Premier League Fantasy Football 2018/2019

[SvN]

Are we doing a draft this year here?

I'd like to get involved - I've never done one before.

[-james-]

Thanks Andy, paranoia quenched.

I've got De Bruyne and Martial. And Sterling and Salah. Taken some big gambles elsewhere to fit them in, but fairly happy with my squad at the moment.

[SvN]

If I had 0.5m more I'd be delighted, but as it is I'm having to gamble a bit. We'll see how it goes this week - I can see myself wildcarding fairly early.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I made my team a few days ago and just swapped around 5.

Contemplating more changes too, I hate this early stage.

[Smjffy]

I still can't join. I've joined other leagues but the code on front page doesn't work.

[Baz]

There are too many midfielders that I want.

Had to sacrifice Barkley, Martial, Ayoze Perez and Salah. :(

I’ve got Callum Robinson though, so I’m good.

[Dave.]

Patricio, McGovern; Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk, Digne, Zinchenko, Lundstram; Salah, Sterling, De Bruyne, Perez, Barkley; King, Greenwood, Wickham.

4-5-1 and ready to rock.:thbup:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

4-5-1? You fucking deviant.

[Dave.]

4-5-1? You fucking deviant.

To be fair, three of my midfielders are strikers.:D

I don't think there's many good options up front this year (beyond Kane, Aubameyang, Aguero and various options around 6.5) and I couldn't afford an extra premium player without sacrificing loads elsewhere.

[Andy]

I still can't join. I've joined other leagues but the code on front page doesn't work.

bcklsx

That's the code

[Smjffy]

Cheers Andy. I was sticking in the numbers on page 1. :moop:

[niko_cee]

I'm something like:

Alisson, Walker, Alexander-Arnold, Walker-Peters, Lingard, Maddison, Milivojevic, Salah, Adams, Wood, Kane

Ryan, H Wilson, Kelly, Boly

At the moment, although it changes all the time. Had Pogba in for a while but am worried about his fitness and whether he's going to end up in some protracted transfer stand-off. Looks pretty crap at the moment.

[-james-]

https://i.imgur.com/p1dXm6f.png


Punt heavy but I'm fairly happy with it. Got a mil sat in my pocket to upgrade one of the shitters in defence next week with hopefully more information available. The choice of Liverpool defender was the hardest bit. After saying last month that you'd be daft to not own the two full backs I've gone for neither.

Martial was the one I really wanted to fit in but couldn't. He's going to be ridiculous at 7.5.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can't log in :\

Although I've just seen the deadline was half an hour ago. FUCK.

[Giggles]

The website seems fucked.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, totally forgot the deadline was going be be borked by the early game. Start as you mean to go on.

:face:

[phonics]

I’ve got 0.5 to swap King for Kean. They’ve got an easy run but I wanted to make sure where they’ll start him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Great start.

I started Ralf Fahrmann but he's benched in favour of Tim fucking Krul.

[John Arne]

I triple-captained Salah :drool:

[Trancemeister]

Van Dijk :cool:

[niko_cee]

Went for Allison in nets over Ederson.

Is there ever a post in this thread that doesn't end in :face: ?

[Trancemeister]

TAA with a lovely assist :cool:

Pretty much jackpot from this match so far.

[Jimmy Floyd]

26 in the first game, not sure I got that in the first week last year.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

10 :moop:

Robertson was useless.

[Giggles]

0

[igor_balis]

only just joined our league, will i not get any points this week?

[Trancemeister]

only just joined our league, will i not get any points this week?

They'll count.

[John Arne]

43 pts. The Norwich goal cost me 2 clean sheet bonuses.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought Bernardo Silva was the one fucking constant :moop:

[SvN]

27.6% of players are seething :harold:

[Trancemeister]

Salah & Sterling the way to go.

[SvN]

I've had a belting start. Everyone doing the business so far - only Robertson that let me down with just 2 points.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The dream.

[Trancemeister]

Meh wrong captain :moop:

[igor_balis]

Made a funky decision to use my weekly free transfer to essentially choose between Sterling and Salah based on who they're playing and who I think'll do better.

Guess who I went with this week :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Didn't realise that Moise Kean was automatically selected as my captain when I set the team.

If he doesn't come on do I lose my captaincy bonus because my vice-captain didn't play at all...

[SvN]

:harold:

Yep

[SincereTheRebel]

Lol

[SvN]

You've had all summer, how do you fuck up week 1 that badly?

[Trancemeister]

Picked the wrong Burnley forward

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You've had all summer, how do you fuck up week 1 that badly?

