Phil Gill, aka @FPLSorcerer, is an incredibly successful Fantasy Premier League (FPL) veteran who can boast of two top 1k finishes, six top 5k finishes and eight top 10k finishes.
Phil sits 85th in the Career Hall of Fame and has had a great start to the season, sitting at 13,185 overall with £1.0m in the bank and two free transfers going into Gameweek 3.
Here he discusses his team plans for the weekend and beyond.
Forward I am sure as he has not played a midfielder for nearly a decade. 12.5m is what most believe on here and I think that would be a fair price.
He'll be a forward but only because of Kane and Lukaku
Kane and Salah were both 12.5m for 242 and 231 point seasons, would make sense to put him in line with them at the same price.
Think he will be 13
12.5 forward
Dunno but all I know is there will be a record amount of wildcards gw4
My money is on 13m for the great Ronaldo
13mil is incredibly pricey.
Will be interesting.
Really don’t think he will be the outright most expensive at age 36.
11.5 like Lukaku or 12-12.5 like Bruno
13.5 mil
Sanchez
TAA Shaw Livramento
Salah Bruno Mahrez Benrahma
Antonio Ings Toney
(Brownhill, Duffy, Tsimikas)
Roll the FT and suck up the price drops in Mahrez and Toney?
Yes I'd roll that team for this week - looks good. Mahrez usually does decently against Arsenal too.
I would, the team looks good 🙂
Cheers guys!
Assuming CR7 is on pens?
He wouldn't have signed otherwise knowing how many penos they get
Won't be CR7 with Cavani at the club
CR 77 my guess- been signed twice 7+7
Smart
Mkhitaryan already has 77
Not a United player- sold to Roma so shirt free
CR28
Most likely from what I've seen, his first number as a professional
Will be, he has a clause saying he gets it
Numbers have already been decided for the season?
This- Cavani needs to be sold before deadline to free up shirt
He probably will be, but shouldn't be. Bruno has a 93% career success rate and Ronaldo 83%.
2FT and want to plan ahead but I am not sure what is best...
A) Toney --> 4.5m FWD
B) Tsimikas --> Livramento / Duffy
C) Other?
Sánchez
TAA -- Shaw -- Ayling
Salah -- Fernandes -- Benrahma -- Raphinha -- Barnes
Antonio -- Ings
Foster -- Toney -- Tsimikas -- Amartey [2FT + 0.0m ITB]
Take money out of your bench, I'd have removed Barnes if not for the fixture.
If you're not fussed about DCL, Jimenez, Bamford, Lukaku, Kane or Ronaldo then drop Toney but I'd rather have 3 forwards playable.
Probably better to do B in that sense & then an easy swap of Ings/Bruno out next week.
I also would have removed Barnes but giving him this week.
I would like a premium striker in so you're right - moving Toney this week seems pointless. Probably best to move Tsimikas on to Livramento (as already have Sanchez for BRI) and move Ings on next GW. Thanks
Don't want to give you any ideas but you could move Bruno to a 4.5 and play Toney.
Gives you insane flexibility and 2 FT for next week.
You're not playing Amartey vs Norwich?
I had Amartey over Ayling but conceding 4 on Monday put me off but have not fully decided
Reposting as bottomed.
A little long post. Please bear with me.
Would you:
A. Sell Mane for Son cap (-4) this gw and do Ings to Ronaldo directly if Ronaldo is 11.5m else Ings + Greenwood to Ronaldo + Raphinha/Traore (-4) in gw4.
OR
B. Hold Mane this week, cap Antonio and do Mane + Ings to Ronaldo + Raphinha/Traore (-4) in gw4. This option let's me keep Greenwood and also gives me cash to get TAA in for Tsimikas. No Son though.
Thoughts???
Don't take any -4. Wildcard next week to get lukaku and Ronny
Don't do that on the assumption he's 11.5.
I'd just chill and wait till you've got the facts. No guarantee Son will bang either, despite the article. Could quite easily be Kane who does.
Assuming you have Salah?
Planning based on Ronaldo being 11.5 is not sound. He can't be priced less than Kane
Mane - Bergwjn & Ing to Kane (C) this week?
Who will drop out for Ronaldo, greenwood? Guess it's not worth getting him now?
Sancho and greenwood rotate
Disagree. I think Greenwood goes left, sanche right and Ronnie through the middle.
Pog moves back to play eight with Bruno and then one holiday six.
When rash comes back, that’s the point I reckon Greenwood ceases to be a good pick.
