Halloween Special: Gameweek 10 Horrors
Gameweek 10 may not be over, but it’s been a horror show for many Fantasy Premier League managers.
Free Hit
The Twitter community turned to their Free Hit chips to combat injuries. It didn’t turn out well for many!
He’s in my team, but not my free hit team pic.twitter.com/Y9vF8aEPsa
— #FPL Drew (@FFPundits_Drew) October 28, 2017
26 with Hazard and Pope. Shit use of the Free Hit Chip.
— The Mad One (@FPLMad) October 28, 2017
34 with Forster, Maguire and Ward to go
Free hit pretty shit #FPL
— Fantasy Eagles (@FantasyEagles) October 28, 2017
I can't lie though, logging on and seeing Sanchez (C) blank along with 36points from my free hit team… pic.twitter.com/0C3hNHbkvg
— #FPL Connect (@FPL_Connect) October 28, 2017
My pre Free Hit team players who DID NOT feature in my Free Hit team
Kolasinac ⚽️?️
Zaha ⚽️
Cresswell ?️
RLC ?️
Lukaku ?️ pic.twitter.com/mklyl4AFFh— #FPL Drew (@FFPundits_Drew) October 29, 2017
seems like Free Hit fucked most people over this week#FMLFPL #FPL
— FML FPL – Fantasy Premier League Podcast (@FMLFPL) October 29, 2017
Wildcard
The picture wasn’t much happier for those who played their wildcard ahead of Gameweek 10.
Took out Chicharito, Lukaku, Jones, Sterling and Kolasinac in wildcard ??
— fplAnalytics (@fplAnalytics) October 29, 2017
When you spend hours & hours drafting a wildcard squad only to score 32 points and leave 14 on the bench ?? @OfficialFPL pic.twitter.com/XjpbBmeHh3
— FPL General (@FPLGeneral) October 28, 2017
Red arrow from 89k to 123k. Burnley clean sheet needed.
Time for the post mortem now #MOTD pic.twitter.com/YLOJmlP5PN— FPL General (@FPLGeneral) October 28, 2017
– Sold Kolasinac
– Sold Hazard
– Sold Zaha
– Sold Sterling
– Sold Lukaku
– Sold AbrahamProud to say I nailed my wildcard. ?#FPL
— FPL Viper (@FPLViper) October 28, 2017
Wildcard highlights:
Salah penalty miss
Walker yellow
Richarlison yellow
Choupo yellow
Jesus blank
Aguero restedhttps://t.co/F46wnZuEuR— Fantasy Football Community (@FFCommunity_) October 28, 2017
Aguero
The warning signs were there, but many opted for Aguero and then captained him. The only saving grace was that he didn’t play, so vice captains activated.
Full of optimism for my wildcard squad, but how long will it last?
?Lukaku could wipe out my Vertonghen clean sheet
?Pep could rest Aguero©— Fantasy Football Community (@FFCommunity_) October 28, 2017
Jesus: Yellow
Richarlison: Yellow
Sanchez: Blank
Aguero: Benched
Salah: Penalty Miss
What else you can give us @OfficialFPL this week.— FPL ?? (@SemperFiMessi) October 28, 2017
Sold Lukaku for Aguero & made him captain. He was doomed from the start.
— Space Monkey (@SpaceMonkeysFPL) October 28, 2017
If you sold Lukaku for Kane then sold him for Aguero ?#FPL
— FPL Hints (@FPLHints) October 28, 2017
Richarlison
There was so much hype before the deadline for Richarlison, with many taking hits to get him in. It was disappointing to see him blank.
Richarlison is wrecking my FPL, my accumulator and my 2.5 goals
Sort yourself out lad— #FPL Drew (@FFPundits_Drew) October 28, 2017
Richarlison ripping it up away to Chelsea, then doing nothing at home to bloody Stoke is the most #FPL thing ever.
— FPL TV (@FPLTV) October 28, 2017
Richarlison owners… #FPL pic.twitter.com/PaNNCBm0qt
— Fantasy Football Pundits (@FFPundits) October 28, 2017
Salah
After his goal in Gameweek 9, Salah was a popular choice to bring in for Liverpool coverage. A clear captain choice too. The penalty miss was eventually redeemed by an assist.
GW in numbers
1 missed penalty from captain
3 yellow cards
9 Phil Jones points on bench
0 Clean sheets
1 Goal
1 assist
20 pointsSh1t
— TheTinkerMen (@TheTinkerMen) October 28, 2017
For me:
Salah – penalty miss
Otamendi Richarlison Jesus(c) – yellow cards.
If that helps
— #CoreCaptain (@FPLantarctican) October 28, 2017
WOW ? it reallz can get worse – Salah just missed a penalty!! ?
— MORIS FC FPL (@moris_fc) October 28, 2017
United defence
Many managers decided that a match up with Spurs was a good excuse to bench or sell their United defenders.
Selling Jones prior to the Liverpool game was logical but ultimately an awful move
— #FPL Drew (@FFPundits_Drew) October 28, 2017
Already panicking about the decision to bench de Gea and Jones! ?
— David Munday (@DavidMunday815) October 28, 2017
GW in numbers
1 missed penalty from captain
3 yellow cards
9 Phil Jones points on bench
0 Clean sheets
1 Goal
1 assist
20 pointsSh1t
— TheTinkerMen (@TheTinkerMen) October 28, 2017
Captains
Other than Lukaku, many of the popular captain choices blanked or didn’t play at all!
GW10 Top 5 Captains = 0 Goals
Lukaku – 5 points
Aguero – 0 points
Kane – 0 points
Salah – 4 points
Jesus – 1 point#FPL heartbreak ?— FPL Updates&Tips (@FPLUpdates_Tips) October 29, 2017
Sergio Aguero in #FPL Gameweek 10 ?
Bought by 735,568
Captained by 776,826 (14.8%)
Minutes played: 0
Points: 0 pic.twitter.com/mJ8Dpfgscr— The Fantasy PL (@TheFantasy_PL) October 28, 2017
The 3pm kickoffs haven't gone well for me ?
Jesus (c): 2
Silva: 2
Richarlison: 1
Otamendi: 1— Ben Crellin (@BenCrellin) October 28, 2017
Commiserations to those who’ve had a bad week. It can only get better from here right?