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The best FPL defenders for a Gameweek 7 Wildcard

Having looked at the stand-out Fantasy Premier League (FPL) forwards and midfielders for Gameweek 7 and beyond, we now switch focus to the pick of the defenders.

We previously asked Fantasy Football Scout users with a Wildcard intact when they planned to activate this prized chip, and not far off 30% of the responses were for this current Gameweek.

The article below looks at the best buys at the back with those FPL managers in mind but the targets are, of course, also relevant for those using ‘free’ transfers in Gameweek 7.

All stats and graphics included in this piece are taken from our Premium Members Area.

ANTONIO RUDIGER (AND OTHER CHELSEA OPTIONS)

Mendy injury latest as Chelsea defence impresses again 1

If you’re playing a Wildcard right now, the chances are that you’re structuring your defence around at least one Chelsea asset.

The Blues have a very favourable fixture schedule ahead, with seven of their next eight opponents among the worst 11 teams for goals scored in 2021/22.

And Thomas Tuchel’s troops are (usually) solid at the back, with their league record under their current boss excellent:

Played25
Goals conceded15
Clean sheets17

So which defender(s) to pick? That will probably boil down to what brand of Fantasy manager you are.

For the safety-first FPL bosses, there aren’t any Chelsea defenders who have escaped a benching under Tuchel to date and there will be more rotation further down the line for all of them. But Antonio Rudiger (£5.7m) and Cesar Azpilicueta (£6.0m) have started a lot more league matches than not when available under Tuchel: around 90% for both ahead of Gameweek 6.

Rudiger is the only natural left-sided stopper at the club, with Andreas Christensen (£5.0m) his likely deputy, while Azpilicueta’s versatility in playing at either wing-back or as a right-sided centre-half gives him two bites of the cherry at a first-team start.

As Andrew Gower’s table above details, it’s more of a crapshoot with the wing-backs.

Marcos Alonso’s (£5.9m) figure will have spiked thanks to his 100% starting record this season but the previously peripheral Ben Chilwell (£5.6m) is getting more and more minutes as 2021/22 goes on. The uncertainty at left wing-back was perfectly captured in the Champions League on Wednesday, when both players were handed 45 minutes apiece. Alonso’s call-up to the Spain national team for the October internationals, while Chilwell gets a fortnight to work on his fitness, is another complicating factor.

Alonso is explosive when he does play, averaging 5.88 points per match under Tuchel, even factoring two one-pointers off the bench.

CHELSEA DEFENDERS UNDER TUCHEL

PlayerStartsSub AppsGoals AssistsClean SheetsBonusPoints per match
Rudiger210201395.24
Azpilicueta2211212114.70
Christensen1520011104.76
Silva11210694.31
Chilwell11012645.36
Alonso14232995.88
James15713693.50

Reece James (£5.6m), who remains a fitness doubt for Gameweek 7, is a major source of discussion. Up there with Alonso as Chelsea’s most attacking defender, James has created more chances (27) than any other member of the Blues’ backline under Tuchel. But he has also been thrown on as a substitute on seven occasions, as many times as the other six players in the above table combined. The raft of cameos reduces his points-per-match average to a fairly poor 3.50, along with his early exits in Gameweeks 4 and 6 of the current campaign.

If FPL managers are going for a Chelsea defender double-up, then Rudiger (who tends to stay benched if rested) and a riskier punt on one of Alonso or James would seem to be the way to go – but beware the one-pointers and have a strong bench in readiness for no-shows.

RUBEN DIAS/JOAO CANCELO

Gameweek 8 marks the start of a favourable, three-match fixture run for Manchester City and if you’re deploying your Wildcard this week, you’ll likely want a defender or two from Pep Guardiola’s rearguard.

City’s 1-0 win over Chelsea made it five clean sheets on the spin for the reigning champions, who didn’t look like conceding at all against the Champions League holders: the Blues had the lowest expected goals (xG) total of any side in Gameweek 6.

Many of us will be considering playing our City defenders from Gameweek 8 but who would back against them shutting Liverpool out on Sunday? Guardiola’s side have conceded only two ‘big chances’ all season and just five shots on target – that’s eight fewer than any other side.

