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Wood starts for Burnley as Long owners subjected to team sheet ordeal

Following a week of interest from the Fantasy Premier League community, Chris Wood (£6.1m) keeps his place in the starting line-up as Burnley travel to Norwich.

The New Zealand international is paired up-front with Jay Rodriguez (£5.7m), who has four attacking returns in his last five appearances since the Premier League restart.

The Clarets may be short in defence, with Charlie Taylor (£4.4m) and Ben Mee (£4.9m) still missing, but a return for Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) in midfield means Erik Pieters (£4.2m) can slot in at left-back after several outings on the right wing.

Kevin Long (£4.3m) is the man who continues to deputise for Mee, but his owners were given an arduous few minutes when the team-sheets were announced this afternoon.

Burnley’s official Twitter account posted a line-up which featured an injured Mee at centre-back and Long nowhere to be seen.

However, this was deleted within a few minutes and owners of the budget centre-back were given a reprieve upon discovering that he had, in actual fact, made the starting line-up.

Meanwhile, as interest in Norwich’s squad continues to diminish, Teemu Pukki (£6.4m) is on the bench once again, with Josip Drmic (£5.3m) leading the line supported in attack by Onel Hernández (£5.3m), Todd Cantwell (£4.5m) and Emi Buendía (£6.0m).

Norwich City XI (4-2-3-1): Krul; Lewis, Klose, Godfrey, Aarons; Tettey, McLean; O Hernández, Buendía, Cantwell; Drmic.

Burnley XI (4-4-2): Pope; Pieters, K Long, Tarkowski, Bardsley; McNeil, Westwood, Brownhill, Gudmundsson; Wood, Rodriguez.

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

    The McNeil differential pick is a good'un. He's raring.

  2. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Krul great save from deflected McNeil FK

  3. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Too many corners for Burnley. Happy as a Tarkowski and Wood owner 🙂

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

    Chris Wood is such an inspiration for us all. If he can make it as a Premier League player then anyone can

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      lol.
      What do you expect from a piece of wood

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

    Extra man means more Burnley possession. Means defenders more likely to get passing BPS. Means less likely of Pope saves.

    Logic suggests less likely of Pope BAPs but Pope is Pope...

  6. Bun Rab
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Thats a pen.

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Denied!

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

      HAHA

  7. Collie01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Pen for Wood surely.

  8. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Wood unlucky.

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

    Wood winning pen?

  10. Releasebreaks
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Glad my tranfers was Alisson to Pope, was sick of asking Pope to concede.
    Plus in my mini league everybody have Pope

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

    Krul looks set to be the highest scorer in this match.

  12. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Leno starts gw 38 do we think?

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

      Emi should keep his place if if Leno were fit.

    2. Sasquatch Slayer
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Stop that crazy talk

  13. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Check completed. No penalty.

  14. Supertrooper
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    For me that is a clear red, only one around here?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Go back a page or 2

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

    Us Wood owners lucky there. Krul would have saved that pen.

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

      He tripped himself up 😆

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

      Wood is actually the second best penalty taker in the entire league by %. (out of players that have taken at least 20)

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

        Nope, mixed him up with someone else 😀

        But he's still scored 22 of 25.

      2. Lilac Breasted Roller
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Krul is an insane penalty kick keeper, check Netherlands v Costa Rica and Van Gaals' master brain move in switching the GK just for the penalties

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

          I know about Krul of course, but he still concedes more penalties than he's saved, and Wood is an elite penalty taker.

    3. Lilac Breasted Roller
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Scenes from Netherlands v Costa Rica

  16. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Wood being a donkey?

    1. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Definitely got a touch from a defender, similar to an ankle tap in rugby. No way he just trips over his own heel by running imo, but it might be hard to see the contact unless there is a specific camera angle.

  17. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Great tackle on Wood

  18. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Should be a Wood YC

  19. Lilac Breasted Roller
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Krul is such a legend. Really wish another PL team would snatch him.

  20. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    2FTs and playing TC in gw38. Hit seems imminent. Vardy and Pulisic the likely fall guys.

    1) Vardy, Pulisic > Jesus, Antonio
    2) [same] + Doh > Ings, Sterling, 3.9 (-4)
    3) [same] + DougLuiz > Jesus, Dilva, Guendouzi (-4)
    4) [same] + Salah > Jesus, Sterling, Antonio (-4)

    Pope, 3.9
    TAA, Doh, Saiss, Aurier, Holgate
    Salah, KDB, Pulisic, Brunco, Douglas Luiz
    Vardy, Greenwood, Jimenez

  21. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Just lol to referees. Worst in Europe.

  22. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    They just dont get football?
    PL referees?

  23. Mighty Banana
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I need a Norwich goal, Woods blank & Fernandes blank this week.

    Asking for too much?

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

      Little bit. I reckon you'll get 1 of those

  24. Railwayman
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Why no penalty, VAR is useless.

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lol.

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

    3. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Both running for ball, Wood clipped defender.

    4. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Peno everyday that at Old Trafford

  25. TyroneGAA
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Wood is just not gona score is he ffs

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Jrod says Hi

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

      If I wrote an autobiography, this would be the title of the chapter that covers my University years.

      1. TyroneGAA
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Lmao

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

      I cried this one out

  26. badgerboy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Flowery language at the linesman from Cantwell. Been his biggest involvement so far.

  27. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Those who free hit next gw must triple up Burnley defence I think...

  28. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Red number 2!

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

    Lol

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

    Norwich down to 9