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Lanzini returns for West Ham as Roberto makes first league start

Manuel Lanzini (£6.5m) is back in the West Ham line-up for a Gameweek 8 clash with Crystal Palace.

The Argentinian midfielder starts in attacking midfielder for the first time since Gameweek 5, flanked by Felipe Anderson (£6.9m) and Andriy Yarmolenko (£6.0m), who has three goals in his last four matches.

While the Hammers are in decent attacking form, there may be concerns over their defence in the long-term absence of Lukasz Fabianski (£5.1m).

He sustained a hip injury in the draw with Bournemouth in Gameweek 7 and is, naturally unavailable this evening.

That means Roberto (£4.4m) comes in for his first league start of the campaign, although he has come in for criticism from West Ham fans for his performances in the cup competitions.

Aaron Cresswell (£4.9m) keeps Arthur Masuaku (£4.5m) out of the left-back spot for the third match in a row, while Ryan Fredericks (£4.5m) makes his eighth successive start of the campaign.

Luka Milivojevic (£6.7m) serves his one-match suspension for Crystal Palace today so it will be interesting to see who takes penalty kicks if his side are awarded one.

James McCarthy (£4.4m) comes in for the Serbian international, making his first league start for the Eagles.

Roy Hodgson has gone with the same centre-back pairing that kept a clean sheet against Norwich last time out with Gary Cahill (£4.5m) captaining the side and Martin Kelly (£4.1m) still bearing the torch for starting defenders in his price bracket.

West Ham XI: Roberto; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Fredericks; Rice, Noble; Anderson, Lanzini, Yarmolenko; Haller.

Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; van Aanholt, Cahill, Kelly, Ward; Schlupp, McArthur, Kouyaté, McCarthy; Ayew, Zaha.

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  1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Need to get Rid of Pukki and Aurier this IB.
    Any good striker + defender combos as a replacement? Selling price 11.8

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Who’s your strikers and defenders at the moment bud?

      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        TAA, Ota, Aurier, Lund, Kelly
        Auba, Pukki, Greenwood

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Abraham + Tomori? Or a Brighton defender possibly?

          1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Abraham + 4.2, so basically Abraham + rico is the only option there

        2. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Sell Greenwood first

          1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Greenwood to another 4.4?

            1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              I have 0.0itb

    2. Murder On Zidanesfloor
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Or maybe I should keep Aurier for Watford?

    3. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not for that price

    4. MTPockets
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Man that's lazy

        1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          I tried a few combinations. Wilson + 3.9, Maupay + Idk

          Looking for ideas

        2. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Also I answer around here plenty, and very comprehensively. So you and the upvoters can check my comment history and see if I'm lazy.

      • J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Soyuncu and King/wood

        1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah king vs Norwich is tempting.
          Cheers for the reply

      • Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I'm keeping Aurier for Watford at home.

    5. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Villa know Norwich from last year, I dont read much into todays result.

    6. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Disaster GW but not loosing the faith 🙂

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Season is already a write off

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

      WC ??

      CURRENT TEAM:

      heaton
      Robbo,walker,digne,rico,lund
      Salah,sterling,son,cantwell,mount
      Pukki,wilson

      WC TEAM

      Heaton
      Rico,tomori,roberson,lund, kelly
      Mane, sterling, maddison, mount, dendo
      Callum wilson, auba, abraham

      1. Do it
      2. No
      3. Give me another options ..

    8. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A or B?
      A. Mane, Jorginho
      B. KDB, Maddison
      Ta.

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        What do you expect from Jorginho?

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Big things, brought him in last night 😉

        2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Penalty kick 🙂

          1. TorresMagic™
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            • 14 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            A wins then.

    9. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Wolves and Bornemouth upsets await.

      Let it roll!

      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Lol

      2. Party time
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Wolves will beat city tomorrow

          1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            This is a bit crazy

            1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              5-0 thumping more likely

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

            Nope

      3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Would you WC this lot? Want to keep Ryan, Diop, lowton and Lundstram and maybe Tammy and the citizens.

