Pro Pundits

What Warren Buffett can teach us about Fantasy Premier League

In his latest Pro Pundits column, former Fantasy Premier League champion Simon March asks what FPL managers can learn from the ‘Oracle of Omaha’.


Warren Buffett is considered by many to be the world’s greatest living investor with a net worth of over $89.9bn. Unfortunately for Warren, he’s never played Fantasy Premier League and so he’s never really understood the true meaning of success nor has he experienced the thrill of winning tickets to two Premier League matches of his choice.

However, I do think there’s a lot that we Fantasy managers can learn from the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ and so this article will look at how elements of Buffett’s investment strategy may be applied to FPL.

Value Investing

Warren Buffett largely adopts a ‘value investing’ strategy which essentially means he aims to identify undervalued stock, according to certain criteria, invest in them and then wait for the market to correct itself, thus yielding a profit.

Because the mechanics of the FPL player price system reflect the stock market with investment in both types of asset increasing their price, an obvious application of a value investing strategy would be to identify and buy underpriced players and wait for other Fantasy managers to catch on and buy them too, thus raising their price and allowing you to profit through increased team value. 

For example, you could easily argue that the likes of Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne (£10.6m), Sheffield United’s John Lundstram (£5.1m) and Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) were all underpriced at the beginning of the season and all for varying reasons. These include a return from a long injury for De Bruyne, a misallocated defender classification for Lundstram and the expectation that Abraham would be a supporting rather than starting striker. Their performances have attracted investment thus going some way to correcting their underpricing and, therefore, those managers that identified this investing opportunity early on would have yielded a substantial profit.

Of course, while a high team value can help, it is points that ultimately count in FPL and, while the two often follow each other, value investing of this type won’t necessarily win you your mini-leagues.

However, you can also look at value investing in relation to points by seeking contextual value opportunities. For example, Brighton’s Mathew Ryan (£4.8m), Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (£12.3m) and Everton’s Lucas Digne (£5.7m) are all probably priced correctly (some might even be overpriced) with respect to the overall season but you could also argue that they are all ‘underpriced’ within the context of their next five to six fixtures given that these are largely favourable for all three and include a Double Gameweek for Salah. 

Alternatively, two players may be accurately priced individually but offer a strong rotation, allowing them to be played only in favourable fixtures. Budget players with only good fixtures may offer comparable value to set-and-forget premium assets with more varied fixture difficulty.

There will be many other opportunities for contextual value and so, since much of FPL is about making the most of a finite budget, accurately timing and executing a value-led strategy of this type can create a big advantage.

Long-Term Investment

In some respects, the opposite of ‘value investing’ is ‘momentum investing’ which involves acquiring assets currently increasing in price in the hope that they will continue to grow in the (typically near) future. In FPL, ‘momentum’ would be the equivalent of a ‘bandwagon’; players who suddenly become popular and attract explosive levels of investment.

Buffett famously eschews momentum investing, preferring instead to carefully pick his stocks based on solid, fundamental business criteria and then hold them for as long as is profitable. He is quoted as saying: “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years.” This means that Buffett will miss out on the fast profits that come with certain investment bubbles but he will also not be left high and dry when they burst. Instead, Buffett’s success comes from achieving relatively modest but consistent returns, compounded over decades of investment.

Obviously, FPL and financial investments occur over very different timeframes and it’s probably not the best strategy to just stick with your Gameweek 1 team for the entire season (then again…) but, again, there are lessons to be learnt here.

Firstly, it is the importance of understanding and identifying what are the ‘fundamentals’ in good FPL players. As with investing, everyone will have their own interpretation of this but, for me, the fundamentals I look at include; how good a team the player plays in, the significance of their role in that team, how nailed on they are and whether or not they are on set pieces. I tend to add variables such as fixture difficulty and some statistical information on top of those, but these are the basics that I look at first. Current players who have, I think, extraordinarily strong fundamentals in this respect include De Bruyne, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m) and Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) and I always look for these types of players at the beginning of the season and when wildcarding.

