Scout Notes

Goalkeeper problems for Man City as Son returns to form immediately

Wednesday evening’s Champions League matches helped Fantasy Premier League managers in preparation for Gameweek 12.

Manchester City and Spurs both enjoyed varying degrees of success in their midweek European exploits.

We’ve highlighted the key Fantasy talking points in this latest Scout Notes article.

Arsenal also played Vitória on Wednesday night, but details of that match will be included in our Europa League round-up on Friday morning.

Atalanta 1-1 Manchester City

Ederson had to go off injured at half-time in Italy

Goals: Raheem Sterling (£12.1m)

Assists: Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m)

Red cards: Claudio Bravo (£4.8m)

Missed penalties: Jesus

Pep Guardiola could be faced with goalkeeper concerns for Manchester City’s Gameweek 12 trip to Liverpool.

Ederson (£6.1m) was taken off with a muscle injury at half-time during the 1-1 draw with Atalanta and is currently a doubt for the weekend.

His manager admitted after the game that he did not know enough to make a call about the injury, which should enhance the importance of his Friday press conference.

“I don’t know right now. It’s a muscular problem. It was a risk so we took him off as he was feeling it late in the first half. We don’t know.” – Pep Guardiola

Guardiola’s problems in goal were further exacerbated in the second half when replacement Claudio Bravo (£4.8m) was sent off.

Bravo was sent off for a questionable slide tackle on Iličić

For much of the second half, Atalanta were pushing Manchester City to get back into the game, with Mario Pašalić equalising in the 49th minute.

Then in 81st minute, Josip Iličić took advantage of Manchester City’s high defensive line and bore down on the visitors’ goal.

Bravo took the bold decision to venture out of his penalty box and slide towards the onrushing forward and, even though contact was minimal, the video assistant referee (VAR) still confirmed the red card was the correct decision.

With no more goalkeepers left on the bench, Kyle Walker (£5.9m) was forced to come on and deputise during the closing stages, replacing Riyad Mahrez (£8.4m).

Manchester City defender Kyle Walker comes on for Riyad Mahrez to play as a goalkeeper

The first thing the right-back had to do was top the free-kick from Bravo’s foul, which he just about managed to do, spilling the original effort before smothering the ball.

Manchester City did a fantastic job of protecting Walker who, after that free-kick, had next to nothing to do.

However, the more important implications revolve around who will play in goal against Liverpool.

While Bravo will not be suspended for any Premier League matches, his wild error of judgement in the closing stages could count against him when Guardiola comes to picking the team.

If the manager doesn’t fancy starting him and Ederson is not passed fit either then we could see Scott Carson (not currently priced up in FPL), involved at Anfield.

The 34-year-old has already been named in a matchday squad in the EFL Cup this season but has not made a Premier League appearance since 22 May 2011.

Manchester City struggled to contain Atalanta in the second half

While Manchester City fans are understandably concerned about the goalkeeper position ahead of a trip to Anfield, they may also have concerns about other defensive areas of the team.

Against Atalanta, Guardiola deployed Benjamin Mendy (£6.0m) and João Cancelo (£5.3m) either side of Fernandinho (£5.2m) and Nicolas Otamendi (£5.3m).

Despite a number of those among the first-choice selections at this point, they struggled to contain Atalanta, especially in the second half.

That will be quite worrying considering the huge step up in quality that Manchester City will experience when facing Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.

However, it might actually reassure owners of Mohamed Salah (£12.3m) and Sadio Mané (£12.0m) who may have originally been put off by such a big game.

Sterling has now scored four goals in his last two Champions League outings

Those still in possession of Raheem Sterling (£12.1m) may also have found encouragement in Wednesday night’s match.

Officially stationed on the left flank of the 4-3-3, with the help of Mendy, he still drifted into central areas on occasion, finishing the encounter top for shots (four) and shots on target (two).

Sterling also scored Manchester City’s only goal of the evening, a wonderful team goal inside the first six minutes.

