Scout Notes

West Brom revival starts with exploiting Wolves’ ongoing defensive issues

WOLVES 2-3 WEST BROM

  • Goals: Fabio Silva (£5.2m), Willy Boly (£5.4m)| Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) x2, Semi Ajayi (£4.8m)
  • Assists: Boly| Callum Robinson (£5.4m) x2, Kyle Bartley (£4.4m)
  • Bonus: Pereira x3, Boly x2, Silva x1, Robinson x1

Roll of the Dyce

Wolves’ defensive credentials remain under serious scrutiny as they conceded three goals at home to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Despite being able to draw on Leander Dendoncker (£4.7m) and Willy Boly (£5.4m) again following injury, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men are still searching for a first clean sheet since Gameweek 7.

Set pieces proved the main issue for Wolves as they gave up two spot-kicks and the Baggies’ only non-penalty goal at Molineux started with a Dara O’Shea (£4.5m) throw-in.

Kyle Bartley (£4.4m) then won the flick-on which allowed Semi Ajayi (£4.8m) to loop a header over Rui Patricio (£5.4m).

Asked if West Brom had rehearsed the dead-ball routine, Sam Allardyce revealed:

“Yeah…Wolves’ stats are not that great on set-pieces. In saying that, we weren’t very good on set-pieces ourselves! But Wolves on set-pieces do let a lot of goals in. So we felt we could exploit that area. And in open play, I’m disappointed we didn’t score the chances we created but at least we created more than I’ve seen since I’ve been here.” – Sam Allardyce

Nuno knew what the Baggies would throw at his team, though Wolves were unable to deal with it.

“We knew [the set-piece threat would come]. We knew. We knew that West Brom [would] try to do these kind of things; throw-ins, long balls, set-pieces. And we didn’t defend well. Disappointing, frustrated with the way we played and the result. The beginning of the second half, we started very poorly. Two penalties and a throw-in [were West Brom’s goals]. We knew we required better defending. We must rectify it and do better.” – Nuno Espirito Santo

The Wolves manager is clearly in a desperate search for solutions to their problems considering the decisions he made on Saturday afternoon.

He made the surprise call of taking off captain and ever-present (when fit) central defender Conor Coady (£4.9m) in the 64th minute, replacing him with Rayan Aït-Nouri (£5.0m) in a tactical change.

“Options, options. We had Romain [Saiss] and [Willy] Boly, and we decided to go with Rayan [Ait-Nouri], the left-back. Simple decision.” – Nuno Espirito Santo

New no for Nuno

The Wolves boss stuck with a back four in Double Gameweek 19

Considering Wolves’ ongoing defensive problems, they have gone from a team FPL bosses looked to for shut-outs, to a side that may get targeted with opposition attacking assets.

With immediate fixtures against Chelsea (away), Crystal Palace (away) and Arsenal (home), there is further time to assess the deteriorating situation at Wolves, as players from those three teams may not be on the fantasy radar considering other fixtures.

It does seem, however, that Nuno will continue with a four-man defence. Wolves’ team-sheet graphic suggested a back three for West Brom’s visit but that did not prove to be the case. The Wolves manager said post-match:

“We think that a back four is better for us with the players we have. It is time to analyse and see what the next step forwards is.” – Nuno Espirito Santo

Willy Goaly

Willy Boly puts Wolves back in front in the first half

It was a tumultuous return to action for Willy Boly (£5.4m) at Molineux on Saturday.

The centre-back conceded the first of two penalties that Wolves gave up to West Brom.

Boly then turned a lovely pass around the corner of the West Brom defence in the opposite box, allowing Fabio Silva (£5.2m) to shoot past David Button (£4.0m).

And it was the Ivory Coast defender who put Wolves 2-1 up before half time, capitalising on a bouncing ball in the area to fire home.

Boly is unlikely to attract too many FPL investors, however, considering his price and Wolves’ aforementioned issues in defence.

