Hi, my name is Duncan and we are the fancy Football Fanatics this week. I'm joined by Matt in London been in LA and Gary at London man. I'm going to come to you first. What is your football moment of the week? My football moment of the week is it slightly linked to Fantasy? Because I always watch football through the lens of fantasy.It was Liverpool's first goal against Arsenal where Van Dyke was horrendous lie found in the area and was claiming for a penalty right up to the point that the rest the team was cheering the goal that matter but just headed into the back of the net so I thought was quite amusing and I personally wanted that penalty to be given and the go to be ruled out so that I could get my vvd assist and then maybe a salad go all those that I came through in the end. I guess at some points. Yeah. He didn't he didn't even start smiling. when the goal when Continuing to test about me. But yeah pull it was quite long as the ref. Yeah just be like, yeah right suits me right? I'll give you a penalty Louise cool. Yeah, he cool. He he he conceded two penalties and that game it just is very fortunate than that. If scored before it could be given with the with the foul on Van Dyke. I think it was sokratis who was holding Van Dyke whilst trying to head the ball away from that it so much multitasking. It just couldn't Focus on one properly so he missed them both that classic Arsenal defending match by David Luiz as you say, yeah enjoyable game all around and say well, yeah, I mean, I I said that David Luiz was going to be good fun. You know Arsenal have been a bit of a joke for a long time and now we've got a clown. It's all good. It's all good. I'm fine deep breaths deep breaths and Gary. What was your moment of the week Football week? So I'm going to I promise I won't pick Sheffield United defeats every week, but I was I've been quite enjoying The comments from the Sheffield United fans online. I think the guardian Football Weekly said Barry glendenning was saying out there are supporters are a cheapie lot. They're always going on at something. So I kind of wanted for kind of very vociferously booing Jamie vardy, and I know you sometimes boo players who played for your rivals or his crime was merely to support Sheffield Wednesday. There's no other reason why they were booing and one of them these a Wednesday fan. Which seems to be taking a bit. It's also use on the youth books at Wednesday, but he got released. There's never a played Beyond about 17. I think you don't want to wind up its Jamie vardy. It seems like the kind of It kind of like little aggressive guy who kind of thrives on it. So when he scored that goal and he just stood in front of the United fans kind of cooked in Zia's there's a wonderful photograph of all the United fans giving him some polite feedback, but I think Bobby loved it. So so well done to him. Yeah, that was definitely a moment that I kind of a highlight of the week just Varley being sovaldi and he's back. He hasn't been around for the like the first two game weeks, but now he's back. He just needed that negativity. Get back in the game. Robots to play Sheffield United every week. And what about U Ben? What was your football moment of the week? So my football moment just just saw a tweet from BBC sport about the athlete band song, which Duncan you broke to the masses one week earlier. So ahead of the game are pod way ahead of BBC Sport and then they interviewed Ashley Barnes was like, oh have you heard about this song about you? He was like Yeah, Joe. Heart knows all the words to it and they play it before every game in their in their changing room so seems to be working for him still banging them in so I thought that's quite funny. It's my football moment because Duncan you were ahead of the game. Well, we were ahead of the BBC on that but the BBC were ahead of us on the Pookie song So after this the end of this week's podcast, we're going to have the Pookie song featuring which is just as good. I mean just as Yeah entertaining. So yeah stay tuned for that. And yeah, of course, I love your highlight then actually Buzz. That's so cool. They play it in the dressing room and nice one. My my football moment of the week is is probably going to be less enjoyable for you been it is Manchester United losing at home to the team look like they couldn't score any goals the Crystal Palace and they made Jordan. I you look like a good player and Yeah, I mean Matt's been saying it for a couple of weeks now and man, you know, just wait and see just wait and see it might not be you know, the second coming and it yeah, it's all falling apart. And yeah, so I guess my heart is I love Palace. We all came from you know, we all went to school apart from Gary who went to school up north. We went school near Palace so nice to see them doing well. Yeah, we were robbed there as far as I can see from the highlights should have been a couple more penalties to our to us and they scored their only two chances a bit annoying but as a manufacturer at least for pain entertaining football, so I'm still on balance. Happy happier than I was this time last season. You're just you're just so contrary Matt before you're like, I'll back you like know they're amazing. I guess I'd like to be balanced in some way and say you know what? We're okay. This season like we're not great not good, but everyone's insists on like going to the extreme form and you I think all the time so the commentaries either that man you are completely complete shambles or actually building a really good project that could win the league and it's probably somewhere in the middle vote for yourself. You've gone for McGuire. I love you brought in Marshall. Yeah, so I slammed Marshall, but I'm going to say that you guys convinced me on last week's pods that Marcia was probably worth the pick. DEC 7 and a half million man man you Striker who is at least on good form and I thought he'd be picking up his his bonus points for clean sheets as well alongside McGuire, but alas, no not last week to hear letter later week one end. Fair enough fair enough. And so that's our football moments of the week covered. Let's have a look at our fbl moments of the week and Gary. I'm going to come to you first your FPL moment. Okay. Well, it seems like there's been an exodus from most of your teams with most seller in going out. So I was there I think only me and maths in our kind of group on the are still have him and I was the only one who captained him. So I was doubly supporting him yesterday against Arsenal and yeah, I mean, he's such a kind of a such a thrilling player that he's almost we kind of taken for granted now and he kind of makes extraordinary things look really simple like those two touches where you just kind of controlled it and then David Luiz and then the way he kind of ran inside my real someone real couldn't get back to tackle him and just stroked it in and it's a solo goal worries. We see the ball back to goal. But he almost made it look like a formality so so that and the penalty obviously getting those 15 points. I was having a rotten week, but then most our can just save your team if he's on form. So those 30 points Really boosted me was it you on our WhatsApp group was saying most Alice saving people's game week since 2017. Yeah. He's like a he's a bit is like a lifesaver. Yeah. He's