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Man Utd set for Triple Gameweek 35 as clash with Liverpool is rearranged

Manchester United will have a Triple Gameweek 35 after the Premier League announced that their postponed clash with Liverpool will take place next Thursday.

The Red Devils will also face Aston Villa and Leicester City in the next set of fixtures, with all three of their Gameweek 35 matches taking place in little more than 100 hours.

Jurgen Klopp’s troops will also have a Double Gameweek as a result of today’s announcement.

The soon-to-be-deposed reigning champions will take on Southampton on Saturday before they visit Old Trafford.

United will still blank in Gameweek 36 as a result, while Liverpool will be at home to Championship-bound West Bromwich Albion.

REVISED GAMEWEEK 35 SCHEDULE

MANCHESTER UNITED

Sun 9 May: Aston Villa (A)
Tue 11 May: Leicester City (H)
Thu 13 May: Liverpool (H)

LIVERPOOL

Sat 8 May: Southampton (H)
Thu 13 May: Manchester United (A)

REVISED GAMEWEEK 35 FIXTURE MATRIX

*Thanks to moderator Legomane

WHICH UNITED AND LIVERPOOL ASSETS STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF STARTING ALL OF THEIR GAMEWEEK 35 MATCHES?

Earlier in the week, we had a two-part look at which Double Gameweek 35 players stood the best chance of avoiding a benching in the upcoming set of fixtures.

The article linked below has been revised after today’s announcement and now includes Liverpool, along with an amended entry for Manchester United.

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Today’s announcement was seismic but it doesn’t change some things.

Manchester United, for example, will still blank in Gameweek 36, so the situation remains that any Fantasy managers going all-in on the Red Devils in Triple Gameweek 35 will have to either have a strong bench, an exit plan (possibly involving hits) or an unused chip up their sleeves.

Those on a Free Hit, of course, will have no such worries.

What it does perhaps alter is a greater chance of two or more starts for most of their key players in the upcoming Gameweek, even allowing for a benching along the way.

Liverpool players suddenly become even more attractive – although that was immediately the case as soon as Sunday’s match was postponed and it became clear that the game wouldn’t be rescheduled for Gameweek 34.

A double-header against Southampton and West Bromwich Albion, as had been mooted in some circles, would have been dreamland territory with regards to the Gameweek 35 captaincy and triple captaincy. The fact that United now play thrice, and one of Liverpool’s fixtures is at Old Trafford, may temper interest in Mohamed Salah (£12.7m) and co when it comes to the armband discussions.

But the Reds being one of just five teams who have two fixtures in Triple Gameweek 35 and an unaffected match in Blank Gameweek 36 is a boon for chipless FPL managers and Wildcarders alike who are investing in players for the entire run-in, not just a one-off Gameweek.

While the addition of Liverpool to the Double Gameweek 35 contingent does give chipless managers a greater chance of getting more players out with two games, those FPL bosses with Free Hits and Wildcards in hand still have the advantage of focusing mostly on the next seven days without being too concerned about the decimated schedule in Blank Gameweek 36.

IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER TEAMS

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Today’s shock announcement will not just affect Liverpool and United.

It could, first and foremost, also be good news for Leicester City assets.

The Foxes now have an extra day of recovery ahead of their FA Cup final appearance on Saturday 15 May, which could alleviate some of the rotation risk – if there ever was any – for that clash with United. The temptation for Brendan Rodgers to hand some of his key players a breather may partly depend on the results of the weekend fixtures, however, and where they leave his side in their ongoing push for a top-four place.

The game against the Red Devils is also the second of United’s three fixtures (or four, if we include tomorrow’s UEFA Europa League tie against Roma). Would Ole Gunnar Solksjaer perhaps rotate against the Foxes with one eye on Thursday’s clash with Liverpool, then?

Aston Villa, United’s first Triple Gameweek 36 opponents, will also be hoping for similar favours from Solskjaer on Sunday.

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  1. drughi
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Kane and son have to go no other way around it. Kane , Son and lingard > DCL, Bruno and Greenwood -8

    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Calm down, calm down, United have blank in 36. I am pondering Kane to DCL and banking the second transfer, though.

