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How rotation has affected Premier League clubs involved in Europe so far

Yesterday we published an article looking at the forthcoming fixture schedules of the Premier League clubs involved in European competition.

In this latest piece, we will study how the seven managers in question have handled rotation in the previous block of four Gameweeks.

From Gameweeks 5-8, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers were competing on three fronts (the Premier League, the EFL Cup and the Champions League/Europa League) and playing twice a week, every week – a situation that will continue until the next international break for all of those clubs bar Spurs.

As we mentioned in the first article, managers have handled the fixture congestion differently.

Where Nuno Espirito Santo and Pep Guardiola have rung the changes, Jurgen Klopp has kept a relatively settled side.

The club-by-club breakdown below analyses rotation in greater detail, paying particular attention to the involvement of key FPL assets.

You can read how Messrs Klopp, Guardiola, Emery and Pochettino handled rotation last season in an article we previously wrote in September.

Manchester City

CL = Champions League. EFL = EFL Cup.
Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

Ignoring Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) and Rodri (£5.5m), two City midfielders who have been the least productive from an offensive perspective and who have been largely avoided by the Fantasy community, Guardiola has regularly rotated his attack-minded assets since the September international break.

Raheem Sterling (£12.1m), Sergio Aguero (£12.2m), Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m), Kevin De Bruyne (£10.0m), David Silva (£7.6m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.9m) haven’t started more than two successive matches over this period and the same was true of Riyad Mahrez (£8.7m) until Gameweek 8 – although the Algerian winger didn’t even last an hour of that defeat to Wolves.

Rodri is the only one of City’s midfielders or forwards to start all four league matches from Gameweeks 5-8 – a sign of things to come, perhaps, in the next month and beyond.

At the back, Guardiola has obviously had his hands tied when it comes to playing Nicolas Otamendi (£5.6m) regularly but John Stones (£5.3m) ought to return after the international break and offer the City boss another option at centre-half.

Kyle Walker (£6.0m) continues to be an ever-present in the league this season but Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.4m) is feeling the heat on the opposite side, with three others players having deputised in that position in league or cup over the past month.

Liverpool

CL = Champions League. EFL = EFL Cup.
Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

The situation is far more serene at Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp has kept a very settled side up front and at the back, with the EFL Cup match against MK Dons used to hand his first-choice players a breather.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), Sadio Mane (£11.7m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.2m), Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) and Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m) started every Premier League and Champions League match from Gameweeks 5-8, while Roberto Firmino‘s (£9.6m) benching in Gameweek 5 was more to do with his late return from international duty with Brazil – a problem Firmino won’t have in Gameweek 9.

Even in central midfield, where Klopp more frequently chops and changes, Fabinho (£5.5m) has started all six Premier League and Champions League games and Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.4m) has only been benched for one of them.

Liverpool’s upcoming fixtures may not be great but the Reds’ assets look less likely to fall victim to rotation than, say, City’s players.

Chelsea

CL = Champions League. EFL = EFL Cup.
Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

Despite the bloated squad he has at his disposal and the plethora of midfield options available, Frank Lampard has adopted an almost Klopp-esque attitude to his team selections in the Premier League and Champions League.

Mason Mount (£6.8m), Tammy Abraham (£7.7m), Willian (£7.0m), Fikayo Tomori (£4.7m), Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.9m) and Jorginho (£5.1m) started all matches bar the EFL Cup win over Grimsby Town between the September and October international breaks.

N’Golo Kante (£5.0m) may have done likewise had he been fully fit, while it remains to be seen if Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.9m) becomes as ‘nailed’ a starter as Mount now the young winger has recovered from injury.

The glass-half-full mentality would of course be that, with all these minutes to their names already, a rest can’t be too far away for the likes of Mount and Abraham.

However, the risk of the occasional breather is different to the week-in, week-out uncertainty that we experience with, for example, certain Manchester City assets.

Tottenham Hotspur

CL = Champions League. EFL = EFL Cup.
Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

Harry Kane (£10.9m) is, as he has been for several seasons under Mauricio Pochettino, as close to a sure-fire starter as any of the premium options Fantasy managers can call upon.

He and Son Heung-min (£9.8m) have started all four league games between the two international breaks, with the cup matches used to hand the strike pair a breather.

The centre-half pairing of Toby Alderweireld (£5.5m) and Jan Vertonghen (£5.3m) have remained unchanged in the Premier League and Champions League, although the concession of ten goals in Spurs’ last two matches may threaten the duopoly in that position.

