After an eventful Gameweek 14, in which I almost committed the deadly sin of selling Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), I couldn’t be happier with the end result: a total of 93 points and an overall rank well inside the Top 20K for the first time since Gameweek 10.
Considering the rumours from several sources saying Salah was going to be rested at Selhurst Park, I almost pulled the trigger and sold him for Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) on Saturday morning. However, since I wasn’t 100% convinced by the rumours, I decided to hold fire and hope for a cameo from the Liverpool midfielder at the very least. After all, it would be heartbreaking to sell him ahead of such a nice fixture just to find out the rumours weren’t true.
However, the rumours were very true and he was indeed benched. But Salah doesn’t need many minutes to wreak havoc and after his 16-pointer, I was relieved to have decided to save my transfer. In addition, Ruben Dias (£5.7m), Andrew Robertson (£7.3m), Jack Grealish (£7.8m) and my captain Bruno Fernandes (£11.0m) all delivered nine points or more, which felt great after three red arrows in a row.
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IMO Burnley will sit back and go aerial, which Leeds don't like but Brighton are more expansive
Hey all
With Liverpool’s fixtures ahead
Is Vardy to Firmino to sideways? It would be for a hit too
Just thinking of Firmino’s point possibility given his recent form.
Thoughts?I wouldnt unless you desparately need the cash
Firmino is way too streaky and Vardy is consistent
This but watch out for a Vardy benching party 😉
1FT have Chilwell and Watkins
A) Sell Watkins
B) Sell Chilwell
C) Keep both and reassess
Tempted to do C to wait on Antonio news for Watkins and wait on Chilwell's injury updateB of course
He trained today though, might not be out for long
He was seen at the training ground.
BIG DIFFERENCE
How nailed is Balbuena until GW20?
Bench one.
A. Target
B. Vestergard
C. CresswellI need ur help here :
Play 3 of 5 :
A)Coufal
B)Targett
C)Kwp
D)Cancelo
E)Justin
Thanks!ABC
ACD
ACD(c)
Thanks!
Thoughts on WC Team
McCarthy
Dallas Coufal Robbo
Son Grealish Salah(C) Sterling
DCL Rodrigo Adams
Johnstone Soucek KWP Justin
Intend on bringing back Bruno for Sterling GW 16Sterling and Rodrigo picks, interesting. I like this team btw.
We'll see... Also contemplating TAA instead of Robbo too
Start Justin or Taylor this week? Thanks
Martinez (Ryan)
Dallas Coufal* Taylor (James* Mitchell)
Salah Bruno Son Grealish (Burke)
Kane DCK Bamford
May only have 2 defenders and Taylor is not ideal this week, what to do?
A. Keep as it is
B. James > Cancelo/Matip (-4), bench TaylorCaptain call?
Salah
Not concerned it’s such an easy fixture it may be a parked bus new manager trap?
Could happen
You can only play the odds. Fat Sam could inspire the lads and park the bus.
Which ?
A) chilwel mahrez -4 to dier son
B) chilwel vardy -4 to firmino robo/matip (if robo wont be able to get son later )
C) chilwel mahrez vardy -8 to matip son firminoa
Who would you vice captain from these:
Fernandes, Kane, Vardy, Son.
My captain is Salah.
ThanksNando
Lamptey Richarlison> Benteke Cancelo for free? Need a forward under 5.5 .
Don't like Benteke over Brewster +1 million
Why are so many favouring bench boost over triple captain for GW19? Am I missing something? Surely Salah/Bruno are great options considering less risk of champions league rests etc?
They have team set up for it or WC left.
Bb weakest chip imo do it whatever week you have the most lads (it’s a rarity for me)
I think I'm right in saying any DGW26 player will blank just 3 weeks later in BGW29, so unless you hold the free hit you'll be in trouble.
Any chance the City game gets cancelled?
Would have happened by now if so.
Highly unlikely
Lamptey to Dier for -4?
My other defs are: Coufal*, Stones, Dias(*) and Lewis* (MCI)
Arter having written this it feels more like Y.
Y/N? was forgotten 🙁
Werner to Firmino?
An obvious move?N
Just can't decide on Cancelo or Stones - ugh!
Stones!
It's tempting. But why him over Cancelo?
I watch him play and he is so good. Also cheaper plus always getting bonus as long as they get a clean sheet.
Who knows , he might send a header in soon
Cancelo if you can afford
I don't think what I'm posting here is anything new, but something to think about:
For most on here and among the FPL Pro-pundits, 3-4-3 seems to be the preferred formation. The template forwards for a while had been Kane-DCL-Bamford but due to Spurs starting to struggle a little in front of goal and premium mids firing, people have started to switch Kane out for a 6 mil forward, of which, let's face it, the options are Watkins or Adams.
