Scout Notes

Vardy party continues ahead of even kinder fixture run

Leicester City 2-0 Arsenal

Goals: Jamie Vardy (£9.5m), James Maddison (£7.4m)

Assists: Youri Tielemans (£6.6m), Vardy

Bonus Points: Vardy x3, Çaglar Söyüncü x2 (£4.8m), Ricardo Pereira x1 (£6.3m), Maddison x1

Goals from Jamie Vardy (£9.5m) and James Maddison (£7.4m) helped take Leicester City to second in the league and the pair ever further into the hearts and minds of Fantasy Premier League managers worldwide.

Since losing, narrowly and unluckily, at Liverpool in Gameweek 8, the Foxes have become something of an irresistible force, so it felt almost inevitable they would sweep aside an Arsenal team far from being an immovable object at present.

The only surprise was that it took Brendan Rodgers’ men nearly 70 minutes to find a way past Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno (£5.0m).

When they did, it was with a slick team goal to warm many a Fantasy heart, involving four of the side’s most owned players.

Tielamsn provided the assist for Vardy’s goal against Arsenal

Maddison and Ricardo Pereira (£6.3m) exchanged passes on the right, allowing Youri Tielemans (£6.6m) to burst into the box and centre for Vardy to guide the ball home.

Of the quartet, only Tielemans (9.4%) does not have double-digit ownership in Fantasy Premier League (FPL), and that is surely only a matter of time.

The Belgian has two goals and as many assists from the last four Gameweeks and shared top billing with Maddison for both attempts and chances created against Arsenal. His £6.6m price tag makes him slightly better value than his midfield partner, although Maddison edges it for overall points scored, by 62 to 57.

The England man notched his second goal in three Gameweeks to secure the win against the Gunners, rifling home from the edge of the area following Vardy’s lay-off. Only Liverpool and Manchester City players are now ahead of him in FPL’s midfield scoring charts, with all four of them considerably more expensive.

Maddison and Vardy have both offered great value in recent weeks

As for the game’s highest overall scorer, it’s… Jamie Vardy.

He has 11 goals for the season, eight of which have come in the last five Gameweeks, and two of his three assists this campaign have arrived since Gameweek 10.

Much has been made of the striker’s relatively low shot total. He’s had 25 attempts – a figure matched or bettered by 13 other forwards – but delve a little deeper and you’ll find only three have had more big chances than his 12 this season.

Add Vardy’s clinical finishing to Leicester’s dynamism and creativity and 92 FPL points are the result.

Rodgers was understandably happy to praise his striker after the match.

“He is up there with the very, very top strikers in European football with what he brings to a team, his pressing. We’ve allowed him to do essentially what he wants to do – he’s so honest, he’d press the whole back four if he could.” – Brendan Rodgers

Pereira has been unfortunate not to get more attacking returns of late

The Foxes will face Brighton (minus Lewis Dunk (£4.6m)), Everton, Watford, Aston Villa and Norwich after the international break. Little wonder, then, that seven of the top 20 most bought players heading into Gameweek 13 (a full fortnight away) are from Leicester.

And the 21st is Pereira.

The wing-back, at £6.3m, is the most expensive route into a defence that’s kept three consecutive clean sheets and now leads the way for both shut-outs (five) and goals conceded (eight).

Pereira’s offensive threat is the reason for his lofty price tag, although he’s only produced attacking returns (two goals) in two matches this season having proved rather unfortunate.

He did earn a bonus point against Arsenal, but there are cheaper and equally cheerful alternatives to be had.

Söyüncü has been offering Fantasy managers great value in defence

Top of that particular shop is Çaglar Söyüncü (£4.8m), who has been outstanding over the last three Gameweeks, providing three clean sheets, a goal and five bonus points, two of which came on Saturday.

On another day, he could have been on for a second assist of the season when he was blatantly fouled in the box by Matteo Guendouzi (£4.7m), only for VAR to turn a blind eye based on an arguable offside call involving Maddison.

As a result, he’s ‘just’ produced the 28 points since Gameweek 10 and it is no shock to see him behind only Vardy and Maddison for transfers-in among Leicester players.

Chilwell has failed to replicate the dizzy heights of his double-figure haul at Southampton

Another defender gaining owners is Ben Chilwell (£5.7m), who brought in a monster 19-point haul in the 9-0 drubbing of Southampton in Gameweek 10 and was half a post away from scoring again last week against Crystal Palace.

