Gameweek 17 Match Day thread

Fancied West Ham so I started Balbuena.

Devoed.

Scorpion Sting

6 from 1, solid start. Although I could have done without the Soucek and Cresswell points.

Jim Gazebo

One of my rivals has soucek and Cresswell. Thankfully I have cresswell.

stephenl15

Have Soucek starting and Balbuena on my bench. Mixed emotions.

Balbuena is a big problem for my bench boost dgw plan as is Antonio

pimpmyhat

Do ye think will kilman start? hopefully he's benched as I have soucek first sub!!

The wonderfish

Good start with soucek and coufal bagging 17pts....happy if Watkins and Bruno can match that now

eggy81

Sold soucek for Neto and benched coufal.

Fitz*

The game is not for a few days but the game could possibly be at risk if there is an outbreak at Chelsea

https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1345089912400302081?s=19

Cartman78

There was a logical reason why I brought in Raphinha instead of Soucek but I can't quite recall what it is now :-(

dr.kenneth noisewater

Just Cresswell in that game, good start to the GW. Bruno in the next

extra gravy

caviardreams wrote: »

Soucek seems like a really sound guy there from the interview - good bit of personality and not the usual "we got the three points and we go again" business!

Just saw his interview, really want to send him a potato salad now!

Jim Gazebo

My opponent in the cup has kane on the bench and captained DCL 🀣

Rikand

Jim Gazebo wrote: »

My opponent in the cup has kane on the bench and captained DCL ��

Some people get all the luck

GetWithIt

^^
Thinly veiled, “I’m in the cup”, brag.

keane2097

I left Charlie Taylor in on the off chance he'd be ok to play Fulham at home with Soucek first sub. Presume Taylor will be rested even if he's not injured.

Kiith

I subbed Bamford on for Soucek at the last minute, which seems like a bad idea now.

gammygils

I have Soucek 1st sub and Cresswell 3rd sub
I have too much faith in DCL

I will have no auto subs this week. Guaranteed!

Jim Gazebo

GetWithIt wrote: »

^^
Thinly veiled, “I’m in the cup”, brag.

Ha ha I was just shocked

Cypher_sounds

Right Bruno hat trick - go!!!

extra gravy

Early save for Martinez, rack 'em up buddy!

Chesty08

Thing is with Soucek is that he is not the most easy on the eye, flash etc and people right him off.

However he is a very efficient footballer & certainly knows where the ball is when in & around the box.

Had him at the start but he had a drought of 0 in 7. Must remember West Ham , although playing well, had a rough set of fixtures playing all the top 6.

Since then he has 5 goals in 10 games. That’s unreal for a 5mil midfielder. If he was returning even 3 in 10 he’d be well worth his price.

Lemlin

keane2097 wrote: »

I left Charlie Taylor in on the off chance he'd be ok to play Fulham at home with Soucek first sub. Presume Taylor will be rested even if he's not injured.

Lancashire Telegraph reckons Taylor is missing and not in squad....

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/burnley-squad-revealed-fulham-dyche-19549749

Charlie Taylor is set to miss Burnley's Premier League fixture against Fulham this weekend as the Clarets await to discover the severity of the hamstring injury he sustained against Sheffield United.
The left-back was replaced by Josh Benson after just nine minutes of the encounter with the Blades after a hamstring strain and is likely to be sidelined for the coming weeks.

SlickRic

How reliable are the reports that Ferran Torres is one of those with Covid?

Ace2007

Mings elbows Pogba at corner, making no contact with the ball - but seemingly no one bothers about it....

Cypher_sounds

Ace2007 wrote: »

Mings elbows Pogba at corner, making no contact with the ball - but seemingly no one bothers about it....

Unbelievable how they don’t check it on var. Pogba was clattered there. Clear penalty.

Scorpion Sting

Fernandes came close to scoring there.

Ace2007

Martial (AWB)

2nd Row Donkey

Bizarre goal.

bantee

Lovely, have AWB, need Bruno captain to get the finger out now!

gammygils

Martinez cleanie on my bench gone. Already have 22 points on my bench :rolleyes: