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What I’ve learned about key FPL assets at half-way stage of unpredictable season

As we are midway through the season, it is an important time for some reflection which, for me, involves pausing and looking at some numbers.

And, anyone who knows me well enough should not be surprised to see that includes assessing the performance of big hitters against opposition of varying degree. 

It has not been a good first half of the season but, with all my chips intact, I’m hoping I can turn things around in the second half of the campaign. I’ve been making some steady progress in the last few weeks but it isn’t the Nitro boost I’m hoping for. 

I’ve recorded six green arrows out of the last eight Gameweeks where I’ve steadily climbed from 3.1 million to 1.47 million and I am hoping that trajectory continues.

This article is based on what I did at two previous occasions last season as well where I look at the performance of big hitters against different quality defences and try to make sense of the numbers and how it can help us in the future. This is the link to my previous article.

Just like my last piece on this subject, I divided the league into three tiers of defence (based on my opinion, form and some statistics). They are fairly similar to the assumptions I had last time around but please treat them strictly as my opinion. 

Then using the very useful ‘Per 90’ and ‘Performance Versus’ filters from the Premium Members Area, I tabulated the performances of these big hitters against the three categories of defences to see how much of an effect the fixtures have on them. 

I’ve delved further with my analysis this time around to see if we could gauge anything substantial from this data.

First off, the categorisation of teams is as follows:

  • The Kolarov (Top Tier) – Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottehnham Hotspur, Leicester City, Manchester United
  • The Lescott (Middle Tier) – Arsenal, Burnley, Everton, Wolves, Aston Villa, Southampton, West Ham
  • The Bramble (Bottom Tier) – Brighton, Newcastle United, Leeds United, West Brom, Sheffield United, Fulham, Crystal Palace

This table comparison gives us the Goals + Assists per 90 for these assets against different defences in the previous season as well as this season. The first thing that jumps out to me is the averages. 

While there was a distinct difference in the performance of assets against varying opposition in the previous season, the same hasn’t been the case this season. This is one of the reasons my ‘upside chasing’ strategy where I try to bring in players to captain in a good fixture hasn’t worked as effectively as last season primarily because broadly speaking, the performance of these premium picks against Kolarov (0.5 to 0.6) and Lescott (0.6 to 0.8) teams have improved. 

Secondly, players are not as explosive against Bramble teams as they were last season (1.0 to 0.8). And thirdly, my subjective opinion is that the likes of Harry Kane (£11.1m), Bruno Fernandes (£11.3m) and Son Heung-min (£9.7m) who are the highly owned assets in this game, haven’t really slowed down to an extreme degree which makes going for other big hitters, even for captaincy, more risky than it was last season because simply put, you’re betting against players who aren’t really slowing down.

Let’s now look at the performance of players on a team to team basis.

MANCHESTER CITY

Let’s talk about Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m) first (in case you missed it, he looks out for a while). He’s playing in a slightly different position compared to last year and while he was hugely consistent against opposition of varying degree last season, he’s underperformed a bit against the Kolarov and Bramble teams this season. 

This makes sense to me because of two things. Firstly, Manchester City haven’t been the same free-scoring team this year that they were in the last season and arguably more value lies in their defence. Secondly, I also put down De Bruyne’s underperformance down to the fact that he and his compatriots have missed a lot of the chances created as well and he has been underperforming compared to his underlying numbers. It is worth noting that he has three goals and an xG of 7.48 this season. 

Raheem Sterling’s (£11.4m) numbers expectedly have gone down this season. What is worth noting is that he still has fairly strong numbers against ‘Bramble’ teams and is facing West Brom and Sheffield United in his next two fixtures. It is also worth noting that Phil Foden (£6.3m) has done fairly well against Kolarov and Lescott teams in the limited minutes he’s afforded against them.

Liverpool

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) has fairly consistent numbers compared to last season with a slight improvement in performance against Lescott and Bramble teams. This despite the five blanks (hello Zambian FPL addict) that he has had off late. It is worth noting that Salah still has the second best performance against Bramble teams, behind Jamie Vardy (£10.1m). 

Sadio Mané’s (£11.8m) numbers are still fairly consistent against Kolarov and Lescott teams but he’s seen quite a fall against the Bramble teams this season. The emergence of penalty picks and Mané’s form quite hasn’t been there in the first half of the season and it is worth monitoring if things change in the second half of the season.

MANCHESTER UNITED

When it comes to the Manchester United assets, it’s all about Bruno Fernandes (£11.3m). He’s shown a drastic improvement in his performance against the Kolarov and Lescott teams. He’s behind only Kane for performance against the Lescott teams and is as effective as Salah against Bramble opposition, which makes him a safe go to captaincy option against obliging defences. Marcus Rashford’s (£9.6m) numbers have reduced against good teams but he has seen a substantial improvement against poor teams. Such is Anthony Martial’s form (£8.8m) that his numbers have deteriorated across the board. 

