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What can FPL managers expect from new West Ham midfielder Jarrod Bowen?

One of the biggest deals of the January transfer window saw Jarrod Bowen move from Hull City to West Ham United for a reported £22m.

The versatile winger, 23, signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with the Hammers on deadline day and could be poised to make his debut in Gameweek 26, having not arrived in time to be eligible to face Brighton and Hove Albion last weekend.

Price up by Fantasy Premier League as a £6.5m midfielder, Bowen moves to east London with a reputation for scoring goals: the ex-Hull prospect had found the back of the net on 16 occasions in 29 Championship appearances this season before his big-money move.

Bowen spent a lot of his time as an inverted winger on the right flank at the KCOM Stadium but has also deputised as an auxiliary centre-forward and in ‘the hole’, which presents him with a number of different routes into the Hammers’ starting XI.

Upon Bowen’s capture, West Ham manager David Moyes said:

We are delighted to welcome Jarrod to West Ham United. I think he could be a big success.

He’s probably what you’d call a wide forward these days, or perhaps an old-fashioned inside-right. He has played a couple of games as a second centre forward or as a no.10.

When you score goals like he does, and in the numbers he does, in the Championship, it will give you a great chance of scoring goals in the Premier League. We were attracted to the goals he has scored over the years; not just in one year, but over the last three years.

The player himself said:

I know this is the next step at another level. People expect me to score and I’ve put myself in that position. It’s a challenge I relish and one I’m looking forward to because scoring goals in the Premier League and winning games for this club would be unbelievable.

The fans will always see 110 per cent when I play, and I think that’s the main thing – and then with everything else, I just try to excite people and get people off their seats.

What can we Fantasy managers expect from Bowen in the remaining third of 2019/20, then?

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The History and Statistics

Born in December 1996, Bowen was knocked back by Aston Villa and Cardiff City in trials as a youth.

He began his career in earnest with local club Hereford United, progressing through the academy side and into the first-team set-up at the tender age of 17.

The young attacking midfielder made eight Conference Premier (now National League) appearances at the back-end of the 2013/14 season, scoring once and helping the struggling Bulls to survival – although his hometown club were subsequently expelled from the division for financial reasons.

Bowen then made the move to Hull in July 2014, although featured only for the under-18s and under-21s in his first two campaigns on Humberside.

Finally making his Tigers debut in August 2016 in an EFL Cup tie, Bowen went on to make seven Premier League appearances (as a £4.5m FPL forward) as first Mike Phelan and then Marco Silva were unable to prevent Hull from dropping into the second tier.

The 2017/18 campaign was Bowen’s breakthrough season as he immediately established himself as a first-team regular under Leonid Slutsky, consolidating his place in the starting XI even after the Russian had departed.

Bowen was an ever-present last season (only one of his 46 league run-outs came as a substitute) and was again integral to the Hull side in 2019/20, not missing a single minute of Championship football until his move to east London in late-January.

The new West Ham midfielder made 124 league appearances for the Tigers in total, scoring on 52 occasions.

The full breakdown is as follows:

SeasonAppsGoalsAssists
2016/17700
2017/1842142
2018/1946224
2019/2029167

The Comparisons: 2019/20

944 Comments Post a Comment
  1. BENOIT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Worth keeping Mauoay for 1 more week?

    Great fixture, but will he play?

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

      Maupay*

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

      Do you have an FT or would it take a hit?

    3. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      No ditch or bench if u don't want to take hits

  2. Taegugk Warrior
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Who will give more point this week..?
    A. Wood
    B. Ings

    1. Don Van Vliet
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Wood marginally more likely to concede a penalty with a lumbering challenge.

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

      Ings will give you some points

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

      B

    4. Peteski29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ings

    5. Connor Wickham
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      B

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

      2pts each

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

    DCL (CRY) -> Jimmy (LEI) for fee before the deadline or wait and do it next GW?

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

      for free*

    2. Peteski29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I'm saving this week then doing that transfer next GW

    3. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Do it next week.

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

    Thoughts on this move guys. Having my worst season so far so i really don't mind taking the hits and having a bit of fun. Also considering TC Agueroooo. Any advice is most welcomed.

    Mane, Vardy, Lund TO Aguero, Traore and Stevens for -8 or should i just save?

