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All eyes on Ings as Southampton host poor West Ham defence

The Fantasy Premier League community turns to Danny Ings (£6.4m) as Southampton host West Ham United in the final game of Saturday afternoon.

The centre-forward has scored in each of his last five matches and has amassed 12.4% ownership for Gameweek 17.

That is considerably more than any other player at St. Mary’s for the 17:30 game.

After him, the most popular asset in the match is West Ham defender Winston Reid (£3.9m) who sits in 4.5% of teams, with those managers simply looking to save money more than anything else.

The New Zealand international is absent from the matchday squad once again and is yet to register any Premier League minutes this season.

There may be some eyes on James Ward-Prowse (£5.9m) for this fixture after he registered three attacking returns in his last five outings.

His set-piece delivery could prove important today considering West Ham’s problems defending dead-ball situations this season, which earned him a place in the Gameweek 17 Scout Picks.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Cédric; Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Djenepo; Ings, S Long.

West Ham United XI: Martin; Cresswell, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Fredericks; Noble, Rice; Antonio, Fornals, Snodgrass; Haller.

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  1. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Any triple Liverpool owners considering free hit chip next week?

    1. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Double owner. I probably will.

    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Nah, gonna play Greenwood Dendo and Rico

    3. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Nah, transfering in a couple of cheapies to cover

  2. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Would you rather have De Bruyne or Salah in next 5 GW ?

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Salah after blank

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Salah is back ... you can't ignore

      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        I have Salah already but thinking to rid of him for KdB

        1. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Jesus needs to get the ball into the need from KDB assists ... that bothers me

          1. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            *net

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Come on Danny, destroy all the non-believers tonight my beautiful son. Especially the Tammy keepers

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

    FPL can be cruel at times

    You Start an inform Kelly who had 3 cs in last 3 gws over Lundy who was without a cleanie in 5

    Rookie mistake. lesson learnt never bench Lundy

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      It was silly. Lundstram is a mid and Kelly's team have been hit by a ton of injuries.

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Agreed

      2. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yh i guess so. Clearly wasn't thinking straight.

        Was afraid of another kelly cs stranded on the bench

    2. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      As if you didn't know what was at stake. You played safe

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

    44 with son kane and Jimmy to go.....

    any good??

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Looks like Average

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        is it actually? surely above?

    2. Give Me the Mane
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      what is your objective?

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Diplomatic, it's true 😉

      2. fantasyfog
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        green arrows

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

      Mostly around there

      1. TOPCAT1960
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Im on 41 with green arrow on Live FPL so 44 must be above ave right now.

    4. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      About the same as me, with Alli, Son and Rashford left. Think it’s ok, but dissapointed.

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        41 same three left to play.

        1. HashAttack
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          40 (-4) with the same three

      2. fantasyfog
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        yeah me too, been a tricky few weeks, ahead of 7mil+ but wanting more

    5. Lucackadoodledoo
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      77 here with aurier and son to go 🙂

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Wow!!

        1. Lucackadoodledoo
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          I know. Will be nice to see green arrows for a change 🙂

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

    Thoughts on these moves for blank GW18?

    TAA Haydent to Targett/Kelly Grealish

    Targett vs Kelly as will get also Guaita after GW19?

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Go for it

  7. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Rico to Kelly for free?

    Guess Mane to Salah has to wait until next week because of the blank.

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      No brainer

    2. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Kneejerk

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Keep Rico. His fixtures are fantastic for a while.

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

      Why do you want to take Rico out?

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

      Waste of transfer

    6. WVA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Rico nailed

      Kelly not nailed when Ward fit in a couple of weeks

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

    Absolutely torn on how to use 2FT this week, will have to see how the United match pans out but for now I'll be more than happy to jettison Pulisic and Abraham

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Id do Pulisic to Grealish

      Grealush pen miss will slightly derail the wagon. Could set off once again next gw

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Grealish is hardly a prolific scorer. Just look at his record championship level.

  9. rokonto
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Yes or nooooooo
    Out alex-arnold, de bruyne, tammy
    In kelly, alli, kane

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      No

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

    Fix this mess with 1 FT and 0.6 ITB

    Ryan Guaita
    Robbo Lundy Soy Rico Mings
    Mane KDB Son Grealish Cantwell
    Vardy Tammy Mousset

    A. Robbo + Mousset -> Someone else + Jimenez (-4)
    B. Robbo + Tammy -> Someone else + Rashford (-4)
    C. Deal with Mings's injury
    D. Free hit

    Other defenders I'm looking at: Willems, Schar, Dunk, Targett, maybe even Doherty

  11. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Ings through on goal within 10 seconds but denied by ref

  12. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    COME ON MARTIN, DO ME PROUD AGAIN

  13. Patio Kev
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Come on West Ham !!! Win 9-0 at St Mary’s to give us all a happy Xmas.

