Scout Notes

How Leicester’s FPL assets are shaping up ahead of their excellent fixture run

Crystal Palace 0-2 Leicester City

  • Goals: Caglar Soyuncu (£4.8m), Jamie Vardy (£9.4m)
  • Assists: Jamies Maddison (£7.3m), Demarai Gray (£5.2m)
  • Bonus: Soyuncu, Maddison x3, Kasper Schmeichel (£5.1m) x1

If the 9-0 victory over ten-man Southampton hadn’t fully convinced some Fantasy managers that Leicester City were worthy of investment, then maybe Sunday’s quietly impressive win at Selhurst Park would have provided the necessary incentive.

Plenty of Fantasy Premier League bosses did jump on the Foxes after their thrashing of the Saints.

Four of the five most-bought FPL assets of Gameweek 11 were on Leicester’s books, with just under 1.9 million transfers in total being used on Brendan Rodgers’ squad overall.

The cynics and the glass-half-full brigade, understandably pointing to the freak nature of the result and circumstances at St. Mary’s, would have been cautious about Sunday’s fixture in particular, with Crystal Palace having kept clean sheets in three of their five home league fixtures before this weekend.

No top-flight club had conceded fewer goals than the Eagles on their own soil in 2019/20, either.

This was perhaps a final audition for Jamie Vardy (£9.4m) and co, then, with some of the Premier League’s most obliging defences – including Arsenal, Aston Villa, Watford and Norwich City – to come in the next six Gameweeks.

While the goals didn’t flow as heavily as they did on the south coast, the Foxes produced the kind of accomplished performance that – dare we say it – bore the hallmarks of a title-chasing side.

Another tilt at the Premier League crown is probably unlikely but Brendan Rodgers’ side, along with Chelsea, are looking by some distance the best of the rest after Liverpool and Manchester City.

As for the Foxes’ Fantasy assets, there is plenty to excite.

This was another classic Vardy performance, with the Leicester striker anonymous for long periods (he had the fewest touches of any starting FPL forward in Gameweek 11) but somehow always a threat and popping up with his customary late goal after a superb team move when a rare blank seemed on the cards.

The premium FPL forward had already come close to giving the Foxes the lead in the first half, firing at Vicente Guaita (£5.0m) from a narrow angle on 17 minutes and then being narrowly pipped to the ball by the recalled Palace goalkeeper just before the break.

Both of those chances had been set up by sublime balls from James Maddison (£7.3m) and Youri Tielemans (£6.5m), with Vardy peeling off the Palace defence and almost benefitting from his teammates’ vision.

So long as those two playmakers remain fit and firing, then Vardy will get plenty of chances in the weeks and months to come.

The Leicester striker averages 7.43 FPL points per match since Rodgers first took charge at the King Power Stadium ahead of Gameweek 29 last season, and the former Celtic boss was asked about what tweaks he had made to Vardy’s game over the last eight months.

Rodgers said:

Firstly, from a defensive perspective, he’s not having to press the whole back four. He’s a guy that would run all day for you, so it’s now much more synchronised in terms of how he want him to press the game, he’s doing short bursts of pressing. He’s so clever in setting traps to press.

He’s playing more on the corridor, so he’s playing more central. The other guys, it’s their job to create the opportunities.

And I’ve asked him to stay on the last line because he’s such a threat. There was a couple of times there today I thought he was away – and when he’s away, he scores.

He’s a really, really top striker at this level, [we’ve made] some little adjustments that help him. He’s playing with a smile as well, he’s really enjoying his football and that’s always important as a player.

Maddison and Tielemans had as much work to do off the ball as on it at Selhurst Park, with neither posing much of a goal threat in their own right.

Maddison was a creative spark, though, particularly from dead-ball situations.

A goal from a set play had looked like it had been coming even before Caglar Soyuncu (£4.8m) got onto the edge of Maddison’s deflected cross in the 56th minute, with Jonny Evans (£5.1m), Soyuncu and Ricardo Pereira (£6.3m) having gone close with headers.

Evans had indeed looked the likelier scorer up until his fellow centre-half’s opener, with Soyuncu more often the decoy or blocker at free-kicks and corners.

Tielemans, meanwhile, fired over from a well-worked corner on the half-hour mark.

Rodgers said of his side’s work at set-piece situations:

We try to be inventive, we try to be clever. We’re fortunate that we’ve got an incredible technician in James Maddison that can put it where you want.