Bernardo Silva (£7.9m) curled a ball into the penalty area which Gabriel Jesus (£9.5m) flicked into the path of Sterling, who had drifted into the middle of the penalty box, resulting in a routine poacher’s finish.

It was a mixed night for Jesus, who missed a first-half penalty

Owners of Sergio Aguero (£12.0m) may be faced with another dilemma ahead of Gameweek 12 as he was given most of the night off.

Meanwhile, it was a mixed night for Jesus who, despite setting up Sterling’s goal with a fantastic piece of skill, managed no shots on target and missed a first-half.

In fact, it was arguably one of the worst penalties of recent memory as he dragged it so far wide that all goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini had to do was watch it trickle past his right-hand post.

Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson (Bravo 46′); Mendy, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Cancelo; B Silva, Gündogan, de Bruyne; Sterling, Jesus (Aguero 73′), Mahrez (Walker 88′).

Red Star Belgrade 0-4 Spurs

Son scored twice as Spurs won 4-0 in Belgrade

Goals: Giovani Lo Celso (£7.3m), Son Heung-min x2 (£9.6m), Christian Eriksen (£8.7m)

Assists: Son, Dele Alli (£8.4m), Danny Rose (£5.4m), Ryan Sessegnon (£5.4m)

Son Heung-min (£9.6m) seemed to successfully exorcise his Gameweek 11 demons by scoring twice as Spurs won 4-0 against Red Star Belgrade.

The South Korean was incredibly distraught on Sunday afternoon as his late challenge on Andre Gomes (£5.3m) resulted in the Everton midfielder suffering a horror ankle injury.

Son was erroneously issued with a red card for his tackle but with the sending off now rescinded by an independent board and two goals midweek, he looks a much more viable option for Gameweek 12 than he did a few days ago.

“I told you, it wasn’t a big issue. It was a problem for everyone, not only for Sonny, for everyone on the pitch. We feel very sorry about what happened to Andre, but he moved on quickly. We helped him to move on. It was a mix of everything, not only the injury, the red card, how we missed the three points.” – Mauricio Pochettino

Son looked back to his usual self just a few days after a harrowing end to Sunday’s trip to Goodison Park

Son was officially deployed on the left flank of a 4-2-3-1 formation but popped up in a number of central locations throughout the match.

First, Son provided what would have been a Fantasy assist for Giovani Lo Celso‘s (£7.3m) first-ever Spurs goal, although it was perhaps one of the messiest the Champions League has ever seen.

Lo Celso started the move off by playing Harry Kane (£10.8m) through, whose poked effort underneath the goalkeeper hit the post.

Son’s rebounded shot was blocked on the line, before a defender headed the ball out and Moussa Sissoko (£4.9m) prodded it back into the six-yard box.

Kane then blasted a shot across the goal-line from a tight angle, Son sticking a leg out on the back-post and hits the bar before Lo Celso finally stuck it in the net.

Son then found the net himself in the second half as Spurs scored from a brilliant counter-attack move.

Tanguy Ndombèlé (£5.9m) drove the ball into Red Star’s half, squared it inside to Dele Alli (£8.4m), who then moved it on again to Son on the left.

The South Korean let it just run across his body before slotting home emphatically with his left foot.

Shortly afterwards he made it 3-0. Danny Rose (£5.4m) was unleashed down the left-hand side, receiving a perfectly weighted ball from Kane, before squaring to an unmarked Son at the back-post.

Crucially, the South Korean was then replaced by Ryan Sessegnon (£5.4m) in the 75th minute, perhaps safeguarding his chance of starting against Sheffield United.

Lo Celso (left) scored on his full Spurs debut

Also encouraging was the performance of Lo Celso, who capped his full debut for Spurs with a goal.

With Christian Eriksen (£8.7m) not having the best of campaigns, Spurs have been seriously lacking creativity in the middle of the park.

Lo Celso himself has had a delayed introduction into the team, an early-season hip injury limiting him to just six substitute appearances.

