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great plan welbz you win

BB gw1 was always bad idea, but now it is unfortunately dead.

Better for us.

And it was made for the casuals..

It'll show they'll be taking those points hits. If people go for it still. More fool them.

They'll find when they come to make their transfers for Gameweek 2 that they only have one free transfer and not the five that they expected to get.
And FPL will warn them that it'll cost them points hits if they try to make more than one transfer then.
So their only problem is if they set up their squad for Gameweek 1 with the expectation that they'll get five transfers in Gameweek 2.

4-1+1=4

This. It will not be easy to have 5FTs available, but it will surely benefit the casuals who forget the occational deadline. It's kind of exaggerated, but the hits will probably be limited.

3 will be a good number to aim for and have in the bank. 5 when you want to BB and around Christmas etc.

Dunno, I hit times where I just dont need a transfer

My average hit cost per season has been above 60 points. However there have been times for luxury transfers. Those can be used better now. Saving becomes much better option now. On the other hand I will probably still take hits early in the season if Haaland is in my team. This feature gives also possibilities to attack some fixture changes and to be more calm when upside is not high enough.

Yes, this seems a realistic use of the accumulated transfers.

I think the strategy to have a strong bench in order that you do save up 5 FTs - there’s a lot of power in saved up FTs

In other news, players who performed well are given higher prices…

Palmer coming in at 5.0 makes this almost redundant, no?

Yes similar every year

Not necessarily revealed at launch but it's there in print...

All will be revealed ahead of January 2025, so that you can plan ahead before the chip becomes playable in January.

Perhaps used for 3rd round of FA Cup??

It just says it will be revealed before january, not exactly when.

And also ridiculous

Won't we have to re-register anyway?

These Argentinians need to be brought down to earth.

Darwin ban won’t affect Liverpool even in the absurd World where the organizers somehow manage to put the blame on the players for protecting their families …

Just to clarify FPL_Virgin - are you recommending FPL_review as a great addition to Scout for fpl content? I was tinkering going with FPL_Hub along with Scout this season but I’ve had login probs with the former before. Is twitter a no-go for balanced, quality fpl content? Besides Scout - what do you recommend please?

Best not to make comments as you don’t know why he took some time out this summer otherwise you would not have made these comments. He was travelling on much deserved holiday today.

How about the quintesstials

B with two of A

Think the rules still allow us to select 15 players, so going with just three might be a risky strategy?

Probably A, but would try my best to squeeze Palmer in somehow

well, you can just make loads of moves early on to get in form players and price rises, meanwhile 50% of the game will be desperately saving their FTs lol. There is an opportunity there in the first 5 weeks.

Won’t affect me as I’m sure this season I’ll start with red flags abound for the first five weeks again…

All of them! Coles and Woolies clearly price gouging!

Martinez

Son- far too high at 10 m given season he had when Foden at 9.5.

Haaland.

Kinda makes me think they either don’t know what the chip is, or they aren’t sure their Commodore 64-style IT can handle it.

Being able to carry up to 5 free transfers will make planning around fixtures important so will make skills even more important to build teams to take maximum advantage of new rules- makes BB week 1 very unlikely as can save up to 5 transfers to optimise

ofc they make it easier for casuals, they want to attract more players.

Slightly different, but same overall theme;
You know call of duty the game, back in the day I was so good at that game. Most games I was getting a 4:1 kill ratio or better. Over the years the makers of the game essentially reduced that skill gap so that noobs could compete with players like me, otherwise its not fun for them. I quit the game IDK when, maybe 8 years ago or so. By that time they had implemented certain weapons and things that you could not physically defend against no matter how good you were. I'm talking about killstreaks where it is a guaranteed kill against me if you use it. Or weapons so easy to use that a dog could get kills with them.

Literally no point playing it anymore. It reached the point where I would die and half the time there was nothing I could have realistically done to prevent it.

OFC there are still top players in games like COD, but frankly, its not the game I want to play anymore and not how I want to win so I will never touch it again.

Yes benefits both casuals and engaged managers

Something had to be done. Last season was the worst ever. Dreadfull pricing, and everyone owned the exact same team

Pool could be a wait and see with Arnold Snott

Liverpool aren't good at lunchtime, or weren't under Klopp. He'll be glad to know that it was just the FA's hatred of Liverpool though and not a personal vendetta against him.

shaved head Salah now though. More streamlined, extra yard of pace, haul potential has skyrocketed 😉

All must bow before the Template!

with way more 9.5+mil premiums this year capable of 13+ hauls, even the most patient players are going to find their knees jerking

very much doubt many save up 5 FTs, even get close to 3

agree with others upon reflection, this move is just for casuals who check in and out over the season to make them feel like they haven't lost out too much by not touching their team for 3-4 GWs

honestly feel the bps changes are more impactful. sadly i feel like they lean more towards strengthening the template

I totally agree. Only way I can ever see getting even 4 FTs is if I build 2 and then free hit through whatever fixture swing or fire drill presents itself. Totally a way to get casuals reengaged after time off. Nothing more.

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Who is this Kamada?

So basically Trent & Palmer instead of Haaland

Doesn’t look amazing imo. Sacrificing good defence options and no ARS or City to have Salah.

maybe it will be as simple as allowing manual subs during the gameweek

I don’t know what to say!

Top team! 🙂

Morning Panda! Welcome back fella, glad you've escaped deportation & the nasty people gone away lol