one of those it's I almost put him in my team at the start this season because I didn't want to watch Liverpool games knowing that other people had him in their team and I didn't because I learned the hard way at the end of last season how that can go. Yeah can go really really badly and Matt. What about your FPL moment of the week? So I made three transfers this week. So 4-4 hit and it didn't really come off other than shit Teemu Pookie who I know like a lot of people have jumped on board with but it was a it was very enjoyable to actually celebrate alongside of a fantasy managers and knowledge fans this week is as Pookie slammed a good what 11 points scored the goal and go on an assist. Which is fantastic. So I'm all aboard the Pookie train now and can support for the rest of the season who else to bring in apart from Pookie. So I bought in diinya and Marshall and subbed out Trent Alexander Arnold's or fund the whole thing and I use a prayers done nothing. So I missed out on Trent's assist. I guess I got Marshalls assist but I guess having bird four points for that. It's still a negative overall moment, but that that Pookie alongside Silo and Sterling has basically might have had a fairly fairly decent average e above average game week. So it's rolling on pretty well so far. Nice one Ben. What was your FBR moment of the week? Not many highlights. So like you Duncan went for the sneaky early wild card. So my thinking behind it is I normally this type of manager that wild card. Have done it in normally game week for I think the past couple of Seasons no meter kind of I take an early read of what's Happening earlier in the season and I try and build value early on I think my wild card this year has kind of spectacularly backfired because I was in I was top of the league but I don't think I am anymore. I think my thinking behind it was a really wanted Kevin De bruyne ER and I had a double Bournemouth. Attack Wilson and King, which I really wanted to get rid of and I see like they're being like four main plays for big hits is really the Sterling cane solid the boy. No and you can't really afford all of them. So I went with Kane still in good boy know this based on fixtures. Obviously Canaan do anything today. I thought they should have had a penalty that that wasn't given that in VAR messed up quite a lot this weekend. Also I had R Ashford he misses. LT as well. So I below average week for me. The only good thing was on my walk. I also got Pookie and as well, so yeah, I think I'm going to stick with it but not having seller in could prove to be a mistake. I love that you're saying you think you're gonna stick with it. I mean getting most other in is not the easiest thing after a wild card is a yeah, it would it would have to be like a back to like Cain to Greenwood and then I don't like trois odd to salad. Or something like that. I just thought I just thought Spurs This fixture on was so good and and Kane I think a little bit fitter the start of the season and I thought you would have the bit between his teeth but not proving the case because Potter Tina refusing to play Erickson because of his transfer Saga is kind of messing up their whole kind of attack. But you know you meet for in the in the back line for I don't know how to say his name Lester centre-half Turkish so you can chew. Yes, so, you know, I don't know. What what is this? Yeah a very Jami assist where the ball hit his head and then Harvey bars just smashed it in that was pretty good, but that we should all individually have a go at saying so young Coos name. Okay, Gary you're next so you don't you? I mean we have no one has any idea who's right. I visited turkey for about 10 hours like so many I must be the expert on it. I'm guessing you your Crooks pronunciation was correct. Probably I'm just just one thing I'd add on sallow and that I kind of understand what been saying about the fixtures but and I do look at the fixtures a lot when I'm looking at kind of mid rank, but I wonder if someone likes salary is a little bit fixed your proof like whether his players like him and Sterling that I mean salad had a small this week and it didn't stop him, but he's just one of those that you can kind of back on to score against anyone. Do you think I mean coming into my FPL moment of the week? I've also were carted like bed and I've brought in money instead of solo. Do you think you can in some way kind of cover salads points or get close to salads points for a million left through money or do you think that's just wishful thinking? That's what I did last season and it pretty much worked. I mean, I think Marnie probably got about 20 or 30 points less than sour. He was about 3 million cheaper last season wasn't the always at least two and a half million cheaper. There are word games like last week where money fires and salad doesn't so it can it was a bit of a differential last season for me. So it's a strategy but it's very bold going as Ben's gone. I think without money or fella I guess the question about those are looking your team is could you have what do you use that million pounds to on? I mean, I got your double Everton. So maybe you could have down grader a Coleman to fund salla. And is that is that worth it are you on my team hasn't scored that great after the early work something close to that maybe more maybe 55, which is fine. I mean so many times you play a wild card. Don't get 40 points. But you know, it's for it's a marathon not a Sprint and I think it's a good start. They'll double elephant double Everton defense does look like a bit of an error, but I do like the threat of Coleman and diinya and Coleman nearly got an assist. You know, it should have been I can't remember who it was but I think it might have been covered Lewin who missed the city of the cob and fun to play in common with had a few of those games so far, so I'm kind of inclined to stick with them. I know everything. Eaton on scoring goals, but I think that will click at some point and defensively than okay. They were pretty terrible against visit fill it but there's just this the threat from those fullbacks that I like apart from that it's Laporte Van Dyke I had to do what Matt did downgrade Trent which I'm very sad about love transfer Van Dyke is a sensible and cheaper pick. We're not more sensible, but he would play ever again think only to bring into boy know like been as well and I wanted to get on the Marshal. Hype train just in case It sped off into the sunset we can afford them anymore. And I'm all obviously I wanted to bring in the top front to of bonds and to go alongside Pookie. So Barnes is coming for me the legend that is and he's coming with a goal of bonus points. Oh, that's awesome. And now I think after lovable game in game week for he's got a good run of fixtures. So it's just fun having those two up front. So that's kind of why I wanted to do it. It was my bank was completely drained. And it was exactly to 0 so I was like, well, this is this is a team that I'm going to enjoy the badly it goes. So yeah. Yeah, nice one and anyone else think a wall coating this week secretly mat or Gary or Not just yet know. I'm sort of holding out the international break. I think which is also quite a common time to do the world cards because then you have two glorious weeks of like making different teams and trying to get on those price Rises. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I generally try not to Wild Card unless you feel like the team's is is kind of going wrong somewhere. So I'd slow start but I'm quite I'm reasonably happy with my team at the moment. So so yeah, I'm no no immediate plans to wild card or maybe we assess in a few weeks fair enough. If you guys want to have a look at our teams in a bit more detail then check us out on Twitter Ben's been tweeting the profiles of the Fanatics and you can have a look at our teams and so weird. FPL FF fanatics on Twitter if you don't wanna join our league or FPL the code for the league. It's the FPL FF phonetics podcast League. The code is lowercase k 0 7 lowercase own. Okay. So F lowercase f so, yeah join us from there and we're going to be giving some shouts out shout outs at least has on that a bit later on. Okay the fixtures. Let's have a look at game week four. Gary is up first but Southampton vs. Man United Okay, so this one's usually a tight game at Southampton the last three seasons. It's been 2 to 1 mil to man united and then nail nail. Oh, I would kind of expect that to continue. I think I kind of agree with Matt Matt bit better than the results of deserved. But then also I'm quite a big fan of Hassan who Toil and what he's done with Southampton. I'd say a 1-1 draw. It's probably quite likely so as I'm not saying much about the game. I thought to give you a little bit more of an Insight particular on which Manchester United players to choose. There's a story on the BBC website at the moment about someone is apparently uncovered Manchester United Football League. There's about eight of them in the league Crystal Chris Smalling his top at the moment of their league who's gone. So Raheem, eiling is he's Captain but I thought you might be interested in which Manchester United players the Manchester United, but if they are the actual Manchester United players and it looks like there might be two me who they've picked so that the most popular pick was that they've all they're all aboard the Marshal train six of the eight had gone for marcial five had done for Aaron one beside ARCA and for had gone for podcast favorite Greenwood, so That they're the ones that the Insiders and Manchester United reckon. You should be getting on I was particularly interested in Ashley Young who didn't go for any Manchester United players in his teeth. So Club Captain, they're wise. Yes Matt. Yeah. No, I think and just to finish off. I just have to I have to single out Daniel James. I'm sorry Daniel, you've been getting a lot of stick for diving lately. But but the state of his fantasy football team is appalling. I think he's he's five million one hundred thousandth in the world at the moment. He was the only player to pick himself which at least show some confidence but in week 3 if this is indeed you Daniel you've used a wild card and you've only actually transferred to players so delicious and then used a wild-card in week. Three to take Tsar her out. Is that because you realize that you're playing against it didn't want to be conflicted that zaha would be will be will be playing for your fantasy football team against you. So in that case it's going to be quite tricky to navigate the fixtures. But anyway, hopefully Daniel James can improve but but yeah man you man you also back in Moscow was the main takeaway apart from a certain obviously. It's brilliant. Brilliant scouting Gary. So interesting to know what they're thinking. They're all with my shower as well. I love it. And yeah, the the only like injury news, we should probably point out to our listeners is Anthony Marshall looked injured at the end of that game. Like he couldn't run. He's yellow flag right now. So I'm anxiously awaiting injury news because he he is such a great value in that Midfield and if he was to get injured for long period of time, I think a lot of managers would have to find replacements. Did it look like what kind of injury did it look like? Did he pull? suddenly was running or it looks I don't know. I'm no doctor but he was not moving and it didn't look like crap. I don't know if Matt soy to but it was a didn't look particularly good control the ball on the edge of the area and then just stopped so it might be a muscle one. Yeah, it is. No one around him. We think that's just a knock so depends how the thing is though. It was like the 90th minute so he might also just be in and I think we'd all the equalized so I think it might have just been sort of just walking it off. Nobody could be subbed off because they don't want done it. So it might not be as serious as him not running around compliance. Definitely want to keep an eye on good shut up and what you reckon to Chelsea Sheffield United. So Chelsea got off to their first win against Norwich the 3-2 win and that's quite an exciting game and at everyone's been sort of looking and scouting Chelsea because they've got potentially some Bargains in their squad because Chelsea's typically a strong team, but they're the prices of their players are really quite quite affordable. And so it looks like the the early favorites for like the must have Chelsea players is maze Mount that's what originally six million but I think he's up to six point two already and Tammy Abraham said million pounds Striker so he got a nice brace and looks like he's starting to nail down that that starting stuff spot up front for Chelsea. So they'll be ones to watch as they play at home against Sheffield United who are quite good defensively But ultimately, I think everyone's favorite. I think they're still favorites to go get ready gated this season, so, I'd expect them to lose this one, even if they might not concede too many and so is it would be made some Mount and Abraham continuing their run or will another lawn like could have such put their hand up to be the fantasy option for Chelsea. The only thing I'd say on Abraham I watched the game and I thought he was impressive but Lampard does like to rotate a lot and especially up front and he was taken off on two goals. He was taken off and sends you four minutes, you know, he was on a hat trick and which is a strange move to take him off, you know first calls for Chelsea, totally void up and playing against a team. You were conceding quite easily. It takes them off. So the only thing that I've been worried about is his minutes, even if he's playing well clearly wants a once a lot of competition between them. Caruso that's the only word of caution. That's a good point. It's a he's definitely a small rotation risk and he's winning that battle at the moment with Drew but you're right. I mean it yes, it will keep them fresh though because you think about being a lacazette rotated quite like last season and about me and ended up the top scoring strike you in the game. So it might still work even if he gets mutated fair enough, I do think maybe maybe Chef United are a bit more candy than Norwich and they might they might do Do all right in this fixture. I know you say you think Chelsea you going to win maybe not by much, but I wonder if Sheffield United will have enough to score against just because Chelsea are conceding goals and they don't look very organized at the back do they? Yeah, it's true. It's true. I wonder if Chelsea is setting down a little bit because they basically change their entire team especially at the back resume. Oh and Christensen coming in. So maybe just those few games will make them better with each passing game. Or maybe it says that Lampard isn't the great manager having had what just one sees at Darby and they'll continue to concede throughout the season. So it's still a bit early to know for sure how Chelsea were before this season. But as I say, I didn't think they should if they can't be beating show for tonight at home. Then they might be struggling big shout out to lunch lundstrom who had another great chance to score apart from an amazing save by cash was Michael he would have been in with another Shirley bonus. Point hole. So yeah, it's still doing bits for Sheffield United just might not be showing up the points and What's your cancer Palace versus Villa? So both of these teams, I think getting there first wins this game week Palace obviously being united unfortunately for me in that and then Villa I think doing good job eating everything to now, I don't know. I think this could be maybe a school draw. I think I was impressed that powers seem to get some of their fight back which I I thought has gone. I thought was interesting. Thing that you know, Gary Cahill came in straight away to start and maybe he can Shore up their defense. Although I mean he gave away a blatant penalty in that game, which I was quite upset about but I think maybe you can add some resolve to that back line. And then I think Villa I think most people kind of see managers are I think think their best player is John McGann 45.6. He had another impressive outing with with in assists. So I think he's actually a pretty decent shout. If you're looking at Midfield options in that in that price range. He seems like the best option and then Villas fiction one is also still pretty good, but just cause Palace at home and you know, we all grew up the apalis. I think I'll go for school draw interesting with Cahill starting you saying and I would expect that he would have taken the place of Kelly. But yeah, she took the place of Dan and so Kelly at 4.0 if you start 4.0 and Great option. It looks like he's got the Jersey over down starting center back in a team that's going to be more solid with Cahill. What do you think? That's a good shout especially if you want a wild card and you need a 4.0 to fun things. The only thing is palaces fiction is pretty bad next 10 fixtures or so. But yeah, I think as an enabler that will starting signature looks and what about Lester Bournemouth? And this is one for me. So I'm asking myself. I think Lester have been woken up. Gary was shouting out. You know Vari you don't poke the bear and he's now been activated and they turned him on. He's ready to destroy with anger. And I think almost they're going to be quite a right team for the plucking so and think before this game week, they conceded a huge amount of big chances and the previews of fancy Football Scout were saying that that's it. You're going to come to town and get quite a few guys. They didn't get as many as I think some of us expected but they did get quite a few goals. I think Lester now that they're starting to click against Sheffield United the front three with definitely combining really nicely. So Perez VAR D Madison making noise triangles and attacking me they seem to have a bit more fluency getting into that Groove a bit more. So expect them to continue that against Bournemouth having a great defensively and almost I'd still expect to keep ticking over I think kind of Wilson whilst he's not getting big holes. Taking over Josh King. Maybe can be left behind as we could just say we do this every season with Josh can we put him in because he's on penalties but actually it's not worth it. We should go for other options and you'll get a decent return at the end of the season but it's not going to be a credible. I don't think maybe those those days were first on the scene at 4.5 slightly going away a bit and especially away from home like this is I think the big one to shy is Harry Wilson. I haven't seen the goal button. Another goal for him for Bournemouth, very confusing that Wilson is assisting Wilson and you have to check which one actually is but Wilson scored a lot of goals at Darby last season and he's hit the ground running with all the things. I think he's only 6.0 or close to that unless he's going up a little bit. So an interesting option, but I know Eddie how likes to rotate. So how shall we give me about it starts? I don't know. But the main point I'd say for this game is the Lester front three clicking against the team that Seating little picture. And so if you have Perez or telemon's or Madison and looking at restoring those points, I think maybe this is what to hold on what you guys recommend you agree. I mean, I've been very Madison these last few games. I think he's I've got actually got tell him enzyme in my team which is bit more of a kind of I got good attached to his performances last year. He did such a good job for me, but I think Madison might be the one to have and he's he's the top point to yield so far. Yeah, you just get the feeling he's going to kind of take over quite nicely done. Okay, Gary. What you reckon to Man City Brighton? So I've got a prediction again, so I'm it's quite easy for the predictions. So I think against Brighton it's probably a case of how many and I mean, I'd be very very surprised at Brighton got anything out of this. It'd be interesting to see what approach Brighton go with because I'm decrease you and they were just very defensive and just want to make a limitation against City and they did usually manage to keep the score down. They've never will thrash you enough City there. I think their lungs Two goals on average but they never showed any chance of winning. Really, I guess they briefly went ahead in that last game of the season but then capitulated is whether grown Potter whether he's got any kind of different approach. I suspect he might stick to the Heaton template and just try and go really defensive and close this game out in which case and I'd maybe go for a two or three gold victory for Man City, but if he does go a bit Maverick and decides to open up and play out from the back. Don't rule out the chance of real spanking because it could be a it could be a bit of a nightmare. So my main advice is kind of kept in your city players because if there is going to be a spanking this week, this will be it. So I'll be captain in Sterling. I'd actually think if I had Aguero capture him I don't but I think agüero was the kind of player like seen against Newcastle in the past that some of the Premier League defenses, you can just absolutely terrorize them. So assuming he plays there's always the pep rule out of those going to start with but particular guerro for the man torturous game. You said this might be a spanking and one money definitely gives a good spanking we need to get spanking is our hero, Florida and only Yes. Yes now I I think I think he was trying to do that thing where he's like turning to Shield the ball and around halfway through we thought I could actually could leave one on the man and shield the ball and he got a bit carried away. It wasn't a subtle as he thought he was going to be but I am I did sit. Did you see how much of the day