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Emery clarifies Arsenal’s penalty-taking order after Pepe opens his account

Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang (£11.0m) is yet to blank after six Gameweeks of the 2019/20 season, with the Gabonese forward scoring the winner in Sunday’s 3-2 win over Aston Villa.

A goal was a fitting reward for his owners, who will have been cursing his generosity from 12 yards earlier in the game – as we will discuss in the Scout Notes article below.

Arsenal 3-2 Aston Villa

  • Goals: Nicolas Pepe (£9.4m), Calum Chambers (£4.4m), Pierre-Emerick Aubemeyang (£11.0m) | John McGinn (£5.6m), Wesley (£6.0m)
  • Assists: Matteo Guendouzi (£4.6m) | Anwar El-Ghazi (£5.5m), Jack Grealish (£5.9m)
  • Bonus: McGinn x3, Pepe x2, Grealish, Wesley x1

Nicolas Pepe (£9.4m) scored his first goal in an Arsenal shirt in Sunday’s five-goal thriller at the Emirates, although had to rely on a charitable gesture from Aubameyang in order to open his account.

The Gabon international took all five of the Gunners’ spot-kicks in the league in 2018/19 and would have been expected to step up again when Matteo Guendouzi (£4.6m) was felled in the Villa box after 57 minutes of yesterday’s encounter.

It was Pepe who converted the subsequent spot-kick, however, which would have been a source of great frustration to the 1.6 million Fantasy managers who now own the premium Arsenal forward.

Any concerns that Aubameyang can no longer call upon penalties as a route to FPL points were swiftly put to bed by Unai Emery in his post-match presser, however.

Pepe has an excellent record from 12 yards – he scored nine of them for Lille in Ligue I last season – but his new manager confirmed that he was behind Aubameyang and likely the injured Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) in the penalty-taking running order at Arsenal.

Emery said:

Yes, it’s Aubameyang who is responsible for penalties. Also Lacazette, and today for me is a very big decision from Aubameyang to let Pepe shoot to give him confidence and the possibility to score.

Really, the responsibility is Aubameyang and I was happy when I saw that decision from Aubameyang.

He is hungry every day to score, to achieve, individual and collective objectives. Today that decision shows a really great player.

Aubemeyang was again leading the line for Arsenal in Sunday’s clash with Villa, with Pepe and youngster Bukayo Saka (£4.5m) flanking him in a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 – Dani Ceballos (£5.7m) floating between being a ‘number ten’ and a more withdrawn central midfielder.

The Villans dealt with Arsenal’s attack fairly comfortably for the large part, with the excellent Tyrone Mings (£4.6m) – who later was to cost his side a goal with an uncharacteristic error – snuffing out the threat of Aubameyang in open play.

Instead, the Gabon international had to rely on a superb 83rd-minute free-kick to continue his purple patch of form.

Aubameyang’s fixtures are excellent from Gameweeks 8-16 and a whole lot more attacking points surely beckon.

He is almost inscrutable from a statistical analysis perspective given his ability to wrestle points from virtual anonymity, although it should be stressed that he is very much benefitting from playing as a central striker – rather than a left-winger – in Lacazette’s absence.

Despite the goal and slightly improved display, Pepe still hasn’t shown enough – yet – to convince us that he can compete with the likes of Kevin De Bruyne (£9.9m) and Son Heung-min (£9.6m) in the same price bracket.

Ceballos, meanwhile, managed just one shot and one key pass and only took two of the Gunners’ nine corners, having previously looked like a possible dead-ball specialist in Gameweek 2.

The impressive Guendouzi deserves a mention: this was his sixth straight start in the top flight and he is now the leading points-scorer among sub-£5.0m midfielders.

Emery said of the FPL ‘bench fodder’ option:

With Matteo, last year when he came here he progressed and he is progressing. Really I like that spirit he has, he has talent but above all his attitude, his energy, his commitment and his behaviour.

He’s one player who is angry when he is not playing but I like that. I like that player because when they are angry they are asking you to play, when you decide that they play today they know they have a commitment to give what you need and he is one player, he is improving. I want to be calm with him, he is humble and continuing improving and growing up with us.

It was another horror show from Arsenal’s defence, however, with not one of their back four convincing and Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£5.1m) capping off a dismal display by being sent off for two bookable offences just before the interval.

Maitland-Niles’ owners at least won’t lose him to suspension (the one-match ban being served in the EFL Cup), while the ‘injury’ that saw him helped from the field after his dismissal wasn’t declared by the Gunners in Monday’s medical bulletin.

