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The Complete Guide to Scout’s tips and advice for Double Gameweek 26

Strap yourselves in for the biggest Double Gameweek 26 of the season, with 17 matches and 14 teams playing twice. The next six days promise to be another rollercoaster ride of unrelenting (Fantasy) Premier League action.

With potentially season-defining decisions to be made ahead of today’s 11:00 GMT deadline, the feeling among the Fantasy Community is that we are spoilt for choice.

The roll call of potential armband candidates ranges from the reassuringly expensive to enticing differentials. And for those with a selection of chips at their disposal the choice is made even trickier.

A Double Gameweek is the perfect time to deploy one of our four power-ups with the points ceiling raised for Bench Boost, Triple Captain, Free Hit and Wildcard thanks to the extra fixtures.

Indecision is final.

– Alan Hansen

Famous words from the king of pundits and decorated centre-half Alan Hansen. Although, strangely, the former Liverpool captain wasn’t referring to his Fantasy football team. Given the furore surrounding Aston Villa and their players this week you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise.

But we’re not about to hesitate at the crucial moment when it comes to FPL decision-making. And you can’t fault the effort, attitude and commitment of our very own pundits and experts. 

Divisive Kane

The captain poll favourite heading into the bumper round of fixtures is Harry Kane (£11.1m). A vote that left David and Joe somewhat perplexed. Never ones to dilly-dally when presented with an opportunity, the pair aren’t convinced of Kane’s credentials, despite the support among Community members.

The fixtures on paper do look nice but both Burnley and Fulham are very capable these days of chucking everyone behind the ball knowing full well that Spurs are having problems breaking people down … Both of these teams will take a point against Spurs, so they’re not going to overstretch themselves to go and win the game.

Over the last four matches, Burnley have the third-best expected goals conceded in the league, 3.18, the only two teams better than that are Chelsea and Man City. Fulham are in the top five, 3.23 goals they should have conceded, and they’ve only actually conceded the one goal. Their defence is doing much better as well and they’ve both got fantastic goalkeepers too … These are teams that can frustrate Spurs.

– David, Captaincy Video

Alan Hansen once said that for Tottenham to be a successful side they will need to get away from the philosophy of ‘pretty football’. Well, with Jose Mourinho in charge they’ve arguably done just that. Except without the success.

But what does Alan Hansen know about Fantasy football? We need a real expert, a man with three top 10,000 finishes and a best-ever rank of 817. Step forward Az

According to the FPL Black Box co-host, Harry Kane is the best captaincy pick. The handsome and dashing Az backs up his opinion with some impressive stats: citing Twitter user FPL_Swede he pointed out that in 10 games against the bottom eight teams, Kane has delivered an attacking return in every one, averaging 9.2 points a match. 

And the trio of wise Pro Pundits appearing on the latest episode of the FPL Wire, Zophar, Lateriser and Tom Freeman, all have the armband placed on the top-points-scoring forward in FPL this season. 

More heavyweight backing for the Spurs striker came from FFScout founder Mark Sutherns. Perhaps not that much of a surprise given that “Mark loves Kane”, to quote AZ, but Mark was worried he was being blinded by his own bias.

The best person to help us understand the flaws in our thinking is Pro Pundit and behavioural economics graduate, Simon March.

Expected Yakult

Stats are probiotics for gut feelings, reasoned the former FPL winner is his latest offering. 

Instinct may help you see opportunities that other managers don’t, or avoid the traps that others will fall into, but it may also create such traps if followed without sufficient interrogation. This is why it is important to sense-check decisions with some form of objective data or a second-opinion.

– Simon March

Jan Sienkiewicz noted in his Captain Sensible article that the form stats don’t favour Kane and co:

Both [Kane’s] and Spurs’ attacking statistics have been somewhat underwhelming in recent weeks. Only Crystal Palace have recorded fewer shots inside the box than Jose Mourinho’s team in their last six matches.

– Jan Sienkiewicz

So was Mark able to find a healthy dollop of Bifidobacterium Statisticalus to support his gut instinct?

The expected data is a problem, but with expected data, you’ve got to bear this in mind – that Kane and Son are just complete outliers … Son and Kane are the top two players in the Premier League [for xG Delta], they have exceeded their expected data by the biggest margins for goal involvement … they don’t need a lot of good quality chances to score goals.

– Mark Sutherns.

So convinced is Mark that he’s using his Triple Captain chip on Harry Kane.

