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24 August 2014 6148 comments
Mark Mark
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Sunday serves up a trio of Gameweek encounters, with Thursday’s Europa League ties pushing Hull and Tottenham’s home fixtures alongside Man United’s trip to the Stadium of Light.

Events begin at the KC Stadium and White Hart Lane, with Steve Bruce’s Hull hosting Stoke and Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs facing a London derby clash with QPR. Fantasy managers will be focused mainly on the latter, with Christian Eriksen the top owned asset on show from the early kick-offs.

Attention then turns to the North East, with Louis van Gaal’s United outfit taking on Sunderland in a bid to get their season underway following the opening day defeat to Swansea. With a staggering 48% ownership, Wayne Rooney remains the headline act, while Juan Mata’s 19% ownership will be holding out for returns in order to stem a tide of sales that have already seen the Spanish playmaker drop in price.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. JoJoRed
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    So will Bruce be coming on then. From someone with Wisdom on bench

  2. RyanFootballChatbox
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Dier is having a good season cant believe didnt think of getting him

  3. Demí
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Oh dier lord

    1. Coaly
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      😀 can't believe it

  4. AlCapwnUK
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Kyle Walker must be worried about getting back in this back 4.

    1. reece
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I agree walker is awful I can't see him taking his position back tbh

  5. AriseSirGiggsy
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Dier again?????

  6. Andre W
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Lamela, now a goal please

  7. Thomass
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Dierrrrrr goal 😀

  8. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Dier is such a casuals bandwagon. Had no right to score last week.

    Ffs!

    1. Tin of Directors
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      This x 1million

    2. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Hopefully he'll turn out like Cahill a few seasons back. Two goals in first gameweek, casuals went crazy over him but gave them nothing rest of the season.

  9. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Your turn Eriksen.

  10. Nabs Kebabs
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    people watching the stoke game, why hasn't diouf got a hattrick yet?

    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      He's not that good.

    2. amol
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      He's shite

    1. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Called it. People dismissed me when I said he was an option this week. "Knee jerker" , they said. Probably should've got him instead of Schurrle 😆

      1. Microeconomics
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Should have captained him too 😛

      2. Tin of Directors
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        You have to admit, it was knee jerking.

    2. Purps
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Well done. I actually mean that.

  11. Wilshere Knowledge
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    It was all going to well... 😆

  12. Mindless Freak
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Knee jerk is the way to go.

    1. AlCapwnUK
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      why did I get Vertonghen in instead of Dier...

      1. Konig Luther
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        why would you pick Dier instead Vert?

  13. Nice 2 Michu
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Chadli nailed?

    1. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      I would also like to know this.

  14. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Dier 😯

  15. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Wtf dier

  16. djenzio
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    think I'm gonna do Ward -> Dier....

    1. AlCapwnUK
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      i was thiking the same but the extra 0.1 complicates things. And they are playing Liverpool next week

  17. denial
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    *finally* after 1.5 games Lamela gets an assist 😉

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      **39.5 games 😉

  18. Jafooli
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Dier ownership?

    1. Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      7.4%

    2. Porkchops Johnson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      7.4%

    3. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Rising by the second.

    4. FPL Daniel
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Dont ask. All casuals. They r killing us

  19. FPL Daniel
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Lamelaaaaaaa assisttt!!!!!!! Get in!

  20. CellinoArmy
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    So Dier will continue to rise, Lamela finally comes good too 😀

  21. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Borefest

  22. @FuzzyWarbles
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    There's only one, Eric Dier.....

    COYS!

  23. Coaly
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Come on Caulker!!

  24. Crouchy
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Only just realized my brother 'Optimus' has Chester in his team.. hitting it hard I'd imagine!!

  25. OShaughnessy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Assisting the Assister in the FPL.

    Canadian here & in Ice Hockey "an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team".

    "The assists will be awarded in the order of play, with the last player to pass the puck to the goal scorer getting the primary assist and the player who passed it to the primary assister getting the secondary assist."

    Now, wouldn't it be nice to reward players like Gerrard or Yaya's great through balls that are key to the play by giving them perhaps 1 point for a secondary assist?

    Granted, this would be subjective on some level but, after Lukaku's 9 assists last year, aren't they all?

    Finally, before we shun the idea the FPL already took a page from ice hockey's book by rewarding assists to the original shooter from a rebound given up by a goaltender.

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      No.

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Would never work in football

      1. OShaughnessy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        And why's that?

        Hockey's a lot faster & the puck is much smaller...

    3. darko
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Agree. Very often the creator doesn't get the credit in assist terms, compared to somebody tapping the ball for an indirect free kick etc.

  26. djenzio
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    anyone else gonna get Dier....seems the right but wrong

  27. piquiblanco
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    Livescore says it's Bentaleb assist. Please tell me it's Lamela for sure! 🙂

    1. Jax
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      lamela took the corner

    2. 420king
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      it's Bentaleb right off the bench..sorry

  28. Rivaldo Izback
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    I thought all this kneejerking about Dier was silly.. But I'm pretty impressed by his performance now..

    1. Tin of Directors
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      When does knee jerking become not knee jerking.

  29. Gooner Kebab
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    C'mon Rangers. I've a few Dier owners in my ML.