Elsewhere there has been a degree of rotation, which is unsurprising given the options Mauricio Pochettino has at his disposal in midfield especially.

Dele Alli (£8.4m) has been used exclusively in the cups, while Lucas Moura (£7.1m) has not started a league match since Gameweek 3 as Son and Kane continue to be trusted by their boss.

Manchester United

EL = Europa League. EFL = EFL Cup.
Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

Most of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team changes in the Premier League have been enforced by injury this season, with Europa League involvement having little effect.

Daniel James (£6.1m), Harry Maguire (£5.4m) and Marcus Rashford (£8.4m) are among seven United players to be ever-presents in the league from Gameweeks 5-8 and the likes of Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.4m), Victor Lindelof (£5.4m) and Paul Pogba (£8.4m) would surely have joined them had injury not blighted them recently.

Backup players or academy graduates such as Mason Greenwood (£4.4m), Angel Gomes (£4.8m) and Fred (£5.3m) have instead been used on the continent, with Solskjaer’s priority evidently the Premier League at present.

Arsenal

EL = Europa League. EFL = EFL Cup.
Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

Much of what we’ve written about Solskjaer and Manchester United could also apply to Unai Emery at Arsenal.

The Gunners’ boss had a reputation for rotation last season but what is perhaps forgotten is that he treated the Europa League group stages as an opportunity to blood youth products and reserve players, only really naming stronger starting XIs once the competition entered the knockout rounds.

Much the same is happening this season, give or take the odd appearance from the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m).

Eight players started in every league match from Gameweeks 5-8, with the changes that were made either being due to form – Callum Chambers (£4.4m) in for Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£5.0m) at right-back – or tactics – the shifting between a 4-4-2 diamond, a 4-2-3-1 and a 4-3-3 necessitating the need for a winger and/or ‘number ten’ – rather than due to Europa League-led fatigue.

Rob Holding (£4.5m), Hector Bellerin (£5.4m) and Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) have been building up their match fitness in the EFL Cup and Europa League after spells on the sidelines so these players will likely be challenging for a league start soon.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

EL = Europa League. EFL = EFL Cup. Intl = International break.
Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

Wolves are a slightly special case in that their European campaign began even before the domestic season had kicked off.

The takeaway message so far is that Raul Jimenez (£7.1m), much as he was last season when making 36 out of a possible 38 starts, looks to be the most secure route into the Wolves attack.

The Mexican striker, who won’t be representing his country in the October international break, is one of just three Wolves players to be ever-present starters in the Premier League so far: the others being Conor Coady (£5.0m) and Rui Patricio (£5.1m).

Willy Boly (£5.0m) would almost certainly have been likewise had he not been suspended for Gameweek 5.

As we saw in Gameweek 8, the likes of Jonny (£5.4m) and Matt Doherty (£6.0m) are no longer the reliable options we could count on last season.

Diogo Jota (£6.1m) was being handled carefully even before he picked up this current toe injury, meanwhile.

Nuno Espirito Santo hadn’t made a single change to his starting XI at this stage last season – not since Gameweeks 1 and 2 has he named an unaltered line-up this time around.

Adama Traore (£5.0m) has started the last five Premier League games in a row and his involvement in the Wolves starting XI doesn’t just rely on rotation with Doherty: Santo used a 3-4-3 at Palace and Watford with both players in the side, while Traore joined Jimenez up front in a 3-5-2 in the second half at the Etihad last Sunday – with successful results.

Lessons learned from Gameweek 8

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  1. CFC1990
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Aubameyang or Vardy?

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

      a

    2. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Toughie. The answer is hugely reliant on what you do with the extra cash. And, whether Lacazette is indeed fit after the break.

    3. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I’ve gone both with Tammy

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

      This is my debate. I just don’t know, but what i do know is i can only get one of them if i downgrade Mo, with Sterling, KDB and Mount already owned, the only midfielder i fancy is Maddison

  2. SUPER MOKH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Which one will get more points?

    A. Tammy Auba Connoly

    B. Tammy Vardy Wilson

    1. Fodderx4
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      b

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

      b

    3. _Gunner
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B

    4. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B

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

      B

    6. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B

    7. Peteski29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B

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

      B is less of a gamble. But I wouldn't listen to anyone who claims to actually know. Arsenal could hit better goalscoring form, Leicester hit a sticky patch and Connolly get decent returns and B end up a disaster haha

    9. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B

    10. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A ... nah, B

    11. Stoic
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Looks neck to neck by the comments

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

    I dunno how the 6 week projections are done or if they ever get amended when new info/injuries etc become available...