He’s more than doubled his ownership, to 11.6%, in a fortnight, but was unusually quiet against the Gunners, creating just the one chance and having no goal attempts whatsoever.

Still, with those fixtures to come, owning Leicester players across the pitch, from the ever-reliable Kasper Schmeichel (£5.2m), whose 52 points has him joint-top of the goalkeeper standings, all the way through to Vardy up top, looks like an absolute no-brainer.

And such is their form at present, even a nasty Christmas double-header of Manchester City away and Liverpool at home doesn’t look beyond them, particularly as the fixtures that follow are set fair again until Gameweek 25 on the dim and distant date of February 1.

Arsenal increasingly look like a no-fly zone for Fantasy managers

As for Arsenal, they’re currently doing a fine impression of an unsettled team full of players shorn of confidence under a manager with an increasingly tenuous grip on his job. Which is, of course, precisely where they’re at.

None of that makes for rich Fantasy pickings.

Leicester fired in 19 shots, to the Gunners’ eight, on Saturday, with seven on target to Arsenal’s one.

None of that was anything new as only Villa and Norwich have allowed more attempts than the 197 conceded by Unai Emery’s side this season.

If save points are your thing, then Leno is your man. The keeper has made a league-leading 49 stops, which is seven clear of his closest rival, Bournemouth’s Aaron Ramsdale (£4.6m).

Unai Emery switched to a three-man defence for the first time this season

Emery tried to address that by switching to a back three at the King Power Stadium, with Rob Holding (£4.5m) handed a first start of the season alongside David Luiz (£5.8m) and Callum Chambers (£4.4m) at centre-half.

It didn’t work.

Arsenal were overwhelmed by Leicester’s high press, which forced them to cough up the ball in their own half time and again during a relentlessly dismal first period from the visitors.

They were at least more composed and cohesive as a defensive unit after the interval, a vague positive that Emery was keen to stress post-match.

“I know we are receiving criticism, but I have done before and I have recovered. I accept all the criticism. It is normal. Today we did one step ahead being better defensively.” – Unai Emery

Arsenal’s premium forwards have largely let their owners down of late

And things could have been so different, had Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) not missed a golden chance from six yards out.

The striker does have the makings of a real differential punt in the short term as the Gunners’ next four fixtures involve Southampton and Brighton at home and trips to Norwich and West Ham.

But the 1.7%-owned Frenchman is yet to score since returning from injury in Gameweek 9 and it showed when he fluffed his one big line on Saturday.

Fellow forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) has eight goals to his name this season, but only one in the last five Gameweeks, Lacazette having started three of those matches.

The Gabonese international was kept to only one shot at Leicester, while having another one, which found the net, correctly ruled out for offside.

Özil has started getting back into the Arsenal team

Behind them – in every sense of the word – came Mesut Özil (£7.2m).

The midfielder was drafted in by 1,870 managers hoping he might sprinkle his mercurial dust over the fixture. What they got was one chance created and zero shots from 90 minutes of something far removed from the notion of good, honest toil.

Emery allowed the speedier and more direct threat provided by Nicolas Pépé (£9.2m) just 13 minutes against Leicester, but neither he, nor Özil, nor any Arsenal midfielder, in fact, deserves much Fantasy attention at present.

Arsenal usually find a way to score however wretched their form might be. They’ve now blanked twice in four Gameweeks and that’s as damning as the evidence gets for those – and there are now many – who want Emery out as soon as possible.

The manager is well aware of his perilous situation.

“We need to recover our confidence. We need to be patient with some circumstances, and we are going to do that.” Unai Emery

Patience is a commodity valued by Arsenal’s board, but it must be wearing very thin at present. It’s certainly even thinner among Fantasy managers as the side’s most popular asset – the 25.6%-owned Aubameyang – is already experiencing significant sales for Gameweek 13.

Even those tasty fixtures don’t look like saving him as Fantasy heads continue to be turned, quite rightly, by the riches on offer at Leicester.

Leicester City XI (4-1-4-1): Schmeichel; Chilwell, Söyüncü, Evans, R Pereira; Ndidi; H Barnes (Praet 74′), Maddison, Tielemans, Pérez (D Gray 60′); Vardy.

