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No Sanchez for United as Lukaku makes first start

Brighton and Hove Albion entertain Manchester United in the late-afternoon match, with Alexis Sanchez‘s (£10.5m) omission from Jose Mourinho’s match-day squad the headline news.

The United boss confirmed the Chilean midfielder, the ninth-most captained player of Gameweek 2, misses the trip to Brighton through injury.

Romelu Lukaku (£11.0m) gets his first league start of the season, as do Ashley Young (£6.0m) and Anthony Martial (£7.4m). Matteo Darmian (£5.0m) and Marcus Rashford (£7.0m) make way.

Paul Pogba (£8.1m), the fifth-most bought player of Gameweek 2, captains United once more.

The Seagulls’ only two changes from the side that lost to Watford are in the full-back department: Bernardo and the injured Bruno being replaced by Gaetan Bong and debutant Martin Montoya (all £4.5m).

That Dale Stephens (£4.5m) is the most-owned Brighton player in FPL, sitting in 10% of squads, says much about the Fantasy community’s faith in the Seagulls this afternoon. Stephens is also the fifth-most benched player of Gameweek 2: over 84% of his owners have opted against playing the budget midfielder.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Montoya, Dunk, Duffy, Bong, Propper, Stephens, Gross, March, Knockaert, Murray

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Young, Bailly, Lindelof; Shaw, Pereira, Fred, Pogba, Martial, Mata, Lukaku

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  1. UshFPL
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Is Davies->Alonso worth a -4?

    1. Ha.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Nah

    2. Agger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      No

    3. yakirh
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Only if you have exact cash

    4. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Long term yes

    5. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yes if you have the cash , but Davies still a good option and was unlucky this GW.

  2. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    1. Best 4.5M rotation defenders on WC?

    2. Best 4.5 - 5M GK too

  3. GAMBIT
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Who's the best 4.5 defender going forward?

    1. Pep says
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I'd say Tomkins for Palace's upcoming run of fixtures

    2. I'm out of name ideas
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      AWB tops out all the 4.5s for me.

      1. GAMBIT
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Already have him 🙁

    3. The Wise Owl
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Quite tricky as most defenders are supposed to be defending their own box

      1. GAMBIT
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I deserved that

  4. BoleynWin
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Trying to wade through the comments to find any news on Sanchez, fully aware he’s not in the squad but have we been enlightened as to why yet? Thinking of swapping him for Haz tonight...
    Cheers gents

    1. Agger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Injury

    2. DrunkMonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      he is injured, a small thing, but Jose isn't very forthcoming with information

    3. Point-one short
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Injury in training apparently

      1. BoleynWin
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Appreciate the replies, just home from work so was hoping for concrete injury news & timeline of how long he’s out for. Mysterious Jose strikes again, absolute clown.

  5. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Peltier and Eriksen to Mendy and Mhki a no brainer?
    Feel like I may do it tonight for that first transfer buzz of the season 🙂

    1. Cheeky Onion
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I like it

    2. Ha.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Do it

    3. OShaughnessy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Eriksen will come good.

      Proven set & forget.

      Suggest finding an alternate route to Mkhi / Mendy.

      1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Seems to be playing deeper than usual, I'm hardly going to drop Mane, Salah or Richarlison so he's going to have to be the fall guy in midfield!

        1. OShaughnessy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Why do you pay for a membership here?

  6. Cheeky Onion
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    A) Bring in Mkhi

    B) Bring in Alonso

    C) Lose Arnie and bring them both in for -4

    1. Ha.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Depends who is coming out

      1. Cheeky Onion
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Jota and Bailly

        1. Ha.
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          And the Arnie transfer?

          I’d be tempted

          1. Cheeky Onion
            • 6 Years
            6 years, 1 month ago

            I like him, but got a tough string of fixtures coming up. Would rather lose him than Zaha

            1. Ha.
              • 9 Years
              6 years, 1 month ago

              Yes but I mean who would you be transferring him to?

  7. mgilbert86
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Bottomed- if davies and b silva blank next week, would richarlison mendy in for -4 be sensible?

    1. Skalla
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      If you can still afford them yes , Mendy looks really good for FPL and should make up 4pts easy in their next 5 GW's

  8. St. Joseph
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hows shaw? looking good? Or... bad?

    1. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Not bad actually

    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Get rid

  9. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    This would be daylight robbery if Limerick can't hold on

    1. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Throwing it away 😮

      Magic stuff!

      1. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Jesus that was tense!

  10. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    king to ings
    mahrez to mane

    free

    ?

    1. mgilbert86
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      yes sir

    2. tvz32
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Just King to ings for now

    3. Texas Pete
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah.

      I like Ings a lot and Mane is much more firmly in the team than Mahrez.

      1. DrunkMonkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        So tomorrow Mane to be rotated 😐

    4. Third Eye Vision
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah. Deffo. Mane is a great pick.

  11. Rocky FPL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    DDG and PVA > Hart and Alonso for -8

    1. Ha.
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Hell naaaaawh

    2. tvz32
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Definitely not

    3. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Why would you get rid of PvA? I'm looking to get him in...

  12. Fer Fuch's Ake
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Mkhitarian or Hazard for Sanchez? Cheers lads

    1. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Mkhi and improve elsewhere

  13. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    There are still Utd fans out there, that think Bailly is better than Van Dijk

    1. jia you
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Doubt there are many, any MUN fans that knows anything about football know how good VVD is!

