Scout Notes

Sidibe catches the eye as Everton win on Ancelotti’s first match in charge

With the Gameweek 20 deadline fast approaching, we continue our whirlwind review of the Boxing Day games with a look back at four more Premier League matches.

Everton 1-0 Burnley

  • Goal: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.7m)
  • Assist: Djibril Sidibe (£5.3m)
  • Bonus: Sidibe x3, Fabian Delph (£5.3m) x2, Yerry Mina (£5.3m), Calvert-Lewin x1

Carlo Ancelotti made a winning start to life at Goodison Park as a late Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£5.7m) header handed Everton all three points against Burnley.

From a Fantasy point of view, there was plenty to interest us.

Ancelotti set his new troops up in what was a fluid 3-4-3, with Seamus Coleman (£5.3m) dropping in as the right-sided centre-half alongside Yerry Mina (£5.3m) and budget FPL defender Mason Holgate (£4.4m).

Djibril Sidibe (£5.3m) and Lucas Digne (£5.7m) were the wing-backs in this set-up but when Everton moved into a 4-4-2, generally out of possession, Sidibe was ostensibly an ‘out of position’ right-winger, with Coleman and Digne operating as more orthodox full-backs.

Sidibe is one to monitor as he got forward to create three chances, setting up Calvert-Lewin for the hosts’ winner, and also forcing Nick Pope (£4.7m) into a save with a low shot.

Ancelotti said after full-time:

We tried to build up with three defenders to put more players between the lines, and some situations were good for us and others have to improve. This is normal and I didn’t want to change a lot for the players. I have seen some good things.

Offensively, Sidibe stayed wide and on the other side we had Lucas Digne to cover the space there.

Defensively, Sidibe was working in the line of the midfielders. The shape 4-4-2 defensively didn’t change.

We started to build up with Coleman a little bit back and Sidibe more forward. It went well because he put in the cross for Calvert-Lewin to score the goal.

Calvert-Lewin was, as he had been under Duncan Ferguson, again the spearhead of the Everton attack and had plenty of chances before his goal; indeed, no other FPL asset has had as many efforts on goal as the Everton striker in Gameweek 19 so far.

Five of his six attempts were from his head and two presentable opportunities went begging in the first half.

Ancelotti said of his young striker:

He is a fantastic striker in my opinion. He is strong with his head but he can improve is his movement without the ball.

He has to be more focused on the goal but, of course, he is really unselfish and he moves up and down, right and left.

He has to stay, in my opinion, more focused on the centre of the box.

Richarlison (£8.0m) and Bernard (£6.4m) operated as narrow wingers either side of Calvert-Lewin but neither posed as big a threat, not registering a single shot in the box between them.

Burnley didn’t record a single shot on target all game, with an early looping Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m) header (not counted as a shot by the powers that be) that was cleared away from near the goalline by Mina as close as they came to scoring.

Rodriguez was starting as Sean Dyche deemed Ashley Barnes (£6.2m) unable to handle the rigours of two games in 48 hours, saying after full-time:

He has a chance [v Manchester United] and that is part of the plan as to which game do you choose because two in three days does affect people like Barnesy from a recovery point of view, and any kind of knocks.

But the fully fit lads I expect them to recover well and be right, and ones like Barnesy we have to monitor and be careful, and make those decisions on what game is right and what game is not.

Today was one we considered to be not, to allow him the chance to be possibly playing and starting on Saturday.

Ancelotti also seemed to promise changes in Gameweek 20, saying:

Of course, I have to change players and try to put more players fresh if possible. We are an energetic team. Physically, we are in really good condition, so we look forward to the next game.

We don’t have really time to recover but we are going to check the players that were not able to play – maybe they have more possibility to play against Newcastle.

We have to see how the players recover. I am going to decide on the line-up on the day of the game.

Everton (3-4-3): Pickford; Coleman, Mina, Holgate; Sidibe (Walcott 89′); Sigurdsson, Delph, Digne; Bernard (Kean 76′) Richarlison (Davies 85′), Calvert-Lewin. 

Burnley (4-4-2): Pope; Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Brady (Gudmundsson 66′), Cork (Long 87′), Westwood, McNeil; Rodriguez, Wood (Barnes 73′). 

