Scout Notes

Owners of Everton and Palace assets at ‘form versus fixtures’ crossroads

Everton 3-1 Crystal Palace

  • Goals: Bernard (£6.4m), Richarlison (£8.1m), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.1m) | Christian Benteke (£5.7m)
  • Assists: Theo Walcott (£6.2m), Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison | Wilfried Zaha (£6.8m)
  • Bonus: Richarlison x3, Calvert-Lewin x2, Benteke, Bernard x1

Everton and Crystal Palace are heading in opposite directions on the Season Ticker, with the Toffees rock-bottom over the next four Gameweeks and Roy Hodgson’s side loitering somewhere near the top.

On current form, however, the tables are turned.

The blue half of Merseyside have lost only once (to Manchester City) since Carlo Ancelotti first took charge on Boxing Day and now sit seventh in the Premier League following Saturday’s 3-1 win over the Eagles.

Palace are plummeting south, meanwhile, and have won only one of their last 11 league games.

For a side supposedly built on a solid defence, they are in dire shape.

No other Premier League is on a barren run as long as Palace’s in terms of clean sheets, with Vicente Guaita (£5.0m) without a shut-out to his name in two months.

Given their well-documented struggle for goals at the other end of the pitch, the question has to be asked as to just what they have to offer Fantasy managers despite the upcoming favourable run of games (Newcastle and Watford at home, Brighton and Bournemouth away).

Martin Kelly (£4.3m), Palace’s most-owned Fantasy Premier League asset by some distance, had lost his place at right-back even before he picked up the calf injury that ruled him out of Gameweek 26, while the Eagles’ defence may have been further weakened on Saturday by the loss of James Tomkins (£5.0m) to injury.

Roy Hodgson said of his centre-half after full-time:

He’ll have to have a scan. He’s definitely got a hamstring problem, there’s no doubt about that, and unfortunately, they normally take weeks rather than days. I’m not expecting good news but we won’t know until the scan how bad the news is. Of course, it’s a shame to lose him.

The defenders that do remain hardly covered themselves in glory on Merseyside although Palace were in this match for long periods, despite what the scoreline suggests.

The Goodison Park faithful were getting tetchy midway through the game as the visitors got on top, with the mood not helped when Christian Benteke (£5.7m) fired the Eagles level shortly after the break.

The Belgian striker is far from clinical in front of goal and his levelling strike should have been easily stopped by Jordan Pickford (£5.3m) but Benteke built on a promising comeback game against Sheffield United with another busy display on Saturday, turning Patrick van Aanholt‘s (£5.5m) corner onto the bar on 56 minutes, forcing Pickford into an excellent point-blank save soon after, and firing wide when well-placed late on.

Benteke’s return to the first-team fold has come at the expense of Jordan Ayew‘s (£5.0m) goal threat, with the Ghanaian striker farmed out to the right flank, although it’ll be interesting to see which front three Hodgson opts for once Andros Townsend (£5.6m) is fully back up to speed.

Van Aanholt had himself struck the upright early in the game and, reflecting on the game, Hodgson said:

I thought we played well for large parts of the game. Not right at the start or the late stage. For 20/25 minutes in the first half, there was not much going on at all for either side, although they’d scored. At the end of that half, the last 20 minutes of that half, we started to play much better, pass the ball better and started to look like we might score a goal.

At half-time, I encouraged the players to do what they’d been doing maybe even a bit more for the start of the second half. When we got the equaliser, I thought it was a fair result, a fair reflection on how we played. The second goal, when we were pushing ourselves, came from a poor pass which was intercepted and all of a sudden you’ve got Richarlison, who’s obviously in very good form at the moment, making that incredible run scoring that fantastic goal.

That puts us on the back foot but we had two very good chances to equalise and the goalkeeper had to make a wonder save. The third goal was when we made a lot of changes in the hope of pulling out an equaliser right at the end and that seals the game. It was a 2-1 defeat more than a 3-1 defeat. But it’s a defeat which hurts us badly because i didn’t think that the performance necessarily merited it.

Everton weren’t great, it has to be said, but then Fantasy assets don’t have to be, so long as they are regularly racking up the points.

In Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.1m) and Richarlison (£8.1m), Everton possess two in-form players in attack who are thriving under Ancelotti.

Calvert-Lewin’s flick set Richarlison on his way to restore the Toffees’ lead at 2-1 before the mid-price FPL forward got on the scoresheet himself late on, tapping in when the Brazilian’s header had looped against the bar.

Their double-digit hauls could have been even greater had Calvert-Lewin converted a close-range rebound in stoppage time when Guaita had pushed Richarlison’s drive into his path.

Ancelotti said of the Brazil international after full-time:

We have to thank Richarlison because he scored a fantastic goal on the counter-attack. That was the key point and, after, our control of the game was good. It was an outstanding counter-attack, he is a fantastic player, really young and really important for us. It was an outstanding goal.

Richarlison can also play on the left but we don’t have to give him a lot of defensive work. He has to be fresh when we have the ball, he can play right and left, but without thinking too much about defensive work.

Richarlison and Calvert-Lewin are averaging a very healthy 6.83 and 5.88 points per match respectively under Ancelotti and their owners will perhaps be in a quandary, with Everton facing an off-putting run of fixtures that includes seven of the top ten in Gameweeks 27-35.

Are any of those opponents – bar Liverpool – infallible, though? The Gunners, Manchester United and Chelsea, who Everton face next, are certainly not the watertight forces of yesteryear.

The same could be said of Everton’s clean sheet prospects in Gameweeks 27 and 28, with Mikel Arteta’s side hardly racking up the goals of late and the Red Devils struggling without the talismanic Marcus Rashford (£8.9m).

The Toffees’ slightly ropey performance at the back on Saturday might convince owners of Everton defensive assets to sell, however, with only a Pickford wonder save and the woodwork coming between the Eagles and more goals at Goodison.

It’s now just one clean sheet in seven for Everton, too, despite the likes of Palace, Watford, West Ham and Newcastle (twice) providing favourable opposition in that time.

Added to this is rotation risk.

Two of Everton’s most-popular defenders among active FPL teams, Mason Holgate (£4.5m) and Djibril Sidibe (£5.3m), began this one on the bench, with both emerging as substitutes. Sidibe was in fact thrown on early enough to be eligible for clean sheet points, only for Palace and Pickford to ruin that prospect.

Ancelotti had previously made noises about rotating his centre-halves and, when asked about his latest team selection, said:

We need more of everything. More quality, more intensity, more pressure, more concentration. It’s not easy to pick the line-up but I want everyone to be involved and the players accept my decisions.

The Toffees’ head coach added that Theo Walcott (£6.2m), who crossed for Bernard (£6.4m) to volley in Everton’s superb opener, will have a scan on an apparently minor knee injury that forced the winger off after just 25 minutes on Saturday.

Everton XI (4-4-2): Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Mina, Digne; Walcott (Sidibe 26′), Schneiderlin, Sigurdsson (Holgate 86′), Bernard (Davies 65′); Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Crystal Palace XI (4-5-1): Guiata; Ward (Kouyate 79′), Tomkins (Dann 61′), Cahill, van Aanholt; Ayew, McArthur, Milivojevic, McCarthy (Meyer 68′), Zaha; Benteke.

Members Analysis

1,102 Comments Post a Comment
  1. psyurmh
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Hi guys, Jimenez or Abraham for rest of the season?

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

      Raul Jimenez

    2. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Raúl

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

      If you watch football that is not even a question pal

  2. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone watching the cricket?

    VAR works seamlessly in other sports, they said.

  3. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Latest scenes from outside the Etihad, crazy if the match goes ahead

    https://tinyurl.com/tjdd42u

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

      HeartfeltColossalItaliangreyhound-small.gif

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

        Fail

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

      Funny ... could do with a greggs

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

        Obligatory reply.

        https://youtu.be/VBcT2rcYlWA

  4. faux_C
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Up to OR 4,763 overnight. Would quite like the FPL season to finish now please...

    1. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      It’s Armageddon 2 outside so you’ve got a decent chance

    2. faux_C
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      On the other hand, my best ever finish was 1,533. Could definitely beat that if I get lucky.

