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Antonio starts up front for West Ham and Saint-Maximin returns to Newcastle side

There are no big line-up surprises for the two early Gameweek 35 kick-offs this afternoon.

Michail Antonio (£6.9m) continues in the striker role for David Moyes’ West Ham.

The FPL midfielder looks set to be flanked by Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) and Jarrod Bowen (£6.4m).

Behind that trio, Mark Noble (£4.9m) returns from a minor injury to retake his spot in midfield – alongside Tomas Soucek (£4.8m) and Declan Rice (£4.7m) – as Andriy Yarmolenko (£5.2m) drops to the bench.

Daniel Farke has named an unchanged Norwich XI from the GW34 defeat to Watford.

However, Todd Cantwell (£4.5m) is fit enough for a place on the bench after completely missing that 2-1 loss with a hamstring problem.

Norwich will be relegated if they suffer defeat at the hands of fellow strugglers West Ham, while a draw and Watford avoiding a loss to Newcastle will also seal their fate.

Nigel Pearson’s team, perhaps less surprisingly, is also unchanged after an acrobatic Danny Welbeck (£5.8m) goal saw the Hornets sting the Canaries for all three points on Tuesday.

The ex-Manchester United and Arsenal forward was only behind fellow goalscorer Craig Dawson (£4.8m) for transfers in of Watford assets ahead of this morning’s deadline.

After a 5-0 drubbing away to Manchester City, Steve Bruce has reverted to a more familiar looking 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 formation with Fabian Schar (£5.0m) expected to take up a central midfield role again.

There is a return to action for both Jamaal Lascelles (£4.3m) and Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.4m), who were both absent for that Etihad hammering.

Dwight Gayle (£5.0m) starts up front, with Miguel Almiron (£5.8m) set to play beside or behind the striker.

Both Gayle and Almiron were substitutes in Gameweek 34, with Javier Manquillo‘s (£4.3m) replacement of Emil Krafth (£4.3m) at right-back making it five changes in total for the Magpies.

Before kick-off, Bruce said:

What we’ve all had to do with the amount of games we’ve had is hope you can keep a few of them fit. We’re delighted we’ve been able to freshen the team up which will give us more up top.

Norwich XI: Krul; Lewis, Klose, Godfrey, Aarons; Tettey, Vrancic; O Hernandez, Stiepermann, Buendia; Pukki.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Creswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Fredericks; Soucek, Noble, Rice; Fornals, Antonio, Bowen.

Watford XI: Foster; Masina, Dawson, Kabasele, Femenia; Hughes, Capoue; Welbeck, Doucouré, Sarr; Deeney.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Rose, Fernandez, Lascelles, Manquillo; Ritchie, Schar, Shelvey, Saint-Maximin; Almiron, Gayle.

1,665 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wow, when your luck is in!

    Noble fans livid.

  2. The Red Devil
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Willian/Pulisic TC midweek?

  3. Better luck next year
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Someone in here said that Antonio was a trap before this GW...

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

    Please sub Antonio off, this is killing me

  5. thes7s
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Michail you beaut

  6. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Moves armband to Pulisic

  7. Fulgencio Obelmejias
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Last minute Willian to Antonio looking pretty good now!

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      No s**t

  8. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Antonio 5.16% ownership in the top 10k

    1. Deeney-is-a-god
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      So if you dont have him it wont really matter

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

        but if u do u will shoot up the ranks

        1. Fulgencio Obelmejias
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          I'm 11k with Antonio

  9. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Season ending stuff. Again.

    1. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Rival has catched me 🙁

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

    Might as well go and get 4 Antonio lad

  11. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Never even thought of getting in Antonio. Thankfully.

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Was going to sell Bruno for Antonio at 11:29 but was told not to by people on here...

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

      Needs some work

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

        😆

    2. YEAH PITCH!
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Lol

  13. fusen
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    5 minutes before the deadline I bench Kiko and replace him with Lascelles after having Kiko in my starting 11 since the last deadline.

    I'd love a single decision to go my way since the restart...

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Last minute tinkering often ends in tears.

  14. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Ritchie has to be the worst player in the league behind Solanke and Jesus

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

      Winks, Sissoko, Joelinton, Rico want a word in

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

        Also the entire Norwich team

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

      Salty. He’s a good player and a model professional

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

    Antonio owners only have him because they cant afford Mahrez...