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Brighton and Hove Albion

  • Goals: Harry Kane (£11.0m), Dele Alli (£8.9m)| Adam Webster (£4.4m)
  • Assists: Serge Aurier (£5.1m) | Pascal Gross (£6.4m)
  • Bonus: Webster x3, Kane x2, Alli x1

Tottenham Hotspur bounced back to winning ways with a 2-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion but the Lilywhites’ display wasn’t a great deal more convincing than it was in the defeat to Chelsea.

Again Spurs had problems breaking down a compact three-man defence and a congested midfield in front of it, with there being little room for Harry Kane (£11.0m), Dele Alli (£8.9m) and Lucas Moura (£7.1m) to exploit in behind when the hosts arrowed balls forward from the back.

The one time Kane succeeded in breaking free of Brighton’s backline in the first half, the Video Assistant Referee was on hand to disallow his goal for offside.

Spurs had registered only one shot in the box before half-time and went into the break a goal down, with Adam Webster (£4.4m) having nodded in a Pascal Gross (£6.4m) free-kick to put the Seagulls in front.

Striker Aaron Connolly (£4.5m) indeed wasted an excellent chance to double the visitors’ lead just after the interval, mistiming a jump and seeing a cross bounce wide off his shoulder.

It’s now just one clean sheet in seven league matches for Spurs under Jose Mourinho.

Kane did battle his way to a tenth goal of the campaign, finishing at the second attempt after a save by Mathew Ryan (£4.8m), while Alli looped in the winner from a Serge Aurier (£5.1m) cut-back.

Kane and Alli nearly combined for another goal late on, with the latter forcing a fingertip save out of Ryan in the 89th minute.

Owners of Spurs assets will no doubt be concerned by the swift turnaround in games, with a trip to Norwich to follow on Saturday.

Kane and Alli, in particular, looked exhausted at the full-time whistle, although Mourinho had previously hinted at the former getting plenty of game-time over Christmas.

Speaking after full-time on Boxing Day, Mourinho said:

I cannot imagine these boys, not just my boys, but the Potter boys how they can play in 48 hours. If you go to control the distances they run, the intensity, the breaks, if you are going to control that and if we are going to tell anyone who understands physiology, it is a crime that they are going to play football again on the 28.

On Alli, the Spurs boss added:

 People now say since I arrived that Dele has scored three or four goals in the Premier League and one or two goals in the Champions League but I don’t go in that direction. I go in the direction that Dele Alli exhausted from work. I love players who are exhausted from that.

The problem is that we have to play again in 48 hours, but I love for players to finish the game exhausted. That’s why these guys are doing. Sissoko incredible. The defenders they are playing every game and it’s not easy to play in the feeling that have at this moment, which is the feeling of ‘wow we concede a goal every game, we make a mistake and we concede a goal’. That added pressure is not easy to cope with.

Mourinho will be forced into at least two changes against Norwich, with Harry Winks (£5.2m) and Moussa Sissoko (£4.9m) both suspended after picking up their fifth bookings of the season.

Giovani Lo Celso (£7.3m) may well have played his way into contention for a start at Carrow Road after an impressive cameo off the bench, while Christian Eriksen (£8.6m) made an impact as a substitute too – although Mourinho’s post-match comments about the Dane’s future may be a sign that Eriksen is heading for the exit door in January.

Tanguy Ndombele (£5.8m) wasn’t involved in the matchday squad, with Mourinho saying:

I cannot say he is injured, in five minutes we start a training session and you can go to the stands and watch it, he is going to be training normally so I cannot say he is injured. I can say that yesterday he told me he was not feeling in condition to play the game.

Not based on injuries, based on fears of previous injuries that he has had since the beginning of the season. Feeling not ready to start the game, but I cannot say he is injured, I can say he is not in condition to start the game, which is different.

Brighton are about to embark on a series of appealing fixtures and they have massively impressed against tough opposition of late, having more than held their own against Liverpool, Arsenal, Wolves and now Spurs.

For those who are holding onto Chelsea assets, the shape-shifting Seagulls – here operating in a 3-4-2-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – will more than likely make life problematic for Lampard’s troops when they visit the Amex on New Year’s Day.

Aaron Mooy (£4.8m) continues to excel (without delivering much in the way of Fantasy returns), while dead-ball specialist Gross banked his fifth assist of the season.