As per Buffett, I also try and pick only players that I would be happy to have in my team for the whole season if I were to be hit by that proverbial bus. This isn’t, I stress, with any expectation that I will actually keep this player for the whole season, it just means that, if I have bigger fires to fight in my squad I will, at worst, be left holding on to a fundamentally sound player. I find this helps me avoid hits and, while it inevitably means that I miss out on some bandwagon points, I, like Buffett, get to miss out on the bandwagon busts as well.

Diversification

Diversification is a classic business school concept which suggests that investing in too few companies or industries is dangerous given the potential of a collapse or industry-wide downturn and, therefore, it is better to diversify investments and ‘spread the risk.’ This concept is applied all the time in FPL when we consider doubling or tripling up on players from a certain team.

Given the prevalence of this concept, it is maybe surprising therefore to hear that Buffett rejects it almost entirely stating that: “Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you’re doing.” In FPL, it must be said, diversification can also offer protection against rotation, fixture difficult and dips in team form, however, following Buffett in rejecting it may also have its own benefits.

For example, I don’t think it’s entirely a coincidence that I won FPL in a year where my real-world team won the Premier League as it meant that there was a selection of really strong FPL assets available in a squad that I, as a long-term fan, understood really well. While I didn’t have any inside information as such, I felt I knew the players, the manager, the system, which types of teams they tended to do well or struggle against and so on. I tripled-up on players from this team almost the entire season and it seemed to pay off.

These circumstances, of course, were pretty lucky for me and I’ve no doubt they helped me to make better FPL decisions that season. In fact, looking at some of the other former winners’ winning seasons, it seems that many of their real-world teams also performed well.

So perhaps it’s true that, if you know your chosen subject well enough, diversification for the sake of diversification is unnecessary, perhaps even detrimental. It’s undoubtedly easier to know your stuff if you’re focusing on fewer clubs and, if you are a particular aficionado of a team or several teams, you might gain more of an advantage from concentrating your efforts and player selection on what you know best than you would from ‘spreading the risk’ across lots of sides.  

Summary

In summary, I believe that value-investing, a long-term mindset and focus rather than diversification, all principles that have helped Warren Buffett becomes the fourth-richest man in the world, may all also have benefits if applied to FPL.

Considering this, it’s a shame that Buffett has never tried his hand at FPL preferring, apparently, to play the card game bridge which, I understand he’s also pretty good at. Then again, since I think he’d be pretty good at FPL too, maybe Bridge’s gain isn’t entirely our loss…


Simon March is a member of our Pro Pundits initiative, a team of Fantasy managers here to bring you regular advice and updates on their teams. Simon won the FPL title in 2014/15 and has become a fixture on the punditry circuit ever since.

1,817 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Edwardio
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I have to choose one of these for new gameweek ??
    1. Jimenez
    2. DCL
    3. Tammy

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      1

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      1

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

      1

    4. Moose™
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      1

    5. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      1

    6. Edwardio
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks guys

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

    Wolves attacking options.

    Jimenez
    Adams
    Neto

    Jota injured
    Cutrone off to Fiorentina
    Ashley-Seal on loan

    Not quite ideal when one is playing in Europe.

    Is Jimenez a good option still for FPL?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yup

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

      dockertys got good attacking stats hes pricey for a def if you can look past that

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

    Armband is off Vardy and on KDB

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

      I'll stear clear then :p

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        My captain hauled last week tho

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

      Why?

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Defensive stats for Southampton and Villa tbh

    3. UpAndAway
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Salah has an excellent record vs Spurs - better than Mane.

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I know but Liverpool probably losing because they are losing eventually so why not Vs spurs away, makes sense

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

        i see a liverpool win here spurs have lost that new manager bounce.

    4. woodboy76
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Are you on crack?

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        It's a very reasonable switch ?

    5. Wrong Captain Again
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      But... Saturday the 11th is Vardy's birthday... dont you think he'll want his birthday hat trick?

      1. Fudgy
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Good luck to him but it's going to be a sour birthday Vs that incredibly well drilled and inform Southampton side

    6. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      going from second to third best cap option this week?

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

      im on kdb over vardy but then my captain picks have been shocking all season

  4. Soto Ayam
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Not feeling the Leicester defence at home to Southampton for some reason.

    Who would you pick over soy if you really, really had to?