We were unfortunate with one we worked in the first half, with Youri Tielemans. And then James’ delivery for the goal was fantastic.

We do a lot of work. Games like this here, that are going to be tight, it might be a set piece that wins you the game.

The Foxes kept their fourth clean sheet of the season on Sunday – only Sheffield United and Manchester City have recorded more – and in truth they were scarcely troubled, with a teasing Cheikhou Kouyate (£4.9m) cross and an off-target Wilfried Zaha (£6.7m) curler about as close as the Eagles came to breaching the visitors’ defence.

Ben Chilwell (£5.6m) very nearly recorded his second successive double-digit haul, too, striking the inside of the post from close range in injury time.

While owners of Vardy, Tielemans, Maddison and the Leicester backline would have been relatively content with their assets’ displays, it was another mixed bag from Harvey Barnes (£5.9m) and Ayoze Perez (£6.1m).

The two wingers had shone at St. Mary’s but have been inconsistent for the most part this season, with Sunday another example of that: Barnes was peripheral after a bright start while Perez was frequently dispossessed or errant in possession, although did produce a couple of mazy runs into Palace territory and worked hard off the ball.

Perez’s dallying when clean through allowed Patrick van Aanholt (£5.6m) to get back on the half-hour mark, while Barnes couldn’t take a sublime Maddison pass into his stride later in the match.

While their Gameweek 10 hauls were eye-catching, let’s not forget that it’s just two weeks since Rodgers said that his wingers needed to “do more” for the side.

Palace still have a double-header against Chelsea and Liverpool to come before their FPL assets really demand our attention, with the Eagles top of our Season Ticker from Gameweeks 14-21.

Their attacking options still need to convince Fantasy managers of their worth, however, and Roy Hodgson’s side managed only three shots from inside the Leicester box on Sunday.

A lack of goals has been Palace’s problem for some time now and the creatively limited nature of their midfield – we saw James McArthur (£5.3m) playing in an advanced right-wing role on Sunday – is obviously to the detriment of attacking assets like Zaha and budget striker Jordan Ayew (£5.1m).

Their defence has been a strong-suit for a while and will perhaps be of greater interest to the Fantasy community upon the fixture swing, with the Eagles generally handling Leicester’s threat quite well on Sunday – although they did concede their third goal from a set-piece situation in two Gameweeks.

The fit-again Martin Kelly (£4.1m), still in one in four FPL squads, was only among the substitutes again as James Tomkins (£5.0m) and Gary Cahill (£4.5m) continue to keep him out of the side.

Cahill, McArthur and Kouyate all picked up injuries of varying degrees during the defeat to Leicester, with Hodgson saying of his walking wounded:

The worst one is McArthur because he has been struggling somewhat with a back injury. He definitely felt his back quite seriously during that second half, that’s why we had to take him off. He was actually having a very good game but his back injury prevented him from continuing.

As for Gary Cahill and Cheikh, I think they were blows to the head, which we see more and more these days, but I don’t think either of those two will be out of training on Tuesday. But they may have a sore head I’m afraid this evening and they will need tomorrow to recover.

Reflecting on the match, Hodgson added:

I thought it was a relatively even game. I don’t think I could have asked a lot more from the Palace team than they gave out there today. 

I thought our defensive organisation was good and we restricted them to basically a minimum of chances. Our defending from the set plays and free-kicks had been good but unfortunately one proved too much for us.

We weren’t out of the game even at 1-0. I never had the feeling we were out of this game. But at 2-0, so close to the end, I’m afraid that was a bridge too far and we had to accept then that we weren’t going to get back in it. It was important then, I felt, not to concede more goals because we’d opened up our midfield and gone to a 4-4-2 at 0-1 in an attempt to bring it back to 1-1. That was making it a lot easier for them in that very good midfield area, where they have so many talented players, and I would have been disappointed if we conceded more goals.

Crystal Palace XI (4-3-3): Guaita; Ward, Tomkins, Cahill, Van Aanholt; Milivojevic, Kouyate (Meyer 74′), Schlupp; Zaha, Ayew (Benteke 78′), McArthur (McCarthy 78′).

Leicester City XI (4-1-4-1): Schmeichel; Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell; Ndidi; Perez (Gray 74), Tielemans, Maddison (Praet 90′), Barnes (Morgan 85′); Vardy.

