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Top 10k FPL managers refuse to ditch Kane and Son double-up for Gameweek 9

The top 10,000 Fantasy Premier League managers have largely kept faith with Tottenham Hotspur despite their recent fixture-swing.

And it looks as if they have already been vindicated in that decision.

65% of these managers held onto the attacking double-up of Harry Kane (£11.0m) and Son Heung-min (£9.5m) for a tricky meeting with Manchester City, each one of them registering an attacking return.

Specifically, 86.7% of this rank bracket took Kane into Gameweek 8, his ownership at that level shrinking only as low as 85.4% for Saturday’s visit of the Citizens to north London.

Counting his yellow card, Kane scored four points thanks to his assist for Giovani Lo Celso‘s (£6.9m) second-half finish, extending his run without a blank to eight matches.

And, despite the difficulty of this match on paper, 26.2% of the top 10k still trusted Kane with the captaincy. Only Bruno Fernandes (£10.7m), backed by 28.3%, convinced more managers in that bracket to captain him than the Spurs man.

That ensured Kane still wields significant power in the top 10k, offering effective ownership at that level of 111.4%, the most of any player.

With Fernandes, Kevin De Bruyne (£11.6m) and Hakim Ziyech (£8.2m) enticing Fantasy managers in midfield, it is unsurprising that Son Heung-min (£9.5m) suffered a higher loss of owners in the top 10k.

The South Korean boasted 87.1% ownership at this level for Gameweek 8, which dropped to 74.1% for Gameweek 9.

However, the majority of his backers kept faith in Son, despite the Manchester City fixture, as he remains the most popular midfielder in the top 10k.

These managers were richly rewarded at the first hurdle, as Son scored 10 points in Gameweek 9, finding the net, keeping a clean sheet and earning two bonus.

Courtesy of Mohamed Salah‘s (£12.3m) enforced absence, Fernandes bursts into the template for Gameweek 9, already selected by 48.9% of the top 10k.

He has already racked up significant sway at this level, considering that he was the most captained by top 10k managers for Gameweek 9. That made for effective ownership of 77.2%, the second-highest of any FPL player.

An 11-point score for Gameweek 9 means Fernandes has already made an impact on the upper echelons of the Fantasy rankings.

With Liverpool defenders falling even further by the wayside this season, it is no shock to see the majority of re-modelling in the top 10k came at the back for Gameweek 9.

Chilwell, Werner start for Chelsea as Wilson fails to make Newcastle squad

Ben Chilwell (£6.0m) remains the most-popular defender in the top 10k although his ownership at this level swelled considerably from 34.6% to 49.1%.

Romain Saïss (£5.2m) has left the top-five defenders among top 10k managers, replaced as the third-most-popular by Kyle Walker-Peters (£4.6m).

Meanwhile, even Kurt Zouma (£5.4m) has dropped out of the top five, Max Kilman (£4.3m) finally creeping in, sat in 23.9% of top 10k teams.

Sunday’s meeting between Fulham and Everton at Craven Cottage has boosted the Fantasy potential of Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.8m).

His top 10k ownership has increased by 8.4 percentage points over the international break while he arrived in Gameweek 9 as the third-most-popular captain option at this level (12.4%).

The number of managers in the top 10k who are yet to deploy a chip continues to get smaller.

After the Gameweek 9 deadline, just 28.6% of these have kept their entire complement intact, while 45% have now used at least one chip.

As you can see, the Wildcard was the most popular of those for Gameweek, used by 6.9% of the top 10k.

Interestingly, we see the continued commitment to Spurs players even here, with Kane kept by 59% of top 10k Wildcards and 41.7% of such managers retaining Son.

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

    Kane to Vardy seems the obvious move then

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

      Is it?

    2. FourLokoLeipzig
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I’ve not totally ruled it out, but I doubt he’ll outscore Kane by much over the next few, so would be a waste of two transfers. Perhaps if he looks sharp tomorrow...

  2. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    If you could only get 1 for the next few who would you get?

