Opinion

Buy, keep or sell Sterling and Aguero? FPL Question Time decides

The international break has come to a close and Fantasy Premier League managers can focus their full attention on Gameweek 9.

The usual dilemmas over big-budget assets haven’t gone away, so we have put together another panel of FPL bosses to share their thoughts on the likes of Raheem Sterling (£12.1m), Sergio Aguero (£12.2m) and the premium v mid-price forward debate.

Our guest pundits also ponder whether a cut-price route into the Spurs backline – aka Paulo Gazzaniga (£4.4m) – is too good to be true…

WHO’S ON THE PANEL THIS WEEK?

Hindu Monkey – Longtime Scout poster with a brutal blog to boot, HM has delivered excellent insight throughout his FPL career. His best finish in a fantastic 11-year history was an excellent 2,932nd and he rose to recent Twitter-fame for his founding of the Barnes Train™ movement.

Gregor – Part of the moderator team, Gregor has an enviable FPL history with three top 1k finishes and a further three inside the top 10,000, with a best overall rank of 29th in the world in 2016/17.

G-Whizz – Also part of the moderator team and currently in his fifth FPL season, G-Whizz managed a personal best finish of 4,404th in 2018/19.

Neale – Deputy editor of Fantasy Football Scout, who has three top 5k finishes to his name. Neale is currently second in the FFS Mods and Cons league.

QUESTIONS

RubberDucky: Is it still best to go with one premium striker up front, or should we spread the cash over three mid-priced forwards?

Hindu Monkey: Previously I’ve always preached the value of one premium forward for balance and flexibility, but this season I have to say I don’t think it matters as much.

There are only seven premium players in the game (Aguero, Aubameyang, Kane, Salah, Mane, Sterling and the never-dropping KDB) and you can only really own three of them. But I don’t think it matters which three and what positions they play.

There are more £6m-£8m strikers firing than midfielders right now, so I see nothing wrong with have Sterling, KDB & Salah/Mane in the middle and say Tammy, Haller & Wilson up front. The only caveat I would throw in is that the premium players are just that for a reason. The top four midfielders are currently all named above, as are the top two strikers (only Kane is letting the side down). I would still expect Aguero and Aubamayang to be the highest-scoring strikers come Gameweek 38 and at least owning one means you can get to the other without a hit.

Neale: My own current preference is for three mid-price forwards, although that has been born out of the value to be had among sub-£8.0m strikers rather than anything that two of my own premium midfielders, Mohamed Salah and Raheem Sterling, have done of late.

While big-budget midfielders have dominated the FPL points table in the last two campaigns, there isn’t much in it this season.

I can see the value in both approaches (having one premium striker at least allows you the option to switch between Messrs Kane, Aguero and Aubameyang at will, depending on fixtures and form) but I think the fact that the four highest-scoring players who are available for less than £10.0m are all strikers reinforces my approach.

The return of Alexandre Lacazette and its positional impact on Aubameyang, Kane’s middling returns and Aguero’s rotation risk are all caveats to the premium forwards in my mind, but I’d be kidding myself if I didn’t think that Sterling and Salah were without their own issues at present.

G-Whizz: The GOAT, Mark Sutherns, showed last season what success could be had with three budget or mid-priced strikers and the last time I looked he’s gone the same route again with Pukki, Abraham and Wilson.

I’ve kind of gone down the same road but for me, the Pukki party is over and I’ve finished my beer, crushed the can and slam dunked it into the bin. So I’ve waved goodbye to the host and got rid to bring back Wilson to line up with Abraham and Haller.

I do prefer the flexibility of the trio of mid-price strikers and they haven’t been doing too bad to disregard as an option. Only time will tell whether that’s the right trio over the next few Gameweeks but I quite like the run of fixtures they all have so I’m prepared to try and have some patience and see it out for the foreseeable.