There was some Christmas-influenced rotation by Potter on Boxing Day, with Leandro Trossard (£5.8m), Neal Maupay (£5.8m) and Davy Propper (£4.9m) among the players handed a breather.

Lewis Dunk (£4.7m) missed out with illness, meanwhile.

Maupay will surely return against Bournemouth on Saturday and is perhaps one to monitor for the fixture swing, with rotation less of an issue after this busy Christmas period.

Spurs (4-2-3-1): Gazzaniga; Aurier, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Vertonghen; Winks (Eriksen 68), Sissoko; Lucas (Dier 76), Dele, Sessegnon (Lo Celso 56); Kane.

Brighton (3-4-2-1): Ryan; Duffy, Webster, Burn; Schelotto (Bissouma 83), Alzate, Stephens, Bernardo (Trossard 76); Mooy, Gross; Connolly (Maupay 68).

Crystal Palace 2-1 West Ham United

  • Goals: Cheikhou Kouyate (£4.9m), Jordan Ayew (£5.0m) | Robert Snodgrass (£5.2m)
  • Assists: Ayew, Connor Wickham (£4.4m)| Michail Antonio (£6.9m)
  • Bonus: Ayew x3, Kouyate x2, Snodgrass x1

Crystal Palace lost another defender to injury as they saw off struggling West Ham United on Thursday.

With Joel Ward (£4.3m), Scott Dann (£4.3m), Jeffrey Schlupp (£5.5m) and Gary Cahill (£4.5m) already sidelined, Patrick van Aanholt (£5.5m) limped out of the game after 64 minutes of the win over the Hammers with a recurrence of his hamstring problem.

The Dutch left-back had missed Gameweeks 16 and 17 with the issue before making a swift return to the team.

Speaking after the Eagles’ latest win on Boxing Day, Roy Hodgson said of van Aanholt:

I think it’s all part of the fact that because we are so desperate in that position we hurried him back a little bit. He was keen to get back to be fair so when I say ‘hurried him back,’ he didn’t take any persuasion because he wants to play and was very keen to play.

You are worried of course when that happens it could recur, but speaking to him as he was leaving he didn’t seem to think anything had pulled or snapped so I’m rather hoping it won’t be a long-term thing but of course the scans always show some degree of strain and every one of these strains keep people out for a period of time.

It’s something we can’t really afford but we will have to learn to live with it.

Jairo Riedewald (£4.5m) was again brought in to deputise at left-back when van Aanholt was withdrawn.

Mamadou Sakho (£5.0m) returned from suspension, at least, with his availability at centre-half meaning that Cheikhou Kouyate (£4.9m) moved back into midfield.

It was the former Hammer who grabbed Palace’s equaliser from a Jordan Ayew (£5.0m) knock-down and the Ghanaian striker was at the centre of much of Palace’s attacking play on Boxing Day, being directly involved in all four of the ‘big chances’ that the hosts carved out.

Ayew had missed a sitter in the first half and set substitute Connor Wickham (£4.5m) free for a gilt-edged chance on 75 minutes, with the budget FPL forward shooting straight at Roberto (£4.4m) when Wilfried Zaha (£6.9m) was well placed for a tap-in.

Ayew saved the best till last, though, scoring a superb solo goal in the final minute of normal time to bank his first double-digit haul of the season.

The Ghana international’s expected goal involvement (xGI) of 1.57 is the best in Gameweek 19 so far.

Hodgson said of him after full-time:

He’s scored five in a team that doesn’t score many goals. Five is pretty good by our standards because we’re not scoring that many at the moment, not for want of trying or for want of getting people in the box.

We knew all along that he’s got the capability of scoring those goals. I think his game’s improved, I think his confidence has improved as it should do – he deserves to be confident.

Let’s not get carried away with Ayew’s FPL appeal, though – he had eight successive blanks before Boxing Day’s goal-and-assist return.

But the budget Fantasy striker is, at least, fairly secure in his position, having started all but one Premier League match this season.

While the unconvincing Wickham is another option up front over Christmas should Hodgson need him, Ayew is now down one positional rival in the form of Christian Benteke (£5.7m).

Hodgson said of the Belgian striker ahead of kick-off:

Christian Benteke after the Newcastle game was complaining of a muscle injury. We hoped it was just fatigue but the scans show there is a strain there which will keep him out for the next few weeks.

