Scout Notes

Salah delivers timely away haul in Double Gameweek of contrasting fortunes

West Ham United 0-2 Liverpool

  • Goals: Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (£6.2m)
  • Assists: Divock Origi (£5.2m), Salah
  • Bonus: Salah x3, Oxlade-Chamberlain x2, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.6m) x1

Liverpool rounded off a predictably successful Double Gameweek 24 with a win over West Ham United on Wednesday night, a result that sent the Reds 19 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Victories over Wolves and the Hammers added up to a fairly productive Gameweek for most of Liverpool’s Fantasy assets, too.

Of the 12 players who Jurgen Klopp used in his starting XIs at Molineux and the London Stadium, ten of them avoided a blank in at least one of the fixtures.

The exceptions were Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.4m) and, of course, Sadio Mane (£12.3m).

The injured Senegalese winger missed out on this latest success over David Moyes’ side and his sum contribution to the Double Gameweek 24 effort was a miserable one point, to the chagrin of his many owners and especially those who used the Triple Captain chip on him.

Mohamed Salah‘s (£12.5m) Gameweek 24 total of 16 points would have further rubbed salt into the wounds, such was the coin-toss nature of the captaincy decision for many FPL managers ahead of last Tuesday’s deadline.

The usual retrospective narratives will be applied in some quarters (Salah had the advantage of being on penalties, which gave him the edge etc) but it’s hard to legislate for a muscle strain picked up by Mane after half an hour in Wolverhampton, particularly as he had previously avoided any sort of meaningful injury in the whole of 2019/20.

Who knows what damage he could have inflicted on a limited West Ham side had he been fit enough to feature? And who could have predicted Salah would bank his highest FPL score in an away fixture since December 2018 in the same Gameweek?

We may not see Mane before the February winter break, with Klopp having said on Tuesday that the Senegal international would “probably not” play against Southampton in Gameweek 25.

There was no further comment from the Liverpool boss in his post-match press conference, unfortunately, with Klopp’s only injury update concerning Divock Origi (£5.2m), who limped off after 68 minutes in east London.

Klopp said:

Always when a player has to come off it’s a concern, especially when you play again three days later. But he told me it was cramps and let’s hope that it is like this and he should be ready again.

The win over West Ham was another exercise in patience for Liverpool fans and Fantasy managers alike, with the Reds encountering yet another team who were content on sitting back and soaking up pressure from Klopp’s side.

The Hammers, again operating with a five-man defence, largely did a satisfactory job for the first half an hour and Salah’s 34th-minute penalty was the visitors’ first shot on target.

Up until that point, Liverpool had got most of their joy when targeting teenage debutant Jeremy Ngakia (£4.0m) down West Ham’s right flank: Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) couldn’t quite finish off a Salah pass with the angle narrowing and soon after whipped an inviting ball across the six-yard box having again got behind the young right-back.

The breakthrough came when Issa Diop (£4.4m) clumsily felled Origi close to goal, allowing Salah the opportunity to score what was only his second away league goal on the season.

Liverpool’s deadlock-breaking strike forced West Ham out a little more and that played into the league leaders’ hands shortly after the interval, with Salah feeding Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (£6.2m) to score the Reds’ second on the break.

There could have been further returns for the Egyptian in the final 20 minutes, with Salah nodding a Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.6m) cross wide and then smashing the post with a curling effort from just outside the box.

After the injury concerns of autumn 2019, Salah looks back to his old self: energetic, dangerous and reassuringly profligate.

Roberto Firmino (£9.6m) couldn’t add to his goal at Molineux but came mightily close, forcing Lukasz Fabianski (£4.9m) into a superb low save just after half-time.

A superb piece of trickery on the West Ham byline went unrewarded a quarter of an hour later, with the Brazil international undermining his nimble footwork when slicing his shot well wide.

Liverpool’s defence recorded their seventh clean sheet in eight matches, meanwhile, although there were scares along the way.

Alisson (£6.1m) twice made smart stops from Declan Rice (£4.7m) in the second half, also thwarting a bobbling effort from Robert Snodgrass (£5.2m).

Manuel Lanzini‘s (£6.2m) scuffed attempt and Angelo Ogbonna‘s (£4.5m) off-target header ought to have tested the Liverpool shot-stopper, while Alexander-Arnold was inches away from ruining the visitors’ shut-out when crashing a clearance off his goalkeeper’s upright late on.