Flat to the Mat

Matheus Pereira converts the first of two penalties

Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) twice converted from the penalty spot against Wolves, after fouls on Callum Robinson (£5.4m) by both Boly and Coady.

The West Brom winger, as with Boly, is unlikely to be a consideration for our squads at present. However, the Baggies do embark on a relatively favourable fixture run from Gameweek 25.

On the overall performance by his team, Allardyce mused:

“In the vast majority of that performance, I thought the plan and the way the lads carried out the tactics was excellent. It’s the best I’ve seen us in possession since I’ve been here. We [did] some good defending at Liverpool [in Gameweek 15] but from there on, we’ve been waiting to get the defending side right and getting the attacking side right. Apart from slipping up on a set-piece, or two set-pieces – a wide free-kick and a corner which put us on the back foot – I’d have to say the lads were excellent, [especially] in the second half. You could’ve felt that the heads would go down with the problems and the results we’ve had recently but they came bouncing back.” – Sam Allardyce


Wolves XI (4-3-3): Patricio; Saiss, Coady (Ait-Nouri 63′), Boly, Semedo; Dendoncker, Neves (Gibbs-White 59′), Moutinho (Cutrone 79′); Neto, Fabio Silva, A Traoré.

West Bromwich Albion XI (4-2-3-1): Button; Gibbs, Bartley, Ajayi, O’Shea; Livermore, Sawyers; Grosicki (Robson-Kanu 69′), M Pereira, Snodgrass, (Furlong 82′); C Robinson.

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1,119 Comments Post a Comment
  1. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    What do you win for this?

    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/5684042/event/19/

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Highest week score so far 106!

      Ferk I am on 10 so far 🙁

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        -32 points. Hope I beat

      2. Jimbo-Jones
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah but -32 in hits! Clearly only interested in getting to weekly top scorer.

      3. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I'm on 12(-4).

        He made some odd transfers though looking at his changes.

    2. Hot Fuzz
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      58 transfers so far ! Do you get a price for that too?

    3. Lucky Z
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      was aiming be top scorer after the first day

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

      Always amazes me looking at top GW score teams. TC Pereira of West Brom? One in a million chance of that returning anything more than 6pts.

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        It's just people who set up a team to try to get the highest score that week. If you look at that team's gameweek history, it's either lots of transfers or no transfers. So when they remember or can be bothered, they'll go for it.

        It's not even set up for the highest gameweek score, it's set up for the highest score after yesterday.

        1. Gazwaz80
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          I think sniffing glue may be a contributing factor 🙂

    5. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wtfff

  2. Jimbo-Jones
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Worst bb of all time? Ugh.

    Johnstone
    Dallas
    D-Reid
    Pieters

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I have Johnstone, Zouma, Soucek, Coufal should come good

    2. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      One less thing to worry about, gotta be worth 20 points.

    3. Hattrick Harry
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I have BB: Fabianski, Adams, Coufal, Ayling and so far 15p is better than last season BB.

    4. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nope. Mentioned it yesterday on here but my cousin played his once and none of his bench played a single minute of football. Not one.

      1. Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Did your cousin understand you're meant to pick players which play, and not the other way around perhaps?

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Was a few years ago so I can't remember the exact details but I'm sure most of them were regular starters and he just got very unlucky.

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

      Meslier 0 Ayling 1 Adams 2 Reed 2

      so 5 points plus whatever Harrison Reed gets in his second match ....

    6. ebb2sparky
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      To be fair, what on earth were you thinking playing your bench boost with such a rubbish bench?

    7. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Seen worse

    8. Marcin the Pole
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Johnstone
      Targett
      Ayling
      Bamford

      Yuck.

  3. alsybach
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    My mate is the coach driver for citeh, he has just text me that Kevin de bruyne slipped getting off the coach and has twisted his ankle. Might be ok to play though.

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      See you next year if false information!

    2. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      My mate is KDB. Hes just texted me that he hasn't gotten on the coach yet as the game doesn't start until after 7pm

    3. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Do you need a hug?