He came on so fuck you. TWO POINTS!

I made a team, made changes and was then going to do so again but forgot about the early game.

I'd have still kept Kean in as I think he's going to be gold but I'd have made Sterling captain probably.

[niko_cee]

Picked the wrong Burnley forward

Same here.

[Andy]

83 points which is decent. Kean and Fraser got one point each and everyone else 6+.

Went with KDB and Kane instead of Sterling, hard to tell if that's a good move or not. KdB with just one return in a 5-0 is probably on the low side.

[SvN]

I'm on 83 too, captained Salah instead of Sterling. Sterling's hat trick has got a lot of people out of jail this week.

[Magic]

40 for me.

[-james-]

Really pissed off I've managed to spend 11 million on Brighton players, they've won 3-0 away and netted me a total of 2 points in this.

I reckon Potter is going to rotate relentlessly all season so I'm not sure there will be any good attacking Brighton players to own.

Already feel like I fancy wildcarding, not sure I'll have an 11 next week.

[Giggles]

15 :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

You needed superior Brighton knowledge like me, dino and you'd have had Andone.

41 (47) with five still to play, although seems to be bumper high scoring week and I didn't have the right City players.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

42 with 5 to play.

[phonics]

80 with 4 to play and Mings on the bench.

[Serj]

31 with 3 to play. :moop:. I thought a midfield containing Eriksen, Zaha and Bernardo Silva would be a good idea.

[phonics]

Picking 2 people involved in transfer nonsense and a Pep midfielder that isn’t Sterling was an awful idea.

[Serj]

Yes, that it was an awful idea was kind of what I was getting at. I picked my team weeks ago and then didn't bother to change it when the transfer sagas picked up steam. Not the smartest move. :D In my defense, this is my first time playing Fantasy Football.

Jota and Aubameyang to the rescue today, please.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pepe on the bench ffs.

I hate week 1.

[phonics]

90+ points even without pulisic playing. Second year in a row I’ve dominated the first week and then fallen off a cliff.

[bruhnaldo]

Forgot to hit "save" and trotted out a ridiculous XI but next week will be different!

[phonics]

Scoring 100+ points in the first week knowing it’ll never happen again is annoying.

[P_3]

Dunk and Ward sitting on the bench (17 points) whilst Murray and King not doing anything (4 points). :(

[niko_cee]

Two 9 pointers, a 6 pointer and a 2 pointer sat on the bench.

Guess which one got on?

[Dave.]

88 points first week. Happy with that. :thbup:

[SvN]

All of the premium players did the business so there's a lot of high scores around. There's 6 out of 8 people with 70+ in my friends league.

[Dave.]

All of the premium players did the business so there's a lot of high scores around. There's 6 out of 8 people with 70+ in my friends league.

One of the leagues I'm in is similar to that. I was on 70 points after 2 matches - Salah (captain), van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold, Sterling, De Bruyne and Zinchenko.:lol:

[Smjffy]

I think I'm practically going to be playing with ten men every week unless I mix things up a little.

Aguero, Kane and Salah all scoring makes it hard to take out one of the big boys but I need the funds from somewhere if I'm to have players who actually play.

[Dave.]

I think I'm practically going to be playing with ten men every week unless I mix things up a little.

Aguero, Kane and Salah all scoring makes it hard to take out one of the big boys but I need the funds from somewhere if I'm to have players who actually play.

I currently got:

Patricio, McGovern; Digne, van Dijk, TAA, Zinchenko, Lundstram; Sterling, De Bruyne, Salah, Barkley, Perez; King, Greenwood, Wickham using a 4-5-1. To get Kane in, I have to take De Bruyne out, can't afford to have Salah, De Bruyne, Kane and Sterling in one squad without using my wildcard and sacrificing a lot elsewhere.

[Pen]

All of the premium players did the business so there's a lot of high scores around. There's 6 out of 8 people with 70+ in my friends league.

I’m 10th in our money league of 19 with 81 :moop: I think the last placed team had 65 and he’s the only one who got under 70.

[Manc]

Few questions. Do you get a free transfer each week? Do players value fluctuate?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes and yes.

[SvN]

Yes and yes. You can roll over one free transfer, but you never have more than 2 free transfers in one week.

[bruhnaldo]

wow i actually finished with 66 points despite again fucking up my XI. Really thought i'd have 20 at best lol

[bruhnaldo]

Vice captains must be double? De Gea got 10 points but got me 20 on the sheet? I accidentally captained Shane Long but he got subbed out somehow I guess, is that why?

[Jimmy Floyd]

V/C takes over captain status if the captain doesn't play.