But, as ever, other options are available. 

Mohamed Salah (£12.6m), a player who’s perhaps been slightly overlooked by the masses, is Jan’s top pick. The leading goalscorer in the Premier League with 15 goals, Salah boasts impressive underlying stats: second only to team-mate Sadio Mané (£11.8m) for shots in the penalty box over the last six matches.

In the first of their two fixtures Liverpool take on a Sheffield United side down to the bare bones in defence. Their three first-choice centre-backs that helped them reach dizzying heights last season, John Egan (£4.7m), Jack O’Connell (£4.7m) and Chris Basham (£4.6m), are all ruled out for Chris Wilder.

But it’s their second fixture against Chelsea that, along with Liverpool’s poor form, is putting many off the Egyptian. However, Jan did unearth some encouraging news for Salah captainers:

Klopp holds an impressive head-to-head record against Thomas Tuchel. Out of the 14 meetings between the Germans, Klopp came out victorious on nine occasions. Additionally, those matches have produced as many as 43 goals, which makes it over three goals per game on average.

– Jan Sienkiewicz

Meanwhile, city rivals Everton are top of the fixture ticker when looking at Gameweek 26 in isolation: the Toffees host Southampton before a midweek trip to West Brom. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.7m) therefore comes into contention.

And once again the stats make impressive reading. The forward has been particularly threatening on the road in recent times, accumulating 4.32 xG in his last six away matches – more than any other forward in the Premier League.

But the list of armband contenders goes on. Let’s not forget the Manchester teams with the in-form Bruno Fernandes (£11.6m), İlkay Gündoğan (£6.2m), Raheem Sterling (£11.6m), and the returning Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m).

If only we could fit them all in.

It’s Mo Sacrifice

Karam, Tom, and Zophar are all using their Wildcards and face several tricky selection dilemmas. 

On the Scoutcast Karam was given a hard time by Joe and David over his omission of Mohamed Salah.

Joe argued that it was easier to run from Salah than it was to run to him, explaining that because of Salah’s lofty price tag, downgrading to the likes of Son or De Bruyne is easy, whereas upgrading would be harder without sufficient funds in the reserve.

However, Tom Freeman is also sacrificing the most expensive FPL asset in order to benefit from a more balanced squad. A particular concern for Tom given that he plans to Bench Boost in Gameweek 27. 

One intriguing pick in his side is Jesse Lingard (£5.9m). West Ham take on Leeds United next Gameweek and Tom feels the direct running of the on-loan Manchester United midfielder could trouble Marcelo Biesla’s side. 

Ricardo Pereira (£5.9m) is another differential to catch the eye, featuring in both Tom’s and Karam’s Wildcard XV’s. 

Karam is going all-in on Leicester City – tripling up with Harvey Barnes (£6.9m) and Jamie Vardy (£10.2m) coming in alongside Pereira. He’s even trusting the evergreen Englishman with the armband.

Manchester City-fan Karam has decided to abandon his conservative approach and take a few calculated risks in the hope of surging up the ranks. Encouragingly, the Foxes are on a par with Man City when it comes to shots on target (21) over the last four Gameweeks. 

Another forward to consider is Mbaye Diagne (£6.0m). The Senegalese has been on the end of five big chances in his four and a half games since joining West Brom, and is included in the Scout Picks, Tom’s Wildcard team, and was talked up by Lateriser.

Interestingly, all three Wildcarders still have their Free Hit chip available but none have committed to using it in Blank Gameweek 29.

When planning ahead in his usual meticulous fashion, Zophar identified Gameweek 33 as a better round for the Free Hit. The League Cup Final takes place between Spurs and Man City, meaning they will blank along with their scheduled opponents Southampton and Fulham.

The six-time top 5,000 manager sees greater potential for a big score compared to the four-match Gameweek 29.

Finally, Neale frisked the upcoming fixtures. The Team News compiler included a look at Gameweek 30 and beyond for those considering “dead-ending” their squads in Gameweek 29 and Wildcarding straight after.

Community Competitions and Head-to-Head Fixtures

This is the last chance for Premium Members to enter the FFS Members Cup with qualifying for the first round taking place in Gameweek 26. Click here for details on how to enter.

The draw for the first round of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup has thrown up a real ‘David vs Goliath’ clash with the highest-ranked team, The Fighting Cock (273rd overall), taking on the lowest-ranked manager in the competition, Ahmed Eid, who is not far off the five-million mark.