that clip? They didn't really explain it much. But there's another player's they're warming up just ran up behind him and other Brighton player and absolutely belted him on the back of his car so I kicked him. So maybe they that the his teammate. I'm so wound up for his teammates are kicking in as you just as he walks out onto the pitch before the game, but that he's yeah, he just got so he had to get his revenge here. Maybe he's another body you need to turn him on and he's just goes and destroys just got to point him in the right direction. Yeah. Yeah. We're very very dangerous, but fortunately for the wrong reasons. moving on to Newcastle Watford and what you reckon to that one that it's quite intriguing one this I think because Watford definitely in a bit of trouble having lost all their games usually of mid-table safety with Watford, but they've started really badly and I think their managers sort of top of the sack race odds at the moment because they quite often press the button on second image is quite quickly anyway, but Newcastle that is a stunning Victory away Spurs as well which no one expected and I think a lot of people are captain and Kane this week expecting Totten to fill their boots against hapless Steve boosters Newcastle where there's just nothing but bad news coming out there Mike Ashley ownership and I think in both cases actually it's probably not as bad or as good as people make out. So I think it's been shown out that Newcastle do have a little bit about them and they did spend A lot of money on their busy and Striker Joe Linton. They've got a bit of a spine to their team that's been around for a while in the Premier League and you still got the legacy of Rafa Benitez coaching to make them back a decent defense of outfit and Steve who's quite defensive manager as well. So I think they'll be difficult to be this season and Mike might stay out the drop, even though that was my original predictions and Watford. I mean, I know that they've lost all their opening games and haven't necessarily paid a big team in doing so but I think they'll still Be okay in the long run. I think they've got a bit of quality in them and they were FA Cup finalists last season so I can see this one being the first goal will matter quite a lot I think because I think from that the other one to be able to sit back and pick the other one off on the counter-attack and I think it's finely balanced, but I think that could be goals one man. He definitely needs to mention is mine and Gary's hero one of our heroes Mark Noble coming in get I think Matt pooh-poohed him is an Well, that's it last week Matt what you have to say for yourself. For West Ham in the Newcastle. What could it be? Damn it? Duncan wants to move on already. Don't don't leave anything out with nobly such a good player. I'm looking at the next feature. Damn you I've used up all my bullets before my okay. And would you be thinking about anyone FPL Wise from these two teams new cast? And what fiddle would you if you have Telophase and well, I have a bit of a transparent transfer conundrum at the moment because I had dini in my squad who has hoping to maybe get a goal against West Ham has weak defense until he got himself injured and he has had surgery so he's out for a little while. So I've got a transfer him out and one of the contenders I have is Joe Linton after his is storming performance today. So I reckon he's a cheap Striker that my bag of few guaranteed to start so So yeah, it might be an all right pick and the mention I meant to make and decorate your season gut-punch continues his season of were after scoring an own goal. He's now given away a penalty in the looks a bit all over the place and they yeah, they need to shove them further up the field and back and stare the way from go so he can get some goals rather than keep conceding them. But yeah, I think he's a good player. So he'll he'll come good eventually, but he's not exactly a scouring every week kind of player and Yeah, what fits in a bit of trouble but they can get data file Andre gray / error and Decor a doing some attacking moves. I think they'll score goals. This season just just hasn't clicked at all yet. Been West Ham Norwich. I'm now in the present not in the future. What's your record to this fixture while first gotta go and mention Mark Noble your favorite player Duncan. He mentioned you actually like Mark Noble. The previous part which is controversial. And then today you've mentioned him even in the wrong fixture. Yeah mod Noble scored obviously against Watford. I think the best shout in this field is probably manzini. He's their top scorer right now at 6.5 and West Ham. I think everyone is kind of talking about Sebastian our who braced against Watford, then you big money signing and shrunk signs of of living up to his price tag, and I think if you want a wild-card, he may be an interesting pain just because I think there's knowledge game will be very open both teams like to play attacking open football and then West Ham's fiction one isn't that bad? So I think West Ham Will Edge this one and I think their goals in it for both of them. So obviously your knowledge knowledge aside everyone knows about pookie. Respect the tiki train can continue against West Ham. I actually brought in I think you did Duncan to Todd Cantwell Cantwell toward Cantwell 4.6. He has started every game from Norwich and it's ticking along nicely got a goal against Chelsea to assist against Newcastle of the game before so I may actually start in this game week against West Ham just because I think I'll be an open game. So yeah, I'm hoping hoping they goals in this watch it turn out to be an ailment or something. It certainly looks like girls doesn't it? Because Norwich can't defend Western more famous for their defending and both teams attacking you starts clicks. Oh, yeah Haller definitely. They said I don't match. They had Shades some of his attempts on goal. We're so acrobatic for a big man of shades of slattern, but I prefer to see Peter Crouch, you know big man with the acrobatics and pick a legend for me via Crouch and next up is Burnley Liverpool and this is what Lee and think I think this is a tough one. I think earlier played good football this season and when they come up against a bigger team, I think they slightly struggle. I think the scales me a tip slightly in their favor because they're at home and Liverpool of look shaky slightly. Shake it back. Although I think that's going to be ironed out further we go into the season and definitely looks a bit tighter against Arsenal. They seem very keen still playing a Highline and I don't think only have Pace and to get away from their Defenders if a poor player highlighting its Bernie, I don't think funds or would really have the Payson often that their midfielders hard-working but not exactly speed speedsters. So yeah, I see Liverpool pressing them pushing high and for me know his is incredible form, maybe not getting the massive returns, but he doesn't really do that. It's more from the eye test. He's It looks really sharp. And in the Box in a tight chest box, which Burnley I think will create he might Prosper quite well and off him. Get salary you get money. Yeah. So the for pretty pretty obviously I'd say to win this. I think Burnley I would back to school because live will have