Asked about the Arsenal right-back, Emery said:

I was thinking of the possibility to change him in the first half. Why? Because it’s not easy to play in a defensive situation with one player like El Ghazi, very strong in running back on our defence. He used the yellow card, the second yellow card, he first touched the ball and really I was thinking it’s not a red card. But we needed to accept that decision and after to work with one less player.

What is our challenge in the first half, we were speaking to play here with our supporters with one less player and how we can respond and how we can make a step ahead in our response and working with our quality also and take the possibilities to come back, and we did that, but really I couldn’t have nothing to say to Ainsley for that action.

The north London side at least will be able to welcome back Hector Bellerin (£5.4m), Kieran Tierney (£5.4m), Dinos Mavropanos (£4.4m) and Rob Holding (£4.5m) from injury soon, so that may well have positive effect on their backline – but whether a club with the attack-minded Emery at the helm will ever be solid defensively is another question.

Villa themselves were better at the back than three goals conceded suggests, going down to a penalty, a direct free-kick and a Mings error for Calum Chambers‘ (£4.4m) opportunistic strike.

Trezeguet (£5.3m) was a bright spark down Villa’s left and showed why he was missed in the stalemate against West Ham last Monday, while the visitors’ two attack-minded central midfielders perfectly summed up their respective skillsets – John McGinn (£5.6m) the chief goal threat and Jack Grealish (£5.9m) the arch-creator.

One of the downsides to McGinn this season has not so much been his shot count but how few of his efforts have come from inside the opposition area.

The Scotland international rectified that on Sunday with a beautifully timed run for Villa’s opener and the budget FPL midfielder twice stung the hands of Bernd Leno (£5.0m) from distance before narrowly firing wide from 15 yards after the break.

Only three FPL midfielders have had more goal attempts than McGinn this season, although the fact that he doubled his shots-in-the-box count in one fell swoop in Gameweek 6 highlighted how many of those have been from further out.

Still, for £5.6m, some slack has to be cut and McGinn indeed is ranked third among players in his position for value for money, based on points per million spent.

Grealish, meanwhile, produced a surging run and cross for Wesley‘s (£6.0m) goal to collect his second assist of the campaign.

The Belgian striker took his goal well but didn’t get much of a look-in otherwise and wasn’t blessed with a great deal of service, with Villa’s main goal threat coming from midfield.

For the second game in a row, Villa were unable to press their advantage against ten men and actually looked worse for having a man over on their opposition.

Smith said after full-time:

We should never have conceded three goals, they’ve had some chances. When you come to Arsenal you expect that. A lot of them were outside the penalty box. We had a good shape and structure about us defensibly but, at times, I just felt we let it become a little bit like a basketball game, going end to end.

We gave three stupid goals away. We’ve planted a foot in the penalty box and I don’t think any player in this league needs much encouragement to go down. They get a penalty and we try and cushion a header in the six-yard box and they pounce and score when it should be going out for a corner. We then play a straight pass into midfield, they win it and break.

The be-all and end all, I felt at 1-0 and 2-1, there were periods where we tried to get the next goal but, on the whole, we tried to hold onto the lead rather than extend it. That was the difference, we could have extended the lead and won it comfortably.

But, for whatever reasons at times in the second half, we retracted and, if you do that against good players they can cause you problems.

Members Analysis

Arsenal XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Luiz, Kolasinac; Xhaka (Willock 72′), Guendouzi; Pepe, Ceballos (Torreira 72′), Saka (Chambers 46′); Aubameyang.

Aston Villa XI (4-1-4-1): Heaton; Guilbert, Engels, Mings, Taylor; Nakamba (Hourihane 85′); McGinn, Grealish, Trezeguet (Elmohamady 68′), El Ghazi (Lansbury 85), Wesley.

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

    Bottomed
    Hi to all wise users on this very fine site.

    Now. Pick one to play please and thank you most kindly.

    A) Mings (BUR)

    B) Cantwell(CRY)

    C) Soyuncu(NEW)

    [iM benching Lundstram(LIV) I think]

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

      B. Flattery will get you everywhere. 🙂

    2. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Did you watch Newcastle vs Brighton? C.

    3. Rider on the Storm
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C

    4. Too Mane Men
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      This isn’t easy. I’d play all three. If you have Pukki and Pope then play Söyüncü.

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

        Have Pukki and Pope.
        TAA + Otamendi.