    A) vardy
    Or
    B) kdb

    1. Werner Bremen
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      A

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

      Vardy since there is a good chance KDB will be rested for one of those "easy" games

    3. I Must Break You
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy for sure

    4. SHOOTER MCGINN
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Coming down to this for me too. Rather keep Son than Kane but also rather KDB than an attacker. But not keen on a hit so might get Vardy.

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

    Points count everyone? Think I got a bit lucky with 61!!

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

      40 points.

      Took a -8 so not all bad

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

        Decent, how many to play?
        I’ve only got DCL left, going to be a long rest of GW

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

          4 with DCL, Robertson, Coufal and Podence left to play.

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

      How many players do you have left?

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

        Only DCL 🙁

    3. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      38 with a daft Rashford cap when I owned Bruno too trying too hard to be different, but rash was unlucky today

      1. JohnnyMarrsGuitar
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        At least you know what you did wrong... for me the only Utd player to own at the moment is Bruno, too much £ tied up in Rashford with all the quality midfielders available

        I thought the likes of Martial (in particular), Rashford and to a lesser extent Mata (so under-valued) actually looked a level below Bruno tonight he must have been very frustrated...

      2. Ron_Swanson
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I thought Rash was nowhere near it tonight. Hugging the touch line and never looked up for it

    4. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      55 free hit...

      1. JohnnyMarrsGuitar
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Very nearly did Free Hit due to the amount of doubtful players

        Would have temporarily binned: Chilwell & Son amongst others and would have certainly brought in Ziyech & Werner... I reckon bullet dodged so far

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

      36 🙁

    6. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      45 points(no hits)

      Was intending to take a -8 at least last night at least until i got smashed and fell asleep instead

      😎

      *skill

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

        Who was the -8 going to take out/in?

        1. Optimus.
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Salah/Wilson/Saiss > Bruno/Bam/ Chillwell

    7. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      52 with 5 to go.

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

        Great score

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Unfortunately my OR ruins any chances for bragging rights 😀

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

        52 with 5 to go aswell. What is your team lol ???

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

      48 with 4 to go, there is a chance 1 of those 4 will be Lamptey off the bench though

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Kilman? If so, same story here.

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

          no Kilman is my 1st sub, Lamptey is my 2nd, but i already have Havertz as a non runner in my team, and have kenny starting who might not play either 🙁

    9. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      51, Coufal, KWP, Klich and DCL to go
      Finally broke into the top 1 million!

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

        Nice! I’ve gone from 1.2mil in GW7 to 198,000 now! (Will decrease after tomorrow’s/Mondays games).
        Very easy to play catch up around this time if you make sensible moves

        1. Sun Jihai
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Wow, nice move up! I peaked for my season in GW1 and then moved below 1m for every GW since then! Tricky season so far

    10. james 101
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      45. But 5 still to play.

    11. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      17 (-4)

      Didn't think this season could get any worse but here I am. Hahaha

  4. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Did TAA, Salah, Foden to Coufal, Ziyech, Bruno (C) for -8.

    Moderate success or slight failure?

    1. jia you
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      how is that possibly a failure lol

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

        Just frustrated with Ziyech blank.

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          me too, plus I had Werner(c) which was unlucky and Rashford too... ah well, could've been worse

    2. Sloane426
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      You took out 3 players who aren’t playing. How could it possibly not be good?

  5. jia you
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    40 on FH with 4 to go is disappointing...Werner(C) gets a monster haul on another day, just wasn't his day unfortunately... need Everton to win big to salvage it!

    1. jia you
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      oh and welcome back to my team Foden, Lamptey, Coady, Bellerin, Burke and Dunne... yuck lol

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

      Werner genuinely could have had an absolutely massive haul

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I let a few yelps out watching it!

  6. jernej93
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane & Ziyech or Werner & Son ? 🙂

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

      The latter

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Kane/Ziyech

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      B

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

      Kane Zyiech over season will score more points combined

  7. FF Dirtbag
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on Martial - > Vardy on a FT? If all looks well tomorrow obviously...