The luck that had arguably deserted the Reds’ backline in the first 15 Gameweeks of the season seems to be back, although Alisson and Joe Gomez’s (£5.2m) returns to the starting XI have also been huge factors in the increase in clean sheets.

Reflecting on a less-than-vintage display, Klopp said:

It was not a brilliant performance against a side which is insecure in the moment in the situation they are in. But for us on the other side, it makes it really difficult because a very important pattern in football is counter the counter. But for that the other team needs to have counters, and winning the ball back and then using the space. But we started pretty much each attack with a ball from a centre-half against nine or 10 or 11. 

I wish we would have done better but I take it like it is because if it would be easy to win this amount of games and have this number of points, so many other teams would have done it. It’s just really incredibly difficult.

The difficulty tonight was to get the rhythm, keep the rhythm and to stay concentrated. I think the biggest chances we gave them.

As we mentioned in our frisk of the Premier League fixture list, any Double Gameweek 24 punts on West Ham assets were surely short-term moves, given the unfavourable matches ahead.

Moyes’ troops look neither solid enough at the back nor sufficiently potent in attack to encourage investment at present, although the return of Fabianski is a huge positive and the influential Michail Antonio (£6.9m) may well have been spared this encounter in order to save him for the more winnable match against Brighton on Saturday.

Speaking ahead of the match, Moyes said of Antonio’s absence:

He’s still feeling his hamstring a little bit and obviously we need him back but we can’t take any more risks, so he misses out tonight.

The Hammers at least had a go at their visitors in the second half and had kept them at bay in the opening 30 minutes, with Moyes highlighting the positives in his post-match presser:

I thought the players did a good job defensively. Especially giving a debut to a young right-back as well. Look, we were playing against a really good team, we made opportunities, more in the second half and gave us some chances.

Overall pleased with the performance up against a tough team, we are a bit limited to what we can do as well so we made the most of what we could.

I think the players will feel that in lots of things tonight it was positive. Tactically organised, disciplined when they had to be and some of the defenders stood up to good challenges tonight. Organisational wise I thought they dealt well with things that Liverpool caused them.

Any thoughts that Ngakia could become a regular £4.0m starting defender were slightly dampened by Moyes, who said:

I wanted to give Zabaleta a breather, he’s played a lot of games and we need to look after him with the games coming up as well.

Moyes added that new signing Tomas Soucek would come into his thoughts for Gameweek 25, saying that the midfielder had “had a winter break so hopefully he is fresh and ready to go”.

West Ham United XI (5-4-1): Fabianski; Ngakia, Diop, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Masuaku; Noble, Rice, Snodgrass, Lanzini (Fornals 69′); Haller.

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold (Keita 78′), Van Dijk, Gomez, Robertson; Oxlade-Chamberlain (Jones 85′), Henderson, Wijnaldum; Firmino, Salah, Origi (Fabinho 69′).

Members Analysis

As part of our Members Articles Unlocked week, the analysis below – normally behind the paywall – is available for non-subscribers to read.

The average position maps above (West Ham left, Liverpool right) show just how advanced Robertson was in the visitors’ set-up, with the Scottish left-back (number 26) further forward than any of the Hammers’ starters.

Origi (number 27) took up Mane’s left-wing role, with both he and Salah (number 11) often pushing on in advance of the roaming Firmino (number 9).

Salah topped the table for goal attempts, with only Firmino able to match his seven penalty box touches on Wednesday.

The Egyptian racked up six shots against Wolves, too, taking his total to 11 in Gameweek 24 alone – although only one of those, his penalty against West Ham, was deemed a big chance.

Sebastien Haller (£7.0m) didn’t register a single goal attempt against Liverpool or Leicester, with his combined expected goal involvement (xGI) of 0.10 underlining just how starved of service he has been in Gameweek 24.

Salah’s cause on the Bonus Points System was helped no end by the fact that the two key passes he supplied led to big chances.

Alexander-Arnold chipped in with two key passes, as well, helping him to a bonus point: no FPL defender has more of those than the Liverpool right-back this season.