It’s a great blow for us because [there have been] a couple of games recently where he’s come into the team, he’s done extremely well and the front three has looked good with him in the centre, Jordan to the right and Wilf to the left.

We’ve had to change it today because he’s not available and probably won’t be available for a fair while. The problem with our injuries is they’re all long term at the moment.

Zaha was his usual self – lots of penalty box touches (16, the highest in Gameweek 19 at the time of writing) but only one shot to show for it.

A 12-day break didn’t look like it had done West Ham much good, with Manuel Pellegrini’s side serving up the latest in a long line of dreary displays – surprise away wins over Chelsea and Southampton aside.

Robert Snodgrass‘s (£5.2m) goal almost came out of the blue and clear chances were few and far between for the visitors, with the Scotland international also denied by a Reidewald block late on.

Michail Antonio (£6.9m), again playing up front in a 4-4-2, highlighted his own ‘out of position’ appeal with the assist for West Ham’s goal but Fantasy managers will be understandably reticent in going anywhere near the Hammers’ players on current form.

Sebastien Haller (£7.0m), flavour of the month earlier in the campaign, was again unconvincing up top, while the gaps at the back (West Ham’s expected goals conceded total is the third-worst in Gameweek 19 so far) will have been encouraging to owners of Leicester assets ahead of Gameweek 20.

Crystal Palace (4-3-3): Guaita; Kelly, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt (Riedewald 65′); Kouyate (McCarthy 88′), Milivojevic, McArthur; Meyer (Wickham 75′), Ayew, Zaha.

West Ham (4-4-2): Roberto; Zabaleta, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Snodgrass (Ajeti 90′), Rice, Noble, Fornals (Lanzini 58′); Haller (Anderson 75′), Antonio.

Aston Villa 1-0 Norwich City

  • Goal: Conor Hourihane (£5.7m)
  • Assist: Jack Grealish (£6.4m)
  • Bonus: Tom Heaton (£4.5m) x3, Hourihane x2, Max Aarons (£4.4m) x1

Jack Grealish (£6.4m) kept up his fine Fantasy form with an assist for Conor Hourihane‘s (£5.7m) winner in a potentially important victory for Aston Villa against relegation rivals Norwich City.

Grealish now has eight FPL attacking returns in his last ten league starts, averaging 5.8 points per match over that time.

Where Villa would be without their talisman is the big question.

Dean Smith’s side may have gathered all three points against the Canaries but they were by no means the better team, and the fact that Tom Heaton (£4.5m) emerged from this fixture with maximum bonus points said much about the game.

Full-back Sam Byram (£4.5m) headed against the woodwork and then wide either side of the break, while Alex Tettey (£4.5m) had a shot cleared off the line and Teemu Pukki (£6.6m) should have done much better when racing clear of the Villa defence in the first half.

Heaton made five saves in all, keeping out a Tom Trybull (£4.5m) header and a late Onel Hernandez (£5.3m) effort.

Villa, meanwhile, didn’t create too much at all, with Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) miskicking and then sending an effort wide in the first half.

This match saw Smith make a tactical change, with El Ghazi and Trezeguet (£5.2m) stationed on the flanks and Grealish moved back into a more central position (but still quite advanced) following his recent stint on the left.

Smith said of Grealish after the game:

I thought he performed really well for us today. He showed a lot of leadership and responsibility and helped to calm things down at the end.

He ran at the opposition all day and he was probably the difference between the two teams.

Frederic Guilbert (£4.4m) was one of the casualties of the Christmas-led rotation, meanwhile, with the Villa right-back missing out on his side’s clean sheet.

Daniel Farke, who named an unchanged side for this encounter, said after full-time:

Performance-wise, we can’t play better away from home. I’m disappointed we’re in a poor position in the table, but I can influence the lads to put in top-class performances on the pitch. Pundits will say it’s just about the result, but we were unlucky to lose. We will keep on going. If everything is against you it’s important to puff out your chest and keep going.

Aston Villa XI (4-3-3): Heaton; El Mohamady, Hause, Ngoyo, Targett; Nakamba (Hourihane 55′), Luiz, Grealish; El Ghazi (Lansbury 90′), Wesley, Trezeguet (Jota 86′). 