    Next 2 week and 6 week projections has only one clear winner.

    Auba.

    Wilson not even in top 5.

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

      Would you got Pukki to Wilson for free?

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

        Yes

    2. CFC1990
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Question is Wilson or Vardy?

      Vardys numbers aren't great but he doesn't need them and Leicester have had a tough start the season fixture wise overall.

    3. Better off with a pin and a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pukki is ahead of both Wilson and Vardy. Make of that what you will I guess.

  4. Sz21
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Which of these moves look better?
    1. Salah + Pukki -> Maddison + Aubameyang (1.4m).
    2. VVD + Smith -> Pereira + Soyuncu/ Tomori (0.2m/0.1m).
    3. Other.

    Pope.
    VVD, Otamendi, Robbo.
    Cantwell, Mount, KDB, Sterling, Salah.
    Abraham, Pukki.
    Button, Lundstram, A Smith, Wickham.
    2ft- 0.1m ITB. Still have WC in hand.

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

      1., if you have the stomach to get rid of Salah 😉

      1. Sz21
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        At least I can get him back on WC for GW 13 if need be though so it may be worth the gamble.

        Might be going Mane then though too!

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

      2

  5. Daghe Munegu
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    1ny suggestion?

    1ft 0.6 itb

    Pope
    TAA Otamendi Tomori Soyuncu
    Salah Sterling KDB Mount
    Wilson Abraham

    Button Guendouzi Lundstram Ayew

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

    Repost from previous article. Very interesting...

    Salah's total of 13 shots ranks joint-second along with Raheem Sterling (£12.1m) in midfield over the last four Gameweeks.

    And the Egyptian's 11 shots inside the penalty area are more than any other FPL midfielder.

    His tally of 41 touches in the box is also the highest, almost double the 22 of his team-mate Sadio Mane (£11.7m).

    I usually do not go for stats put this is pretty good.

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

      It's not good considering he has scored 2 pts less than Mane.

      And costs more.

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

        But it is only a matter of time before Salah explodes.

        People going to take hits.

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

        But it indicates that he underperformed and should have scored more than Mané. Should the same stats be repeated throughout the season Salah would surely outscore him. And the price difference is only £0.8m now.

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

          well until that happens he is not an option over Mane.

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

      Aren't his shots stats always high though. Its hits conversion rate that suffers

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        This is it.

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

        ...like Aguero

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

      Salah non owners have been extremely lucky. As soon as the pendulum swings they will look at stats like those and come crawling back like the maggots they are.

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

        There is no luck in FPL. You make your own luck.

        -Triggerlips 2012

        1. Now I'm Panicking
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Lol

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

          Translation: this Triggerlips character has had more luck than most managers

          1. Now I'm Panicking
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            Decisions that work out = good skill, decisions that work out badly = bad luck 😉

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

              Of course 😉

    4. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I'd still rather mane.

    5. Krionos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I agree Mane appears to offer the best value right now. However, I remember this same discussion last year a little later in the season closer to christmas. At this time people were also considering transferring out Salah.

      And if I remember correctly, he promptly delivered 3 double digit returns in a row...

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

        .... via diving penalties.
        I remember because after i bought him the diving stopped.

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

          What nonsense... One penalty was scored. He scored a hattrick and twice scored and assisted.

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

        The time of sterling sane double up that got me from 10k to 100k.

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

      Still doesn't pass the eye test for me.

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

    Thoughts on my WC team?

    Pope (McGovern)
    Trent Söyüncü Lundstram (Diop) (Kelly)
    Sterling Mané KDB Maddison Mount
    Wilson Abraham Connolly

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

      Sound backbone.
      Not sure about depending on Lundstram/kelly/diop as your 3rd though.
      How about mount to mcginn and upgrading your 3rd

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

      Very nice team

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

      Really good

  8. Gringo Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    No brainer Pepe & Wickham to Maddison and Callum Wilson -4?

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Absolutely

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

      Yes

    3. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      You still have Pepe and Wickham ???

    4. Better off with a pin and a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yes!

    5. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      It’s probably worth a -14 so -4 is a bargain

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

      Pepe...yuk

    7. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      will throw in this for the haters making out like pepe is lee cattermole or something

      form:
      salah 4.8
      pepe 4.5
      vardy 4.5
      pukki 4.2
      sterling 2.8

      1. FPL Forward Thinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Or alternatively....

        Form:
        Traore 7.0
        El Ghazi 6.0
        Yarmolenko 6.0
        Hendrick 5.5
        McGinn 5.5
        William 5.5
        Jorginho 4.8
        Pepe 4.5

      2. FPL Forward Thinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        You also compare him to 4 dudes whom have 46-55 points this season.