[Trancemeister]

I see Rashford & Martial already have gone up .1 in price. That certainly makes it much harder now to get them.

[Dave.]

I see Rashford & Martial already have gone up .1 in price. That certainly makes it much harder now to get them.

It sure does. I was considering getting Martial in soon too. :moop:

Sterling gone up .1 as well.

[bruhnaldo]

Considering I thought I completely fucked my team last week I decided to imagine that I actually did and bite the bullet on a bunch of transfers.

Ended up moving out Pogba, Siggy, Raul Jimenez, and Van Dijk to bring in Kane & Rashford (and Dendocker and Moussa Sissoko).

This was probably rash but I'd rather have 3 higher tier strikers than midfielders I reckon.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Didn't use a transfer this week so I could get in two next week.

Pepe coming off the bench for Arsenal and Kean not starting again is really annoying. I feel like they'd be really good fantasy options if they played but I might have to take them out so I don't get fucked by their value.

[igor_balis]

Digne with an assist and a goal each for Wilson and King already, probably the best 15 minutes I've ever had in fantasy football.

[SvN]

It's not Callum Wilson, just in case you didn't realise

[igor_balis]

...oh. oops.

[Smjffy]

I thought Danny Drinkwater would get a look in at Burnley but no such luck. I have half a squad of none starters so next week it's a change up. Unless ofcourse Aguero and Kane fancy a hatrick each later.

[Trancemeister]

Pukki is gonna be very popular

[Andy]

Didn't use a transfer this week so I could get in two next week.

Pepe coming off the bench for Arsenal and Kean not starting again is really annoying. I feel like they'd be really good fantasy options if they played but I might have to take them out so I don't get fucked by their value.

I'm in the same boat with Kean. They have an incredible run of fixtures so I dont want to take him out if hes going to start next week.

[Trancemeister]

Lundstram as 1st sub :moop:

[SvN]

Same. I considered swapping him for Barkley and decided to give him one more week. And obviously he's on the bench, and will come on for 5 mins at the end.

[The Merse]

Him and Lucas as 1st and 2nd subs :moop:

Worst thing is, I definitely meant to start Lucas.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm on a whopping 17 with 3 to play.

This might be the worst week I've ever had.

[SvN]

Amazed Barkley didn't come on. 11 extra points that has won me.

[Trancemeister]

14. he gets 3 bonus points.

[SvN]

:drool:

[Smjffy]

Plummeting as expected. I used my two free transfers and one for -4 points and brought in some newbies. Aguero being the one to go in place of Mane, Greenwood brought in as a make shift although I doubt he'll get minutes either.

Mousset returned after I had him initially before the season started (wasn't he a big money move?)

Kepa

Van Dijk
David Luiz
Walker

Trezeguet
Salah
Maddison
Felipe Anderson
Mane

Greenwood
Kane

Stekelenburg, Kelly, Reid, Mousset.

I feel I'm missing the point.

[Dave.]

:drool:

Same scenario for me. :drool:

I've made two transfers - Kane and Martial in. Salah and King out.

[SvN]

I'm considering taking a 4 point hit.

Robertson, Barkley and Wickham out, AWB, Cantwell and Pukki in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Joe Linton and Millvojevic out for Pukki and Ndombele.

Pepe (who has already dipped in price) and Kean get another week.

[Dave.]

I'm considering taking a 4 point hit.

Robertson, Barkley and Wickham out, AWB, Cantwell and Pukki in.

I considered taking Barkley out but that can wait for next week. Ceballos or Mount will come in.

[Mazuuurk]

I hate these early season massive swings that fuck up the prices. They should make it so prices don't start fluctuating until 3 rounds in or something :moop:

[Trancemeister]

I hate these early season massive swings that fuck up the prices. They should make it so prices don't start fluctuating until 3 rounds in or something :moop:

I was just thinking in these terms but I think atleast until after deadline the price can go up or down.

[Trancemeister]

Fuck, Wood down 0.1. I'm seriously thinking going -4 for next week with 3 transfers. I just know if I take Pukki he'll calm down.

[Trancemeister]

Fuck, Fraser down as well!

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm sort of OK with being on 26 ahead of tonight's game (Jimenez and Wan Bissaka), seems to be a phenomenally low scoring week in contrast to week 1.

[niko_cee]

I've a full suite of United attackers so hopefully they get stuffed.

Wily Boly hatrick.

[bruhnaldo]

I'm sort of OK with being on 26 ahead of tonight's game (Jimenez and Wan Bissaka), seems to be a phenomenally low scoring week in contrast to week 1.

