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4 March 2015 2521 comments
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Wednesday’s Premier League action comprises of six 7.45pm match-ups followed by Liverpool’s clash against Burnley at 8pm. Tottenham and QPR both embark on the first tie of their double Gameweek tonight – Spurs host Swansea at the Lane and the R’s entertain Arsenal, whilst Chelsea look to capitalise on Manchester City’s slip-up last weekend when they travel across the capital to face West Ham.

Manchester City can ill afford any further hiccups when they duel with Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium. With the champions having recorded just two victories in their last seven matches, Manuel Pellegrini makes five changes – Wilfried Bony joins Sergio Aguero up top as Edin Dzeko drops out, whilst Vincent Kompany has been omitted from the starting line-up.

Newcastle’s clash with Manchester United is a tale of two forwards. Toon frontman Papiss Cisse boasts the best goals-per-90-minutes ratio of any leading scorer in the league and has notched four times in his previous six appearances. For the Red Devils, Wayne Rooney will be fielded in an advanced role following his brace last weekend – Radamel Falcao drops out, whilst Robin Van Persie is still nursing an ankle injury,

Queens Park Rangers invite Arsenal to Loftus Road in one of three London derbies this Gameweek. With six goals in his last nine outings, Charlie Austin shoulders much of the goalscoring burden for the R’s. Olivier Giroud (four goals in six) and Mesut Ozil (four assists in three) lead the charge for the North Londoners, while Alexis Sanchez endeavours to snap a four-match goal drought.

In the wake of a gutting week in which they tumbled out of the Europa League and missed out on Capital One Cup glory, Tottenham’s dejected squad look to bounce back against Swansea City. Notwithstanding rotation fears after a gruelling schedule, Harry Kane – who’s netted 12 in his last 11 – remains the prime candidate for Spurs coverage in their double, whilst Christian Eriksen will be looking to end a three-match scoring drought against Garry Monk’s side. Nacer Chadli returns to the XI for the first time in five league outings.

Stoke City will make it three wins in succession if they can capitalise on Everton’s woeful form – the Toffees languish in 14th place, with a solitary victory to their name in the last 11 Gameweeks. Chief among Roberto Martinez’s concerns will be the pitiful production of record signing Romelu Lukaku – the Belgian striker has only registered once in his previous 13 league matches.

West Have have tailed off after a strong start and will need to triumph over league leaders Chelsea if they aspire to break a five-match winless streak. Fresh off securing their first silverware of the campaign, the Blues know a win at the Boleyn Ground will put them eight points clear at the summit. With Diego Costa back on the score sheet against Spurs, many Fantasy managers plan a route back into their squads for the combative hitman.

Liverpool can extend their impressive unbeaten run to 12 matches when they face-off against Burnley in the late kick off. Philippe Coutinho and Raheem Sterling’s blossoming partnership has delivered plentiful attacking returns of late, whilst Daniel Sturridge has been handed a recall after missing out last weekend. Meanwhile, Clarets’ star man –Danny Ings – will have his work cut out against a rearguard that’s recorded five shut-outs in their last seven league encounters.

  1. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Where to find the extra funds to do Cazorla --> Silva

    A) Sanchez to Ozil
    B) Eriksen to Coutinho
    C) Cresswell to Moreno

    1. Torres76
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Easy C

    2. Lucy.
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      C

      1. JÆKS ⭐
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        What's with the 42 after everyone's name if I may ask? Tnx for the advice btw.

        1. chinmusic
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          It's a tribute to Doosra who's ill in hospital. +42 is his favourite sign of approval.

    3. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      C works for sure.

      I don't mind A as a move as well.

    4. Zasa
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Definitely , definitely C

      1. JÆKS ⭐
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Nice run of fixtures for Cresswell though 😀 any particular reason Moreno was substituted?

        1. Jay10
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          No injury for Moreno

        2. Zasa
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Tactical, close the game down. He's more attacking and they were up 2-0

    5. Gooner97
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      C

    6. CunkOnFPL
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      C, but not the best fixtures for LIV

  2. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Who got BAPS for Stoke?

