Metrics

How much did the top 10k FPL managers invest in Double Gameweek players?

Fantasy Premier League managers in the top 10,000 flocked to players with two matches in Double Gameweek 30+.

However, there were still a significant number of assets present in their squads with only one match in this opening round of Project Restart action.

The matrix of the 15 most popular players among the top 10k features eight Double Gameweek options, while seven of them play just once this round.

Dean Henderson (£5.3m) and Bernd Leno (£5.0m) were the most fashionable goalkeepers at this level, selected by 52.1% and 33.3% respectively.

However, Double Gameweek fever swept the defensive ranks with considerably less vigour.

As you can see from the graphic above, John Lundstram (£4.9m) and John Egan (£4.6m) were the only Double Gameweekers among the top-five most-popular defenders in the top 10k.

The former remains the more fashionable, sat in 66.1% of squads, although he was outperformed by Egan, owned by 34.7% on Wednesday night after a yellow card dented his score.

Meanwhile, Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.8m) cannot be dethroned as the favourite defensive option. His lack of Double Gameweek meant nothing to his 70.9% ownership in the top 10k, who are all likely keen to preserve the value tied up in the Liverpool right-back.

Matt Doherty (£6.3m) and Jamaal Lascelles (£4.3m) complete the defensive selection with appealing matches in Double Gameweek 30+. The former, owned by 25% of the top 10k, looks capable of being a particularly exciting differential as no defender registered more shots in the box than him between Gameweeks 24 and 29.

There is a similar story in the midfield department where the popular picks feature just two Double Gameweekers, namely Kevin De Bruyne (£10.6m) and Jack Grealish (£6.4m).

38.6% of the top 10k have opted to hold onto Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) for Liverpool’s trip to Everton on Sunday afternoon, an ominously large chunk.

A similar percentage (38.2%) have opted to remain invested in Bruno Fernandes (£8.6m) ahead of Manchester United’s clash with Spurs on Friday night. That could prove to be a particularly shrewd decision considering that the Portuguese international has been involved in five of the eight goals scored by the Devils since his Gameweek 25 debut.

Meanwhile, budget midfielder Todd Cantwell (£4.7m) has clung to enough benches to still be in the top-five midfielders for popularity at this level, owned by 24.6% of managers in the top 10k.

The Double Gameweek had a bigger impact on the forwards with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.1m) and Sergio Aguero (£11.8m) both selected by more than half of those operating in the upper echelon.

* LiveFPL.net is displaying Gameweek 30+ as Gameweek 39

Despite the significant interest in single Gameweek options, the chip usage for this round is more in line with expectations, although there are some deviations.

Not surprisingly, the top 10k showed a particular preference for the Bench Boost chip in Double Gameweek 30+.

As this is the last bumper round planned this season, those at the top end of the rankings have chosen to make the most of 12 fixtures as opposed to the usual 10.

A whopping 41.1% of managers inside the top 10k deployed the Bench Boost ahead of Wednesday’s deadline, more than any other chip.

Interestingly, it means that only 66.5% of them have made use of it so far, and a third of top 10k managers are still holding it in reserve. It will certainly be interesting to see where they find the room to deploy the Bench Boost.

Meanwhile, only 10.6% of the top 10k were happy to play the Free Hit. It is possible some of these were happy enough with the squad they had assembled by the end of Gameweek 38, while others may have been keen to preserve team value for a Gameweek 31+ Wildcard.

Overall chip usage

Looking at the overall chip usage indicates how many FPL managers missed out on a chance to return to the game.

For all the Bench Boosting in the top 10k, just 5.5% worldwide played that chip for Double Gameweek 30+.

Furthermore, only 3.2% of overall managers played the Triple Captain and just 1% deployed the Free Hit to get their Gameweek 38 teams back.

You can also get an understanding for how many people are still playing FPL this far into the season by checking the overall most owned players.

As you can see, there is a heavy concentration of Liverpool assets, with just five of that group scheduled for two matches in Double Gameweek 30+.