These are the points-per-game (PPG) for regular starters 6.5m* and below:
Chillwell 6.0
Stones 6.0
Zouma 5.8
Mings 5.2
Silva 5.2
Cancelo 5.1
Konsa 4.9
Ward-Prowse 4.8
Holgate 4.8
ADAMS 4.8
Vestergaard 4.8
WATKINS 4.5
Bowen 4.5
(on a side note in terms of value over the season, Dallas, Justin & Bednarek also outscore the two forwards)
It goes without saying that all of these defenders are cheaper than Watkins & Adams. What we have also seen recently is that after the goalfests of the first 10 or so gameweeks things have started to calm down a little now, especially among the premium defences (City - Chelsea - Liv). I expect Liverpool to improve further with Matip back and TAA getting up to speed (as well as other players returning).
Considering the above and City's fixture run, i think the case for 4-4-2 with four 'big-team' defenders has never been stronger, Robbo/TAA plus three of Chelsea & City. Especially as with the exception of the Liverpool players, none of the preferred targets (Chillwell, James, Zouma, Cancelo & Dias) are in the 'premium' price bracket of 6 mil+ and so provide excellent value. You do need two nailed subs of course to cover possible rotation of course.
Among the midfielders you have to go to Zaha before you find a better PPG average than the defenders above (among regular starters), which also suggests 3-5-2 is not the answer either.
*If you can stretch to Wilson at 6.6 he is currently outscoring all of the list above but I feel he will regress, and again, he's far more expensive.
I don't know how much to read into PPG, but these are just my observations. Thoughts?u will never go an FPL season without someone looking at PPG and going why don’t we all have 5 premium defenders in they are the best value for money?
Ha ha. Exactly.
True. I've even been thinking of 5 at the back today, but it's pretty boring.
Surely Bamford should get a mention at 5.9ppg
Ultimately it comes to TV a bit but I'd agree sub 7m mids are a bit iffy atm with flavour of the week changing regularly - currently Raphina and Soucek being all the rage. I think there's definitely scope in having a strong front 7 and your main sub(s) to be decent def(s) but depends a bit on tv. Basically if you are scrimping then there's better value at the back but strikers/mids score better if you can afford good onesI'm assuming almost every man and his dog has Bamford by this stage.
Any city defender realistically got a good chance of starting two games in 3 days?
I'm doubting itTough
Depends how the games go and are managed
Dias and now cancelo would be the ones for meCancelo as Walker is out unless Pep makes up a temp solution.
Start cresswell or kwp and why?
Welbeck OR Benteke
Which should I bench?
(A) Targett
(B) Dallas
(C) SoucekA
Martinez
Chilwell Dias Coufal
Bruno Salah Grealish KDB
Bamford DCL Adams
(Steer Lamptey Burke Mitchell)
0.3 short of Chilly > Robbo... any transfer there that's viable to raise funds? (would be free as I have 2FT).
Would like to take Lamptey out but only have 4.3 to replace him.Grealish (has che, mun TOT from GW16) > Zaha, KdB > Son or Coufal > Balbuena
Anything worth doing here? Or gtg?
McCarthy
Cancelo Coufal Targett
Salah(C) KDB(VC) Bruno Son
Bamford Adams Watkins
Forster; Chilwell Soucek N.WilliamsChilwell > Dier, Matip or Stones?
How will look your WC in GW16 fellas?
I did my WC in GW15 to catch the price rises on Zouma, Coufal, and Adams. Would have been priced out otherwise.
Fabianski McCarthy
Robertson Zouma, Coufal Walker-Peters Taylor
Salah KDB Son Soucek Raphina
Calvert-Lewin/Vardy (watching potential Vardy price drop), Bamford Adams
Plans to Free Hit in GW18. Will move KDB to Bruno and possibly Son to Rashford before GW 19.Yeah thats nice but without Kane vs Fulham and Leeds?
And why KdB ahead of Bruno? Just because of Newcastle?Right, KDB ahead of Bruno just for Newcastle (watching Bruno's potential price rise, though). I want to keep a "buffer" transfer open, in case of injury, before GW19, so I'm hiding behind the couch and am leaving Kane out. Only so many moves I can make before GW19 and don't have enough money to bring him without dropping others out.
Trying to remember...if you use a free hit, do you lose your free transfer for that week? Same for question for bench boost. Any help is appreciated!
Yep
You will always have 1 FT the week after FHYes. After free hit you get just one free transfer. I think you can roll a transfer in a week you use the bench boost as it doesn't involve transferring players.
Cool So, I could use a FT and bench boost in the same gameweek? But could NOT use a FT and free hit in the same gameweek?
Correct. Wildcard and Free Hit always wipe out any carried transfers (and hits) and leave you with 1FT the following week.
BB and TC work independently of transfers.Many thanks!
Trade is lost
What if I told you that Vestergaard is ok and healthy
Is he being iced to packaged to sell to Liverpool in January?
His holders have a dead asset until January but then he becomes a cheap VVD
When may he transfer to reds?I’d imagine they’d want a younger counterpart rather than a quick fix
The other rumor but less interesting- is JV to Leicester
But Liverpool does need a quick fix. They have a league to win Now and a Champions League they want to win in May.
Trying to decide who to get in for Lewis - favouring B based on fixtures?
A Cancelo
B Dier
3 years, 9 months ago
Who would you play:
A: Dallas (BUR)-H
B: Cresswell (BRI)-H