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Giroud benched as Willian and Pulisic start at Sheff Utd

Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) finds himself on the Chelsea bench for the Gameweek 35+ trip to Sheffield United.

That will be of huge frustration to his increasing ownership and those looking to him as a differential option.

The Frenchman had scored in each of his last two outings, both of which were starts, but will have to watch Tammy Abraham (£7.4m) lead the line from the sidelines today.

That arguably places a question mark over Giroud’s credentials for the Gameweek 36+ meeting with Norwich, which may have been on the radar for anyone considering a reshuffle of their Fantasy forward line.

Meanwhile, Willian (£7.3m) and Christian Pulisic (£7.3m) remain reliable starters, each one positioned either side of Abraham for the trip to Sheffield United.

The 13.7%-owned Mason Mount (£6.1m) retains his place in the side, making his fifth start from a possible six since the Premier League restart.

Meanwhile, John Lundstram (£4.6m) is on the bench for Sheffield United once again, Chris Wilder opting to keep his central midfield trio the same as Gameweek 34+.

That means further starts for Oliver Norwood (£4.7m), Sander Berge (£4.7m) and Ben Osborn (£4.7m).

David McGoldrick (£5.4m) comes back into the team following a fitness test, forcing Billy Sharp (£5.3m) back onto the bench.

Sheffield United XI (3-5-2): D Henderson; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Osborn, Norwood, Berge, Baldock; McBurnie, McGoldrick.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Christensen, R James; Mount, Jorginho, Barkley; Pulisic, Abraham, Willian.

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  1. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I transferred in Fredericks just in case Alonso was benched.

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Well played!

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Hopefully for Alonso.

      1. wulfrunian
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Unfortunately i started Alonso.

  2. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pulisic has lost the ball about a million times

    1. Mr Arsenal
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Overplayed..

    2. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Glad you don't teach maths.

  3. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Quick score check lads,

    I'm absolutely flying with 4 points from 3

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      No one likes a show off.

    2. Mr Arsenal
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Same and that includes my captain.

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Better than by 3 pts TC from last week ?

    3. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Exact same - if Pulisic makes 60 minutes though I’ll be up to 5 points!

    4. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      3 from 3 & an Antonio! 😉

    5. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      6 from 3. Pope YC costly 😆

    6. Tempestic
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      5 from 2 with Salah (C) 😎

      1. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        i just know fernandes is going to end me once again

    7. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I have 5 from 2 including my captain >.

      1. Party time
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Dammit

      2. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        43 from 4

        1. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          eh i've seen better

        2. DandyDon
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          So obvious who the Antonio owners are this week! Crazy gain so far

      3. Greek Freak
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        5 from 4.

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

        yeah on 4 points here

      5. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        1 from 3 any good??? Busy and not watching.

      6. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        6 from 3. Hoping for a Pulisic score!

      7. Nedvěd11
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        8 from 3.

        Salah capt...please please blank Fernandes and Sterling...

    8. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Good stuff from Wilder but poor from Lampard. Wilder exploiting known Chelsea defensive weakness but Lampard playing the wrong defenders at the start and failing to realise that ugly physical battles have to be won against The Blades. IMO Giroud should have certainly started this game.

      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I started Alonso because I really thought it was obvious for Lampard to play 3 at the back.

        Obviously not obvious enough.

    9. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I think now it becomes unlikely for Lampard to rest his key players against Norwich!

      1. Grounderz
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I like the handsome Frenchman.

        1. Mr Arsenal
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Zouma?

          1. Grounderz
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Unless he has been a popular option in your lonely mind.

        2. Pep Roulette
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          He should've started this one too. Tammy has been very poor recently!

      2. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Our key players started this match. If this is our best...

    10. elchilangles
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      how is this even humanly possible?! Does this guy have a crystal ball or what??? https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1152764/event/44

      1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Bloody hell! There was me thinking I was clever doing foden to Antonio for -4! This blokes triple captained 😆

        Legend!

        1. Tempestic
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I was 0.1 off Foden to Antonio! D:

        2. TheDragon
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          When Foden gets his first double hattrick tonight this post will look silly

          1. Tempestic
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            ahah plz

          2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            None of that!

      2. elchilangles
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I mean getting Antonio in I understand - but triple captaining him?! WOW!!!!

      3. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Hoping Pulisic scores then!

