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Vinagre and Jota benched as Lundstram reclaims Sheff Utd midfield berth

Fantasy Premier League managers have been denied a £4.5m route into Wolves defence for their opening match of the season.

Ruben Vinagre (£4.5m) has been named on the bench for the Gameweek 1 trip to Sheffield United, joined there by Oskar Buur (£4.0m).

Despite Nuno Espirito Santo declaring in his Friday press conference that new signing Fernando Marçal (£5.0m) needed time to adapt to Wolves’ style of playing, the manager has started him at left wing-back anyway.

With Matt Doherty (£6.0m) having left the club for Spurs, Adama Traoré (£6.5m) has been trusted with the wing-back position on the other side of the pitch, rather than 22-year-old Buur.

Also on the Wolves bench is recently reclassified FPL midfielder Diogo Jota (£6.5m), beaten to a place in the front-three by Daniel Podence (£5.5m) and Pedro Neto (£5.5m).

The two wide-men flank Raúl Jiménez (£8.5m) who comes into Gameweek 1 with 18.5% worldwide ownership.

John Egan (£5.0m) and John Lundstram (£5.5m) are the most fashionable Sheffield United assets for tonight’s game, sat in 16.6% and 12.7% of teams respectively.

Both feature in the Blades’ starting line-up, which also includes Jack O’Connell (£5.0m), who missed every pre-season game, while the summer’s top-scorer Billy Sharp (£6.0m) features alongside Oli McBurnie (£6.0m).

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI (3-4-3): Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Boly; Marçal, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Traoré; Podence, Jiménez, Neto.

Sheffield United XI (3-5-2): Ramsdale; O’Connell, Egan, Basham; Stevens, Fleck, Norwood, Lundstram, Baldock; McBurnie, Sharp.

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  1. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Egan yc

  2. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Joy 2-0 down & Egan YC

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

    Haha at this stage i actually feel bad for Egan owners

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Thanks

  4. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Think I want Jimi instead of Martial now...

    1. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sacrilege

  5. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Egan booked 🙂

    Loads of Salah-captaining rivals have Egan. I have Coady and 3 Chelsea. Is it still possible?

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Coady first attacking return of his life... today is the day

    2. Slitherene
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Want to win the league in the first BGW?

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Weekly cash ML - yeh!

    3. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Was stuck between Egan and Coady had I gone second 5.0

      Egan it would have been in the end.

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

      Do you have a Chelsea guy as (c)?

    5. Half Blood Quince
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Conor Coady has had exactly 1 shot in the whole of the last 3 league seasons combined. A penalty v Bolton. He scored. 100% conversion rate. 100% maverick.

  6. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Shame on us for not going with Jimi

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Aye

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I know, but no pre-season and lot of transfer uncertainty at Wolves. It was understandable.

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

    Is Vinagre warming up yet

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

    Eg0n soon to be e'gone

    1. Pedram
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Begone Egan

  9. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Let’s have another one, John!

  10. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Egan red card would be very satisfying

  11. Scotty Dog
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Just out of interest will midfielders drop below the 4.5 bracket?
    I'm already hoping I can get an extra 0.5 from this.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      ...

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Not for a good while. Dont think any are highly-enough owned

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

      Elneny was 4.3 for a while last season, but I don't think I've seen anyone drop to 4.0

    4. Toked
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If enough people sell them they will drop to 4.4 yes

  12. FPL_Devil
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I actually have a decision now. Jimenez or Martial. Fun.

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yay

  13. Twisted Saltergater
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Sheffield steel isn’t what it used to be.

  14. drughi
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    was debating alot between ings and jimenez, went for ings of course

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Prices are crazy this year, I'm more inclined to drop Ings to DCL.

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ings and Egan over Jimmy and Saiss here 🙂 fixtures clouding my judgement some what

    3. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Ings will drop like crazy now

      1. drughi
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        thats the problem with a blank and jimenez scoring and martial having palace up next. Might have to get rid

    4. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Same here and still think Ings outscore Jimmy in the first four gameweeks.

    5. pingissimus
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Likewise

      But neither is a short haul pick anyway. They’ll run neck and neck I imagine

  15. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    When do we think price changes will start happening?

    1. Scotty Dog
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I'm sure I heard somewhere players prices can move up or down by 0.3 each gw

    2. Bank$y
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Tonight

  16. Ci Siamo
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Which double swoop is better?

    a) Kane and Pereira ---> Martial and Greenwood

    b) Salah and Pereira --> Rashford and Greenwood

    c) Hold your guns and have faith

    1. Keep Calm and Play On
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A) but I wouldn’t be set on greenwood I would go james

  17. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Egan over Saiss went well! 😆

    Also, why didn’t I get Jimenez again? 🙂

  18. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Egan was the 4th defender in the FPL 'Teams selected by %' template team. That team also includes Son, Mitrovic and McCarthy.

    Can see Egan being the makeweight who is transferred out for GW2.

  19. Gooner Kebab
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    One of my key decisions for GW1 was Ings vs Jimmy. Sigh.

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      think Ings will score more next GW...

  20. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Werner scored yet?

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 6 months ago

        He's not that good

      • diesel001
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Will he start?
        And if he does start, will he be playing central forward?

        1. WVA
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Ask Frank not me but as I've picked him I imagine he'll be benched but come on for a yellow card

      • TRIPOS TOPPER
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        yep already scored vs BHA

    2. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Stevens over Egan 😎

    3. jonnybhoy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Got Saiss and Jiminez in my team. YAASS

      1. Utopsis
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Good going!

    4. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Thank god so many people went without salah cap. Horror game week otherwise.

      2
      1-2-0

      Great contribution from the back line. Mitchell ofc on the bench

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

        That's

        McCarthy
        TAA Davies Egan

        ??

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Yes

    5. dansmusen
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Last move i made was dropping Saiss to Vinagre so i could get Mitrovic for Bamford

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

        Oof. That hurts.

      2. Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Class.

      3. Zimo
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I did robbo and saiss to trent and vinagre 🙂

    6. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      On paper going without Jimi was the right call, Blades away and then City?
      TBH after those two they have good fixtures, and I think most people planned to eget him in eventually

      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 6 months ago

          It'll be those good fixtures when he gets 2,2,5

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Ings and Jimi was my plan from last season really, just get both. If they tick over like last season

        • pingissimus
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Ings too has a lovely run in the offing

          Both long termers imo who can return in any match. Neither is a sell for a blank

          1. pingissimus
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Delete that

            1. have you seen cyan
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              I gave it an upvote 😛

              1. pingissimus
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 6 months ago

                Fixtures less good than I thought but no rush in any event

        • Garlana
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Wolves score goals Vs city, traore bosses them

      2. Boomerang V
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        So many forwards I want now... Vardy, Werner, Richarlison, DCL, Wilson, Jimenez, Martial... So hard to pick 3.. And so hard to fit them in

        1. FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          4 3 3 ?

        2. Gudjohnsen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Would forget about Vardy.

          He's getting old.

          Best trio is Jimenez, Werner and Martial but it's expensive.

          1. Utopsis
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Just lol re: Vardy

      3. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Jimenez probably the most consistent forward in the game.

      4. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Not over yet

      5. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 6 months ago

          2-2 final result incoming

          1. JURGENAUT
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            I wish

        • FPL Daniel
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Saiss juhuuuuu. GW saver 😉 🙂