Scout Notes

Another blank for Pukki as Villa expose Norwich’s leaky defence

Norwich City 1-5 Aston Villa

Goals: Josip Drmic (£5.4m) | Wesley (£6.0m) x2, Jack Grealish (£5.9m), Conor Hourihane (£5.7m), Douglas Luiz (£4.5m)
Assists: None | Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) x2, Hourihane, Matt Targett (£4.4m) Wesley
Bonus Points: Wesley x3, Michael McGovern (£4.0m) x2, Hourihane x1

Norwich City’s thrill-a-minute return to the Premier League continued on Saturday with a 5-1 battering at home by fellow promoted side Aston Villa.

The commitment of Daniel Farke’s team to attacking football is refreshing, exhilarating and, increasingly, self-defeating. Since Gameweek 5’s famous 3-2 win over Manchester City, the Canaries have lost three straight games by an aggregate score of 1-9.

Their well-documented injury woes – just the nine regulars unavailable against Villa – goes some way to explaining all of that, but an inability to defend on even the most basic level is starting to look like a terminal issue.

It was certainly exploited by the visitors, with striker Wesley (£6.0m) enjoying by far his best display since his summer move to the Midlands. He opened the scoring when he controlled Anwar El Ghazi‘s (£5.5m) cross and turned and fired past Norwich keeper Michael McGovern (£4.0m), before he doubled the lead with a tap-in from Conor Hourihane‘s (£5.7m) low ball from the left.

That made it four goals in eight starts for the Brazilian – not exactly a bad return for a forward who some Villa fans were criticising after last week’s 2-2 draw with Burnley.

He added an assist for the fifth goal when Douglas Luiz (£4.5m) curled home from distance to bring in 14 points, including maximum bonus, for his 2.0% Fantasy Premier League (FPL) ownership.

The only downer on his day came when he had a first-half penalty, and the rebound, saved by McGovern – a blip which cost that ownership a further six points.

Despite all that, there is no indication of an FPL rush to bring in Wesley just yet, probably because a) it was only Norwich, b) the international break is upon us and c) Villa’s upcoming schedule is far from appealing.

Dean Smith’s side host Brighton in Gameweek 9 before embarking on a punishing six-match run involving two trips to Manchester, one to Chelsea and a home fixture against Liverpool.

However uninspired Manchester United, or generous at the back Chelsea, might be, no side will be anywhere near as accommodating as Norwich at present.

The Canaries allowed their visitors 22 shots, of which 12 were on target; Villa’s midfield ran riot as a result.

Jack Grealish (£5.9m) made it 3-0 when he combined sweetly with El Ghazi, and the tireless Hourihane then capped a fine individual performance with his first goal of the season, set up by the equally industrious Matt Targett (£4.4m).

But while Wesley stole all the headlines, it was El Ghazi who was arguably the star of the show.

The Holland international now has two goals and three assists from his last five games and he was joint-top for chances created at Carrow Road. With just 0.8% ownership, he could be a major differential, particularly when Villa’s schedule eases dramatically from Gameweek 17 onwards.

One player proving way more popular than El Ghazi is the 11.7%-owned John McGinn (£5.8m), who came into the match with back-to-back goals and 214,000+ new owners to his name.

His blank was a bitter blow, as was the late consolation goal handed to Norwich when Tyrone Mings‘ (£4.6m) ill-judged back pass to Tom Heaton (£4.5m) allowed substitute Josip Drmic (£5.4m) to charge down the keeper’s attempted clearance and roll the ball into the empty net. That denied Villa a third clean sheet of the season – and a first away from home – but manager Smith was happy to dwell on events further up the pitch:

They were really good goals, our tactical discipline was really good today. Our performances have been there. That result today is probably what we’ve deserved in the last few weeks. – Dean Smith

And he was keen to praise Wesley:

He’s a young player, he’s only 22, he’s been in Belgium for a year or two and then Slovakia before that. So it’s a new culture, a new team a new group of players, and a big price tag. But he handles it well and I saw a big response from him this week. – Dean Smith.

Wesley’s Norwich counterpart, the 43.5%-owned Teemu Pukki (£7.2m), could only dream of receiving such praise.

After three double-digit returns from his first five matches, the Finn has now blanked for three straight Gameweeks.