De Bruyne has already been very helpful for his owners in Double Gameweek 30+, especially those who handed him the captaincy.

54.4% did so in the top 10k, rewarded with a 14-point haul in Manchester City’s win over Arsenal on Wednesday.

Such a haul, produced by a goal and an assist, will be particularly important in light of Aguero’s role as the second-most-captained player of the Gameweek. The striker was consigned to just a 12-minute cameo after being named on the bench.

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  1. sergioaguero67
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Please help

    A) TAA + Saïss
    B) Van Dijk + Doherty

    A or B?

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A

    2. LC1
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A

    3. SH
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A

    4. ritzyd
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

    5. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

    6. rowancavanagh
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A

  2. Evil Greg
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    400,000 rank boost last night haha

    1. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Only 40k boost for me but did half my OR.

    2. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Engaging smug mode.

      I only went up about 100 places. But I did crack the top 500.

      Disengaging smug mode.

  3. SH
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    For next week, pick one defense and two attack:
    (A) Lascelles, (B) Soy, (C) Taylor
    (1) Sarr, (2) Barnes, (3) Ings

    Rest of the team:
    McCarthy
    TAA Doherty xxx
    Salah KDB Bruno xxx
    Auba Jimmy xxx

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A3

    2. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A23

      1. SH
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Thanks, currently on that.

  4. fish&chips
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Will probably FH 31 and put 3 LIV in. Which is best (bearing in mind cost savings to spread on the rest of the team under option A)

    A) TAA, Robbo, Salah/ Mane
    B) TAA, Salah, Mane

    1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      B

  5. Von Lipwig
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    A rested Kun to score hatrick against Burnley at home... Wishful thinking or virtually guaranteed? 🙂

    1. ritzyd
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If you could have chosen one game for him to start of the two it would have been Burnley . . . . As a Kun (c) here i think he starts.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Burnley will probably put up more of a fight than Arsenal did though.

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Amen

        2. Penang Sandman
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Anyone would put up more fight than Luiz/Mustafi combo

          1. daffyp1982
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            I wonder is MCI are going to offer David Luiz a contract extension?

    2. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I really hope so. Regretting making him Captain over KDB which was the plan initially!

  6. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Would you keep Grealish for one more GW or move him on for Tony Martial ??

    1. ritzyd
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Think i'm keeping for Newc then shifting to a Chelsea mid next GW

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Cool
        He dropped so deep yesterday. Literally no threat at alk

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

      I'm thinking about keeping him for one more and then getting Bruno

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Maybe I am keeping for another GW too now.

        Auba Martial or Sarr Mane/Salah might be the Choice I am looking at.

        Holding the guns and analysing for another GW might be the prudent way to deal with this.

        Thanks mate

        1. Jullepuu
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I'm considering Kun to Rashford this week followed by what I said earlier. Hopefully Auba will do better than Kun in the next two with the easier fixtures and more game time

          1. Amey
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Yep

    3. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Keep for one more gameweek.
      I'm also deciding between Tony or Sarr. Could upgrade h

      1. Karan14
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Could upgrade him to Son too*

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Awesome upgrade that

      2. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yes
        If i save the money and get Mount/Sarr/Barnes then i can get a pool midfielder too by selling Auba after 2 GW's.

        Maybe sitting back and learning the trends is a good thing to do. Save FT 😮

        1. Karan14
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Yup makes sense to wait for atleast 2 gameweeks of info before making a transfer. Plus Villa facing Newcastle which isn't a bad fixture.

          1. Amey
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Yep
            Judging Auba by yesterday's game would be unfair too. Poor guy hardly had a touch.

            1. Karan14
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Doesn't seem like he his happy at Arsenal. Give him a week but I don't think he wants to even play for them.

