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Vardy and Pérez benched as Iheanacho leads Leicester line again

A large number of Fantasy Premier League managers who held onto Leicester assets for Double Gameweek 29 have been frustrated by Brendan Rodgers once again.

Despite the manager’s assurances that Jamie Vardy (£9.6m) would be ready for Monday night’s meeting with Aston Villa, he has been named on the bench.

Meanwhile, Ayoze Pérez (£6.2m) has also been selected among the substitutes, with Kelechi Iheanacho (£5.7m) leading the line and Marc Albrighton (£5.1m) coming into midfield.

Only those who have decided to cover the Leicester attack with James Maddison (£7.5m) and Harvey Barnes (£6.1m) can breathe a sigh of relief, as both players held onto their starting berths.

But there has been a change in defence, with Ben Chilwell (£5.6m) absent from the matchday squad entirely following a recent hamstring injury.

He has been replaced at left-back by James Justin (£4.7m), who makes only his second start of the season.

Meanwhile, the main interest in Aston Villa’s line-up revolves around Jack Grealish (£6.6m) starting in the front-three once again, although he was sold by over 140,000 managers for Double Gameweek 29.

Interestingly, FPL defender Ahmed El Mohamady (£4.2m) flanks Mbwana Samatta (£5.9m) on the other side of the front-three, so there will be keen interest in the performance of this experienced out-of-position asset.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel; Justin, Soyuncu, Evans, R Pereira; Ndidi, Praet; Barnes, Maddison, Albrighton; Iheanacho.

Aston Villa XI: Reina; Targett, Mings, Engels, Guilbert; Hourihane, Nakamba, Luiz; Grealish, Samatta, El Mohamady.

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  1. BobbyDoesNotLook
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Party finally! I wont say it paid off but this is something!

  2. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    How is vardy gone to 3 baps too ffs

    1. TOPCAT1960
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      2 goals helps lol

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

    Vardy I will leave your missus alone if you just let grealish score one!!!

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

    Jesus. Nightmare.

  5. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Maddison close for 87th time.

  6. MGD
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Why can’t I see comments?

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Turned off probably.... but you won’t see this 🙂

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

        Haha must be a bug. I can see them when I click “reply on site” from gmail but not from safari

  7. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Schmeichel on 1 bap from 1 save. Wtf?

  8. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Wtaf... I hate myself for selling Vardy when that news broke last week. God dammit. Feel like I need him back now, but should wait til after the blank

  9. Shatner's Bassoon
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Vintage FPL haha!

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      😆 reminds me of when Salah was benched and came on to score a brace

  10. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Once again my transfers back fire!

    WHAT
    A
    SEASON

    1. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Only casuals doing well this season mate

  11. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    7SHADESOFSMOKE

    Where are you?

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

      New Pope incoming?

  12. aborg
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Damn it Barnes did not get the assist because when Vardy shot the ball the first time it bounced off an AVL player! Damn it.

    1. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Have they not been given before for a similar type of scenario?

    2. chaser123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Is that the rule?

  13. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Maddison and Iheanacho add nothing to this Leicester team.

    1. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Certainly added nothing to my team

  14. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Vardy clearly offside in the build up and they dont even check it...

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Salty

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

        Nice argument

    2. Steve McCroskey
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Desperate stuff

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

        Facts are desperate? Enjoy your points, casual...

    3. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      We should airdrop you into the King Power stadium after these comments.

      1. CMJC
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        He’s ever so lonely, could prob do with the company

  15. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Lucky Perez casuals

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      OMG. What a relief.

    2. SEXY SALAH
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      1 point less

    3. nolard
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      thanks!

  16. Keep Calm and Play On
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Well Auba....it’s all on you now!

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

    i got pathetically lucky this week, with a doubt over Vardy & the DGW announced, everything pointed to getting Auba in, but after a late night on Friday I was feeling too poorly to face tinkering with my team, pretty decent reward tonight...

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

    Ndidi off for mendy

    NO Perez

  19. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    maddy do something and vardy stop stealing barnes BPS

  20. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Mendy in

    No Perez confirmed

  21. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Still got a chance of good returns tomorrow. Fair play if you held vardy for the blanks.

    I got a load of returns from DCL and Fernandez instead

  22. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    There isn’t much else to say other than GTF Vardy

  23. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Bubz in dreamland GG mate. Wish I’d had the patience with Vardy - ran out 2 weeks ago after all that time

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

    Vardy outscoring Auba was always going to happen as soon as I moved him out. That's how FPL works.

    1. Not again Shirley
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yep me too I’m afraid. At least it was for free

  25. Not again Shirley
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Why did I never get this luck when I owned Vardy. Premier leagues most lucky player.

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

      Lol

  26. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    No Perez!
    One 8 point sub unlocked, woohoo!

  27. SEXY SALAH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    If you sell Vardy with Villa home you deserve this punishment I'm afraid.

    If you had sold and bought this week, well done!

    1. Shatner's Bassoon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Don’t be silly he did start on the bench!! Particularly harsh IMO.

      1. SEXY SALAH
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Exactly, imagine he had started as expected!

  28. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Thank you Wild Rover & Niho 🙂

  29. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Barnes goal