Top for clean sheets in the previous two seasons and averaging 18.5 shut-outs per year in the last four campaigns, this is a proven backline.

Following his assist at Stamford Bridge, Joao Cancelo (£6.1m) is now top among FPL defenders for points this season. Ruben Dias (£6.1m), who like Cancelo is an ever-present starter in 2021/22 and who was the defender least at risk of rotation last year, is joint-second.

These two are probably the stand-out picks from the City defence.

Dias was benched in only one league match from his Gameweek 4 debut to Gameweek 30 (the point at which Guardiola started focusing on the Champions League and FA Cup, with the domestic title sewn up) last season, and even that was because he had just recovered from illness.

Over the same period, Cancelo tasted substitute duty on six occasions. He’s a less secure starter but does have the advantage of playing at both right and left-back, and he’s a darn sight more attacking that Dias.

Since Dias arrived at City he has averaged 4.76 points per match, with Cancelo’s mean at 5.35. Their points totals in that time? 181 and 182 respectively. So Cancelo has been matching Dias even factoring in those no-shows; including the full-back over the centre-half in a Wildcard squad simply means that you will have to have a playing FPL substitute ready and poised for emergency duty.

A word on Aymeric Laporte (£5.5m): he has had as many shots in the box as any City player this season and is a real threat from set plays.

But while Laporte seems settled as Dias’ partner-in-crime for now, Guardiola has historically only built his defence around one centre-half mainstay. John Stones (£5.3m) ultimately represents a threat to Laporte’s place, so the same ‘have a substitute ready’ caveat applies to the Spaniard as it does to Cancelo.

TINO LIVRAMENTO

Jimenez ends goal drought as Arsenal claim convincing north London derby win 7

We’ve been treated to a whole host of starting £4.0m-ish defenders in 2021/22 so far but the cream of the crop is starting to rise, six Gameweeks in.

The likes of Kostas Tsimikas (£4.0m) and Daniel Amartey (£4.0m) are no longer getting regular game-time, while Javier Manquillo (£4.0m) and Brandon Williams (£4.0m) are playing for two of the worst backlines in the division. Williams, interestingly, has racked up more penalty box touches than any other defender over the last three Gameweeks, and the switch to a 3-5-2 system last weekend allowed him to push on – but Dimitris Giannoulis (£4.4m) is seen as a more natural fit at wing-back among some of the Carrow Road faithful.

Shane Duffy (£4.3m), who has registered more shots in the box than any other defender this season, is deserving of a mention. His form has been generally superb since his return to the Brighton XI and it’s perhaps his shirt to lose now but the return from injury of Tariq Lamptey, Joel Veltman and, soon, Adam Webster (all £4.4m) will swell the defensive options available to Graham Potter.

Enter Valentino Livramento (£4.2m).

The teenage right-back is an ever-present starter this season and has been part of a Saints backline that has conceded on only one occasion in the last three Gameweeks, shutting out Manchester City and West Ham United in the process.

And Southampton rise to second in our Season Ticker from Gameweeks 8-18, with a trip to Chelsea to come before that.

Livramento doesn’t just offer clean sheet potential but a bit of attacking threat, too: he’s top among £4.5m-and-under defenders for final-third touches this season (see below).

Ralph Hasenhuttl will be wary of overloading the 18-year-old and the odd benching may be a concern from Gameweek 13 onwards, when Saints face nine league matches in the space of five weeks.

For now, though, fixtures and form seem to be uniting at an opportune time.

KIERAN TIERNEY

Is this to be Kieran Tierney‘s (£4.9m) year? After delivering 45 attacking returns in 170 appearances for Celtic, many of us have been waiting (and waiting and waiting…) for the current Arsenal left-back to recapture that form in FPL.

A strong chance of a clean sheet is a good base to start for any defender, and Tierney has two in the last three Gameweeks as Arsenal’s backline begins to look solid with first-choice personnel available again after an August decimated by injury and illness.