I felt really bad about my life having 26 with AWB, Rashford, and DDG to go but now I feel much better thank you.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I still feel like shit.

[Baz]

Wildcard played.

[Dave.]

72 points. Decent week. Kane captain against Newcastle.:drool:

[phonics]

I'm top 2000 in the world. Top 100 of all Arsenal fans. Second in the whole of Switzerland :drool:

[bruhnaldo]

I literally asked to copy your team for this exact reason! Imagine how much pussy I'd get if I was top 100 in America. :worried:

No bother, Triple Captain Kane about to vault me to the top of the pops so so soon :drool:

[-james-]

Came very close to playing my wildcard this week, but I'm going to see if it's salvageable with two free transfers.

https://i.imgur.com/5rTD2fP.png

I went Van Dijk & Robinson to Martial & Boly. 0.4 in the bank.

I'm reasonably happy with it, though the Locadia punt has really not worked out. Thankfully Che Adams has dropped in price so I'll probably get him in next week. Going Diego Rico over John Lundstram (who is now 0.1 more expensive) really was a miserable choice, otherwise that would be an easy straight swap.

I think there will have been a lot of wildcards and -4s taken this week, so hopefully doing neither will put me in a decent position. I'm not sure I buy the Pukki hype, but he could definitely be my downfall.

[SvN]

I went -4 to get Pukki in as I reckon his price is going to keep going up.

[-james-]

I don't think that sort of thing is worth it. Points > team value, and Norwich have two of the top six in their next three games.

[phonics]

Using some nerd analysis plugin for your fantasy and still losing to me. Very low energy.

[-james-]

Happy to have a season long overall rank wager if you want.

[SvN]

He replaced King, who's playing City. If Pukki scores or assists against Chelsea (not that unlikely) it will have been worth it.

[phonics]

Happy to have a season long overall rank wager if you want.

I'm not losing money because I inevitably forget to do my team for weeks.

[SvN]

Anyone know who's top of the league at the moment? It hasn't really been mentioned by anyone.

[Mazuuurk]

Traded out Robinson and B. Silva for Christensen (massive gamble, but Chelsea have some nicer fixtures coming up) and De Bruyne.

Somehow I'm not sure it improved things all that much altogether.

[phonics]

Anyone know who's top of the league at the moment? It hasn't really been mentioned by anyone.

It me.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Tentatively gone Martial in for Bernardo this week, the bald eagle cannot be trusted.

[Reg]

Tentatively gone Martial in for Bernardo this week, the bald eagle cannot be trusted.
Is that because you reckon he looks like an eagle, or because of Manchester/their crest? I like it regardless.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's because he (Pep) is bald and I needed a word to go after bald.

[phonics]

'Fraud'

[Trancemeister]

Wildcard will be activated if this gw isn't good.

[Andy]

I went with a -4, Martial, Adams and Mount in for Perez, Kean and Fraser. Next move will probably be Zinchenko to Lundstarm, frees up both a city spot and funds for Sterling.

Kane captain this week.

[Baz]

I think everyone has Kane captain this week.

[thommo]

I had a great opening week with 88 points, but a distinctly average GW2 with just 46 points, Digne the best performer.

Just the one transfer this week and it’s a bit of a gamble, replacing Callum Wilson with Haller. I could have got rid of King too, but I don’t fully buy into Pukki continuing the way he started.

Sterling the captain for me.

[Mazuuurk]

I'm very torn between Salah captain or Kane captain.

My general strategy in FPL is just "never get an arsenal players and always bet against Arsenal" so if I don't captain Salah, he will score 3 goals against Arsenal.

But still, Kane against Newcastle seems tasty.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I went with a -4, Martial, Adams and Mount in for Perez, Kean and Fraser. Next move will probably be Zinchenko to Lundstarm, frees up both a city spot and funds for Sterling.

Kane captain this week.

You fucking traitor, you were meant to hold strong on Kean.

[Andy]

You fucking traitor, you were meant to hold strong on Kean.

You should be glad I got rid, hes 100% nailed on to score now.

[P_3]

Not panicking yet. Sigurdsson and Perez have blanked so far but its Villa and Sheffield Utd this weekend for fuck's sake.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Joe Linton and Millvojevic out for Pukki and Ndombele.

Pepe (who has already dipped in price) and Kean get another week.

This game hates me.

It was announced a few hours ago that Ndombele has a thigh injury and will miss the game this weekend :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've also lost money on Vallejo, Bernardo Silva, Pepe and Moise Kean :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Marco Silva is dead to me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

James :wave:

[Trancemeister]

Goals from Pukki & Wesley. Could perhaps be a good week.