Members Analysis

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

    Can anyone shed any light on why Leicester xG so low when they score so many?

    Yesterday their xG was 1.25. I get the ‘Vardy thing’, although he’s outperforming his xG by like 5, so twice expected so even that’s a bit of a head scratch. Watch the games and obviously Lei look quality

    1. FPLHaggis
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      In a nut shell, it's because they score a lot of worldies - chances which the 'average' player wouldn't convert.

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

        Is that sustainable then in your opinion?

        1. FPLHaggis
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          It is somewhat sustainable, you tend to see a linear correlation between how good a team is and by how much they score their XG. Looking at last season, Liverpool and Man City outscored their XG by +15/20 and this variance decreases as you move down the table.

          So it depends how good we think Leicester are, at this rate they would achieve +20 over XG, and I don't think this will be the case, I'd expect them to slow down to a +10-15 figure.

          All we can read into it at the moment, is that Leicester forwards are on top form at the moment.

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

      Vardy is a machine.

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

    It would be a perfect GW if Son didn't get that stupid red card.So my planned moves for this GW were Kun, Ota > Abraham,any good defender, but Son ruined all.Already transfer Kun out for Abraham and a question is: Son >> ??

    Pope
    Ota Soy Lowton Lundstram Tomori
    KDB Mane Son* Mount Traore
    Abraham Rashford Connolly

    1. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Awkward price. Martial?

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

        Naah, two Utd's players are too much...Already regretted for bringing in Rashford

        1. Eze Really?
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Sure. Rashford I would not get

    2. Offs!de
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Maddison

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

        This.

  3. Dannywaz
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope
    Robbo taa tomori
    Maddison mount mane sterling
    Jim Tammy vardy

    Mcgovern donks soy lunds
    Gtg?

    1. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Slow learner? Lund 3rd sub?

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Lunds and Soy are benched. Bad to Go.

  4. Captain_Shirokov
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    28 points on my bench this week, and no - I didn't bench Lundstram.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hard luck !

    2. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Painful but if your score was good, all bodes well for the future.

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

        Yup 70 all out so not too disappointed.

        1. Eze Really?
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          There you go! All a matter of how we look at things

    3. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      That's pretty unlucky dud3

      1. YEAH PITCH!
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Dude*

    4. popcoin
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      and I thought I was unlucky with 20 on my bench!

  5. Eze Really?
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Just got off the phone to a good mate who plays FPL and is pretty good at it (4 top 5k and 1 top 10k)
    An interesting note on how he determines a WC to be used.
    He sticks the team down on a spreadsheet.
    He takes out all subs and concentrates on 1st 11.
    He evaluates each player in his own mind in terms of form, fixtures, price out of position,imminent price changes, injuries etc
    If any players drop below 50% he considers them to be moved on.
    If any players drop below 20% he considers them as fodder and instant tfrs should be made.
    If it costs more than 16 points then he activates.
    I tried it with my side just looking at the downsides:
    Pope 80% form and no back up
    TAA 80% not expected returns
    Lund 100%
    Soy 90% unlikely attacking returns
    Rico 80% Clean sheets could be an issue
    Kelly 40% gametime under serious doubt
    Martial 50% yet to prove himself on return
    Sterling 60% Needs Mendy to play with him at his price
    KDB 70% at risk of playing too deep
    McGinn 60% fixtures
    Mount 70% Slightly deeper role lately
    Jimi 70% Europa can have an impact
    Abraham 90% minimal threat of rotation
    Vardy 90% That niggling doubt of missing the few chances he gets.
    I don't need to WC and there are no must do transfers.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Where do you get these % from ?

      1. Tshelby
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah are those just random numbers or is there some kind of formula after them?

        1. Eze Really?
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Its how I see my side not how others do. Mention of Sterling below is his take on it; not mine.

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

        Seems made up. Plus watching the city games Sterling’s team mates have missed around 3 goals a game he has laid on, so if anything he needs not Just Mendy, but the rest of them to have their coffee

        1. Eze Really?
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          There is no XG whatever! It is how you feel about your own players.
          My team there is nobody I don't really want at this point.
          Mane is someone I don't have for instance and I want, but I measure my need for change with what I have.
          Remember it is just a buddy explaining how he does it and me trying it out on my own side.
          If they were actual numbers then we would all have virtually the same sides.