Pogba and Bruno don't work well in the middle together. They both want to advance, which leaves a great big gaping hole. So I disagree with your disagremeent. Hehe
For this we need a lone CDM lol
Odegaard 5.5, surely that's underpriced! I know his goals and assists were underwhelming last season but can see him having a much more influential season this year. Thoughts? Could enable a lukaku ronaldo double up
I'd rather a 5.5 defender I think with a switch of formation
Same
Yer does look cheap, but arsenal are crap
Word perfect
But they won't be crap all season.
Yeah looks cheap, but so does Saka, ESR etc, even Tierney probs should be 5.5. Think Arsenal prices benefitting high level of negative perception, so depends if you think it's fair or overblown. I'm in the latter camp and looking at them from gw4.
All Arsenal assets are underpriced and could be good enablers from GW4. Can't expect them to stay a crap team forever
They been crap for years now
And I'm an arsenal fan!!!
He may want to do well but I'd back Wolves defence over Palace's. Also if United score it could be from variety of players, if West Ham are going to score then its more than likely going to have some Antonio involvement.
Play Ayling(bur) or Livramento(new)?
Liv
Ayling - Burnley poor attack
Put Liv in, and when Robbo starts Ayling will come in for him anyway.
What? Livramento plays for Southampton.
Who should I transfer out with my ft:
A) manquillio
B) jota
C) Toney
Team is:
Martinez/4.5
Vvd-amartey-shaw-(white-manquillio)
(Bissouma)-bruno-jota-salah-benrahma
Antonio-toney-ings
Toney is pony
Manquillo - best to sort it out before you have a defence problem
Why would you transfer Jota out.
A) Like a challenge
B) feel kinda edgy
C) hate people with names beginning with J.
He won't start
Son or Antonio captain?
Son
Son
Son
Antonio
Son
Sontonio
Ant
No way Ronaldo is more than Kane and Salah - max 12.5
Agreed
I mean, to play devils advocate he has a better goalscoring pedigree than Kane and plays for a better, more attacking team (that said, I think he'll be 12.5)
Does he?
Does Ronaldo have more pedigree than Kane, is that what you're asking?
Points wise I think it’ll be close..
I'd say so. United finished 5 places above Spurs last season, scored more goals and have spent far more in the transfer window
It's a trap! Will Ron be good on the counter? Will he get Bruno's pens?
12.0 i think. Just a bit more than Lukaku
Got 13 written all over it. Any less is a bonus
Shock horror when Bruno stays on pens.
why not, been taking them for time cuz
Probably in Ronaldo contract he gets them, lol
Bruno should stay on them, but he won't
Cr7 is boss
For Portugal, ronaldo takes them.
Ronnie is the boss. He’ll be on free kicks and pens.
Bruno's given penalties to teammates before. I don't think he's really bothered. He just wants to win.
He had a long conversation with Ronaldo to try and convince him to join, so I'm sure he played the penalty chip at some point. Ronaldo wants to break records, that's what motivates him, he'll want pens.
fplsorcerer is caught between taking a risk this week and following his 'dullard' instincts to hold 2fts in this period of high uncertainty
My money is on taking the risk, reasons being...
1. if you don't and end up WCing next week, you lost a transfer
2. you can potentially set up so you don't need to WC next week
3. lots of viable Captain choices so risk is spread
4. its chaotic situations like this where the big jumps are made
5. its a game, the 'dullard' way is no fun!
Just don't let terms like 'dullard' steer your bias towards irrational decisions that are bad for your team
I'm not. Just commenting on the valid points he raises that are similar to my own thought progression this week as first Kane and then Ronaldo came into the picture
You take yourself and the game too seriously
If wanting to discuss what is raised in the articles is taking things too seriously - guilty as charged
Why are you posting then?
When Ronaldo is added to the game, will he be price protected for a while?
Or is there a chance he could rise before he even plays a game? Cheers
He’ll be locked for seven days.
Good! Thanks
its the IB which is more than 7 days, so could his price still increase?
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Ronaldo a fantasy disappointment in his last year at Manchester United? And now that he's 12 years nearer his bus pass, can we really expect him to really turn back the clock in anything but a Legends game?
You were wrong. He was the goat.
"was"
Past tense as you were talking about his last season at United?
Ok cheers Karen.
12 years to sit on the naughty step and think about what he done wrong.
So………..logic says, that 12 years on, he’a going to repeat that and be a disappointment? Wow…..
Mods.. tried doing a comparison with alonso vs reece James but there is no data for the latter.
Community.. who would you go with?
James, but that's not based on stats.
There are two reece james in the drop down list. The second one has all the stats you need.
James more likely to play than Alonso, but neither are cemented.
