, Lundstram
            Salah, Sterling, Mount, De Bruyne, Cantwell
            Pukki, Abraham, Wood

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

              Not sure tbh...can see the advantages but...

              Only 3 changes needed really imo, Zin, Haller and trying to fit KdB in

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

            Mount or Maddison?

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

              Mount

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

              I am hoping a Maddison injury makes this decision for me. If you have cantwell to play in GW8 then him imo, having Abraham too would help make me feel better. Just can’t help but feel Maddison is a very superior pick for now. Mount great too though and cheaper so

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

              Cheers

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

            More Sterling sales please; very, very close to a drop.

          6. FDMS All Starz
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            A)TAA & Robbo

            Or

            B)Son & Soncuyu

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

              Difficult that

          7. Ady87
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            2 FT. Help!

            Pope
            Otamendi TAA Sokratis* Lowton
            Salah KDB Sterling Mount Cantwell
            Abraham Barnes* Wesley*

            Aurier in for Sokratis? What about the forwards?

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

              Yea or Söyüncü

              Okay apart from Wesley. Enough to get Pukki or punt on Deulofeu

          8. zizoo10
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            i can get this with 2 FTs, should I WC? want to sort defence and bring in an 11.0 fwd (kane cap this week and switch to auba after utd). also avoid kwp drop/otamendi rise

            Pope
            Robbo • Digne • Zinch*
            Salah • Sterling • KDB • Mount • Cantwell
            Abraham • Pukki

            Button • Lundstram • KWP • Greenwood

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

            Are most of the Sterling owners on here City fans lol?

            Not trying to troll but Salah over Sterling every day of the week.

            1. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Salah is overall better than Sterling.

              But taking into account fixtures, Sterling is better than Salah.

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

                Similar amount of blanks imo.

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

                I beg to differ. Fixtures should not be an issue with any of the two.

                The biggest difference is that Salah is not going to get bench duty and is the better captain.

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

                  Sterling was better captain week 1 and could be better captain in a few games coming up. They will.scoreabout the same

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

              Or own both.

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

                Not if you have Kun and KDB.

          10. fish&chips
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Any advice on what to do with my free transfers as don't want to burn one? Was planning to do Robbo & McGinn to Ota and Mount but having second thoughts now after the games.

            Pope (4.0)
            Robbo TAA Mings Lowton Montoya
            McGinn KDB Sterling Salah Cantwell
            Wilson Pukki Greenwood

            2ft 0.3 ITB

          11. Modest Bob
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            a) Raheem Sterling

            b) Brian Firminio

            Who scores more next 6 gw?

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

              brian????

              1. Modest Bob
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                You sound unsure

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

              Type the 2nd one properly.

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

              A. Because he is a player

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

            Digne>Ota is going to backfire spectacularly, too many people are doing it. Queue Ota injury, red card or own goal

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

              I own both so they equal each other??

          13. Enzo the Baker
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Are any Zinchenko owners waiting for another week ? To see how city line up in the League Cup, then at Everton, and finally in Champions League before making a decision for Wolves at home in GW8.

            1. TRIPOS TOPPER
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              I'm holding till the pressers

              If no other issues may swap to Pieters and put money into midfield

          14. Ci Siamo
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Who would you rather own next game week?

            A) Auba

            B) Vardy

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

              A

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

              Vardy

          15. For Fuchs Sake
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Would you rather have Aubameyang or TAA?

            1. GS456
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Trent

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

              Aub

          16. T.Henry14
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            1FT - 0.8ITB

            Pope (4.0)
            Arnold, Otamendi, Pieters (Lundstram, Kelly)
            Salah, Sterling, KDB, Mount (Cantwell)
            Pukki, Abraham, Barnes

            A) Save transfer
            B) Kelly ---> Soyuncu
            C) upgrade Barnes to Haller when Haller price drops.

            1. T.Henry14
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              I made the decision.
              Save transfer.
              Barnes have ok fixtures, Haller didn't convice me that He was worth 0.8 more than Barnes.
              Soyuncu instead of Kelly is great for rotations but after that I will have no money for upgrade Barnes or another player if I have to do it.

          17. Manani
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            will there be price change to Otammendi/Digne tonight?

            want to do the transfer but don't want to lose value.

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

              Looks like It's is rising.

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

                Otamendi that should read.

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

              Otamendi probably.

          18. Eddie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            But for Martialgate, FPL Stats has been pretty reliable with price drops yeah?

          19. joelsprylar
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Its not looking good for the next GW.
            Lanzini injured and Ceballos proved himself as a fraud and can easily get on the bench next game. Then i have Mina & Lundstram ho plays against City & Liverpool to come in from the bench.

            1ft, 0,1 itb
            Pope
            TAA, VVD, Soyuncu
            Mane, Sterling, KDB, Ceballos, Lanzini
            Pukki, Abraham

            Ryan, Mina, Lundstram, Martinelli

            A. Lanzini for Mount/McGinn

            B. Mina & Ceballos for Diop & Mount/McGinn

            C Something else?

