Scout Notes

Son sent off as popular FPL assets draw a blank on an underwhelming Sunday

With another set of fixtures fast approaching on Boxing Day, we continue our whirlwind review of Gameweek 18 with a look back at Sunday’s fixtures.

Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Chelsea

  • Goals: Willian (£7.0m) x2
  • Assists: Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m), Marcos Alonso (£6.0m)
  • Bonus: Willian x3, Alonso x2, Fikayo Tomori (£4.8m)

Son Heung-min (£10.1m) will miss the rest of the hectic Christmas period after being dismissed for violent conduct in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-0 defeat to Chelsea.

Son was sent off on the advice of the Video Assistant Referee after kicking out at Antonio Rudiger (£6.0m), with Gameweeks 18’s fourth-most-bought FPL asset seeing red for the second time in eight league matches.

Unlike his dismissal at Goodison Park back in early-November, however, Son stands little chance of having this red card rescinded.

Over 250,000 FPL managers have sold Son since he got his marching orders at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with the South Korea international now unavailable until the Gameweek 22 meeting with Liverpool.

Spurs’ other FPL assets didn’t fare much better, as Jose Mourinho’s side were comprehensively outplayed by a Chelsea side that had lost four of their last five league matches.

The Lilywhites had just five attempts on goal all match, with two wild efforts from Harry Kane (£10.9m) and Son just before the half-hour mark as close as they came to breaching a Blues defence that previously hadn’t kept a clean sheet on the road all season.

Dele Alli (£8.8m), roaming disconcertingly deep, failed to register a single shot, key pass or penalty box touch.

As happened against Wolves and Manchester United, Spurs lost the midfield battle and delivered a strangely lethargic performance.

Defensively, the question marks are still there too – it’s still just one clean sheet in six league matches under Mourinho since he took charge in late-November.

Chelsea’s goals were preventable, with Willian (£7.0m) not being picked up from a corner before Paulo Gazzaniga (£4.6m) committed a senseless foul on Marcos Alonso (£6.0m) to gift the Brazilian the chance to double the lead from 12 yards.

Bemoaning the two goals that Spurs conceded, Mourinho said:

The first goal is a short corner with a big mistake. We know how to defend short corners, we train how to deal with short corners. The players involved in the short corner solution were not focused. So you concede a goal with a short corner and you concede a goal with a penalty. So the goals didn’t come from that superiority, they came from mistakes.

Perhaps Frank Lampard had seen enough of Spurs in Gameweek 17 to see how much they struggled against a 3-4-3, with the Chelsea boss moving to a wing-back system for this encounter.

Fikayo Tomori (£4.8m) was recalled to the backline and helped completely nullify the Spurs frontline, picking up a bonus point for his efforts.

Willian, deployed on the left flank, was the star of the show, and now has more FPL points to his name than any other Chelsea midfielder this season.

It wasn’t just his goals, either, as the Brazilian created as many chances as the rest of the Chelsea team combined.

While this was a great afternoon for Chelsea supporters, owners of the Blues’ three most-popular FPL assets didn’t have any joy.

Tammy Abraham (£7.9m) was a handful but blanked for the third Gameweek in a row, while Christian Pulisic (£7.3m) didn’t even make it onto the pitch as he was benched for the first time since Gameweek 9.

Mason Mount (£6.5m) also drew a blank but produced an eye-catching display, looking particularly lively early on and being only a pass or two away from delivering an attacking return of his own as Chelsea’s front three attacked with menace.

Mount was intriguingly stationed on the right flank at first, although drifted across the frontline and often ended up close to Willian on the opposite side.

It will be interesting to see what formation Lampard picks for the more ‘winnable’ home fixture against Southampton on Boxing Day but he will definitely be without Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) through suspension after the Croatia international picked up his fifth booking of the season.

Cesar Azplicueta (£5.8m), who along with the recalled Alonso put in a steady shift at wing-back, also succumbed to a hamstring injury late on, while Abraham appeared to be suffering from the effects of cramp shortly before being substituted.

Asked if he was mimicking Antonio Conte’s set-up, Lampard said:

It was more, can this be a system that helps us defensively and offensively against Tottenham, with the way they play? Watching Tottenham, they’re playing very well, they have a lot of players who can run behind and cause you problems: Son, Kane, Alli, Moura. Having an extra centre-back gives you an element of protection against that, particular with the athletic centre-backs we have. They never got in on that pass today.