Arsenal XI (3-4-1-2): Leno; Holding (Pépé 77′), D Luiz, Chambers; Kolašinac, Guendouzi, Torreira (Willock 80′), Bellerín; Özil; Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Members Analysis

View full match data in the Members Area

MEMBERS AREA HOME PAGE

GAMEWEEK 12 – FPL MATCH REPORTS

Nominated for ‘Best in Fantasy Football – Editorial’ at the Football Content Awards 2020

Which FPL assets are on set-piece duties at their clubs? 1

VOTE FOR FANTASY FOOTBALL SCOUT BY
CLICKING HERE.

2,953 Comments Post a Comment
  1. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I have no leicester attack, how does this sound - has to be 4.0 def as it's for exact cash.

    Otamendi & CHO out for

    Maddison & Williams in

    Would give me a 3 5 2 lineup

    Pope
    TAA - Soy - Lundy
    Salah - Mane - Kdb - Maddison - Martial
    Abraham - Jimi

    Fodder - Rico - greenwood - williams

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

      Yeah like it.

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

        It's a bit light on the bench.. but rico should keep his spot, and greenwood is good for a point if needed!

        Bit gives a strong starting 11

    2. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I think you need to find a way to get Vardy in if you want Leicester attack

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

        The only way to do vardy is lose one of salah, mane, Kdb, which not willing to do.

        Salah mane speak for themselves.
        Kdb I think people will regret if they sell, but of course I could be wrong on this!

        1. TRIPOS TOPPER
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Enjoy the red arrows without Vardy

          1. space mercenary
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Vardy far from essential. He is no more explosive than Barnes or Wood.

            1. AzzaroMax99
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              LOL

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

    On a WC, anything you'd change?

    Gazzaniga (4.0)
    TAA Soyuncu Lundstram (Rico Taylor)
    Salah Mane Martial Maddison Pulisic
    Vardy Abraham (Greenwood)

    Could make some upgrades if I did Pulisic to Mount (1.0m) or TAA to Robertson (0.3), thoughts?

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

      I would like Jim if on WC

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

        It's a choice between Pulisic and Jimenez to be honest

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

      Taylor to Janmaat? Sexy team.

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

        0.1 out 🙁

  3. Rust Cohle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Has TM posted this week’s LMS safety score?

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

      52.

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

        You can check livefpl.net.

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

      https://www.livefpl.net/LMS - Handy to have if he/she's not around.

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

    How does this sound - McGinn, Mount, Aguero to Son, Maddison, Jimenez

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

      Sounds great.

    2. Cahill
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      just mcginn & aguero to mad & jim?

      1. EL_FENOMENO
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Don't see what to do with the spare cash

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

    Willems; discuss

    Worth doing Lowton -> Willems for busy schedule ahead or a waste of a FT?

    1. Phil's Stamps
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I got him in, good stats, good fixtures.

  6. andres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    would you upgrade tielemans to maddison? or a waste of transfer?

    Pope
    TAA Soy Lund
    Mane KDB Mount tielemans
    Abraham Vardy jimenez

    Pieters, Cantwell, Kelly 4.7 ITB 1 FT

    A Pieters to Robbo
    B Mount to Pulisic
    C Tielemans to Madds

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I'm looking to upgrade Perez to Tielemans 😀

      I'd probably save it.

      1. andres
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Madds looked really sharp, think he can be worth the extra over the course of next GWs... but yeah kind of sideways.

        Otherwise it would be between A & B.

        Also considering KDB to Salah eventually target a midfield of:

        Mane Salah Madds Pulisic

      2. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Really , you just bought Perez, he was ment to be the one scoring the goals with Vardy no?

        1. andres
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          but he isn't, I would also act quickly. Tielemans and Madds are the ones to have imo

        2. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Tongue in cheek really. I'm sticking for now. It's just that after I make my defensive transfer, I'll have 0.5m in the bank which is the difference between Perez and Tielemans at the moment.

  7. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    With Dunk's suspension, I need to take a hit for a defender next week. It's Otamendi who is finally going. Best defender up to 5.3m? Soyuncu?

    I currently have TAA, Otamendi, Tomori, Lundstram and Dunk.

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

      Think so, or maybe a Newcastle one. They mightn't be too much use now, could play this GW, but will be very handy come GW18.

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

      Yeah Söyüncü is a bargain. 3 cleanies in a row and 5 green fixtures coming up in succession, could nab another goal in that run too.

    3. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      cheers fellas. Sometime the obvious move is the right one.

      I could do Otamendi + Perez > Robertson + Dendoncker (8th attacker) but it would be for -8.

