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Whilst we still have the formality of Arsenal beating Palace to come later (let's see how well that one ages) here's next weekend's fixtures in the Premier League. Another tough test for Newcastle but at least they play host to Liverpool. Sheffield United have the dubious pleasure entertaining Man City while the latter's Red rivals have what could be a tricky game at home to Forest, and will be hoping their attacking players finally find their shooting boots. Thoughts, bets and angles on these games welcomed below.

See above for all of this week's games in Leagues 1 and 2 and the Scottish Premiership. See below for the thoughts and bets of the Punters Lounge Massive! 

The Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League is still in its infancy for this season and that is summed up by the erratic position shifts we're seeing over these opening weeks. Y'au Ado's Zakariya FC sit on top of the table after an impressive 79 points haul this week. It was a fantastic team effort with double-figure totals coming from Pervis Estupinan, Mohamed Salah, Bryan Mbeumo, Kaoru Mitoma, and Yoane Wissa. The lead at the top is just 5 points though so it's all very tight.
A special shout out to the likes of @bobsyerunkle's Smash It Up, @StevenKing's Lucky Pierre, Rob Cooper's Email This Team In, Christopher Adams' 30 Seconds, Fred Lessing's Don't Ever Lose, and Umar Abubakar Zubairu's Sadio AC who all saw their teams surpass the 70-point mark.
Now, what about the real reason we're all here for? Who are we putting in the village stocks today? It was a tough week with the common captaincy choices of Erling Haaland and Salah scoring low. Even so, the lowest score was just above the teens mark. Jonathan Pope's inappropriately named Very Good could only muster 21 points. Might want to reconsider that team name unless performances improve buddy! However, it is @Johnrobertson's Jambos2828 that hasn't quite replicated his own Hearts team's encouraging start to the season with a 20-point tally giving him the Name of Shame award for this week. Now, go outside and give yourself six of the best!
Brighton players seem to be dominating the fantasy league points at the moment and Bet365 is offering odds of 16/1 on a bet builder for the Brighton vs West Ham game of...
Brighton to Win, BTTS, Anytime Scorer: Kaoru Mitoma, and Assist: Pervis Estupinan.
It certainly feels that Mitoma and Estupinan are worth having in your fantasy teams and your bet builders!
The transfer deadline for this week's games is 6:30 pm BST on Friday 25th August. Best of luck to you all!

I'm quietly optimistic we can beat Sheffield Wednesday but we'll need to play more like a home team and take the attack to the Owls. We made the mistake of sitting back and playing a patient game against QPR in our last home game and we got sucker-punched. Wednesday will do the same. I know a few Wednesday fans are pessimistic about it. @waynecoyne, how do you feel about it?

The Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League is still in its infancy for this season and that is summed up by the erratic position shifts we're seeing over these opening weeks. Y'au Ado's Zakariya FC sit on top of the table after an impressive 79 points haul this week. It was a fantastic team effort with double-figure totals coming from Pervis Estupinan, Mohamed Salah, Bryan Mbeumo, Kaoru Mitoma, and Yoane Wissa. The lead at the top is just 5 points though so it's all very tight.
A special shout out to the likes of @bobsyerunkle's Smash It Up, @StevenKing's Lucky Pierre, Rob Cooper's Email This Team In, Christopher Adams' 30 Seconds, Fred Lessing's Don't Ever Lose, and Umar Abubakar Zubairu's Sadio AC who all saw their teams surpass the 70-point mark.
Now, what about the real reason we're all here for? Who are we putting in the village stocks today? It was a tough week with the common captaincy choices of Erling Haaland and Salah scoring low. Even so, the lowest score was just above the teens mark. Jonathan Pope's inappropriately named Very Good could only muster 21 points. Might want to reconsider that team name unless performances improve buddy! However, it is @Johnrobertson's Jambos2828 that hasn't quite replicated his own Hearts team's encouraging start to the season with a 20-point tally giving him the Name of Shame award for this week. Now, go outside and give yourself six of the best!
Brighton players seem to be dominating the fantasy league points at the moment and Bet365 is offering odds of 16/1 on a bet builder for the Brighton vs West Ham game of...
Brighton to Win, BTTS, Anytime Scorer: Kaoru Mitoma, and Assist: Pervis Estupinan.
It certainly feels that Mitoma and Estupinan are worth having in your fantasy teams and your bet builders!
The transfer deadline for this week's games is 6:30 pm BST on Friday 25th August. Best of luck to you all!

I don't like the bench boost token, so got it out of the way early this year so I don't have to think about it.  Normally I end up playing it near the end of the season and end up with little reward but this season has been a good return.
I'd been busy so missed the Gabriel transfer rumours so had no time to change him but otherwise I'm happy with my start to the season for a change.
I've just got to reduce the expense on my bench now and put that elsewhere over the next few weeks and try to keep the good start going.