But the most important factor in my thinking was what it could give us offensively, in terms of controlling possession. Tottenham defended quite compact, we needed to use the width of the pitch and wing-backs help you do that.

We haven’t been clinical enough lately, and it allowed us to get Mason Mount and Willian slightly inside behind Tammy. We had an element of protection the way it worked. Also it allowed us to have loads of control of the ball. I’m so pleased with how it went.

In ugly scenes in the second half, Rudiger was the victim of alleged racist abuse from sections of the crowd; Spurs confirmed after the match that they were investigating the incident.

Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga; Aurier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen (Winks 74′); Dier (Eriksen 45′), Sissoko; Son, Alli, Moura (Ndombele 74′); Kane.

Chelsea (3-4-3): Kepa; Rudiger, Zouma, Tomori; Azpilicueta (James 79′), Kante, Kovacic (Jorginho 67′), Alonso; Mount, Abraham (Batshuayi 79′), Willian.

Watford 2-0 Manchester United


  • Goals: Ismaila Sarr (£6.2m), Troy Deeney (£6.2m)
  • Assists: Christian Kabasele (£4.3m), Sarr
  • Bonus: Ben Foster (£4.8m) x3, Kabasele, Sarr x2

Last week we wrote about the ongoing struggles of Manchester United against the so-called ‘smaller’ teams in the Premier League, following their 1-1 draw against Everton.

We may as well have reproduced the same copy this week as the Red Devils slumped to another disappointing defeat, this time against a team rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table.

United didn’t have a single shot on target in the first half and, much like at Bramall Lane in Gameweek 13, it was only when they fell 2-0 behind that they cranked into gear.

There was to be no late comeback in this game, though, with Ben Foster (£4.8m) standing firm in the Hornets’ goal and racking up eight saves (as well as maximum bonus points) to preserve Watford’s first clean sheet under Nigel Pearson.

Anthony Martial (£7.7m) was no less sulky than he had been last week but was at least more lively, creating three excellent chances for Jesse Lingard (£6.3m), Marcus Rashford (£9.1m) and Paul Pogba (£8.4m) – all of which went begging.

Lingard’s opportunity was particularly gilt-edged, with the United midfielder opting for a dinked finish but giving too much leverage to his shot.

This was also about as ineffective as Rashford had been since the defeat to Bournemouth, with the in-demand FPL forward never really getting the better of makeshift Watford right-back Adrian Mariappa (£4.2m).

A way-too-ambitious free-kick from out wide was his only effort on goal before the final minute of normal time, when Foster blocked the aforementioned ‘big chance’ that Martial laid on.

With Lingard and Daniel James (£6.2m) similarly toiling and there being little inspiration from the players further back, owners of Rashford and co may have understandable concerns going into the Boxing Day clash against a Newcastle United side who will likely replicate the performance of Watford (and others) by sitting deep to prevent a team so adept at counter-attacking from breaking at speed.

Salvation may have arrived in Pogba, however.

The Frenchman was surprisingly named on the bench at Vicarage Road, emerging as a second-half substitute for his first taste of competitive football in almost three months.

United looked much the better with Pogba in the side, with the France international providing two glorious passes for Rashford and substitute Mason Greenwood (£4.3m), neither of which were capitalised on.

Pogba stung the hands of Foster after some neat interplay with Martial, too, providing the drive that United had so badly lacked before his introduction.

Owners of Rashford et al will probably not be selling before a home match against Newcastle and the hope from their point of view will perhaps be that Pogba is fit enough to be unleashed from the start against the Magpies to provide the Red Devils with the thrust they so crave.

Speaking of the fit-again Frenchman after the game, Solskjaer said:

It’s a big plus. The boy has been working hard, he’s been desperate to play football and he came on and showed that hunger, urgency and quality so I’m sure we’ll benefit from him coming back.

There was nothing good to report at the back, either.

David de Gea (£5.5m) produced a howler to allow Ismaila Sarr‘s (£6.2m) mishit shot to top-spin its way past him at the near post before Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.3m) needlessly committed a foul on Sarr to allow Troy Deeney (£6.2m) to score from 12 yards.

It’s now 13 matches without a clean sheet for United in the Premier League.

Reflecting on the game, Solskjaer said:

It’s very disappointing. I’m disappointed with the first half, more than the second to be fair. It was slow, a testimonial pace, no urgency and coming into half-time, you expect a reaction. Of course, they score that first goal, it’s a freak thing. That happens in football at times and we couldn’t recover from it.