That being said, plenty of managers in the top 50k have had great success with one premium up front – take Sam (FPL Family) as one example – so it all depends which way you want to go and how you prefer your team to be set up. Sam currently has as her premium striker Harry Kane, and at around that price bracket you’ll have the option of Aubameyang and at a stretch maybe even Aguero.

Personally, Harry has been a hard one for me to predict his hauls. Aubameyang looks certainly nailed with Lacazette out injured and Aguero will always have that explosive ability and doesn’t head the forwards’ points table for nothing. Hokey-cokeying could work out but could always see you jump ship at the wrong time. Get it right though and it could be a winner.


fusen: What to do with Raheem Sterling? Is he worth keeping in a Wildcard and hoping he eventually starts scoring points worthy of the cost or is it time to get rid and invest elsewhere?

Gregor: I think he’s a keeper for now. Fourteen points over the last five Gameweeks is bitterly disappointing but given the strength of Manchester City’s next three fixtures, their need for wins and their emphasis to go on the attack, I think the returns should be just around the corner.

I see there’s been some chat around Sterling being pushed out further wide in recent games and whilst there could be truth in that, I don’t think it’s a strategy that has worked out well and there could be a bit of a tactical rejig in store for those plum fixtures to come. Sterling’s underlying numbers are still strong, which can be seen on Joe’s ever-brilliant Goals Imminent table – so I would be keeping the faith in the short term at least.

Neale: Sterling has always been a bit feast or famine, prone to as many frustrating blanks as he is double-digit hauls. I think back to Gameweeks 15-22 last season when he didn’t score more than six FPL points in a single fixture and remember a similar twitchiness to what we’re experiencing now.

I’ve had him since Gameweek 1 of this season and kept him despite the opportunity to offload in an enforced Wildcard.

Here’s why: he has scored 463 points and banked 67 attacking returns in the last two seasons combined.

He has earned, in my mind, the right to overcome this mini-drought, just as he did in December 2018 when his hauls dried up and City went through a little blip.

Pep Guardiola’s side (usually) hit the back of the net for fun and they are top of the table for pretty much every conceivable underlying stat, be it xG, shots in the box, big chances, shots on target or plain and simple actual goals scored.

The 2-0 reverse against Wolves has to be put in context, too, as that was the first time they had failed to score in the league at the Etihad since May 2018, when they had already sealed their first Premier League crown under Guardiola.

Having Kevin De Bruyne back and swinging those far-post deliveries in from the right flank ought to aid his cause, while it’s worth remembering that Sterling’s one rest this season came in the 8-0 win over Watford. Had he played in that match and been rested in, say, the Norwich game instead (as De Bruyne was), he could feasibly be sitting top of the FPL points pile at present.

There are two things I’ll be watching out for: a) whether he continues to hug the touchline as has been noted in some quarters (it didn’t stop him from getting into excellent positions v Everton) and b) whether rotation is more commonplace for him this season than it was last, as might well be the case.

I’ll reassess if those two scenarios do pan out and if the points are still failing to arrive as we approach December but for now, it’s a hold for me.


shaungoater123: Who is the best option for those who need to replace Adrian this week? Is Paulo Gazzaniga an option even with Spurs’ poor form and patchy fixtures?

G-Whizz: My first thought after reading this was a straight flat ‘no chance’! Spurs defence? Nah mate, there’s better than that about surely!? Then when you look at doing a straight swap with no funds in the bank the prospects look a bit daunting, as you would need to find a £4.5m-and-below goalkeeper.

In that range, you have the choice of Heaton, Ramsdale, Henderson and then Gazzaniga as the best of the rest. If we look at just the next five fixtures using the Fantasy Football Scout fixture ticker, the order of difficulty ranks it as Bournemouth, Tottenham, Aston Villa and then last of all Sheffield United.

Ramsdale would be a gamble to keep a clean sheet against Norwich (home), Watford (away), Manchester United (home), Newcastle (away) and Wolves at home. Maybe a shut-out against Norwich or Newcastle could be a possibility but if anyone can predict when clean sheets are going to happen please let me know the secret!