          20. the german
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            If i have sterling captain and is in the Starting XI and none of the bench players come in for sterling, do i get my captaincy changed? Playing for 6 years and just found out that sterling remains the captain with 0 points.

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

              Who was Vice Captain?

              1. the german
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Mane

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

                  He gets 4 big points.

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

                  Should already be changed.

            2. MTPockets
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Your vice captain becomes captain, unless they didn't play either

              • Goat
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                That’s what Vice Captain is for.....bro

              • Team Cruel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Sterling remains captain if he's moved to the bench too. You're VC has had his points doubled

              • TRIPOS TOPPER
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                you've played for 6 years and haven't come across VC?

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

                  Literally??

              • J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Your vice captain becomes your captain for double points.

            3. GS456
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              McGinn looks a great option for his price.

              Gets shots off

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

              ok think I've been persuaded out of Salah and Barnes to Son and Firmino. So team ok.to hold an FT this week?

              Pope
              TAA Otta Soyuncu
              Sterling (c) Salah Mount KDB
              Barnes Pukki Tammy
              Button Rico Cantwell Lunds

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

              Strange question. Activated WC Friday night. Now my team went and got me 90 points. How do I inactivate WC?

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

                Haha, surely you still want to tinker.

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

                  Yes. But I want to buy back my sold players. E.g McGinn

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

                    u cant acvtivate your wildcard, you put your original team back if you want lol but u still used ur wc

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

                      cant unactivate*

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

                    Whoops.

                  3. TRIPOS TOPPER
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 6 months ago

                    you can buy them back

                    But you can't cancel the WC

              2. Tempestic
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Unless u've made no transfers u cannot unactivate it. Even if u have made none I still don't know...

            6. RVP20
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Should I do Haller > Abraham tonight?

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

                Yes

              2. Tempestic
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Bournemouth is a good fixture for him I reckon, tough call. Longer term, for sure

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

              Please rank:
              A) Yarmolenko
              B) Mount
              C)Lamela
              D) McGinn

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

                BDAC

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

                  Thank you

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

                No

              3. T.Henry14
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Mount, Yarma, McGinn, Lamela.

            8. Alan Watts
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Problem with Otamendi is.....

              Takes up 3rd City slot. Might want 3 of Dilva, KDB, Sterling, Aguero..with the fixtures coming up. Pools fixtures get trickier, and might want to swap Salah / Mane to a 3rd City.

              He's not going to haul 15 points every week...

              1. FDMS All Starz
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Salah is fixture proof he showed it vs Arsenal & Chelsea...sterling blanked vs 2 easy teams, in PL & CL

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

                Benefit with Otamendi is, he is 5.4, will play every week unlike Silva etc, and will likely get clean sheets with fixtures coming up. Even though city defence has been a bit ropey, it's still City and they'll still have 80% possession.

                I'm not sold on him, cause I don't think he's a great defender, but I certainly see the argument for getting him in.

                1. Alan Watts
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  hes a great defender option, thats not what Im saying..

                  City have just scored 8 albeit at home vs WAT, though Arsenal struggled against them.

                  Aguero / KDB are the form players now...

                  But if Sterling comes back in and starts getting 15-20 pt hauls you might want him as well.....

                  Salah / Mane can score against top six alright, but not to the extent that City are scoring at the moment

                  Salah didnt look great today...

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

                    I see that, and am tempted to triple up on attack, but you lose a captaincy option if all your big hitters are City players. You may want to Captain Salah against Bournemouth when City have United.

                    I still see city defence as good cheap source of points. They won't play Watford every week.

                    1. Alan Watts
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 6 months ago

                      Fair enough, but looking at the next five fixtures, its difficult to see beyond a City captain...

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

                        I might perma cap KDB.

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

                Otamendi outscored Dilva, Sterling and Aguero this gameweek. Hes your third City attacker.

                1. Alan Watts
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Yeah this week, you dont expect him to haul 15 pts every week ?

                  When he was playing full seasons he got 3-4 attacking returns per year

            9. T Money
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Cantwell is 4.9 on the fpl site but 5.0 on fplstatistics, and according to the price changes on this site. Am I going mad?

              1. FDMS All Starz
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                Your FPL page hasn’t refreshed, open it again

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

                he is 5.0 on fpl

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

                Log out and back in.

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

                Or it's just showing sale value for you cause you bought him at 4.8 or 4.9

              5. Dee Lixon
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 6 months ago

                The price on fpl is your Selling price. His Current price is 5.0

            10. FDMS All Starz
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Which is better for this team? 2FTs & 0ITB

              Pope
              Vvd - Robbo - Mina - Zhink
              Salah - Sterling - Mount - Kdb
              Barnes - Pukki

              Subs: Button - Dendonker - Lundstram - Wickham

              A) Mina & Zhink —-> Otamendi & Aurier (free)

              B) Vvd & Zhink —-> TAA & Aurier (free)

              C) Vvd & Robbo & Wickham —-> Hanley & Guilbert & Firmino (-4)

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

                Mina, Zin, Barnes to Soy, Ota, Abraham?

                1. FDMS All Starz
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 6 months ago

                  Thank you, haven’t thought about Barnes with all the problem from defence, seems a good shout