Only Manchester City have conceded fewer goals and big chances than the Gunners over the last three Gameweeks. While the calibre of opposition has to be factored in, Mikel Arteta’s side face more of the same sorts of teams between now and the November international break.

And as Lateriser pointed out in his recent Arsenal analysis, the Gunners have been solid dating back to last season; this isn’t just a kneejerk reaction to the last three games.

Why Tierney over his peers? If you can afford it, simply because he’ll offer the best chance of delivering attacking returns.

Tierney has received the ball twice as often as opposite full-back Takehiro Tomiyasu (£4.5m) in the final third since the latter’s debut, with the Japan international more of a ‘stay at home’ brand of full-back – even if he has had the same number of shots as Tierney.

Tomiyasu and Ben White (£4.4m) are very decent cheaper alternatives to the Scot, who look like week-in, week-out starters especially as the Gunners don’t have the sideshow distraction of the Europa League.

For those who love their budget defender rotation, pairing White with Matthew Lowton (£4.4m) gives the following run of favourable fixtures right the way through to the end of the calendar year: NOR, CRY, sou, BRE, WAT, CRY, NEW, wol, new, SOU, WAT, lee, nor, WOL.

Burnley’s defence is some way short of being solid (no clean sheets this season) but they have had a tricky start, fixture-wise, and Lowton is joint-second among his teammates for chances created in 2021/22.

TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD

Salah on target as Liverpool assets prosper at Leeds 1

Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.6m) will miss Gameweek 7 through injury but his manager “thinks” he’ll be back after the international break, when the Reds face Watford.

Alexander-Arnold is being sold in his droves ahead of Saturday’s deadline, with the red flag, the thirst for Chelsea/City defenders and Liverpool’s so-so upcoming schedule all contributing to the mass exodus.

Going without the Reds right-back does open up a fair bit of cash to spend elsewhere – but at what cost?

Alexander-Arnold has averaged a whopping 7.33 points per match over his last 15 Premier League matches, delivering eight attacking returns, four double-digit hauls and only two blanks.

Indeed, there were a combined 21 points against two of Liverpool’s less-favourable upcoming opponents, Arsenal and Manchester United, in Gameweeks 30 and 35 of 2020/21.

Top and joint-top among defenders for both chances created and shots attempted, he’s a risky player to avoid if he does make a swift return from injury in Gameweek 8.

ALSO CONSIDER

If we knew for sure that Aston Villa will persist with a wing-back system, Matthew Cash (£5.0m) would be a name to consider.

Since Cash took up that role in Gameweek 4, only one FPL defender has registered more penalty box touches.

The formation switch has served to make the Villa defence more robust, too, with two clean sheets arriving in as many games.

Whether Smith sticks with a 3-5-2 in the easier fixtures ahead is another question – particularly with the likes of Emiliano Buendia (£6.4m) and especially Leon Bailey (£6.4m) to crowbar into the team. It goes without saying that Villa had looked more suspect at the back without a third centre-half and three across the midfield, so that has to be a consideration.

If you have the luxury of benching a budget defender until Gameweek 10 or so, then a Brentford asset is worthy of consideration.

One of the better-performing backlines until the six-goal thriller against Liverpool, the Bees sit top of our Season Ticker from Gameweeks 10-19.

Pontus Jansson (£4.6m) and Ethan Pinnock (£4.6m) will supplement their clean sheets with the additional goal or assist and indeed already have four attacking returns between them.

Marcal‘s (£4.6m) grip on a first-team spot looks to be weakening by the week, so Nelson Semedo (£4.9m) is our Wolves asset of choice for their ongoing favourable run. Only three defenders have had more penalty box touches than the gung-ho wing-back, who continues to be presented with – and spurn – some excellent goalscoring chances.

1,235 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Letsgo!
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Capt antonio?

    1. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yes!

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

      Yes

    3. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Not a bad choice.

    4. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Do it.
      Sounds like a member of The Avengers too.

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

      Thinking him, Ronaldo and Lukaku equally good choices this GW

  2. sunzip14
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Better transfer option? Will WC next gw.