Tottenham, meanwhile, face Watford (home), Liverpool (away), Everton (away), Sheffield United (home) and West Ham (away). I can actually see them at least keeping one, even two clean sheets in that run, so at £4.4m, Gazzaniga may be the best of a not-too-great bunch to choose from. I actually reckon it’s worth a gamble when all said and done!

Gregor: I don’t think those who invested in Adrian at the start of the season will be too happy with their returns, especially as they knew it was only a short-term move and now they have an enforced transfer to make. In the same way, I wouldn’t be looking at Paulo Gazzaniga either as I don’t think he’s a good goalkeeper and, as you say, Spurs’ form and fixtures are not great.

There are some really good and cemented options in the budget price bracket this year. Nick Pope at £4.7m scored a mighty 152 points in his one full season at Burnley and is exactly on course to hit that number again this year, whilst Mat Ryan (£4.6m) at Brighton finds himself second in the overall goalkeeper standings and comes with the added bonus of a £4m deputy you could back him up with, so I would be looking at those guys.

Hindu Monkey: All good things come to an end or, in Adrian’s place, all hopelessly mediocre things come to an inevitable and limp conclusion. The stopper has averaged less than three points per game and sits 16th in the list of goalkeepers.

Those who thought they could have a cheap entry into Liverpool’s defence have not been rewarded and I would urge caution to anyone trying to do the same with Gazzaniga.

Spurs look a shadow of the team that has shone at points over the past few years and have conceded more goals in their last two games than United and Arsenal have all season. They have also just resigned Michel Vorm, a player who threw away his peak years as a keeper to be Lloris’s understudy – the FPL equivalent of still owning Lucas Digne.

If you’re looking for a keeper in that bracket, Nick Pope still appears to be the light that shines brightest when all others go out. But my pick would probably be Mat Ryan. Brighton look a different team under Potter and have a nice mini-run over the next few matches.


OleGGMU: Given form and fixtures and rotation threats, what are your thoughts on Sergio Aguero?

Neale: It’s incredibly difficult not to let owner bias creep into judgements of players.

As I’ve discussed above, I have backed Sterling over Aguero this season and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

The main argument against Aguero at present seems to be the threat of rotation (I even mentioned this in my premium forward answer) but that is true of pretty much every City asset and, as the points column shows, the risk is often worth the reward: the Argentinean striker and Kevin De Bruyne lead the way for FPL points this season, despite only starting six of City’s eight league games.

For the next three fixtures, he surely has to be held – even if he warms the bench in at least one of them.

Beyond that, the fixtures don’t look so great but then, Aguero is often Guardiola’s big-game player and his record against the ‘big six’ last season (eight goals and one assist in nine starts) was unsurpassed.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I think this is a ‘hold for now and assess in the next international break’-type deal.

By then we will perhaps have a clearer picture of Aubameyang (i.e. has he been shunted out to the left), for those considering a sideways move.

For the owners thinking of downgrading and reinvesting the money into midfield, we will have more evidence on the likes of Sterling, Mane and Salah, with a Liverpool premium double-up a potential option given the Reds’ favourable run from Gameweeks 13-21.

Hindu Monkey: I am an Aguero owner and have been since the Brighton game. He has four goals and three assists for me in just five Gameweeks and I’m not going to complain about that. He has returned for me as a captain twice.

Yes, he is a slight rotation risk – more so than Aubamayang and Kane certainly – but he also has a higher ceiling than both and for me is worth sticking with, certainly after Jesus has been off with Brazil and he’s been stuck at home.

Kun is still the main man at City and his next four are cry, AVL, SOU, liv. He’ll certainly play Gameweeks 9 and 12 and can I remove him for Villa and Saints at home on the chance Pep might give him a breather? I don’t think so. Especially when the only non-Premier League games in this block are a home EFL Cup match and two highly winnable fixtures against Atalanta in the Champions League.