      1. alsybach
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        No, unless you are a bird?

    4. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      spoke to Colin (itk),and he reckons it was more his achilles than ankle. Waiting for text update

      1. alsybach
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Colin said it should be ok but I can’t see him starting, can you?

    5. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Checks OPs linked team - No KdB.
      Now it all makes sense

      1. Gazwaz80
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Spoke to Dave ( Kevs best mate) he said he’s not taking any more penalties...

    6. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ah ah ah

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

    What rank and above would you consider someone to not be a ‘casual’

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

      around 50k

      1. Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hahaha.......

        That's funny...

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

          Why? Meant end of the season of course

          I think if you take it seriously it's not a big deal to finish top 1%

          1. Cruyff's Eleven
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Okay, I thought right now. My bad, I misunderstood.

      2. Hot Fuzz
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Hahaha then I am doing something super wrong indeed

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

      At this stage of the season? Irrelevant.

      At end of season? 10k always been the target, if you (consistently) get a 5 figure rank think that’s a indicator of a good player

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Agreed. I'll make leaps and bounds with my chip strategies

    3. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I wouldn't consider rank really. If someone is engaged, is thinking about their selections and isn't just picking players because they've heard of them, then by definition they aren't a casual.

      1. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        This, couple in my MLs make transfers and even take hits most weeks, theyve never finished inside the top 100k barring once back in 2006/2007. They're not casuals.

    4. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      really doesnt depend on rank. even the 'elite' are struggling to climb this season. IMO you're a casual if you forget to do small things like lock your team in before the deadline (or worse not knowing when the deadline is), forgetting to set your captain, not knowing who regular starters are...etc. If you always cover the basics you're good

    5. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      You are a casual

      1. Muscout
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        What rank are you?

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          A non casual rank

          1. Muscout
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Haha good one

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

      There can be bad professionals. As the case with every profession...

    7. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      It's not about rank, it's about how much you do research. You can be crap at the game and still use hours every day, that doesn't make you a casual.

    8. jayzico
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I've played the game 11 years and I'm 2.5million

      1. jayzico
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I'm just a hits addict

    9. FPL.team
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm 1.5m and put way more time into this than I care to admit.

    10. Gross Blank Point
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Anyone that puts in less than 10 or 15 mins a week to the game is casual..

    11. dubtom
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I've played since 2008/09 and always finished in top 1M, once in top 100k. I have fits over the game (Vardy not scoring from Justin's pass yesterday still haunts me...) and spend way too much time on it. Finishing even top 1M will be a challenge for me this season but I still wouldn't label myself as 'casual'.

    12. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ironically, part of being a successful fpl player is being able to leave it alone and not spend loads of time fiddling with the team (something I do way too much of). I had a casual start (trying not to take it too seriously after getting a bit obsessed in 2018/19 and taking last year off) but it’s a bit addictive and now firmly aiming for top 250k.

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

      Top 1 OR is deffo a casual...

  5. Shark Team
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I'd love an explosive game today rather than a 0-0 draw between L'pool and ManUtd

    1. Hot Fuzz
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      3-2 incoming with a lot of drama

    2. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'll take 0-0 for my EO player picks

      1. Hangman Page
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Is it this point when you realise FPL has ruined your love of football?

    3. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      1-0 to Pool, Salah involved in some way with the goal, Bruno YC be nice too.

    4. dylano21
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      0-2 with 2 goals of Rashford and a missed penalty of Salah would be nice.

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

      1-4

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

      Think it will be a cagey match probably 1-1

      1. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        2.2 or late winner

        And 2.3 United??

  6. Rinseboy
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Show of hands all my Salah captainers and KDB haters club!

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

      I'm in the rival club.

    2. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      \8/ \0/

      No KDB and Salah capper here

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

      KDB captainer.
      Would love both to haul and have equal points.

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

      \0/ Salah Triple C here, lets go!