        Maybe play BB!!!!!

        1. Too Mane Men
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Genuinely not a bad idea. That chip is always a let down during double GWs. 6/8 points at best.

    5. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C

    6. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Villa hm are solid I am playing A over B..

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

      Between B and C, B just edges it

    8. crystalstream
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      A for me esp if you own Pukki

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

      Wise users on this site lol

      C

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

      Would play the attacker

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

      Absolutely B

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

    Barnes+Digne--->Tammy+Otamendi for free?

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

      Sounds good

    2. Monya Meow Meow
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yep do it!

    3. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Defo mate

    4. Rider on the Storm
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Seems ok

    5. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yep

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

      Looks good

    7. crystalstream
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yea my main targets this week

  3. Rider on the Storm
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    A ceballos + abraham
    B mount + king
    ?

    1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ceballos isn't nailed

      1. Rider on the Storm
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I have ceballos and king since a while...

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

      A - without Ceballos

    3. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mount + Tammy :p. B out of those

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

      B for being more nailed

    5. Rider on the Storm
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mount + tammy is possible with a downgraded defence

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

        Would do Tammy & McGinn and avoid a hit.

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

      Do you fancy McGinn instead of Ceballos?

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

        Infinitely

  4. iL PiStOlErO
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts on this WC draft?

    Pope Button
    TAA Soyuncu Guilbert (Lundstram Rico)
    Mo KdB Son Maddison Cantwell
    Auba Tammy (Grenwood)

    Plan is to rotate in defence for that last spot.

    1. ‘Tis the Season
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Nice team

      1. iL PiStOlErO
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Thanks

    2. crystalstream
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Don’t you want more City players?

      1. iL PiStOlErO
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Would love to, but dont know who to lose for Kun. Want to keep Auba, TAA, Mo, Son for sure

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'd be tempted by David Silva over Maddison

      1. iL PiStOlErO
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Thats actually considerable and one of the solutions

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

    Do you have to be in the “click” to receive feedback on here!?

    I currently have £0.3m in bank with 1FT, my current team is:

    Pope
    TAA, Otamendi, Wan Bissaka
    Salah, Sterling, KDB, Mount, Cantwell
    Pukki, Abraham

    (Heaton, Rico, Digne, Greenwood)

    Would you:
    A) Digne & Wan Bissaka > Tomori & Aurier and £2.5m in bank

    Or

    B) Sterling & Greenwood > Aguero & Guendouzi (play Aguero & bench Guendouzi)

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

      Wan b to Aurier and avoid a hit imo

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

      A) for me though I'd just do AWB > Tomori and save the cash.

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

      Don't like A at all.

      Why and Rico and someone else?

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

      Digne to Soy. Wouldn't take a hit. It's "clique," not "click."

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

      Yep you're not in the clique so I won't answer

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

      Seems like you’re okay with keeping Digne so I would just do AWB to Aurier

  6. Too Mane Men
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Digne + Barnes

    >

    Söyüncü + Abraham

    -4

    As a relatively old school FPL manager, it feels all wrong to get rid nailed + proven players with good fixtures.

    Problem is I can’t afford the rises/drops, I can’t trust Everton anymore and I can’t ignore the value littered throughout Chelsea’s team with such a good fixture swing.

    Anyone else in this position? And anyone else considering a double up on Mount + Abraham?

    1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Have Mount and Abraham.

      Digne has been terrible value for money, Barnes couldn't keep that scoring rate up

    2. Solano's Trumpet
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I have Digne and i want rid asap. I also have Mount a number of weeks now, and I'm seriously considering Tammy. but i might get Wilson or Jiminez instead as a differential

    3. crystalstream
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yea I’m a bit reluctant on Abraham although I have the luxury to wait out his rises. I’m keeping Digne for next 3.

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

    Ryan
    TAA Ota Boly
    Salah(C) Sterling(V) KDB Mount Cantwell
    Pukki Abraham
    Button Digne Lundstram Greenwood.
    Already used ft getting Abraham. GTG if no injuries?

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

      Looks good. Would consider digne over boly but that might not be popular

      1. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Agree

  8. Super John McGinn-
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    What would you do with this lot?

    Heaton Button
    VVD Digne Zinc Lund Kelly
    Salah Sterling KDB Mount James
    Haller Pukki Greenwood

    2FT 0.2 ITB

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

      Digne to Aurier (or Tomori) and Haller to Tammy perhaps

      1. JamieC180
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        These look reasonable to me

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

    A Ceballos to Mount
    B Haller to Tammy
    C Both for -4

    1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'd do both

    2. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C

    3. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      C

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

      C

    5. Solano's Trumpet
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      roll the diCe . C

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

    How nailed is Rico?