              1. Amey
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 9 months ago

                Contractual situations ... Hmm
                I always planned to keep him for next 2 GW though. So will do that. Will need to take a hit to get Mane but vs Villa I think I'd need a pool attacker 😀

                Thanks bro !
                I hope you're doing well

                1. Karan14
                  • 7 Years
                  3 years, 9 months ago

                  Thanks bro I'm doing well hope you are too. Just a bit worried with what's going on in our country with the virus and all the other stuff. Thank God FPL is back to divert my mind.

        2. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Id sell 🙂

          Easy to see the Newcastle game panning out in the same way. I’m on Sarr in my non FH squad but that’s as 8th attacker - rate him as Watford talisman and think he’ll come in when a KdB misses out with fixture congestion. Think he could be gold

          Barnes I suppose is better immediate prospect but Keicester have so many options and not sure about his game time . I’d love Martial but he’s now a few down the line for me.

          1. Amey
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Thing is i am not sure about Mane & Auba in my team and i might need the cash i saved right now to get Mane is confusing.

            So it's Martial Auba or Mane Sarr/Barnes/Mount etc.

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Martial Auba I think

              Don’t rate Arsenal but Auba is all they have and as you say hard to judge him on last night. Think he’s a reasonable hold if you have him. That was my original plan 🙂

              1. Amey
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 9 months ago

                Definitely.
                Too many variables atm. So saving FT this GW as of now.

                Double United attack is also needed I think. Very important. Ha ha
                I am loving this though

          2. Karan14
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            If I sell this week then it will be very tough for me to get Rashford in for free in GW32. One more gameweek gives me flexibility to get either Rashford or Martial and sell Grealish. Basically a mini wildcard.
            If I do it this week I'd have to get Sarr only.

            1. Amey
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Yeah
              We have blown/used our WC already so need to be very careful with our approach i guess

  7. Roy Rovers
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Worth a bench boost GW31?

    Pope (WAT)
    TAA (CRY) AWB (SHU) Doherty (BOU)
    Martial (SHU) Salah (CRY) KDB (che) Fernandes (SHU)
    Jimi (BOU) Jota (BOU) DCL (nor)

    Krul (EVE) Cantwell (EVE) Lascelles (AVL) Egan (mun)

  8. La Vida Latte
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Downgrade Jimi->Jota to be able to afford Mané/Salah?

  9. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Were there no price changes last night?

    1. DAVESAVES
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No

    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes there were no price changes last night

  10. UnitednationsXI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Morning dzz, If i were to FH31/WC33, my GW32 team would be

    Leno (NOR)
    TAA (mci) Doherty (avl) Lundy (TOT) -- Egan (TOT) Targett (AVL)
    KDB (LIV) Grealish (WOL) MOUNT (whm) Bruno (bri)-- El ghazi (WOL)
    Auba (NOR) Aguero (LIV)

    Is this ok? or should i just WC31 (and FH38)

    1. DAVESAVES
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Looks alright.. personally I would WC instead of FH

      1. UnitednationsXI
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        benefitting of WC33 is more info.

        What is the benefit of WC-ing now?

        1. DAVESAVES
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Saving your FH. I plan to use it gw36/38. What info are you waiting on? There’s a lot of games in a short of time, a lot of rotation ahead. I’m picking a strong and flexible core with players in good price-range for easy changes in my WC now. That’s what Im doing 🙂

  11. Babelcopter
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I'm still waiting two my cash league table to update.. It says "League scoring will start in Gameweek 38+" so what's wrong?

    1. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sign out, then sign in again -:)

  12. The_Fish
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I don’t own him, but what happened to Ozil?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Tactical decision according to Arteta. Basically he wasn't interested in this game anyway...

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

        Not even on a nine man bench, bit odd

    2. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Missed a team meeting on Zoom so he was dropped from the squad

    3. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      So looks like he starts v Brighton.... maybe

    4. KOKAK
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      A kid who lost his marbles, and is still looking for it!

  13. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    WC draft, 0.1m
    Any ideas would be much appreciated, mates 🙂

    Pope, Button
    TAA, Maguire, Saiss, Fernandez, Robertson
    Salah, KDB, Son, Bruno, Hayden
    Rash, Jimmy, Tammy

    Hayden or Dendo as fodder?
    Better alternative than Tammy maybe?

