Premier League Fantasy Football 2020/21

[Waffdon]

Kept Watkins over Bamford. lol

Also triple captained Salah which I cannot remember doing

[phonics]

I thought McGinn was going to be one of my sneaky picks that does well and the only time he's contributed a thing is when I benched him in favour of a defender that conceded 3 goals.

[phonics]

Putting two rival teams attackers in and taking out Aubameyang on my current form was the best decision I’ve made in ages.

[-james-]

That late Newcastle equaliser ruined my weekend. Had two wolves defenders on for clean sheets and hefty bonuses. 13 point swing. :o

[phonics]

That late Newcastle equaliser ruined my weekend. Had two wolves defenders on for clean sheets and hefty bonuses. 13 point swing. :o

Having spent 4 points my total score was nearly equal to your swing.

https://i.imgur.com/wLI8isn.png

[niko_cee]

I've accidentally fallen into the trap of having decent options on the bench and so, obviously, those players now outperform the picked ones. Palace consistently binning their clean sheets in the dying moments (and for what!) is getting a bit tiresome.

[Andy]

Really need to do something with Trent and Robbo. Painful watching them blank each week.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My second straight Everton red card is finally going to force the wild card. The sunlit uplands of the leading 4,500,000 players awaits.

[Mazuuurk]

Bamford on the bench :youpi:

[CJay]

Really need to do something with Trent and Robbo. Painful watching them blank each week.

Look at the lack of clean sheets across the board - you’re mad spending more than 5m / 5.5m on defenders at the minute.

[SvN]

You're not really paying for the clean sheets, you're paying for their attacking returns. They're basically midfielders.

[Andy]

Look at the lack of clean sheets across the board - you’re mad spending more than 5m / 5.5m on defenders at the minute.

Ive had them both from the start. 4 attacking returns between them is way less than I expected. I think I'll move TAA on and upgrade in midfield.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There are cheaper models. Creswell has been a doozy for me.

[igor_balis]

Pretty chuffed with my dominant start.

Especially buzzing about swapping supposedly injured jrod for zaha this week. 49 already with kane, son (c), Pereira and lamptey to com :drool:

[igor_balis]

https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/122701061_828819611276382_7831658394982907483_n.jp g?_nc_cat=101&ccb=2&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=AwKijh6q5_MAX8JmC5_&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=f69136ec2f008e441836c91c934ee6ca&oe=5FBB3646

THE LADS.

got 3.1 to play with next week too

[Don]

Still 6 points to be added too, you jammy fuck.

Brighton clean sheet aside, solid enough weekand I'm happy with the outlook.

[igor_balis]

Still 6 points to be added too, you jammy fuck.

Brighton clean sheet aside, solid enough weekand I'm happy with the outlook.

6?

2 for mitchell yes, but...

[Don]

8 then ffs. 3 bonus points incoming for the dog-muncher.

[igor_balis]

8 then ffs. 3 bonus points incoming for the dog-muncher.

:drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck you Igor.

[igor_balis]

was gonna swap out perreira for hamez, but fulham are shit so i could see him doing #bits

might go crrrrrazy and pick a 96.9m side two weeks on the trot

[Baz]

Thoughts on Southampton without Ings, Andy?

Will Adams step up and be the main man and do well?
Who will play up top with him?
Or will they go rubbish and to be avoided at all costs?

[Andy]

Thoughts on Southampton without Ings, Andy?

Will Adams step up and be the main man and do well?
Who will play up top with him?
Or will they go rubbish and to be avoided at all costs?

I think it'll be Walcott and Adams upfront with Redmond back out wide.

I'm really not sure how we will do Adams has been great this season but its hard to know how much of those good performances have been because the opposition have been focusing on Ings.

I've got Adams and won't be getting rid, not sure I would get him in for a transfer though.

[Don]

I was balls deep in the sesh/hangover I think because I replaced Ings with the injured Antonio.

It was between him, Adams, Watkins and Wilson. Not wasting 4 points replacing him, my bench can deal with it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Made 3 transfers this week (2 freebies):

Castagne, Greenwood and Fernandes out for Lamptey, Sterling and Fornals.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

ofc Fernandes is now having an amazing game :moop:

[niko_cee]

Forgot to change captain so hopefully Salah has a blinder tomorrow (or doesn't play at all as Fernandes is vice). Not sure if I'd have changed it anyway, maybe for Vardy. My useless 4.5m defender/'keeper strategy finally coming up trumps (to an extent) for once.

[Trancemeister]

Couldn't afford Fernandes and didn't want to go -4 so went Jota out Rashford in and put the C on him. Saw me soar through the ranks.

[Trancemeister]

Salah benched. FFS

[Baz]

Salah benched. FFS

:cool:

[Trancemeister]

Worked out fine anyway

[Andy]

82 points with Chilwell to come. First good week in a while takes me up to 68k.

