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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. Uncle Baby Billy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    It's mentioned all too seldom that Moses was originally on his way down with 11 commandments, slipped and one of them fell and broke. It was the one with "thou shalt not try and be a smart arse by doing your FF transfers two minutes before the deadline"

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

      What about the previous few hundred times when I’ve made late transfers and it’s been fine? Now with games getting called off right before deadline it makes perfect sense to do late transfers. Utter nonsense.

      1. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Yep we do not base decisions on things happening 1-2% of time

      2. Uncle Baby Billy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        So you're one of the ones it went pear shaped for? This just keeps getting better and better

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

          Why? Am I not nice to you?

    2. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      pish, the rule is make transfer before the deadline, game should work

    3. TheTinman
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      What happened? Did the site crash for people?

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

        Yeah too much traffic from everyone doing their transfers 5 minutes prior. Pretty standard when such traffic hits regardless of how expensive your servers are.

  2. GRASSSNAKE
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Last week people were ridiculed for doing early transfers. It's almost as if FPL towers is getting its own back on those that leave it to the last minute this week.

    1. Biggsy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      I mean, without wanting to sound like Goldilocks, there is a sweet spot...

    2. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      I'm waiting for the twitter mob to start abusing the "idiots" that waited until the last 5 mins to do their transfers. Everyone knows the optimum time is between 15 mins and 5 mins before the deadline

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Did you? That's when I did mine. I was changing the vc when it crashed.

        1. fish&chips
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          I was using the App. Not really any problems. But I set up a draft 30 mins before anyway. Was pondering foden and mahrez around the time of the drama.... expecting to be disappointed by that decision shortly

          1. Andy_Social
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 4 months ago

            So you did FH? My tipping point was doubting if Foden would start. I flirted with Mahrez but went with Kev.

        2. Gazwaz80
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          Did mine last noght after getting stuck into a bottle of Port, fortunately, it turned out pretty good 🙂

      2. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        20-30 mins is safe enough

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

      Honestly the levels of toxcitity here witchhunting those that went for Son yesterday before the rise or cashed in on Salah.. It's almost poetic.

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

    Best thing to do is make moves for next week as soon as game opens

    That way you’ll beat price changes and avoid tech issues

    1. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      hardly, on the deadline day at least during covid

      1. TheTinman
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Sarcasm 😆

  4. Pukki Party
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Rumours flying around that Foden and Grealish has mistaken the ManCity team bus from the local strip bars limousine and are heading to the game by accident

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    I know how this cycle goes

    People will make earlier transfers now and games will be called off and be told they should have waited

    1. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Spot on

    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Nope. Make the transfers with 30 mins to go before the deadline. Simple.

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

        What if a new precedent is set by a game getting cancelled 15 minutes before our deadline instead of 30?

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          That's life baby. Stuff happens.

          1. df34
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 4 months ago

            Not much of a response to discussion.

        2. Paqueta Rice
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          Calculated risk

      2. df34
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        But the deadline is at 1;30, you shouldn't be punished if the supplier doesn't hold up their end of the agreement

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          In real life, the purchaser does get punished though if the supplier doesn't hold up their end of the agreement....

          1. df34
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 4 months ago

            Supplier does too , all one way here .They can say they have 8 plus million players etc Advertising revenues

      3. The Rebel Fox
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        So by that logic if everyone does this, then wouldn't you have the same issue just a half an hour earlier ? Doesn't make sense.. the actual problem is fpl towers couldn't cope with the traffic.. and its not the first time either.. its on them not the players. If guys got caught up in fpl's incompetence, they're entitled to have a btich .. so leave them.

        1. df34
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          That's it , what if it was 10 mins deadline it crashed ? Or twenty mins etc

    3. Gooner Kebab
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      yes bruddah

    4. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Yes indeed. Schadenfreude is the order of the day on here, especially when you can rub salt into the wounds too.

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

      Well said!

    6. bench boost for every gamew…
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      I think there is perhaps a way in between, yes not smart now to make early transfers but leaving it to 1315 and later, what is the point of doing that? Villa was off before 13.00 and chance that games are cancelled so close is so small, i would make my transfer around 13.00. But i do feel sorry for those affected, its not fun i know many loves this game and this is not cool.

  6. Shifty
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1475099203697360900?s=20

    Dias not spotted coming off team bus.

    1. Duke Silver ☑
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1475100927119998985

      He just got lost on his way out

      1. Shifty
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        thanks for the correction!

  7. Gooner Kebab
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Those who pay attention and dedicate their time to this game deserves the extra points.

    I can only put the time i can afford, good luck to us 'casuals'!

  8. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Like people wouldn't have waited until last minute with an extended deadline as well...

    1. df34
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Was not last min 1:25/6 it went haywire. Do not be spouting false truths

  9. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Took a -8. 10 players. Dias and Foden out leaves me with 8. Disaster

    1. JJO
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Foden is not out

      1. lilmessipran
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Playing cricket these days?