Norwich attacked throughout on Saturday – the top four players for penalty area touches all came from the home side, with Pukki among them.

But the Finland international managed just two shots, neither of which were on target, and has had just seven attempts across his current barren spell.

It is no surprise, therefore, that he is currently Gameweek 9’s most-sold player, even with a trip to a Bournemouth side without a clean sheet to come next.

The Canaries’ other popular asset, the 25.7%-owned Todd Cantwell (£4.9m), survived an injury scare to start against Villa, but he also blanked for a third Gameweek running.

He did at least out-shoot Pukki and he was also joint-top with Emiliano Buendia (£6.0m) for chances created among the home players. And the third-most-owned Norwich player in FPL? That would be goalkeeper McGovern (5.6%).

The 380,000+ Fantasy geniuses who have the Canaries’ third-choice stopper in their squads would have walked away with nine points yesterday courtesy of his penalty heroics, six other saves and two bonus points.

But that was if – and it’s a big if – he wasn’t languishing on their benches in all his £4.0m glory.

Glory was certainly far from Farke’s mind post-match:

We have to accept this loss. We made too many mistakes. We created maybe more than they did in the first half, but the mistakes and the goals we were conceded were not good enough. We had so many on the pitch playing with pain killers and they have not been able to train properly this week. So really we are not prepared as we need to be. Then in addition, one or two crucial players do not have their best day. – Daniel Farke

In truth, only McGovern had his best day against Villa, and even he looked nervy before his spot-kick save.

As for the rest of the players, the international break looks to have come at just the right time, allowing them to escape overseas, take a break or recover from injury – whatever is needed to reverse a slide that is looking unstoppable at the moment.

How many Fantasy managers keep faith in the likes of Pukki and Cantwell before November’s final break of the year is unclear. Their fixtures are okay – Bournemouth and Brighton away, Man United and Watford at Carrow Road – but their form is anything but.

Members Analysis

Norwich (4-2-3-1): McGovern; Aarons, Amadou, Godfrey, Lewis; Leitner, McLean; Buendia, Stiepermann (Roberts 76′), Cantwell (Srbeny 80′); Pukki (Drmic 84′).

Aston Villa (4-3-3): Heaton; Guilbert, Engels (Konsa 75′), Mings, Targett; McGinn, Nakamba, Hourihane (Douglas Luiz 78′); El Ghazi (Trezeguet 64′), Wesley, Grealish.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 8

3,153 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Kip
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Do you think Adama Traore is worth 0.2 over Cantwell (or 0.6 over Donkers) if used as fifth mid?

    With Pep Roulette + festive period taken into account, i’m tempted to spend a bit extra

    1. Teror
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yes if playing 352

    2. AndyCook
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Not for me, he started as a wing back today and generally his output isn’t that great

      • Wılly
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        He's not a certain starter and this season he is playing RWB. Minutes will be managed across all Wolves assets except for Coady, Boly and Patricio.

      • Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I wouldn’t go there.

        That’s his moment of the season, Europa rotation would hurt a player like him too.

      • jtreble
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Doherty?

      • Weasel Boy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Wouldn't go near him.

      • Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        No way never

        1. Party time
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Damn! I missed you bro... 🙁

      • Teror
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I am literally going to captain Abraham next gameweek

        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Good choice

      • KGFC
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Guys, who is the best option to replace Pukki with max 7.1? Already have Auba and Tammy fwiw.

        1. King
        2. Jimenez
        3. Maupay
        4. Barnes
        5. Wood
        6. Anyone else?

        1. Kip
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          King (at least for the next 2)

          1. KGFC
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Thanks!

          2. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            King is awful

        2. MTPockets
            4 years, 5 months ago

            1/2

            1. KGFC
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Thanks!

          • Bartowski
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Jimenez looks good

            1. KGFC
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Yeah, leaning towards him. I think this result could kick start Wolves journey up the table.

          • jason_ni
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Just pulled the trigger on jimi.. pukki drop tonight priced me out..

            1. KGFC
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Jimi played fantastic today. Just thinking if King could be better value in the short-term with NOR (H) and WAT (A).

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

                Problem with short term picks is they turn out long term cos you have other problems.

                1. KGFC
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 5 months ago

                  True that.