It’s still early days for Pearson-era Watford and an away fixture at Sheffield United on Boxing Day will likely be enough to deter Fantasy investment in the Hornets for the time being.

Still, a positive performance in defeat at Anfield last week was built on yesterday, with Watford recording their first home win of the season.

This wasn’t quite as free-flowing a display as we saw at Liverpool, as Pearson said after full-time:

When you play the stellar teams in the Premier League it’s going to be important to function as a team and I thought we did that, we were organised and disciplined today. I didn’t think we played quite as well as we did last week but the work ethic of the team was exceptionally good today.

Whilst mostly thanks to the impact of the pragmatic Quique Sanchez Flores, no team has kept more clean sheets than Watford (five) in the last 11 Gameweeks.

Defence still looks to be the area where Fantasy managers may target if the new manager bounce continues, with Mariappa and Kiko Femenia (£4.2m) particularly impressive in unnatural roles at full-back (Femenia being stationed on his ‘wrong’ side, at left-back).

Watford (4-2-3-1): Foster; Mariappa, Kabasele, Cathcart, Femenia; Capoue (Pereyra 77′), Hughes; Sarr (Success 87′, Doucoure (Chalobah 69′), Deulofeu; Deeney.

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; McTominay (Mata 72′), Fred; James (Greenwood 58′) Lingard (Pogba 64′), Rashford; Martial.

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  1. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Critique on this gw20 WC?

    Ramsdale 4.0
    Soy Aurier Lund Kelly Dunk
    Salah Sterling KDB Alli Traore
    Vardy Ings Maupay

    0.5itb

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I prefer grealish over sterling

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

      I think Maupay will let you down. Has a lot of 'expected' data going for him but is fairly poor on the conversion side.

      Traore's points are hard to predict - think that could annoy you, compared to the likes of Cantwell.

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

      Unless you got KDB early on in the season at a very good price, I wouldn’t necessarily pick him.

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

      Sterling isn’t worth the paper he’s printed on

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

      Would rather double up on Salah/Mane than Sterling/KDB. Pool will do anything to secure the EPL title

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

    Is this the gw to Lord (c)?

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

      Nope

    2. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I don’t think so, I have a feeling Watford score in that. (Hend and Lund owner). Out of all their fixtures I like the West Ham at home game, Lynda could haul in that. But I don’t think I could ever captain Lunds tbh

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

      Just like last week, there is no standout choice, so it can work.

      You know the risk, it can be 1 pointer as well

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

      Lol see below that’s my current plan but it will probably change to maybe Rashford or Vardy

    5. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      With watford form with Nigel pearson i wouldn't

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

      Just took the armband off him & placed it back on Vardy.

      The thought is definitely there though

    7. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Vardy perma cap till May

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

    I guess I should be okay to save FT here? Azpi struggling end of last game think it’s James’ turn to finally play and if not maybe Burn coming in vs that makeshift spurs attack isn’t all that bad. 1FT 0itb

    Guaita (WHU)
    TAA (lei) James (SOU) Lord (C, WAT)
    Salah (lei) KDB (wol) Alli (BHA) Martial (NEW)
    Vardy (LIV) Rashford (NEW) Ings (che)

    Button Cantwell Burn Rico*

    1. Party time
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Yes, Save x

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

          You’re only telling me what I want to hear for your own selfish gain. You naughty lad x

          1. Party time
              4 years, 3 months ago

              Did you not tell people to captain Son for the gains. Yewnutti beauty 😉

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

                Shhhhh people will lose their trust in my opinion and I’ll lose my FPL powers 🙁

                1. Party time
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    True, Feck me!

                    Nevertheless, you've got a nice team this gw 😉

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

                      You’re so sexy all of a sudden aha

                      1. Party time
                          4 years, 3 months ago

                          😆

          2. The Legend Squad
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            The week of benching headaches...

            Bench 1 attacker:

            Mane KDB Alli Maddison Grealish
            Vardy Ings Jimenez

            Bench 1 defender:

            TAA Lundstram Tomori Kelly

            1. Klein
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              Probably Tomori.

              1. Klein
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 3 months ago

                And maddi.

            2. The FPL Units
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              Maddi

            3. Fulchester's New Centr…
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              Mads and Toms

            4. Don Kloppeone
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              I have the same front 8 except Tammy vs your Jimi!

              I am benching Maddi I think.

              I would bench Tomori.