        1. Well you know, Triffic
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          Called up to open the batting against Australia.

      2. Sailboats
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Perhaps

    2. fish&chips
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Is foden definitely out?

      1. Andy_Social
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        He was spotted in the squad. Don't know Pep's Starting XI, as always

      2. JONALDINHO
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Nevermind looks like Dias is there. Foden likely not playing though

    3. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Foden was on the City bus, Dias wasn't though seemingly

    4. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Dias is in.

  10. acidicleo
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Glad to see I am not the only one!!
    But still mad as I thought 5 mins before deadline was not too late to confirm a FH..

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Had you made moves but not hit the FH?

  11. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    FPL should extend the deadline till after all the games are played

    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Then when the site crashes at full-time, extend it again!

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      I'd get my selections wrong even then.

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    People may have played with fire leaving it so late but the website of the biggest game for the biggest league in the world should never, ever crash.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Stuff happens.

    2. Gooner Kebab
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Ah but i remember a time when it used to happen a couple times a season

    3. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      If facebook, google etc can crash why not FPL ?

      1. Pratik
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        This ^

    4. Shteve
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Lol, you clearly don't work in IT

    5. OrmskirkFC
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      In the early days of covid vaccinations the booking website kept crashing trying to find an available jab for my mum, and I'd consider that as important as FPL. It can happen.

  13. The Mighty Hippo
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Is it safe to make a few transfers now that the rush has died down?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah work away.

  14. Tango74
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    You can all laughs

    I took a punt on Toney today Before WC

  15. Digital-Real
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Free hitters win

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    foden apparently benched

    1. _Gunner
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      expected

    2. Mr Arsenal
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      As long as he comes on, that’s ok

    3. Casual Player
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Good that my late attempt to make him Captain failed then.

  17. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    They should have just left us Indians to handle the server load and other IT stuff

  18. KirkhamWesham
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    I think I'm going to start reducing my City players to just 1.
    They're just far too risky.

  19. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    At these special times of the year, there's no better place to be than the FFS Forum.

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      For the salty comments to mellow out the Christmas pudding after-taste ?

    2. Grounderz
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Hear, hear.

      1. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        😉
        Merry Christmas Grounderz

        1. Grounderz
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          Merry Christmas to you too!

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

      Goodwill to all managers lol

    4. PartyTime
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Absolutely

    5. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Its like 'Stop the Steal' all over again.

  20. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    Anybody bench boosting this week? lol

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

    Foden spotted on bus lighting Jacks farts...

  22. Uncle Baby Billy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 4 months ago

    I'm genuinely curious as to what all the would be geniuses were planning on doing with their teams if their decision to wait till 5 minutes before deadline had been vindicated? If the Spurs game had been postponed at 13:24 what were you all going to do in four minutes with the Salah > Son move you've spent four whole days agonising over? Just get Brownhill instead?

    Jesus, Mary and the wee donkey... this is funny.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 4 months ago

        A different transfer probably, not that hard to figure out

      • Cruyff's Eleven
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Get KDB. I had a plan B.

      • Valar(Keith)
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        I was hovering on dennis to Kane or Ronaldo. If I got news on spurs i would've got Ronaldo.. if not would have got Kane. That make sense to you you numbkin

        1. Cruyff's Eleven
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          Be nice

      • Gandalf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Doing nothing would have been better in that scenario than doing Salah to Son..

    2. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Foden benched.

      1. RamaJama
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Bilva brace coming in

      2. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Well that's a surprise. Not. Down to 9.

        1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          Should come on

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

        Yay! I don't want to add any of his points to my total. Filthy!

    3. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Antonio benched.

    4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      apparently no antonio

    5. Scotch Jock
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Villa - Leeds on Tuesday postponed.

      1. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Yes dead on GW deadline which didn't help those planning to next GW.

    6. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Has Vardy been spotted at all?

      1. Mr Arsenal
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        He’s been spotted

        1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          Thanks

    7. Johnny too hotty
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      Has Leeds villa announcement after deadline meant much then?

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

      I don't even know which players have been lined up for me now. In a few minutes I will know who is C and VC and I will fkn smash my computer. Bye, it was nice with you.

    9. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 4 months ago

      ESR benched.

      1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Again?! What more can that lad do

        1. james 101
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          It’s like Gunnar

          If you keep coming off the bench and hurting the opposition late in the game…

          1. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 4 months ago

            How about starting and hurting them early in the game to put it to bed

      2. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Poor lad

        1. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 4 months ago

          He'll start the next match perhaps.

      3. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Expected

      4. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Great, down to 8 then.

      5. Mr Arsenal
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Expected - he’ll start against Wolves

      6. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        Arteta's common sense out of the squad.

      7. Gubby-Allen
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 4 months ago

        You are not going to drop Martinelli.

        ESR will start Tuesday.