Champions League

UCL Fantasy team reveal: Saka out, Kane stays?

The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign returns today – and so does the competition’s official Fantasy game.

Here, our resident European football expert Louis/FPL Reactions – who co-hosts the official UCL Fantasy podcast – gives us his Matchday 2 team reveal.


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I had a fairly good first round after picking up 101 points in Matchday 1. Nearly half of those points came from Harry Kane (€10.5m) as he collected 21 points against GNK Dinamo – and that total was doubled as I handed him the armband.

CHIP STRATEGY

In terms of strategy, my plan remains to use the Wildcard ahead of Matchday 6 to navigate the big fixture swings. I’ll deploy Limitless in Matchday 8 as we will have access to all of the line-ups before the deadline.

I’m very much set on that but obviously, if I come across numerous issues in my team in the lead-up to those weeks, then I will consider changing that strategy.

CURRENT TEAM



145 Comments Post a Comment
  1. The Knights Template
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Bournemouth double up the way of the future!

    1. The Knights Template
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Beautiful fixtures.

      1. The Knights Template
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Evanilson, the Brazilian’s Brazilian!

        1. FPL FROST
          • 14 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          Evanilson vs Anderson Silva to the death!

    2. Holmes
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Are they playing in UCL?

      1. The Knights Template
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        I don’t like that octagon fighting stuff!

        1. FPL FROST
          • 14 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          :mrgreen:

      2. FPL FROST
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        What, we are only allowed to talk about the subject matter in the original post now below? :mrgreen:

    3. Prinzhorn
      • 3 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      you drunkard

      1. The Knights Template
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Woke response!

  2. The Knights Template
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Tis shameful to answer you’re own posts!

    1. The Knights Template
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Reply failing to yourself even worse, and has likely never been done before!

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Feeling OK today?

      1. The Knights Template
        • 11 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        I’m in the bath.

        1. FPL FROST
          • 14 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          Are you lacking your usual massage from Mrs Knight tonight?

        2. The 12th Man
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          getting rusty

  3. The Knights Template
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    I know (your, not you’re).

    1. The Knights Template
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Fool of a TOOK!

      1. FPL FROST
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        I hear that new Lord of the Rings is modern day woke nonsense, what say you?

        1. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 4 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          Not really, it's full of cultural stereotypes.

          1. FPL FROST
            • 14 Years
            2 months, 21 days ago

            Is it still watchable? I quite fancy the blonde new version of Galadriel.

            1. Prinzhorn
              • 3 Years
              2 months, 21 days ago

              it's woke trash

              1. boc610
                • 12 Years
                2 months, 21 days ago

                Omg yawn not enough men bro? Too many women bro? I bet you think Walter White is a god

              2. JIMMY TUGGINS
                • 6 Years
                2 months, 21 days ago

                Why?? Was thinking of watching

        2. x.jim.x
          • 10 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          I wouldn't listen to anybody who uses the word "woke" unironically

        3. boc610
          • 12 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          Define woke? It's now a pejorative term . I'm curious as to what exactly you think it now means

          1. x.jim.x
            • 10 Years
            2 months, 21 days ago

            Too many pronouns and effniks in my elves and fairies programme!!

  4. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    FFS 🙂

    Trent essential,

    Trent essential,

    Trent who?

    Palmer essential,

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Trent will no doubt remind us why he's essential, but for the upcoming fixture run it definitely looks trickier for Liverpool to keep clean sheets.

      They've of course posted some of the best defensive numbers so far, so let's see how they do in bigger tests - perhaps it stays quite good. Perhaps they drop-down.

      1. FPL FROST
        • 14 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        When I read Trent I feel like we are talking about a bricklayer. Just sounds like a manual labourer, Trench AA!

    2. Gooner Kebab
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      I'll have to sacrifice Salah to get Haaland.
      Holding to Trent for another week before swapping to Gvardiol.

      1. Jimmy B
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        I've got Trent and he's fine but he's not nearly essential. They've had a nice run of fixtures to start off the season and rack up the cleans and give this illusion they are suddenly a great defence. We've just started to see signs in the Wolves and Forest games and Bournemouth should have scored a few, that the defensive isn't essential and this is before a lot of the tougher fixtures. His attacking output.... its not going to be what it was all those years ago. 6 shots/attempts from him in 6 games, is just okay, not very exciting for his price? Taken miles less corners than Robertson. He's probably not worth 7.1m in a nutshell.