[-james-]

James :wave:

Still 30 points above you with 11 players left to play this weekend m8.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was just about to say that 30 is going to be nothing when captain Sterling goes mental only to spot you've also captained him :(

[phonics]

One of those weeks where my bench has as many points as my team :moop:

[Trancemeister]

Defence makes this a fucking horseshit of a week. Salah/Sterling to save it.

[igor_balis]

Captained rashford instead of Salah :gs:

[niko_cee]

Captain Rashford.

:cool:

If this is the effect I'm maxing out on their players.

[phonics]

Could have warned me, I would have put Pukki in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Even though Pepe has done nothing thus far, VVD and Robertson with clean sheet bonuses are really helping.

[Trancemeister]

King & Perez have dropped in price :moop:

[SvN]

Three defenders on zero. Good times.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck off.

[Trancemeister]

And there goes another clean sheet bonus.

[AyDee]

No idea what I was thinking choosing Barkley at start of the season. Useless p[r]ick.

[SvN]

Salah captain has made my score look respectable, but every other fucker has got Sterling or Kane. Hopefully they both have shit weeks.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Another clean sheet gone.

[phonics]

I really need Boly to somehow not play. Pukki with 11 points on the bench is infuriating.

[Trancemeister]

Fuck these "premium" defenders.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I used my free hit chip last night for next GW and I'm mad I did.

I'd rather have used the wildcard and saved the chip for one of those dickhead weeks with 6 teams playing.

[P_3]

Fuck me. Captain Kane. :|

[igor_balis]

In the devil may care excitement of the cricket, I've wildcarded.

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not sure how wise it is, and it's pretty uneven, but i feel like sterling is gonna get enough points to justify it and i just felt like i'd regret sticking with zaha and sigurdsson

[P_3]

Don't fancy Pukki?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pukki and Sterling were the only ones who scored more than 3 this week.

[igor_balis]

Don't fancy Pukki?

i mean watch him score 30 this season now, but gut instinct is that him and norwich generally will fade away quite quickly. was also keen to get abraham and mount in before they get too expensive as, injuries aside, i assume they'll play a lot this season. called it on the opening day - chelsea will play some good stuff and be very fun to watch whilst also finishing about 8th.

if my starters get injuries i'm a bit fucked, and i was unsure about barnes, but i'm very happy with the XI

obvious proviso that this is the only time i've actually paid attention to fantasy football after week one, so i'm almost seeing this season as a practise run.

[Baz]

Your squad looks very good.

[Baz]

I made my friends draft league on Football Manager 2019: https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/cvdawr/i_made_my_friends_draft_league_on_football/?sort=old

[Mazuuurk]

I've also Wildcarded.

Somehow filling my team with Norwich, Crystal Palace and Sheffield United players seems like a good idea. It's a bit bizarre.


I kind of wish I could play with a 3-7-0 formation.

[Magic]

I triple captained Kane on the basis he'd score a thousand goals like Pukki did.

At least it was an improvement on Pogba's -3 last year. :drool:

[P_3]

https://i.gyazo.com/216e757bfc36b3ce3c07635f17b2af12.png

Proper knee jerk. :happycry:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So my free hit has left me with the following:

Heaton; Robertson, Wan-Bissaka, VVD; Sterling, De Bruyne, Mount, James; Aguero (C), Abraham, Pukki

Subs: Stekelenberg, Douglas Luiz, Rico, Kelly.

[Trancemeister]

You're probably team of the week so far.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kelly as third sub though :moop:

[Trancemeister]

Horrible day so far. Only an Fraser assist. Wildcard has to be activated now.

Forgot Zinchenko clean sheet. Hallelujah

[-james-]

Brought Laporte in on my wild card as the ultimate safe set & forget pick. He got a yellow card and then went off with a serious looking injury, netting 0 points. What a joke.

[Pen]

Wildcarded too. My last great decision was bringing in Emerson for Kelly just for this week :moop:

I hate this game so much.

[Trancemeister]

Wildcard activated now before prices start to flactulate.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

91.

[Dave.]

I also wildcarded this week. 76 points and still got Digne, Maitland-Niles and Ceballos to play. Top of the league and here to stay.:cool:

[igor_balis]

Wildcarded before this game week, part of that was replacing Jimenez and c wilson with rashford and Ashley barnes :D ffs

[Smjffy]

Without me looking too hard, what's the wildcard business and why are a lot of you using them now?