        3. EMERGING STAR
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          My defence
          GW1
          7.0 7.0 5.5 5.0 4.5
          GW9
          4.1. 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.5

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

            Better than being stubborn.
            I called my team 1uptop
            It has 3 upto for a few weeks now. And the 3 are gradually getting more expensive !!

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

              Just change your team name.

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

                Should do.
                But I have a theory that an upturn in defender returns is on the way especially for a pool defensive double up.
                So I am going 442
                Or even 451 again within 5-6 weeks.

                1. EMERGING STAR
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 5 months ago

                  2 mids each from pool and city will give half cleansheet points and more if you captain one of them. Plus I might do Adrian to Alisson with 1.2 itb. Hopefully it pays off

            2. EMERGING STAR
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Yeah. There is no permanent strategy in FPL. Just responding to the situations. I am not at all scary to go ultra cheap defence just because of the low OR. Got Salah - Mane - Sterling -KDB now

          2. Do I Not Like Orange
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Good choice IMO. Clean sheets are too unpredictable to justify premiums atm. Trent the only one worth having at present for me.

        4. Teror
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          I have a fairly Twitter template type team very similar to most of the FPL veterans and influencers and video making guys. Like many of them, I have a dogshyt rank somewhere around a million. While logically my team looks good (linked) and I'm not unsatisfied with it, I am highly unsatisfied with my rank. So the question is: wildcard or keep the faith?

          https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/79495/event/8

          1. MTPockets
              4 years, 5 months ago

              A personal choice thing

            • In and Out
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Team looks ok now must have been a shambles earlier in the season to have that rank

            • Collie01
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Tough one. Probably WC

            • Albrightondknight
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Answered previous Digne and Pukki
              Out
              For def downgrade and Wilson?
              Other than that team is fine and will come good. No need to WC.

            • Stokelona
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              I would stick and save the wildly for a rainy day before Christmas. The team looks nice with the two Chelsea lads.

              1. Teror
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Yeah I was hoping to save for GW16 or 17. But with only one green arrow all season it's pretty worrying

            • Do I Not Like Orange
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Not worth a WC. You need rid of Greenwood & probably Digne, other than that it's a good team.

          2. Zimo
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            I still don't understand how Chelsea lost to United 4-0 and I think no one ever will. It'll definitely become the 8th Wonder of the World.

            1. Collie01
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 5 months ago

              Fortunes have swung massively since. Martial and Pogba were probably playing that day though were they?

              1. In and Out
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                They were

              2. JBG
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                And Shaw, AWB and Lindelof. And no Mata, Young or Fred.

          3. Sterling Malory
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            What to do here? 1FT 0.6m itb
            Pope
            TAA Otamendi Soyuncu Rico
            Mane Pepe Son Sterling
            Pukki Tammy

            Button Greenwood Lundstram Hayden

            Could do Son, Pukki and Hayden out for Wilson, Mount and Maddison. Would be - 8 though, and seems wrong taking Son out before Watford..

            1. AndyCook
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Get De Bruyne back

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

              KDB still not -0.1???
              I smell some fixing here.

              Replaced him with Pepe for just one week and now can't buy him back because he won't drop like he should have. Any advice how to fix this?

              1. Christina.
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                you cant

              2. In and Out
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Go back in time and don’t take a punt because a player is out for one game

                1. Muchentuchel
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 5 months ago

                  But why the hell is KDB not dropping???
                  He was about -106 wasn't he? I must have missed some special rule

              3. Albrightondknight
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Getting Pepe should have told it would all go wrong 🙂
                Seriously if you only need .1 KDB will drop eventually he can't last 2 weeks.

                1. Pacer.
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 5 months ago

                  He can easily last two weeks. Hardly anyone will get rid of him that isn't on a wildcard and he's flagged

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

                    Oh yeah I need sleep. Why would anyone get rid now.

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

                    But even with third GW he still has 3 to 4 times more transfers out that in and small red indicator of fplstat which means more are sellling than buying.
                    .1 drop might happens but no way I can see .2

              4. sully29
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Not sure what answer you're expecting here beyond "don't sell players you'll immediately want to buy back".

              5. SHOOTER MCGINN
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                I'd be surprised if he didn't drop at least 0.1 given how many people sold him...

                1. Pacer.
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 5 months ago

                  Why at least?

                  Even if he does drop 0.1, where will the transfers to take him to 0.2 come from?