A total of £300 in prizes is available across the two tournaments.

Elsewhere, RedLightning rounded-up the rest of the Community mini-leagues and competitions. And the Head-to-Head fixtures for Gameweek 26 can be found below. 

The scores and tables update each night on the Head-to-Head Leagues main page, so you can keep track of the action as the Gameweek unfolds. 

May your arrows be green!

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  1. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    As a Cancelo owner, I'm not too upset by his benching. It's par for the course for owning him really that he will be benched from time to time.

    But, at least we have a decent chance that he may play the other game in the double and even the two games next GW.

    If I was a Sterling owner I'd be pretty upset about it I think considering his price and that he takes up a valuable MF spot that could be filled by Son, KDB, Salah, Bruno, Barnes etc...

    1. Maddamotha
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling is a no go.

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

      No one is safe in peps team from being benched except Ederson, each player comes with their own risk, fact

    3. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      That's why I like stones and Gundogan.. if they get benched it doesn't hurt as much. If they start it's always a marvelous feeling 🙂

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

        so true

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

        Yep switched to Ederson too for virtually guaranteed starts.

        Ederson, Stones, G'dog -Ticked :).

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

      Has the game even started?

      How will you feel at 90 if Sterling walks away with 15 and Cancelo remains rooted to the bench.

      1. thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        No the game hasn't started.

        I would feel fairly sanguine about it if Sterling gets 15 and Cancelo remains on the bench.

        I'm not sure where your hostile response has come from to be honest? I didn't say anything controversial at all did I?

    5. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I think whichever City defender you have, it’s unlikely they’ll play both games.

      I have Stones, but don’t for one minute expect him to start v Wolves now. I don’t know why people make such a big deal about it. You kind of expect it by now with Pep.

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

        I have stones & dias.
        Surely one of them will play both games?..

        1. thegaffer82
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Dias good chance for both games. Stones less likely to play Wolves now (I would think)

    6. FPL_ UP_Down
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sadly I had both Sterling & Cancelo hurts...!
      Will ship out next game week Sterling!

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

      Has a DGW next week. Was always a play & pray pick 🙂

    8. money face bandwagon
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      u have sterling for gw26 to gw28 which comprise of 2dgws. even kdb will have his time on the bench. more on whether the player will actually get points when it is his turn to play

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

    Can the site update I need to get on with my day

  3. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Motherf*cker 2nd timr I missed a double gameweek deadline. I had BB and 2 FT too. Aaarghhh maaaaan

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Filthy casual

    2. Calculated Risks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Amateurish

    3. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      You need to learn from your lessons Sir 😉

    4. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Must have been a good night.

    5. 272MK
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Hahaha. Dayyum I very rarely missed deadlines.

      Dallas. Mitchell. Antonio. Mccarthy on the bench. Heres hoping my BB is rightfully saved.

      Would have done
      Antonio --> Watkins
      McCarthy --> Areola anyways.

      We shall see

    6. AC Yew
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Fool me once shame on you fool me twice..

      1. ZAMUNDA
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Strike three.

    7. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Happened to me two weeks ago.

      Benched Pope’s points and ended up with McCarthy. Sad times.

      1. 272MK
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Still csnt believe I missed the deadline. AND THE 2ND GAMEWEEK too.

        The last 1 was painful tho. Didnt bring in KDB(C) so it was agony.

      2. 272MK
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Sad times brother. I feel u

    8. Geriatric Unathletic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I bet you were always late for school too :).

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

    Aguero TC

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

      Source or ban

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

    Now the focus on how to create funds to get aguero in my team next DGW to partner kane, feels like the old days that partnership

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Kane to aguero with son in mid?!

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

        Nope, keeping kane.. just need 2m to move DCL to aguero so could downgrade salah to Jota if he features over this DGW at all as he is close to coming back for Liverpool according to Klopp..

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

          Yawn.

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

            WTF is wrong with you.. if nothing constructive to say don’t say anything you negative norman.. jog on

  6. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Game updated yet?

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

    SCENES when West Ham score and Cancelo comes on and scores!

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

      Dreaming

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

        Could easily happen and jt ends up a 3-1 or 4-1 game with aguero to finally show the rest of that team how to finish in the 6 yard box and show up how poor Jesus is

    2. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Antonio 20th minute goal
      Pep gets angry at Walker for the mistake and subs on Cancelo

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

        Love it

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

        Lol this.
        Why is walker in the team? Surely there are token English players that look less out of place? Maybe not?!