    Hendo
    TAA Digne Stephens
    Salah KDB Trossard Cantwell Mane
    Ings Vardy

    Mousset Kelly Lunds

    1. Connor Wickham
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If you want to have some fun it looks a solid move

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

      either that or wc imo

      Digne gets a tough run, Kelly is out of the team and SHu blanks in 28. Trossard and Cantwell and Mousset, i´m not a fan of that combination. Kun tc in a sgw you must be 100% certain he starts which you can´t be, even if i think it´s most likely. If having the worst season, then KDB out, with City going into a patch where they have tough schedule might be a thing to look at? Not before WHU of course.

      -8 for Kun whom you most likely would want out soon, i would rather wc then and get him for "free", fix defense so you got double liv def, double shu def and better options as the cheap enablers in mid and attack. Some names pop up in my mind, Lascelles, VVD, O connell, Son or Alli, Kun, Traore, Mooy and you need to deal with Mousett. Barnes, Jimenez, etc also worth considering.

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

    Foster Button
    TAA Lund Dunk Rico Soy
    Salah KDB Grealish Traoré Dendoncker
    Vardy Ings DCL

    A- Remove attacker for Aguero/Auba/Firmino
    B - Remove Soy/Lund for Newcastle defender
    C - Take a -4 and do both

    Please help!

    1. Connor Wickham
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Take the hit but consider sheff utd def

  6. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Settled on this. Think this is my team coming into this GW. Not even sure who to cap yet tbh, definitely a midfielder though.

    Ryan
    TAA Sidibe Rico
    Salah Mane KdB Mahrez Redmond
    Vardy Martinelli

    Woodman Connolly Soyuncu Guilbert

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

      You think Mane will start?

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Have a good feeling, plenty of time to recuperate imo.

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

          Agreed on enough time but Klopp might save him for CL game the following week?

        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Off the bench surely?

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

              Klopp is more of a to the bench manager.

    2. Johan Queef
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      On a WC in Vietnam (not sure the relevance of this but i'm off work due to nationwide panic over coronavirus so i'm going crazy).

      Which attack combo is better?

      A) Salah, KDB, Son, H.Barnes, Grealish
      Ings, Jimenez (Martinelli or ShLong) 352 & double LIV defence

      B) Salah, KDB, Son, H.Barnes or Grealish (Hayden)
      Ings, Jimenez, Firmino 343 & slightly cheaper defence

      C) Salah, KDB, Son, H.Barnes (Mooy)
      Ings, Jimenez, C.Wood 343 & double LIV defence

      In B, it would mean having Egan over Stevens, Pope over Henderson to save funds.

      Sorry for the lengthy post but any help would be greatly appreciated to try and turn my season around!

      1. Connor Wickham
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        C

        1. Johan Queef
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Thank you. I like the idea of planning ahead for blanks with players like Wood leading the line.

          1. Connor Wickham
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Yep, solid option. Gl

            1. Connor Wickham
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              And stay safe!

              1. Johan Queef
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Thank you! I'm staying healthy just trying not to go crazy with boredom!

      2. Peteski29
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        C

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

        C looks good

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

        B or C....I’d go B

    3. bigbudgie
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hi all! Still own lundstrum. Worth starting him this week over soy? Or rico even?

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

        Yes

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

        I'm thinking to play him. Great fixture if he starts and I've heard he played well in the last couple when he's come in off the bench. If he's benched again I'll probably ship him next week.

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

        Even more likely sub this week than last.

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

      Hi all....gtg? FT used to ship Lund...
      Anything for a hit? 2.4 itb

      Henderson
      Robertson TAA Stephens
      Salah KDB Martial Grealish
      Vardy Ings Maupay

      McGovern Soyuncu Dendoncker Kelly

      1. Connor Wickham
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Martial to son could pay off

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

          It could....It upsets my tight budget plan to go Maupay TO Jimenez in 27 and McGovern TO McCarthy in 28.
          Martial plays in 28 too...trying to navigate that GW with FTs basically.

          1. Connor Wickham
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Stick to your plan

    5. fpork
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I Got 3.7£ ITB and 2 FT. What would you do?
      A) Lundstram->Doherty
      B) Lundstram->Baldock
      C) Lundstram+Sarr->Basham/Egan+Son
      D) Other?