Norwich City XI (4-2-3-1): Krul; Aarons, Zimmermann, Hanley, Byram; Tettey (Vrancic 75′), Trybull (Stiepermann 75′); Buendia (Hernandez 75′), McLean, Cantwell; Pukki.

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  1. JelliedSpark968
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Maupay, Deulofeu or Aguero as differentials? Or keep Pukki?

    1. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Keep Pukki but Maupay out of those

  2. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Can someone provide the link for the Alli news please?

      1. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Ahh not as worrisome as I expected. Thank you.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Read the tweets on here

  3. Ji-Sung Park
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Best midfielder under 10.0 on wildcard?

    1. JelliedSpark968
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Madds

    2. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Alli

    3. KDB4PREZ
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Ali then Ali>Son imo

      1. KDB4PREZ
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        When son gets back I mean btw ^

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

        Interesting idea

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

    Fak it im going Ings(C). Too much uncertainty surrounding likes of KDB Salah Vardy Alli

    Ings definitely going to start and has 10 goals in last 12 gws.

    Fixture proof as well having scored in the majority of tough fixtures he faced so far

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

      welcome to the darkside

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

      Salah defintely starting

      1. Jullepuu
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Facts

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

        Wouldn't say he's a definite starter.

        Liverpool leading by 13 points and can afford to give salah a rest given his injury issues in this season

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

      Thats why I'm leaning toward Pukki/Maupay

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

        Pukki against spurs ? Ballsy

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

          Spuds cannot keep a CS

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

          look at Pukki or Norwichs home returns vs top sides, you would expect this fixture to have goals in it both ways. I dont think Pukki is a bad cap choice tbh, but going Ings instead

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

            Fair enough. Good luck

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

      Rashford came off on 60 mins yesterday...

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

        He's my VC

  5. Jolly Good
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Sidibe or Otamendi?

    Have decent bench so not too concerned if Otamendi doesn’t start the odd game as long as it’s not a string of 1 pointers

    1. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Sidibe

    2. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Im thinking Ota or Gomez

    3. JelliedSpark968
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Sid

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

    Ancelotti: "We have some players who have recovered from injury – Walcott has a small possibility to play – we left out Michael Keane, Tom Davies, Baines and so all of these players have the chance to play.”

    Way to go boy...

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

      Just got holgate on WC... Hope he starts

    2. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Probably too early to get Everton players. After the festive fixtures we'll have more info.

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

      Digne rest?

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

    What to do here? 1 free transfer and 2mil the bank.

    Guaita Button
    TAA Aurier Soy Lund Reid
    KDB Alli Salah Grealish Hayden
    Jimenez Vardy Abraham

    Mane would be a great additioncin a few weeks..

  8. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    GW20 Team is:

    Guaita
    TAA - Soyu - Rico
    Salah - KDB - Alli - Grealish
    Vardy - Tammy - Jimenez

    Kelly - Dendoncker - Lundy

    with so many question marks regarding starters next GW, should I strenghten my bench?
    Dendo ➡ Cantwell for FT or rather save FT?

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

    Alli injured?

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

        Thanks mate. Sorry it took 16 minutes to reply. Someone out there thinks it is rude.

  10. Maddamotha
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Mount > Grealish?

    1. JelliedSpark968
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Grealish imo

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

    On WC. Considering 3 options, which is the best? Comments on Alli not great but Klopp also hinting at rotation..

    Ramsdale Button
    TAA Soy Lundstram Kelly XX
    Salah KDB XX XX XX
    Vardy Ings XX

    A) Robertson, Maddison, Martial, Alli, Greenwood (double liv def)
    B) Sidibe, Maddison, Cantwell, Alli, Rashford
    C) Webster, Grealish, Martial, Mané, Greenwood (double liv attack) + 0.2 ITB

    1. JelliedSpark968
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. yosim
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      B

    3. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      B

  12. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Cant decide between playing Ings or Alli with Alli news.

    Pope
    Soy-Mendy-Kelly
    Mane-Grealish-Kdb-Madds-Alli
    Vardy-Rashford

    Button-Ings-Tomori-Lund

    After this GW I will be getting Kun and TAA in at all costs.

    1. JelliedSpark968
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Definitely Ings, he's arguably captain material

      1. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 3 months ago

        Wouldn't you agree Alli is of the same (C) caliber if playing against a gashed Norwich side?

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

          He might get rotated though even if not injured.

