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Saïss at wing-back again as £4.0m defender gets another start in Wolves’ defence

Wolves’ most popular Fantasy Premier League defender Romain Saïss (£5.2m) has been handed another outing at left wing-back.

Following the departure of Ruben Vinagre (£4.3m) and an injury to Marçal (£4.9m), the Moroccan filled in there for the 1-0 win over Fulham in Gameweek 4.

Despite Marçal making the bench on Monday night, Saïss has held off the competition a little while longer to play a more advanced role than usual.

That also means a second successive start in the back-three for £4.0m defender Max Kilman (£4.0m).

He is joined there by key men Conor Coady (£5.0m) and Willy Boly (£5.5m), while Nelson Semedo (£5.5m) starts as the right-back again.

Meanwhile, it is unchanged front-three for Nuno Espirito Santo as Raúl Jiménez (£8.5m) sits in the middle of Pedro Neto (£5.5m) and Daniel Podence (£5.6m), which means a place on the bench for Adama Traoré (£6.4m).

Neto has offered the best value of any Wolves midfield player so far this season, although he is still owned by fewer managers than the benched Ruben Neves (£5.4m), Joao Moutinho (£5.4m), Podence and Traoré.

Marcelo Bielsa keeps faith with his favoured 4-1-4-1 formation, offering a second start of the season to Rodrigo (£5.8m) after his dramatic equaliser against Manchester City.

With veteran Pablo Hernández (£5.8m) on the bench, the Spaniard is deployed in midfield alongside Mateusz Klich (£5.6m) while Patrick Bamford (£5.8m) leads the line once again.

Coming into Gameweek 5, only Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m) and Harry Kane (£10.7m) have more owners than Bamford among forwards. And of those in his position priced at £6.0m or less, none have managed as many shots on target as the Leeds man.

Leeds United XI (4-1-4-1): Meslier; Dallas, Cooper, Koch, Ayling; K Phillips; Harrison, Rodrigo, Klich, Costa; Bamford.

Wolves XI (3-4-3): Patrício; Kilman, Coady, Boly; Saïss, Moutinho, Dendoncker, Semedo; Neto, Jiménez, Podence.

LESSONS LEARNED FROM FPL GAMEWEEK 5

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

    VAR needs to be scrapped until it's fast enough to call offside decisions in the build up instantly. Right now it's just sucking the life out of football. Why even celebrate when VAR disallows 90% of goals for random offsides and handballs in the build up...

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

      ... so you'd rather that goal be awarded? when the assister was clearly offside?

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

        He didn't even gain a real advantage from the offside which is what the offside rule is there to prevent

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

          Once you get to that point, who decides what an advantage is? That would confuse the rules even more because every other person has a different definition of "advantage"

          He broke the rules. If you dont like the rules, dont blame the machine enforcing the rules

    2. FPL_trail_runner
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      What are you complaining about now?

      Saiss goal was a clear and obvious offside

      I have Saiss. No issue.

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

        I'm complaining that we cant spontaneously celebrate goals any more because of VAR. It's ruining football

        1. FPL_trail_runner
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 5 months ago

          In the non Var system the linesman would have raised his flag as Podence got the ball and a goal was never scored

          Players need to adjust to the new system where more is let go and later checked.

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

            The earlier system was better because then everyone would have seen it's offside due to the linesman flagging right away

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

        He's complaining about it taking the fun out of football. It's not all about fpl

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

          i dont think celebrating an illegal goal is fun. Id rather not celebrate any goal thats a result of essentially cheating

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

            Im convinced var is making the linesmen more complacent. These kind of things didn't happen every gameweek before Var.

    3. The Mandalorian
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      The game would have to run through a computer which then tells the referee the VAR decision in real time. The future

    4. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      It is the rule that sucks

    5. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      If you are angry about mane.. then fair enough. If this is about the Saiss goal then your argument doesn't make sense since Podence was offside

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

        Mane was clearly offside lol. Liverpool supporter or mane owner spotted

  2. The Mandalorian
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    If Podence scores 120 points / 38 games isn't that 3.1 points per game.