I really need to make some big changes in mine. I'm absolutely seething that I took out Aguero and left in Kane. I assumed Aguero's tantrum coupled by Jesus's goal meant he would have spent a few games on the bench but alas, he starts, he scores and I'm left with John Merrick upfront.

[Dave.]

Without me looking too hard, what's the wildcard business and why are a lot of you using them now?

I really need to make some big changes in mine. I'm absolutely seething that I took out Aguero and left in Kane. I assumed Aguero's tantrum coupled by Jesus's goal meant he would have spent a few games on the bench but alas, he starts, he scores and I'm left with John Merrick upfront.

My reasons for using the wildcard were very simple - I wanted to make lots of changes to my team. I had 3 or 4 players doing next to nothing and felt having two Liverpool defenders was no longer viable (I was actually wrong on this). Now I have a team with Aguero, Sterling, De Bruyne and Salah and hope to benefit hugely from this. Fingers crossed none of them get injured on international week!! I'm 8692 in the world and already had one disastrous week so things going well for the most part. :thbup:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I used my wildcard but forgot to move my team about.

Tammy Abraham my second sub :(

[Trancemeister]

Had Abraham last night then transfered him out because I just felt I need to have Sterling.

[Trancemeister]

I'm done. Abraham hat-trick. Fuck this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I need two of Walker, KDB, Cantwell, Pukki or Haller to sit.

Only the first two are at risk with Pep's rotation but I don't hold much hope.

[Trancemeister]

De Bruyne benched. Another one I bought in.

[Pen]

Had a good week after the wildcard which is a first. Thought that City being shit would’ve made the week average at best, but it seems everyone else got burned by that too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

42 with Haller to play which isn't too bad (especially with Sterling and KDB doing nothing) but it's annoying seeing Abraham on the bench.

[Pen]

Why would you have him and not play him?

[Andy]

51 points with Digne and Adam Smith to play. Not too bad, I'm 750k at the moment which isn't a disaster but I feel I need to wildcard.

I started 442 with Digne, Walker, VvD and Zinchenko and the points haven't been coming in defence at all.

I need to move money from defence into midfield/attack and get in the cheaper players who look the part, Cabellos, Abraham, Tomori, Lundstram, Cantwell etc

Am trying to decide if it's worth getting Pepe. Arsenal have an amazing run and he should be locked in with Lacazatte out injured. Is he likely to be on penalties? I know he scores loads last season.

[niko_cee]

Aubameyang takes their penalties.

[SvN]

Shite week for me. Been overtaken in pretty much all of my leagues. Only have King left to play today.

Sterling captain did fuck all, and had Cantwell benched. Considering my wild card.

[neo_hippy]

Forgot to take the captaincy off Puki. Happy days

[Trancemeister]

Can confirm I'm -4 for next week. Abraham in. FML. Salah out to fund it Mane in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why would you have him and not play him?

Used my wildcard, made transfers during the international break but then forgot to change the first 11 before the deadline.

[igor_balis]

46 with coleman, digne, callum wilson and haller to play, pretty good

[Trancemeister]

Aubameyang only good thing I did with my wildcard.

[igor_balis]

High hopes for this week.

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/70374931_2156578164642105_3952886619891040256_n.jp g?_nc_cat=101&_nc_oc=AQmGf8fwlPmKWeSMIvP5YH_xs3Mf-cIoS4DOlTxCuHWKNMsC5njAJ7K_lx-QalY2Vlw&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=9d848af6a35304026e50180222a7fc00&oe=5E079719


As part of a long, convoluted plan, I transferred Rashford out for Callum Wilson (gives me 0.7, next week cantwell out for a min value mope giving me 1.1, next week schmeichel for ederson to give me 2.1, then i use the funds to either bring Rashford back in for Ashley Barnes, or Richarlison in for Maddison and Jimenez in for Barnes the next week) and just hoped I wouldn't regret it.

Was sat having a shit listening to the dying embers of tonight's game on 5live, commentator said "30 seconds left for southampton to get something from this game", and I literally grinned to myself like a weirdo whilst thinking "wouldn't it be class if bournemouth hit them on the counter now and Callum Wilson scores". First time in my life I've been a bit spooked while wiping my arse for a reason other than a bit of blood on the paper.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck Friday games.

[Dave.]

My week started off with Diego Rico getting 5 points. Could have been more but I'll definitely settle for that.

[niko_cee]

Sterling benched.

:boydy:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I made 2 transfers this week (Van Dijk out for Tomori and Walker out for Digne) but I forgot to shift things around again.