  7. Sanchit
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bruno and Salah EO around 100%, so I am actually hoping for a 0-0 for Robertson and AWB!

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

    Having played no chips this week could get very ugly.already have doubled my rank.

    1. Kun, Ayew Nigerian?
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      What do you mean though?

    2. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Most with BB, myself included, have low scoring benchplayers. Mostly Leeds, Johnstone..

    3. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Must have a decent rank then. It's hard to double your rank in a GW unless you are really high up...

    4. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ditto, no chips/WC used over 18/19 and a collective 8 point hit.
      Red arrow so far this week but it’s all on Kane and Son vs Salah!

  9. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Not sure what I want in the Liverpool vs United game with Salah (C), Robertson, Bruno Fernandes & De Gea

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

      Goals and assists.

    2. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Clean sheets and loads of goals obviously

    3. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      10-0 with Salah and Robertson scoring for fun.

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

      3-2 Pools maybe..

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

      Bruno will be just 100% so clearly you'd want lots of Salah goals, Robertson assists, Liverpool clean sheet and De Gea saving 9 shots from Mané and TAA!

  10. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Friend on WhatsApp said rockstar saying kdb rested?

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hasn't tweeted anything.

    2. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Rockstar doesnt know anything till he gets teamsheets 75 minutes before games either

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

      Wouldn't be surprised.

    4. Stimps
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Pep hasn't had much luck vs Palace at home, he'll want to win this comfortably. KDB starts imo

      1. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        With one of liverpool and Man Utd sure to drop points today, it's a chance to get closer to 1st. He'd want his best player starting.

    5. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Another friend said Rockstar hoping he'd be rested

    6. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Either you or your friend are full of crap

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

    Need Kane to haul today without any assistance.

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      His kitbag ?

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

        Just that.

    2. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I need the same but from Son. Please 😀

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

      This 100 times

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

      You mean win couple of penalties himself and score?

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

      Need him to blank

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

    Am I the only person who owns Antonee Robinson? 😆

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      No just the only one brave enought to admit it 🙂

    2. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Mostly went Antonio. So sorry you misread his name and picked the wrong player.

    3. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bad luck, I thought he was a decent pick for a cheap offensive defender and was playing well before he got sent off. As someone whose looking at their DGW team with a sense of doom, I’d like to think that you can make good decisions with bad outcomes

    4. Yes Ndidi
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He was worth a look. Two home games, and he does look good going forward as well. Just bad luck he tried to kick Azpi into the Thames.

  13. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Horrible benching headache for next week left from my seemingly disastrous BB. Need to save FT I think. What would you do?

    1FT
    Martinez
    Robbo, Dias, Stones, Coufal
    Salah, Bruno, Son
    Vardy, Antonio, Bamford
    (Johnstone) (Soucek, Raphinha, Dallas)

    Help!
    Cheers 🙂

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

      A good bench is always helpful in these days. You never know how games would go. It's not a horrible headache I may say. I would play more midfield anyway.

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

        Raphinha instead of Coufal

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

      Saving looks good, or downgrade a keeper.

  14. CABAYE4
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Non-KDB owners - are you considering getting him in for Salah GW20?

    A Fernandes YC in the 2nd game ruling him out of GW20 might make decisions easier. Could then get him back for KDB GW22/23?

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      In for son likely , but in regardless

  15. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Kane hattrick today please. Anything less is unacceptable.

    1. CONNERS
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm hoping for a Kane blank, Son haul.

      1. Stormbringer22
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I am hoping for both of them to stay quiet

      2. Captain Kakaroto (I blame R…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Same!

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

      Would be nice..
      But I doubt Mou would want him in opposition box once they go 1 nil up..
      Would be nice if SU scored one early..

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Sold for a hit to Vardy. 3 stages of punishment.

      1. Vardy blank
      2. Kane hat trick
      3. Vardy injured and doesn't even play 2nd game of double

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

        You forgot, TC Vardy.