  8. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    We all knew there was a risk of Cancelo being benched. If you own him you're banking on him returning enough points over a run of fixtures for that not to matter. Which will probably be the case given his potential at both ends of the pitch. So hey ho.

    Not like the other City players aren't going to have their time on the bench too.

    1. GinjaWhinja
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      It also means he is primed to start the next 3 (and therefore the 2 in the next double gameweek).

    2. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep all very true.

      I do wish Dias would get rested a bit more often though! 🙂

  9. Good Times
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Glad Ederson stones dias start for me but agueros name on the team sheet gives me chills!

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      and they are multiplying

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

        I’m losing control

      2. Good Times
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Lol

  10. TheDragon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    And Moyes has spent all week trying to work out how to deal with Cancelo’s hybrid right back, midfield pivot role

    10-0 incoming

    1. gedda
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      big lols.

    2. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Yep, end up double-marking Walker

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

      Spent on all week telling his defence not to worry to much in the box it’s only Jesus or Sterling, but now it’s aguero hat trick coming

  11. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Cancelo to be the highest scoring single game week player this week ? ... coat ...

    1. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I bloody well hope so 🙁

  12. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    The greatest striker to ever grace the PL is back... let's all have a moment here.

    1. Fulchester's New Centr…
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Shaun Goater?

    2. TheDragon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Parker did say Mitro was back in the squad this week

    3. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      RVP back from retirement?

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

      Didn't see Paul Dickov in the line up.

    5. Party time
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yes but I will pick Henry over Agüero

        1. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          No way jose

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

            I'll never understand what comparing great players will get you, but: https://www.colossusbets.com/blog/henry-vs-aguero-who-is-the-greatest/

      • Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        When people say this, I find that very insulting to Henry. You can’t seriously believe Aguero is better than Henry?

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

          I’d take prime premier league Aguero over prime premier league Henry

          Prove me wrong 🙂

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

            Man you didn’t watch Henry lol

        2. Big_Andy_GAWA
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Henry was incredible.

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

            Henry is on his own level while playing in the PL. Best player to have played in the PL is Ronaldo but the best while playing in it, is Henry by far.

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

              I agree fully , Kun could edge it as a pure finisher though

        3. Twisted Saltergater
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          As a finisher, Aguero is better than even prime Henry. As an all round footballer, Henry was better.

          Depends where you place your emphasis.

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

            I think I lean to this TS . Henry better all round player though

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

          He's probably a 14 year old kid.

          1. El Presidente
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Nope. I'm 48, married 3 children entrepreneur and FPL black belt.

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

            And your probably a 11 year old kid who doesn’t remember aguero.. jog on

        5. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Every day of the week and twice on Sunday

        6. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Suarez was better than both, but obviously didn't win the title and shorter time period

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

              IMO suarez is on par with aguero in terms of goalscoring.

            2. Twisted Saltergater
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Oooh, there’s a shout. 33 goals in back to back seasons.

        7. MrZ
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Ali Dia is back?

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

          Kane isn't playing until tomorrow?

        9. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          He’s ready for retirement, replaced by Haaland by next season

        10. Champions League Varane
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Martial was never out?

        11. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Alan Shearer is back?

        12. Nerdlinger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Arouna Kone is back?!

        13. Studs Up
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Saurez?

          1. Nerdlinger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Get out!

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

              Ok, only vs Norwich then lol

        14. Weeb Kakashi
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Lol kids these days never Watched Thierry 'King' Henry.

          And i am not even an Arsenal fan.

      • Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        what happened to fabi?

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

          He was too flappy

        2. ClassiX
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Hi arm got trod on during training

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

        If City win 4-0 and your players aren't in the points you gotta feel pretty sh!tty

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

          #insight

      • The Mighty Hippo
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        It's great to see Aguero back, I don't own him, but he's such a legend and I reckon his presence increases the likelyhood of returns for KDB (not sure about Gundo).

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

          No one is going to own him for this gw, but that will seriously change for next gw, probably gets 60 to 70 today to do enough damage to West Ham and then another 45 or 60 next game to get his match fitness all primed for dgw 28

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

            Give it a rest.

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

              Why don’t you jog on..

          2. GinjaWhinja
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Some of us took out Sterling for KDB at 10:59

            1. El Presidente
              • 4 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              And some of us took out Sterling for Son at 11h...

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

        When do Cancelos 12 points from the Champions League get added?

