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 Abraham

Proud 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 points

Sh1t

— 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 points

Sh1t

— 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?