      2. The Ilfordian
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Haha, I love the level of optimism on this site. Likelihood is that Vardy hip injury is the one he always has and he plays and maybe gets a goal. And Mourinho refuses to let Kane into the opposition half once he gets first goal

  16. Stormbringer22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    James Justin is one of those players that I never got around to getting in my team and him continuously punishing me for it.

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes, he isn’t mentioned much on here is he! Looks a solid players when I’ve watched him too, very tidy

      1. Stormbringer22
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I have always talked myself out of him under the pretense of "Pereira will be back soon" and he never is

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      bUt PeReIrA iS bAcK

      1. Stormbringer22
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Exactly. I have done myself a big disservice with that sentiment.

      2. Firminooooo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Sold him 12 GWs ago because off this.

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

      Can't own them all. Maybe you'll own him at some point in the season. Haven't owned Kane all season out of sheer stubbornness. Maybe I will when he has a DGW.

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

      Yes, but also deoends who you had instead during this time
      Like Stones/Coufal/Cresswell/Dallas/Bednarek have done quite well

  17. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    TC Ingsy vs Newcastle and Leeds in GW23 will be a treat

    1. Stormbringer22
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hopefully he hasn't broken down again by then. Good shout for C, not so sure about TC but could be a great rank boost!

    2. Weeb Kakashi
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Not bad. Can see a 15+ pointer there. Provided he plays both.

      1. Flair
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        1G + 3BPS in the first one, 1G + 3BPS in the second one, classic Ingsy 18 pointer

    3. Shark Team
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Southampton won't be thrown out of the Cup by Arsenal.

  18. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Salah(c) and DDG owner here. Just waiting for Salah to blaze a penalty on her the bar.

    1. mezza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      over the bar* lol

      1. Siva Mohan
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        that wouldn't be counted as a DDG pen save .. right?

        1. Gandalf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Correct

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

          Only if he's got a finger tip ... really tiny tip

  19. Siva Mohan
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KDB(c) vs Bilva(c) in FPL Cup .. exciting!

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

    3 pts total from my BB, all out...

    Oops.

    1. Siva Mohan
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bam vc .. why???

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

        That was accidental. Fingers crossed it doesn't mean anything!

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

      Well I guess Cancelo can save your blushes, at least visually

    3. Stormbringer22
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hate the BB chip. Anything over 15pts is a massive win. Would be happy with 10+ pts this season tbf

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        My bench already has 15 with hopefully all 4 to play

    4. Hangman Page
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      The key is to put all your best players on the bench. That way it looks great.

  21. Babit1967
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Fellow KDB tc’ers, how are we feeling ?

    1. aborg
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I feeling fine till now especially since I was going to BB instead and realised I would have only gotten 6 points out of it.
      Hope KDB shows up in both game now.
      Somehow I always end up TC’ing Man city players! ....Sane, Aguero, now KDB. Fingers crossed that this time it won’t disappoint again!

    1. Stormbringer22
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      "Quitting before October" 😀

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

      Timeless

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

      Over it 😀

      1. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        *loved it
        (Decking autocorrect)

  22. spamking
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    My ML rival who's ahead pretty much copied my team. We have 3* different players.

    De Gea*
    Cancelo, Dias, Coufal
    Salah, Bruno, KDB, Rashford*, Soucek
    Antonio*, Bamford

    He has Robertson instead of Rashford. How would you make this team different/better?

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Just do a couple of changes each week...

      Maybe Pope in goal?

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

      LEI CHE AVL

    3. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Kane and Son omissions stand out

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        How can I forget this

      2. AC/DC AFC
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        How do you have Salah, KDB, Bruno

        And Kane and Son??

        1. Big boy Bowen
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Very tough, I don’t have Salah personally...

          I think it’s possible with a high TV, but wouldn’t advise it

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

      Tell him Mattheaus Perreira is essential and should TC him next match

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

      Same. My rival WCed in 18 with nearly similar team as mine and then bb this GW. And he is 40 points ahead 🙁

  23. Hangman Page
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I hope Pogba plays out of his skin today and Man Utd win just so I can see Souness squirm around in his chair afterwards.

