Live Match Chat FA Cup Special FPL News
Welcome to Live Match Chat FA Cup Special FPL News. This weekend sees the 5th round ties for the FA Cup, meaning that it is a FPL-free weekend. However, FPL-free does not signify FPL-irrelevant far from it. If you scan through the fixtures listed below you will see eight Premier League teams are left in the competition and bizarrely all eight have been kept apart in the draw. Now a closer scan of those fixtures will show that all eight top tier teams are firm favourites to win their tie – possibly Leicester being the less obvious. We have banged on about GW28 for weeks now – and this is when we get to find out exactly how disrupted GW28 will be as that is when the 6th round of the FA Cup will be played. At present only three fixtures are guaranteed for GW28 and if results go as expected in the Cup, then those three fixtures will be our sole game-week interest.
Therefore, keep a close eye on this weekend’s games to see how GW28 will pan out and also to keep an eye on potential transfers and injuries etc.
We talk about about things going as expected, but of course life doesn’t always turn out like that does it? Look at Brexit, President Trump, Arsenal losing to Bayern in the round of 16…….
….the FA Cup really can produce some upsets and maybe, just maybe some Premier League teams may get beaten by lower level opposition. Who would ever have predicted lowly Bournemouth humbling holders Man Utd in 1984, reigning league champions Arsenal losing to Wrexham who were bottom of the the old fourth division in 1992, non-league Sutton knocking out Coventry in 1989, Ronnie Radford’s famous goal leading Hereford to upsetting Newcastle or indeed Wimbledon beating the then mighty Liverpool on the biggest stage of all at Wembley in 1988?
See below this weekend’s fixtures and to the right of each fixture the GW28 match which is at risk if the Premier League team win this weekend.
FPL carnage! Love it.
Saturday 18th February
12:30pm
Burnley vs Lincoln – Game at risk – LIV vs BUR
3:00pm
Millwall vs Leicester – Game at risk – ARS vs LEI
Huddersfield vs Man City – Game at risk – MCY vs STO
Middlesbrough vs Oxford – Game at risk – MID vs SUN
5:30pm
Wolves vs Chelsea – Game at risk – CHE vs WAT
Sunday 19th February
2:00pm
Fulham vs Tottenham – Game at risk – CRY vs TOT
4:15pm
Blackburn vs Man United – Game at risk – MUN vs SOU
Monday 20th February
7:55pm
Sutton vs Arsenal – Game at risk – ARS vs LEI
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck to absolutely everyone for GW26 from all at FF247!
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Waxys
No way Arsenal will lose they’ve had an amazing top 4 finish for the entirety of Wenger’s reign.
mardeal
Thoughts here?
Team:
Jaku Forster
Alonso Coleman McAuley Pieters Holebas
Sanchez Alli Sigurdsson Phillips Stanislas
Kane Ibra Diomande
A) Ibra, Sanchez -> Kaku Mane -4
B ) one of A
C) Diomande, Alli -> Kaku Snodgrass -4
Cookie
Mardeal, I’d probably look to sell Alexis and Diomande mate
yellowkanoha
this my available plyer for gw28
jaku
Bainess / mcauley / daniels / amat
davies / phillips / coutinho
gray
off
grant?
holebas
hazard
sanchez?
costa
kane
lukaku is on yellow flag now , should i buy him for kane
and planning to sell haz or sanchez for lanzini or snoddy on next gw
any suggestion?
Cookie
Yellow, Alexis to Mane for me mate
nishant
What to do here?
1 FT and 1.4mn ITB
Cookie
Hey Nishant,
Alexis to Mane for me mate
nishant
Cheers mate
No hit?
I will have 10 playing this week
Cookie
That’s true – Benteke to Lukaku then…assuming Koeman says Lukaku is ok.
nishant
Thank you again
Sanchez to Mane then and wait for the Pressers
Cookie
good luck big man!
nishant
And you too
:thumbup:
Vinci
Wouldn’t you want to keep Sanchez if Arsenal looses tonight?
In which case you could do Alli to Mané.
And if Arsenal goes through Sanchez to Mané?
nishant
Arsenal won’t lose tonight
:whatever:
Appreciate your thoughts mate
man u man
Hey guys any advise for me. I’ve already taken a hit.
Jaku
Baines chambers nyom pva
Hazard zaha erik mane
Costa lukaku
Subs randolph carrick ibra amat.
Milburn
I’d roll with that man u man.
Look at getting 1 or 2 more 28’ers in after this week.
man u man
Cheers bud.
Milburn
Afternoon chaps.
What strikers does everyone want in for 28 then? Will you be benching a big boy and just starting 2 or trying to get 3 in?
Lukaku seems the obvious choice but who’s best to partner him?
Cookie
Milburn, I have Carroll and Lukaku and will probably just have those 2 upfront unless someone comes out of the shadows over the next couple of weeks.
Milburn
Yeah Carroll is my first choice to replace Giroud but it’s whether or not he’s fit.
highaction
Milburn, I think it depends on the context and what your goals are… ie.. chasing or leading.. it’s getting to that point of the season.. if you can weather one week without another attacker, then I’d probably just ride it out but if you’re looking to make up big ground then it might be time to gamble a bit.. I would consider Carroll, King, Llorente or even Andre Gray to be viable gambles for 28 up front…
highaction
woops….. King is a midfielder… sorry..