    Current team: 1 FT and 1.7m ITB
    Martinez
    Reguillon Chilwell Coufal
    Fernandes Son Ziyech Grealish
    DCL Martial Kane

    Forster; Mitchell, riedewald, KWP

    1. I Must Break You
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Absolutely. I would make that transfer twice if I could

  8. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Any Aguero punts for the next 2? Could be a hat trick in there somewhere?

    1. House Frey Wedding Planner
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Monitoring him as I may bring in him or Vardy next week. Best wait til after the European games midweek

    2. Arctic monkeys
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      With the amount of options available, not sure it's worth it

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

      More chance of scoring a hatty in CL.

      1. Arctic monkeys
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Are you gettin any City next GW ?

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

          Got Cancelo, might be too much.

          1. Arctic monkeys
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Lol

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

      It against Burnley. They’ve got their defence back now. They won’t score many, but neither will they conced to many either.

      1. SuperG
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Concede too many.

    5. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Aguero was never that fast up to speed after injury when he was a young man

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

    Tough H2H opponent this week.

    Who wins?

    Him: Vestergaard, Podence, Rodriguez
    Me: Semedo, Jota +1 point

    I'm not loving my chances here. Pressure on Jota to deliver.

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Jota 7 points

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Rodriguez has the potential to knock you out of the park.

      Will Vestergaard's streak of returns end?

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

      Have a feeling jrod is going to make a lot of non-owners rather upset this gw

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

        Yeah he could dish some serious damage out. We will see. I picked Jota over Rodriguez though so hopeful that he is the better pick.

      2. Pacer.
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        They have only conceded twice once in the last five games. Hardly the strongest opposition but they are not goals conceded whipping boys on recent form

        I don't see this being a cruise

    4. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Jota will haul

  10. MGMT
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Who do you think is the Best Under 4.8M def?

    1. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Maybe Konsa with his fixture run

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

      Targett.

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

      I like Konsa for a few of the opponents coming up (headed chances).

      Alternatives in Cofaul/Masuaku, Targett, Vestergaard/KWP.

    4. MGMT
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks for input. Was between Coufal and Target, but I see a general preference for A.Villa defenders due to fixtures. Also, could use the spare cash if picking Targett...

  11. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bruno Fernandes has created the most chances in the Premier League this season (26)

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

      thing about Bruno is United can be abject and he can miss a penalty and still return double figures.

      United can't keep him down. He can't even keep himself down

      He's basically immortal

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

        I got him in this week btw. Your relentless Bruno promotional campaign finally got to me.. lol. Salah COVID was the final push. Captained him too so pretty happy with that. Cheers!

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

          Grim game. Grim penalties. 11 points.

          Away games next, when apparently he's good...

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

            Yeah. Utd are pretty shocking. No complaints from me though. Happy it didn't involve ditching the Spurs assets either. Will have to figure out how to get back Mo soon.

    2. I Must Break You
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Bruno was exceptional as usual today. Tremendous vertical passes and was all over the park

  12. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Finally fell for the charms of Villa.
    Still feeling the burn, ouch.

    1. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      David was it?

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

        Lol

      2. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        He would have been a better pick tbf.

        Your score was a popular number in Wigan....according to the Major 😉

      3. jia you
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Ricky is more GNUs type 😉

        1. Gnu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          ....and still a better pick than Barkley 😆

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            true, so overrated that guy!

    2. jia you
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      every team has their off days, their run til Christmas is great so will probably hold my triple up

    3. Jolly Good
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Ditto

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

    Just realized I can do Hamez > KDB for free and keep Kane, Bruno & Son.

    If Hamez look poor again tomorrow I'll be tempted.

    1. SuperG
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Crazy move. Jrod is the best value player in the game

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

        I think it's either Son or Grealish actually.

        Probably Grealish because of his lower price and 90 mins GTD.