    1. Tonyawesome69
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      It's actually 3.2 to the first decimal so you failed to use a calculator

  3. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Come on Leeds. Sneak one in!

    1. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      They will

      1. Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Def looking possible!

  4. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Am i the only guy who hopes this end 0-0? i have Ayling and Saiss lol

    1. Ramsays Raw Steak
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Yeeesssaa

  5. FPL_trail_runner
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    3 players playing now (Meslier, Ayling , Saiss)

    Would take a boring last 30min

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

    Mr. BrewBrew it's your turn now. Get in there for Jimi.

  7. Wizard of Ozil
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    When is VAR going?? please get rid of it. Its ruining the game and perfectly good goals. As an owner of Sais am equally pissed off.
    How can we let a computer decide if a players big toe or elbow is offside. Am giving up watching football. What would would happen if the Henderson goal was to win the WORLD CUP FOR England
    .... YOU var lovers wouldn't be laughing then.
    CAN WE ALL VOTE OR PETTITION TO GET VAR BINNED!!!!!

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

      lol no one cares for your team. an illegal goal is an illegal goal, im a Saiss owner too but you dont see me crying about a clear offside

      1. Wizard of Ozil
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        have any comments on the Henderson goal!!!!!!! I didnt think so, and I`m not a liverpool fan or a Wolves fan.
        VAR is cancelling out goal for other players who have little influence in the actual goal. ridiculous. bring back the decision to the linesmen.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Podence was offside. It was clear. Same people who moan about VAR, moan when their side concedes an 'offside' goal.

    3. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      If it were to win the World Cup for England? That would be a good thing, right?

    4. FantasyHero
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I hate VAR for all the calls they don't make or wrongly make. No excuse for it! Hence I want it gone.

      But podence being offside is one of the situations its used properly. So can't complain here...saiss owner myself.

  8. Stormbringer22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    I wonder if Nuno played FPL, would he hav got triple Wolves

    1. FantasyHero
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Defenders

  9. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Keep the CS Semedo!

  10. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Adama coming on

  11. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    Fast guy coming on

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

    Im convinced Bielsa just squats like that to look cool for the cameras. It can't be good for his focus

    1. Pratik
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      lol 😀

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

      I think it is not good for his old back either.

    3. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      I'm jealous of his knees. And hes 25 years my senior.

  13. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 5 months ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/22661476

    If only Scouters here reads comments , oh well 😀

    1. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Maybe assist also called it xD

    2. Vlekz
        3 years, 5 months ago

        How are you not OR 1?

      • Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Ballsy to call it now when the match is still on.

    3. have you seen cyan
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      thanks podence owners

    4. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      So Ayling over Dallas went horrendous -_-

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Why? Ayling looks better to me

      2. sozopol
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        I did same-- not quite horrendous though right?

    5. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Semedo forgot it's Saiss and not Alba

    6. Joey Tribbiani
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Adamas muscles being oiled

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

        sexy af

      2. potatoace
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        I can hear the Barry White music in my head.

    7. Albrightondknight
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Ha Wolves strip even looks Portuguese !!

    8. Captain Vantastic™
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      LMAO Podence off

      1. DAZZ
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Hilarious

    9. ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Podence clean sheet secured

    10. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Adama for Podence...well that's just great

    11. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Podence off ffs

    12. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Traore on
      Podence off

    13. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Piss off podence

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        Neto was well poor

    14. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Podence off
      Traore on

    15. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      podence off Traore on

    16. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Podence clean sheet point

    17. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      What a joke, Podence was far better than Neto.

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 5 months ago

        True, looked to be be pulling all the strings

    18. fc_skrald
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Will Mitrovic take the next penalty for Fulham?

    19. NULL-X-VOID
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 5 months ago

      Pod off