                  1. SHOOTER MCGINN
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 5 months ago

                    I mean, given he hasn't dropped at all yet, I would expect him to drop to 9.9 over 2 weeks. Beyond that I wouldn't expect much either.

            3. Party time
                4 years, 5 months ago

                So much luck in fpl... thank goodness we've another international break

                1. Christina.
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 5 months ago

                  tell me about it

              • FPL_DON
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 5 months ago

                Anyone know how Mahrez played today?

                1. Rainer
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 5 months ago

                  All reports and Wolves CS suggests all attackers were useless.

                  1. FPL_DON
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 5 months ago

                    Hmm I just Kevin back

                2. Party time
                    4 years, 5 months ago

                    Did not satisfy Pep's expectation

                  • MTPockets
                      4 years, 5 months ago

                      Pretty poor. Nobody was great though

                      1. FPL_DON
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        Thanks mate, helpful

                    • Collie01
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 5 months ago

                      Didn't see the game, but got a 4 or 5 out of 10 rating on a few sites that did player ratings.

                      1. FPL_DON
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        Hahah oh dear, that's good to know

                  • sully29
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 5 months ago

                    De Gea looked like he wanted to cry in that post match interview.

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

                      Good to see that he has some professional pride and integrity. Its seriously lacking in that dressing room. Ole's interview was pathetic in comparison, no anger, just smiles, outright lies and platitudes.

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

                      He can cry into his 300k a week paycheck.

                      1. sully29
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        No amount of money makes being in a team with Ashley Young any less grim.

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

                          Ha ha.

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

                      Cos he just signed a new contract...

                  • UnitednationsXI
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 5 months ago

                    Final poll before I remove James today.

                    A: Mount
                    B: Hudson odoi @1m cheaper
                    C: Maddison

                    Already have Tammy if it makes a diff

                    1. MTPockets
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        A (I don't have him if it makes a diff)

                      • mojoindojo
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        A

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

                        Mount

                      • SHOOTER MCGINN
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        A C B

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

                          This

                      • Albrightondknight
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        A about the only bandwagon I regret not jumping on.

                      • UnitednationsXI
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 12 Years
                        4 years, 5 months ago

                        Thanks gents

                    2. SHOOTER MCGINN
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 5 months ago

                      Looks like I'll get priced out of Pukki to Wilson by the time we get anywhere near to the next game, so here goes an early transfer to get an injury prone guy in...

                      Gotta hope Kane still gets to play for England and Abraham comes on so Wilson gets no minutes.

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

                        Done it already for a hit also for pricing reasons. Sometimes a hit seems the best choice even at the start of the IB

                    3. Ritchies Magic Hat
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 5 months ago

                      Best Combo?

                      Maddison/Auba or Mane/Haller ?

                      Would be selling Salah

                      1. MTPockets
                          4 years, 5 months ago

                          After seeing Man Utd's last couple of games not sure Liverpool's fixtures are so tough, so tricky one
                          Probably the latter on balance

                          1. George Sillett
                            • 8 Years
                            4 years, 5 months ago

                            I've been saying this for ages. Man U away and Spurs at home are "fill your boots" fixtures this season. I would not be surprised to see Liverpool destroy both of them.

                            1. Pacer.
                              • 9 Years
                              4 years, 5 months ago

                              Liverpool and the notion of tough fixtures is a myth. And like you say, these are two teams on their knees anyway

                            2. MTPockets
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                That you have. Just need to make up my mind on Salah in particular

                                1. George Sillett
                                  • 8 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  I have Mane but I wouldn't be rushing to ditch Salah. I am sure his time will come soon.

                            3. Ritchies Magic Hat
                              • 5 Years
                              4 years, 5 months ago

                              Yeah, true I’d fancy anyone’s chances against Manure at the moment they are shite! They even managed to make us look like a reasonable side

                            4. Party time
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                Agree, this is why I have both Salah & Mané, all they need is to show love to eachother & the points will come in aplenty

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

                            Only having KDB from City just provides less headache as I doubt Pep will want to rotate him after the mess today. He is the only City asset that looks clear of rotation from now on unless injury strikes again?

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

                              Agreed

                            2. FPL_DON
                              • 9 Years
                              4 years, 5 months ago

                              Agree, just worried about his injury

                            3. MTPockets
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                Nobody in Pep's team is clear of rotation

                              • Rainer
                                • 7 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                Probably for him is an injury is always around the corner.