  8. KDB4PREZ
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    New template no city players then. Poo fighter rejoices

    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yep, I'll have no City next game week. I think the timing suits with the international break, but they'll become essential again at some point.

    2. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I watched second half, and City were really good tbh even though they lost. You need 1 City at the least.

      1. Parm
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Not for me chief.

        CHE, new, bur, MUN, ars, LEI, wol

        How many of those games are they going to win convincingly enough to warrant geting a Raz/Kun over a Mane/Salah?

        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          They can win all of those convincingly except Leicester. Newcastle might be a bit stubborn. Whether they'll outscore Salah is debatable.

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

        They were good in the 1st half.. from an attacking perspective at least.
        Am holding kdb for now,hes a gift at his price.

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

          Indeed, cheers.

    3. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      KdB is still highly owned?

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

      Advanced KDB wont be too long from changing that.

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

      Lol, dude went zero city for two seconds, brings in silva through fear back to zero city - soon as one hauls he’ll bring him in

      1. KDB4PREZ
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Lol yeah I was kidding and trolling poo fighter had KDB from start so will hold to c it plays advanced next few weeks

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

    Wow from 1.3mil Friday night to just inside 500k, finally a good gameweek! 🙂

    1. Pinturicchio10
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Seems like this gw has either been a roaring success or a complete disaster. Not much in between.

        1. Cahill
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          mine is inbetween 🙂

          73 points and a very small green

          1. Pinturicchio10
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I'd class that a roaring success myself!!

              1. Cahill
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                I like your positivity

                1. Pinturicchio10
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    73 is way above my weekly target. I prefer to think about fpl in gw average terms than the size or direction of arrows in any given gw. 73 is a killer score so happy days.

              2. Baps hunter
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                65, C Tammy not Vardy and Soy on the bench...

          2. Twisted Saltergater
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Awesome! I'm on 647 points at 427k. You can't be far behind?

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

              I'm on 663 I believe, don't think the total points in game have updated quite yet for todays ones

              1. Twisted Saltergater
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Yeah, you're right. I'm actually on 677 and 296k.

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

          How many players are you aiming for from each team?

          A. Liverpool
          B. Chelsea
          C. Leicester
          D. Man City
          E. Man UTD
          F. Spurs
          G. Arsenal

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

            3
            3
            3
            1/2
            Maybe 1
            LOL
            LOL

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

              Who is the Man city player you want?

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

                Sterling & KDB.

          2. Pinturicchio10
              4 years, 4 months ago

              3 (have)
              3 (have)
              2 (have)
              0
              0
              0
              0

            • LSK
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              3
              2 (or 3)
              2 (or 3)
              1 (KDB)
              1 (or 0)
              0
              0
              (the brackets are because the 7.5m slot could be Maddison, Martial, or Pulisic)

            • Baps hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              3
              3
              3
              Who cares?

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

              3,2,3,1,0,0,0

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

            Rate my wildcard team: 3-4-3

            Guaita / 4,0
            TAA / Soyboy / Lundstram / O'Connell / C.Taylor
            Salah / Mane / Maddison / Pulisic / Hayden
            Vardy / Tammy / Jimenez

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

              V Good.

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

            My defence:

            TAA Lundy Rico X X

            Which combo is better?

            A. Soyuncu Tomori and 1,3m in bank for rainy days
            B. Robertson Jaanmat and 0,0m in bank

            Thanks.

          5. Mayor of Flair
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            A. KDB & Martial

            B. Sterling & Daniel James

            1. FPL Blow-In
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              A

              1. Mayor of Flair
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Cheers. Thought so.

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

              A and not particularly close for me.

              1. Mayor of Flair
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Well that's my mind made up. B would have been for a -4 too

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

              A

              1. Mayor of Flair
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Sound

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

            Just break into the top 100k. All chips intact. Team perfectly balanced.

            I have no idea what to do with my Wildcard.

            Strategies?

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

              Wait for injuries?

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

              After the coming gameweek imo. Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester, Sheff United, Wolves and Palace have strong fixtures. And you can set up the bench for Liverpool's blank and the Xmas period.

            3. Mayor of Flair
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              See if you're well stocked in terms of players with nice upcoming fixtures. If you are then hold fire.

          7. FPL FREAK
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Pope. Button.
            Tomori. Lundstram. Rico. Engels. Lescalles.
            Mane. Sterling. KDB. Mount. Dendocker.
            Aguero. Abraham. Conolly.