    1. DAVESAVES
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wow, how much cash do you have?
      My team is almost the same but
      Tammy > DCL (6.5)
      Robertson > Robinson (4.0)

      1. HD7
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Im sorry Robertson is Robinson in my team too 😀

        1. DAVESAVES
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Haha suspected that. But it looks really good imo!

  14. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Kun Will go ballistic against Burnley. Jesus was a stupid punt ☹️ bad player

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I hope not ...
      Sold him ahead of deadline & © KDB. Half part is done nicely. Fingers crossed

    2. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Hope so

    3. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Bad player! Give over. Unless you are referring to yourself rather than Gabriel?

  15. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Just realized I have no players on Friday 🙁

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Same. Fortunately have players in all Saturday games

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Duda is my lone representative tomorrow.

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Same

    3. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Just Bruno.

    4. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I've just realised there's no football tonight 🙁

  16. beric
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Team for this week:

    Leno
    TAA, Doc, Saiss
    Bruno, KDB, Grealish, Duda
    Auba, Aguero, Jimenez

    I think its good enough to save my wc, agree?

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yes, what would you WC it to if you did use it?

      Like you I still have mine left and I’m deliberating it too.

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Something like this:

        Pope
        TAA Doherty Egan
        Mane kdb son bruno
        Rashford jimenez nketiah

        Duda, lascelles, holgate

        But i think we are better off seeing everyone play a couple of times before using it

        1. Albrightondknight
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          My first go at WC draft just now was so Similar.

          I am now starting to think of a way to get through a week or 2 before WC but how more will some of the players cost by then. Also is anyone with WC and free hit consisting using the free hit to buy us some time before doing the WC?

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah. Hold WC until later GW.

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Thanks

    3. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I’m in a similar position, going to save my WC until I need it.

      1. beric
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Glad theres a few of us thinking this way, it makes sense to me

    4. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Don’t really fancy that squad but not sure I’d WC this week. Have you still got FH? Looks like a good week for it.

      Liverpool have plum fixture - followed by 2 tricky selections and Spurs attack over Arsenal in my book. Leicester too.

  17. Sterling Archer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    FH 33 could be a good week to use it on,

    Leicester home to palace
    Liverpool home to Villa
    Man United home to Bournemouth
    City away to Soton

    1. beric
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wont you have players from those teams anyway?

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Pool probably will have league won by then. Unpredictable lineup.

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Check out that Liverpool play City on 4 July and Villa 6 July -,City have same schedule. Don’t see many big guns playing both

      1. redsallstars
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        they not done tv schedule yet for 4th july gameweek. once thats done then the fixtures will be more spread out. city and liv very unlikely to play on 2nd then 4th

  18. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Must say I’m actually pretty happy with last night as a TC Aguero(er?). Still a return and guaranteed start in the easier Burnley fixture.

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah. He could have scored a couple on limited minutes and Pep confirmed they'll be well rotated for Brighton game.

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      If he’d scored that chance late on it would have been legendary

      Should have just opened his foot up & swept it under Leno instead of going with the laces & screwing it wide

      Hattrick v Burnley (hopefully)

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Not a bad player besides his obvious technical deficiency there 😉

        1. Albrightondknight
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          😉

        2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Not a bad player at all - a solid 20-ish league goals a season man - but also been becoming even more boom & bust as he gets older - making him a trickier FPL proposition:

          10 FPL points from a full 270 minutes vs WOL, SOU, WHM, combined with that schoolboy finishing error v Arsenal - tut tut

          Nothing a hattrick v Burnley won’t solve though 😉

      2. St Pauli Walnuts
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Someone should pass on your technical advice to the most deadly Premier League striker of all time 🙂

        He looks set to do well against Burnley I reckon.

        - Pretty much nailed to start*
        - He has a great record against Burnley
        - It's a home game of sorts and Kun loves a home game haul
        - He looked very hungry for goals in his cameo last night

        *Pep

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          “Most deadly” ... hmmmm....