    A) Rico home to Watford or
    B) aurier home to LFC or
    C) accept that they're both terrible options and hope for the best with soy.

    Won't state my other 2 defenders as you'll be able to guess

    Thanks

    1. Joggers Nipple
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      c

    2. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Soy is way better than both, but Ndidi out will make them less good in defense, but the others are in danger of minus points, Soy won´t get minus points.

    3. Soto Ayam
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers all

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

    best punt??
    sterling or mahrez....later have salah for gw 24

    1. Henryyy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Just get Salah now imo

      1. waldo666
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        This.

    2. Joggers Nipple
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      sterling

    3. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      if i buy now i would buy Salah as it saves you a transfer along the way, and you ar choosing between one that can´t shoot and one that can be benched over someone who will not be benched and plays Spurs. Spurs conceded 11 goals in 9 matches against a pretty rubbish bunch of teams under Mourinho, Salah plays Verthongen, Mané plays Aurier, and backline protected by Winks and who, Dier?

  6. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    @Tsparkes10 you the same follower on the Instagram handle of mr_Fantasyfootball?

  7. Gooner97
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Ramsdale
    TAA Soy Lunds Holgate (Kelly)
    Salah KDB Maddy Traore (Cantwell)
    Vardy Abraham (Pukki)

    2FT, 1.4ITB - What would you do? Would you get Jimenez/Rashford? Or other moves?

    1. Joggers Nipple
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Shift Pukki to fund further LIV players?

      1. Gooner97
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Not doing Pukki -> Jimenez this GW only for avoiding a benching headache, but I might be wrong. Anyway I think defence/mid is fine

        1. Joggers Nipple
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          I meant right down, sorry. Shift him to Greenwood (benches not so important right now imo), Gives funds towards Robertson/ Mane

          1. Gooner97
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Definitely doing this, but I’m looking for the short therm move rn

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

      Pukki to Jimmy short term.

      1. Gooner97
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        And bench who?

        1. Gooner97
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Also, is double WOL fine?

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

      if youre planning on getting mane and TC one of them work towards that

    4. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Bou keeper out, Ryan, Foster, Fab, Hendo better choices, i know it says green on Bou fixture ticker but they aint green for Bou, green for opposition. Benching Pukki for Traore and Soy, i know it says United away, but already a weak United team without Mct and Maguire. Maddy is rated a doubt, but you have good coverage. if it´s out. Plan for 24? Your team atm it seems difficult to get to Mané without compromising KDB and that is perhaps not ideal, Kelly to eitehr VVD or Robertson is doable if you go down on one or two strikers? In that regard, i would´nt go Jimenez, unless Abraham is the one to go?

  8. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Hi guys- Benching Headache and Captain dilemma....

    Ramsdale
    TAA Sidibe Lundstram
    Mane KDB Alli Traore
    Tammy Rashford Vardy(C)

    Button Soyuncu Cantwell Kelly

    1FT- Rolling it to next week..... Salah and Maupay in for Tammy and Alli.

    1. fgdu
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      i think you've chosen right there. Might fancy soy over sidibe personally but sidibe is chosen a lot on scout picks

      1. gaurava1216
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers mate....

  9. Cheese Crunch
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Is James Madison injured?? Playing this weekend??

    News articles are only telling me about his pending move to Man U

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Answered your own question really.

    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Won't know anything further until pressers now, I'd assume. I think he will start fwiw, was just a little bump on the noggin.

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

      Presser later today. Scout tweets has a clue.

  10. Manani
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    thoughts on Richarlison as Alli replacement?
    or shoul i just save FT?

    1. Kuyt Hero
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I'm doing it for 2GWs

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yes I would

    3. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      i would not spend 2 million more for everton asset than what is needed, having said that i went Sidibe over Holgate-)

  11. De Gea is GOAT
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who to start out of this lot legends?

    A) Ings
    B) Grealish
    C) Traore

    Current Team:

    Pope
    TAA Soy Lunds
    KDB Mane Alli Traore Grealish
    Vardy Jimi

    Ings Kelly Willems

    1. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Don't think you can really bench Ings with the form he's in.

    2. Joggers Nipple
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      ings

    3. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I'd probably start A and bench B. Villa will be lucky to avoid a pounding against City.