    1. Wirtzle Gummidge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      3 Points - Bardsley (36)
      2 Points - Diouf, Wilson (28)

      1. Wirtzle Gummidge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Not set in stone.

        1. FPL Maldini
          • 11 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Nothing for Moses? Scandalous.

  3. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    it's beautiful owning Austin again..
    And on a sidenote.. Leicester gave a good account of themselves.. Schlupp defo coming in soon for me

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I sold him last week
      Flatters to deceive a bit

      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        6 home games and a DGW in a team fighting for survival playing OOP.. now could be the time

  4. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Costa avoid a YC?

    1. Go Loons
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Yes

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Yeh, but Fabregas didn't.

  5. A-VB
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Absolutely frustrated, it could have been 1 Goal and 2 assists for Hazard, if it was not for Chelsea's pathetic finishing.
    Kane with a blank.
    Geoff Cameron on bench with a CS.

    50 Points without BAPS (9 Possible BAPS)
    What about you guys ?

    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      lol very apt grab then 🙂

      1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        grav!!!!

        1. chinmusic
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Thank fark I got rid of Rooney for Austin - your non rejection of the plan helped me make up my mind so ta

      2. A-VB
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Haha.
        Very true! 🙂

        Nice observation mate... 🙂

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Same score
      Krul at the death losing me 5/6 points

      1. A-VB
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Krul was on my bench.
        Just cannot believe my luck with Cameron tonight! 🙁
        Never saw that coming.

    3. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Did you captain Hazard?

      Everyone decent has Hazard.

      1. A-VB
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        No.
        It's Kane with the armband.

        The cry for Hazard is because, I see every week this guy creates chance after chance for his teammates and they fail to convert it, remember the Spurs' league game ? That's also one example. 🙁

  6. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Until something seriously changes there united are not going to get away with it against the big teams (except arsenal, that's 3 points guaranteed).

    Would feel very comfortable putting money on ars and liverpool for top 4

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      any difference from under fergie, they used to play crap alot of times and win

      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        There's a difference between playing badly and still earning a win, and playing badly and winning in the 89th minute from a goalkeeper giving you the ball for an open goal.

      2. The Machine
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Yes, they have dropped loads of points against the top half already. We're they doing that under fergie?

      3. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Seriously?

    2. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      I think that as well. Except they keep getting away with it.

      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        No they don't. They have dropped a lot of points against decent teams this season

        1. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          Oh. I meant against teams outside the top six. Sorry, wasn't clear. They should be dropping points every week tbh,

    3. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Absolutely obsessed you lot are.

      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Just posting my opinion

        Unlike your commentary every time city are losing in ucl

        1. Not Irish
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          It's getting a bit silly now.

  7. Jonny Sutt
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    nxt gw

    a) bruce (leicester)
    b) bellerin (west ham)

    1. Gooner97
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      A

      1. Jonny Sutt
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        really? i thought bellerin had attacking potential?

  8. davies
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Another good performance by Leicester. And, looks like I'll be saving FT.

  9. alsybach
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Only 50.........but still got 5 to play!! Could get 100!!

    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      A refreshing approach 🙂

    2. joinho
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      and pigs could fly

    3. alsybach
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      He who dares Rodders!!!

  10. Twisted Saltergater
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Mad to get Schlupp when Zouma is only 4.6m?

    Schlupp has HUL, tot, WHU, wba, SWA then DGW (bur, CHE)

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Get both

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        which would you get for this weekend? Need to lose Haidara. Whoever I bring in will start.

    2. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      na.. 3 chelsea players elsewhere + Schlupp for me

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        Leicester have only kept a CS vs Villa, Sunderland, Hull and Stoke. It's more hope than expectation Schlupp will return points, despite the good fixtures.

        I'd rather double up on Chelsea D then their attacking players.

        1. Valar(Keith)
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 9 months ago

          You answered your question then 🙂 ..