    3. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      When someone hauls they are essential.
      When they blank the are disposable.

      It's FFS way.

  5. The Knights Template
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Are there any castles in Bournemouth?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Castlepoint Shopping Centre... and sandcastles.

    2. FPL FROST
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Only Ian Van Dahl - Castles In The Sky

  6. Stimps
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Who would you rather this GW

    A) Palmer, Wood
    B) Jackson, Diaz

    1. Gooner Kebab
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      oof
      last week would've been B. This week however..

    2. FPL FROST
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Palm Oil with Wood.

  7. HD7
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    What should be my move, mates?
    How about Robinson to Justin/Lewis?

    1 FTs 0.5 itb

    Henderson
    Martinez Gvardiol Robinson
    Madueke Eze Diaz M.Salah
    Haaland DCL Watkins

    Turner Winks Harwood Barco

    1. FPL FROST
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      only pirates can answer!

      1. HD7
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Argh!

    2. Gooner Kebab
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Dont like those options - Van de ven or perhaps just roll

  8. Peter Haddock
    • 5 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Struggle through to IB with 1FT and this lot, or push button on WC?

    Henderson

    TAA / Gabriel / Konsa

    Jota / Eze / Salah / Rogers / Semenyo

    Haaland / Wood

    Virginia / Robinson / Pedro / Barco

    Just had a quick play around and WC might look like;

    Pickford / 4.0

    Gabriel / Lewis / Van de Ven / VdB / Mykolenko

    Palmer / Saka / Rogers / Semenyo / Mbuemo

    Haaland / Solanke / Delap

    1. FPL FROST
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Henderson, Konsa, Eze...not sure if three problems are WC worthy.

      The WC team you are proposing is better though.

      1. Peter Haddock
        • 5 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Interesting way of looking at it, appreciate your thoughts!

    1. FPL FROST
      • 14 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Palmer clappers fair play I say.

  9. Gooner Kebab
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Seeming a slow morning - maybe a cheeky RMT?
    Planning to do Salah + Joao/Wissa to Haaland and McNeil
    Any other urgent transfers?

    Raya
    TAA, Rico, Greaves
    Salah, Palmer, Saka, Morgan, ESR
    Watkins
    (4.0, H-B, Wissa, Joao)
    4FT, 2.4itb

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Gibbs-White is injured

      1. Jimmy B
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        he was suspended and the manager was very vocal about how much they missed him. He's a good player but I don't rate him as an FPL asset and that was before Wood took his pens.

      2. Gooner Kebab
        • 12 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        yes keen to hold Salah as well, maybe a Saka workaround.

  10. Malkmus
    • 13 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Morning.

    ESR to Rogers?

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Yes morning

      1. Malkmus
        • 13 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Cheers

    2. Amartey Partey
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Isn’t Rogers an injury doubt?

  11. MOZIL
    • 8 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Pedro Porro + Lewis

    or

    Gvardiol + Mykolenko

  12. Jimmy B
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    I think I've changed my mind about Eze this morning. Was planning to hold but on reflection they've had good fixtures mostly so far this season and as a team they just aren't doing it, Eze getting lots of shots but mostly low xg shots, and he's had his goal from that sort of situation already so its not as if he's due, lost the guarantee of pens even if he has a share of them. The bigger chances he's getting he's snatching at and looks low on confidence. Liverpool and Forest to come which are not great for an attacking asset. I'm out probably but will hold fire and see if any other fires emerge in the midweeks.

    1. jthmt
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      hear, hear. who is our replacement

  13. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Congrats to owners of Salah and DCL this week. I've taken them out so they are going to haul

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Much appreciated

    2. HODGE
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Solanke and Saka in?

      1. The-Red-1
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        No, went Palmer and Watkins

        1. Over Midwicket
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          Sam, for a -4.

          In for the season, don't give an eff.

          Palmer is soooo nailed in my team. No other player is capable for 25 point hauls. Unless he gets injured, I'm never getting rid.

  14. Prinzhorn
    • 3 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    who even believes in the concept of a WC after this tragedy

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Negative points?