  5. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Just seen the Spurs throphy cabinet blowing past my window.

    Shame it had nothing to weigh it down.

    1. Fantasy Gold
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      😆

    2. Party time
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Hahaha

        1. Ginola14
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Almost as lightweight as the gunners defence...

          1. Naboo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            ...but not their trophy cabinet

      • Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        😆

      • Optimus.
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        😛

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

      Ciara just blew some numbers off my ranking taking me into the top 1k!

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

      I live about 10 miles from Manchester.

      If you think the game will be postponed, you’re having a laugh.
      This is a typical weather for us northerners.

      Wrap up warm. It’s going to be a wet one. Enjoy the day

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

        This!

      2. @persecuted_by_mods
          4 years, 1 month ago

          It's more about the travel isn't it rather than weather within London

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Manchester*

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

              I can still drive it down.
              I can still walk it down.
              Sunday service trains are rubbish as it is.
              It’s safe to go ahead. Trust me.

              It’s just wind and rain.
              This is normal weather for northerners.
              The weather warning is really for the southerners who aren’t used to wet weather.

          2. Fantasy Gold
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Thanks Michael Fish

          3. thegaffer82
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I live in Manchester too. Must be very harsh weather up in Bury if you think this weather is in any way normal for Manchester.

            Yes, we get a fair bit of rain and bluster most of the year round. But we're not accustomed to the 60-80mph winds that are ripping through the city right now

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

              I don’t live in Bury.
              I live pretty close to Manchester though.

              I don’t get the fuss. This is standard weather. Wind is stronger than normal yes, but still possible to get from A to B

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

            I love you huthy. Just want I wanted to hear!
            But remember that Sandra from Essex might break a nail...

          5. Long ago I drew a walrus
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Fellow Manc here. Agree that it's completely fine

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

            Its a lovely day oop north v normal

          7. Tomerick
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Ok Ned Stark.

        • Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Plan was to always dump richarlison after this GW. Now I’m not sure.

          Henderson McCarthy
          TAA VVD Stevens Lascelles Taylor
          Salah KDB richarlison Grealish Hayden
          Auba Ings Jiménez

          Maybe Grealish to go instead?

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

            Hold

            I don’t see any need for FTs there. Don’t see anything more likely than Grealish in his price bracket. I’d be tempted to hold him through 28. You’ve got 4 playable defenders that week.

            I’d move Auba and McCarthy on - unless you’re really really keen on double Southampton defence and don’t care about 31

        • potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Ciara just blew me sideways.

          1. Fred54
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Proper Galway girl.

          2. Now I'm Panicking
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            £50?

            1. Fantasy Gold
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Hahaha

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

            OMG!

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

            Was everyone alright???

        • @persecuted_by_mods
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Sterling owners must be gutted, a 50mph+ strong wind would probably blow all his normally wide shots passes and dribbles on course

            1. Fantasy Gold
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Not to mention all the pens he’d win

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

            I just saw a house being lifted 50 years into the air

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

              50 years in the air ,is thatanother one of those silly US messures

              1. Long ago I drew a walrus
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                It means in 2070 that house will come plummeting back down

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

                  2070 is the reckoning. Stay away from London lads.

            2. Optimus.
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              That joke is sooo last metre

          • The-Red-1
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Any nailed defenders 4.2m or under with a decent fixture for gw 28?
            Not Lascelles.
            Taylor from Burnley?

            1. Pep Roulette
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Yes!

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

              i was watching yesterday brighton match and Scheletto looked really nice and attacking he is 4.0 m and are playing palace at home

            3. thegaffer82
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Not exactly a lot of options in that bracket, especially when you've removed Lascelles from the options too. I'd either find a bit more cash and go for Stephens or SHU DFer. If not, it might be worth having a punt on Williams at Utd or Tanganga and just pray they can nail down a spot.

              1. The-Red-1
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Thanks all, this is just for gw 28, where Sheffield have a blank.
                My concern over Scheletto is he doesn't seem to have any consistent minutes

          • Top Lad Dakes.
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Sheeeesh, on campus at the top of the hill in Bath, sounds like my room is about to get blown off the hill hahaha

            1. Now I'm Panicking
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Fingers crossed

              1. Fantasy Gold
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Brutal 😆

                1. Now I'm Panicking
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Oh come on, obviously I meant fingers crossed he will be OK!