          3. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            I’m at work and no one is here, what am I meant to be doing? Why am I here. What day is it is

            1. Holmes
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 3 months ago

              Sit back and relax, watch some football highlights 😉

              1. have you seen cyan
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 3 months ago

                Lol ffs going to be getting spammed today 😀

            2. Party time
                4 years, 3 months ago

                Drink a cup of coffee & quit the job

              • Fulchester's New Centr…
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 3 months ago

                Me too. Probably won't make much difference to my levell of contribution here though.
                Series on Netflix on toys is good.

                1. have you seen cyan
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Oh my boss is here now

                  1. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Ask them what to watch.

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

              The team that knocked Magnus Carlsen out of the FPL Cup:
              https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/97116/event/18

              1. Party time
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Forget about magnus carlsen, forget about Mark, forget about ville ronka etc

                • Klein
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  No spurs and manu team.

                • The FPL Units
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Nice claim to fame!

                • Fitzy.
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  There's more than 6 million teams that would have knocked him out of the cup this week.

                  1. Party time
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Hahahaha 😆 Damn True

                • HollywoodXI
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Christmas shopping ALL DAY with the wife. All I’m thinking about is transferring Salah in for Son 🙂

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

                    Just do it then

                  2. have you seen cyan
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    You have to laugh, last weekend everyone was like he is a genius! 😀

                    It scares me tho, one week you can get a monster score then the next week it’s like your picking points out urinals and phone boxes

                    1. have you seen cyan
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Oh reply fail, was in reply to
                      BNMC re Magnus

                  3. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    "Just do it then" - not my words, but the words of Eat My Goal!

                • Champions League Varane
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Hey all who to captain..?

                  Salah
                  Pukki
                  Richarlison
                  Mane
                  KDB
                  Vardy
                  Ali

                  1. have you seen cyan
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Join me with Pukki captain. Villa are so horrendous how could it go wrong. Mega differential captain right there

                    1. Champions League Varane
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Have it on Pukki at the moment

                      Nice green arrow on the 26th 😉

                  2. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Safest to keep it on Jamie until he retires

                • fish&chips
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Pope, 4.0
                  TAA, Chilwell, Lund, Targett, Aurier
                  KDB, Madds, Alli, Son, Cantwell
                  Ings, Vardy, Rashford

                  1.8 ITB 1FT

                  a) wildcard now
                  b) swap son for sterling / grealish / pogba (which one?) and WC before GW20

                  1. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Depends on how busy you are going to be.
                    Punt on Pogba for Xmas?

                • George James
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Best cap?

                  A) Alli
                  B) Rashford
                  C) KDB

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

                    a or c

                  2. Starky22
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Anyone but B

                  3. El Presidente
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Tammy

                • drughi
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Captain ?

                  A. Salah
                  B. Alli
                  C. KDB
                  D. Vardy

                  1. Klein
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Mooooo

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

                    DCBA

                    Though of course it could be ABCD

                  3. Starky22
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    C

                  4. THFC4LIFE
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Own all 4, currently on Vardy

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

                      Currently on KDB as he has looked immense last 2 games, dominating everything basically. Vardy or Salah could do well but could also be a tight affair. Alli with the best fixture but spurs

                • Starky22
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Pope
                  Aurier Targett Lundy
                  Sterling Salah KDB Pulisic
                  Vardy Jimi Abraham

                  Button Tomori Hayden Rico

                  GTG?
                  Or is Puli enough of a rotation risk to consider Grealish for a -4..?

                  1. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    If Tomo back in favour then no hit.

                • Klein
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  So 2 hard games for spurs. Lets face it. Wolves are always hard to play against. And chelsea with formation change were fully focused on winning the midfield possession play. Moving forward are some good games for spurs. Under mou they have been bullying the weak teams. Do we really think they are not capable of smashing them?

                  1. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Spuds triple up not great yesterday, but I'll keep the faith for a while longer.

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

                    Strongly considering Moura for the next 3.

                • DannyDrinkVodka
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Play Maddison or Cantwell?

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

                    gotta be cantwell this week, villa cant defend

                • John Colby (Capt)
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Callum Wilson - is he an unde the radar option?

                  1. fish&chips
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    I don't think so until he shows some form

                  2. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Nope, Bournemouth are trash

                    1. John Colby (Capt)
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 12 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Yeah they have a lot of injuries at the moment but their upcoming fixtures look tantalising.