      McCarthy (Button)
      Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Rico (Lundstram) (Söyüncü)
      Maddison, De Bruyne, Cantwell, Salah (Sarr)
      Ings, Vardy, Calvert-Lewin

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

        Lundstram > Stevens

    6. rodragon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Would you do Vardy to kun this week?wanna get kun for this week but he is blanking in 28 when Vardy has a Very nice fixture....will lose a lot of value if I sell and get back....Have other problems like Lund and Maupay too....
      Can do Maupay to Jiminez or Lund to O'Connell....or can take a hit
      Thanks!!

    7. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Play ?

      A) Grealish, B) Traore

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

        A

    8. manu4life99
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Bench 1

      Traore
      Grealish
      DCL

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Tough one, all likely to return imo. Probably grealish

          1. manu4life99
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks I was leaning towards traore

            1. Old Man
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              That's what I've done with those three.

        • Holmes
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Probably Traore, that game might be low scoring

          1. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Funnily enough 2-2 wouldn't surprise me

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 1 month ago

          What I've found with a lot of FFS talk is ignoring a future game, has anyone else spotted this? E.g if Liverpool play Sunday and then
          next Saturday people will say that's enough of a break to not need a rest on Saturday, but it totally ignored the next match so if the match after Saturday is on Tuesday even though gw1-2 has a nice break 2-3 doesn't therefore still a rest risk.

          Salah surely won't play 90 considering atletico is 3 days after Norwich

          1. kamdaraji
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            damn need to set up my CL fantasy team

          2. Ajax Hamsterdam
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            70 should be enough for him to haul though

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

            Not expecting much from Salah tbh but he is likely to be taken off when 3pts are locked.

          4. FPL Pillars
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Probably overthinking it, players need a game to be match sharp. I expect still a full strength line up. If they’re up two goals plus by mid second half then the premiums may come off earlier but I think to be benched is v unlikely.

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                4 years, 1 month ago

                That's exactly what I said, early sub was my point

            2. Whats the Huth
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Salah may play 60.
              Mane should play 90. To get him back up to speed ready for the big game 3 days later

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

                Mane will be first off.

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

              Don’t see why not ; he’ll be well rested, did last year.

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

              you need to factor in a lot things that Klopp also thinks of when he selects his team. Does his best players (that are meant to play in CHL) need a game to remain match fit (if two weeks off and then just thrown in for a CHL is that smart?) or is 30 minutes enough, i´m leaning on the first one and the way Liverpool, play this season the difference between 60 or 90 minutes not always that significant as they often just control the games, which is not as exhausting. Also, will Mané play from start or sub can impact on salah´s minutes, my point is there´so many factors to this and we can´t know all of them so while i don´t think people ignoring this it is difficult to judge how it will turn out. My reason for capping Kun is that it is 2 weeks until next game for them and this could also mean if they have that day when they score for fun they don´t need to stop, while Liv could very well just put on the cruise control with the game vs ATL Madrid so close after. Still, it could turn out that Kun not involved in a 5-0 mauling and salah gets a brace in a 2-0 victory.

          5. manu4life99
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Any news on Mane fitness

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

              Have to wait till next week

            2. Whats the Huth
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              He is training at Liverpool. Him and Milner are training.

          6. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Looks ok? Captain correct? Correct bench order?

            Ryan
            TAA Gomez Digne
            Salah KDB Son Grealish
            Vardy Ings Martinelli

            Button Soy Lundstram Dendoncker

            1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Salah Captain.

            2. Ajax Hamsterdam
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Looks v nice indeed

          7. HurriKane
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Lundstram owners be real. the odds are all against him starting this gw. I cant see any of Norwood Fleck or Berge getting benched any time soon

            Sheffield uniteds record signing Berge started ahead of him. Protected backline well in a clean sheet for his team last gw

            Not to forget Lundy was in bad form. Start him if you want another 1 pointer.

            1. Whats the Huth
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              I agree.
              Lundstram will get a one pointer

            2. Do I Not Like Orange
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              My choice is a straight one between him & Lascelles. I highly doubt Lascelles keeps a CS, so it's likely a gamble on which is more likely to score (assuming Lund gets off the bench).

            3. Old Man
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              He went last night

          8. Mork calling Orson
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Martial & Zaha stinking out my midfield;
            A) Martial > Mahrez & hope Zaha fixtures pay dividends
            B) Martial + Zaha (-4) > Son + Fleck

          9. Whats the Huth
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Mane is an interesting one.
            He starts imo. And plays maybe 90 mins. He has been seen training at Liverpool with Milner. Would’ve have had 3-4 weeks rest - and would need minutes under his belt, to get him up to speed for the CL game.