                  1. Now I'm Panicking
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    😉

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

                😆

              3. Top Lad Dakes.
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                🙁

            2. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              I just got taken off my feet and didn’t land again for about 30 yards. I’m 13st (Burnley)

            3. Don Kloppeone
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Were not in Kansas anymore Toto

              1. Don Kloppeone
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                *We’re

            4. bitm2007
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Just been out to get the newspaper here in Cornwall, the wind is nothing to write home about.

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

            There will be a safety meeting at 10am (GMT) at the Etihad Stadium on whether today's game will go ahead due to the adverse weather conditions
            https://twitter.com/SuperbiaProeIia/status/1226442661785194497?s=20

            1. Fantasy Gold
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Uh oh

            2. beric
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Wow might actually be cancelled 😆

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

              No chance it’ll get called off.

              1. St Pauli Walnuts
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                It's always a mistake to speak in certainties fella.

            4. thegaffer82
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Oh sh*t

              My bench just hasn't got the depth to withstand a Kun & KDB no show.

              But there's every chance it could be moved to next week still within this GW though. So I still have hope!

              1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
                • 13 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                potentially but it's a big job re-organising a game with police, local authorities, both sets of clubs signing it off

                1. Naboo
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Really not that big a job that it can't be sorted in a day or two lol

            5. Now I'm Panicking
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Can't see they will take any chances. Just needs one poor sod to get injured and lawsuits and arguments will be flying about everywhere. Just move the game to next week.

            6. Patio Kev
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              The bad weather forecast has been know for days. You’d be bloody furious if you are a West Ham fan that got up at 7am and is currently sat on a coach travelling to the game.

              1. Now I'm Panicking
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                I'd be more angry at being a West Ham fan

                1. Fred54
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Just for today or in general. 😉

              2. Naboo
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                7am for a game that starts at 4:30? It's a 4-5 hour drive max

            7. Gizzachance
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              may as well close all the shops,restaurants cancel public transport etc if weather is so severe and every one stay indoors if a footy match cant go ahead inside a modern stadium !

              1. Patio Kev
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                It’s not about the football match it’s about the safety of the fans getting there in the first place !!!

                The current guidance to “avoid all non essential travel” applies to football fans too........

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

                  I agree
                  If things get cancelled for safety reasons
                  Like others on here it needs to bel done so fans are not travelling needlessly for miles to get to the games

            8. bitm2007
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              I hope it is called off, but would be surprised if it is given that the Met Office are only forecasting 20mph winds gusting to 40mph for Manchester this afternoon.

            9. jtreble
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              “... a safety meeting ...”. Good one. :).

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

              Never happened before brexit

          • Patio Kev
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I can’t find coach departure times for Bournemouth fans travelling to Sheff Utd today but found below the future times for when they play Liverpool away on a 12.30 KO in a few weeks and the coach leaves at 01.45 from Weymouth so I imagine it must be similar sort of time to Sheffield today.

            http://www.bluebirdcoaches.com/AFCB

            Fair to say they must think the game must have a good chance of going ahead as surely they wouldn’t let the fans travel all that way so early for nothing !!!!!

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

              It's happened before as mentioned many times in the past few pages on here.

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

            Lots of women's Premier League games have been called off

            1. Now I'm Panicking
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              BBC website will be struggling today for news then

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

              Skirts easier caught by the strong gale

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

                A perfect game for the perves

            3. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Village games in my area too

            4. Optimus.
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Well it would ruin their hair

            5. Fantasy Gold
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Women are pansies though.

              And they don’t have any spectators

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

                The game is sold out you absolute idiot.

                1. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  😆

                  Way to take things seriously bro

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

                    Hilarious.

                    1. Fantasy Gold
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Bey you’re fun at parties

                      1. Fantasy Gold
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Bet*

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

                        Likewise. I bet the ladies love your "jokes". The blokes must think you're a real hard man.