THE OTHERS

The big story here is the Spurs assets. While I don’t have Son’s numbers from last season, Both him and Kane do incredibly well against all three kinds of opposition. 

The numbers for Kane and son against opposition of different category make sense to me as you’d expect Son to be more effective against Kolarov teams where they are expected to counter and you expect Kane to do better against Bramble opposition where you’d expect the opposition to sit deeper. 

Kane’s numbers have improved across the board from last season. Son is second only to Foden against good teams which is a good sign for those looking at him for De Bruyne replacements with the game against Liverpool incoming. Both players are best in class against Lescott teams which is the prime reason for fixture chasing with other premium assets simply hasn’t been as effective. Kane is a more reliable captain against more obliging teams. 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s (£11.3m) numbers have dropped across the board and he simply hasn’t been in form this season. He does have the highest Non-Pen xG numbers in the league in the last four Gameweeks so things do look like they are changing. 

Historically, Auba is a good bet against weaker opposition but Arsenal’s fixtures don’t look very appealing in the mid-term. Vardy (who is also going to be out for a while) has done really well this season. He has increased his output against good opposition (hat trick vs Manchester City, goal and assist vs Spurs, assist vs Man United) and has been the most explosive asset amongst all the premium big hitters against obliging teams. 

He has a staggering 1.7 Goal + Assist/90 against such teams which is a shame because Leicester City had a good fixture run and he would have been a great asset to own in these fixtures based on his previous appearances.

Here is just a last look at these numbers for this season and three things stand out to me.

  1. The Spurs assets have good numbers across the board 
  2. Bruno, Vardy and Salah’s reliability against obliging teams could be key in the second half of the campaign.
  3. How these averages compare to last season

 That said it doesn’t take much time for the Fantasy landscape to change and I will be looking forward to doing a similar analysis at the end of this season.

Good luck to everyone preparing for Gameweek 20.

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  1. Stats on Leicester without Vardy...
    Coys96
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I just made a thread on Leicester w/o Vardy. I think it's pretty useful...

    Check it out if u want

    https://twitter.com/CoysFPL/status/1352975216188784640

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

      Cheers mate. Good info.

    2. dwain100
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Awesome stuff! Thanks for the work put in to compile it

    3. Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers mate. Really helpful!

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

      Here's a tip if you want to get this seen by more eyes - tag a bunch of big accounts, including FPLGoat, in the hope that they retweet. Wouldn't want this hard work to not be seen by as many people as possible.

      1. Coys96
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Ok will do that now 🙂

    5. Champions League Varane
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks again

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

      HT of a link to Twitter?

      FFS admitting that their own platform is useless for presenting and discussing stuff. 😀

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

        Well you can see that from all the ‘articles’ that might as well be twitter posts.

        Why I’m captaining Salah
        Why I’m playing my wildcard etc

  2. Hits Magnet
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    With KDB and Vardy injured I suddenly have 22m to spend but I don't really fancy anybody ....
    I dumped all liverpool players a few weeks back and I don't want to reverse that decision.

    Current Mid - Pogba/Fernandes/Maddison/Saka
    Forwards - Kane/Bamford

    Which of the following combinations would you prefer considering who I already have..... pick a Forward and a Midfielder please?

    Forwards - Ings / Antonio / Jesus / Watkins
    Midfielders - Gundagon Ward Prowse / Grealish / Son / Zaha
    Option B - bring back a LFC player

    I'm leaning towards Ings and Gundagon

    Thanks for all replies

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

      Ings and Son. Second choices would be Antonio and Gundogan.

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

    What to do here guys ?

    Martinez
    Stones, Cancelo, Dier, Alioski
    Salah, KDB, Grealish, Bruno
    Kane, Bamford

    Forster, Anguissa, Kilman, Davis

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

      It's a hard pass from me. Needs FTs and money in the bank as a minimum. Preferably some ideas or insights from yourself as a courtesy.

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

        0.3 in the bank and 1FT

    2. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      KDB to Gundogan, Foden, Maddison, Grealish, Son or chance Rashford

    3. Squib
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      KDB to Son.
      Or Sterling against those teams he often scores against. Or Gundogan.

      Probably leave rest unless you have 2 ft and want to upgrade Alioski or Anguissa.

  4. Captain Vantastic™
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Adams subbed after another unimpressive performance. Think I'll play Soucek ahead of him so that he can start scoring.

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

      im selling.

    2. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Good idea nothing better than putting player on your bench to see him return to double digit hauls!