        Pepe has 27 (& no double digits yet with max score 8pts)

    8. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      4 trillion percent, never was a hit more justified

  9. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope
    TAA - Otamendi - Tomori
    Sterling - KDB - Son - Mount
    Abraham - Pukki - Barnes

    (4.0 VVD Cantwell Lundy)
    1ft & 1.4m

    A) Barnes ➡️ Wilson
    B) Barnes & VVD ➡️ Soyuncu & Vardy (-4)

    Son has to go after Watford most likely replacement is Maddison or I find the money for Mane.

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Easy A

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

      A

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

      Hmm not sure why Son has to go after Watford. He is generally Spurs most attacking and central player and should score well over the season. He is a little too xpensive but will get points.

    4. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      100% A

  10. fpork
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Would you do James->Maddison for a FT? Got exact funds. Anything else you would change?

    Pope
    Rico - TAA - Otamendi
    Mané - De Bruyne - Cantwell - Mount
    Aubameyang - Wilson - Abraham
    Button - James - Pieters - Lundstram

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yes good move

    2. Better off with a pin and a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Good team. The only issue with that transfer is that you have an even worse benching headache each week, but it's a good move.

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

        You'd just bench Cantwell - and this is good insurance against a possible no-show from KdB next week

  11. C'mon the Fylde
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any news on KDB?

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

      Price protected

      1. Legomané
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Still undervalued at 10.0. I sold at 9.8 but won't be grumpy until I miss a rise to 10.1 😀

    2. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      None I've seen.

      Bilva request for extension to respond to charge to after GW9, could indicate KDB won't be ready (that conjecture could easily be 2+2=5 though)

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

        surely it's because Bilva with Portugal. He'd have started v Wolves if city were that bothered bout his availability

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

        That doesn't mean that at all.

    3. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      They disbanded the dyslexic Russian secret service and renamed it.......doing very well I hear

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

        Oh wow 😀

  12. Legomané
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Surviving FPL this season is...

    ...the transition of hovering over the WC button on a Saturday night, to contemplating Saving a FT on Monday.

    😯

  13. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Do we fancy Leicester to score plenty of goals vs Burnley (a solid defensive team)?

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

      No, I would expect a low scoring win for Leicester.

    2. Better off with a pin and a…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      No, though define 'plenty'!

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

        more than 2.

    3. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not really. Leicester's defence looks solid enough, but their attack seems relitively blunt - disclaimer Vardy doesn't need stats (@Joe)

      They are one of only four teams (TOT, BOU & AVL) to score an above average goal tally from a below average number of goal attempts in the box

      https://twitter.com/legomane_fpl/status/1182180050164207616?s=21

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

        Can I use this picture on your Twitter account for my fb page?
        I will mention name the author and credits.

        Thanks l

        1. Legomané
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Sure

    4. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      We definitely didn’t expect them to score 5 vs newcastle but a lot of us have pope in goal so we’ll say a low scoring win. Preferably a Perez screamer

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

      Burnley have conceded in every away match this season. Even Villa scored 2.

  14. Longiss
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pereira or Alonso?

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

      I've gone Pereira because I've trippled up on on Chelsea attack. If you already have 2 Chelsea players, this move would make getting CHO more difficult.

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

        Also considering it

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pereira - Emerson back after IB

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

        I don't think so

  15. teneighty
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Son + Pukki -> Yarmo/Fanderson + Auba for free?

    Would ideally like to keep Son for Watford but I'm worried about his game time. And Auba I really want Auba for his upcoming fixtures.

    1. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      maybe keep Son/Pukki for one more GW then?

      Next 3 fixtures for Arsenal are all pretty solid defensive teams anyway (Sheff, Palace, Wolves)

  16. Jarnathan
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    On a WC

    Mahrez (who I bought knowing that B Silva may get a 6 game ban) + Soyoncu -> Maddison + Robbo

  17. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    "I see the social media, I see everything and it's a thing where he needs time. He's come from another league, he's young. There's this price tag that he has not put on himself, people have put that on him because of his performances, so you've got to give him time for him to reproduce that, it's not going to come like that. I have got nothing but faith in him, I've got confidence that he will produce the same thing that he did before, because we both play for Ivory Coast, I've seen the talent he's got, but not everyone sees it."

    Wilfried Zaha is talking sense and gets it. Trust the process.

    1. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      do you own Pepe atm?

