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Wan-Bissaka benched as Solskjaer makes more tweaks to United defence

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made another tweak to his defence, which bodes well for managers playing the Free Hit chip in Gameweek 38+.

His latest changes to the Manchester United side look to have confirmed Brandon Williams (£3.8m) can be a starting defender on the final day of the season, costing less than £4.0m.

The young left-back missed a recent trip to Crystal Palace with a head injury but has recovered to deputise for the also sidelined Luke Shaw (£5.4m) against West Ham.

Williams return to the team has also impacted on Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.5m), who drops out of the starting XI to join the substitutes for the first time since Project Restart began.

Timothy Fosu-Mensah (£4.5m) was the man tasked with United’s left-back role at Selhurst Park but, rather than immediately return him to the bench, Solskjaer has switched him onto the right, preferring him to Wan-Bissaka.

That decision could cause deep frustration throughout the Fantasy community with the £5.5m still owned by 19.5% of managers worldwide.

There is much less consternation elsewhere in Wednesday’s first round of team sheets with Bruno Fernandes (£9.1m) and Anthony Martial (£8.5m), the top 10k’s most popular Gameweek 37+ captains both starting for Manchester United.

Marcus Rashford (£8.9m) and Mason Greenwood (£4.8m) are the men either side of Martial, while Michail Antonio (£7.1m) leads the West Ham line once again with Sebastien Haller (£6.8m) still on the bench.

Manchester United XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; B Williams, Maguire, Lindelöf, Fosu-Mensah; Matić, Pogba; Rashford, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Martial.

West Ham United XI (4-5-1): Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Johnson; Fornals, Rice, Noble, Soucek, Bowen; Antonio.

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  1. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Let's goooooo Bruunoooo!!!

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

    If you have no chips left and ML rival has FH, how many points ahead would make you feel confident of winning?

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

      50

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      40pts

    3. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      50

    4. Gooner Kebab
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      depends who you have, is your team close to FH template?

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

        I agree. In my case, I think I'd be scared even at 40 pts. My rival Wildcarded this week and I'm petrified of how bad he's going to spank me. On the other hand, one of his WC players is AWB, so...

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

        I’m happy with it. And it would be more or less template for a -8.

    5. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      50 very confident
      40 confident
      30 nervous
      20 seriously worried
      10 Andrex

    6. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      20 or so...

      Depends who hauls.

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

    United are guaranteed top 4 with 64 points
    United are not guaranteed top 4 with 65 points

    Mind blown

  4. Boomerang V
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Difficult to watch with only Bruno non captain and DDG (McCarthy in the bench with 7) and no Antonio

    I'll take a nil nil

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

    Rashy unlucky again?

  6. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    United going in the right direction. It seems like a very long time since they’ve had a settled team... it’s always my favoured approach... especially up front.

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

      They've a pair of kids in defence.

      1. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah but it’s a settled team and any changes are done for reasons other than playing poor...which has been the reason for a long time now.

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

      *especially in defence imo.

  7. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Martial hasnt gotten a hattrick yet? GW fail, omg season over

  8. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Any Chelsea team news?

  9. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    So if United win handsomely, say by 3 goals or more, they'll be able to take a narrow defeat to Leicester and still finish above Foxes. That means they'll prioritise defence. If that ends up being the case I won't captain a Red Devil and might leave Greenwood on the bench.

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      That’s the sort of over thinking that can really be costly

  10. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like Flappy is in for a busy night

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

    Man Utd are determined going forward. Good shot attempt by Martial.

    1. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah they are. Do you think they might be in the mix next year?

  12. That Was Easy!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Hey all, not sure I'll catch a 20-pt lead, I will be bench boosting, he'll play TC...

    Hendo McCarthy
    TAA Doherty Stephens Pieters Aurier
    Salah KDB Foden Bruno Soucek
    Vardy Rashford Ings

    Midfields are the exact same less Sterling, so I'm hoping to create more differential. Our entire forward lines are different, defense mostly similar.

    What should I be targeting?
    1) Vardy > Jesus (C) (He won't own)
    2) KDB > Mahrez/Dilva (C) (He won't own)
    3) Is Doherty > Robbo worth a (-4)?
    4) Look outside of City (Pool, Son, Kane, Antonio, etc.) and hope City don't bang?

  13. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Cmon martial cappo please grab a hattie

  14. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I missed the deadline and left (C) on Bruno instead of changing to Martial. Will Jesus protect me?

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Jesus = the real lord Jesus!

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

        Real?

      2. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        You captained a Red Devil. "Get behind thee, Satan!"

    2. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      I love the "I missed the deadline" stories. Riveting reads tbf.

  15. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Fosu Mensah is worse at attacking than AWB wow

    1. Threat Level Midnight
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      It’s 15 minutes in. Lol

    2. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Looks like Ole is giving him a good coat of looking at though. Two games of late...where has he been for so long?

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

        fulham

        1. Dr Dream
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          On loan?

      2. Scholes Out For Summer
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Him and Tuanzebe has seemlingly been on the cusp of squad players for so long but they've never really played in the past year or so

        1. Dr Dream
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          Maybe Ole is using these last couple of games with Fosu as a make your mind up moment. Should he stay or should he go.

  16. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    When did Antonio become a worldbeater?

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

      When Magnus Carlsen bought him.