863 Comments Post a Comment
  1. bigdip
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Just had all red arrows in my ML. Shall I keep my Current Team or WC?
    Current team:
    Ryan Button
    KELLY TARGETT, Gomez, TAA , Lundy
    MANE, MARTIAL, Fleck, Son, Grealish
    DCL, Aguero Ings
    (1.5mn ITB)

    WC Team
    Ryan Button
    STEPHENS LASCELLES, Gomez, TAA , Lundy
    SALAH, HAYDEN, Fleck, Son, Grealish
    AUBA, Aguero Ings
    (0.2mn ITB)

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Keep, just Mane to Salah

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        This - team looks fine otherwise

      2. bigdip
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        But I already took a -4 hit to bring in Aguero before Mane was injured. So you think I should take another -4 hit for Salah?

        1. Holmes
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Yes, worth it. Should recover those pts over next 2 weeks.

        2. FPL.team
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Depends if you think Salah outscores Fleck by 4pts or not.

    2. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Bench Mane, save the FT. G2G

      1. bigdip
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        10 years on fantasy scout and a scout manager. bro! I need you as my fpl advise lol been getting red arrows. who should I captain:
        A) Aguero
        B) Martial
        C) Son
        D) TAA

        1. Woy_is_back
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          D

  2. antis0cial
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    On WC
    a) Fernandez Lund Boly
    b) Lascelles Egan(or O'connell) Digne

    Any changes you would make? Was going to go Martial but he really didn't look great last night so switching to Rich I think.
    Dubravka McCarthy
    TAA VVD Fernandez Lund Boly
    Salah KDB Rich Grealish Traore
    Vardy Jime Ings

    1. puhd
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B - O'Connell probably worth 0.1 over Egan

      1. antis0cial
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks - I'm .1 short - hoping Rich drops then I have enough for O'Connell.

  3. gooner_112233445566
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    mane replacement for next 2 games? can afford anyone... (already got kdb and salah)

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Probably Son. Richarlison if fit can also work

  4. puhd
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Vardy and Mane out
    Aguero and Son in

    Yes or no? -4

    1. gooner_112233445566
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      just do mane out for son and save the -4

      1. Offs!de
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        concure

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

    Re-post

    Wildcard
    Which looks better?
    1.
    Dubravka McCarthy
    TAA J.Gomez Bertrand Lascelles O’Connell
    Salah KDB Grealish Traore Bruno (when he is confirmed)
    Auba Jiminez Ings

    2.
    Henderson Pope
    TAA VVD Lascelles Stephens O’Connell/Lund
    Salah KDB Grealish Traore Fleck
    Aguero Jiménez Ings

    1. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      2 has 6 Gw28 blankers. You prepared for that? What if theres an Injury/suspension in your playing 9?

    2. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Prob 1. Bruno F is a punt and a half.

  6. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    What would you do with this team? Can take a hit.

    Henderson
    TAA/Lund/Targett
    Salah/Mane/KDB/Mahrez
    Vardy/Ings/DCL

    Button/Rico/Soy/Dendo

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

      Mane out and VVD or Robbo in seems the obvious one.

  7. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bit of a boring question but whom would you put first on the bench out of the two glorious options of Aurier (MCI) and Soyuncu (CHE)

    1. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Soy

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Would you play Soy above either of Rico or Lund?

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

          I'm playing Lund.

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Soyuncu

  8. ViperStripes
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    How many GW's until Liverpool would only have to draw every match to win the league? Has anyone done the maths? Surely at that point the star players are going to be heavily rotated for the youth players.

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      They will finish the season in style. Full strength until (if) they lose a game.

      1. ViperStripes
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Or star players will be hauled off early in every game.

      2. Shineonme
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        ^^ This ^^ at this stage I'm sure Klopp and the players want to go unbeaten in the league. If they lose one then I can see rotation but until then they will play a very strong team every week.

    2. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      There might be some rotation but I dont believe its gonna be massive. If things go on like this, they will want to make a mark, breaking City´s record points and maybe even the Arsenal "invincibles" tag

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

      Win till GW29, draw after that

    4. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Liverpool just need 24 points to win the league (that is assuming City WIN EVERY match).
      So if Liverpool win their next 5 matches. Then they will need just 9 points from 9 games. A draw every match.

      1. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Good stat that

  9. The Fed
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on Ritchie? Could be fantasy gold imo. He is OOP as wingback and is on pens, corners and indirect free kicks. They have really good fixtures coming up.