However, against Red Star, the Argentinian, featuring from the beginning, played some nice passes to his team-mates and displaying delivery from set pieces that were better than Eriksen has shown this season.

He was also on hand to bundle home that remarkably bizarre first-half goal for Spurs.

“I think (Lo Celso’s performance) was very good. Always it’s difficult for a new player when he arrives, and after the team was very successful last season. He arrived at the end of the pre-season. The circumstances were that he was behind everyone, got injured with the national team and then it was about building his fitness and his confidence, and then waiting for the opportunity to be in the starting XI and feel the opportunity. I am happy because he is a very good player and his personality and character is great. Now he only needs time like Tanguy [Ndombele] and Ryan Sessegnon. They are so young. They arrive now to the team in difficult circumstances, not the best circumstances. That is why like I tell you always I don’t expect too much, I am happy with that they provide to the team. They need time. I am happy with the players.” – Mauricio Pochettino

However, Pochettino did admit that he was not sure yet whether he could use Lo Celso for the Gameweek 12 clash with Sheffield United.

He also referenced Alli and Ndombèlé as players he was unsure of at this stage.

“Now we’ve finished the game we need to assess all the players now. We need to assess Dele, we need to assess Tanguy, we need to assess Giovani. Plenty of players that are…we play Sunday, then Wednesday and now we will play Saturday. It is so short the time to recovery that we need to be sure that everyone who is going to compete on Saturday, another massive game for us, is going to be fresh and in condition to be really competitive because we need to really strong and competitive against a very good team like Sheffield United.” – Mauricio Pochettino

Spurs did keep a clean sheet in Belgrade but were fortunate to do so

Perhaps the only real blot on Spurs’ copybook in Belgrade was some poor defending, which they were fortunate not to have been punished by.

On two occasions, spaces were opened up behind the two centre-backs, Davinson Sánchez (£5.3m) and Eric Dier (£4.9m).

The first time, a loose ball was pounced on by Milan Pavkov who went clean through and forced a sprawling save from Paulo Gazzaniga (£4.4m).

Former Huddersfield Town man Rajiv van la Parra then exposed another hole at the back with his pace, Gazzaniga forced into turning it on to the post before Sánchez’s poor attempt to play it back to the goalkeeper turns it onto the bar.

However, the main encouragement for Spurs to take from this game was the result itself. Incredibly, this was their first away win of the season.

“I am very pleased. It is a very difficult place, it was a very good victory, it was fully deserved in the way that we approached. The way we started the game it was fantastic, we talked a lot with the players and we designed a plan to play and it was good to dominate and play in the opposition half, that was the idea. We provided them the ability to grow during the game with the atmosphere they were going to face here. I think it was fantastic, we have to keep going it is only a very, very small step. But it is a step forward.” – Mauricio Pochettino

Tottenham Hotspur XI (4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga; Rose, Dier, D Sánchez, Foyth; Ndombèlé, Sissoko; Son (Sessegnon 75′), Alli (Eriksen 62′), Lo Celso (Skipp 86′); Kane.

597 Comments Post a Comment
  1. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Looks like Son is flavour of the week after last night.

    Wouldn't mind him.

    Son or Jimenez?

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

      Both here if I stick to Vardy as my only Leicester attacking player.

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

      Jim

    3. Atimis
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Could gamble on Son, high price but much higher ceiling

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

      Not crazy about either yet just now

    5. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Sonny

  2. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts?
    1 plays / 1 is first off the bench
    A - Lundstram at TOT
    B - McTominay home BHA

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Tough. Would say Lund but can see Scott getting something out from this game

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

        He is playing in the Pogba position isnt he?

        1. iL PiStOlErO
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Pretty much yes

  3. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Have following question regarding my team, all thoughts appropriated

    1) Mount to Pulisic for free or keep FT?
    2) Changes to bench and (c)?