Captain Sterling benched, Vice Captain Mount likely not playing, Daniel James could be out and Tammy Abraham still lounging on my bench.

[Trancemeister]

Sterling left on the bench.

[Trancemeister]

Lundstram clean sheet, assist and atm 3 bonus points. Nice.

[Waffdon]

I triple captained De Bruyne to get back in the game. Shame he missed that chance at the end. I’ll gave over 100 points once bonus pays out but only Salah/Abraham left.

[P_3]

Fuck, that's a bit good Waff. Went for safe choice Aguero.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck Pep.

[phonics]

I’m two points off having the Dream Team :(

https://i.imgur.com/GIUFGl9.png

[-james-]

The 55 highest points is after last night's games, and features 3 of each from Southampton and Bournemouth and triple captain James Ward-Prowse.

[phonics]

Lame

[Waffdon]

My De Bruyne alone will have basically the same total once he gets his bonus as that whole team lolz

[phonics]

Used my free hit to get around Maddison and Rashford being out and not being 100% on who would play for City. It's left me top 20 in my country :cab:

[igor_balis]

Once kelly comes in for wan-bis I am on 65 this week, chuffed with that like.

[igor_balis]

Oh minus 4 cus I made two transfers

[phonics]

Any idea who's still first?

[Pen]

https://www.game-change.co.uk/2017/08/28/fantasy-football-what-if-machine/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

For anyone who fancies feeling even worse about their season. I actually had one point less before the weekend than I would’ve had I not done any changes.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

326 points had I not touched it but my changes have taken me to 408.

Therefore I am the greatest Fantasy manager in the land.

[niko_cee]

394 and my team is absolute wank and has been tinkered with ineptly (only just got rid of Martial ffs).

Captain choices almost universally dreadful, Matt Ryan only keeps clean sheets when he's benched, but, on the plus side, some good real life jinxing has been had so I'm definitely planning to wangle KDB in after the internationals to fuck him and City up for good. Might go all out and lose Salah to make funds available for Aguero.

[Waffdon]

378 but on 458 with changes. My starting team was horrific. Sheeesh.

[phonics]

I would have 487 points without changes and still made 13 points on that :cool:

[Trancemeister]

I'd actually have two more points had I not made any changes. Yeah pretty much sums up my season.

[Serj]

I'd have fifteen more (414 vs 429). Confirms that I don't know what I'm doing.

[phonics]

I'm up to 4th in the country and top 2000 in the world. Everything is just falling my way this year.

[Trancemeister]

Lundstram 2 goals :D

[-james-]

Otamendi comes on in injury time to block 21 Lundstram points off the bench. Head gone.

[Waffdon]

Lundstram is an absolute don.

[Smjffy]

Slowly but surely creeping up the table. It might be time for wholesale changes though as I have at least five who barely get points or games and Van Dijk isn't really needed either.

[phonics]

Ashley Barnes or Chris Wood?

[-james-]

Wood, but I'd rather have Ings/Jota/Ayew+cash at that price.

[phonics]

Wood, but I'd rather have Ings/Jota/Ayew+cash at that price.

I'm swapping for King because of injury. No cash needed.

Recomending me to bring in Diego '2.3 pts per game' Jota as a form of sabotage though. I see you.

[-james-]

I'll have you know that's Diego '4.4 expected pts per game' Jota. :dc:

[phonics]

This is where the wheels come off. Swapped out Sterling for Kane and left Dunk on the bench :moop:

[phonics]

27 points on the bench in the last two weeks :moop:

[phonics]

Is there anything more satisfying then you put some random to fill out your team after a wildcard and he goes and scores a mental amount of points.

John Baldock, take a bow. :cool:

edit: SO random I don't even know his name. *George.

[Smjffy]

I left Mane in, as three of the other top 5. Pepe lucked out the twat.

This is the longest I've ever kept at it for so it's quite nice but still need a few things to fall my way. Spurs trio finally getting a clean sheet helped.

[John Arne]

Magnus Carlsen is currently 3rd in the world :/

[phonics]

91 points with De Bruyne, B. Silva, Gabriel Jesus and Dunk getting a combined 4 points :cool:

Back in the top 10,000 players in the world :cool: :cool:

[Andy]

Magnus Carlsen is currently 3rd in the world :/

He is a genius. To be as good as he is several years in a row is incredible.

[Andy]

Slowly seem to getting somewhere now, I think this week will end up a small red arrow but I've had a run of 6 green arrows.

Have bought in Rashford for Jiminez and next week I am thinking TAA and Maddison out for Son and Aurier.