1. Play Livra
2. Sell ESR and bring in Raph for-4
Wildcard next week.
Any takers?
Livra with a chance of a CS and returns +4 for me
1 - don't think Raph is worth 4+ more points for one game
I tend to agree. I will likely have him on WC though
Duffy or Livremento?
Duffy short term Livramento long term
It would be up for the next few game weeks
Livramento
Currently on Duffy as Meslier in goal, Livramento fixtures not great.. Same question below haha
Duffy if you don’t have Sanchez
I have Sanchez in goal, so maybe Liv would be best option, not sure I really like his fixtures though.
Liv if you don't really intend on playing him
Livramento or Duffy?? Currently on Duffy
As above
Livramento if you don't plan to Wildcard for a while
Antonio (C) a good choice over Fernandes?
Also, should I play Ayling or Livramento this week?
Yes good choice - Play Ayling
The people's choice
Ayling, you'd expect more chance of attacking returns
Yep, a man in blistering form, great partnership already with Benny, and it’s Palace.
Barnes to Raphinha for free?
Already done Buendia to Benrahma
Barnes playing Norwich - I'd give him a final chance and if he can't do it against them then axe
Nice yea
I can’t see anything wrong with that move, ya know the risks with playing Norwich, but who’s to say he even starts.
I personally moved Barnes on, not even looking like an attacking entity, Rapha much more involved all round for his team.
Does anyone know for sure if Fernandes' Zambian curse will have the same effect as it did on Salah?
Fernandes has a curse? Since when?
The Zambian Witch Doctor predicted (quite correctly) that Bruno would underwhelm against Southampton but I don't know if his prophecy went beyond that. As you know from what happened to Salah last season, only a fool would have Bruno in his team if a curse lasted for any length of time.
do you think we will know CR7 price before the deadline?
I hope so, but seeing as he’ll start against Newcastle, then I suppose it won’t matter anyway, bound to be added over the next fortnight.
yes but i will try to leave a 12.5 fwd place open for him and i wont get him if he costs 13 though it seems difficult to happen
Ahhh ok, yeah makes sense if not WC’ing at least anyway. Personally I reckon he can’t be any more than 12.5 to begin with.
Ronaldo's arrival will surely have a bit of a ripple effect on other players - is Bruno off penalties, does Greenwood lose his place, is Lingard going to be sold to recoup some money and push Benrahma out the West Ham team, etc. Not sure of the answers to any of those questions, but gameweek 4 is potentially looking like a mess for me at any rate.
The only thing that is clear to me is there should be an advantage to holding on to the WC beyond GW4
I think Ill wait a gw
Play 1: Duffy or Livramento
Cpt 1: Son/ Bruno/ Antonio
Save the FT here right?
Sanchez
TAA - Taylor - D.Sanchez
Salah - Bruno - Son - Benrahma - Greenwood
Toney - Antonio
(Steele - White - Tsimikas - Obefemi)
(1FT & 0.0itb)
Similar problem here, I can't decide if Toney should go? You have a better mid though than me.
Think Toney might get one more game as he is relatively still cheap with not many better options at his price, also he did have a good game against Arsenal so we shall see this week
Fair, I took him out for Armstrong, for me it is keep Toney and upgrade Barnes to Benrahma, save 1 FT.
Or Toney-Armstrong, Barnes-Benrahma, use 2x FTs.
Which DEFENDER to chose?
(A) AMARTEY
OR
(B) DIER
Amartey.
Thx.
Although I’m sort of edging towards Dier.
Not convinced about Leicester’s defence after their West Ham battering.
Norwich will sense blood.
Dier good at headers into the goal
Fair, Spurs are going to score some goals on Sun.
Amartey’s last game l fear.
I liked the way Dier was handed the captaincy when Kane was substituted on Thursday.
I’ve gone fairly cheap in defence now to make room the lines of CR7, Kane and Lukaku....
Good point, I didn't notice that on Thurs.
I'm also considering how to get CR7 in.
You've convinced me to stick with Toney for one more week, too, thanks.
Will Toney drop tonight?
FPLstats seems unpredictable atm.
I guess so, he's been pretty gash.
(upcoming brace this weekend)
The two websites l use to see price rises and falls say YES.
I have Toney and am going to give him 1 more chance, as l really think he’ll come good
I'm going to transfer out Targett and thinking about bringing a Spurs DEF.
Who's more nailed to play in next fixtures from:
A)Dier
B)Tanganga
C)Sanchez
Who would you bring? Cheers!
A
3 years, 2 months agoHow much do we think Ronaldo will be and will he be a mid or forward. I'm thinking:
13m - Forward