    Pope
    TAA/Tomori/Rico
    Mane/KDB/Maddison/Mount*
    Auba/Vardy(c)/Tammy

    Button/Lund/Soy/Hayden

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

      We got the same strikers and Im betting on Tammy for the C

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

        Than again I could see the ARS defence crumble early
        Now Im thinking Vardy

    2. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      What's your Liverpool GW 13 plan?

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

    Is it worth doing Sterling Cantwell to Son Martial so i can bench Maupay? Cheers

    Pope
    TAA - Lund - Rico
    Sterling - Mane - KDB - Mount
    Vardy - Tammy - Maupay

    Button Cantwell Soy Montoya

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yes, nice moves

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

      You’d have to be benching Mount no? Mount and Maupay out if anything

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

        Don’t sell sterling for son

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

          Its wether Son Martial get more points over the next few weeks than Sterling Maupay..

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

            I'd take the spread given that Raz can't really offer a captaincy option for a while

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

    Martial is realistically the best captain choice this week. Brighton away is the worst defence available out of the captaincy options by some way. After looking at this I’m definitely getting him in instead of getting disappointed by Abraham

    1. The Gambler.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      errrrrrrr yeah ok LOL

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      My gut says cpt Tammy but they played tough CL match against Ajax and CP is always solid. Utd is too unpredictable but It could work of course

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

        Going to be a close one regardless I think

        1. iL PiStOlErO
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          I agree but hope Tammy will get something out of this. Don’t have Party and not sure if I should cpt Madds or Son but don’t feel good about that.

    3. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I'm going Tony too as long as he is rested today

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

        Yeah this is a good point. He’ll play regardless but I’d rather he was fully rested and fit

    4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Leaning between martial & Vardy myself

      But also considering Salah now with Ederson out

      He could have a field day vs that city makeshift defence which is currently all over the place with rotation into the bargain

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

        Yeah man salah looks class in CL and knackered in PL it’s strange. Going to be a fun week for captaincy but Vardy is very highly owned at the top got to pray a little there

    5. Reacher
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I like this and may join you

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

        Excellent you’re coming down with me

    6. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hope he does well I'm sick of Ryan filling his boots

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

      man utd number of chances created from open play is a huge red flag

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

      I'd ask yourself again mate.

  6. yer old da
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    With no other pressing concerns, 2 FT, and having bought Mount at 6.7 meaning my selling value is 6.8, I’m thinking of moving Mount > Pulisic this week. How does the team look?

    Pope
    TAA, Tomori, Lundstram, Rico
    Sterling, Mane, KDB, Pulisic
    Vardy(c), Abraham

    Subs: Gazzaniga, Dendoncker, Soyuncu, Connolly

    Other option is Sterling > Son and Connolly > Jimenez, meaning 3-4-3 this week...

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

      Looks exactly like my team 😛

      I'm weighing up Pulisic, Martial or Maddison currently. Still haven't decided. Maybe Martial's performance (or lack thereof) will persuade me tonight.

      1. yer old da
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I think Pulisic looks a proper player, certainly passing the eye test massively for me

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

          Yes. But the international break is super annoying and then he has City away. Timing isn't the best and he basically needs to crush it this week to be worth it.

          1. yer old da
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            And crush it he will 🙂

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

    Sorry posted earlier and no replies

    Suggestions?- time to ditch Kun??

    Ryan,Button

    TAA,Lundstram,Rico,Kelly*,Hanley*

    Mount,Mane,Maddison,KDB,Saka*

    Kun,Abraham,Vardy

    Thank you!

  8. BraxterStockman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What do you rather do with 2 FT's ?

    A) -Alonso
    -Otamendi
    +Willems
    +Robertsson ( I have TAA, but see this as a great differential.And can do this change after City as well. )

    B) -4 with
    -Alonso
    -Otamendi
    -B.Saka
    +Rico
    +Willems
    +Tielemans ( dont have any Leicter )

    C) Something else?

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

      A looks good

  9. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hi lads, Roll FT?

    Pope,

    TAA, Willems, Lundstrom

    Sterling, KDB, Mane, Mount*, Martial (C)

    Abraham, Jimenez

    Stekelnburg, Rico, Cresswell, Greenwood!