    4. De Gea is GOAT
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks guys. Thoughts on Alli being dropped? I have a feeling he'll be a troll this GW.

      1. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yes, I didn't even notice him there. Could bench him. I actually have him first sub myself -- this is what I have:

        McCarthy
        TAA Soy Lund Sidibe
        Mane(v) KDB Martial
        Vardy(c) Ings Rash

        Bench: Martin Alli Cantwell Rico

    5. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      If you mean dropped by Mou, no. Hw won´t score, as Spurs won´t get above the halfline more than once or twice and when they do VVd will soak it up.

      Tough one, but actually i would bench Alli. City still not watertight, Grealish on pens and City vulnerable on set pieces which he takes, and a said before, spurs won´t get a sniff vs Pool.

      1. De Gea is GOAT
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        My exact thoughts guys. Thank you all for your tips, I really appreciate it. Your team is spot on MLS. Hopefully big green arrows for us. Set on Vardy cap? I'm also struggling to pick between him and Mane.

  12. edison
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    hey simon march, at least warren has the thrill of buying all the tickets whereas you only got 2 lol.

  13. FPL Doctor
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Martial or Richarlison 1 week punt?

    1. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Rich if you have Rash

  14. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Captain Sterling, Vardy or KDB?

    I really want to punt on Sterling but afraid he might be rested

    1. Joggers Nipple
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Vardy if doing well overall
      KDB if avearge
      Sterling if low rank

    2. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      If feeling punty, go for it!

    3. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      no matter what position you are in, out of those, Sterling. Benched for what? A week off? Reason why he so rarely rotated is the same as for KDB, just as important for the team. Just not that good at shooting though-), the strange thing about that is he is not unlucky but it´s down to his shooting technique, if you look closely at his feet when he shoot, the foot which he is not using to shoot (standfoot?, not sure what the english word is but hopefully you understand it) is not placed properly when he takes a shot, this is why KDB is the opposite, TAA so, and Beckham in his days are so good at pinching balls, not only solely because the actual hit point is suberb but they put the other foot in a position that ensure they connect with the ball properly, this is basic but some players have maximised on this thing which every kid whop plays football learns at the age of 7, but some are natural talents and some are not, and i bet the ones that does it properly also focus more on it from early age.

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

    I'm in a Last Man Standing comp with a $400 winner takes all prize and i need help picking my team this week.
    Rules are; each week you have to pick a team from the top 4 English leagues, or FA & League cups. If your team wins you go through to the next round.
    You can only pick a team once in each competition round so i CANT choose Chelsea, City, Leicester, Sheffield UTD.

    bookies say Utd but i'm thinking exeter

  16. Mr. Chimes
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Been in a slump the past few 4 weeks, 0/4 on the armband. Is a move for Mane worth it?

    Henderson
    Sidibe • Lundstram • TAA
    KDB • Grealish • Salah • Maddison
    Vardy • Ings • Abraham

    2 FTs 1.0ITB

    1. Mr. Chimes
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cantwell • Kelly • Rico on bench

    2. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Grealish to Traore

    3. A Fat Spanish Waiter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      How do you plan to get Mane? Dump KDB? Major surgery?

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

    Case for KDB Captain

    - Great form with 9 attacking returns in last 9 gws. (5 goals 4 assists)

    - Plays aston villa who has conceded most goals in last 8gws (17 goals)

    - Plus Aston villa has conceded 2nd most big chances in last 4 gws (73 big chances)

    With injuries to key players like Heaton Targett McGinn and Wesley villa are their for the taking and the ceiling is very high for KDB

    Are you tempted?

    Majority seem to go Vardy but Soton are no pushovers of late. In fact they have conceded only 1 goal or fewer in 7 of the last 8 pl games. (conceded only 6 goals in total)

    1. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      That’s amzing, but I could see other players stealing the haul

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

        Most city attacks run through KDB and he's going to be involved in large chunks of goals city score backed up by last 9 gws

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

      Only managed a 3-0 at home.
      Mings missed is the reason for most of those stats.
      Heaton is a loss.
      Villa conceded 14 from 10 at home.

      1. Henryyy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Who you capping TM?

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

          No idea, same as my transfers.