            0.5 in bnk

            Who is better to get rid:

            Aguero or KDB....??

            Moves in mind:

            1.Aguero + Mount + Dendocker > Vardy + Maddison +Tielemans
            Or

            2. Conolly + KDB + Mount > Vardy + Maddison + Pereira/ any other 5.0 mid

            1 will give me:

            Mane. Sterling. KDB. Maddison. Tielemans.
            Abraham. Vardy. Conolly.

            2 will give me:

            Mane. Sterling. Maddison. Pereira. Dendocker.
            Aguero. Abraham. Vardy.

            What to do...??

            1. FPL FREAK
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Anyone...??

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

              I'd sell aguero ahead of kdb..hes an easy move to vardy.

              Wouldn't be keen to move mount out just yet.

          8. FPL Blow-In
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Martial or Maddison

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

              jmadz

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

              Mad

            3. Cok3y5murf
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              B

            4. Mayor of Flair
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Martial if you've already got Vardy

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

                Vardy isn't a factor.

                1. Mayor of Flair
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  I disagree

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

                    youre wrong

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

              I own both but feel Martial is the better pick.

              £7.7m striker for United. Get all over that.

              We’ve seen Madders dripping deeper from time to time so not as effective FPL wise.

          9. EL tridente
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Ings as 3rd attacker or McGinn as 5th midfielder?

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

              Ings for me

          10. StoichkovFPL
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Better option:

            a) McGinn (vs New)
            b) Martial (vs Shu) -4

            1. Cahill
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              a

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

              A

          11. Viper
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            How does this side look for a -4?

            Heaton(!?)

            TAA Lundstram Robertson (Tomori Rico)

            Mané KDB Mcginn Tielemans (Mount)

            Vardy Abraham Jimenez

            Still have WC intact but never seems the right time to play it

            1. AzzaroMax99
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              If you managed to save wc so far, I would keep it till December. Then set up your team so that you can save 2nd wc for DGW frenzy.
              That was my initial plan but had to use my wc in gw6 🙂

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

              team looks very good...do the moves

            3. Dynamic Duos
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              You need rid of McGinn

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

              I think you should upgrade one of your midfielders to Martial. Save some cash on the bench,

          12. AzzaroMax99
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            A) Wilson+Yarmo to Jimenez+Tielemans

            B) Wilson+Yarmo+Sterling to Jimenez+Maddy+KDB (-4)

            1. Phil's Stamps
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              A

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

            Best replacement for CHO, have 6,9 to play with...
            A Tielemans
            B mount
            C other

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

              A imo

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

                Cheers

            2. Phil's Stamps
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              A

          14. iyiy
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Anyone considering a Salah and Mane double up?

            I'm thinking of going from Sterling to Salah. (Have KDB for City coverage)

            1. FPL Blow-In
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I own all 3 currently but thinking of selling Sterling

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

                I currently have Robbo & Mané.

                Trying to decide on TAA vs. Salah

            2. Baps hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Many are. Yet TAA + Robbo + Mane/(Salah) will be more popular.

            3. andres
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I am also trying to figure it out, see post below.

          15. FPL Blow-In
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Gw7 I had a rank of 3.5m and now I’m inside 600k. Had a horror few weeks from gw2-7

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

              I didn't see you but I was in the same boat.

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

              Peaked at 1.8mill in gw5.. slowly clawed back to 300k.

              Gw5 game week rank was 6.5mill or something, was rough!

          16. Best Liverpool Triple Up?
            andres
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I know it has been discussed a milion times and there is no conclusion.

            Liverpool triple up - needs to happen to doubt about it. The config is the issue.

            A two defenders + mid

            This is kind of a problem as would continue to play 3 in the back, meaning the 3rd is either Lund or Soy, which is a benching problem as it is worth to play both imo

            B mane & salah + def

            This would mean no city coverage, doesn't look like an issue with martial, pulisic, madds, tielemans available. Still kind of pshycological .

            After today leaning towards B but I also believe pool will start keeping CS and both Robbo and TAA willl get attacking returns.

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

              It's a matter of preference.still undecided here. Will call it after next game.

              1. andres
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                I can see that one game they get a CS and either robbo or TAA get a goal or asist...

                2+4+3/6 + 3...

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

              There is no conclusion as there are benefits to both, if just gonna be down to current set up, and personal preference I think.
              Either one could/should be golden.