    2. Fer Fuch's Ake
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      incoming RC for Van Djik tmw

  14. jia you
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Who are the worst?
    A. The captain hindsights
    B. The told you so brigade

    1. Matakuko
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      C. The people who feed the trolls by talking about them?

      Just ignore.

      1. jia you
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Some are trolls, many are not though!

    2. XabiAlonso
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      All the same really, known as know it alls

      1. jia you
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Haha, true, seems to have taken to a different level of 'know it all' status on here this season though!

  15. RobinKerr1987
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Feel I need Mendy, but already have Ederson, B.Silva and Aguero.

    Looking to trade out Peltier, then possibly Mendy, Ozil, King and B.Silva. Have 2 FT and 0.5 ITB.

    Which option to go forward with?
    A. Mendy, Bailly, Ozil, Fraser, King (no hit)
    B. Mendy, Bailly, Ozil, Pedro, Ings (-4 hit)
    C. Mendy, Alonso, Ozil, Fraser, Ings (-8 hit) as United look awful

    1. Squib
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      C. Because Man U are poor and I have all those players

  16. pokern1nja09
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Thinking about wildcarding to bring Kane in

    1. Agger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      If you're happy with your team and only want Kane in then there's no point wildcarding, it's such a waste!

      1. pokern1nja09
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        I would wc to something like
        Ederson Hamer
        Robbo Mendy Alonso Trent (wan-b)
        Salah Richarlison Fraser neves (Kante)
        Kane Aguero (Kamara)

        Would change 7 players to get this

    2. tvz32
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Why would you do that? He looks rusty, is not shooting as much and has Utd next (ok this might not be a negative anymore)

  17. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Does anyone use the tactic before wildcarding of just doing early transfers before price rises then worst comes to the worst an injury mid week you can just WC to bail out

    1. Point-one short
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Surely you get those price-rises on wc also so long as they stay in your team for the price-rises?

    2. Jarnathan
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I think most people?

  18. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    This is comical. Man Utd all over the place.

  19. Brosstan
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Lots of love to Bailly 🙂

  20. Lukakwho
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    How do these sound for 2 transfers?

    Schneiderlin and King < Mkhi and Kamara

  21. zizoo10
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    anybody taking king drop on the chin?

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      No

    2. tvz32
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I shipped him out

    3. XabiAlonso
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      I swapped him for ings last night

    4. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Nope!

  22. LÖrKingMuch
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    City rotation so frustrating, Sterling to start GW 3 then?

    1. HammersXI
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Silently afraid for BSilva tbh

    2. tvz32
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Wait for the Guardian article

      1. LÖrKingMuch
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Ok, article stating Pep might consider dropping Sterling would be suitably encouraging 😉

    3. Sylas
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Based on the "eenie meenie miney mo" concept? 😆

      1. LÖrKingMuch
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        😀 this

      2. HellasLEAF
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        just get Kun. forget the mids. and Mendy. my strategy for City

        spend the cash elsewhere

        1. LÖrKingMuch
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          So hard to look past Sterling though, such talent and did so well last season!

  23. mgilbert86
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    kane (C) if you have him boys

  24. Lukakwho
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    A.) 3-4-3 with Ernie
    B.) 3-5-2 with Mkhi

    1. Thinkering like a Boss
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. Brosstan
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      3-4-3 but with Bert

    3. Shearer & Sutton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A

  25. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Was out all afternoon, first thing I checked was the City score as an Aguero capper. After congratulating myself, I went to check my FPL team and saw that Brighton managed to beat Man U. Oh boy. Maureen won't last long.

    1. Pep says
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Does this guy even FPL

      1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        In the name mate

    2. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Oh wait they're not done yet?

      1. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Still going.

        1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 1 month ago

          Excellent, time to watch a disaster unfold

    3. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Still playing!

  26. HammersXI
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Is Mendy a must get transfer this week or should I save a FT to try to get him in the week thereafter? (Already have Ederson)

    1. Thinkering like a Boss
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Get Mendy/Alonso

    2. tvz32
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Mendy vs Wolves....can you picture that?

  27. Thinkering like a Boss
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    Pls help me. I dont know which players is my top priority transfer out. 0.5ITB, 1FT

    Hamer (Patricio)
    Mendy, W-B, Robertson (Shaw, Bednarek)
    Mahrez, Salah, Richarlison, Mane, Jota
    Aguero, Wilson (Kamara)

    1. Lukakwho
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Jota to Mkhi

      1. tvz32
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        This

      2. Thinkering like a Boss
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks, that what my thought too..Another one Jota, Shaw > Alonso, Fraser/5.5

    2. I Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      Mahrez and Jota on the chopping block.

  28. Baby Face Nelson
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    thoughts on pedro?

    1. Agger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      He's a good looking lad

      1. Les Bleus
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 1 month ago

        Yawn

  29. milanista10
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    A) Jota to Bilva for -4
    B) Jota to Dilva for -4
    C) Luiz to Mendy for -4
    D) Play Jota and Luiz and do transfer next week for free

    Which one would you do lads?

    1. Don Rogers FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      D

    2. The_Fish
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      C

    3. gergin
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      A

  30. Don Rogers FC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 1 month ago

    I've done Sane to Mikhy. 1 FT keft and have 3.0ITB

    Defence Currentky: Robertson/Daniels/Luiz/Tomkins/Peltier

    Do I bring in Alonso or Mendy and who to sell?

    Have Kun/Ederson and no other Chelsea.

    1. noahzark22
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 1 month ago

      LUIZ doesn't get you much compared to the others. Peltier may not start regularly.