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Gundogan, Calvert-Lewin and Kane injury updates in Gameweek 25 team news

After rounding up Thursday’s press conferences in our first team news summary of the week, we finish the job with a recap of the virtual media gatherings that were held on Friday.

For more detailed information, keep tabs on our predicted line-ups, which will be updated throughout the afternoon.

Our video round-up with Andy and Neale is also available to view below:

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Newcastle United

1,047 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Plagued by indecision
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What is better? 1 FT, 0.7 ITB.

    A) TAA > Dallas
    B) Saka > Raphinha
    C) TAA > Dallas and Antonio > Ings (-4)

    Team currently:

    Martinez / Pope
    TAA / Bednarek / Cancelo / Stones / Shaw
    Grealish / Saka / Salah / Fernandes / Gundogan
    Antonio / Bamford / DCL

    1. Quan MisTaka
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      C

  2. Kane Train
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Which one?

    A) Son & Ayew
    B) Maddison & DCL

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Ayew kidding me?

    2. Poison Apple
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B for me

    3. Quan MisTaka
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

  3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    what happened to grealish? just logged in to see his name mentioned

    1. Avery
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      "Grealish not seen in any training pictures and there are rumours (not credible yet) that he has a stress fracture in his shin (4-6 weeks out).

      Not worth transferring out on that alone but keep an eye out over the next few hours."

      https://twitter.com/FPL__Raptor/status/1362791098440167445?s=20

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        ffs

      2. jdp219
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I would have thought his calves would protect his shins better.

    2. FPL price manipulators are …
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Was climbing up the PL building to look inside the windows for fixtures

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Absolutely nothing. His hair is still a shambles and he's prone on the ground trying to get the opposition booked allotment time for the weekend is 4.6 minutes.

      1. Hooky
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Can't get much done on an allotment in 4.6 minutes

        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Tasty carrots PULLED.

  4. Pukki Blinders
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    In all honesty it sounds like some little scared person who transferred out Grealish this week is scared in case he hauls so he’s made up some fake injury news to reduce his ownership...

    1. mwa1t
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      No solid source, but it is true he wasn't in any of the training pics.

      1. seanie3
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        doesn't mean anything, tons of reasons why he isn't in some of the training pics taken in probably a 1 hour window..

        1. mwa1t
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Agreed, but the rumour didn't come out thin air. Every single one of the rest of the 11 were in the pics

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Don't expect much out of him against Leicester anyway ; not in my team. But I can't find any reliable source.

    3. pavlev
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      this would be ideal as i was really struggling to justify selling him for son.

    4. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      The trend this season is no smoke without fire tbh.

      1. BobbyDoesNotLook
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        I agree. Kane had a good reason as well in the end.

  5. GoonerGirl
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Guys,

    Will Stones or Cancello likely be benched this week do you think, if so shall I bench the one most likely to be benched and play Watkins or just play them both over Watkins?

    Thanks

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cancelo more likely one would think with an eye to the CL . . . Stones had his rest.

      1. GoonerGirl
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks 🙂

  6. Captain_Shirokov
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    i'm sorry you guys

    you're right

    ben crellin is actually a legend for the work he does

    think of all the people wasting their wcs this week because of him lol

    #legend

    1. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      one way or the other he is an FPL legend

  7. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    What is the template WC25 BB26 team right now?
    Haven't logged on in a while

    1. Pukki Blinders
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      There’s no template, just chaos and panic

  8. dsefton
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    repost, 1FT
    A) Antonio --> Bamford
    B) Soucek --> Raphinha
    C) Antonio + Soucek --> Bamford + Raphinha (-4)

    1. mr messi
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

  9. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Kinda stuck, What would you do here? 2FTs and 0.3itb

    McCarthy
    Alioski - Lowton - Mee
    Sterling - Gundogan - Salah - Son - Bruno
    Adams - Bamford

    (Johnstone - Watkins - Stones - Coufal)

  10. kennethrhcp
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    from reading above I fear Gundo cameo at best

    start 1

    A: Gundogan (ars)
    B: Lowton (WBA)

    *honest question

    1. Effe
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I’ve got the same dilemma (except Mee instead of Lowton)

      1. kennethrhcp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        reckon im going to gamble on Gundo

        1. Effe
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Me too (with Mee first sub)

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

      1. kennethrhcp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        cheers

    3. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      That's what I'm fearing also and really contemplating doing Soucek to Raphina and benching Gundo....