    A) Bruno+TAA+Toney> Son+ Lowton+ Lukaku (-4)
    B) Bruno+TAA+Toney> Benrahma+ Rudiger + Lukaku (-4)
    C) TAA+ Ayling> Alonso + Rudiger (for free), play Bruno & Toney

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      C for me.

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

      C

      You can try a Burnley defender over Alonso

    3. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      C

  3. Boss Hogg
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Anything worth a 4 point hit for in defence this week?

    Sanchez (Steele)
    Trent, Alonso, Marcal (Duffy, Livra)

    1. Lexi2014
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nope

    2. Il Capitano
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Na

  4. OptimusBlack
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    GTG ? Any Thoughts ?
    Sanchez
    Coady White Rüdiger ( Livra Willimas)
    Salah Sarr Traoré Benrahma (Allan)
    Ronaldo Vardy Antonio ©
    No FT & 2.9 M itb

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      How about Traore out to maybe Raphina or Saka?

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

        for a hit ?

  5. Thunder Warrior
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Saka or Zaha?

    1. Lexi2014
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Gone Saka myself...

    2. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Saka.

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

      Saka

    4. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Bukayo

  6. Lexi2014
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Bench one of:

    Benrahma
    Raphina
    Saka
    Sarr

    My forwards are:

    Antonio
    CR7
    Jimenez

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Can't you play all 7?
      All are great options this week.
      At a push, Benrahma.

      1. Lexi2014
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Sadly not...wish I could!

    2. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Would probably bench Saka

    3. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      You have 4 solid defenders this week? And here I am with only 1 likely to start from 5 🙂

      1. Lexi2014
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Playing 3-4-3

        Livra
        Dias
        Rudiger

        Mostly solid defence I say with my fingers crossed! (Amartey and Ayling on my bench don't look great...)

    4. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Saka

    5. Ginola14
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      youre missing a midfielder if playing 3-4-3

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

      You have antonio so bench Ben

  7. The Mighty Whites
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    2FT, 0.5 ITB, thoughts?

    Sanchez / Steele

    TAA / Ayling / Coady / White / Livramento

    Salah / Raphinha / Gallagher / Gray / Allan

    Ronaldo / Lukaku / Antonio

    Ayling to Christensen?

    1. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Sounds like a good move.

    2. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Solid move

  8. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Would you rather have Duffy or Livramento as a 5th defender on WC?

    Mendy - 4.0
    Rudiger - Dias - Cancelo - Semedo - XXXXX

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Livra

      What a defence!

      1. The Mighty Whites
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Liv

    2. Lexi2014
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Livra - more likely chance of assists plus goals. Duffy does grab headed goals but fewer assists...

    3. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Livramento

    4. Rains of Castamere
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Thanks all.

  9. Smokey_Lowkey
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Which one:

    A) Duffy (ARS) + Jimenez (NEW)
    B) Vardy (cpl) + Rudiger (SOU) (-4)
    C) Lukaku (SOU) (c) + White (bha) (-4)

    1. Smokey_Lowkey
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      One week punt before WC next GW...

    2. 1984 TC
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      B) and captain Vardy?

      1. Smokey_Lowkey
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        That's a fair shout!

  10. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    If I keep Jota this week I may as well hold for the following gw. Would you sell for raphinha now ? Thank you

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Hold.
      Any injury to Salah, Firmino, or Mane and he's back in essential territory again.

    2. We Go Again
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I'm keeping. Feel he will play against Watford.

    3. iL PiStOlErO
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Keep

    4. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers all

  11. FPL MAN 123
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Is this WC team good to go, opinions?.....(Left out Sarr due to fixtures)

    Ramsdale
    Alonso | Rudiger | Marcal
    Salah | Raphina | Benrhama | Smith-Rowe
    Ronaldo | Lukaku (c) | Antonio

    Foster | Douglas Luiz | Liverimento | Duffy

    1. NotsoSpursy
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Very nice

      1. FPL MAN 123
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Thank you, good to hear!

    2. McSauce
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Any danger of slipping in Dias over Alonso?

  12. BENOIT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Best Jota replacements?

    Already got Raph and Sarr.