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

        Not so sure about that. He's been a bit off lately. Hoping Richarlison back will help him. Otherwise upcoming fixtures from GW11 aren't good aswell.

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

        Factually incorrect.

        It's Zouma followed by Bamford.

      4. Bojam
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Started the season well but has tailed off (injuries, etc.). Will be interesting to see if he can pick it up again over the next few weeks. Fixtures look good short-term and Everton have most of their main players back now. Hoping for a big haul from him and DCL tomorrow.

  14. Parsnips
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    With 4 mil ITB, who should I replace with Barkley? I already have Zaha Bruno and De Bruyne

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

      Grealish then.

    2. diabydoesgallas
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I would save for a week. Let’s you bring in Salah + another for free the following week - Liverpool have some nice fixtures on the horizon and he’s probably the best player in the game to own. Obviously depends on your bench etc though.

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

    Who is Villa’s penalty taker?

    1. Arctic monkeys
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Watkins had the ball before VAR canceling it out

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

      Watkins untill he misses.

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

        Then surely he is a better pick than Bamford?

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

          Not sure. It's still 50/50 imo.

  16. The Sociologist
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Looks like a big error not moving for Bruno this week... admit my mistake and bring him in this week, or stick to the plan and bring in KDB?

    1. diabydoesgallas
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      If you have a plan, that’s more than most of us have.. stick to your guns!

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

    There used to be a link listing all the set piece takers? Anyone know where it is please?

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

      It's on the top bar under 'team news'

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

      Thanks guys

  18. diabydoesgallas
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Captain Bruno saved my wildcard this week. Having doubts about KDB though. City looked horrific. Classic form vs fixtures dilemma in store...

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

      City will be good and they were slightly unlucky not to score. But there are plenty of viable options elsewhere so no rush to bring in City players imo

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

    I feel like throwing up at my -8.

    It only works out if Barnes and Jimenez BLANK & Vardy scores!

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

      Jimmy will score

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

        Yeah. Horror -8.

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

          Better to lose guaranteed 0's.

    2. diabydoesgallas
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Could easily happen. No one really knows how badly these injuries are going to affect Liverpool.

    3. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Moves?

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

        check my profile I have my account linked

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

      moves you made are fine going forward and will pay back- and your score good with 5 to play so don’t know why you think it is a horror.

  20. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Podence, Kane to KDB (C), Richarlison for -4?

    1. diabydoesgallas
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Risky but could be gold. If you’re chasing, I would.

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

    How do I check my total captain points from all gws

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

      9 clicks on FPL

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

        Points tab and go back 8.

  22. spamking
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    How nailed is Cancelo?

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

      The game didn't help as his left foot isn't great. Sterling on the wing may help.

  23. FPL Theorist
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Have many of you captained a defender at some point this season?

    With the heavy hitters being unpredictable, it almost seems tempting to put the armband on a player who would get 8 points (after doubling) simply for not conceding to an opponent like Burnley or Fulham. Then he could get additional attacking and/or bonus points too.

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

      No, Salah 5 times, Son, Kane, Bruno and Auba once.

      Turned out ok with 172 points in 9 gws.

      1. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Nice job! Wish I could say that.

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

      You're forgetting how insanely high scoring PL games were at the start of the season. 0 clean sheets. Everyone sold off all their Pool and premium defenders.

      I don't think very many people captained a defender period. The only defender I might consider capping is TAA. I'm looking for high ceiling picks with my C and willing to risk a few 2s and 3s for it.

      If you get 2,15,1,13. You're doing better than 6,7,6,6

      1. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        That's reasonable. I captained TAA, Doherty, and Lundstram once each last season, but no defenders yet this season.

        Chilwell does seem to get a decent number of votes in the captain polls. I feel like Cancelo and Castagne could have double-digit hauls in them during the upcoming run of fixtures, while I've lost a lot of trust in KDB.

    3. lugs
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      i haven't done it yet but i wouldn't be against it if i wasn't confident capping any of my attackers

    4. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever captained a defender. They can play really well but just always one kick away from losing their CS...and that can be even when their team is dominant.