          1. Henryyy
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Tough week for sure. Don't feel the Vardy C this GW

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

              This as i said before Soton are no pushovers of late. In fact they have conceded only 1 goal or fewer in 7 of the last 8 pl games. (conceded only 6 goals in total)

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

                Ceiling is not so high for vardy in this particular gw where they face the 2nd most inform team in the league with a tight defence

          2. Gooner97
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            At least we both know Pukki has to go, oh oh

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

              Yeah, Pukki minimum.
              Pope, Trossard and Rashford soon too.

      2. Wet Knee Houston
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        14 conceded from 10 at home may also be a misleading stat, because they played 8 teams from the bottom half (all except Watford, basically - and themselves lol) and only 2 from top 10.

    3. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      The thing is, at least I know Vardy isn't going to play CDM.

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

        I dont buy into all these KDB playing deep bs. Most city attacks run through him and he's going to be involved in large chunks of goals city score.

        If you watch city games you will see kdb has free advanced role. Its a myth people believe without really understanding pep tactics

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

          Would you captain KDB over Rashford, Mane and Vardy mate? I need to choose wisely this week, and i need to not follow the same old Vardy herd, not really feeling him this GW either.

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

            Kdb over vardy defo yes

            If i had Rashford id be tempted but cant really predict which united will turn up. They generally struggle against deep lying defences

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

              Cheers mate. Yeah that’s the thing, i really would like to captain Rashford but displays have not been good at all. Expect Norwich to concede, but how many is the question, not a lot i suspect with United looking dreadful.
              Right, KDB it is then, i’ll be here to moan or thank you haha!

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

      Villa playing 5 at the back. Much tighter against Burnley and Leicester.

    5. Greek Freak
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      City have by far the best fixture, which is why I'm captaining Sterling.

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

        Great punt this gw. Good luck

        1. Greek Freak
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Thanks, you too. Are you worried about KDB's away form at all?

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

            Not at all. The Fixture is so good that i expect him to change it around

    6. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      If i knew he play at least as nr 8 this post would make sense, but we don´t know and there are a game late saturday that is much better and the ones in that are strikers, or at least we know they won´t play cdm

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

        Isn’t it Rodri’s job to play CDM?

        1. bench boost for every gamew…
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          usually, but Pep has done some weird tactical choices lately, playing with a back 3, with KDB as one of two sitting midfielders. Understandably as he has no cb to play he can rely on atm

  18. Kane Toads
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    repost:

    Cresswell + Alli > Robbo + Moura for free? I have both Mane and TAA.

    any thoughts?

    1. Joggers Nipple
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      First glance I say no, dont have any interest in Spurs

      1. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I agree, get a non-Spurs mid.

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

      Someone other than Moura? Maybe Sarr

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

      I like the Moura move

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

      dont get moura

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

    AgueroooooooOoOOOOOOOOOO (C)

    1. Gooner97
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Is this 2013?

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

        Throwback tour starting this weekend. BOOK IT

        1. Gooner97
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          AgueroOoooOo(C) > Oasis reunion

  20. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    A) start ryan or ramsdale?
    B) bench 2 - sidibe traore dcl maupay madds?

  21. Carlton_Goal
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Need help benching one

    A) Soyuncu (SOU h)
    B) Grealish (MCI h)
    C) Cathcart (BOU a)

    Currently on Cathcart but Bournemouth were so hopeless against West Ham that I feel Watford have a decent chance of a clean sheet

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

      grealish by a long way

      1. Carlton_Goal
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        cheers, was thinking this but would feel weird to bench a midfielder in form

    2. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

    3. ppv
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Never bench Grealish

    4. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      i know Leicester are not City, but i think Villa show signs that they can hurt team on counters, and while they won´t have the ball much i suppose, City tend to struggle with that and set pieces City really can´t defend, and while the odds for pen is low he is on them. Would think that the ceiling for all three is not more than 8-9, so don´t think the choice will hurt you that much. Interesting to see Leicester without Ndidi, they don´t have anyone that can fill in that role.