            Imagine the scenes here if Mane starts and Salah is benched.

            1. Old Man
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              I'm almost tempted to (c) him. Could end in disaster though.

              1. Whats the Huth
                • 8 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                He’s been my captain all week.
                I’m frightened to captain Salah also.
                Tough week for captain decisions

            2. Brosstan
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              You sound like a deluded Mane owner. He will play less minutes than Salah if he even plays at all

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

                He’ll play but yes likely first off.

          10. manu4life99
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            G2G (anything worth a 4pt hit?)

            Ryan
            TAA Sidibe Lund
            Salah Mane KDB Grealish
            Ings DCL Jiminez

            McGovern Traore Soy Williams

          11. afsr
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            G2G or any hits needed?

            Mccarthy
            TAA, Holgate, Bertrand
            Salah (VC), Fernandes, KDB, Trossard
            Ings, Aguero (C), Vardy

            Button, Fleck, Williams, Dunk
            0FT, 0.9 ITB

          12. matiakez
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Wild card nearly there, final questions something like;

            A) Gomez, Aguero, Redmond/Grealish
            B) VVD, Auba, Berwejn

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

              Also on WC and an owner of Grealish. Not sure whether to keep or not.

          13. FPL_Crisis
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Question here is do you go Sarr to Mahrez for a hit this week or play 433? Any advice appreciated

            Guaita (Button)
            TAA O’Connell Dunk Stephens (Soy)
            Salah kdb Martial (Traore, Sarr)
            Firmino Jimmy Ings

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

              Play 433

            2. Akshatjazz
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              You can actually think to sort your Def

              1. FPL_Crisis
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Yeh dunk and soy will be gone on wc if not before. Would also want my midfield to be playing

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

                  U can double up on Sheffield , bring in fleck

            3. Whats the Huth
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Mahrez

          14. Akshatjazz
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Who do you think is the better option

            Lundstrum > Egan/ Stevens/ O'connell ??

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

              Stevens if budget allows, otherwise O'Connell. (Assuming you have cover for GW28).

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

                Grt

          15. balint84
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Lundstram to

            A) Boly
            B) Söyüncü
            C) Tanganga
            D) Tarkowskij

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

              Probably A for now.

            2. Rushford
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              A

          16. CONNERS
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            From GW29, with Pool, Wolves and Leicester having such good fixtures, I'm thinking of playing 4 at the back.

            Something like TAA, Robbo, Pereira and Doherty in a 4-3-3 formation with Salah, KDB, Barnes in midfield & Vardy, Jimmy and Ings up front.

            What do you think?

            1. Whats the Huth
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              You’ll want salah and mane double up

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

              Not sure about that tbh. You can only captain one of them, plus there's a good chance Klopp could start rotating now the league is won and concentrate on the CL.

          17. Monster Pick
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Which one is better for GW 26 especially for differential :

            A. Maddison + Mane

            B. Maddison + Son

            C. Moura + Mane

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

              I'd go B if you have Salah.

            2. Rushford
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              B. Maybe even Bergwijn instead of Maddi

            3. Monster Pick
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              I already have Salah, yeah i think son much safer than mane for gw 26..

              it just Liverpool play better than Spur so far.. mane might got points if he play, son looks hard to explode without a lone striker ( kane is injured )

              I wanna get rid of maddison, still confuse who, only have 0.1 in bank

              Still need a couple of match to see how Bergwijn adapt

              1. Monster Pick
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                my team :
                Henderson
                taa - lund - aurier - holgate - tomori
                mane - salah - grealish - maddison - hayden
                ings - vardy - jimenez

          18. Rushford
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Which will get most points over next two:

            A) Stevens (BOU, BHA) + Vardy (wol, MCI)

            B) Ings (BUR, AVL) + VVD (nor, WHU) -4

            Leaning towards B atm. Thinking the hit is inevitable going up to BGW.

          19. Darthshearer
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            GTG?

            McCarthy
            Robertson | Williams | Holgate
            Fleck | KDB | Salah | Grelish
            Ings | Aubameyang | Vardy

            Button | Perez | Kelly | Rose

            I have 1 FT & 0.2m ITB