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

        I mind a few seasons he would go on a run of a few goals but don’t think he played up front before might be wrong

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

          he played up front when he was still labeled as a defender in the past..

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

            Always remember him in the wing but has he not been playing striker now since back?

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

      Since he got a rest because of C-19. Interesting to see some players really flourish off the back of a proper break:

      Ings, Kane, Willian, Greenwood, Sterling to name just a few.

      1. Warby84
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Willian until I buy him!!

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

          Thought he played well vs Norwich. Just Giroud kept missing the chances Willian was creating.

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

    Anyone have the clean sheets odds for gw38--or know where to find them? Usually see one of those posts hulked, and I'm contemplating selling either Doh or Saiss.

  18. The Gobstopper
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    So, not a FPL question, but which teams would you like to see relegated from Bournemouth, Watford, and Aston Villa? (BTW, I know that Bournemouth has very little chance at staying up, but go with it...)

    Personally, I'd like to see Watford drop. The club is kind of a mess. I'm kind of torn between Bournemouth and Aston Villa. I mean Bournemouth is the "feel good" story, but it is kind of nice to have Villa back in the PL.

    So, what do you all think/hope?

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

      Watford for me.
      Odds are Bou will drop but Eddie deserves better. Villa - I wouldn't care of they go but firing a manager at this stage - the Watford ownership doesn't deserve to be in PL.

      1. The Gobstopper
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        I hear you on Watford. The ownership has been a complete joke, and the treatment of the managers has been awful. Definitely not going to shed any tears if they drop.

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Watford.

      Ideally West Ham too and 'Muff stays up, but I think it's too late for the Cherries now.

      1. The Gobstopper
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah, probably too late for the Cherries. It's just sad, though. I mean Howe has just done so much for that club (with so little). It's sad to see a club that has long punched above its weight finally drop.

    3. BNMC
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Hope Villa pull it off.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Think they sent Watford down last night, but you never know what can happen on the last day of the season when it's do or die time.

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

      watford deserve to go down because its horribly run

    5. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Watford. If you fire a manager that is renowned for keeping clubs out of relegation then they deserve to be relegated.

      Would be nice to have historically big clubs like Villa West Ham Leeds all in the prem

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

      Bournemouth and Watford.

    7. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      For me Bournemouth because they are a well run football club.. second villa cause they showing so much passion..I pray that Watford get relegated because of their abysmal attitude towards managers and players.

    8. The Gobstopper
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Interesting fact. I've always thought that Bournemouth over-performed versus their wage bill. Turns out that they have the 11th highest "most expensive starting 11" in the PL this season ($234 million). Villa is 13th ($181.5 million), but Watford is 17th ($151.8 million).

      So, really, Bournemouth as under-performed relative to their wage bill (as has Villa), while Watford is pretty much right where would be expected based on wages.

  19. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Bruno sh*ts his pants

  20. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Would've been Rash A and Bruno G

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Woulda Shoulda Coulda lol

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Tell me about it...

  21. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    I would love a 0-0 followed by a Salah Brace..

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

      That would make my day.

  22. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    AWB.

    Another player to add to the "never again" FPL list.

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

      Was so great..... at palace

    2. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      got his two assists and CSs at the beginning of the restart. Good player thats still improving

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Done eff all since I've had him.

  23. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Cmon West Ham

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

    Gary Neville doesn't want to be at Anfield tonight, for some strange reason. :0)

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah makes no sense

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

      🙂

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

    This has 1-2 written all over it!

    1. BNMC
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Crystal Palace GW3.

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

    Martial’s constant nonplussed facial expression is annoying

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

      Not one for a dinner party

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      Blank incoming!!

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

      Jesus' constant look like hes pressing out a reluctant turd is worse

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

        True

    4. Forza Papac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 8 months ago

      On the other hand, I find he has an unsettling smile

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

        Like he’s just buried someone

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

      Can be world champ gurner, as long as he scores me pts.

  27. The EJJ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    FPL is a weird game, got both Fernandes and Martial in my team but with top 10k EOs over 100% i want both of them to blank...

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

      Or is that not correct due to less people having both of them?

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

      True. However i wish was in the same position and to have captained Sterling, not to be my vice

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

      If you don't own a United defender, you might want Martial to score and take the bonus away from DDG/Maguire.

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

      Captaincy should be removed then this wouldnt be a scenario..

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

        would remove a lot of variance of the game, but would turn a lot of people off

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

    Come on Greenwood

  29. The Mantis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Sterling is always up there at the end of the season isn't he, but never a FF season keeper. Already thinking of next season lol. Bruno will be pricey, along with KDB and Liverpool mids of course.

    We'll all want Werner too I imagine.

    Can see it being very difficult next season, but also very open

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

      Not interested in Werner. It's Ziyech I want.

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

        Werner will come great also. Somebody has to profit from his brutal crosses, Werner seems capable enough to turn them into goals

        1. The Mantis
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 8 months ago

          I do think he will be awesome for Chels. Poor Tammy, still want him to be part of their season which could be very successful

      2. The Mantis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 8 months ago

        Will want him too, won't come cheap though. Chelsea likely to be a force next season, most will want them 2 and a defender I reckon

  30. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 8 months ago

    Which option should bring me more?

    A) Auba, Antonio, Long, Bardsley
    B) Greenwood, Mahrez, Digne, Trent

    Cheers!