          1. Threat Level Midnight
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 3 months ago

            Very good point.

  13. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    PVA to Sibide?

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

      Sidibe*

    2. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

    3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I like Palace next 2 and Sidibe has MCI in GW21 so I would personally wait before doing this move..

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

        PVA injured

  14. Lignja
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Save this week and see how to get Arnold back?

    Pope
    Soyuncu, Kelly, Digne
    Mane, Kdb, Alli, Pogba
    Abraham, Vardy, Rashford

    Martin, Rico, Lundstram, Dendoker

    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Exactly what i'm doing as posted above

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I’m not the only one with pogba then.. Did Zaha to pogba and with slight regret

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

        lol well you cant regret losing Zaha, just Pogba is your regret at least

        1. Warby84
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          That’s what I mean!! Hopefully he starts and scores

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

            yea, gl man

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

    pukki to ings a no brainer?

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

      Dont think its worth it, Norwich @ home to Spurs will be like 2-3 or something

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

        fair.

        but pukki is terrible and ings is guaranteed to start and is in extreme form

        1. Threat Level Midnight
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 3 months ago

          Pukki guaranteed to start as well and far from terrible.

    2. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Yes

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

    Considering Tammy to DCL to afford Salah for Alli.
    New low or reasonable enough?

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

      Reasonable

  17. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    A) Tammy to Ings
    B) Targett to Sidibe
    C) Save ft

    Best option?

    1. CheesyZoot
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Save imo

    2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I would save

  18. CheesyZoot
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Play one:

    A) Zaha
    B) Kelly
    C) Lundstram
    D) Greenwood

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

      Zaha

    2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Zaha

  19. Fernando Torres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Dele Alli isn't injured.

    1. Garfield1001
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      How do you know this?

    2. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Thank you Fernando

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

      From what Jose says it sounds like he could be

  20. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    RMWCT

    Ramsdale(Button)
    TAA Lundstram Soy Rico(Kelly)
    Mane Salah KDB Alli (Cantwell)
    Vardy Ings(Greenwood)

    0.1 itb

    Is Salah+Mane overkill?

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

      As you're playing 4-4-2 I'd say t's overkill

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I wouldn’t say it’s overkill

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

      No, thats good team

  21. Klaren
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    I need 0.4 to get Salah. Which one is a better move to get the funds?

    A) Chilwell to Soyuncu
    B) Chilwell to Sidibe
    C) Jimenez to Ings

    Thanks!

    1. JelliedSpark968
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      If you have Pereira, B
      If you don't, A

  22. boogle
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Early thoughts on captain?

    A) TAA (WOL)
    B) Mane (WOL)
    C) Ings (CRY)
    D) KDB (SHU)

    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Kdb

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

      Neither

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

        Those are the best options youre getting

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

      D

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

      C

  23. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    Kdb haul would be nice... Jimmy too:D!

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

    I think im doing those moves for a hit.

    Sterling and Jimenez to Salah and Maupay for -4.

    Salah came off early yesterday and Sterling has 1 day less of rest so he could rest vs SHU.

    Wolves have game tonight and then away at Anfield and they could rotate as well like Brighton.

    Maupay came from bench yesterday so he is certain starter.

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

    Dust off those scoring boots Leander, and you Isaac. The lads are going to need you.

  26. YoungPretender
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 3 months ago

    On WC

    A) Alli, Rashford & Ings
    B) Maddison, Kane & Maupay

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

      A

    2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      A

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

      A by miles

    4. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      B

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

    Please rate my WC:
    Button, Ramsdale
    Digne, Lund, treple Liv
    Sterling, KDB, Alli, Grealish, HWilson
    Vardy, Greenwood, DCL
    I am set with my treble Liv def, suggestions are welcome about the rest of my team?

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 3 months ago

      I really think Soyuncu instead of 1 Liverpool defender will help a lot, 1 Liverpool attacker on WC is essential..

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

        Thanks, will think about it.

  28. Party time
      4 years, 3 months ago

      Rotation smiling at us all in full fashion

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

      The dele comments from mourinho don't sound that bad.

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

        Sounds like he’s due a rest IMO

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

          Yes I suppose so. But not injured per se.

    • @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 3 months ago

        The problem with having a playing bench to help with rotation is that my bench players are also in danger of being rotated!

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

          Quite.