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Walcott up-front with Adams as Hasenhuttl forced to start Bednarek at left-back

Fantasy Premier League managers will roll back the years as they fix their eyes upon Theo Walcott (£5.8m) in the second match of Gameweek 8.

The Everton loanee has been named up-front alongside Che Adams (£5.8m) as Southampton host Newcastle on Friday night.

Classified as a midfielder, that makes for an out-of-position deployment for Walcott, who has two assists from three Premier League appearances this season.

With Walcott moving forward to replace the injured Danny Ings (£8.4m), Moussa Djenepo (£5.4m) fills the vacancy on the left-hand side of midfield while Nathan Redmond (£6.4m) is named on the bench.

Meanwhile, owners of Callum Wilson (£6.6m), who picked up over 300,000 new managers this week, will be licking their lips at the enforced changes in Southampton’s defence.

Ryan Bertrand (£5.0m) misses out with a hamstring problem, leaving centre-back Jan Bednarek (£4.5m) to stand in at left-back, leaving Jack Stephens (£4.8m) to make his first start in the middle of defence since the 5-2 defeat to Spurs.

Wilson really is the only Fantasy asset of note among the Newcastle players for Gameweek 8, his 16.6% ownership comfortably the highest of any Magpie.

Allan Saint-Maximin (£5.3m) is the second-most-fashionable from the north east but, even then, the Frenchman sits in just 6.9% of squads.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Bednarek, J Stephens, Vestergaard, Walker-Peters; Djenepo, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong; Walcott, Adams.

Newcastle United XI: Darlow; Lewis, Fernández, Lascelles, Schär, Murphy; Saint-Maximin, S Longstaff, Hendrick, Almirón; C Wilson.

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

    Half-time tinkering! Early days, but I keep missing deadlines so I want to think about it now before the distractions start again. Which options current seem better and why please?

    A) Justin > Coufal
    B) Foden > Jota
    C) Greenwood > Grealish
    D) Any combination of A, B & C
    -----
    E) Foden + Justin > Cancelo + 6.0
    F) Foden + Greenwood > Ziyech + 6.0

    Martinez
    Bellerin Gabriel Lamptey*
    Greenwood Bruno Foden KDB Sterling
    Martial DCL

    Button | Brewster, Mitchell*, Justin
    1FT. 0.2 ITB

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

      Top on purpose. Don't mind me.... 😀

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

      2FTs*

    3. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      3 United, way too much given how inconsistent they are. C looks good, everything goes through Grealish and he is only going to get better. Good fixtures too.

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

        Thanks St Walnuts! I would be tempted to whop B in with that too.

    4. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Salah?

      1. tafrère
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Little Red Targett sounds better.

        1. Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Not the same ring to it.

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

        Can't see him, mate!

        1. Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Haha. You need him

    5. BoleynWin
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Stick with Foden, I appreciate it’s frustrating with the benching and random returns but you’ll massively regret shipping him out with those upcoming fixtures.
      (Fellow Foden owner)

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

        Cheers Boley. I would tend to agree, but the emergence of Jota is a massive tempter for me

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

          Boleyn*

    6. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      No Wilson + ASM double up?

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

        Would do if I had space for 50 players not 15 😉

    7. 1zverGGadeM
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      B

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

    Who are Justin & Lewis' direct competition??

  3. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Thinking of not using my FT in GW9, unless there are injuries. Good to go with this team:

    Martinez
    James Lamptey Coufal
    Salah Sterling Son Podence
    DCL Bamford Martial

    Steere Foden Dallas Mitchell

    1. Sputnikboy
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      OMG no!! Wildcard!!
      .
      .
      .
      .
      Looks fine 🙂

      1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        The way it appeared in my notifications, I could only see the first line of your comment. Immediate thought - what, it cannot be that bad! Hahaha.

  4. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Who kept McCarthy on WC?

    o/

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

      Who brought in a useless dumpster dweller named Vicente on WC o/

      1. Bruce Lee
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Who is that?

  5. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Vardy rising tonight?

    1. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Hope so

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Getting him in 10 for Bamford. Keeping extra cash in hand.

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

    Werner or vardy to get in??

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      vardy imo

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Werner

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

    What's better for non-owners; Wilson goal or SOU cs?

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

      Southampton og

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Wilson goal

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

      Stephens own goal from Almiron cross

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

    Double Southampton defence tonight, must be due a nice strong start to a GW, cs's please!

