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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. ace3.1415
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    13 minutes left. WHO'S EXCITED???!!!

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Apparently I need to download something called "peacock" in order to watch. Ugh.

  2. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Going out LMS first round lol wow. I lasted till almost the last round last season.

    1. Drexl Spivey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      What's LMS?

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

        Last man standing. See torresmagic. A league where those with fewest points is kicked after every gw. Those beyond that amount of points survive to next gw

  3. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Get Salah/Willian/Vardy/Jimenez/Saiss/Castagne/Digne/Hendrick now, or wait till after next GW to get the top scorers for GW2?

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I...I see what you did just there.

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Get salah 😉

    3. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Get player who just scored this week in for player who I picked going into the season but am now writing off after 1 week?

        Thoughts?

        1. Drexl Spivey
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Alli to Willian then...

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 6 months ago

              Alli to Rodriguez player who didn't score to player who didn't score

              #future points

              1. Drexl Spivey
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 6 months ago

                Nailed it, fer sure...

      • TheDragon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Extrapolating from game week 1 as it seems everyone on here is, I plan to captain Salah every week, so that should be 38 x 40 = 1,520 points just from him.

        I’m going to win FPL surely?

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Can't argue against it

          • Bushwhacker
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Don't forget the TC week!

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

          ¨So many players I will want after this GW ... Digne, Rodriguez, Jimenez, Saïss, Ayling and surely soon Havertz to name a few. And all this in addition to Martial and Bruno. Must strap knees firmly to chair to avoid taking multiple hits this GW.

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

          Alright, who to trade Vinagre to. Max 5m

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

            Can’t you bench for a week? Man City up next.

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

              He didn't play today? Don't see him coming on if he didn't even play this week

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

          So Willian supplied Aubameyang, Lacazette, and Gabriel with assists, one for each in FPL, but only two of them were officially recognized. Which one wasn’t? They all seemed good to me.

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

            3 assists on fpl

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

              And 2 on the official PL site.

        5. ace3.1415
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Why is werner not playing up top?

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

            He's playing offside.

        6. Tashi Tshering
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          Can you give me some tips I can do better in gw 2? My gw 1 is all messed.
          McCarthy
          TAA Vinagre Egan( Mitchell, Braintwaite)
          salah Auba(c) Son ASM Saka
          Ings Werner. ( Antonio)
          Or should I do a gw 2 wildcard