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

                    Got him for wat and nor games earlier. Blanked both. Cant trump them.

                    1. Klein
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Trust*

                  4. have you seen cyan
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    No Returns in last eleven...
                    Flying so low under the radar doesn’t even cut it, Guy has the radar signature of a stealth fighter

                    1. have you seen cyan
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Might jump on, if he shows some forms of life but at this point in time. No

                • fc_skrald
                  • 8 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  I dont know why but I have almost talked myself into getting Pogba for Son. Will have two free transfers next gw so can clean up my mistakes later...

                  a. go for Pogba
                  b. do something else
                  c. go for Pogba and captain him

                  Guaita
                  TAA, Aurier, Lundstram
                  Salah, KDB, Maddison, Grealish
                  Vardy, Ings, Greenwood

                  Martin, Kelly, Williams, Son

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    A if you're feeling it

                    1. fc_skrald
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Yes. Also felt Son captain yesterday..

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

                    A looks fun and perfectly reasonable with 2FTs. This time last year and all that

                    Alli and Rich would be the logical alternatives I guess.Think Pogboom offers the biggest differential upside - provided he doesn’t get pens back 🙂

                    1. fc_skrald
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Thanks. Think I will take the chance with Pogba then.

                  3. thegaffer82
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    I definitely had the same thought once Son was shown his marching orders.

                    My major worry is that I already own Rashy and I feel that even one Utd attacker is possibly too many. So to go for two is pretty silly.

                    1. fc_skrald
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Yes I understand that. If I go for Pogba I will bench Greenwood.

                • ffakih
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Need to get KDB in my team but can't decide who to transfer out. My Midfield:
                  A - Alli
                  B - Maddison
                  C - Cantwell
                  D- Grealish
                  E- Mane

                  Please help ! Who should i transfer him in for. MONEY NOT A PROBLEM

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

                    KDB in for Cantwell if u play 3 - 5 -2

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

                      I play 3 - 4 - 3

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

                      And i don't have enough funds for that move

                      1. Dion D's Solo Shower
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 3 months ago

                        Thought money wasn't a problem

                  2. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Grealish? Definitely worth it in the long run.

                • Louis Van Gaalstones
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Benching headache:

                  Grealish, KDB, Salah, Richarlison, Maddison
                  Vardy, Mousset, Rashford

                  Any thoughts?

                  1. Starky22
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Mousset. Rotation risk.

                    1. Tsparkes10
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      He'll start.

                  2. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Madi

                  3. Fernandito
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    maddison

                • SpaceCadet
                  • 10 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Mane or Salah?

                  1. Starky22
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Salah

                  2. drughi
                    • 14 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Went with salah as he is less owned in the top 10k and I need to make ground but it is 50/50 really.

                • Pukkipartyy
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Bench ings or cantwell this week?

                  Rashford--> Kane worth -4 ? Disapointed to rash/manu

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

                    I’m benching cantwell.
                    Pogba being back is huge for united attackers he makes things happen so I am happy to keep my United double up despite last couple of weeks

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

                      Yeah maybe hold for Rashford and see what Pogba can do for them.

                      How did Pogba/Rahf look ? (Didint see the game)

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

                        Pogba looked unreal but the main beneficiary seemed to be martial (who was playing on the left at the time with Rashford wide right, was forced there after greenwood was being so useless). In any normal game scenario I expect Rashford to benefit a lot.

                      2. thegaffer82
                        • 12 Years
                        4 years, 3 months ago

                        Pogba was pretty lively when he came on.

                        But Utd were trash in the game and if you'd watched it you probably wouldn't be considering any Utd player at all

                      3. Fulchester's New Centr…
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 3 months ago

                        All trash till Pogba came on. Lingard back to the u-19s.

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

                  I've got 8.6 to spend on a JWP replacement. Already have Grealish and Richarlison. Any suggestions?

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

                    Pogba

                • Fernandito
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Bench one:

                  Mane KDB Pulisic Grealish Zaha
                  Vardy Abraham Rashford

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    V difficult. I'd bench Zaha or Abraham and hope someone is rested

                    1. El Presidente
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Abra at home to SOU?

                  2. Sparky6670
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Zaha

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

                    Zaha probably

                  4. Kun Tozser
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Zaha up against Zabaleta could be nice

                • Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Need help

                  1ft 0.7 itb

                  Ryan (button)
                  Taa lundstram Willems (clark soy)
                  Mane kdb Alli grealish (cantwell)
                  Vardy rashford Abraham

                  Willems or Clark need to go

                  Clark to tomkins ?
                  Willems to Keane ?