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Nice, good luck.

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

    McCarthy Miazek
    TAA Coady Justin Taylor Cresswell
    Salah Son Grealish Jorginho Bissouma
    Kane Werner Maupay

    Time to hit the WC button?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Jorg maupay out. No wc needed.

  10. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Worth playing my WC?

    McCarthy

    Chilwell Tierney Taylor

    Salah Son Grealish Bowen

    Kane Werner Adams

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      This is my current XI for next GW

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Why? What is your concern here?

    3. NETFLIX & CHILWELL
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Absolutely not.

      No need to WC.

      Try to get some City in there though.

  11. No Professionals
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Why don’t commentators see saves/deflections until ages after everyone else has seen them?

    That was a darlow save the instant you saw it.

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

      They are on average 60 years old

      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You’d like to think they’d pick up on one of the tell tale sounds

        The sound

        The deviation

        The fact it was a corner

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      They need to be absolutely certain lest Trump tweets shenanigans.

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

      Sometimes they aren't watching the same thing we are

  12. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Said this a few times this season, but think Southampton are better when Redmond is not in the team.

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Can't argue

  13. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    -2 the current LMS safety score 🙂

    1. No Professionals
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      How?

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

        Hits

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Hits.

        Over 1 point in hits on average.

        https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

  14. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    How do Che and Wilson fare?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fair without flair

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Newcastle are very negative

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Still five teams worse than them in the PL, IMO: Fulham, WBA, Burnley, Sheffield Utd, Brighton.

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

      Very black and white. Someone should develop that team!

    3. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Southampton very good on the ball.

  16. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on Coady to Bellerin for free?

    1. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      So so

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

    Newcastle beyond awful. Don’t know how they can possibly score in this game but I need them to.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      ASM special

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Longstaff screamer from nowhere

  18. manu4life99
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Planning for gw10+ V difficult to afford both kdb and sterling without sacrificing salah.

    Should I just priotise 1?

    Martinez
    Robbo Chilwell Lamptey
    Salah Son Grealish Zaha
    Kane DCL Bamford

    steer soucek saiss mitchell

  19. School of Poch
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Jiminez > Wilson has gone well this week. Jimi owners expect a haul!

    1. Oggle22
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Correct not looking forward to that

      1. School of Poch
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        You did the same move?

    2. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks mate. Hope so.

      1. School of Poch
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        As long as it's a haul of assists for Podence then it'll soften the blow!

        1. Oggle22
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Yep ha got Ziyech in for Barkley surely he outscore him

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

    Lol that's not given while salah was given. Baffling

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

      JWP punters ROBBED

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Shenanigans?

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

        Penalty denied on Djenepo, murphy nutmegged and barged into Djenepo no where near the ball

        1. No Professionals
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Never a penalty. Is he supposed to vanish?

  21. Oggle22
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Would love to get 1 pick right haha

  22. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Newcastle are toothless....

  23. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Urgh we should be 3-0 up here. Late Newcastle goal inevitable

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    bednarek again

  25. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    KWP on 2 BPS!?

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      *BAPS

      1. Big_Bear
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Why did I bench him and Mccarthy last minute!

        1. BenDavies
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Hope the other GK was Leno, Mendy or Lloris otherwise that was a terrible choice. As for KWP, fair enough.if you had Chilwell, Reguilon e.t.c

          1. Big_Bear
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Leno
            Digne, Chilwell and PVA

            Right call?

            1. BenDavies
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              Would have started KWP over Digne but I understand Digne's price makes that difficult to do. Same goes for people benching TAA

              1. Big_Bear
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 4 months ago

                I've had Digne since GW1 and benched on GW away at Spurs and he hauled so now I couldn't!

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Adams (32)
    Walker-Peters (30)
    Stephens (26)
    Vestergaard (26)
    Bednarek (23)

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      good night for walker peter owners

      1. Gizzachance
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Hope not he’s on my bench!
        Have Wilson

  27. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Hold that cleanie Alex!!

  28. Diddly Squat
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Djenepo the worst footballer it the premier .. totally gash .

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

      Not even the worst player in this game. ASM...

  29. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    S'ton defensive owners the big winners, congrats on the clean sheet.
    Newcastle already on holiday.

    1. Gizzachance
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Hope Wilson isn’t !

  30. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I’m starting to think that Wilson won’t get a hatrick tonight