    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      1.1 ITB Btw

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

      I liked the Martial (C) (United fan)
      Yes I think roll the FT?

  10. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Vrancic, great - another piranha in Cantwell's pond...

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

      Exactly - I mentioned a month or so back that Cantwell would lose his spot (have Norwich fans as friends) and they think he's over performed and returned to the mean.

      1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        He was injured in fairness but certainly if nothing tomorrow he has to go

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

    Mount to Pulisic (Or anyone max 7.4) for -4?

    Bench of Lund, Soy, Dendoncker.

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hold for now.

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

    On WC

    A.) Maddison + TAA + Roboo
    B.) Son + Soy + Robbo

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      A

  13. yer old da
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    When you think about downgrading Sterling folk think you’re mad, but when you phrase it as Sterling and Connolly or Son and Jimenez it seems a no brainer the other way.

    1. yer old da
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      And if you then say Sterling, Connolly and Tomori, or Pulisic, Jimenez and Robbo it becomes even sillier. The morale of the story is I think Sterling is overpriced given all the fantastic value in midfield. You have to accept he’ll haul on occasion, but the others will more than offset that in the intervening weeks.

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling has been steadily sold for over 8 game weeks now

      His remaining owners are becoming more and more hardcore with each passing week so only natural they'd be getting more and more vocal

      His points tell their own story over the last 10 weeks

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

        It is quite bad if you have him and do not cap him.

        I had Sterling up to GW5, did not cap him once so no point having him.

        Had Salah since GW1 and capped him 9 out of 11 GW's.

        Least I do not sit on the fence 😀

      2. yer old da
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I agree...he’s on 5.37 points per million, compared with Mount (7.97), Tielemans (7.73, Maddison (7.16) and Pulisic (6.44). It’s a squad-based game where you have to maximise the PPM of every player in your squad.

        I know the counter argument is the captaincy option. I would argue that with Mane, KDB, Vardy and Abraham in most teams you already have a plethora of captaincy options.

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

          his ppm will most likely improve

    3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      The problem is the CL form having no bearing on the Prem form. It's not like he has lost points scoring ability on a football pitch, just in a particular competition.

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

        its almost as if its all just variance and form isnt real, imagine that

      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Aatlanta aren't a good side - they're only in it by default because of AC Milan getting thrown out of it

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

          Boom

          1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            And its against them that he has 4 goals & 2 assists

            Only Genoa, Sampdoria, Lecce & Sassuolo have conceded more than them (18 in 11 Serie A games) in Italy this season - they're effectively a striker's wet dream to play against, and brand new to the champions league to boot so a bit of rabbit in the headlights syndrome with the game where city battered them

            I think his other goals came against Kosovo, Bulgaria, & Dinamo Zagreb - who themselves would make Atalanta look like 1990's AC Milan defensively

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

      It isn't a no-brainer because people's benches these days are so strong that you end up benching Soyuncu's 14 pts or Lundstram's 21 to play an attacker with a good fixture.

      I think having two outfield duds like Connolly + Cantwell/Dendo are fine therefore why bother 'saving' money on Son when you can just keep Sterling.

    5. Pegboy
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not a no brainer, but it is the transfer I'm considering (Sterling + Greenwood > Son + Jimi).

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

    @ASK YOURSELF

    Nice rank...

    Just checked you at 54k on 648 points.

    I am currently 610k on 599 points.

    Gap is not that massive...

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

      Its tight.

      Im 77k on 642 points.

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

        Very tight.

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

      Hey mate. Cheers man nice to see you climbing the ranks. That’s depressing to see though it really isn’t far at all. Been a rough few weeks for me been falling since GW6 so was nice to get a breakthrough. GL on the chase to the top x

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

        Yeah, good luck to you too!

    3. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      629, 160k

  15. Squeakybum99
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ota to ? FT, have WC, can punt on anyone with City pool this week in mind. Budget no constraint.