                  Thanks a lot

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Willems to Kelly

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

                    Tomkins looks a fair bet.

                    Could lose his spot if Cahill and Sakho are both available but given Palace haven’t had all 3 fit simultaneously I’d go with it. Alternative would be Kelly with an eye to bringing in Ward at 4.3 but that’s probably a wasted transfer unless you get both Kelly and Ward in at some point to guarantee a starter. Convoluted sorry.

                  3. Ajax Hamsterdam
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Thanks all !!

                • UnitednationsXI
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Here is a tough one, Best combo on a WC:

                  A) TAA + Maddison + Rashford
                  B) Otamendi/Aurier + Grealish + Sterling/Mane.......will already have Kdb and Salah

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    B with Aurier and Mane

                • Smudger’s Dirty Dozen
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Bench one from
                  A Maddi
                  B Abraham
                  C Ings
                  D Grealish
                  ?

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

                    A I think

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

                    Looks like A on paper but I’m not sure.

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

                  Anyone expecting a Liverpool hangover after Qatar, vs Leicester? Leicester at home too. Think I might keep and start Maddison.

                  1. Ajax Hamsterdam
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Not sure about hangover but I'd keep and start maddison yes

                  2. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Depends who else you have

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

                      Looks awful really. Can only see Alli as a potential captain.

                      Zaha, Mané, Alli, Maddison, KdB
                      Vardy, Jimenez (Jota)

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 3 months ago

                        I'm getting rid of Son and Jota I think

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

                          I’m likely to keep Jota and bench this week, then switch to a Greenwood or Martinelli if I need the funds.

                      2. Sparky6670
                        • 12 Years
                        4 years, 3 months ago

                        I'm on Alli captain!

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

                          Am tempted! There’s KdB also but worrying when he says his body needed a rest when City are about to play 2 games in 3 days!

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

                    Played on the same day as most did. Flight time is 7 hours. Not sure its gonna effect them much. They are hungry for epl more than anything.

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

                      True, but they couldn’t have asked for a worse fixture to return to.

                      Bit like the Arsenal unbeatable team went to Old Trafford the following season. I think Pool will drop points at some point and this will be a very tough game.

                      1. El Presidente
                        • 4 Years
                        4 years, 3 months ago

                        I agree. Leicester will be on fire to prove everyone's already sentencing them down, wrong.

                  4. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Liv will be too good for them.
                    Leicester good - and great at putting away "lesser teams" - but not that good.

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

                      I’m not sure. If the play Praet alongside Tielemans with Maddison and Barnes supporting Vardy, I could see that being more solid but still threatening on the break.

                • Sparky6670
                  • 12 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Best defender for a 1 week punt pre WC?

                  Digne?

                  Vertonghen?

                  Maguire?

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

                    Digne is a really enticing option

                  2. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Baldock or enda

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

                    Digne

                • Mr. O'Connell
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  ???, 4.0
                  Aurier, Evans, Lundstram, Rico, ???
                  Salah, KDB, Alli, Grealish, Cantwell
                  Kane, Vardy, Abraham

                  WC side. 9.1 left for a keeper and a defender (ideally to play this week)

                  I've had Ings for a while, but those fixtures.I'm actually wondering whether he's a better option than Abraham or Kane and then I can beef up the defence a bit.

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Defo wouldn't go kane

                  2. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Keep driving Ings till he breaks down.

                • Ajax Hamsterdam
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  A Clark to tomkins
                  B Clark to Kelly
                  C Willems to Keane

                  Thanks a lot

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

                    A unless willems is out, I also wouldn’t get keane in he looks to have lost his place

                  2. Fulchester's New Centr…
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    A if money no problem

                  3. Ajax Hamsterdam
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Thanks all

                • Your Man With The Hair
                  • 13 Years
                  4 years, 3 months ago

                  Well that GW was a disaster.

                  Now got 14.4m for a Son replacement:
                  Salah
                  Mane
                  Sterling

                  Current front seven:

                  KDB Martial Cantwell ____
                  Kane Vardy Abraham

                  1. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 3 months ago

                    Salah easy

                  2. Party time
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Mané

                    • Sparky6670
                      • 12 Years
                      4 years, 3 months ago

                      Has to be a Liverpool attacker. Pays your money takes your choice!