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Fantasy community turns to Fernandes in hour of need

Fantasy Premier League managers are turning to Bruno Fernandes (£11.1m) in their droves, desperate for some rare Gameweek 16 joy.

In a round where Everton and Manchester City are out of action, a number of key personnel were benched in Tuesday’s earlier fixtures and doubt hangs over the upcoming schedule, Fernandes could be the saviour for many.

No player has registered more than his total of seven double-digit hauls making him the second-most transferred-in asset for Gameweek 16.

Predictably, Fernandes starts in the number 10 role for a strong-looking Manchester United side, flanked by first-choice wingers Marcus Rashford (£9.5m) and Mason Greenwood (£7.1m) while Edinson Cavani (£7.8m) comes in for Anthony Martial (£8.7m).

Alex Telles (£5.5m) and Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£5.3m) take the full-back positions off Luke Shaw (£4.8m) and the injured Victor Lindelöf (£4.8m) while it’s a second consecutive start for Eric Bailly (£4.9m) alongside Harry Maguire (£5.4m).

Meanwhile, Nuno Espirito Santo has rung the changes for his Wolves line-up, perhaps handing the advantage to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Romain Saïss (£5.0m), Conor Coady (£4.9m) and Max Kilman (£4.1m) represent the best-possible back-three available to him right now in light of Willy Boly‘s (£5.4m) injury but Rayan Aït-Nouri (£5.0m) and Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.4m) are handed the wing-back slots.

Daniel Podence (£5.5m) and Fabio Silva (£5.2m) find themselves on the bench as Nuno hands the centre-forward berth to Pedro Neto (£5.9m), flanked by Vitinha (£4.8m) and Adama Traoré (£6.1m).

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Telles, Maguire, Bailly, Wan-Bissaka; Matic, Pogba; Rashford, B Fernandes, Greenwood; Cavani.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Patrício; Saïss, Coady, Kilman; Aït-Nouri, Neves, Moutinho, Hoever; Vitinha, Neto, Traoré.

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

    Neither Rashford nor Bruno on bonus. Don't see that every day

  2. Mr Bird
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Nasty luck there. I was hoping for a leaving on resent from Kilman but i’ll take the 2pts!

  3. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Wolves deserves this for time wasting

  4. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Should be a OG

    1. Alnair
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It was on target so just stop it

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Erm........no it shouldn’t. Ball was on target

    3. BIG TONES
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nah was shot on target, has to be off target to be OG

  5. Bring the Cavalry
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What is Bruno EO?

  6. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    11 captain fails and counting. Bruno (C) ...

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Why do you go for the unlikely captain each week?

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I went Salah last week. Look how that went.

    2. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Mr moaning

      1. George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Moaning = "sad insecure attention seeker with no friends "

        1. Brosstan
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          This coming from the moaniest git on this site 😆

          1. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Oh I think that you win that accolade by a country mile.

    3. BIG TONES
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Just go obvious captain as your shield and use your lower owned players as your sword. That tends to work quite well although I am having a bad season lol

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

      So an assist is a fail?
      Mate catch yourself on.

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        6 points or less is a captain fail tbh.

        1. fusen
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          nah, 3 points or less is a captain fail

          1. jason_ni
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Had more than my share of 2's from captain.
            An assist is an average return.
            A blank is a fail, simple as that.

  7. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    And here I was drafting a comment about being jammy with Kilman. United goal probably my doing.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Huh?

  8. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Taylor to pieters/ lowton sensible? Will obviously wait for more news!

  9. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Big win for United. Poor performance overall but Wolves are not an easy team to beat.

  10. Milk, 1 Šuker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Any chance FPL towers might correct that decision and give Rash the assist on closer inspection??

    1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      There is nothing to correct

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

      Don’t think so

      1. Milk, 1 Šuker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Bruno owners are we? You do know Salah could put score him tomorrow?

    3. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      nope

    4. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Shot was on target without the deflection.

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

      It’s close from the behind Rashford angle but benefit of the doubt should go to striker

  11. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Man Utd is a contender. Incredible!

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I was the minority believing in that

    2. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      This week's contender is next week's relegation candidates. PL 20-21

  12. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I would call Bruno's score a haul this week considering he started and finished the game

  13. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Anguissa coming on from bench if Spurs game is cancelled...

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Err

    2. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      ? Fulham are playing spurs!

    3. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Lucky you

  14. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    it will be funny united to become champion. where all this ole haters will go then ?

  15. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Who hands saiss his motm now?

    1. The Senate
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bailly was superior.

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

    I have Kilman.

    ML rival has Bruno (C) and Rashford.

    LOL @ me.

  17. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    if anyone thinks wolves deserved something for playing 8 at the back and riding their luck, they need their head checked.

  18. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Winning that game is a sign of Champions.

    Oles doing his thing!

  19. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Assists don’t get jammier than that... real statement of intent win, this one.

    1. Das Boot
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Just shows how poor the league is atm when this shite are up near the top.

      1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Salty.

        1. Das Boot
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Far from Salty, I'm Scottish, support only a Scottish club and don't give a rats arse who wins the league. I have Fernandes in my team so no harm done. it is an observation based on how the league is this year.

          1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Calling United shite is a bit rich. They’ve looked quality this year bar a few matches. I would say they’re far ahead of where I had them coming into the season. The title challenge will probably fizzle out by March, but top-3 is absolutely on. And there’s nothing wrong with this league. Lots of competition up top is awesome.

            1. Das Boot
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              How is it a bit rich? With the talent they have at their disposal and playing at home against Wolves, win in the 93rd minute with a lucky deflected goal and you call it a statement of intent. Bollocks. Chelsea are poor this year, Arsenal are dire, City are at best normal and Spurs are hit and miss. What are you missing.

          2. jason_ni
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Lol.. if you watch Scottish football, not sure you can call utd shite!

            1. Das Boot
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Pathetic comment.

            2. Das Boot
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              The best manager united have had watched and played in the Scottish league, and your point is?

              1. jason_ni
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                So the current spl is of high enough standard to call utd shite?
                That's the pathetic comment your original one.

                Where do you think rangers or celtic would finish in the Premier league? Doubt they'd even get near top half.

      2. El Matador
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Have less salt

  20. Evasivo
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    No BPs for Bruno?

  21. Rassi
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Slabhead 7 pointer, get in!

  22. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    For all the crap he gets for his performances (and almost always deserved), I thought Pogba was good today and has actually been a lot better in his most recent games than I've seen for MU, even chasing back and putting in some decent tackles.

    1. Alexis Nonsense
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He's playing for a new contract....at another club

  23. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    All we need is Salah blank and this gameweek is a success

  24. acidicleo
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ouch
    H2H opponent has Rashford..
    But he dont have Bruno that I have thankfully..

  25. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I even got cs points from Neto 🙂

  26. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Guess 36 points with Salah (c), Mane and Son left is ok so far in this strange GW?

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Better than OK, mate. Assuming Spurs play.

    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      That's excellent, if you finished on that I think you'd be well ahead of most

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks, good to hear and good luck tomorrow!

  27. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    So deserved that! Ffs Wolves are so bad and boring.

  28. Thewonderfulgame
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Any news on city rearranged fixture?
    KDB out for Bruno makes sense I guess regardless

  29. George Sillett
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Indication of what a strange season it is that a team as bad as Man Utd are in the title race.

  30. AC Yew
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ugh on 16 points so far..

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      That's a haul for this GW

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      40 here.

    3. Frucke
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      47 here