After the next international break, where Aguero is expected to be called up by Argentina again, it gets a lot more complicated.

I would certainly not want to own him for the busier festive schedule (where City’s fixtures also turn for the worse) and that is where I would expect Jesus to be born again. So to conclude – a superb option until Gameweek 13, but after that, I would approach with caution.

1,179 Comments Post a Comment
  1. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    In your opinion who is the best 14.5 MF/ST combo to have for this front 8

    Sterling KDB Mount McGinn xxxxxxxx

    Abraham Aubameyang xxxxxxxx

    Any ideas would be welcomed

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

      Ronaldo and Ronaldo

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

      Play 352 or 343?

    3. Shatner's Bassoon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mane, Connolly, downgrade a defender/GK.

      1. Shatner's Bassoon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        If I’m playing by the actual rules though, probably Wilson or Vardy + Cantwell.

    4. cuppatea78
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yarmolenko (£6.0) and Callum Wilson (£7.9)?

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

        Benching headache

        1. cuppatea78
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Yarmolenko would probably be my chosen bench warmer but could rotate with McGinn depending on fixture. But yeah, would be pot luck on who performs each week.

  2. cuppatea78
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Thinking of Kane --> Vardy. Should I hold out one more week and see how Kane does against Watford at home?

    1. Shatner's Bassoon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

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

      Madness

    3. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      C Kane

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

        This

  3. Shatner's Bassoon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    C Wilson likely to rise tonight?

    Got enough to get him in for free, wonder if I should just pull trigger now...

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

      The answer is in your avatar 😉

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Are you priced out if he goes up?

      1. Shatner's Bassoon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Just checked again and I can afford to wait regardless. Maths was all wrong. Disregard !

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

          Cheers

  4. Ambrosiana Inter
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any news on kdb , salah ?

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

      google

      1. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        salty

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

          How on earth is that salty? You had too much of the stuff today gravless?

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

    Which team takes your fancy from GW 13 onwards:

    A)

    Pope (Button)

    TAA, Tomori, Soy, (Diop, Lundstram)
    Mane, Maddison, KDB, Mount, (Cantwell)
    Vardy, Firmino, Abraham

    0.5 ITB
    or

    Pope (Button)

    B)

    TAA, Tomori, Soy, (Diop, Lundstram)
    Mane, Maddison, KDB, Mount, (Cantwell)
    Aubameyang, Jimenez, Abraham

    1.0m ITB

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

      GW13? Oh my a bit too early, no?

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

        Plan ahead to stay ahead 😉

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

          Good luck 🙂

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

          No Mo, no ah ead

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

      The one with Salah 😉

  6. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wilson or Tammy C
    Bench look correct?

    Pope
    Virgil, Otamendi, Trent,
    Sterling, Maddison, Mount, KDB
    Vardy, Tammy, C Wilson

    Button, Cantwell, Lundstram, Montoya,

    .9 bank

    Still got WC

    1. Mr. Mystic
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I’d go with Wilson, but as I don’t own him, I’m on Tammy. Expect them both to bag

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Hard choice, been on Tammy but recently dipped.

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

      Nice team, Virgil to Pereira

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers, need to catch up going against the norm.

      2. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Depending on city results Ota to Pereira might be an option.

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

          Keep for the next 3

          1. g40steve
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 5 months ago

            That’s the plan

  7. Ian Davis
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Maddison or McGinn??

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

      Maddisson at the moment.

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

      Both?

    3. Pumpkinhead *non-expert*
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      McGinn has some rough fixtures coming up

  8. Cruz88
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    King worth a shot this week instead of Pukki? Other options are Jiminez, or keep Pukki

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

      Keep

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

      I've gone Jimenez for Pukki on my WC, due to Norwich abysmal away form (only scored one away goal this season).

