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Sell Salah, Free Hit and who to captain in Gameweek 19? What FPL managers think

There are some big questions facing Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers ahead of Gameweek 19 and earlier in the week we set up some polls to gauge opinion on the key talking points.

Here’s how you voted over the last few days:

SELL SALAH IN GAMEWEEK 19?

Not far off 50% of responders are planning to offload Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) without a chip this week, with the vast majority of those not planning to buy him back before he departs for the Africa Cup of Nations after Gameweek 21.

FREE HIT OR NOT IN GAMEWEEK 19?

Over one in five Fantasy managers said they were planning to play their Free Hit chip this week but circa 30% were undecided at the time of voting, so there could be more in the offing – particularly as Spurs v Palace looks set to go ahead.

WHO TO CAPTAIN IN GAMEWEEK 19?

We’ve been used to seeing Salah mop up over 50% of the vote in our captaincy poll in recent months and the race is blown wide open this week, with Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.5m) leading the way with just over a third of the vote.

EXTRA FREE HIT: FOR OR AGAINST?

The decision by FPL to grant managers an extra Free Hit proveded to be a divisive one – more said they were against the move than in favour of it in on on-site poll but the result was reversed in the corresponding Twitter vote.


For more FPL assistance ahead of the 13:30 GMT deadline, check out our Gameweek guide below:

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

    What a FPL season!!! 😀

  2. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Site crashed and transfers didn't go through

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

      Join the queue mate

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

    Odds we get this extended?

    10%? 50%?

    It’s the ones who actually care about the game who are worst affected. They’ve got to put it right surely.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      LOL

    2. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      0%

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Ouch. lol 😉

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Were U serious or joking?

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

      0%

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

      0% it was literally 2 minutes before

    5. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      They won't, they're fools

    6. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Another chip maybe?

    7. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      0.00001%

      The ones who care about the game aren't the target audience. The casuals who check their phone a few times a GW are the target audience.

      Most of those casuals are fine with what has happened.

    8. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I'm not one of those 'get over it, snowflake' people, but surely everyone with basic knowledge of the Internet ought to have known the risks.

      1. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Deadline say 1;30, why don't they put up in big red writing that website could crash before any GW?So we are all aware of potential risks. Of course they won't makes them look incompetent.

        1. Forza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          WhatsApp was down for hours earlier this year - any website in the world could crash at any moment. If you have the confidence to leave it late, you're surely knowledgeable enough to be aware of that IMO.

    9. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      There's last minute transfers and there's ACTUAL LAST MINUTE transfers. Come on now...

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

        Agree

    10. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      No chance, it's already updating

  4. Mweene
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    People crying on twitter again because they stupidly left their transfers to the last 2 minutes. Was obviously going to happen. No doubt FPL will appease them again by changing the rules

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

      Well this time it's their fault right?

    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      If the deadline is 1.30PM and nor 1.25PM then people have the right to be annoyed

    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      People rely on a site being up

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

        So very much this… deadline isn’t 1:30 not 1:26:34!!!

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

        And yet most know that it isn't always reliable.

        1. df34
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Wrong 98- 99% time reliable. We as rational human beings do not base decisions on 1-2%

    4. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      it was 15 minutes to go when the site didn't let me get Ronaldo from the bench into my team anymore.
      I tried 15 minutes so stfu.

    5. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      99% of them were probably trying to copy LTFPL Andy

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        I say we blame Andy for breaking the internet. The new Kim

    6. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      The website should be up, end of question. With all the money the premier league has and they can’t have a website that handles a lot of traffic?

      1. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Agree

    7. Clintymints
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      This week is diff with covid news and extra FH's

      You'd expect the site to work

      Not too affected myself but it's not cool

      1. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        I didn't expect it to be able to handle this kind of traffic peak. Surprised that it didn't go down earlier.

    8. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      'Obviously'

    9. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah and last GW you could read that people were stupid not making transfer on the last minute when AV's game got postponed. Whatever.

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

        Bang on!

    10. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      What a truly stupid thing to say. Deadline was 1:30pm. End of.

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

        To be fair deadline turned out to be 1:15 for a good number of managers without any notice!