        Ryan Button
        VVD Ota Diop Lowton Lundstram
        Mo Raz McGinn Guendouzi Cantwell
        Tammy Kun Pukki

      4. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        i took a -12 and you guys doing so bad its basically like i didnt xD
        phew

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          That’s how i was last week with a low scoring gameweek, was a good time to take hits to sort stuff out.

        2. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Whats your score?

      5. jdp219
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        That Lanzini pic is one of the best images I've ever seen on this site.

      6. Kasper the ghost keeper
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Question for wildcard
        A) Otamendi or Tierney
        B) Vardy or Wilson

        1. Big Al Stankovic
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          O
          V

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

          OW

      7. NIGHTHIKER - I Kane, I Shaw…
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Thoughts on this as a potential Wildcard squad? Just activated

        Ryan // Pope

        Pereira // Otamendi // Tomori // Lundstram // Rico

        KDB // Mané // Maddison // Mount // Guendouzi

        Aubameyang // Wilson // Abraham

      8. Boomerang V
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        One of the reasons I WC was because I felt my bench was weak: Dunk, Kelly and Douglas Luiz. If Palace keeps a CS they will score 22 points altogether 🙁

      9. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Maddison cannot even be classified as a one season wonder. Did absolutely bugger all in the match today.

        Alisson would have kept a clean sheet.

        1. HurriKane
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Maddison is type of player who doesnt need too many chances to score. Efficent

          1. FOO FIGHTER
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Leicester lucky with their attacking returns.

            Vardy was a gohst today as well.

          2. Qaiss
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Do you realise before they played Spurs 2 weeks ago he had the most shots and the least goals of any player in the league? Lol...

            1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Someone has watched FPL show

              1. Qaiss
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Dude I watch nothing, just the scout cast sometimes. It was on FPL twitter 2 weeks ago

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

        Greenwood pukki digne salah >
        Auba vardy dunk yarma?

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Can you kneejerk more?

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

            Yeah

          2. Team Cruel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            At least he didn't say Wesley

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

            To be fair greenwood is deadweight

            Vardy dunk (or other 4.5) was always planned for this GW removing pukki and digne

            And salah to auba seems like a no brainer based on prior form and fixtures

          4. villa_til_i_die
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Look like good moves to me!

        2. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Good moves for a -8

          1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Could pay off immediately

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

            It is

            1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Can you skip the Digne > dunk and get Wilson instead of Vardy?

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

                I hear you, but I’m sick and tired of Digne - Everton have been so poor defensively and he really isn’t even chipping in enough with attacking returns- albeit there is no urgency. Wilson i don’t expect to maintain whilst vardy with his fixtures should be the guy who really shines over the next 8gws or so

      11. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Demise of early season bandwagon budget forwards is alarming

        Pukki 4 blanks in last 5
        Barnes 5 blanks in last 5
        Haller 1 assist in 4
        Abraham 2 blanks in last 2

        Think its time to jump on premium established strikers in Auba Vardy Wilson Firmino etc

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

        WC TEAM

        Heaton
        Rico,tomori,roberson,lund, kelly
        Mane, sterling, maddison, mount, dendo
        Callum wilson, auba, abraham

        What do you think ?

        1. Francis Begbie
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Sexual

        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Rather TAA in there.

        3. HurriKane
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Good team but Prefer TAA over Robbo

        4. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Could you stop spamming? You've posted this a million times already

        5. NIGHTHIKER - I Kane, I Shaw…
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Pretty similar to mine, like it a lot!

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

          4 posts in 22 minutes of this boring ass team. Get lost

      13. Francis Begbie
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        If my clean sheets stay here my 3 players this game will have double what my first 6 players got today and I will have my captain pea and sterling to go not bad all in all just please pray for my clean sheets lads positive vibes only please visualise the 0-0 amen

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          1-1 incoming

          1. Francis Begbie
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Masochism that is pal

        2. beric
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Can your west ham defenders go off at 60 followed by an ayew goal?