                        1. Fantasy Gold
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          If you think I would actually say that kind of thing to women and act in the way that message came across to you then you’re even stupider than I thought

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

                            Cool. I love the internet

                            1. Fantasy Gold
                              • 9 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              Imagine people taking everything they read on the internet as gospel and treating every comment so seriously.

                              Get a life pal.

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

                                Apologies. Twisted Saltergater has reignited me now and I've found a life to have. Apologies for taking your jokes too seriously 🙂

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

                                I just didn't want to alienate women who read these boards is all.

                        2. Twisted Saltergater
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          Jeez mate, did you get out of bed the wrong side? The whole page is full of light hearted jokes.

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

                            No I don't have a bed to sleep on. I'm homeless.

                            1. Twisted Saltergater
                              • 14 Years
                              4 years, 1 month ago

                              that’s the spirit 🙂

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

                                🙂

                2. Fred54
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Did they close all the stands?

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

              So sexist if the men are allowed to play.

              1. One Wheels Enough
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                what about transgenders....

          • Vlad Tepes
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I am happy that I put Salah as VC instead of KDB, incase the game will be cancelled and not played this GW

            1. Vlad Tepes
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Aguero C here

            2. UTD - HATED, ADORED, BUT NE…
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              What if Aguero doesn’t play, KDB scores a hattrick and the Pool game gets cancelled?

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

              Hopefully his new baby wont spoil your party 😉

            4. Weasel Boy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Kun C KDB VC here

              Gulp

          • potatoace
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            All this hooha over the city game.
            Anything mentioned about the Shu game?

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

              Presumed that it will be cancelled

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

                Why presume.
                Sheffield have already confirmed that’s it’s going ahead

            2. Mr. O'Connell
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Sheff Utd tweeted that it's on

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

                Real men and women

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

              Sheffield more used to adverse weather conditions.

              This is nothing to them

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

                And well it’s a cinch to send the away supporters back home - it’s not as if they have to travel far

            4. bitm2007
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Wind is actually forecast to be stronger for that game with 50+ mph gusts.

          • Fpl Richie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            As someone who got Kun for a hit I might be best to log off now right?

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

              Me too. Frist the Holgate scandal and Ryan not saving me. If my Aguero(C) hit get blown away I will cry.

          • Sun Jihai
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Even if they go ahead, anyone a bit worried the storm impacts the quality of the football e.g. struggle to put crosses in. Should have just gone Salah (c) rather than Kun 🙁

            1. Fred54
              • 9 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Yeah Manchester City in big trouble if West Ham go 0-3 up and Man City have to resort to long ball game.

          • @persecuted_by_mods
              4 years, 1 month ago

              *CANCELLATION CONFIRMED* Maccies won't deliver my breakfast in this weather 🙁

              1. Now I'm Panicking
                • 9 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                I call bullpoop on that - those eastern Europeans would drive through a ring of fire to earn those quids.

                1. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  My Uber driver never misses a delivery.

                  Jarek is a soldier.

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

                  Sterling falling - may need euros

                3. @persecuted_by_mods
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Hahaha

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

                  Just got mine delivered.

                5. The FPL Units
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Did you get a bad review?

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

                Surely a massive football stadium blocks out the majority of the wind?

                1. The FPL Units
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Um no unless it has a roof.

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

                    The wind will be carried across the top of the stadium.. aerodynamics

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

                      Will make it tough for Garryowen style football.

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

                  These days they seem to focus more on the safety of people getting to the game. The playing area is usually fine.

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

                  It’ll such the wind in and it’ll create a tornado. Obviously

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

                  It's not about the stadiums, it's the safety in the surrounding areas, travel etc.

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

                    Fans aren’t as important as the televised rights sadly

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

                      Last time the games were called off this was the reason given whilst saying the game could be played. I guess tv rights even more a factor now though so who knows.

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

                    Just issue a warning for people to travel on their own risk... Shouldn't be the governments or the clubs responsibility what people choose to do in a bit of bad weather

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

                      Wish that were the case but they are probably so scared of someone sueing them when they get hit by a flying burger bun.

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

                        Nanny state gone too far..