        1. mccormibar
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Hahaha that’s my team. Thanks man

      4. Balls of Steel
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Unbelievable Jeff!!!

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

      It’s been too long, Daniel.

      Thoughts on Kepa?

      1. Tempestic
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Gonna take a guess and say hes still not very good

      2. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I don’t know why he rates him so highly?

        I don’t think he’s great personally.

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          It's his leadership qualities

      3. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        juuhuuuuuuu

    12. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Blue is the colour
      And football is their shame
      Owned by Russian Mafia
      So why they look so tame

      1. Grounderz
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Green is the colour
        And fantasy football is their fame
        Owned by a tamer
        So why they look so danggggggg

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Hmm.

          1. Grounderz
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Sorry, your post is beyond my intelligence. Could you explain them in like ABC?

    13. gooberman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I really will be glad when FPL finishes this season. Haven't enjoyed it. It's been an absolute headache particularly since the re-start.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Debbie Downer

      2. Supersonic Marv'
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Negative Nelly

      3. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Glum Goober

    14. Jeremiah
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Those with a FH left, when do you plan on using it?

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

        Probs for next GW, want 3 Chelsea

    15. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Been looking at my captain picks this season for fun and thought I’d share (happy to have Vardy back for Monday!)
      10 different players used. Pulisic might be my 11th different choice next week.
      18 Successful picks and 16 fails doesn’t look great to me but actually 460 points from C picks and VC picks would have only returned 392 so that’s a win. What I’m really happy with is 9 times my Captain has returned 22 points or more. My rank is now 50k after 4 red arrows in a row.

      Salah 5 out of 7 successful picks
      Kane 3 out of 7
      Sterling 1 out of 6
      Vardy 4 out of 5
      Abraham 0 out of 3
      De Bryune 2 out of 2
      Martial 1 out of 2
      Auba 1 out of 1
      Aguero 1 out of 1
      Fernandes 0 out of 1

      Things learnt,
      Sterling was awful earlier in the season!
      I had Fernandes at exactly the wrong time since the restart!
      I had a fear of picking a proven midfielder I.e De Bruyne over my strikers like Kane/Abraham with the best fixtures that week. This only really worked with Vardy when on a goal scoring run in the middle of the season.

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        That’s very good compared to a lot of people on here

      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        You've captained Kane 7 times this season?!

      3. jtreble
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Kane? Really?

        1. DandyDon
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I know not really sure what happened there. It was in the middle of the season. I think he just kept playing the easiest teams and he’d done alright for me before that! Luckily Vardy took over and rescued my season!

    16. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Alonso ranger.

    17. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Egan on bench again

    18. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Why on earth is Barkley taking it

      1. el polako
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        He scored one once against Swansea.

      2. Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        The 'feeling confident' card.

        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          He’s absolutely useless

    19. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Do Chelsea look like scoring?

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        No

      2. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Nope

    20. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks Sheffield United, I needed this lift after the colossal fail earlier (Salah, Mane, Taa, Pope).

      Hoooold!

    21. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Willan no more on FK when I brought in wtf

    22. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Enda hooolllddddd

    23. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lord coming on

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Wow, legend is on!

    24. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Why does Barkley always have to be the "big man" and step up and do things hes terrible at. Just let Willian or Alonso take it ffs.

      1. TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Well he is terrible at being a footballer but he does that as a job so he is pretty committed to the lie

      2. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        He’s so annoying. Thinks he’s way better than he is. Average at best

      3. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        If he didn’t do things he was bad at, he’d be a milkman.

    25. gers23
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Score Chelsea ffssss

    26. Party time
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Need SHU cleansheet burned

      • Duke Silver ☑
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Lordstrum to grab the 3rd.

      • _Ninja_
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Mousset and Lundy on

        1. _Ninja_
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Mcburnie and Berge off

      • Twisted Saltergater
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        The Lord haveth risen!

      • g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Lundy

      • Mr Arsenal
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Game gone, time to rest Pulisic

      • Zilla
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Need SHU cleanie wiped

        1. Pep Roulette
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          This. Egan & Stevens on my bench! 🙂

          1. Gudjohnsen
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            Egan 1st and the lord 3rd on my bench!

      • diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Good move by Wilder. Keep the intensity up by subbing through the spine of the team.

      • Party time
          3 years, 8 months ago

          The second coming of the Lord