    2. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      price tag is the issue, if he was the 30mil he should have been he'd be left alone to grow into the league.
      the price tag was ludicrous for someone from the french league with zero international or european exploits

  18. gooner_112233445566
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who scores most in next 5, rank best to worst...

    A) Aguero (palace, VILLA, SOUTH, Liverpool, CHELSEA)
    B) sterling
    C) auba (sheff, PALACE, WOLVES, Leicester, SOUTH)
    D) mane (United, SPURS, villa, CITY, palace)

    1. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A, D, C, B

    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      ACDB

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

      B A C D

    4. Celt Abroad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      C,A,B,D

    5. Krionos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      The most goals or points total?

      I think for total points:
      Sterling
      Aguero
      Mane
      Auba

      Not convinced on the Arsenal fixture run. Apart from Southampton, all of their opponents are showing strong defensive form. And Lacazette will be back soon.

  19. Mooster©️
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    What is best?

    A Robertson, Traoré, El Ghazi
    B Webster, Maddison, Yarmolenko

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

      B.

  20. The 5% Team
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    B

    1. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      ^ MOOSTER

      1. Mooster©️
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Tnx

  21. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    CL = Champions League. EFL = EFL Cup.
    Green = started the game. Yellow = came off the bench. Red = unused sub/not in squad.

    What colour for subbed off before 60 mins ????

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I read it yellow is under 60 mins on the pitch whether benched or subbed.

  22. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Which is the better combination short term (4-5 gameweeks)?

    a) Sterling, Vardy
    b) Aguero, Maddison

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

      A

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B for me

    3. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A for some 2 points and some 16+
      B for many 6 & 7 points.

      Where you spend the extra 1.8-2m if you selected option B ?

      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Kelly -> Dunk/Tomori and save 1.3 itb for future transfers

        1. FPL Forward Thinker
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Ye sounds good. Kelly has horrific next 5 but lovely ones after. I don’t know whether to make Ward my permanent 3rd sub for foreseeable or sell him. I think I may want Palace back line in GW14 onwards.

    4. Celt Abroad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Probably b

    5. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers guys

  23. aleksios
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Which combo?

    --Pope
    --TAA--Tomori--Lund--Pieters--X
    --Sterl--KDB--Mount--Cantwell-X
    --Abraham--X--X

    a) Ota-Salah-Vardy-Green.
    b) Rico--Mane--Vardy--King.
    c) Ota--Maddison--Vardy--Wilson +1.9itb, but no pool attack.

    Thanks all.

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

    Very good article, well done!

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I'm colorblind pls help

  25. applebonkers
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    mind-bender. jimenez's 3 returns this season have come after europa league games

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Bonkers

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

      Dude's gone from defying FDR to defying fatigue

      1. applebonkers
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        so now southampton after 2 weeks off is an avoid 😉

        misses a pen then gets a red card sliding in on the keeper for the rebound

  26. jmcclory123
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    WC team

    Pope | Button

    Rico | TAA |Tomori | Soyuncu | Lund

    Mane | Mount | Maddison | De Bruyne | El Neny (Lol)

    Abraham | Wilson | Aguero

    El Neny is a 4.3m enabler. It allows me to keep Lundstrom - otherwise I could upgrade El Neny to Dendoncker at 4.4m and downgrade Lundstrom to Kelly.

    Thoughts? Is this foolish?

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Go dendo and downgrade tomori/soy to Kelly.

      1. The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Or trentwell

  27. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Really struggling to decide wether or not to remove Salah for the upcoming fixture run, but United cant be considered a tough game, this is the issue, Liverpool could realistically come away with a 3 or a 4 nil, maybe 3-1 win

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Neither can spurs at home. He’s posting silly stats it’s just a matter of time

    2. Rhinos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Spuds looks a great fixture wish I had him for that

    3. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Keep salah

    4. Konstaapeli
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I think their fixtures are great. United, Tottenham, Villa... Whats not to like about those? City at home could be high scoring game too. Crazy to get rid pool assets.

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

        Just realized I replied to post made over 3 hours ago 😆

  28. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who let the mods out why are they all here again

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

    Which move looks best?
    A) Son & Pukki -> Maddison & Vardy
    B) Pukki -> Wilson and save other FT

    I have 2 FT’s rest of team looks good

  30. FPL Doctor
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope (button)
    TAA Ota Soy
    Sterling (c) KDB Son Mount McGinn
    Wilson Abraham

    BENCH: Pukki, Lowton, Lund

    Bench correct or play Pukki instead of McGinn?

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Pukki