    2. GE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Lol, calm down, you have to look at GW35-36 combined

  2. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Hmm which 3 to get on FH? Thinking Henderson, Maguire and Bruno

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Going Lindelof, Bruno and Greenwood

    2. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Those 3 are most likely to play all 3 games. But do you really expect United to keep CSs in all games? Shaw/Greenwood intstead of Henderson.

    3. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Rather have Greenwood. Maguire. Bruno

      I would wait to see who is benched for Roma as they should start the “easy” game v villa

    4. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Bruno, Greenwood and Shaw, let it be fun. The tree are most likely to get most minutes though.

    5. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I have Bruno and Greenwood already and will probably go for Maguire now as my third United

  3. zotter
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    United playing every two days is mental

    1. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      and there were so many ways to avoid that

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Exactly. Good for Liverpool though

  4. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Who to ditch for Lindelof?

    A - Rudiger
    B - Coady

    1. Chilli Heatwave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      B

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      B

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      B

    4. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I’ve just ditched Saiss for Lindelof (and swapped Son for Bruno). Triple gameweek fever baby!

  5. Chilli Heatwave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Roll FT this week or use?

    Leno

    AWB - Castagne - Christensen - Targett

    Bruno - Greenwood - Jota

    Ihenacho - Watkins - kane

    Could swap kane out potentially for dgw, have the funds so the loss is tv wouldn’t matter

    1. Chilli Heatwave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Thanks

    2. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      May as well get Cavani for Kane if he doesn’t start Roma game

      1. Chilli Heatwave
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Already 3 United

  6. djman102
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    TC Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank! Oh, wait...this isn't 2006...

  7. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Play Lingard or Holgate?

  8. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Seriously, lindelof will play at least 2 wont he? Cant afford the others.

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah but maybe not the villa one though

  9. Fernando Torres
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    A) Son + Mitchell
    B) Zaha + Digne (-4)

    Which is better?

  10. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Thinking of Martinez to Henderson...

  11. I Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    A) Fofana (NEW, mun) + 4 points
    B) Maguire (avl, LEI, LIV)

    Thinking it's not worth the extra transfer to get Maguire with the blank coming up in 36.

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      United last two games easier though. Might be worth it

  12. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Jota or Son to Bruno?

    I guess keep Jota for the DGW now?

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah Son out. Jota likely to start united game off bench but he can do well off bench and then has two tasty fixtures at the end

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Three

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

        Yeah was thinking Liverpool has a reason to perform as well to secure Top 4. So Jota might give returns.

  13. J to the T
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I can see United rotating a lot with two days between these games. But still worth rolling the dice.

    Regulion and Son to TAA and Greenwood for free? Makes sense right?

    Then bench boost this?

    Forster Mendy
    Trent Shaw Rudiger Saiss Veltman
    Bruno(c) Jota Salah Lingard Greenwood
    Kane Nacho Watkins

    1. J to the T
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      If not Greenwood then Zaha is an option and doesn’t blank in 36

    2. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      OGS doesn't really rotate.

      1. J to the T
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Greenwood and Cavani will share minutes I think

  14. Jon Snow
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Triple GW throws a real spanner amongst the pigeons.

    Shaw, Greenwood, Bruno then just take the L on GW36

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Put's me off utd assets rather than makes me want to buy into a possible rotation mayhem

  15. The Pesci challenge
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Is Greenwood going to play all 3 do we think?

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Wait and see if starts Roma away.... if he does then doubt he plays the tastier villa game. Still. I would get him

    2. J to the T
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Start three? No.
      Get minutes in three? Yes

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        This. Players like Greenwood and Jota don’t need the whole game. Players like Bruno poorer off bench

  16. sirmorbach
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Kane to Cavani worth a -8 or he won't even play all three anyway?

    1. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nah not worth it

      1. sirmorbach
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers, mate

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Will 34 year old Cavani play 3 games in 5 days?