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

      Nope, did Son to Antonio lol

  16. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Magnus Carlsen winning fpl?

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

      Well he did make the brilliant Antonio transfer, so maybe!

  17. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Is that a Kiko assist?!

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

      Lucky penalty

  18. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    To all those that adviced me to get Antonio over Willian... Cheers amigos

    1. Konig Luther
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      now use the free transfer this week to reverse that...

      or even a -4

      1. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        I was on fh

  19. krzys
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    West Ham lucky that I picked Willian over Antonio 3 hrs ago, because otherwise it would be 0:0 now

  20. Mr Arsenal
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Who TCed Antonio? (Not me sadly)

    Biggest jump in the rankings ever.

  21. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Antonio could get 5.

  22. mccormibar
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I triple captained Antonio. I have literally just pulled back a 60 point lead in my mini league. Probably my best ever fantasy decision.

    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Have a +1

      Congrats and well deserved

    2. Jonesfromthere
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      What on Earth! Congrats

    3. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Jesus congratulations!

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

      Props to you, bruvs.

    5. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Magic!

    6. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      My nose started to bleed reading this. Congrats!

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

      Wow, well done!

    8. Party time
        3 years, 9 months ago

        You are a Legend.

        LEGENDARY stuff

      • denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Nice one

      • Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Beautiful

      • Guy Demel
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        noice, just captain here and over the moon

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

          I brought him but didn't even consider him as captain. I went with Kane (please don't ask me why).

      • Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Proof?

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

          Not proof but he did post he was doing it over 3 hours ago

        2. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 9 months ago

          He should link his team though

      • Reg83
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Wow. Wow. Wow

      • Bubz
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Wow, might get more too

      • Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Well done. Mine last week didn't pay off

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

        Brilliant stuff

      • SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Brilliant, absolutely fantastic. You’ve got the big balls x

      • Arteta
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        My hat's off to you sir!

      • Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Gets up and claps.

      • Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Thats incredible. Well played.. proving that this might not be the season of the casuals after all

      • Garlana
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Punt of the season

      • Big_Bear
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Love this. Well done, hope he gets a couple more for you.
        Or.maybe some assists to Cresswell would work too...

      • Yozzer
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Great stuff.

        Mccormibar know... the rest are just amateurs 😉

        Glad i am not in your league though lol

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

        Bold move. Well deserved points!

      • Mr Arsenal
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Inspired

      • Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Wowsers! Fair play 😀

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

          Wow do I link my team?

      • Big Mac 24
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Tidy darts, big balls!

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

          My team ID is 1152764

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

            Thanks everyone much appreciated

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

              https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1152764/event/44

              Fabianski as well. Awesome stuff.

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

                Thank you

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

                  78 points from 1 player. That's phenomenal! You could end up with about 200 points this weekend!

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

                  You're up 70k places as well. Absolutely amazing.

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

        W

        T

        F

        Well done son - that’s putting the “fantasy” in FPL right there 🙂

      • FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        ultimate smooth, amazing
        And you own & started Neco Williams. Curious, was Antonio TC always the plan or did you change it late? Well played

      • JammySprat
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Wow

    9. Catastrophe
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Chance of Norwich scoring?

      1. Better luck next year
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Close to 0

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

        What? Ever again?
        Low.

    10. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Very envious of Antonio owners right now, wow

    11. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Time to purely transfer in players who are playing Norwich in the next gameweek

      1. George Agdgdgwngo
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Which Burnley ones?

    12. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I liked Antonio I just liked my midfield choices a little more. Guess I was wrong. Well played.

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

        This. I have Martial, Bruno, Pulisic, Kdb and Mahrez. Only one I could take out there is Mahrez, if I knew he wouldn't start.

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

        All about salah for me. If he hadn't gone mad last week, Antonio and Chelsea mid would have come in.

    13. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Watford are safe with 32 points

      The quality of the PL This season

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

        Not safe yet, Villa have 2 winnable games

    14. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Shouldn't have Son(TC) last week, should have brought in Antonio and Gayle and Deeney

    15. Better luck next year
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Three Chelski players locked in for FH squad, it’s gonna be a bloodbath. Might be rotation by no way it’s worth the risk of not having at least Puli and Willian.

    16. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      FFS....

      Went Willian over Antonio oh well who would’ve taught