2 waiting on Arsenal but everybody who picked a team goes through. Losing just the 4 that couldn't get a selection down. Welcome to pick in the Consolation next GW.

Didn't see you put those predictions in this thread, @andypandy23! Make sure you do next time so we can see those tips in the flesh.

Forest   Brighton double for me .
Wouldn`t put anyone off taking a punt on Spurs to beat Utd or Newcastle to shake up City.......Spurs look much better this season and Utd were jammy against Wolves ....City also have had a busy schedule and lost De Bruyne .

Yeah, they’re best priced about both players at the moment. If that’s their featured game on Saturday you could add a third element to that and get the 25% bet builder winnings boost.

Nottingham Forest. Don't let me down @yossa6133! Apologies if I jinx you boys! 

Are you on about your fantasy team or Nottingham Forest in real life?  That reminds me, I need to take Kane out of my squad. 

First week went OK without Halaand, who needs him when you Isak eh lol

Hello everyone! We are back for another season of the Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League! @Gazza's United is aiming to defend his title against all foes in what is set to be the most popular and competitive season yet!
Let's get stuck straight into it! We have an early doors leader in @eagle224 and his Strike for Maupay side. Their impressive 93 points haul is enough to take top spot for this opening week. Asides from the standard decision to select Erling Haaland as his captain he made the crazy horse decision to play his bench boost. This immediately paid off with his bench bringing home a total of 28 points. 
It's also great to see a few familiar faces already in the leading pack with the likes of @Team Sagga's Team Sagga, @u1905068's Amics d'Eric Djemba, and @jarvisla's Jarv's Juggernauts all starting the first week in the top 15. Can they keep in the mix?
Now we come to everyone's favourite time of the week. The Name of Shame! @nawoo, the great disgrace lands at your door this opening week! Just the 31 points gained. It didn't help that you had Gabriel Jesus and Christopher Nkunku injured. Still, it seems like a solid enough team so with a couple of tweaks I'm sure you'll be climbing up the table.
Interesting to see Haaland and Alexander Isak both scoring 2 goals this week. Manchester City host Newcastle this coming weekend. It's 7/1 with Bet365 for both players to score in that game... I do need to transfer Harry Kane out of my team this week and Isak certainly seems like a tempting choice!
The deadline for game week 2 is 6:15pm BST on Friday 18th August. Best of luck to you all!

I pointed out in the Punters Lounge Fantasy Football Game Week 1 thread that Bet365 is offering 7/1 on both Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak to score anytime in the Manchester City versus Newcastle game which is tempting.
Overall, it's a very tough game week for picking outright winners. I was writing Wolves off this season before last night and even though they dominated Manchester United I do feel last night's inability to take their chances will cost them over the course of the season. I saw it with Cardiff in the Championship last season. We rarely got turned over and often deserved to win games but just couldn't score. However, I think there will be games where Wolves will score and I think they'll be angry after last night's injustice, particularly with that late penalty shout turned down. So I'm looking at the 10/1 treble of Nottingham Forest, Wolves, and Aston Villa for this weekend. Not sure if I'll back that yet though.

I pointed out in the Punters Lounge Fantasy Football Game Week 1 thread that Bet365 is offering 7/1 on both Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak to score anytime in the Manchester City versus Newcastle game which is tempting.
Overall, it's a very tough game week for picking outright winners. I was writing Wolves off this season before last night and even though they dominated Manchester United I do feel last night's inability to take their chances will cost them over the course of the season. I saw it with Cardiff in the Championship last season. We rarely got turned over and often deserved to win games but just couldn't score. However, I think there will be games where Wolves will score and I think they'll be angry after last night's injustice, particularly with that late penalty shout turned down. So I'm looking at the 10/1 treble of Nottingham Forest, Wolves, and Aston Villa for this weekend. Not sure if I'll back that yet though.

Hello everyone! We are back for another season of the Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League! @Gazza's United is aiming to defend his title against all foes in what is set to be the most popular and competitive season yet!
Let's get stuck straight into it! We have an early doors leader in @eagle224 and his Strike for Maupay side. Their impressive 93 points haul is enough to take top spot for this opening week. Asides from the standard decision to select Erling Haaland as his captain he made the crazy horse decision to play his bench boost. This immediately paid off with his bench bringing home a total of 28 points. 
It's also great to see a few familiar faces already in the leading pack with the likes of @Team Sagga's Team Sagga, @u1905068's Amics d'Eric Djemba, and @jarvisla's Jarv's Juggernauts all starting the first week in the top 15. Can they keep in the mix?
Now we come to everyone's favourite time of the week. The Name of Shame! @nawoo, the great disgrace lands at your door this opening week! Just the 31 points gained. It didn't help that you had Gabriel Jesus and Christopher Nkunku injured. Still, it seems like a solid enough team so with a couple of tweaks I'm sure you'll be climbing up the table.
Interesting to see Haaland and Alexander Isak both scoring 2 goals this week. Manchester City host Newcastle this coming weekend. It's 7/1 with Bet365 for both players to score in that game... I do need to transfer Harry Kane out of my team this week and Isak certainly seems like a tempting choice!
The deadline for game week 2 is 6:15pm BST on Friday 18th August. Best of luck to you all!