    1. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Fairly nailed, covering for long term injury

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      After two wins in a row and his two assists maybe he has better chance now

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

      Probably only couple of weeks until Kelly ready for first team appearance

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

        Why the assumption that Kelly is ahead of him the pecking order?

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

          I don’t but has to put doubt over Rico starts so cannot say he is nailed. Was one of Bournemouth’s key summer signings

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

            Thank you

          2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            17mill worth

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

      Until he has a bad few games or awful one game he should keep the place

  11. Goonsquad245
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Nice easy one - who do we prefer medium term?

    A) Haller
    B) Callum Wilson

    Leaning B

    Thanks!

    1. Hart-ake
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      B

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

      B

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

      B. Can’t believe he’s not more popular. Clinical proven finisher in an attacking team with a goal or assist every week so far

      1. Goonsquad245
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I know right! Was wondering if I was missing something with him

      2. Solano's Trumpet
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        when you put it like that, might have to get him myself

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

          And a kind of differential at 10% ownership. Think he’s my favourite player to own right now haha

    4. JamieC180
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'd go with the consensus, too

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

      B

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

      b

  12. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Digne to Aurier -4 worth it??

    1. JamieC180
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Not for -4, I'd say.

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

      No. Attacking threat similar this week I’d say, and I wouldn’t be doing a -4 for a spurs clean sheet hope

      1. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I kind of agree, if Everton were scoring I wouldn’t worry too much as he clearly will deliver.. I always remember last year Digne getting an assists at Etihad last year and I benched him...

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

          Good memory. Yeah with digne there’s always the chance of a free kick, or one of his many crosses falling at the right place at the right time...

  13. JamieC180
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Bit of a cheeky repost, lads, for which I apologise. I hope you can understand that this is a time of grief for me:

    I've just priced myself out of one of these teams by tinkering with it and then, like a fool, confirming the transfers (needless to say, one of the players had risen and I'm now 0.1 down).

    Make me feel better by preferring the one I can still afford, if you'd be so kind.

    A.
    Pope
    Matip - Otamendi - Lundstram
    Mane - Sterling - KDB - Son - Mount
    Pukki - Abraham
    (Button, Greenwood, Kelly, Rico)

    B.
    Pope
    Lundstram - Aurier - Soyuncu
    Mane - Sterling - KDB - Son
    Pukki - Wilson - Abraha,
    (Button, Rico, Kelly, Dendoncker)

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

      Both starting elevens are great but both benches could have weeks where none of them play... I know this isn’t what you asked but I’d strengthen the bench for sure on a wc. Think I slightly prefer team B, btw

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

        Entirely agree

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

      I'd prefer A

  14. white lightning
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Just after some advice please & thanks in advance. My current team with 1 ft & 0.8 bank:

    Heaton (Ryan)
    VVD, Digne, Otamendi (AMN, Lundstram)
    Salah (c), Sterling, KDB, McGinn, Cantwell
    Haller, Pukki (Ayew)

    Which trade option do you like:
    (a) Haller out - Abraham in or
    (b) Digne out - Soyuncu in or
    (c) both (a) & (b) for a -4 hit

    Cheers.

    1. JamieC180
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I'd say avoid the hit, and past that I'd go for A I think.

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I’ve done A

  15. Henryyy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Surprised to see Abraham having a better chance of scoring then Salah Son and Sterling in gw7 according to the bookies

  16. Ohh1454
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts ?
    Pope (button)
    Taa Tomori Ota (lundstram rico)
    Mane Mount Son Kdb (Hayden)
    Pukki Auba Abraham

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

      Good as

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

      Top class, can't afford unfortunately

      1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Tomori nailed?