conceded set pieces and you know things like that owns his own great form shouting out my hero Ashley Barnes and The goal this is game week and I think you can do the same here or work do the same. It's livable, but I think it's likely to be only the one and I think we're going to get you know, all that maybe two or three and tough for Liverpool, but I think they'll come through it. Yeah terms of fdlf assets. Yeah, I think people are moving away from the the to Liverpool doubling up and live with events. I think that's probably wise at the moment whilst Alison is recovering and Generally whilst they look about form just picking the one that you want. I have gone for Van Dyke because I think he's going to play every game and his ownership is just so high. It's around 50 percent and if he looks more of a threat, I think more confident more of a threat from Corners. So he gets that goal. It's a real rank color. If you don't have him and I do think our exciting on all these guys score him. He's going to get so many assists goals from free kicks and stuff like that, but I just think I know he's going to play every game. So it's kind of a safe pick. Yeah, and anyone else want to jump in on that or we can move on to Sunday's games. Silence. Okay, Gary Everton vs. Wolves what you reckon? Okay. So this one this one's quite tough to call. I think my - already Instinct was that these are taught to quite defensive Portuguese managers. So it might be quite kg and they might not want to kind of made the team would want to have the ball watch the light once a counter-attack, but then I looked at last season and there was four goals in both of the games home and away. No one got a clean sheet and Reuben. Fence 5.5 million round him and his 7.4 million and they scored both home and away in these games. So we're thinking about them. I was going to send say off the back of that maybe wolves to shave it but then I remembered that they're playing Torino on Thursday. They need to to get through a probably get a draw from that game and then they'll go to the qualify for the Europa League. But that might just take a little bit out of them. So that's going to that's going to say to me that everything light shade it the problem. You've got with Everton the back for a very settled the Midfield have been quite consistent, but you've got new guys going in like your OB and will it will he suddenly get in the team? Who will you knock out? There's a couple of fantasy football favorites in Rich are listening sigurdsson at 7.9 million. They're not they're not Anything yet. So it's whether whether to stick with those guys or to take care to take a punt on someone like Bernard or or indeed there will be who just come in, but then I decided to take a punt in the opposite direction and have gone through Musa Keen who are brought into my team last week. This was a bit of a risk because he's not he's not starting yet. But I thinking surely they must bring him in cut. They can't keep starting cold, but Lewin and he's does look bright. He should have set up laid on the gulf or Walcott, but what got blazed it over again Sevilla and Tom may be back in him to start this one for wolves and just to maybe make the difference. Fair enough and I love that you come back to your memory ways. Not your early season sensibleness kind of picked a place, you know bit on the fringes. So I think that's a really good show. I totally agree that DCL it's time for him to go in the bench movie. Yeah. I think you just doesn't score enough goals. And what from what I've seen of Kate cane or Ken like the fancier. He's kind of makes a he's got that pace to running behind, but he can also hold the ball up. And I think Everton generally a good team and you should get a look at quite a few chances for them. So maybe he can make a difference. So I'm anticipating if he just scored a couple goals. He might he might be one more the price suddenly goes up very quickly. I think you're saying wolves got to play the second leg against Torino. I think they're only one that 3/2. So I would expect a quiet first team or close to it against Torino and second leg, but Everton also have Carling cup. But as a lot of teams do lot of Premier League teams do this week. So another chance to check out their lineups and who might be playing and who might be arrested what clues that will give to this game. And so that's definitely want to watch out for I think. Next up is Austin Spurs. That's one for man. Yeah, man. Yeah just on your mention of the car in carpets. It's a good thing to know that there's a lot of midweek games going on. So now if you're of the pungent like Andy to make the video transfer, then it's increasingly risky that the injuries could come up in your squad midweek from some of the midweek action. So it's better to hang on if you really can but yeah Arsenal Spurs Both teams coming off a loss this weekend both teams. I think gunning for that sort of can they get the Champions League alongside man, you and Chelsea this year and this game usually has goals. It's usually quite entertaining. So it's another very difficult one to predict. Both teams. Be quite Fired Up by me young and Kane boasts a very strong chance of scoring both the both the star Strikers. And behind that it's it's trying to pick you the regular starters are so Spurs didn't play Erickson. Would he still be there come next weekend if he is there is he happy and then Sons come back does that mean that more or lamella drop out? So it's selection headaches other than Cain for Spurs attack and then for us was well, it seems to be settling down with the front three, Danny. Had a bad game against Liverpool. So will they go back to our he then came on the school board? We do a bit of rotation bit of a question mark there as well. So yeah, it's a really intriguing one to look out for and I'm I have more currently in my squad and very tempt to cash in that seven and a half million, but I'm just going to sort of wait and see through the midweek fixtures and what the team use looks like before before making a decision we should I'd say Danny onions is Sebelius just for anyone who doesn't speak Spanish as well as Gary and who translated us that for us last week. And yeah, I mean fair enough. This one is quite hard to pick. I agree that I think there will be goals. The only one I would pick out from a national point of view is that they started the very Advanced role. When was playing two up front with a me Yang for the pace of the break and that was quite exciting to see him start. And how you didn't really have the finishes in front of goal. But he definitely had the pace and the trickery so I think based on his performance at I'd see him starting in Spurs and starting hopefully foreseeable and providing a real threat just it's just been slightly overpriced. I think it 9.5 on a level with Sean and Des Moines and I think that's a bit harsh for the first season in the Premier League. So maybe not one for now but nice price point if you've got to Briner got son. But another option there for maybe later in the season which is adapted fully but yeah, yeah, but from that, I agree goals. Yeah want to watch and next up. Let's chat whipping boys. Gary mentioned already thought it was going to be bright and against Man City and what do you think that I think that's definitely