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

            The methodology is good! Just some actual data helps. Plus given your friend has several top finishes def worth listening to him

            1. Eze Really?
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Not saying ignore everything else. Most choices are subjective anyway.
              I just looked at my team before the WC and after and I probably would not have used it if I applied this method.

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

                I tend to look at the next 6 fixtures and do something similar.

                1. Eze Really?
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  As said in my post, it is an accumulation of things. However I only look to 4/5 fixtures myself

      3. Eze Really?
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        It is supposed to be your own feeling on keeping them.

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

    Also, imagine actually thinking Salah is a better player (and FPL pick) than Mane.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Only the end of the season will tell ...

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Definitely a better player although Mane has outshone him in 2019.

      • TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        This won’t age well...

      • DantheManinaPan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I'm too lazy to bookmark this but someone please do

      • YEAH PITCH!
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Lool

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

      How’s this for a WC team?

      Henderson Button
      Robertson TAA Willems Rico Lundstram
      Mane KDB Martial Maddison Mount
      Abraham Vardy Connoly

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

        nothing special. you should have had most of those in any case if you knew what you were doing.

        PS: I would lose Martial

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

          I havnt pulled the trigger, i’m more than comfortable with my current OR but i’m just experimenting and gathering opinions with what’s available. Thanks for the sarcastic reply though.

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

            my pleasure.

          2. No Kane No Gain
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Tbh I cannot think of any changes that would make your team “special”. Apart from sterling, nothing missing in my eyes. Ignore the haters.

            Believe.

          3. Eze Really?
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Initial side?

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

          For pulisic

        3. No Kane No Gain
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          The question is, do you know what you’re doing Christina?!

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

            after 12 yrs I think Im ok thanks.

            1. No Kane No Gain
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              What’s your OR?!

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

                19076

                1. No Kane No Gain
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  That ranking doesn’t deserve a miserable response to this poor fantasy scout member asking for assistance.

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

                    Don't believe everything you get told on here - he's well ahead of you.

                  2. Christina.
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    run along chicken. if you have not noticed its everyone for himself on here. From multiple RMT's, people telling others Salah is a must have to phissing on anyone doing ok.

                    1. No Kane No Gain
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Lol fair enough. What went wrong this weekend?! Sounds like something did..

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

                        nothing. up 1.1k thanks for asking.

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

              And great ranks most seasons, unlike some...

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

              Wow you've been on FFS since you were 3. Nice 😉

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

        Just looks like there’s 1.5m missing. I like the team tho

      3. No Kane No Gain
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I like the team. 2 Liverpool defenders might hurt you this week, but good there after.

        Not a mount fan (I have Willian), but I fully understand why he’s there.

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

          Thank you guys. I will pull the trigger over the IB i think.

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

        I would not go Martial on WC. UTD are in such an up and down state. There is no consistency and Ole has no clue what he is doing so my advice is avoid UTD. Martial is also an injury waiting to happen.

        At the end of the day it is your WC so go with with your gut.

    4. Dacra
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Does anyone still have Auba, or just me?

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

        Proud owner, sticking at least until they play city in GW17, super nailed and on pens if they get one with best fixtures in the game after next week

      2. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Strongly considering getting him as an aguero replacement

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

        sold this week. might be getting back.

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          How is your rank doing ? Still near the top ?

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

            2k

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

              Weren’t you top 100 a few weeks ago? Oops

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

                73rd to be exact. and you?

                🙄

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

                  Right on your heels now your out the top 2K 😉

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

                    good for you, lots of space at the top.

            2. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Well done 🙂

      4. It's his Job.
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Me too as I was looking to swap to Kane?

      5. ShaunGoater123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        yep still have him.

        Considering letting him go to free up money for Liverpool triple up next week. But annoyingly coincides with some nice fixtures on paper

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

        Agonised all week whether to: do nothing and keep him, bring in Jimenez and save a FT or bring in Connolly & Martial. This week I've lost out but I'll assess in 4-5 weeks if Martial has been a success.

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

      Rate these mid priced options best to worst...
      A. Tielemans
      B. Martial
      C. Maddison
      D. Pulisic
      E. Jimenez

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

      Triple CHE, LFC and LEI is what I am doing lol. Maybe add SHU as well.

      So much value!

