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Az and FFS community hand out thrashing in ‘Football Manager – FPL Style’

Our first round of ‘Football Manager – FPL Style‘ started with a bang in Gameweek 30 as Az and the community handed out a thrashing to David and the Fantasy Football Scout team.

They emerged victorious by a crushing 84-54 scoreline thanks to a maverick captaining of Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m), who proved to be Az’s top-scoring player.

The Newcastle United midfielder was handed a Double Gameweek against Sheffield United and Aston Villa, both matches at home, and scored 12 points, doubled-up to 24 for Az and the community.

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Highlighting the fine margins in FPL was the fate of Joelinton (£5.5m). David and the FFS team selected him as part of their Newcastle triple-up for the Double Gameweek, having seen the Brazilian do well in sims of Football Manager.

However, Joelinton found himself on the bench for both Double Gameweek matches, coming on only once and scoring a total of one point, doubled-up to two by David’s captaincy.

It was bitter-sweet for them to witness Danny Rose (£5.3m) racking up 11 points by scoring against Villa, as David and the boys had come close to handing him the armband instead.

But their investment in Rose and Martin Dúbravka (£5.0m) proved a huge mistake as Newcastle conceded three times in the Double Gameweek.

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Meanwhile, Az’s own defensive double-up, picked by the FFS community through last week’s votes, did much better. They went with Rui Patrício (£5.1m) and Matt Doherty (£6.3m) who scored 17 points between them, thanks to the goalkeeper earning all three bonus and the right-back registering an assist in a 3-0 win at West Ham.

Az pressed home his advantage as differential midfielder David Silva (£7.3m) notched 11 points in a home win over Burnley, although David more than matched that with a 13-point haul from Bruno Fernandes (£8.5m) in Manchester United’s 4-0 victory at Spurs.

There was not much joy up-front for either manager as both earned six points from Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) while the other forwards blanked.

As already mentioned, Joelinton flopped for David and Harry Kane (£10.8m) blanked in that crushing defeat to the Red Devils.

Az saw Jamie Vardy (£9.6m), picked by community vote, blank and get booked in a 1-0 reverse at Watford while Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) picked up just two points at Brighton.

What about our season prediction?

So what do these results mean for the season we’ve been generating? Not only are we using Football Manager to feed our addiction to FPL, the virtual world we have created is also helping us predict the end of the 2019/20 campaign.

The fixtures aren’t exactly the same as they would have been in real life, but they are very close. So here are the Gameweek 30 results in full and what they mean for the league table:

  • Watford 1-0 Leicester City
  • West Ham United 0-3 Wolves
  • Newcastle United 0-1 Sheffield United
  • Norwich City 1-1 Southampton
  • Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
  • Bournemouth 2-1 Crystal Palace
  • Everton 1-3 Liverpool
  • Manchester City 2-0 Burnley
  • Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0 Arsenal
  • Tottenham Hotspur 0-4 Manchester United
  • Newcastle United 3-2 Aston Villa

Liverpool’s win means they are now even closer to claiming the Premier League title, although Manchester City have kept the gap at 25 points for now.

Leicester’s defeat allowed Chelsea, Manchester United and Sheffield United to make ground on them in the hunt for a Champions League place, as well as Wolves.

Spurs and Arsenal slip further away from the prize in that battle with uninspiring defeats.

Meanwhile, West Ham slip further into the mire as they lost to Wolves and watched Brighton, Watford and Bournemouth all win.

Norwich might still have too much to do following their 1-1 draw with Southampton. They are now eight points from safety.

23 Comments Post a Comment
  1. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    If it will ever matter...

    Ing+Aurier >> DCL+Doherty?

    McCarthy
    TAA / Soy / Lascelles
    Bruno F / Salah / KDB / H. Barnes
    Jiménez / Auba / Ings
    (McGov, Saka, Lunds, Aurier)

    1. el polako
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Its over, you might aswell sell Salah & KDB for Walcott & Jonjo Shelvey.

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Ah, I didn’t see the announcement. Oh well haha, cheers

        1. bitm2007
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 11 months ago

          That's because there hasn't been one.

  2. DOG GOD IT - KEANE 15
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    How come there was no tab for me to vote for Group G in the World Cup of FPL?

    1. Skonto Rigga
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      I'm seeing it there on the sidebar?

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks.
        Didn't know that.

        Vardy KDb salah aguerooooo

        M so predictable 😀

      2. DOG GOD IT - KEANE 15
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        Ah thanks!

        1. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 11 months ago

          They just added it now to fool you 😉

  3. moz_1983
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Auba - Grealish - Traore

    or

    Greenwood - Bruno - Richarlison?

    1. HamezMace
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Assuming you need them to play, the first three.

      1. moz_1983
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        I should have clarified a bit further - bringing Greenwood in would see me switch to either 442 or 352 (with Salah, KDB and Cantwell the other 3 mids).

        1. HamezMace
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 11 months ago

          It’s so difficult to give advice right now mate.
          For example, we could be getting a bumper GW38 with all the remaining fixtures played in one FPL week, if that happens, you’re going to want to use BB with 15 regular starters.
          But that’s just one of many scenarios.

    2. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      2nd option with Nketiah instead of Greenwood, as he is likely to get more starts.

  4. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Surely the gap between ManCity and Liverpool is 25 points and not 15 points as stated in the article?

    1. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      We've found the only person that read the article 😀

  5. Totti
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    guys does the decision of gameweeks from 31 to 35 to be considered each week as confirmed before or anything else occur?

    i need to make transfers 🙂

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 11 months ago

      Regular gw's.
      Treat them as blank gw's.

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 11 months ago

        You understood what he was saying?

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 11 months ago

          I tried to understand 😀
          Take the upvote !

  6. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Red arrow.
    My friend !!
    😀

  7. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    Board bored, Bah.

  8. Legohair
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 11 months ago

    McCarthy&Maddy to Pope&Barnes good move for free?