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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. Ze_Austin
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Norwich players ending their seasons early. I mean, what's the point anyway?

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

    Always more fun when it’s a second half hattie

  3. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Boo!

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

    Well done Wood and Tarkowski owners.

  5. Wild Card this!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Yeeesssss

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

    Pieters injured?

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

    Wooooddddd yesssssss

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

    Is Pieters ded?

  9. mattk lfc
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Wood!

  10. Party time
      3 years, 8 months ago

      How on earth are Norwich gonna score now! Nonsense!

    • GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      How many red cards before the game is called off?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        4

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

          It’s 5. Obviously never played against someone who gets easily wound up on FIFA then :p

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

      2 RCs is suspicious...

    • FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      These reds are kind of message to the City players. They will be afraid from an injury in a non relevant game and risk CL.

      Salah captain in GW 38?

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

        Most impressive overthinking that I've seen in ages.

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I disagree. Think from KDB perspective

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

      #Wood4Wood

      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Wood salutes wood

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

        I'd better change my user name after my campaign to not sell Greenwood for Wood.

    • JJO
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Tarko AA

    • Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Pieters assist???

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

        Yes

      2. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Oh Gundmonson

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

      This game is a bit crazy!

    • HTL
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Still going through the motions of the red card on Sky Go

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

        Wood should stop these overhead kick attempts, they're rotten aesthetically

    • Stupendous
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Don't captain wood they said!!!!?!!!!

      So. I didn't.

      Jesus

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        In what world were Norwich going down to 9 men

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

          Uh this one

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Gudmundsson A
      Tark AA

    • FPL_Devil
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Here we go. Went ings over wood. Scared af now

    • HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      The good news is all those people who signed up / create a team for this week are screwed

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        What's that about?

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

          Loads of people create a new team, their first gw of the season and load it up with early starters, one of them being TC

          1. Pep bites Kun
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            For the prize for the most points for a gameweek? It would be pretty easy to block

          2. Pep bites Kun
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 8 months ago

            I think it's a coffee cup or some other piece of worthless paraphernalia

    • Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      WOOOOOOODDDD

    • TAT
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Stupid me saving a transfer, playing Aurier with Stephens first sub, instead of getting Bardsley in for Fernández…

    • It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      This will end in carnage

    • Jonesfromthere
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Wood captainers unite!!

    • Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      wouldn't say this was a red.
      just unlucky

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

        While I agree it shouldn't be a red, those tackles are always given a red in PL for being reckless. So it had to be a red.

    • Lev Yashin
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Krul with some serious poppadom hands there.

    • Monkey Hanger
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Disagreed with first red. Second one was GBH.

      1. Arctic monkeys
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Both clear reds, you can see buendia's intention to elbow

    • Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      NZ's Messi : D