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      For 1-week? Azpi/Digne/J. Willems

      1. Squeakybum99
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yep. Thanks. Also debating Janmaat, Doh or Maguire.

  16. Holmes
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Ralph Hasenhuttl: "Moussa [Djenepo] is back, Cedric is back, they can train with the team. No more injuries, so we have all the players on board now. Ryan Bertrand, he is still suspended. The rest are fit."

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

      got my eye on moussa. doubt he starts this week though

    2. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      But still...

  17. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Mount is IN the England squad.

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

      and could be replaced

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

      Right time to ditch CHO and keep Mount

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

        CHO in the squad too 😉

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

          Completely blanked that! Thanks

    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      This happened previously I am sure, looks like positive news

  18. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gtg? 1ft 1.3 itb

    Hendo
    TAA Perreira Lund
    KDB Mount CHO Mane Martial
    Abraham Vardy (C)
    (Button, Rico, Tierney, connolly)

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Gtg

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

      Mount and CHO both to start?

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Who knows :/ guess we'll see

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

      Beautiful. Playing both Chelsea in hope? I'm selling CHO if Mount has a chance I think. Shame - really liked the CHO punt.

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yh mate, likely to sell after this week myself tbh.

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

      looks good mate. i would start rico over lund but yknow

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yh considering it but got to support the boys 🙂

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

      nice

  19. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Mount fit for England duty.

    Dele Alli left out once again.

    No room for Kyle Walker in goal.

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No Kyle no Cs.

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Mount 😯

  21. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I have been busy growing this week so have been out of touch with the football. Who is the must have player for this week everyone is getting in?

    Thanks

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

      how much did you grow?

      apparently everyone is bringing in neal maupay

      1. Modest Bob
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        A mm taller i think.

    2. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy if people dont have him yet.
      Jimenez a reasonably popular pick.

    3. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Roy Hodgson

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

      Vardy is the communities obsession this week

    5. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Thaks alot guys. I will ponder my next move.

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

      Who are you dribbles? Can't work out if you are an acne ridden teenager cruelly ignored by his peers or a 40yr old IT guy living in his mum's basement.

      1. Modest Bob
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Lolz. I may do a question and answer night one time.

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

          Fair play to you Dribbles, you never bite 🙂
          Probably leading to dribbles ironically

  22. mikess
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What to do with Mendy this week?

    TAA, Lundstram, Rico and Lascelles my remaining defenders. Happy playing this 4

    1. Yeezy FC
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I was just gonna post about Mendy...my other 4 are Lundstram, Digne, Soyuncu, and Chilwell. I wish Mendy was the assist machine from last season.

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

    Ali a good pick?

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

      Not got the right mentality to be consistent enough

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

        How does this look?

        Kun and Mount

        To

        Ali and Jimenez

        Leaves 0.3 and enough money to do Hanley to Robbo next week!

    2. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      On my watchlist at the moment.

    3. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hasn't been since 2016/17.

  24. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    You know when you made a plan to bring in player the next week.
    But your gut is telling to get him NOW.
    On a BLOODY HIT.

    MUST. RESIST. KNEEJERK.

    (By now I assume everyone knows who I'm talking about)

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

      Dj....

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

      D?

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

      maupay for a hit?

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Sticking to your Maupay propaganda. Respect.

    4. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Moussa Djenepo, and my fingers are currently VERY trigger happy.

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

        I am actually getting him in for Mount as a differential but will be on my bench. Cheap enough to sit there, get some fitness and hopefully he will be firing soon enough.

      2. rjcv177
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        great player...the two goals he scored are stamps of what to expect

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

        if i thought he’d start i’d get him this week on ft

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

        Get him if it makes you excited and expect him to do well. It's just a bloody fantasy game and one of the best feelings is when differentials deliver and get you ahead of the curve!

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

      Come on you Saints!!!!!

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Man, if we lose and we replace Ralph with Coleman, I might just get black out drunk.