                              • George Sillett
                                • 8 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                No City mid or forward is ever clear of rotation.

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

                                  That being said, KDB started on the bench vs Norwich and only came on for the last 33 minutes, and he missed the Wolves match. There is a correlation between KDB being off the pitch and MCity losing even to a bottom 3 opponent.

                              • chilli con kone
                                • 10 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                He is no more nailed than anyone else. Pep won’t run him into the ground when he’s already picking up niggles

                              • Relaxing
                                • 8 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                Most likely.. he is the asset I am least willing to sell

                            4. Super Nashwan
                              • 6 Years
                              4 years, 5 months ago

                              Callum Wilson or vardy??

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

                                My question too.. maybe both

                                1. Super Nashwan
                                  • 6 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  Fancy Wilson’s next fixture against that Norwich defence

                              2. Big Hands Barry
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 5 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                Wilson

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

                              Should I WC this team?

                              Heaton
                              TAA - Otamendi - Lundstram - Digne
                              Salah - Sterling - Saka - Mount
                              Pukki - Callum Wilson
                              (Button - KDB - Rico - Greenwood)

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

                                In my opinion, yes, have fun

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

                                  Leaning towards hitting the button. Getting nowhere at the moment, and my mini league rivals with slightly more exciting teams are having great GWs at the moment.

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

                                    Know what you mean, great team on paper, i love my team, yet 2.8m rank, season already over, i’m just gonna have fun with it and take hits, why not, game is ruined.

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

                                      Wow, that's a challenging rank. What has gone wrong so far?

                              2. Gríma Wormtongue
                                • 9 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                No

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

                                  Why not, if I may ask? 🙂

                              3. el polako
                                • 6 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                No

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

                                  Why not, if I may ask? 🙂

                              4. Ritchies Magic Hat
                                • 5 Years
                                4 years, 5 months ago

                                Not a lot wrong with it - a couple of transfers or one hit would sort it?

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

                                  I forgot to add, I've already done Digne/Pukki > Söyüncü/Abraham for a hit. That does leave the team in a slightly better shape, but the likes of Heaton, Otamendi, Salah and Sterling might be worth looking at transferring out.

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

                                    You made good moves - hope for no injuries and do not WC.

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

                                      If I don't WC though, I'm left wondering when I should do it. As things stands, I'm losing ground to my mini league rivals, yet the teams are too similar to catch up…

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

                                        This team can smash it some weeks. No way all your all rivals or even certain combos that you have - patience

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

                                          I've been quite patience already I feel. Most of my rivals went with Ryan/Pope (as you should've done) from GW 1, but I went with the slightly riskier pick of Heaton to stick out – which have failed totally.

                                          They've also been quick to jump on bandwagons, getting an advantage to my patience way of playing. Now I'm feeling tempted to do a big switch to a 3-4-3, getting someone like Vardy instead of Greenwood, and try and do a bit of catch-up.

                            6. DA Minnion (Former great)
                              • 11 Years
                              4 years, 5 months ago

                              Time for a Salah Mane double up me thinks.

                              1. Party time
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  🙂 Oui-Oui Monsieur

                                • Relaxing
                                  • 8 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  who are you thinking of sacrificing? I'm on Sterling myself at the moment..

                                  1. DA Minnion (Former great)
                                    • 11 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    Yeah .keeping Kevin.

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

                                  I have Salah and TAA. Only missing piece to the puzzle is Robbo which will be done start of GW9.

                                  1. DA Minnion (Former great)
                                    • 11 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    I've Trent too

                                    1. Party time
                                        4 years, 5 months ago

                                        Also have Trent. Alisson may struggle to find form after returning from the calf injury so Mo, Sadio & Trent are Great picks

                                • golden skulltula 69
                                  • 8 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  Hi everyone, 2FT

                                  Pope Button
                                  TAA Otamendi Soyuncu Lundstram Mings
                                  Salah KDB Mount Sterling Cantwell
                                  Barnes Abraham Pukki

                                  Barnes & Pukki out, Vardy & Connelly in?
                                  £0.0 itb

                                  All comments will be appreciated!

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

                                    That's not a bad option. I've not been convinced by Ota so far but no need to sell at this stage

                                    1. golden skulltula 69
                                      • 8 Years
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      Thank you!