      2. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Yep

    11. Lubic87
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      If the site goes down, it's not the user's fault. Simple as that.

    12. The Rebel Fox
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      The rules state a deadline time.. The rules state players are allowed to make whatever changes before this deadline time.. Given the carnage and late cancellation of games recently,vplayers rightly held on until as late as possible.. so I'm not sure why you're acting all smug up there on your high horse and moaning about people moaning. The irony is surely lost on you.

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

    When's the deadline?

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Hahaha... That made me laugh, thank you Sir

    2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Tuesday 28th December at 11:00

  6. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Why is it that the rumours are always about highly owned players every GW?

    Never see them say 'Toney is out' (when he was actually out with Covid).

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

      Nobody bother with mediocre players

    2. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      More clickbait = more ad revenue

  7. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    First time I’ve ever waited until the last minute the make transfers and this happens…

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

      I made early ones last week…. Got caught

      Everyone saying you’ve got to wait… so I waited and then this!

      You gotta love it!

  8. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Due to site crash I may have Salah (C) TAA (VC) or Cancelo (VC)

    1. ‘Tis the Season
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Why did you wait until the last minute to make transfers

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

        I don’t know maybe because of all the cancellations? Leeds Villa was cancelled at 1:31

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

        Covid cancellation worries maybe

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

          Still reason to not sort out your captain and VC options ahead of time

      3. Conor1
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Because you are allowed to, the deadline was half one, not 27 mins past. That’s why I suppose.

    2. PompeyUpNorth!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Same here. Nightmare

    3. I Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Due to site crash? The Liverpool postponement has been known for days. Why didn't you change captain?

  9. CroatianHammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Oh wow, didn't realise it crashed. Guess we find out what saved for others.

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

    Looks like Leeds Villa off next GW. Hope not many other fixtures get postponed.

  11. Muscout
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Normally I wouldn’t wait until the last 2 mins but with the way it’s been over the last week can you blame us?? Surely extend the deadline?

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

    Salah now on -287%
    Carnage!

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

      I hope mine went through

    2. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      OMG that must be a record

  13. Walter White (WW)
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Same clowns who laughed at those that took hits early last gameweek are now whining

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

      We still laugh at you. We lost due to a technical error.. not stupidity.

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

        ouch

      2. I Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        A technical error which there is always a risk of.

      3. Ginkapo FPL
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Pretty stupid to wait that long. Got to manage all risks and a server crash is one of them. Stupid not to mitigate. In the last minutes the risk of a server crash is higher than a game cancellation

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

          This forum really has become toxic. Just sod off the lot of you

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

            Been toxic for years

        2. df34
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Do you base decisions on 1-2% chance of things happening. IF you were going down the motorway at 77mph in a 80 zone, would you be okay being penalised?

      4. POGON 1948
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        If you think not considering game cancellations is stupidity (which it is, i agree)
        Then by that same logic not considering technical errors is just as stupid.

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I'm not. Didn't take early hits. Made my transfers around 13.00 UK time. Perfectly good for me.

    3. I Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Exactly.

    4. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      If using a free hit no excuse really. Have your team in place and finger on button for any changes (with subs in place too and captain and vc already in place in different games ideally).

  14. Shultan
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Decided to go without ronaldo,
    Son (C) for me! Feels like a mistake already

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

      Same, feels good!

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

    Waited until 13.27. Not even sure if Salah and Watkins to Martinelli and Ronaldo even went though. Pretty sure I have Gundogan captain.

  16. I Member
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    This is why I went early last week and was caught out by the late Villa cancellation. Was mocked for it but site crashing before deadline is always a possibility.

    1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      10-15 mins before deadline is the most sensible thing

      1. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Could be twenty mins next week? Might not feel so wise then

    2. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Lol Villa cancellation was like an hour before deadline. The site won't stay down for an hour, so there was no need for you to do that

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

    If they push the deadline back to 3pm and we get to see the City team, will be clicking that free hit button.

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

      Same

    2. I Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Would be ridiculous for them to push the deadline back.

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

        Extremely, but just nice to imagine some nice things happening in this game for once.

      2. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        More ridiculous they can't keep to a deadline

    3. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      They won't.