  24. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Stones and Dias ownership 10% and 11% is mind blowing.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Didn't realise they were so low, stones I can understand

      • Botman and Robben
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I have both.

      • CONNERS
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        To be fair, the cheap defence, heavy up front option has yielded dividends for many.

        City def are good options though admittedly.

    2. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 2 months ago

        When will we know about the next blanks and doubles? After the next round of fa cup fixtures?

        1. Flair
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          GW24 is when we'll know exactly what fixtures are coming in DGW26 and BGW29. We can, however, make educated guesses beforehand as to what they'll be by predicting the result of cup fixtures after this week.

          1. @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Cheers

          2. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            I'm finding looking ahead a week or so is sufficient now and best to be adaptable.

            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 2 months ago

                True true but worth having in mind what's upcoming

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

              Yep. Best to keep a good bench and a varied squad without too many from double/triple-ups.

              Much easier to adapt and cover unforseen blanks/doubles that way.

              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 2 months ago

                  Good advice

            3. Digital-Real
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Spurs have won just 2 matches from their last 8 league games.
              7/24 points. 3 Clean Sheets and 9 goals scored. Regression?

              1. Digital-Real
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                10/24 points

              2. Jonesfromthere
                • 11 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Regardless, I can see a tight game today.

            4. School of Poch
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              I've been talked out of a lot of decisions that I felt good about this year that have cost me. Think I might have to put more trust in gut feeling!

              This week it was the following move I didn't go for!

              Vardy Rashford > KDB Antonio (-4)

              Still time for a Rashford miracle to save it.

              1. TyroneGAA
                • 6 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                You talked yourself out of them no one else 🙂

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

                I'd suggest not asking for advice if you can't take responsibility for your own actions.

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

                You pressed the button

              4. Amey
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Try FPL twitter.
                Plenty of patron out there. With a lot of credibility 😆

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

                People always focus on what went wrong not went right. Bet you had other scenarios that wouldn’t have worked out. Vardy and Rashford could both still score big while KDB might be due a rest?

                1. School of Poch
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 2 months ago

                  That is true. I've got my fingers crossed for that scenario anyways!

                  1. The Ilfordian
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 6 Years
                    3 years, 2 months ago

                    I’ve been ruing not swapping Dier, Harrison, Kane for Antonio, Mount/Maddison/Barnes and Chilwell for BB but originally got priced out of a set of transfers including Johnstone, Lookman and Stones which looks pretty rubbish right now

                    1. School of Poch
                      • 8 Years
                      3 years, 2 months ago

                      Kane could still save you. Fingers crossed for both of us! I might make the moves I didn't make for next GW anyways.

              6. Big boy Bowen
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Takes the fun out of the game not going with your gut most of the time imo

                1. School of Poch
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 2 months ago

                  True! Definitely spent too much time thinking about decisions this year.

              7. School of Poch
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Just for the record I take full responsibility. I'm commenting on my lack of decision making! Waking up late and missing the deadline didn't help either. This year has been a year of overthinking for sure!

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

              I know it's early, but I'm looking at potential moves for GW20. 1 ft and 1.3 itb

              McCarthy, Johnstone
              Dias, Justin, KWP, Dallas, Coufal
              Salah, Bruno, Son, Raphina, Soucek
              Kane, Bamford, Antonio

              3x Leeds, 3x West Ham, 2x Southampton not great...

              Maybe KWP > Cancelo?

              1. Yes Ndidi
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                KWP is the weak link there now, although I've had him from GW1 and he's done well for me, I've just gone the other way and ditched him for Mitchell.
                Would you not want to upgrade either of your cheap mids sometime? The other 4 defenders look like they can cope.

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

              I wonder what the LMS safety score will be this GW?

              Something like 80 perhaps?