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

        Check their 2018 record, might be premature

    3. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      for this week all three are good options tbh

      King is playing on the wing so maybe the worst of the three but he is on pens

      tough one probably just keep Pukki for one more game

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

      I would say roll the dice and stick with Pukki vs BOU defence. Get rid if he has blanks though.

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

        Sorry meant if Pukki blanks GW9.

      2. Cruz88
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Am strongly considering keeping, he's had to strap my knees down last week as he dropped in price. Will be interesting to see whether any of their injured players will be back for the weekend, might sway my decision

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

          If Pukki cannot score against a poor Bournemouth defence then not sure his team mates going to make a difference going forward.

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

            Arsenal could only score 1

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

              Bournemouth cannot keep a clean sheet.

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

    whats are peoples thoughts on willian ?

    got a leadership role now in the team and pretty nailed on the right

    got returns last two after Lampard told him and other senior players that they have to step up and help the youngsters

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

      Too much history of being an FPL troll for me to ever really consider him again.

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

      How much is he? Think if want to go differential CHO £5.9M would be more appealing?

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

      Had him a few times before. Never going near him again.

      1. Mr. Mystic
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Better value options; CHO, Mount, Abraham, Tomori...

  10. School of Poch
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Team is on a -4.
    Am I looking GTG for the weekend? And do we expect salah and KDB to be fit to start?

    Ryan
    Robbo/Tomori/Soyuncu/Rico
    Salah/Sterling/KDB/Mount
    Abraham(c)/Wilson(v)

    Button/James/Lundstram/Greenwood

    1. Mr. Mystic
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Looks good! I’d expect Salah and KDB to be fit yes. You’ve got cover on the bench so you’ll be fine either way

    2. Mr. Mystic
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Quite similar to my team actually, except I have Vardy over Wilson. If I had Wilson, I’d be tempted to captain

      1. School of Poch
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I am tempted but the higher percentage of Abraham captainers on here is swaying me. Plus as a Chelsea fan it feels good being able to captain your own!

        1. Mr. Mystic
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Yes I get you. Tbh Abraham would be the safest. Depends if you’re playing catch up

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

    Any advice please?

    2FTs, 0.6ITB, WC available but planning on using GWK13. Therefore want short term punts for 4 gwks.

    Pope (Button)
    TAA, VVD, Lund, Soy (Montoya)
    Sterling, KDB, Salah, mount (cantwell)
    Tammy, Pukki ( greenwood)

    Thanks!

  12. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Just seen the whole Mrs Vardy vs Mrs Rooney saga, and I don’t normally like to get involved with this, but this has actually angered me.

    Rebekah is so clearly guilty - her first statement after being exposed by Coleen (Rebekah was the only one viewing her private Instagram stories after she blocked everyone else, and the fake stories still got through to the press.), she tried to use the pregnant card and the “I got hacked” card. Sorry to say, if you knew you were hacked for that long, you would’ve changed your passwords

    1. Mr. Mystic
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah, it’s cringeworthy - she’s dug herself an even bigger hole

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

      Also,
      She said “why would I do this”.
      That right there is the first thing which shows detectives and policemen someone who is guilty. On top of the other person coming out and saying similar things happened to her, Rebekah is 100% guilty and should be absolutely ashamed of herself.

      1. ItOnlyTook9Years
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        I have no idea either way, but "famous" people often employ assistants to manage their affairs including online accounts, it doesn't really make sense for Coleen not to have asked her directly (ask what coleen gets from doing it publicly)

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

          It was both of their private Instagram accounts, not their public ones.

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

          And to be honest if it were me and I found this out, and had a big public platform, I would’ve named and shamed the person straight away for being such a snake

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

      Think as a public account she has people who help her run it, so whoever is in charge of her social media also has access to it

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

        It was both of their private Instagram accounts, not their public ones.

    4. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Who gives a sh*t really.