    1. ElliotJHP
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Bleak after that I'm afraid

    2. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Saka

    3. NotsoSpursy
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Saka

    4. sunzip14
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Benrahma, Saka, Gray

  13. jackruet
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    That 95 min goal will boost utd and Ronaldo's confidence to the sky. Ronaldo hatty incoming

  14. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Just saw the start of Rafa's presser. DCL not ready yet but is in training.

    GW8 he will be back.

    1. jackruet
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Dcl insta pick for me Once fit, though Everton has tough fixture ahead

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Kaku Antonio DCL front 3 on my WC next week will be lovely

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

      Fixtures not the best, though. But he's good to have at that price point nevertheless

  15. mr messi
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Do we think Shaw plays?

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

    2. NotsoSpursy
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Looks like it

  16. NotsoSpursy
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    How safe is Grealish ?
    Not seen him in many WCs this week

    1. pjomara
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      At driving? Not very

  17. FPL MAN 123
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Pick 2....

    Benrhama
    Sarr
    Raphina

    1. vova
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ben Raph

    2. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      For this week Raph Sarr

  18. vova
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Is it worth getting Dias for TAA (on a WC) if I'm going to bench Dias this week?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Play him imo

      1. vova
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        instead of Toney?

    2. FPL Theorist
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      No

  19. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Latest incarnation of GW8 WC team to make me feel better about having a cack team this week.

    Ederson // Foster
    TAA Cancelo Rudiger // Livramento Williams
    Salah Raphinha Saka Mbuemo // Luiz
    Lukaku Antonio DCL

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ederson on INT duty. May not be back in time.

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Maybe mendy instead in that case but doubt it’ll be a problem

    2. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Not bad

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks

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

      Looks good, but DCL not back is he?

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Training now just not ready for weekend. Will be back after intl. break

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

          Ah, didn't spot that. 0.1 off direct swap unless he drops , anyway

    4. Rbyrne95
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Andy made a point on FPL vids that rarely in history of FPL has a 5.5-6mil keeper been worth it when the money can be used elsewhere for bonus points in defence. Could you get a cheaper keeper and upgrade one defender to double Chelsea def?

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Andy isn't a very good player though so I'd be careful listening to these gems 😉 .

        1. Rbyrne95
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          I went against his view and have Sa in net so I can’t really complain ha! Turned out well

    5. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I am working towards this

      Alisson Foster
      TAA Cancelo Dias / Cash Pinnock
      Salah Gray Benny Doucoure / D.Luiz
      Antonio Vardy DCL

      Want a really strong bench to cope with injuries and no shows.

  20. Rbyrne95
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Made both transfers this week to get in defenders before price rises;

    Is it worth taking a -4 to get in Raph/Saka for Jota? Will get in Lukaku next week

    Sa
    Azpilicueta, Cancelo, Marcal
    Sarr, Salah, Jota, Benrahma
    Antonio, Jimenez, Ronaldo (c)

    4.0, Livra, Allan, Williams

  21. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    With both TAA and Bamford out, have to play Jota vs City or Livramento vs Chelsea to field 11 this GW, and that is provided rest of y players starts. Very tempted to take a hit, but really depends whether Bamford should be back next GW or not - if so I might perhaps as well hold, as none of the other mid priced forwards looks in for a haul this GW. Bamford has nice fixtures all the way to GW15, while Jota might have to go long term due to rotation risk. So options are basically

    A) Play Livramento or Jota for expected 1 pointers. Save FT and hope that both TAA and Bamford are back after IB
    B) Jota -> Saka, Sarr or the like , -4pts
    C) Bamford -> Jimenez or Toney, -4 pts

    Basically short term gain vs. long term team overhaul
    cheers

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      A and play jota, I wouldn’t say it’s likely he gets something but every chance they are chasing a goal at that point, worth it over a hit I say

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

        Txs. sensible thinking, although I suspect chances of goal vs City not that high as you say. But replacement need to score at least 5 to break even. But if Bambam out also GW8, I will regret

    2. Rbyrne95
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I’m in the same situ with you regarding Jota. It’s thinking about playing Jota or transferring for Raph/Saka for -4.