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

        It's bizarre. I'm doing a triple move this week and have about 10m to spend on a midfielder - but Tielemans and Maddison genuinely look like I'll keep 3m banked for weeks.

    7. ShaunGoater123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Planning on these 3 transfers over the next 2 weeks : Auba, Lowton, Dendonker > Firmino, TAA & Trossard.

      Should i do the Dendonker > Trossard this week or save and do all 3 next week? If i don't do it it means playing Lowton or Dendoker

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Not a bad week to play lowton. Brighton fixtures are not great I'd avoid trossars

    8. It's his Job.
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Captain choices this GW?

      1. ElliotJHP
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Vards

      2. Jullepuu
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Between Vardy and Abrahama for me

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

        As I don’t have Vardy I am thinking maddison you know. Transferring some midfielder in that is under 7.7m and they have to be my cap bc otherwise it’s jammy Abraham. Martial, Willian and Pulisic other contenders though. If I owned Vardy or mane it would be them

      4. No Kane No Gain
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Kane, if fit. Just done free hit; I had half my team in the city Liverpool match!

    9. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Which one to start from these? Not great I know, will be fixed next week.

      A) Connolly
      B) Otamendi
      C) Hayden (or Dendo/Nakamba/Chalobah)

    10. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Aguero and Hanley

      To

      Robertson and Jimenez

      1.9 ITB

      If I did this what would you improve?

      Ryan,Button
      TAA,Lundstram,Rico,Kelly*,Hanley*
      Mount,Mane,Maddison,KDB,Saka*
      Kun,Abraham,Vardy

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Very balanced and nice team.maybe not the best week to get Robbie with city next?

        1. Champions League Varane
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Perhaps yes - save the transfer?
          And then what after this week?

          1. Citizenkane91
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Jimenez in this gw and Robertson in next gw and save further transfers, nothing lacking in that team so have two FTs to a rainy day.

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

      Unpopular opinion. Tielemans is as good option as Maddison for 0.8m less. Thoughts?

      Tielemens

      13 goals + assists in his only 24 pl matches so far

      Maddison

      11 goals + assists in his last 24 pl matches

      I can see majority favouring Maddison. But above goal involvement stats say Tielemans can keep pace aa well .

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Maddison on sp which is a big advantage. Tough decision between the 2

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

          Fair enough but since Tielemens arrived to pl he has outscored Maddison despite of him being on setpeices.

          Being on setpeices doesnt warrant extra 0.8 imo

      2. Offs!de
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Right you are that Tielemens matches Maddi's tally but at eye test, Maddison looks always involved

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

      Thoughts on the next move here..
      1. Salah -> Mane. (A little sideways but Salah looks not close to 100% atm).
      2. Sterling-> Maddison. Frees up about 5.5m which allows an easy double up with TAA in defence for Liv the week after.
      3. Save FT. Give it another GW to decide.

      Pope.
      Robbo, A Smith, Lundstram, Janmaat.
      Mount, Sterling, KDB, Salah.
      Abraham, Vardy.
      Button, Cantwell, Soyuncu, Wickham.
      1ft. 0.8m ITB. WC in hand so can take a gamble or 2.

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I would sell sterling

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

        Sterling vs TAA is stopping me doing the same

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

        I wouldn't want to sell Sterling or Salah tbh

    13. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Thoughts on TAA & Robbo double up?

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

        Perfect after the City game

    14. Millie7
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Current front 6:

      Salah - Sterling - KDB - Mount
      Haller - Abraham

      Is it madness to take Sterling out to fund Haller > Vardy?

      2FT

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

      Need a replacement for Dilva who will be captain this week. Can’t make a decision yet really, leaning Maddison. What you think professionals?

      A) Maddison (ARS, C)
      B) Martial (BRI, C)
      C) Pulisic (CRY, C)

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Is D Silva injured ?

        B out of these probably

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

          Yeah mate definitely misses next league game according to pep, cheers

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

        C

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Not nailed yet though is he ?

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

            How many games till he is considered nailed?

            1. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              All I'm saying bit risky to captain him. Could pay off nicely of course

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

          Thought you might say that, you made me consider him as an option

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

            Could have had a couple this weekend - he is on form but annoying intl break coming which always seems to disrupt things

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

              Oh damn yeah that’s a really good point thanks

      3. No Kane No Gain
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        C. Set pieces alone mean that he could have a quiet game but grab an assist out of nowhere

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

          Nice thanks

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

        Who are your forwards?