  22. thisisdiz
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Can't decide:
    A) Pope > Fabianski
    B) Pope > Ryan
    C) Pope > Henderson
    D) Keep Pope

    2 FT
    Another GK is McGovern
    No other BUR, WHU, BHA and SHU def cover..

    1. Carlton_Goal
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Was going to say A but since you have no other SHU defence C could be quite good since the SHU defence is so highly owned

      1. thisisdiz
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Maybe A, and get one of SHU defender after GW24?

    2. waldo666
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

    3. A Fat Spanish Waiter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I already did B this week.

  23. SomeoneKnows
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Got 2FT with no burning issues to address. Should I transfer Guaita > Ryan ?

    1. Carlton_Goal
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Sounds like a good time to make a keeper transfer if you're not happy with Guaita. Go for it

      1. SomeoneKnows
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I'm actually okay with him, long term I don't think him and Ryan will be much different in terms of points, it's the short term that worries me...

        Alterativly I could transfer Alli > Richarlison/Martial as a 1 week punt

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

          Ship Alli. Martial if no Rashford

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

    This is how my team should look like after transfers. GtG?

    Fabianski
    Lund-TAA-Soy
    Salah-Maddison-Sterling(C)-Grealish
    Vardy-Wilson-Jimenez

    Button-Tomori-Kelly-Nakamba

    Thoughts fellas?

    1. A Fat Spanish Waiter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Gtg.

  25. vincentwsho
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Vardy or KDB captain? Vardy seems like the more popular one, but Southampton have defended well lately and Vardy is just back from injury...

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

      I’m leaning towards KDB now, furthered by what Hurrikane says above. Just not feeling Vardy at all, Southampton have really sharpened up, will surely want to amend for that 9-0 defeat also. I expected more from him even against Villa, and Southampton are a lot tougher than them as an opponent.
      Just wish i knew where KDB is gonna play now that Dilva is back.

      1. Binny
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I actually prefer Salah or Mane, or even Jimenez if you fancy a bit of a punt

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

          I’ve bit got Jiminez, but Mane is seriously tempting. It’s between Mane and KDB, on KDB now

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

          Jimenez is not explosive especially vs bad teams. He is limited to 8-9 points. Mane is better options than Salah this GW

        3. bench boost for every gamew…
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          not often i say this but

          THIS

          He plays vs Aurier, captain is always difficult this time it should not be.

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

      I would C Sterling, KdB and Aguero ahead of Vardy this week. Think City will score 4-5 easily

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

      I would C Sterling, KdB and Aguero ahead of Vardy this week. Think City will score 4-5 easily

  26. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Slow week? Wtf is this?

    Nobody comes here to read about some soon to be dead 100 year old billionaire who can't take anything with him 6 ft under.

    It's football and we are fake spending 100m 15 lads who kick a ball ffs.

    Anyways I've just wasted a minute or so typing this.

  27. Mr. Chimes
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Tammy Abraham nailed this weekend?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Pretty certain, was rested midweek

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Sure

  28. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Chances of Maddison starting?

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Presser later?

    2. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      playing 90min wednesday so how badly can that niggle be? But for all i know, can be a niggle that has been there for a while and somewhat worsened during the game, it might pop up some more info later today

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        It was an injury to the head...

        1. bench boost for every gamew…
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          sorry, was not up to date

  29. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who to captain this week? Feeling a but sceptical about C and D...
    A) Martial
    B) Jimi
    C) KDB
    D) Vardy

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Going A myself.. risky I know.

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        As a United fan and with our current form I just can't get myself to do it lol

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

      Going B would go KDB if I knew he would not be sitting deep - only VC for now.

      1. Pukki Blinders
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah sensible

    3. Jayv807
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I am going A so far, but may go Salah instead

  30. Jayv807
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    2FT 0.6m ITB.

    1. Rashford/Rico to DCL/TAA
    2. Rico to Holgate
    3. Something else?

    I will need to lose Martial or Rashford to fund getting TAA in before GW24, just not sure losing Rashford this week when he has NOR is the best move.

    Ramsgate
    Soy, Lund, Digne
    Mane, Salah, KDB, Martial, Grealish
    Vardy, Rashford

    Button, Ayew, Rico, Kelly

    Any opinions appreciated.

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Wouldn't remove Rash ahead of Norwich H... I would go with 2 as there's not much else wrong