              1. andres
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                I think Salah will pick up the form, he looked great today.

                Is it safe to go without city coverage though?

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

              Sometimes it’s 442 otherwise 433 or 343 or 352

              Play the fixtures

              1. andres
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                in the current set up:

                loads of mids available
                vardy, jimenez, tammy

                I can't see myself playing more than 3 defenders. But even so I would do TAA (as I have him) plus two of the budgets, even there you have a problem of who to pick from 🙂

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

                  I've gone 2 up top as there are so many mids and defenders I want. I already have Mane, KdB, Mount, Maddison, Martial
                  Robertson, Soyuncu, Lundstram & Rico

                  I want to add TAA and PvA over the coming weeks. 5 defenders I could realistically play every week!

            4. JoeJitzu +42
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Nice post, should be hot topic.

              Yes, so hard to know; I’d love another pool defender and like likewise want to play 352 or 343 but I’ve Lundstram, Söyüncü and Tomori (TAA & Rico)

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

                Lundy, Soyuncu and Tomori make me think I don't need Trent or Robbo. Those 3 have form and fixtures.

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

                yeah exactly and you want to play these budget defenders.

                Soys fixtures and form are great.
                Lord Lund is also there.

                maybe this answers... it should be Salah?

                1. Pieterke30
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  But he is not scoring better than Sterling, or not by much, and his stats are not as good.

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

              My take is:
              Other premiums are underperforming and have poor fixtures for Liverpool’s fun, defence is leaky and cheap defenders are performing so no need to double up on defence. Midfield is where it’s at

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

                Value stats say otherwise.

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

                  Value stats schmalue stats

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

                    Nice try. No midfielder in the entire FPL currently has a V(s) over 10. 🙂

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

                      Aye but relativity is more important.
                      Eg it’s a case of Soy + Mane vs Robbo + KDB. The former is smashing but the latter is lacking

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

                        Good luck mate. 🙂

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

                so if you go Salah + Mane, what other mids you are having in a 3-4-3?

                MAdds and Pulisic? with and option to swap for martial at some point.

                or even go 3-5-2 would have to be at the expense of jimenez who doesn't look like stop scoring.

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

                  Totally depends on the rest of your team. For me yeah it’s be 343/442 every week in that case but I went for Robbo + TAA double up early on like a clown

                2. SH
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Salah Mane KDB 6.0
                  Vardy Tammy Jimenez

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

                This

            6. The Berbatouch
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I‘ve done option C, TAA, Salah, and Firmino. Very much thinking of dumping Firmino for Ayew or Jimenez and doing either option A or C. When I have 2 FTs next week.

              1. andres
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                yeah, I think firmino is kind a dead end atm. Salah should hit it.

            7. Totally !rre!evant
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              A. So i don't have to decide who to Captain out of Mane/Salah

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

                Can you always stick with one you would have in A. Mini league rivals can also be factored

            8. Brosstan
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Robbo and Taa have still been massively unlucky to not pick up more points. The variance has been very bad for Pool. 10 goals conceded in 12 games and just 2 clean sheets is an anomaly.

              Double defense for me. I would rather have Sterling + Salah/Mane in midfield than Salah + Mane, simply to cover the best fixtures of both Liverpool and City. And all 3 is not an option because 2 premiums is already pushing it value wise.

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

                Best fixtures of City? Past tense!

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

              Salah, Mane, TAA/Robbo.

              And this doesn't mean you can't have city coverage. Mane, Salah, KDB, Vardy, Tammy is very doable

            10. diesel001
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Robbo, TAA, Mane

            11. Runaway
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I do not think TAA/Robbo double up brings enough extra value over Soy, Tom, Lund for 2.5M price premium. On the other hand, Salah seems to pick up some form and still kind of differential (in his standards). I will go with something like this:

              Salah Mane KDB Maddy
              Vardy Tammy Mousset

              It can easily be Pulisic+Jimenez over KDB+Mousset though. As long as he keeps his place, Mousset is a great enabler (has both form and fixrure) for ones like to keep KDB besides Salah/Mane.

            12. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I've currently got trent and robbo and will be deciding between mane and Salah to bring in in the next couple of weeks.

              In hindsight, although trent and robbo are both great attacking options, I think I would rather have mane and Salah. Choosing between them is proving hard and it's oftenthe case that they will alternate which weeks they explode for points.

              Mane, Salah, Trent my ideal line up

              1. FPL Daniel
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                And what about Son? No one considering him ?