      1. Prinzhorn
        • 3 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        The Full 39

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 21 days ago

          Ouch

  15. HODGE
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Flekken
    Taa, Konsa, Lewis,
    Salah, Palmer, Mbuemo, Rogers, Semeydo
    Haaland C Dcl

    4.0, Pau, Greaves, Stewart

    Any transfers or roll only 1FT, but don't mind a hit

    1. HelmutCool
      • 2 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      I would roll

      1. HODGE
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Thanks

    2. boc610
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Did you see saints last night ? No arsenal could be a painfull watch

      1. HODGE
        • 10 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        No didn't see the game but heard Saints looked v poor, would ideally like Saka, but selling him for Salah I'm not so sure about and feel I'd prefer Gvardiol over and Arsenal defender for short term anyway. Would you make a move then?

    1. JT11fc
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Ouch, Hojlund could do bits. As a Chelsea fan at least we can make a good squad from all our crazy buying

  16. Silecro
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Chelsea is top scoring team this season after 6 games, with 15 goals.
    Hah, who would have thought that before season started

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Palmer

  17. KLOPPS AND ROBBERS... the s…
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Would like Mbeumo but who to lose from midfield?

    Saka, Salah, Palmer?

    1. Tazah
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Saka - lowest ceiling

    2. We Go Again
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Of those, I'd lose Salah. Palmer in red hot form and Saka has Southampton next

    3. The Knights Template
      • 11 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Salah

    4. Over Midwicket
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Bukayo.

    5. MikeS
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Probably Salah tbh he's 2-2.5mn more so free up cash

  18. We Go Again
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Best move lads? Team looks decent but obvious problems with Pedro, Barco and Hall minutes risk. 1 FT 0.5 itb

    Raya
    TAA Gabriel Robinson Hall
    Palmer Saka Mbeumo ESR
    Haaland DCL

    Valdi Winks Pedro* Barco*

    A) Pedro -> Delap
    B) Barco or Hall -> Van de ven
    C) Hall -> Lewis
    D) Play Hall, save and reassess with 2 FT next week

    1. Tazah
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Pedro to jimenez

  19. Tazah
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Pedro to jomenez

  20. boc610
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Lol don't lose any of them for mbueno.

  21. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Kulusevski or B.Johnson?

    Kulu seems nailed for more minutes and plays more central, but B.Johnson has more goal threat.

    Great fixtures, 6.2mil, I'm defo getting one of them.

    1. Silecro
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Very good option

    2. Silecro
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      I am personally going with Kulu on wildcard

  22. MikeS
    • 10 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Jackson and Diaz to saka and Watkins -4 worth it?

    Or jebbison to havertz free (not enough for Watkins)?

    1. JT11fc
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      2nd option

  23. mataave
    • 9 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Got 2 FT’s and the exact cash in the bank to swap Trent & Diaz to Ait Nouri & Palmer.

    Looking at current fixtures, it seems like a sensible decision. Try and talk me out of it? Too much of a knee jerk?!?!

    1. JT11fc
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Not knee jerk if you want long term but could hurt you straight away with Palace up next for Pool

  24. JT11fc
    • 6 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Who to buy for long term-ish Arsenal attack coverage
    money no issue

    1. Saka

    2. Trossard

    3. Martinelli

    Favouring Saka obviously but Trossard central looks nice

    1. Silecro
      • 7 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Saka def

      1. JT11fc
        • 6 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Thanks

  25. Silecro
    • 7 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    On WC. Good team to go? (Pending some unexpected situations in CL today and tomorrow)

    Raya
    Saliba, Greaves, Van de Berg
    Palmer, Mbeumo, Kulusevski, Semenyo
    Haaland, Havertz, Watkins

    Fab, McNeil, Mykolenko, Ait nouri

    1. JT11fc
      • 6 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      I would play Myko and Ait Nouri purely because they get forward. West Ham and Wolves pretty dangerous going forward

      1. Silecro
        • 7 Years
        2 months, 21 days ago

        Good call, cheers!

  26. Dynamic Duos
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Raul or Delap?

  27. Stimps
    • 11 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    Anyone got the LMS safety score?

  28. jthmt
    • 2 Years
    2 months, 21 days ago

    flekken, henderson
    porro, digne, saliba, burn, hb
    saka, esr, mbeumo, semenyo, eze
    haaland, watkins, vardy

    eze to

    a) diaz
    b) sancho
    c) rogers
    d) martinelli
    e) roll

    1. Eze Really?
      • 10 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      Early kick off Saturday. Wait.

    2. Amartey Partey
      • 5 Years
      2 months, 21 days ago

      D