          The metric by which Aguero is top (minutes per goal) has Harry Kane as “more deadly” than Alan Shearer & Thierry Henry... it’s a bit of a misnomer 🙂

          I’m also sure Pep will have had a word in his ear - no one gets a pass from doing the right thing.... But yeah Burnley hattrick (hopefully)

    3. redsallstars
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      yeah for sure. got him captain, happy with his 4 points and very likely start v burnley

  19. Phil's Stamps
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I think I've cracked my WC squad; exact money. The only glaring omission I can see is no Chelsea.

    Marks out of 10?

    Pope
    TAA Doherty Maguire
    Salah KDB Son Bruno Grealish
    Rashford Jimenez

    3.9 Nketiah Lascelles Taylor

    1. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Nice looking at something very similar would rather wait a week or 2 but prices rises might force me to move this week.

      1. Phil's Stamps
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Thanks. Yeah as I said this is exact money so it's now or never. Thought I might get lucky with a few price falls (Pope, Taylor, Salah were all on -90 something yesterday) but all the red arrows on the players above have turned to blue now.

  20. fuzzymike
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone got the link to the FPL price rise site?? Need to check on Jimi & Son.

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Fplstatistics

      1. fuzzymike
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Cheers

  21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Any takers for TC Salah midweek??

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not TAA?

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Salah’s more of a homebird than TAA

        I’d rather Captain TAA than Salah in an away game though (unless Mané wasn’t playing in which case it would be Salah perma)

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No. Sold him. Plus TC is on Aguero right now!

  22. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Arsenal have fallen far over the last 11 years (under Wenger and Emery). They are not a Top 6/7 club anymore. The following needs to change:

    1) Remove the toxic players (Luiz, Xhaka, Ozil and Lacazette)
    2) Sort out Auba's contract, but the assumption has to be that he won't sign an extension and he needs to go too
    3) Decide which players are going to form the basis of the first XI, I would say it should be Leno (GK), Bellerin (RB), Holding (RCB), Tierney (LB), Guendouzi (CM), Torreira (CM), Ceballos (CM) and Pepe (RW).
    4) Be less disrespectful of PL players when identifying transfer targets as PL experience is valuable.

    Under (3) there are some holes. So they need to identify players to fill those holes. I would suggest:

    1) Ryan Fraser (LW) - Available for free, has PL and international experience, has shown he is good enough to play in the PL
    2) Nathan Ake (LCB) - Another with PL and international experience who is improving (under VVD's guidance at international level)
    3) Odsonne Edouard (FW) - Jovic looks to be going to AC Milan, so Edouard offers an alternative who is high on confidence and used to winning and scoring goals.

    That is not a Top 4 team. But it is going to take time for Arsenal to get back into the Top 6 let alone the Top 4. What it does give is a team of players who are 25 and under (other than Leno) who can grow under Arteta. It is going to take 2/3 transfer windows at least to get to a squad that can cope with the demands of the Europa League and stay in the Top 6 in the PL.

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

      Well said and agree. I think Arteta is the right guy for the team.

    2. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Fraser could be an ace buy. Hoping he comes to Palace but that would mean Arsenal adding to their Ivorian collection probs. 🙂

      Hard to see them picking it quickly. Suspect even Everton are better set than they are. From the outside the club seems toxic.

    3. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Buy some players who absolutely detest losing, like some of the great Arsenal players of the past, rather than love winning and the celebrity of it. Fraser would be a good buy but defence is where Arsenal need to improve. Get a few butchers in and sell the Instagragam bakers. Arteta is the man to do this. Won't mince his words.

  23. Eze Really?
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    The one thing I learned about fpl so far is a limited double gameweek results in limited points differentials outside the use of chips. Extremely frustrating for me using my wc on the last week before lockdown. Henderson and captaining KDB were the only real points sway. Let us hope the single gw players change the trend

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I think they will mate. All those Vill cleansheets should never have stood!