              3. SouthCoastSaint
                • 12 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Scenes when the game is confirmed as on and Aguero is benched anyway

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

                  This will happen - peno miss from bench

              4. n14mul
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Morning,

                Not a weather topic here but more opinions on Liverpool assets when the league is mathematically done. Why is there a huge assumption that there will be made rotation and rest once the league is done?

                Klopp has often mentioned that even though he doesn't like the amount of fixtures he doesn't like big gaps between games as the players can lose rhythm.

                I personally think that the big hitters will still play with maybe reduced minutes plus klopp would want to go after all these records.

                Am I barking up the wrong tree?

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

                  I agree with you.

                  1. n14mul
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Thought I was alone on this. Alot of talk on here that big players will be on holiday and only be involved in champs league.

                    Tbh this winter break and then Norwich is a slight concern that they may take time to get up to scratch

                    1. Long ago I drew a walrus
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      I think it's more a case of WHEN liverpool have 3 fixtures in a week the CL will be prioritised. No doubt Salah and Mane continue to play most matches but if there's a situation where CL game is 3 days after then they're likely to get a rest or play 45 mins. That's not good for a 12 mil player. And Liverpool's second string are more than capable of beating most teams in the league

                      1. n14mul
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        I could be wrong but 3 games in a week with champs league is not very often now with the champs league staggered?

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

                  I’m with you.

                  A bit depends on the FA cup but I don’t see Liverpool easing off much at all. History beckons - records that may never be beaten. I also suspect Mo would like a Golden Boot

                  Odd bit of rotation no more is all I see.

                  1. n14mul
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Agree. They are all professionals who want to be the best, they all have some ego including Klopp even if they don't admit it.

                    There Will not be a better chance to after these records

                3. @persecuted_by_mods
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    You're right but the key point you made is it will definitely mean more rotation than normal i.e if the league was still in the balance. I think largely everyone has this opinion.

                    1. n14mul
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      I never said rotation I said reduced mins.

                      1. @persecuted_by_mods
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          Reduced minutes could also mean rotation but okay

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

                      Klopp will be proven a huge hypocrite if he doesn't rotate when the league is done. But then he's a bit of a twat so it wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't rotate

                      1. n14mul
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Hypocrite in which way?

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

                          He's whining all season about too many games then when given a golden opportunity to rest players he doesn't do it.

                          1. n14mul
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 6 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Fair point but as my main point is I think they will be managed not rested. Hope so for the fantasy

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

                      Theres a good article with the athletic that suggests Klopp will be giving Williams more chances when the league is wrapped up, when TAA needs rest.

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

                      I'll be switching to VVD and the suchlike.

                      1. n14mul
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        Virgil is one guy I don't see being rested unless they fear he has a knock

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

                      I really do have to log off

                  • how now brown cow
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Will team selection today favour fatter players or not?More ballast on board but more susceptible to cross winds.

                    How much does lunny weigh?

                    1. Long ago I drew a walrus
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Shame Traore isn't playing

                    2. The FPL Units
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Nah skinny players, they turn sideways and slice thru the wind.

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

                      Bring back leather footballs!

                      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
                        • 12 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        and clodhopper boots

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

                          Hoy stop it

                    4. bitm2007
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      Shame that William Henry "Fatty" Foulke isn't still the Sheffield United goal keeper.

                      1. how now brown cow
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        But then think of otamendi trying to defend. Well, in any conditions actually.

                        1. how now brown cow
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          Reply fail

                  • Fpl Richie
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    I don't want to overreact but if the city game was cancelled and not played this gw - I will of course rage quit 🙂

                    1. how now brown cow
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      If I end up on 0 from 0 this weekend it will be disappointing on one level.

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

                    Winds are going to suit Kun’s low centre of gravity perfectly

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

                      Him vs Balbuena or Diop. Life isn't fair 🙂

                  • JT11fc
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Is it 10am over there yet? Hoping to hear games going ahead before i fall asleep so i can have dreams rather then nightmares

                    1. Fred54
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      10.21AM

                      1. Fred54
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 1 month ago

                        10.22AM

                        1. Fred54
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 1 month ago

                          10.23AM

                          1. JT11fc
                            • 5 Years
                            4 years, 1 month ago

                            Thanks. 11:27pm here.