the strongest Contender and where most captaincy gonna go I think this week. Okay, Bend you concur. Yep. Yeah, we're all in agreement. So Brighton are whipping boys Butters boys and looking danger and Sterling Captain sees the broiler transfers and maybe even Man City Defenders getting clean sheets. Finally would be nice. And so that is our tip for this week. What about clean sheets Gary. I'm going to come to you first of your clean sheet. Okay, then we'll I'll stick with Man City then Man City clean sheet home to Brighton. Okay. Now what you reckon? I'm going to go for I reckon Chelsea might keep a clean sheet against Sheffield United and low scoring Affair. Okay, which recommend I'm going to back Liverpool to get their first clean sheet of the Season even even with Ashley Barnes on red-hot form. Okay, very good. I think I'm going to go for Palace. Then Gary Cahill's introduction. I like that and Villa although they've got a lot of gold for it. I think it's ballast at home. And I think they're very tight the back hopefully, so yeah, that's my show Gary back to you. Right Ponte Ponte a clean sheet by fancy Watford to keep clean sheets and Newcastle. So we'll be playing Halo bass in my team this week. Yeah, they're playing for the manager's job. So they've got to pull their finger out and Matt. Can you see any more? I don't know if this is like heart overhead, but I do think man. You still have a good chance of getting a clean sheet away at Southampton. I watch their gaming way against wolves. Full 90 minutes and I think being away from home with our sort of counter attacking style of play and press it pressing a bit. I think my quite suitors against two nights of Hampton. So let's see. Yeah a bit of a doubt for one, but it's on there. I'm just not sure because I know Southampton their attackers looked much more confident Redmond getting on the scoresheet this week and seem to be slightly clicking. So yeah, well needs to be seen but that is the last pick unless Want to house has anymore. No, okay. So we'll leave it there and Fanatics League D how the lessons are doing and who's ahead of us at the moment. So I'm not sure it's going to be completely updated yet because we're recording on Sunday evening. But that moment at the top is John Hart to pay with my a key breaky heart good team that is coming in with a score of 85 points. Pretty high school for this week. I would say definitely in comparison to me. He's got Halla up front. He's made two transfers this week. So I'm assuming that wasn't her based on his form so far but Haller up front with Pookie. That's pretty impressive Mount Sterling de bruyne ER Sally captaincy. It's got lamellar in there, which is a nice kind of outside of pain. He's getting the minutes a moment wamba soccer zinchenko aleksandr on Old Matt Ryan, so pretty strong team and the slightly different to a lot of Things I've seen so they're really nice. What do you think guys? I like that team. It's a lot to support and a weekend because like this quite unusual players, you've got the differentials, but it seems to be clicking so fast in those buyers. Yeah, once the League's fully updated if we see anyone with a higher gain week score Will shout out there on Twitter, but at the moment, it's John Hart appeared. He's the man to beat currently and okay. What about the Fantasy Football Fanatics join team. How is the hive mind doing that? So the hive mind I don't have bonus has been worked in just yet. But it is on 47 points. Our selection of Cain as Captain has backfired on us fortunately as it has many imagine this week, but I mean 47s, it's alright for this game week. And so it was Pookie and aleksandr Arnold that's and and Sterling that Builders out got some points and only luckily were sitting on our I bench so we didn't didn't play him. So his - to stays there. So yeah all in all an okay week, but getting the captain seemed wrong. I think as hurt the hive mind. And I'm looking at our fixtures for some of our players. We've got Louis dunk this week away to Man City. I would say that he needs to be dropped. Yes, so transfers this week. We try and go with like that the highest score at it have this or the final say on that the option of transfer. So I think I think Gary's winning at this week. So I think Gary will have the final say of transfer options. I just talked to quickly what the what the team is shaping up like so we've cane away at Arsenal there's sort of do we do we go with the the fact that that's usually a ghost going fixture and keep of Cain as Captain or do you go Sterling and a home to buy today? I think probably probably step selling home to brighten the players looking most possible transfer contenders as they also Perez continues to blank but played in that front three that looks look quite quite enterprising. So it depends with one stay loyal to him. We've got at the back as you say Kelly and dunk Kelly's of the four million, but Willie get the place soon. As other players come back do we even transfer out dunk or do we cash in on some of our Liverpool depends as well and its arms and Arnold and Van Dyke both in there Gary. What are your initial transfer? Thought some way my initial thoughts are that I think the defense looks solid we can bring in a to Palace players Off the Bench so we can bringing Gator and Kelly to take the place of gone who's got Man United and dunk, Man City. I might be tempted. I don't know if we have any money in the bank might be tempted. Stick and Bank the transfer again for next week. I kind of agree that Perez is one that we could be looking at and there are some like Mason Mount we could look to bring in for repairs, but I think with Lester at home to Bournemouth, we could give Perez one more go and then we could maybe do something a bit more interesting next week if we have the two free transfers. Yeah, we've got no point three of the bank and the moment dunk. Do you recommend you do any transfers or do you agree the save it though? I mean I think in my preview You I was saying that I like the lesser of front three. So I think I've said that and I'd like to stick with it the moment but I do agree that amount would be the nice option to move to from Perez if we've got any worries apart from that. Yeah, I think Kelly comes in nicely for dunk and agree guiter in 4.4 gun. That looks nice. And actually I think having Van Dyken Alexander own orders quite nice. I think a lot of people have shipped out on the little defense double up. And I think those two have lived the most attacking the most kind of points getting of the livable back line. So it's nice having them both in this team because as soon as they score and bonus follow, I'm sure they're still in captaincy apart from that. I'm happy to older think. All right. Nice been any thoughts no Irene holding. I think maybe more medium term. We may want to look at downgrading cane which is funny cause I just bought them in on my way. Wild cards and be getting 2.0 somewhere but like we can tackle that once we bank and transfer Maybe. Well, yeah, I quite like I guess we won't be going on to him in a second but holler at West Ham look very impressive. So he might be one one of the kind of the options if we want to get three or four million through downgrading cane. How about yeah, 77.4. I think some of .45 just wonder if you can get you know, you can get a similar kind of value less price. So it's similar amount of goals are lesser price, but I think I think Kane has a good record against Arsenal doesn't say so maybe we stick with Kane this week, but that could be a shout for next week. He definitely has a good record against Arsenal. Excellent and that we all agreed on Sterling captain cetacaine. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, I think we're all set then. It looks like a fairly solid teams long as a palace get that clean sheet and yeah Cain gets in the girls. Maybe next time. We have a transfer dilemma. So it doesn't look like it's going to be this week. But maybe then you can tweet it guys on Twitter put a poll out. See what people think. Yep, we can add them to the hive mind make a decision. We make it even more difficult if this wins the whole overall thing, but the hey, I don't mind sure out. Well, what do you win if you win the whole of FPL a couple of couple of tickets and speak about isn't it? Gary what about Gary's got puns how we doing? Okay. So this week I I was the best I gave McNeil who got six points. I've extended my lead at the top. We've had a few disappointing ones this week. Lamella just got two points trust are just got two points and Luke Shaw who might went for just the one point and she literally Luke Shaw didn't even have him in his own fantasy football teams. There's a guidance there. I just wanted to take issue with one of the listeners who mentioned I think in the comments that my predictions like to conviction. So I'm going to try and give you some convicts in here. I'm going with my gut punch the last two weeks of Pookie who got a hat trick and McNeil who got an assist this week, so bet the house but your entire savings and go for Tammy Abraham. He's a player who I'm not completely convinced is top top of the Premier League quality, but against Championship standard teams like Norwich. He's very dangerous. So at home to Sheffield United's he should be banging the goals. So he's my makeup good For this week. I think a few of us have gone for Strikers this week. So we mentioned hello briefly, but Duncan you want to talk a bit more about him. Well, I mean my other options that I've really looked at first of all work Southampton options because the other Contender for whipping boys is obviously man united ho ho Redmond shout to him Danny ings as well looking dangerous, but Jeanette Po and the new signing the Marley International getting off the Mark. I like the look of him. He's on a good run and I love his goal celebration the whole team around him doing a dance with him that he was doing to all of them. So Clearly popular having only just joined but that's enough of that mountain. Holla. Yeah, I mean acrobatic charismatic. He's a big presence and I just think yeah. I just thought they're going to they're going to get goals this week. It's against Norwich Norwich like to attack attack attack there since Max up all over the place. So someone with a bit of presence like Haller is going to cause a lot of problems. I think he's got a lovely Midfield in and him as well as Annie's got Anderson feeding them on One Wing gamma link on another lens any through the middle and obviously creativity is Mark Noble a bit deeper. And when those guys are injured West Ham now have the squad to fill in those positions is Antonio, there's other players and for now as you know, there's a lot of players in there competing for those places. So yeah, it looks good for so Ben you've also gone for the for West Ham this week you're going with Lindsay name. Yeah, similar thinking to Duncan except heat Ocala before me land zini the high-scoring midfielder two percent ownership. I fancy a goal or a cyst. And Matt you've gone forever. So Joe Linton from Newcastle who got off the mark a little bit earlier. Yes. I was talking about earlier in the previews. I just think against Watford who are like that the struggle is early season struggles at the moment. He stands a chance I think again, I think Halle was a good pick this week, but I've gone further bit more punto with the lower price lower owned Joe Linton who I think it's of same sort of big man at the front sight role where Hopefully the cost is fly-in. He can you can bury one. And just to round it off Andy this week is going for Harvey Barnes who scored that absolute screamer against United last last Saturday, so hopefully he'll get a get a start because he's a he's a very promising on player. So so there they got pulse for this week and I'll keep updating you on how it's going but I think Matt is not not backing up his title very well at all. It's kind of a Chelsea on the marina title defense. He's Last by quite a margin and I'm leading Tim Duncan the moment, but we'll see how it goes is still early days. We've got Autumn coming I can work on my gut then. Nice one guys, if you don't already follow us on Twitter, give us a follow at FP L FF Fanatics get in touch with us there. It's great to hear from you guys, but it's so nice to see so many people joining the Fantasy Football Fanatics league as well. It's nice to compete against you and we said it we're not going to be in the top four long and we've got a new leader now, so if you want to join that League, it's lower case k 0 7. Okay, so no case. Oh lowercase f And yeah, also if you've got the time and you like the show then give us a review on Apple podcast or wherever you get your pots. We really appreciate it other people can find us as well as well. It's not me brilliant and I think that's all from us. So I'm going to thank you for your Insight Gary. Thanks very much. See you next week, especially the insight into the Manchester United fbl Team. That was brilliant. Yeah. We should invite them to join our league with be good to take on Chris small. And Phil Jones. Yeah, we can invite them all but maybe not the the new signing James. Yeah. Definitely not. Thank you for your Insight man. I would love to be Smalling in a fantasy football game because I hit that perfect. Thank you for inside been. Thanks. I'm looking forward to the Pookie song. Oh, yeah roll on pookie. free food all games
There’s honourable mentions for two players you don’t want to upset in Ashley Barnes and Jamie Vardy in the football moments this week. The FFFanatics talk early wildcards as Ben and Duncan had played theres with mixed results. One man went to Mo went to Mo the Arsenal this week but we discuss whether Mane can match him. Gary brings news of Manchester United’s leaked fantasy league to the fixture preview, but which Utd players are they all tipping for success this season? Matt’s keen on Tammy and wants to get his crampons stuck into Mount as he talks up the cheap Chelsea options. There’s talk of a 4.0 fixture in the Palace backline and Ben has spotted another reason to be interested in their defence. Duncan’s interest is peaked by the Leicester attack and urges caution to those thinking of moving them out before Andone one gets a deserved spanking. With the Carabao Cup this week Matt wisely reminds us all to avoid early transfers. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Join our @FPLFFFanatics Podcast League by using the code - k07oof - on the FPL site. Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics -  Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. Thanks! 