      1. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Well yeah, it has to be someone with excellent attacking potential and a great fixture -- no Shane Duffys.

    5. Camino Aleatorio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Me- I am the dumb guy that did this!

      (1) picked the best defender from 19/20 season
      (2) playing at home
      (3) playing against a promotion club
      (4) the defender takes corners and free kicks
      (5) his team was highly, highly favored

      Then Leeds scored 3 on Liverpool and since TAA has been a Dunce

      1. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        That was unlucky, I'm not sure it was such a terrible idea. I got 20 points from Trent last season when I captained him. It was GW23 right before the double during their great run of clean sheets. I found it weird that people were talking about captaining him in a DGW when most of them wouldn't do so in a regular GW.

        On the other two occasions, I got 12 points (CS but nothing more) from Doherty and a blank from Lundstram.

  24. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Mendy, Button
    Chilwell, Coufal, Justin, Targett, 3.9
    KDB, Bruno, Ziyech, Jrod, Grealish
    Kane, DCL, Brewster

    Planning to ship 3.9 to Joao Cancelo and go either Sterling KDB double up with Watkins for -8 or just go Kane to Vardy for a hit? What do you think?

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

      your team looks great.

      Villa have been massively overperforning goals scored and Watkins involvement is unimpressive

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I’m in a similar situation, I have Lamptey and just had to move Trent to Cancelo.. Now I’m stuck with Brewster, so either I take a -4 on defence on take a gamble on Vardy C -4..

  25. Captain Hindsight
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I'm surprised more didn't go treble Chelsea defense after Mendy signing

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Spurs next

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Username

    2. Camino Aleatorio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Son is going to K Bomb the mutts in Blue

  26. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Lots of possibe moves for free like

    A. Podence to Hamez or Zaha
    B. Dunne to Cancelo
    C. Brewster to Richarlison or Bamford
    D. Son to KDB
    E. Kane to Vardy
    F. Something else

  27. jia you
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I know it's very early but barring injuries who would you prioritize getting in with this lot? Bruno, Salah, Ziyech/Werner, Chilwell, etc

    Martinez
    Robertson Bellerin *Lamptey
    Sterling Foden Son Grealish
    DCL Kane Watkins
    (Forster Coady Burke Dunne)
    3.6 itb
    1FT

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Foden to Ziyech looks nice.. would have take a hit for the likes of Fernandes/Salah

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Ziyech is a proper baller!

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Coady will be back but defense looks thin with Lamptey suspended..

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        yup it will be thin for sure, might end up taking a hit or two at end of week yet

  28. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    The stats don’t lie. A good job done by Jose https://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/3846/ Arranged by collective ICT threat for the whole team.

    More worrying for those that sold Son and/or Kane is that they still come away with pts.

  29. Ronnies
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Worth a -4 ?

    TAA, Jimenez --> Vardy, Cancelo

    Cheers.

    1. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      if that means Vardy (c) then yes probably

      1. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Touché..

      2. Optimus.
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        an educated reply is so out of character for me, sorry

    2. Dr Dream
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Vardy (c) ?....then it’s a yes.

  30. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Ah man Blackbox was great. Watching Mark take out Son for KdB was the money shot.

    1. jia you
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      best FPL show around, although it wasn't a patch on previous episodes apart from when Granville popped in on the comments asking if they were both drunk... gold lol

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

        Agreed. What I love about previous is that they don't fixate on their teams and specific transfers but talk more broadly about trends and strategy etc. But given the circumstances it was just really good fun

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          yup

        2. jia you
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          FPL wire is good too, no messing, very structured and informative... they are the only two I bother with really, more than enough info from those two weekly vids 🙂

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

            I'll give it a go. I quite like FPL FML occasionally for light relief from all the stats busting

    2. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      how many tissues?

    3. clodhopper
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It was a moment of history AZ nailed it

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

      Have u a link to the latest episode?