    1. CAPA
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Where will Rose fit in vs Ritchie?

      1. The Fed
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Was not aware that they just loaned Rose. That is a good point. Guess we will have to wait and see if he keeps his place or maybe even moved further forward as winger.

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Keeping an eye on him but Rose could change things

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

      Can one of them play on the other side of the pitch?

      1. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Because obviously they didnt go for Rose to be benched....

      2. The Fed
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Ritchie is a winger naturally, so maybe he is moved further forward and Rose plays the wingback. Guess we will have to wait and see.

        1. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          That could work, plays into their style as well

          1. CAPA
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Both would be attacking on the left side

  10. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts here? GTG? 1FT 0 ITB

    McCarthy
    TAA Robbo Williams
    Salah(c) KDB Mahrez Fleck
    Aguero Vardy Ings

    Button Lundstram Hayden Webster

    Bench order and benching right?
    Maybe captain Aguero but should play safe after a massive green arrow.

    1. Pukkipartyy
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Any chance Fleck -> Traore ?
      Otherwise looks good.

      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        No cash

    2. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Good enough

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

      Hayden ahead of Lundstram?

  11. Mufc202020
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    With Berge coming in is it time to get Lundstram out your teams? Surely Berge will take his place over Fleck/Norwood??

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Might be eased in but don't fancy risking Lund with Besic and Berge lurking

      1. Mufc202020
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Do you reckon fleck should be worried too?

    2. KingOllie
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Norwood is captain and Fleck is pretty good. Its a big old RIP to lundstram... BUT he might get this last game vs Palace

      1. Mufc202020
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah agreed.

  12. YEAH PITCH!
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mane & Kelly > Lascelles & Salah

    -4?

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Easy

    2. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Kelly to Lascelles can wait surely.

      1. YEAH PITCH!
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Can't afford Salah otherwise

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

      Yes

    4. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Why the -4?

      1. YEAH PITCH!
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Money

  13. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Are there any players who have a confirmed game in the Big BGW (31) ?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wolves, Bournemouth, Burnley, Watford

    2. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wolves v Bou
      Burnley v Watford so far

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

      Cheers guys!

  14. JJeyy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero best captain this week?

    1. Ady87
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Salah for me.

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

        This

    2. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Salah for me

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

      Mo. Would expect Spuds to improve now Gazza is gone.

      1. FPL.team
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You think Gazza was the cause of their problems?

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

          Jose, Gazza, Hugo, Aurier etc.

          SHU give up chances, but have a good keeper. TOT don't give up many, but seem to concede them all.

    4. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero a good option but rotation risk is there.

      I'd go safe with Salah.

    5. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If City get a DGW then definitely!

  15. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Why haven't Bentaleb and Lazaro been added to the game yet?

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

      Anti-Northern bias

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Probably not aware of them, low-key signing!

    3. BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      It's pretty poor tbf

    4. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Brexit.

  16. HD7
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Kasper
    TAA Lund Kelly*
    KDB Fleck Salah Mane*
    Ings Kun DCL

    Subs: Button, Ings, Dunk, Hayden

    Guys I did Vardy Maddy to Kun Fleck before Mane got injured... (I know)

    GW25: Mane Kelly to Grealish Robbo (-8)
    GW26: Save
    GW27: DCL to Jimenez
    GW28: Kun Grealish to Vardy Maddy

    Contemplating a -8 for GW25 so as to be able to change DCL to Jimenez in GW27.
    Hope Grealish and Robbo can haul and offset the hits.

    Should I do it?
    Or just play Ings and Kelly/Dunk and try getting Jimenez in another way?

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

      -8 is a pretty big hit, but massive upgrade. Could even pay off this week.

      1. HD7
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah mate. Robbo and Grealish may haul and offset it.
        I dont expect huge things from Ings Dunk/Kelly - 4pts maybe

  17. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Will the signing of Sander Berge affect Fleck's mins too?

  18. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Play Snoddy vs Brighton home or Traore vs United away?

  19. the dom 1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bench 1 pls;

    a. Ings
    b. Traore
    c. Fleck

    Cheers 🙂

    1. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      C

    2. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      A

    3. ElliotJHP
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B

    4. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B

  20. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Do we expect Salah to start vs Southampton given midweek game?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Tough game, so I expect him to start

    2. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, gets a rest after it.

    3. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes.

  21. yosim
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mane, DCL to KDB & Jimi for a hit ??