  5. JoeJitzu +42
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Who makes way for Kane?

    A. Bamford (Leeds out of form)
    B. Antonio (in form - injury prone)
    C. Watkins (has DGW ahead)

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

      Probably Bamford if you wait a week. If not, then it's trickier, but not Antonio.

    2. King Kohli
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      C if you have to

    3. JoeJitzu +42
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thank you both

  6. evilfish
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    They're playing each other, who would you start?

    A) Martínez
    B) Pope

    1. King Kohli
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A

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

      I can see a lot of saves for Pope, potentially, which makes him the superior pick if it's 0-0, but I can also see goals and a CS for Villa. My crystal ball says Martinez is marginally the better pick, all things considered.

    3. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      B

  7. King Kohli
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Planning to WC 25.
    Worth taking a hit when I have decent coverage on the bench?

    Plan to do KDB > Son and bench Vardy to avoid the hit.
    Can do Vardy > Kane next week for free.

    Martinez (Meslier)
    Cancelo Stones Coufal Konsa (Taylor)
    Salah KDB Bruno Soucek (Anguissa)
    Bamford Adams (Vardy)

    1 FT 1.1 ITB

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

      I am wildcarding in 25 too. And making these moves:

      KDB to Gundo this week
      Vardy to Kane next

      Have Son.

      1. King Kohli
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yes makes sense to not take the hit I guess

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

          Yes. Just get Son this GW.

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

      What's in week 25 which makes it good for wildcard? Just asking as still have mine.

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

        DGW 26, so you can WC with the plan of BBing

  8. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Why are people planning to sell Bamford?

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

      Leeds regressing, Bamford not getting any chances and usually needs about 10 to score a goal, also no dgw 23 now that Arsenal lost...

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

    Cancelo nailed?

    1. The Mighty Hippo
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      pretty much

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

    Asking again which one
    A. Son Rashford
    B. Salah Grealish

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

      I have B. So A.

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

        Ta got them

    2. Sterling Malory
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Tough, Salah form the obvious issue.

      Leaning towards A

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

        Got A at the mo cheers

  11. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Arsenal lol

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

      ?

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

        😆

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

    Saints to repeat the 1-0 win in midweek then.

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

      No. Arsenal to win. Same scoreline.

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Errrm...

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

          If you are a betting man, put a big one on that.

          1. G-Whizz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Think I'll give that a miss lol

            Did manage to pick up something though for Ings SOT at evens (was 1/3) took him until the 87th minute but I'll take it 🙂

  13. Salan
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Wildcard template?

    Martinez
    Cancelo Dias Maguire Chilwell Coufal
    Salah Bruno Gundogan Grealish ESR
    Kane Antonio Bamford

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

      2nd gk can be McCarthy or a 4.0

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

      See above Son Rashford instead of Salah Grealish?

      1. bored by december
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        son and rashford for me, but salah will inevitably come good, i'm waiting for around GW25 to bring him back in if/when form picks up, he should have a cracking run of fixtures then.

        Looking at a grealish, foden, bruno, rashford, son midfield right now, 2 up top, is a toss up between antonio and bamford for me, instead of the three of them

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

          Yeah Rashford > Salah looks inevitable just need to judge the appropriate time

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

          Thanks also, appreciated. I have some hesitation to double up Manchester United attacks.

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

        Thank you. I like Son, may downgrade a defender to get him. For Salah, I treat him as an insurance or risk management. If he blanks, my rank (now around 200,000th) doesn't drop a very little bit only; however if he scores 2 or 3, my team will have a big trouble.

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

          Understood but this is good time to jump to in form good fixtures assets before Salah is firing again?

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

            Yes, this sounds reasonable. See I may play it still in a safe mode or take more risk at this stage.

            Thank you again.

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

      Kane. Antonio. Cavani.

      No double for Bamford anytime soon after todays result.

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

        Like this if I did not have Rashford I may jump to Cavani

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

        I don't know exactly why, but not much confidence on Cavani, Martial and Rashford per their price tag.

        1. bored by december
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          the option here may be to take a punt on a banes/mads over rashford, sit on the cash and bring in salah when firing again, may only miss a week of salah returns then but might, just might, get fortunate along the way on an in form tea. obviously much harder to tell with vardy out, but it's all part of the fun isnt it

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

            Agree that it's all part of the fun. Good luck all here.

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

          Cavani is a world class 9m+ striker who looks to be playing himself into importance, get on at the start not when everyone else has got him.

          If he doesn't start tomorrow & you're on a WC, well.....

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

            Cavani is 7.8, even better.

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

    Gabriel has only six less FPL points than TAA, at the half way mark. So he’s not that bad 😉

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

      I owned him for most of the season 🙁

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

        😮 16 GWs!

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

          He only played in 12 😆

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

    So no DGW23 then?

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

      The dream was nice while it lasted

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

      For Southampton

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

        Who else?