  24. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Gutted I didnt swap Aguero to KDB for captain. Lets hope he delivers against Burnley, I reckon he will.

    1. Miniboss
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Aguero looked super hungry coming on and with a bit of luck would've scored double figures in ten minutes

    2. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I switched on the last day, phew.

      It's not over yet though, Kun could easily catch-up and more against Burnley.

  25. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Is double Liverpool defence the way ahead once you forget about 32?

    TAA and Robbo come in at close to the same effective price as either of the 2 mids. They’ll get rests and early subs I guess but that just increases the chances of banking 60 minute cs!! Could be that at risk teams will choose just to stand off Pool.

    Other consideration is that it allows this sort of midfield with a premium forward

    KdB Son Bruno Martial

    1. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      See how they go against Everton. Had a long spell with few CS before Gomez cemented his place. See how solid they look because they're pricy. I sold Gomez but keeping TAA for now.

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

    How's my provisional WC team looking ?. Low TV (only 103.5m) so no Rashford. I have 10 playing at home plus KDB for GW31+, will FH32+, then have 10 playing at home plus KDB again for GW33+, so it won't be far off 4 FH's in a row (including GW30+)

    Pope
    TTA, AWB, Soy
    Salah, Bruno. kdb. Barnes
    Kane, Jimenez, Pukki

    Martyn, Egan, Cathcart, Guendouzi

    0.0m ITB

  27. kysersosa
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    WC template for 31 and beyond (pending all goes well the weekend)

    Pope (Button)
    TAA, Doherty, Justin, Taylor, Stephen
    Fernandes, Son, Barnes, Mane, Cantwell
    Jota, Rashford, Vardy

    Thoughts?

    1. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Interesting absence of Chelsea - if you look beyond 31 they have fixtures to match anyone and plenty to aim for

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

        Agree, it’s something I am looking at. Abraham and Mount being the prime targets. Vardy for Abraham, Barnes to Mount. GW 33 has some really good fixtures. It’s also the same for Man City. No KDB is a gamble also, but with Liverpool and Chelsea in their next two I’m hoping the points are reduced.

        1. pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Tammy over Mount for me despite cost

          Assuming RLC is back that midfield has too many options 🙂 I know Mount is a favourite but so is Tammy who I guess will just miss minutes here and there in favour of Giroud and Bats

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

            It’s a tough one. If you look at the fixtures in GW33

            Liverpool v villa
            Chelsea v Wat
            Leicester v CP
            Man U v BOU
            Spurs v Everton

            Hard to cover all the bases for that one.

            1. pingissimus
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              Look at the dates of those fixtures.

              Liverpool 4/6 July
              City 4/6 July

              4 July is obvs the game all the big boys get.

          2. kysersosa
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Though Vardy to Tammy, could be a good move.

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

      Is the plan to Mane to KDB for GW33+, if not you've got no City for 6 blue fixtures in a row from then until the end of the season.

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

        Maybe. Liverpool play villa at home in GW33. After that yes.

  28. The Legend Squad
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Who wins this match up for the rest of the week...?

    A) TAA, Grealish, Ozil, +3 points
    B) Doherty, Traore, Chilwell

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

      A

  29. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    How is this Wildcard Team?

    Leno (Martin)
    TAA Maguire Saiss (Lascelles Taylor)
    Salah KdB Bruno Cantwell (Douglas Luiz)
    Auba Rashford Jimenez

    Perhaps missing Chelsea and Leicester assets, but not sure who I would ditch for them.

    Thanks.

    1. Zebrahimović
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Auba to Vardy for me.

      Your TV must be good!

  30. Zebrahimović
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    No Liverpool Mid on this early WC draft but i'm liking the balance without. I have 1.2 in the bank to do any upgrades. What do you lot think?

    Pope
    TAA Maguire Saiss
    KDB Son Fernandes Sarr
    Rashford Vardy Jimi

    Button Dendoncker Egan Kabasele