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

        This

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

        This - I’m sure there is a celebrity gossip forum somewhere

  13. Mr. Mystic
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who’s still got their wildcard in their back pocket then?!

    When are you planning to use it?

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

      Next one is around the corner.

      1. Mr. Mystic
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Yes, but don’t plan to use that straight away. I’m waiting for next IB

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Me, later if required.

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

      played this week

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

      Possibly after Liverpool's blank week. Haven't really looked too closely as have been nowhere near tempted to even consider it as yet.

    5. L S P
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      no clue

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

      When needed...

  14. Pachi
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Best defender 5.6 and down?
    Not everton, burnley, leicester and sheffield

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

      Get Tomori and save a bit of cash

      1. cuppatea78
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        This

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

      Tierney, Schär, willems, Emerson, Matip, Boly and many more there’s a lot to choose from in that range you lucky chap

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Schar & Willems look good options.

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

      Why no love for ota? Next 3 fixtures are nic i think

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

        Stones back and Ota has looked awful in real life - city don't look like keeping as many CS

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

      Matip, Boly, Tierney are all nice options above/at 5 and then Soy/Dunk/Tomori below.

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

      PVA, Matip or you could punt Tierney.

    6. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Dunk Boly Matip

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

    Help please.

    Sterling/Barnes/Pukki to Mahrez/Wilson/Vardy for a minus 4?

    Thanks in advance.

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

      Personally wouldn’t drop Sterling

    2. Mr. Mystic
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Keep Sterling. Just use your 2 frees. I swear by not taking hits

    3. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not for a hit

    4. cuppatea78
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Not for a hit. I'd also stick with Sterling

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

        Thanks everyone

  16. Kevtheotter
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Hey guys any reason I shouldn’t pull the trigger on this tonight? Have exact change.

    Pope
    Ota Rico TAA
    KDB Mount Salah Sterling
    Tammy Haller Barnes

    4.0 Lunds Cantwell Lowton

    Haller Ota Barnes —> Jiminez Soy Wilson-4?

    Cheers

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

      Ota Barnes to Soy Jimenez/Wilson for free

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

        Won’t be able to get Wilson that way unfortunately. Planning on captaining him

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

          Tammy can do the job

  17. wattalowz
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Wood > Abraham (c) for -4?

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

      yes

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      If you think he's better than your other captain options, yes.

  18. abaalan
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    On WC which do you prefer:

    A) Aguero + KDB + Mane
    B) Sterling + Vardy + Mane (+ 1.3M)
    C) Auba + Sterling + KDB

    Thanks!

    1. cuppatea78
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A iIthink

      1. cuppatea78
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        That should say A

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A

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

      Struggling with the same myself

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

        Yes its a tough one. Really depends on Pep rotation which pays off i think.

    4. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Auba kdb mane?

  19. cuppatea78
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Who to bench this week?

    A) Dunk (Villa away)
    B) Digne (West Ham home)
    C) Lundstram (Arsenal away)

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A

    2. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Easy C

      1. cuppatea78
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        But he is playing in midfield and is a goal threat and Arsenal don't look the best at the back.

    3. barracuda
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      C

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

      C

  20. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pope
    Robertson VVD Rico Digne
    Salah Sterling KDB Mount
    Pukki Abraham

    Button Lundstram Greenwood Dendoncker

    2 FT, 0.3 ITB

    1. Digne Pukki >> Boly Wilson
    2. Digne Pukki >> Soyuncu Wilson
    3. Digne >> Boly / Soyuncu (Save 1FT)

    Thanks

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

      1-3-2

    2. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      2 for me

  21. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Play Soyuncu(BUR) or Rico(NOR)?

