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Mo for me. He's going for the golden boot and won't be benched. Villa have improved but it's still villa. Utd it's a lottery who scores.

Martial - home stats driven plus dont own Salah.

You got me thinking though about shipping Son out for Mahrez....

Mo TC

Got to be the Egyptian king

Has to be Mahrez for me. Too hard to pick between UTD assets and whilst Salah is the obvious one - Villa have something to play for.

Why is no-one considering mane rather than Salah?

All roads lead to United? Wow.. Ole has said there will be rotation and we are talking about a mid table club. Salah chasing the golden boot is the obvious selection

Martial. Form team against the out of form team.

Liverpool's performance against City was worrying. No doubt they will beat Aston Villa, but will the drive be there to rout them?

I am on Mane. Same thing as Salah but more differential coz all in my ML have Salah. Expect that Liverpool must bounce back after City game and want to show why are they champions. Mahrez VC

Am I right to do Mane to Salah(TC)? In Free transfer

Martial:

- Nailed to start (can't say the same about Salah, Mane and KDB).
- Playing OOP (striker, but classified as a midfielder).
- At home (where he has scored most of his FPL points and where he has picked up 3 of his 4 double digit scores this season).
- Bookies odds say he is the player this GW (out of every player) that is most likely to score, score at least two goals, and score a hat-trick.
- Good matchup (Man Utd playing at home - 3rd best for xG and actual goals at home, Bournemouth away - 4th worst for xGC and actual goals conceded away).

Salah

It was on Salah, cause he's Salah at home to Villa. But the combination of Pool's lacklustre performance against City (albeit not Salah's), Salah playing the full 90, Pool only having 2 days rest after City and then just 2 days before Brighton, Villa showing some resilience at the bacj and Pool having nothing to play for but records made me turn to Bruno. Man seems to be on fire, United really have their tails up, have plenty rest between fixtures (3 and 4 days), he was brought off a bit early with game won last game and United have everything to play for. Bournemouth meanwhile look like they are falling apart at the seams.

All this said, I might shift it back to Salah, cause he's Salah at home to Villa.

All good points but remind people 9 goals in 1 game at home that slightly distorts stats.

Kane. He scores goals.

Salah, see pool putting a statement after that 4-0 defeat

Rashford.
If Saint Max can haul on that position, then Rashford should be able to do it too

Mo Salah for me, Rashford and Mahrez did tempt but trying not to overthink it this week.

Between mane Mahrez & Martial

Bournemouth keep possession a lot more than Burnley and are less likely to park to bus than Brighton, therefore giving United space. Martial (C) for the third week running looks tempting. Didn't work so well last gameweek but it's what I'm going with at the moment.

Firstly, there's no rota involved for Utd. It's easy to ascribe the concepts of "due" and "owed" to a sport, but if that were the case then Sterling would be the GOAT and all teams would own him or eschew Citeh in their entirety to attempt some sort of advantage.

Bruno, Martial, Rashford, all of these have the potential for goals galore, but that means nothing in truth. Fred could pop up at the edge of the box and slot one in, then Maguire could get his head on a corner for 2-0, and suddenly it's 4-0 and all returns coming from defenders and holding midfielders and the aforementioned trio have been subbed off to retain energy for later matches.

I've given Rashford the TC because if, as is as possible as much as anything can be in footie, Utd set out to put the Cherries to the sword we're going to see more goalmouth scrambles than normal. In which case poached goals are maybe on the cards. Of course, Bruno is on the penalties but he'll hand it to ANY player already on 2 and hunting a hattrick, surely?

If Rashford is positioned on the left of an attacking front line, then I'm boosted in terms of FPL (or hindered) by also having Williams who should be playing as wingback against a team with little attacking threat.

In reserve I have Bruno also, KdB, Mahrez, and Mané. In terms of differential I have Nketiah and Auba up front, hoping to catch Wolves on the hop. I know a lot of people transferred out the Gunner but that seemed mental. He's literal bookies favourite for the golden boot. So if Ings, Salah and others are being promised every chance for that accolade, why not Auba? Anyway, that's my morning done. Have an afternoon of riverbank walking as I bask in the 30 degree sunshine. Try not to get into any trouble while I'm gone.

TAA

Salah for a -4. I'd love to captain a United option, but the one who hauls is invariably the one you don't have.

I went Salah. Agree with Gregor that theres no need to rest him. They shld be way too good for villa. I expect many big chances.

Couldnt believe how bad Bournemouth were, how easy it was for United to move the ball into and around their box.

Can anybody tell how Martial got the assist for the handball -pen?