                1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Not interested. Sterling, KDB, Mane, Salah and Vardy all ahead of him in the premium department.

            13. seewhyaxe
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Rough: 29 points tally only after the Saturday games with no Leicester assets, ranking dropped 300k places.

              Smooth: 46 points from Sunday games with Martial (c). First time this season I captained my highest scoring player.

              75 pts, and halved my rank to 35k OR, buzzing and now I'm really pondering if Vardy is really essential to my team.

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

              What about Firmino as the third slot? I know he hasn't been in form but he is highly on Joe's goals imminent table with high XG Delta. Could have scored against City. Fixtures are turning for the better. Liverpool always conceding a goal making defensive double up reliant on attacking points. The other option with Mane and Salah has 2 problems:

              1) Captaincy headache.
              2) Poor value since you have one of them as a 12m player you will never captain. Interchanging captaincy between them can go wrong as well.

            15. Dr. Rog
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              A because TAA/Robbo are better value than Martial/Mads/Pulisic/Jimmy and KdB is better value than Mane or Salah.
              Also there is a ton of value tied up in KdB is a season keeper now.

              You can try TAA + Salah + Mane + KdB with 1 of Martial/Mads/Puli/Jimmy but doesnt quite work

            16. Pieterke30
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              TAA Robbo Mané for me, without any doubt.

              Dont think having Salah is better than having Sterling.

              I do think starting Robbo is better - despite the latter’s great value - than starting Soyuncu every game.

              Will have some points on the bench sometimes but... well. Part of the game.

              Robbo and TAA have been unlucky/underperformed. They will explode big time pretty soon I think. Having both will be a nice differential I think.

          17. CheesyZoot
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Get rid of Aurier for TAA for a -4?

            Already done Sterling to Maddison this week

          18. OBAMA
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            time to get rid of aguero?

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

              Probably

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

              Probably GW7.

              As hard as it'll be now, I wouldn't be rushing him out ahead of CHE.

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

                do you mean gw14?

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

                  The time to get rid of Kun was GW7.

                  I'd expect points vs Chelsea next GW, wouldn't be rushing him out.

          19. Zladan
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I’ve got a front 8 benching headache.

            Mane KDB Martial Maddison Mount
            Vardy Abraham Jimenez

            Aguero money and lack of good premiums put me in this predicament.

            KDB Mount Jimmy on the chopping block.

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

              Looks like a problem most would like to have

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

              KDB -> Salah for double liv?

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

                Could do that. Looking at Hanley to Robbo instead for my 3rd LFC option.

                Not convinced by Salah. Even today, he took his (offside) goal well, but other than that he was anonymous for the 5th week running.

            3. JoeJitzu +42
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I’m thinking of putting myself in same position...

              As hard as it seems feels like Mount should be the one??!

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

              Recency bias in midfield? Maddison is exceeding his expected goals in the last 6 games by 250 percent. KdB created 4 big chances vs Liverpool alone, at Anfield, there won't be a worse fixture this season.

              My candidates of omission here would be Jimenez, Mount or Maddison.

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

                Thanks for input. Will certainly be considering over IB. Mount benched as it stands.

                KDB just failing to score points, I guess hes just falling short of a high xG xA.

                Wolves look poor really. Jimmy leaving all his goals so late on it’s tough viewing.

                Mount is taking up my 3rd CFC spot as I want Pulisic to accompany Tomori and Tammy.

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

                  Same thinking re. Mount. Most likely doing Pulisic in after the IB, he passed all qualitative metrics vs a low-block Crystal Palace. The City game will give the last but of necessary information for me, whether or not his positioning in the half spaces is as dangerous in an open game.

          20. Sloane426
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            (A) Sterling + 6.4m def (VVD/Chilwell)
            (B) Salah + 6.5m mid

          21. JJeyy
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Best sub 5 mil defender?

            Thinking o'connell currently but mean sheffield double up. Tomori an option also.

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

              You should state who you own.

              Lundstram Rico Tomori Soyuncu the obvious sub 5m picks.

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

                have lund soyuncu

                1. Alberto Tomba
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Get Tomori in Kanye

          22. Alberto Tomba
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Looking forward to voting for Son as Captain choice for next week, following his omission from this week's offering

            GW18 looks a very awkward week; Liverpool blank, Man City vs Leicester, and Chelsea vs Spurs.

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

              what about international duty tho