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

          Maybe Spurs. Maybe

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

            Ok good to know

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

      Ings TC dreams in shatters

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

      No double for my Bednarek & Adams.

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

        Later in the season mate 😉

    5. drughi
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      can get rid of adams for antonio/DCL without hesitation

  16. Going Home
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is anyone worth a -4 to bring in for Vardy? Had already done Taylor to Mitchell after he pulled up (again!) on Thursday night.

    Got the following front 7 for this week and thinking DCL in next week

    ESR Soucek Son Bruno Salah
    Kane Bamford

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

      I think bench him and get rid next week with 2FT, that front 7 is decent.

      I’m doing the same with a similar team, except Raphina over ESR.

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

    Drink every time JWP touches his nose

  18. drughi
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    If sterling is rested tonight I'm bringin him in, need to have some fun

  19. King Kohli
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Currently playing Adams and Konsa for next gw.
    Would you take a hit for any of these?

    A. Kane
    B. Dias
    C. No hit

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

      C

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

      C

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

      If you want them long-term, I would say yes. Probably A.
      Coming from someone who can afford Kane for a hit, but isn't going to do it (for Martial or Bamford this week).

      1. King Kohli
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Seems silly to take a hit when I can do it for free next gw.
        Also plan to WC 25, so hit feels very short term

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

          Sure, but you get three things from the hit:
          1) the chance to get points back this week (potentially a profit)
          2) Potential for financial profit if Kane is going to rise and Konsa/Adams going to fall (all three look likely).
          3) An extra FT next week or a furture week do make other changes

          4 points seems a small price to pay for all this. But I can understand your hesitation, as someone who isn't hitting for a similar move myself. Just think that my players, Bamford and Martial are better than yours, Konsa and Adams, this week.

  20. Toked
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Worth playing Dawson CRY(A) over Robertson TOT(A) this week? Am playing Coufal also.

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yes i am

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

    Thanks for the upvotes, Amey 🙂

  22. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Captain Sterling or Bruno?

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

      Bruno

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

      Bruno

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

    Peter Walton doesn't understand VAR.

    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      He didn't know the offside rules either. In the City Villa game he said that the City goal shouldn't stand initially and he then went on to say, you'd think the players would know the rules of the game. He's getting paid as a pundit on the rules of the game!

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

    Start Tierney or Soucek?

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

      Tierney fo sho

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

      I think Tierney, but I am playing Soucek over Holding this week so feel it’s pretty close.

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

    Play:
    A) Coufal
    B) Soucek
    C) Get Cancelo with a hit

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

      B>A>C

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

    NOBODY gets @TroopzAFC blood boiling quite like Willian
    https://twitter.com/backagain/status/1352962092513562625?s=07

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

      What's up with Arsenal fans, so angry! Need to get laid...

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

        Sure, one guy who's angry for a living represents all fans 😉

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

        Think most Arsenal fans are embarrassed by Troopz, DT etc

        Besides, he's right about Willian.

  27. waltzingmatildas
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Which order would you be aiming for these to come in?
    A) son
    B) grealish
    C) gundogan

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

      As you have it

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

        Cheers. Getting a little over excited about gundogan, especially with those fixtures. But think son needs to be the priority

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

    Do we know who is on pens when Vardy is out?

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

      I think Tielemans but not sure.

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

        Yes, Tielemans most likely

    2. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm surprised Maddison doesn't seem to be in people's thinking when it comes to pens, but the concensus is it will be Tielemans...

  29. djman102
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ben Crellin may have already tweeted it, so apologies for the repeat if so, but for anyone curious:

    As stated a few times in the comments, Southampton's win means no DGW for LEE-SOU in GW23. It also means that we are guaranteed at least one of WHM-ARS or CPL-MUN in GW29 (both if Liverpool win R4 and R5).

    As for the 3pm kickoffs:
    Sheffield United are in an FA Cup pool with all lower league opposition. If they lose either R4 or R5, SHU-AVL is on 29, (meaning Villa will probably double in 26 and play 29).

    Brighton and Leicester are in the same pool If Brighton lose R4 or R5, BHA-NEW is on 29.

    West Ham is in the same pool as Man United and Liverpool (pun not intended :). As stated above, if they lose today or R5, WHM-ARS is on 29.

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

      Nice summary

  30. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thoughts
    A Kdb an Vardy to son an Kane for a hit?
    B kdb- son for free
    C Kane- Vardy for free
    Then use ft next gw to do son or Kane
    Cheers

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

      B

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

        Cheers

    2. marcos11
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      A, get 2pts for the appearance anyway so you profit as long as they don’t blank

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

        Good point
        As I would have to bench kdb or Vardy, spose may as well take the hit, get it done, as their ownership will prob go even higher now
        Cheers