  11. Mesh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Who to bench?
    A. Gundogan
    B. Stones
    (playing Cancelo)

    1. golfboy
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. Iwantmorepointsthanks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I am currently on benching B) myself

    3. Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      B

  12. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Bottomed

    Final check - G2G? Agree re bench? Pope vs Martinez is a killer!

    May play TC next week and will WC after BGW29

    0FT 1.3itb
    Pope
    Dias, Dallas, Shaw
    Salah, Bruno (v), Son, Gundo, Raphinha (C)
    Bamford, Ings
    (Martinez) (DCL, Stones, Coufal)

    Cheers and GL all!

  13. Quan MisTaka
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A) Dias + Pereira
    B) Cancelo + Dias
    C) Pereira + Cancelo

  14. Eskimo Brother
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I've never been on the boards so close to a deadline before. Entertaining!

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Saturday deadlines are mental. This is nothing.

  15. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Hello fixtures. Where are you?

  16. HNI
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    How legit is Grealish Frature injury news? 4 weeks?!

    1. HNI
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Fracture*

    2. mwa1t
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Any mention of type of injury/time out is bullshit. Only thing we know for sure is that he wasn't in training pics from today.

      1. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Likely having his hair done.

        1. mwa1t
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          You are really funny

  17. Dasher0303
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Martinez
    Stones Dallas Shaw
    Son Bruno Sterling Grealish Gundo
    Bam Richalrison

    Steer DCL Pieters Dunne

    0.9itb 1ft any ideas what to do

    1. Quan MisTaka
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      g2g

  18. built_this_city
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    No point wildcarding this now is there -

    McCarthy
    Mee, Dias, Cancelo
    Gundog, Salah, Bruno, Son
    Barnes, Bamford (c), Ings
    Subs - Button, Rodriguez, Holding, Justin

    Might as well leave it until the fixtures come out?

    1. Nay08
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      yeah with fixtures haven't been announced yet, it's a risk

  19. Nay08
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    So with what Mou said, should I hold on one more week to transfer Kane in?
    the initial plan was DCL+Pereira to Kane+Raphinha

    if only do raphinha, I would bench DCL still.
    and if I do both, I would bench Watkins.

  20. El Lobito 10
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    A. Salah plus Stones, Cancelo, Gundo
    B. KdB plus Alonso, Cancelo, Gundo

    1. Quan MisTaka
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A for now

      1. El Lobito 10
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers

  21. Aaa
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    No wildcard or free hit available, would anybody bench boost this?

    JOHNSTONE/GREALISH/LOWTON/TARGETT

    Team is:

    Martinez
    Cancelo/Mee/Dallas
    Salah/Bruno/Gundo/Raphinha
    Kane/Bamford/DCL

  22. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Source for the Andy Carroll injury Please?

    1. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Check past injury record for source

    2. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Relevance your honor?

  23. King Kun Ta
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    And the armband goes tooooooo.....

    A Bamford
    B Raphina
    C Ings
    D Bruno

    Ta lads & good luck this DGW!

    1. jbenny1107
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bam Bam Boom Boom

    2. iCon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I'd like to go with Raph but will end up on Baaaaaa-mford

    3. El Lobito 10
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I'm going D

  24. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Grealish wearing a 2 year old's shin pads is always going to leave him susceptible.

    1. Boxwoods
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      This.

    2. mwa1t
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Shinpads don't protect you from stress fractures

  25. Tozier
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    I can survive without them but aren't the predicted line ups on this site a bit useless if they aren't up before the deadline?

    1. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      That's why they're 'predictions'.

      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        They didn't use to be "a bit useless" when Demi did them. He had a network of ITK people telling him stuff. That's the kind of quality you lose when you sell out.

  26. Andy_Social
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Been away for 5 mins and return to noise about a 5 pm announcement. Just speculation or was something said?

  27. Purgatorio
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Any help would be appreciated
    Play 1 out of these 3:

    a) Gundogan
    b) DCL
    c) Rudiger

    Thanks!

  28. Nate(U)dog(ie)
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Am I crazy for considering Neto over Raphinha on WC?

  29. Pengen
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    On WC and planning on using BB for 26. Final decision comes down to this:

    A) Pickford, Son, Ings
    B) Johnstone, Salah, Watkins

    So torn