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

      Soy

  22. Andy Mac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    A or B to compliment this team guys...

    A) Otamendi - Cantwell - Pukki
    B) Söyüncü - Dendonker - Wilson

    Pope
    TAA - Tomori - Lundstram - Rico
    Sterling - Mane - KdB - Mount
    Vardy - Abraham

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

      B

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

    Who to keep

    A McGinn
    B Pukki

    A bad fixtures
    B bad team

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A

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

      A. The options elsewhere are good whereas mcginn might be considered the most reliable in his bracket.

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

      Getting rid of McG next GW.

  24. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Anything worth a hit here?

    Would you play rico over anyone?

    Heaton
    Otamendi Robbo Tomori
    Salah sterling mount james
    Abraham king auba

    (Button rico dunk donkey)

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

      Rico can get an assist even without a cs.

      James can get a yellow card vs pool.

      So play rico over James

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks. That's where I'm wavering. James is in my departure lounge

    2. School of Poch
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I currently have Rico playing and James first on the bench - not often I go defence over attack though and now you're giving me doubts

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

      Rico over James??

    4. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I'd be tempted with James to CHO but not sure about a hit.

  25. ItOnlyTook9Years
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Any comments on my WC?

    Ryan, Button
    TAA, Ota, Pereira, Lund, Rico
    Mane, KDB, Mount, Yarmo, McGinn
    Vardy, Wilson, Abraham

    0.1 itb

    Could downgrade McGinn and switch something?

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

      Benching headache there mate but nice team otherwise

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

      You'll end up with the same problem like me.
      Benching headaches.
      I wouldn't play McGinn in the next few fixtures so I would say yes, downgrade him

      1. ItOnlyTook9Years
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers, worth Maddison over Yarmo? Or too much Leicester

  26. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Is Roberto first choice GK for West Ham in Fabianski absence? looking at some short term GK to replace Heaton, and dont wanna double up on Brighton with already having Montoya

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

      He is, but he's not good 🙂

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

      Sadly he is. Gazzaniga a nicer punt tho

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

        Vorm arrival not worrying?

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

          Surely backup? They released him after all

        2. how now brown cow
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 5 months ago

          Vorm was 3rd pick last season. No reason to think that will change.

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

          Wouldn’t be at all to me.

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

          ?!?!!!?

          Aye that would be Great for Spurs morale -

          Release Vorm.
          Keep Gazzaniga as No2

          Bring back the free agent, club less Vorm upon Lloris injury

          Replace Gazzaniga with Vorm

          Vorm is now back up - why would anyone worry about Vorm

          It’s like saying: Gazzaniga??? You not worried he might get injured? Which u could say for all players.

  27. Viper
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Heaton Button

    Otamendi Robertson Rico Montoya Tomori

    Salah Sterling KDB Mcginn Mount

    Abraham Pukki Greenwood

    1FT & 1.2m in the bank.

    Yet again I'm not sure whether to save FT or WC 😆

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

      Certainly no need to WC! You could do Pukki to Wilson but that's not a pressing issue.

  28. LordEllison
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    1 FT and 0.5 ITB Still have WC not sure what moves to make thanks. Any ideas?

    Pope Button
    TAA Digne Otamendi Tomori Lundstram
    Salah Sterling KDB McGinn Dendoncker
    Wilson Pukki Greenwood

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

    James>CHO done. Rolling my 2nd FT. Fancied him all season as soon as fit, so let’s give him a trot out vs the Toon.

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

      triple up ?

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

    Which wc?

    A) Pope McGovern
    Taa, soy, rico, lund, Kelly
    Sterling, kdb, mount, MADDISON, dendoncker
    Abraham, Wilson, AGUERO

    B) Pope McGovern
    Taa, soy, rico, lund, kelly
    Sterling, kdb, SALAH, mount, CHO
    VARDY, Abraham, Greenwood

    C) Pope McGovern
    Taa, pereira, rico, lund, kelly
    Sterling, kdb, mount, CHO, dendoncker
    WILSON, AGUERO, Abraham

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

      B.

      A and C have City triple up with no Liverpool which seems a bit unbalanced to me.

    2. Victor6359
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A

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

      B