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

        Only got 7 DGWers now. Feels extremely light.

        1. thegaffer82
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I've gone down from 13 DGWers to 12 DGWers...

          Disaster of epic proportions 😉

        2. grumpyman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Don’t fret. All the well/owned City options will probably just play once this week.

      • PogChamp
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        It's a bloodbath... And it's only the first game.

      • Jar Jar Winks
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Should I be worried taking out Bruno for Barnes and Kane (tc)

      • R.C
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Aguero (TC) next DGW locked in.

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

          Lets see him get through this week then yeah maybe

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

          He'll be injured again by then

      • Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        What minute the West Ham goal ?

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

          45 + 2 - Lingard

      • Captain Vantastic™
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Kane broke fpl

      • Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Seeing some folk looking to remove Bruno next week....

        Is that a viable thing to do?

        Thanksb

        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Considered this week, but bottles out

      • La Roja
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        That City bench is ridiculously strong. How are they not winning CL is beyond me, must nick it this season

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

          just a good Premier league side, that's why

        2. F_Ivanovic
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          More luck involved in winning the CL.

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

            Looked at it a few minutes ago there. It is unbelievable.

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

          I think if Ageuro finds his form city will win CL this year

      • HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Last minute WC decision
        Went with KDB(c) + Kane over Aguero +Salah

        Hope I don’t regret it :-/

      • Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Pep making 7 changes for the first game of a DGW, gotta laugh about it!

        1. Coys96
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Tbf he did say he would

        2. Fulchester's New Centr…
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          He said he would

      • HEY JUDE
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Oooohh my captainn
        Cancelooo T_T

        1. thegaffer82
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          You knew the risks.... didn't you?

      • Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Attackers may be the way to go for city doubles.. for single game weeks you want your city defenders to either start or stay on the bench the full game. For double gameweeks you want the opposite...an attacker can come on for even 10 mins and get you a point or 30 mins and get more than a point.. they can get taken off early for a rest if leading etc and hence can start 2 games without necessarily completing 120 mins like a defenders does.Anyway, this was part of my weird logic for double city attack instead of double defense for the next 2 gameweeks. Let's see how It goes.

        1. Valar(Keith)
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Without completing 180 mins* ..

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

          Have you considered planning more than one game ahead?

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

            Yeah I should have just said this

          2. Valar(Keith)
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Yup. Not sure how stones/Gundogan/kdb is going to spoil my plans going forward? Kept my WC, BB, TC and FH and used my WC this week and have 8 players for GW 29 already along with 4 for possible GW 28.. all I do is plan ahead lol

        3. Vlekz
            3 years, 1 month ago

            I disagree. With Martinez's fixtures turning soon(and FH 29), I am more than happy to hold ederson as my 3rd city player. Dias being the other one(who has shown no signs of getting dropped, except when he was ill). And gundo is great value at 6 mil.
            Pep doesn't attack enough after going 1-0 up which is the reason I don't like the attacking double up

            1. Valar(Keith)
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I've gone Stones, Gundogan and KDB.. switched cancelo to kdb on WC. Agree that ederson is safe as nailed though

          • MrZ
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Attackers are rotation risk & we can never know where the goals are from (no obvious goal getter).

            Defence on the other hand is quite reliable.

          • bench boost for every gamew…
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            More factors in this is price, team structure etc. I went full with dias, ederson and gundo but 18m spend for 3 almost rotation proof City assets, while the attackers outside foden and gundo costs 8 or more.

            1. bench boost for every gamew…
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Dull..

          • Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            I tend to agree, but it's not worth 1-2 FTs (or hits) to rejig the team for the sake of DGW Attacker Theory, which could result in losing, for example, losing 110 mins of football for the potential, relatively small, gain of 30 (albeit attacking) minutes.

            (Def) 180 - (Att) 70 = 110 mins lost
            (Def) 90 - (Att) 120 = 30 mins gained

            Hope that makes some sense

            1. Valar(Keith)
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              If I wasn't on WC I would have just stuck with my Double city defense 🙁

            2. Valar(Keith)
              • 14 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              That's supposed to be a 🙂

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

              Of course it could actually be a gain of 50 mins (or more), but I was trying, and probably failing, to use your numbers.

        4. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          F5 broken 🙁

          1. gedda
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            for real, what is going on?

          2. Party time
              3 years, 1 month ago

              😆

            • Big boy Bowen
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Ctrl + R

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

                😮

          3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Come on and update