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

                                    Barnes and Pukki both nailed. Connelly ain't so unless you want to swith to two up top, it would not be sinsible.

                                    1. golden skulltula 69
                                      • 8 Years
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      Actually I want to ditch Barnes, I'm afraid about Pukki because he can score as well. Yes, I can switch 3-5-2 or 4-4-2. Nice nickname by the way ✌

                                • KGFC
                                  • 7 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  Pick one from these for next four weeks:

                                  1. Jimi
                                  2. CWilson
                                  3. King
                                  4. Vardy
                                  5. Haller

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

                                    Vardy

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

                                    Tough one. C Wilson and Vardy the stand outs for me

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

                                    Bring the vodka and the Charlie

                                • Weerman
                                  • 5 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  What do you guys think of this WC team?

                                  Pope
                                  TAA Pereira Otamendi
                                  Mané KDB DSilva Mount
                                  Vardy Abraham Jimenez

                                  Button Lundstram Rico Saka

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

                                    Not bad. If I was being very critical I'd say your bench is a little bit weak

                                  2. Pacer.
                                    • 9 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    I refer you to the way city have looked in defence for their last couple of PL games. They even managed to look awful against Watford who were basically cardboard cutouts of footballers on the day. Otamendi is a third choice player playing alongside a midfielder. Honestly think Soy would would out better value over the next couple of months

                                    1. Weerman
                                      • 5 Years
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      Shifted around a bit, any better?

                                      Pope
                                      TAA Boly Soyuncu Lundstram Rico
                                      Sterling Mané KDB Mount Saka
                                      Vardy Abraham Connolly

                                • Infamy, Infamy
                                  • 7 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  Sorry if this has already been asked: is Jiminez going on international duty, or does he have a break now?

                                  1. Rainer
                                    • 7 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    Starting striker for Mexico.

                                    1. Infamy, Infamy
                                      • 7 Years
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      Thanks both. Confirms what I had heard.

                                • ZeBestee
                                  • 9 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  Just came back from watching Joker, well what can I say, I laughed hard, so hard that at some point I was sounding and looking like a Joker. 😀

                                  The movie was strange and interesting in many ways.

                                  1. International Richard
                                    • 13 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    I really enjoyed it

                                    1. Fpl Richie
                                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                      • 8 Years
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      Me too. Great character acting and very layered - also basically an anti-austerity protest which is very topical

                                • Iceball
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 9 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  A) Digne to Tomori
                                  B) Pukki to Jimenez

                                  1. ZeBestee
                                    • 9 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    Neither for now.

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

                                    Why Jimenez? Wasn't he fpl poison couple of weeks ago? Has something changed?

                                • Gríma Wormtongue
                                  • 9 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  Pick one to start:

                                  A) Dunk AVL (A)

                                  B) Rico NOR (H)

                                  C) Cantwell BOU (A)

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

                                    Rico

                                  2. KNOW IT ALL
                                    • 4 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    b rico

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

                                  Son>Moura could be a canny move, only for the brave

                                • NobodyF*cksWithTheJesus
                                  • 12 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  Any double risers likely over the break?

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

                                    Connolly?

                                • Weasel Boy
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 11 Years
                                  4 years, 5 months ago

                                  This front 8 looks good.

                                  KDB Mane Madison Mount McGinn
                                  Tammy Auba Wilson.

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

                                    Yes looking good but at what cost to defence and tough rotation choices? McGinn to 4.5

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

                                    Benching problem.

                                  3. AndyCook
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      Bench headache?

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

                                      Benching headaches

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

                                      well you only need 7 not 8

                                    • Brosstan
                                      • 9 Years
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      Why do you need a front 8

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

                                    who from city to get for WC?

                                    Currently have Ota, Sterling, KDB, but thinking only KDB for my WC?

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

                                      KDB and someone "cheap" like DSilva so you don't mind the roulette too much?

                                    2. @fpl_phenom
                                      • 8 Years
                                      4 years, 5 months ago

                                      im currently on KDB and Aguero only on my wildcard

                                  5. Wılly
                                    • 10 Years
                                    4 years, 5 months ago

                                    Who is the better option out of Rico and Kelly, which is more likely to stay in the team?
                                    Or is it better to save the extra 0.2 and bring in Reid who will remain as 3rd sub?