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

          Worth trying, quite nailed now, Lampard likes him. Always can swap to Soy

  17. SomeoneKnows
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Who would you rather have?

    A) Aurier + Salah + Mount
    B) TAA + Mane + McGinn

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

      A

    2. Solano's Trumpet
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      A

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

      A

    4. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      All 6 really

  18. Solano's Trumpet
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Lots to do with this, but i've no idea the moves to make

    .5 ITB 2 FTs

    Pope Button
    Digne TAA Lascelles Mings Lundstrom
    Salah Sterling Martial Cantwell Mount
    Kane Pukki Greenwood

    A Sterling and Digne to KDB and Soyunchu, and use cash to upgrade Greenwood to Tammy and move martial next week for a -4

    B play WC and do a full reshuffle

    Thanks

    help, season is going badly

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

      B I reckon. Good time to WC imo

  19. Gunner1290
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    No one worried that Tammy hasn’t completed 90 mins yet? Always gets hooked around the 75th

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

      if he scores a brace I don't care when he's taken off 🙂

    2. Solano's Trumpet
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      doesn;t surprise me as a young player, and doesn't worry me as long as he is delivering

  20. Kuzser
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    What option is better on a WC guys?
    1) Aguero Son Mane and 5.0 def
    2) Firmino Son Sterling TAA
    3) Wilson Sterling Mane robbo
    4) Auba Son Mane VVD

    Pope Button
    Ota soy lundstram Rico XXX
    KDB Mount Hayden XXX XXX
    Pukki Abraham XXX

    1. EMERGING STAR
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      4

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      1

  21. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Who in people’s thoughts are the top 3 strikers to own right now out of the many options. If you could have one premium and two normal.

    For example
    Aubameyang, Wilson and Abraham.

    1. EMERGING STAR
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Auba Tammy Pukki

      1. iL PiStOlErO
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Have the exact three on wc

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      My conundrum is that I’m about to free up 3m and I don’t know if I should upgrade Wickham to the likes of Abraham or Wilson or do Haller to Aubameyang. Own Pukkhi and Haller currently.

      1. EMERGING STAR
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Haller to Auba looks good.

        1. FPL Blow-In
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Cheers

  22. Yoshioka
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Digne > TAA for a -4 hit?

    Already have Robbo but tempted to avoid Digne price drop tonight (and potential TAA price rise later this week). Plus Digne has City up next.

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

      Not a huge fan of hits but in this case

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

        Same, I'm usually loathe to take hits. I really don't want Digne though and if I eventually decide to downgrade my Liv double defence I'd prefer the option of shipping out Robbo and keeping TAA.

  23. EMERGING STAR
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Adrian
    Zinc - Digne - Pieters
    Salah - KDB - Son - Pepe
    Pukki - Haller - Abraham

    Button Cantwell Lundstram Kelly

    I can get the above team using my 2 FTs.
    Sterling+ Wickam to Son + Abraham. Worth ?

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

      Would you really keep Digne on WC? Other than this and Zinc, cant really fault any of your selections

      1. EMERGING STAR
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        It's not a WC team and I obviously won't keep Digne and Zinc on a WC team

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I like it, you have my vote.

      1. EMERGING STAR
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        My confusion is whether to get Son in for Pepe and play Cantwell. It allows me to get TAA when needed

  24. AF90
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Ryan, Button
    VVD, Soyuncu, Lowton, Rico, Kelly
    Salah, Sterling, KDB, McGinn, Dendoncker
    Kane, Pukki, Martinelli.

    Made my transfer this week. I have 1.8m itb. Currently thinking Dendoncker -> Cantwell GW8
    Pukki -> Abraham GW9

    Thoughts please? Alternatives is getting James, Jota or Wood in for Dendoncker/Martinelli.

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

    What do we think.... Coleman and Van Dijk > TAA and Tomori for -4?

  26. Kasper the ghost keeper
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    A) Soyuncu and Lundstram
    B) Aurier and Rico

  27. I Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Thoughts on this WC team?

    Pope, Button
    Alexander-Arnold, Otamendi, Soyuncu, Lundstram, Rico
    Sterling, De Bruyne, Son, Cantwell, Dendoncker
    Kane, Abraham, Pukki

    0.8 ITB

    Missing any key players?

    1. AF90
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Wouldn't go double spurs...I'd either go Pepe/Kane or Son/Auba (which I prefer) but apart from that looks good

  28. Jonny HOW SON?
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Would you get Aurier or Soyuncu?

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

      Aurier for a 3 week punt, soy for long term

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

    Would you go without TAA if it meant you could afford Salah, Sterling, KDB, Aguero?

    Leaning towards yes with below wildcard

    Pope
    Aurier - Tomori - Soyuncu
    Salah - Sterling - KDB - Mount - Cantwell
    Aguero - Abraham

    Subs: Button, Lundstram, Rico, Greenwood

  30. PepSala
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Is Otamendi a good short term option with stones and Laporte injured?

    1. Jonny HOW SON?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      yes