  11. The Machine
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Aguero my only mid/fwd to blank. Decent gw though no big scorers

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      kane?

      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        I don't have him

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      lots of popular mids scoring tonight.

  12. Texas Pete
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Not even 50 before the bonus match. Rubbish,

  13. Odikostar
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    " Maybe our best game of the season"
    -Van Gaal

    1. Gooner97
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      😆

    2. Nobodinho
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      😆

    3. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      😆
      Did he really?

    4. DonTheSpecialOne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Oh. Didn't see this post.

    5. zuzuViking
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Blame it on language barrier. What he meant to say:

      Best 1st half in away game.

  14. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    What happened to wolly?

    Feel so robbed with wolly injury and Bellerin losing cs last minutes...

  15. elwardio
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Would be so sweet for Ki's BAPS to get downgraded a couple of notches but sods law says mason will go other way instead!

  16. xuwei
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Don't you hate it when you are having a decent day against your rivals and then one event brings a big swing like Austin (my rivals) scoring against Ballerin (me). Yuk.

  17. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    What do you guys think?

    Panti (Hamer)
    Clyne Azpi Bellerin (PvA Dawson)
    Silva Hazard Walcott Eriksen (Boyd)
    Aguero Kane Giroud

    4.1m ITB, 1FT.

    Obviously got to get rid of Walcott, who would you bring in?

    A) Sanchez
    B) Ozil
    C) Sterling
    D) Anyone else?

    If I get Ozil/Sterling/similar then I can upgrade Giroud to Sturridge/Costa at some point.

    1. ILOVEBAPS
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      B

  18. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Step forward Eric Pieters
    2 games for me, 2 CSs

    🙂

    1. drughi
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Played wollscheid and really believed stoke would keep a cs, rival played baines and has cameron first sub lol

    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Nice return to fitness!

  19. Les Bleus
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Averages: 44 overall, around 54 top 10k

    Source: https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/

    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      i'm fukced

    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Before bonus?

      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        After. But bonus isn't finalized so might change a tad.

    3. Texas Pete
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Bang average then,

  20. trimmtrabb
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    totalfpl won't open.. anyone got BAPS?

  21. DonTheSpecialOne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    "Maybe Best game of the seashon"

    What you smoking LVG

    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      First half they looked great, second was awful

    2. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Commentator said of first half that even Evans & Cisse weren't able to kick each other when they tried!!

  22. Jonny Sutt
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    I have 1.2, where should i spend it guys? really need help making up 40 points!

    Forster Hamer
    Terry Bellerin Clyne Dawson Bruce
    Silva Hazard Sanchez Erikson Ameobi
    Giroud Aguero Kane

    I'm thinking Terry-> Ivan and perhaps use the rest to rotate my keeper each week?!

    1. Mataatti
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      You answered your own question, get Ivan.. Otherwise looking pretty solid

      1. Jonny Sutt
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        cheers mate!

  23. drughi
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    How can you not like Charlie Austin ? I love that kind of player and also a former bricklayer 🙂

  24. Pompel
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    How did Giroud play today? Worth getting back for next GW's free transfer?

  25. The Orienteer - find me in …
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Well. Yes.

  26. FantaCity
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Average = 44.6 according to fpl discovery

    1. Demí
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      That include bonus?

      1. FantaCity
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        includes projected Baps

          1. Demí
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 9 months ago

            Cheers

      2. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 9 months ago

        After.

  27. mitro
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Hazard is now a differential in my league 😀

    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      No way! He's the constant in mine

    2. drughi
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      wack league

    3. Nobodinho
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Same in mine 😀

  28. For Fuchs Sake
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    Time to get rid of Santi? Run his course?

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 9 months ago

      Should have had another penalty today.

  29. FF Dirtbag
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 9 months ago

    For some options for transfers could I get an opinion or two? Got 1 FT and 4.9 mill

    A)Mane or Cazorla -> Silva?
    B) Mane and Cazorla -> Sterling and Sanchez (-4)