  14. Give Me the Mane
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Chelsea are losing to teams who've been having a very poor run of form and then they suddenly step up their game. West Ham, Everton and now B'mouth

  15. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Martial possibly rising tonight is annoying, like, why?!

  16. xtina
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    TC Vardy Fail

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Monster fail.

      WAT game was the clue to avoid it.

    2. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      At least he didn't blank

      1. xtina
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        True - could have been even worse 🙂

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

      Wilson, Richarlison and now Vardy ... all failures at home to Norwich .. seems to be a pattern emerging

  17. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    The Lord will provide.

  18. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Worth a hit to bring in Rico or Targett for Reid this GW?

    Alternative would be playing Dendoncker & going in without a bench.

  19. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Just turned up to the Vardy party and nobody is here?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      A Krul person ended it.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      DJ was abducted by Salah

    3. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Party's at Pukki's.

    4. Lucackadoodledoo
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I went to the Pukki party. Party poppers and all sorts of things happening

    5. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      We’re all going back to Teemu’s

  20. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    How did Chelsea play today?

    Certainly a worry they have now lost home games to both West Ham & Bournemouth

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Poo.

      Don’t recall them having one good chance. BOU should have been more comfortable but Josh King can’t finish.

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Similar to Pool/Watford.

        1. Syd.
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Watford’s finishing was hilarious

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Awful. We're in a bad run of form. It won't last forever, but with all the teams now chasing getting closer - there's even more pressure.

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

      Really bad and looked tired too. Not having their players right now doesn't look bad tbh.

  21. chaser123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Planning to wildcard in GW19 and have 2 free transfers this week.

    What are your thoughts on:
    VVD > Doherty
    Dendoncker > Grealish

    1. chaser123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Actually perhaps I get rid of Mount rather than Dendoncker before he goes down in price again!?

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

    Irbox made it into the top 2 mil?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      🙂

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

    Mousset has been the worst buy of the season. What a fraud. Cant wait to do Mane + Mousset -> KDB + Rashford

  24. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    FPL Cup:

    Me:
    - 42 points
    - Vardy (C)
    - Remaining: Alli, KDB, Ryan

    Opponent:
    - 32 points
    - Salah (C)
    - Remaining: Pickford, Digne, Doherty, Walker, Anderson*, Zaha, Milivojevic, Rashford, Jimenez

    See ya 😆

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Thanks for sharing

  25. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    What's your favourite flavour jam?

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Liverpool

      1. Champ
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Gooseberry can be quite bitter 😉 don't give up just yet

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

      Ginger.

      1. Champ
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Bryuneberry so

    3. Saint & Reevesy
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Toe

  26. CroatianHammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Another GW where I considering captaining Ings and didn't... but at least the 3 I did end up doubling is only a wee bit behind the 5 everyone else got from VARdy. He'll probably get the armband away to Villa next weekend... I don't fancy wor Jamie away to Citeh.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      City probably ideal for Vardy. Play a high-line which means long-ball football is effective for Leicester.

      1. CroatianHammer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        There is this... I've downgraded my backline for GW18 (time to divest my Scouser contingent) and will consider bringing Sterling back in after that. All things considered GW17 is going well.

  27. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Pereira & Pulisic to Aurier & Alli?

  28. Wılly
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Who to bring in?
    A. KDB (no City)
    B. Son (triple up with Alli & Gazzaniga)

  29. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Willing to take a hit for GW18
    Wildcarding after GW19

    Pope
    Baldock Kelly (1)
    Zaha KdB (2)(3)
    Rashford Vardy Ings

    Have 25.1 to spend.

    (1) Maguire, Lundstram, O'Connel, Cahill
    (2)(3) Sterling, Son, Alli, Martial, Grealish

    Which 3 players from the pool, for the next 2?

  30. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Come on you Saint's!

    Who to bring in to fund Jimenez to Rashford?

    A. Willems
    B. Rico

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Rico- Bournemouth some good fixtures ahead to end February