Hello everyone! We are back for another season of the Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League! @Gazza's United is aiming to defend his title against all foes in what is set to be the most popular and competitive season yet!
Let's get stuck straight into it! We have an early doors leader in @eagle224 and his Strike for Maupay side. Their impressive 93 points haul is enough to take top spot for this opening week. Asides from the standard decision to select Erling Haaland as his captain he made the crazy horse decision to play his bench boost. This immediately paid off with his bench bringing home a total of 28 points. 
It's also great to see a few familiar faces already in the leading pack with the likes of @Team Sagga's Team Sagga, @u1905068's Amics d'Eric Djemba, and @jarvisla's Jarv's Juggernauts all starting the first week in the top 15. Can they keep in the mix?
Now we come to everyone's favourite time of the week. The Name of Shame! @nawoo, the great disgrace lands at your door this opening week! Just the 31 points gained. It didn't help that you had Gabriel Jesus and Christopher Nkunku injured. Still, it seems like a solid enough team so with a couple of tweaks I'm sure you'll be climbing up the table.
Interesting to see Haaland and Alexander Isak both scoring 2 goals this week. Manchester City host Newcastle this coming weekend. It's 7/1 with Bet365 for both players to score in that game... I do need to transfer Harry Kane out of my team this week and Isak certainly seems like a tempting choice!
The deadline for game week 2 is 6:15pm BST on Friday 18th August. Best of luck to you all!

6/4 and 21/20 winners last weekend. Forest looks like a good price this weekend. I thought they looked decent once they got their subs on. Elanga should be starting all day and I expect them to bring him in. Sheffield United looked poor to me. Chelsea at Evens to beat us (west ham) away from home? come off it. Chelsea will beat us.
Man City are not a bad price at home to be fair (8/13) and that's coming from somebody who hates betting on shorter prices. I thought Newcastle were good against Villa but that's playing a team with a very high line and without the defenders to make it a success. City are a different animal.
Will throw Villa into a 4-fold over the weekend because I think Everton is a good game for them to bounce back, at Villa Park.
5pts Forest to beat Sheff Utd 17/20 Bet365
5pts Chelsea to beat West Ham evens Bet365
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2pt 4-fold - Forest, City, Villa, Chelsea 15/2 Bet365

Too late now (which is just as well) .....one of Betfreds morning pushes........He must have known something as He`s a huge Utd fan .

Hello everyone! We are back for another season of the Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League! @Gazza's United is aiming to defend his title against all foes in what is set to be the most popular and competitive season yet!
Let's get stuck straight into it! We have an early doors leader in @eagle224 and his Strike for Maupay side. Their impressive 93 points haul is enough to take top spot for this opening week. Asides from the standard decision to select Erling Haaland as his captain he made the crazy horse decision to play his bench boost. This immediately paid off with his bench bringing home a total of 28 points. 
It's also great to see a few familiar faces already in the leading pack with the likes of @Team Sagga's Team Sagga, @u1905068's Amics d'Eric Djemba, and @jarvisla's Jarv's Juggernauts all starting the first week in the top 15. Can they keep in the mix?
Now we come to everyone's favourite time of the week. The Name of Shame! @nawoo, the great disgrace lands at your door this opening week! Just the 31 points gained. It didn't help that you had Gabriel Jesus and Christopher Nkunku injured. Still, it seems like a solid enough team so with a couple of tweaks I'm sure you'll be climbing up the table.
Interesting to see Haaland and Alexander Isak both scoring 2 goals this week. Manchester City host Newcastle this coming weekend. It's 7/1 with Bet365 for both players to score in that game... I do need to transfer Harry Kane out of my team this week and Isak certainly seems like a tempting choice!
The deadline for game week 2 is 6:15pm BST on Friday 18th August. Best of luck to you all!

It's too early to look at stats so I'm just going on a hunch here, but these are my picks:
Forest vs Sheff Utd - Under 2.5 goals - I can't see that being a blowout Fulham vs Brentford - Both Teams To Score - Last year's game was a goal fest. Also, Brentford just drew 2-2. Spurs vs Man Utd - Man Utd to win - United look good value against Spurs. I expect them to beat Wolves so I might take them now before they shorten. Treble gets 5.37 @ Bet365.

Team Name: Sam Sawet
Manager: Steve Coleman

I didn't say which cheek!  @four-leaf knows the score. We're all aboard...
Watch Wolves scab a 1-0 win now! 

Man Utd to win and over3-5 goals to be scored 6-4 generally.......Rashford to score anytime 5-4  .