        1. PapaWengzz
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Don't do that.

          1. Differential C (Mark)
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Cheers for the concern. Whether I do it or not, losing the game and losing Ralph is the cherry on top of a s*** week.

            1. PapaWengzz
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Hahah nothing good ever comes from a bender. It's either a broken phone, lost keys or a concussion!

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

            Better than having Blankwell, Dendo or Gwen on the bench.

            1. Differential C (Mark)
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Blankwell xD
              I'd have gone Cantscorewell.

  25. EMBOLOFAN
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    gareth southgate is insufferably dull. would love to see him sacked for no reason other than that

    1. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Spiralling into an FA yes-man,. You hate to see it.

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

        its like being managed by tony blair

        1. Differential C (Mark)
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          He's an avsokute gent, I'll give hin that. Carries himself very dignified and such.

          But man, he could use a bloody spine transplant.

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

          A war criminal? That's more interesting then Gareth 🙂

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

          Is he going to leave Steve Holland in a bit of a mess?

    2. jtreble
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He's set up England well IMHO.

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Done a lot of things right, I'll give him that. But the loyalty to certain underperforming players is baffling.
        Also feel that the WC was not the "golden generation", but rather a "golden opportunity" and we bottled it.
        It was good, but what couldve been.

      2. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        ^Truth^

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

        boring

    3. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Just think back to how awful it was before Southgate. The public were apathetic with England, who were playing dull boring football. He has made England exciting to watch, and has created a better atmosphere in the dressing room. Until we fail to get out the group stage, I doubt his job is at risk.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_YneccErSc

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I will agree that he has made me believe in england a lot more then Erikson, Capello, and Hodgson ever have. I'll give him that.

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

        who cares? hes dull and this is what we project to the world about ourselves. i liked allerdyce in this regard

  26. rjcv177
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hi guys. Few options for you to show all your talent. 1FT 0.1ITB

    Ryan
    Rico, Soy/Lundstram?, Tomori
    Mane, KdB, Martial, Mount*
    Kun, Vardy (C), Abraham

    ____, Dedoncker, Ota

    A) Ota to Janmaat (raising funds for liv defence)
    B) Kun to Jimenez (bail out of Kun rotation and raising funds also)
    C) Mount to Tielemans (cant afford Madison)
    D) Kun+Ota to Jimenez+TAA (starting to build the triplepool)
    F) Kun+Mount to Jimenez+Son (get best off weapon on Spurs good fixtures)
    G) Ota+Mount+Kun to TAA+Son+Jimenez (-8 and short of time before price raises)
    H) Save and have 2 FT to check whats best (double liv def or att)

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

    How does this look?

    Kun and Mount

    To

    Ali and Jimenez

    Leaves 0.3 and enough money to do Hanley to Robbo next week!

  28. Von Lipwig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    So Mount is a problem. Not much on my bench if he doesn't play. Is there any excellent sub-7m direct replacement?

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

      Watch this space - he's in the England squad. Tielemans is the best sub 7m mid in my opinion but Trossard, Grealish and Djenepo are some fruity alternatives.

      1. PapaWengzz
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Wouldnt say djenepo is a good 4th mid just yet

    2. Squeakybum99
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Tielmans

      1. Squeakybum99
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        But I'll hold.

  29. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Any of these worth an FT?
    A)Pope to Gazzaniga
    B) Sterling to Mane
    C) Salah to Mane

    1. Pinturicchio10
        4 years, 4 months ago

        My planned use of ft this week is option B. So that for me.

    2. Malkmus
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      A'noon all. Which team is best? Differences in caps.

      A- 352:

      Pope (Button)
      Robbo - Chilwell - Lundy (Rico - JANMATT/4.3)
      Sterling - KDB - Mane - TIELEMANS - GREALISH
      Vardy - Tammy - (Wickham)

      B - 442:

      Pope (Button)
      Robbo - Chilwell - Lundy - TOMORI (Rico)
      Sterling - KDB - Mane - MADDISON (DENDONKER)
      Vardy - Tammy - (Wickham)

      Ta!