  18. Sterling Archer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Lol so if it crashes as you click save, we saying it goes through OK???

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

      Hope so

  19. FPL Insanity
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    I made 3 x TR's as it was crashing but it looked like it went through but couldn't pick (c) or (vc). Will I get a defo c/vc or is there a chance I'll not have a Cap?

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      You'll have a cap. It'll be on whoever you had before or if you transferred, whoever you replaced them with

      1. FPL Insanity
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Ok, thanks Biggsy

  20. Rains of Castamere
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Last minute -4

    Salah Gallagher Armstrong
    to
    Martinelli Bowen Ronaldo

    It went through but my captaincy was stuck on Bowen then it crashed ffs

    1. Custard Gannet
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Same here.
      Transferred Ronaldo in but couldn't move the armband to him.
      I *think* it's on Martinelli....

  21. L'Aeroplanino
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    they aren’t going to reopen are they, ffs…

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

      Would've happened by now I'd say. Royally screwed over there.

    2. Super-Anders
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      No, but I heard rumors of a new chip to compensate. The "Random Team" chip let´s you force 15 random players on a competitors team any gameweek.

  22. Stevig
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    RANDOM DEADLINE might be a fun regular addition to the game.

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

      They could make it a chip. 😆

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

        Though come to thin of it. Would we really play a game filled with so many unpredictable factors. It would might us crazy

  23. The Final Boss
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Last week everybody said wait until last minute, now asking why left to too late.. Salah foden Antonio to bowen son cr7 for minus 8 was my transfer but it crashed.. Cap laca..

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      When people say 'last minute' they don't literally mean last minute. They mean like the last 30 minutes before the deadline.

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

        How do you know?

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 3 months ago

          Because very little goes well by waiting until the last minute.

          Forget FPL, that is true of most situations in real life.

          Real life is not like the movies where people save the day with a millisecond to go.....

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      i think last minute means wait for game cancellations or confirmations … not literally tbe last minute

      30 mins pre deadline was pretty safe

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

      yep exactly the same. ojh well rolled a transfer and Gallagher captain 🙂

  24. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    omg scenes 🙂

  25. FDMS All Starz
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    If I had 2FTs before gw22 and I played FH on that week, will I get 2FTs back the next week or 1

    1. One More Hit
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      One

    2. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      What he said, one. Not logical, just is what it is. If you want someone to talk to you like you're crazy, send an email to FPL about it.

  26. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Just do your moves 15 mins before deadline instead of trying be a smart a** doing it 17 seconds before

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Steve, you've Spudded them!

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Lol funny turn of events mate have a good game week

    2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      This is what I do

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

      Yeah and if it ever crashed 15 minutes before then you'll whine too like the rest of them

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Much less likely though given the greater length of time left until deadline

    4. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      I wasn’t trying to be smart. It’s what I do every single week. Have done for many years and it’s worked fine. Now with games getting called off very last minute, it makes it even more important to wait.

  27. Shultan
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    It's very annoying the FPL site crashed but I did have a bad feeling this would happen with the amount of traffic it was likely to get after what happened last week

    Did transfers at 1.10

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

      Thought traffic would be less due to holidays...

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        Boxing Day = football for even casuals, plus they likely won’t be working so will be at the forefront of their minds

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

        FPL Servers also on holiday

  28. Super-Anders
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Exiting to see where my Cap and VC sits after failing to do transfers. I think Cancelo and Kane but could be anywhere after endless tinkering.

  29. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Think it's time we get another free hit

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

      That's another reason to have played it - same precedent same circumstances. Covid not exactly getting better right now

  30. Ron_Swanson
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 3 months ago

    Leeds v Villa on Tuesday confirmed off

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

      Watkins owners rejoice

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 3 months ago

        My team is making me full of rejoicing now (not) - it's just a question of how big a drop this will be. All we need is for the Foxes to get the Pool match postponed .....

    2. CroatianHammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 3 months ago

      Aye. Which kinda bugs me, as I was holding Rapha for the duration. Now he's an easy sell. By all accounts he's gone soon anyway. Bargain at 50m. Buy two of him.

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

      Hoping to spend my free hits points on hits tomorrow lol