      Is it for a long term transfer?

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

        Would be long term in that case, maybe with a view to get Lukaku to partner Ronaldo

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

      Play Jota

      The Liverpool City match is not noted for lack of goals - 3 or even 4 for one side is fairly standard. Wouldn't write it off as a confirmed one pointer just yet.

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

        Let's hope so, as long as Liverpool score the most!

    4. TomSaints
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I’m in same boat.

      Gone Jota to Raphina with FT and mulling over TAA to a Chelsea defender before wildcarding next week.

  22. DannyDrinkVodka
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Locked and loaded:

    Ramsdale
    Cancelo Alonso Rudiger
    Salah Raphinha Benrahma Sarr
    Lukaku(c) Antonio Jimenez

    Foster ESR Dias Livramento

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      WC?

      1. DannyDrinkVodka
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Si senor! Any good? I’ve got 0.7 ITB

        1. Miguel Sanchez
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Es muy bueno

    2. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Looks good, I'm on very similar on WC, hoping bench isn't too strong! I just have Saka over ESR and 0.2 itb rest the same. Plans for TAA?

      1. DannyDrinkVodka
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        I think that the strong bench is essential with Cancelo/Alonso/Raphinha……fairly easy for me to get to TAA via Alonso and Sarr

  23. Jdpz
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Sanchez
    TAA Reguilon Tierney
    Salah Bruno Jota Raphinha Benrahma
    Antonio King

    Begović Cash Ayling Perica*

    1FT, 2.4m ITB

    a) Jota to Grealish / Son
    b) Scarlett to Wood (NOR)
    c) Ayling to Azpi / Rudiger

  24. CRO KLOPP
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Is Creswell on all corners or only from one side?

    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      1 side (their left) if memory serves

      1. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks mate

    2. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Believe it’s usually Bowen from the o right

  25. PocketZola
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Is this wc worth it?

    ramsdale
    tierney cancelo rudiger
    galagher salah mbuemo raphina
    auba luka antonio

    subs, livra, williams, luiz

    2.6mil itb for tierney taa when he returns

    1. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      You sold on Mbuemo over someone like Doucoure?

      1. PocketZola
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        mbu is basically a striker

  26. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    A rather remarkable name second in the list for touches in the final third for budget defenders!

    That's off the back of playing away to Liverpool and Chelsea.

    Give it a couple of weeks perhaps 🙂

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ward or Mitchell

      1. pingissimus
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Mitchell

        Palace are quite often playing a slightly lopsided formation where Mitchell is a wingback and Ward tucks in more. The left is where Zaha is found and he is often moving to an inside left position in attack. The ball goes down the Palace left more than the right traditionally..

        All that said Vieira ball may not be great for width as it is so possession based. And not a lot of signs of Palace actually creating much at all even if they look 100% better.

  27. NotsoSpursy
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    A- Grealish
    Or
    B- Saka

    ?

    1. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Saka, never mind he's almost 2 mill cheaper

    2. Bavarian
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      B

  28. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Losing faith with my alonso wc pick.

    I may end up changing it, not sure who for.
    Suppose he could become walker next gw if he's benched this week.

    Cancelo-rudigar-alonso-tomiyasu(duffy)

    1. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      He could become walker or James if hes nailed. Im going with him on my WC, easy fix if it doesnt work

    2. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Go for it - you have enough cover

    3. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Think I'm going to stick with him on WC, if it looks like spot is lost I will switch to James or even Chilwel

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

    Jota > raph for a hit? Bench is Taa, Omo, Scarlett

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Is Raph a risk for gw8 given the time of the Brazil game? Read it’s like 2-3 days before PL game.
      Would avoid hits before IB unless it’s for a player you want to lose long term

  30. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    2ft, 2m itb

    A) TAA, Jota > Rudiger, Son
    B) TAA, Jota, Dennis > Christesen, ESR, Lukaku
    C) Something else

    Sanchez Steele
    Shaw Digne TAA White Livra
    Gray Salah Jota Benny Kovacic
    Dennis Ronaldo Antonio