    1. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I would

    2. SackWenger
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Just Mane to KDB this week. Other transfer next for free

    3. yosim
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      thank you

  22. El Magico5
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Pick a pair for the next 3

    A) Gomez & Aguero
    B) Van Dijk & Aubameyang

    1. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. Shineonme
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B

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

      B

      1. El Magico5
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers fellas

  23. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Traoré seems an obsession round here

    I’m looking at differential moves and he is now around 20% and rising. He also has Europa back to back in 27/8 and ho hum fixtures in 25/6

    Redmond at less than 1% matches his stats and returns over the last 6 and has glorious fixtures after 25.

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      He would be my pick as well

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        The one thing that would make me go Traoré over Redmond is a game in 31.

        I’m starting to weight that in my calculations. But it’s still a minor factor only especially given Liverpool could still play then in which case I’d be happy to roll with a very thin squad

    2. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Top-tip, Ping.
      I can't really understand Traore love either, but have him as I can't afford the extra half-mill for Redmundo. Any other suggestions?

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Really thin pickings in midfield

        Different position of course but tipped Wood last week - didn’t get him of course 🙂 - he’s right up on my list. AVfc16(?) - a proper authority - has him on his list too.

        Generally looking for players with a bit of a track record and both those have it.

  24. GoonerByron
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bit of a benching headache here.. Start 1 this GW... ?

    A - Rico
    B - Lundstram
    C - Aurier

    1. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B

  25. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Am I alright to save a transfer here do you think? Or is it worth shipping any of them out?

    Ryan
    TAA, Lund, Rico
    Salah(C), KDB, Martial, Grealish
    Firmino, Jiminez, Ings

    Button, Dendonk, Soyuncu, Aurier ... 1FT 1.6ITB

    1. BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lundstram has to go

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Why is everyone getting rid of Lundstrum?

        1. IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Lost his spot generally has that effect. Bešić and Berge in, Lundstram out

        2. BigBillyBass
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Because he's 4th choice now behind Fleck, Berge and Besic

    2. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah gtg

  26. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Anything worth a hit? 4.6ITB
    Will probably do Greenwood to Ings for 26...

    Ramsdale
    TAA Gomez Lundstram
    Salah KDB Alli Zaha
    Vardy DCL Greenwood
    (Chalobah Rico Kelly)

    1. BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lundstram has to go

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Why is everyone getting rid of Lundstrum?

        1. BigBillyBass
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Because he's 4th choice now behind Fleck, Berge and Besic

          1. Jarnathan
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            So why wasn't Besic playing the almost the entire season?

            1. BigBillyBass
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Because he wasn't in form then. He is now

              1. Jarnathan
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Besic played the 2 games that Lundstram didn't against Manchester City.

                Lundstram hasn't missed any other PL game. What are you basing this form on?

          2. Jarnathan
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Also from the team sheet Fleck has played alongside Lundstram for almost the entire season - are they interchangeable?

            1. BigBillyBass
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Start him on the weekend then and enjoy his 0 pointer!

              1. Jarnathan
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                I don't need to. I've got Sidibe, Robertson and TAA

                1. BigBillyBass
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  We'll see who's right. I'll flag this comment and get back to you on Saturday

                  1. Jarnathan
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Huh? I didn't say whether or not he'd play - only you did. I was simply asking for a reasonable justification / evidence for your assertion. You didn't manage to provide one. You are peddling opinion as fact.

  27. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    If WC'ing would it be best to avoid 3 SHU assets as they have a blank in GW28? Having 2 City and 1 Villa means I'll have 6 not playing that week.

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

      If one is Fleck I'd say he is the one to go.

  28. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    On my WC, and having trouble picking my 4th defensive spot

    Dubravka/McCarthy, Trent Virgil OConnell Taylor

    A. Fernandez, Dbl Newcastle Defence 2.1itb
    B. Bertrand, Dbl Soton Defence 1.7itb
    C. Doherty, Wolves single Defence 0.4itb

  29. Heavy Data
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Mane to bench fodder, Greenwood to abu? Have Salah and taa.

    1. Evil Greg
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I did that, got hayden and getting Aguero next week vs West ham.

  30. Evil Greg
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Everyone setup for blank game week 28?

    So City, Villa, Arsenal and one more blanking.

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Sheffield

      1. Evil Greg
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Ah yes