          1. Francis Begbie
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Only got 1 West Ham but I would take that for ya but with van arnolt goal

            1. beric
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Pva is allowed the assist I guess

      14. S.Kuqi
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Might sell Haller instead of Pukki

        1. HurriKane
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Both on my chopping list alongside digne salah

          1. S.Kuqi
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Wilson in next gw and might give Jimenez a try aswell

        2. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Both are goners for me

      15. LarryDuff
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        2,500 over all rank 😀

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

          Nice

        2. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Link or it didn't happen

      16. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Knock knock

        1. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Use the doorbell next time

        2. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Don’t remind me that Joker scene 😮

          1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I said knock knock

            1. Yank Revolution
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Are you the one who knocks?

          2. beric
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            No spoilers

            1. La Roja
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Sorry

              1. beric
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                All good 🙂

        3. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Joker!!

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

        When is Laca back? Need to do Cantwell to Saka tonight to allow son to KDB later

      18. El Matador
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Got some decisions to make. Looking at Mane and Pukki to

        A) Auba and Maddison
        B) Vardy and Pepe

        Will get Mane or Salah back GW13 for Sterling.

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

          A of those

      19. Freaki
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        What points is everyone on rn?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Not enough.

          1. El Matador
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            We have near enough the same team and the same rank. What's your next move? Lol

        2. MarvelouSuccess
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          33 after bps. 5 players left to play including Sterling and Auba captain.

          1. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Two captains?

        3. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          30 from 5. KDB -- Mane worked well plus Burnley and Sheff Utd clean sheets. £captain tomorrow

          1. MarvelouSuccess
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Same here but have Auba as captain.

        4. beric
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          22

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

          14 dude, 4 to play with sterling captain..

      20. MarvelouSuccess
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        33 points post BAPs. Who would you bring in for Pukki? Vardy or Wilson?

        1. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Willy

          1. MarvelouSuccess
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I prefer Wilson. Norwich and Watford look awful.

        2. Not again Shirley
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Bring in Cilson but be prepared tor Pukki to out score him when they play each other as that’s how fantasy football works!

      21. Francis Begbie
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Is there anything more cringe when you go on Twitter and see dogs or cats or wifes team and they post just coz doing well some sad scumbag with lots of teams bragging about nailing 1 and deceiving the game and other players riles me

      22. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Cresswell owners looking good for a CS

      23. Bobby_Baggio
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Should I WC from this:

        Pope - McGovern
        VVD - Ota - Robbo - Rico - Lundstram
        KDB - Mount - James - Sterling - Nakamba
        Pukki - Kane - Abraham

        To this:

        Pope - McGovern
        SOYUCU - Ota - Robbo - Rico - Lundstram
        KDB - Mount - MANE - MADDISON - YARMALENKO
        AUBA - KING - Abraham

        1. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          WC for 6 players? Nah

          1. Bobby_Baggio
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Patience is the key I guess

        2. beric
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Who you gunna bench?

          1. Bobby_Baggio
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Between king and Yarm

        3. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          I would personally

        4. MarvelouSuccess
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Why dump Sterling? City have a good run of home fixtures. Mane doesn't.

      24. mad_beer ✅
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        So Salah is dead huh?

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Nah, he's fine.

          1. mad_beer ✅
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Klopp didn't sound so convincing.

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              2 weeks etc.

        2. Francis Begbie
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          That is a sick thing to say pal

        3. MarvelouSuccess
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah. Got rid for Mane 3 weeks ago. Haven't looked back.

        4. Bielsa's Blue Bucket
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Being planted after 11 o clock mass tomorrow

        5. La Roja
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Ankle injury, 2 weeks off, should be fine

      25. Gobigorgohome
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        What a miss Ogbonna

      26. LǝgleSs e|even
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        All the finishing touches from WHU are awful

        1. MarvelouSuccess
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          It's West Ham not Man City