[Smjffy]

TAA should be guaranteed now that Lovren is injured as Gomez is going to be needed in the centre. Possibly best to leave a few Liverpool lads out given we're going to keep rotating all month I imagine, hopefully not Mane though. I didn't even think we'd rest him and I should have known better tbf.

I brought Kane back into the fold in replace of Aubameyang and a change of keeper with Henderson coming in. Vardy has to go next week though as I don't see Leicester doing anything against Man City or ourselves. This is the longest I have ever remained "in the game" so to speak, usually I've forgotten all about this by the 2nd week of the season.

Pepe had an absolute stormer.

[SvN]

I've got Robertson, but he's going out next week. The plan is to bring in TAA once the fixtures are back to normal.

[Smjffy]

Can someone explain the FPL Cup to me? Do I have to do something different? The chap I got drawn against got 55 points, I got 60. Does that mean I'm through? He has Kelly on the bench who plays tonight but nothing seems to appear on the app.

[Dave.]

Can someone explain the FPL Cup to me? Do I have to do something different? The chap I got drawn against got 55 points, I got 60. Does that mean I'm through? He has Kelly on the bench who plays tonight but nothing seems to appear on the app.

Straight forward knockout, random draw. Any points deductions from your transfers get deducted from your Gameweek score. So if you score 60 and your opponent 58 but you've taken a -4 points deduction, he/she goes through.

In your case, all your opponents starting XI played so Kelly will have no impact on anything. You're through to the next round and this will be confirmed sometime this week.:thbup:

90 points this week after scoring just above average for last 5 weeks, back in the race and with a really good squad going forward.

[Smjffy]

Cheers, Dave. I had a Google in the end and seems it's from now until pretty much the end of the season but it perks things up a little. I made a whole host of changes now but I think those with Salah and De Bruyne are stopping me from rising any further. I need a couple of good weeks to get into the thick of it, I think. Next season I'll pay even more attention though as my poor start really screwed me.

[Pen]

The cup really doesn’t add much in my opinion. It’s pretty much just down to luck as you can score anything and go through or out. At least in the league you can look for differentials to gain points on your rivals.

[Dave.]

The cup really doesn’t add much in my opinion. It’s pretty much just down to luck as you can score anything and go through or out. At least in the league you can look for differentials to gain points on your rivals.

I guess it adds a little bit of interest for those who have had a poor start. Someone in one of my other leagues scored 92 last week and got knocked out!:cab:

[Andy]

The cup is a great idea that's ran awfully.

You always end up getting knocked out by someone who plays one of their chips. There is no skill in playing your triple captain and beating someone.

If they just did base score and didnt count the chips in the cup it would be fairer.

[Smjffy]

Next opponent in that cup....."Chewy Suarez" :D

[SvN]

There's also people who have just entered a team especially for the cup, meaning they have full chips. I agree entirely that it should ignore chips.

[Smjffy]

I've already used all mine in the league. :moop: Next season will be different as I'll understand it all a lot better. I've really enjoyed it this time round although much of that could be because I'm in mini leagues with colleagues etc.

[SvN]

It's the first season I've properly taken it seriously and done my team every week. In previous years I've skipped a few weeks and as a result ended up with injured players in my team. One of my mates was super smug after winning it for the third year in a row so I vowed to knock him off his perch.

[Smjffy]

Well....I have got my eyes on a top 3 finish in TTH one tbf so I can kind of relate. Not many of my friends are really into football and the one that is supports Everton and probably thinks Howard Kendall is still managing from beyond the grave.

[SvN]

lol, just saw that I got knocked out of the cup on "fewest goals conceded" to this team:

https://i.imgur.com/A17NchO.png

[SvN]

No transfers since GW5.

[-james-]

I had an ok start to the season but have dropped from 200k OR in week 11 to outside 2 million 6 weeks later. It's been absolutely comical on a weekly basis.

Be interesting to see to what extent it's salvageable.

[Jimmy Floyd]

But on the plus side, in that time you've become a chess grandmaster.

[phonics]

Top 20,000 in the world. Knocked out first round of the cup by a guy who still had Pogba in his team.

[Smjffy]

I've quit this this week. I changed my entire team thinking that's what the free hit was for but it turns out it's for one week only?

Meh. Next season I'll create a new one next season and put some serious thought behind it all as tbh it's been quite enjoyable but that's the third costly error I've made now. :moop: I'll wait for my inevitable cup knockout. Anyone got any decent sites for tips and hints etc?

[phonics]

All those sites are wank. Look at James’ performance compared to my strategy of ‘pick players/teams you think are good’ strategy.