      1. MMN
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I would get him if I knew he would start 2.

  17. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Triple Cap bruno?????

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Deffo

    2. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      If he plays 90 tomorrow then he’s not going to play 3 matches

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

      Not even a question

  18. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    OMG one finally happened.

  19. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Or maybe triple Cap Salah??

    Most will go with Bruno so salah becomes a differential cap

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      If it was SOU/Eva, I would have considered. With Man Utd being one game, skip.

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        *wba

    2. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Salah with saints and wba was amazing. Less so v united

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

      Lol what. Thats suicide.

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Having said that. Bruno triple is hard and might not play the easy villa one. See if he is benched v Roma

  20. TeddiPonza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    My bench boost team could look something like this:

    Martinez Forster
    Shaw TAA Holding Ward Coufal
    Bruno (c) Salah (vc) Greenwood Sigurdsson Lingard
    Watkins Nacho Kane

    33 playing if I count captain as double.

    1. dnkw
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Is Forster likely to play (asking for a friend!)?

      1. ThisTimeNxtYrRodney
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Yes. Ralph said that he would play them in 2 game spells. So baring injury he is due his 2 games.

        1. dnkw
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 10 months ago

          OMG that's golden news! Thank you!

  21. Luton_Fan
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I need bruno right?

    1. KAALI_DAAL
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nop. He needs you.

    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Nah. Will be low down captain poll.

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

      Nope. Doubt he gets more than 10pts

  22. zotter
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    I think united will rotate hardest in the Leicester game. They won’t want to go into the Liverpool game knackered

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Leicester is closer than Liverpool, so I expect them to kill their hopes and semi rotate Vs Liverpool

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        Fair point... realistically it means heavy rotation v villa

  23. Nanoelektronicar
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Bruno non owners clutching at straws, "difficult games, Liverpool, Leicester ...". Two pens, an assist and it's a haul.

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      They don't get pens nowadays, so only one assist 😉

  24. Starvaiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    If you were forces to (c) one of these, who would it be:
    A) Mane
    B) Zaha
    C) Maguire
    D) Richarlison

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

    2. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      A

  25. MMN
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Any changes on FH?

    Guaita
    Digne, Shaw, Castagne, TAA, Robbo
    Bruno, Salah, Greenwood
    Iheanacho, DCL

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Great team. Though perhaps Zaha instead of Robbo ?

      1. MMN
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        My thoughts exactly ... or Watkins.

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Maguire or AWB over Shaw. Both more likely to play all 3 games

  26. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    2FTs, and BB likely for 35. No FH left, so likely to hokey-cokey for 36. Son could do some work against Leeds, of course, but he also frees up the most funds in my team. Already have Bruno.

    1) Son, Rudiger > Rashford, Shaw
    2) Son, Veltman > Greenwood, Shaw

    And, Maguire or Pogba worth a shout over the others?

    1. Pariße
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Maguire and Pogba seem like neat differentials too. Both players seem like they don't really need to rest. I think SHaw will definitely get one off for Telles though.

      1. jdp219
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        True. Tomorrow at Roma will dictate things, I imagine. They could start the B team and still make it through to the final.

    2. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I had Pogba so keeping

  27. Pariße
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Is Liverpool's Phillips nailed?

    1. JBG
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Has to be, no other CBs.

      1. Pariße
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 10 months ago

        I'm afraid of Fabinho. Who played the last two when Phillips was out?

  28. KAALI_DAAL
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    People who captained Kane in the DGW, are they feeling stupid now?

    1. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      I was always gonna play FH in 35

    2. Brehmeren
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Who else would you have captained that gw?

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

      Would feel more stupid with Bruno Captain this week

    4. Pocky
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      After Mane last season?? No.

    5. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah I knew Man Utd would have a Triple gameweek and knew Kane would get injured so yeah... yeah totally

    6. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      How many points has bruno scored next week?

  29. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    oh wow Triple GW!!!!

  30. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 10 months ago

    Drop one:

    Son Salah Jota Greenwood Madisson
    Antonio Kane Iheanacho

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 10 months ago

      Ant