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

          Auba (lei), Tammy (CRY, not wild about captaining) and ings (EVE, don’t ask)
          Not a single captaincy option in my side really

          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Time to take a punt !

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

            I see why you didn't list them now hahah. I'm considering Mane, Tammy and Vardy. I wouldn't be able to trust Martial so between A and C. Probably A if you wouldn't captain Tammy!

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

              Thanks mate very helfpul

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

      Auba cantwell ota to vardy martial Rico -4???

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Auba has some very nice fixtures coming up really want to sell ?

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

          Alternate option is deulofeu ota digne to vardy Rico janmat for -4

          1. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Better imo. What would your defence look like ?

    17. Captain_Shirokov
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Have 2 free transfers and 1.7m leftover. What would you do with this front 8?

      Sterling, Mane, Mount, Yarmo, Dendoncker
      Auba, Tammy, Maupay

      Looking at Yarmo/Maupay (maybe Auba for funds) out for Vardy and someone.

      1. No Kane No Gain
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        No Leicester, suffering like me then.

        Could do a smaller switch and gets Maddison or tielemans in. Get rid of yarmolenko?!

    18. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Would you take a hit to replace Ota ? Thanks

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Defence could cover for him this week

    19. Ozzy smith
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Any thoughts on this lot? Plan to do Sterling + Yarmo > Mane Maddison ok the next couple of gw?

      Pope
      TAA Lund Tomori
      Sterling KDB Mount McGinn
      Vardy Tammy *Wilson*(Button Soyuncu McGinn Rico) »

      1. Ozzy smith
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Fail.

      2. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yep looks good

    20. KingOllie
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Decided im doing Sterling -> Mane.

      City double up is too much rn and not having Mane is going to be a rank killer

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Good move imo.

        1. KingOllie
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          bit scary because of sterlings underlying stats - but think its a sensible choice, particularly with the fixture swing

    21. SHOWSTOPPERRR
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Best way to get vardy in

      A) Auba Cantwell ota to vardy martial Rico -4
      B) Auba to vardy -4
      C) Dealofue ota digne to vardy rico janmat -4

      Team
      Pope button
      Taa ota digne soyu Lund
      Sterling kdb mount mcgin cantwell
      Auba Dealofue abraham

      1. Our Man Charlie
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        B) for me avoid the hit imo

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

          Thanks mate

    22. Our Man Charlie
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Morning FFS 🙂

      2 freebies this week

      Wilson out for Jimenez & Kun out for Vardy(c)
      leaves a nice wedge itb to sort out a double pool of some-sorts for after the City game

      Any thoughts ?

    23. WWF
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Schmeichel

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

        ... buy yeh? Looking like the keeper to have going forward!!!

    24. joeydelucchi
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      ....Anyone else being stubborn and refusing to go with a Leicester player 🙂

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

        Look at their fixture run and get back to me

        1. joeydelucchi
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          ok so what if i just get perez or tielemans? :)...i hate following the crowd at this point for someone like Vardy....and im not getting a defender, they can still concede

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

            Yep, Teil or Perez are great options.

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

        Nailed reliable well priced players this season are gold dust

    25. Ozzy smith
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Would you ship KDB to bring in a LIV asset (Mane) over Sterling if you had the funds?

      1. KingOllie
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        think KDB is the value pick - im replacing sterling for a while

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

          Also Sterling is on four yellows if it makes a diff

    26. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I may be in a situation this week or next to upgrade Dendo with £7.8m to spend on a mid. The rest of the front 8 would look like this:

      Mané, KDB, Mount, Barnes, XXXX
      Jiménez, Vardy, Abraham

      Who would you go for?

      Given I already have Barnes and Next vardy, Maddi or Tielemans feels unnecessary. Pulisic isn’t nailed yet and Martial plays for MUN which atm is enough said...

      Really unsure!

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

        What's the plan there then? Rotating or just stacking up good options?

        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Not sure fully what the plan is 😆

          I am pretty sure I want to do Kun, Boly > Jimi, Robbo

          I’ll hold off on the Robbo move until after MCI game.

          That leaves me with £3.4m extra to spend. Either to upgrade Dendo for a benching headache most weeks or to upgrade Barnes maybe and keep Dendo