Boxing day looks like the perfect set of fixtures for my team, should be another high scoring week.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I've had a good week which has piqued my interest again, but looking forward what the hell is going on with gameweeks 18 and 19? I would sort of understand it if it was a midweek catch-up for teams with games in hand, but it doesn't really seem to be that, and after half the teams miss out in week 18 loads have doubles in 19. Then I guess the cup will be along to blow holes in that anyway. :cab:

Pep selection bingo blowing up Mahrez has put a bit of a dampener on things for me of late.

[SvN]

I've had a real nightmare so far this season. I've got my captain pick wrong every week. I picked Kane this week, while everyone else in my league had Bruno.

[niko_cee]

I had Fernandes and went from smug to seething to satisfied over the course of the weekend (having taken it off Salah).

[Andy]

Yeah, I've had a good week which has piqued my interest again, but looking forward what the hell is going on with gameweeks 18 and 19? I would sort of understand it if it was a midweek catch-up for teams with games in hand, but it doesn't really seem to be that, and after half the teams miss out in week 18 loads have doubles in 19. Then I guess the cup will be along to blow holes in that anyway. :cab:

Pep selection bingo blowing up Mahrez has put a bit of a dampener on things for me of late.

Its some weird attempt at a winter break but seems utterly pointless.

[Don]

Bruno really needs to find his true level and/or die in a fire soon.

Steady first third of the season has seen me maximise my team value enough to finally utilise it from next week onwards. 18 looks too lacking in potential to waste a free hit on and I'm set up for 19 superbly so bravely saving my FH is going to be my Mona Lisa.

[niko_cee]

This was always going to be a disastrous week to start the Cup (what with 2 day turnaround selection bingo and all) but now with the City game being off it's going to extra clusterfuck levels. They're going to have to have a triple gameweek at somepoint.

[-james-]

Absolutely laughable.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I forgot to change my team.

I have Lamptey, Sterling, Keane and DCL out.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Could have done with a Palace clean sheet :moop:

[Trancemeister]

Got tired of Chilwell and there's the assist :moop:

[Jimmy Floyd]

As a Barnes/Chilwell owner with no Man City players at all, I'm feeling rather smug about life at this stage.

[Don]

This week's madness along with the cup starting is the sort of injection of intrigue I play this game for :drool:

I think I've built up my value enough to be able to put out an unbeatable side. I just need 3 weeks and no major injuries for the remainder of the season.

[phonics]

I think they should blend two weeks together if there isn’t at least a 24 hour gap between one gameweek ending and another beginning. Only nerds enjoy that shit b

Edit: that b was an auto correct but I’m leaving it to sound hip hop.

[niko_cee]

Since when the fuck was Fabianksi injured? That's the first fucking clean sheet those twats have kept in ages as well. No GK points hit incoming.

[Don]

The gyppo has fucking broken the points system on this shit and it's going to be like that season my stance against Sterling and Aguero, as commendable as it was, cost me glory. But principles have to be maintained.

[-james-]

Since when the fuck was Fabianksi injured? That's the first fucking clean sheet those twats have kept in ages as well. No GK points hit incoming.

Got injured in the warm up about half an hour after I transferred him in. My other keeper has Covid.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My cup opponent is ranked 53,000 and has Bruno Fernandes captain. Still somehow only 12 points behind the bugger with more to come than he has, so if I manage to overhaul him he's getting the full Bjorn Lillelien.

[Baz]

Why in the flying fuck is Tyrick Mitchell my captain? :cab:

[niko_cee]

My opponent in the cup has what looks like an amazing team but somehow has over 100 points less than me in the overall standings.

I'm ahead thanks to Captain Bernandes but I doubt it'll last.

[phonics]

Mines got an 11 point Aaron Cresswell on the bench with no chance of coming on unless COVID postpones half the league.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm on 47 (after Son and Kane bonus points come in) and my cup opponent has 15.

I have Justin, Mitchell, Sterling and Ward-Prowse to come. He has Mendy, Justin, Cancelo, KDB, Mount and Adams to go, although Justin's points are obviously cancelled out.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My cup opponent is ranked 53,000 and has Bruno Fernandes captain. Still somehow only 12 points behind the bugger with more to come than he has, so if I manage to overhaul him he's getting the full Bjorn Lillelien.

HARRY KANE, HARRY KANE, HARRY KANE...

Losing to someone ranked outside the top 3 million, he will be crying into his Indonesian pot noodle.

[niko_cee]

I've taken a bad stance against Kane and Son, after having the Korean in for the first gameweek and binning him just before he scored 5 or whatever it was.

Had Soucek as well for the first few weeks.

I should really trust my gut more, but I never seem to be able to hold my nerve. Did the same with Salah in his first season.

[igor_balis]

i'm on 62 plus whatever salah gets, which is nice after last week's disaster

[Waffdon]

This has been my worst year ever. Didn’t even make the cup by the looks of it after the mare in midweek.

My midfield is currently Barnes/Salah/Son/Mane/Fernandes lol

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

59 all in for me.

My opponent has 35 with captain Salah and Che Adams to play.

[phonics]

Mines got an 11 point Aaron Cresswell on the bench with no chance of coming on unless COVID postpones half the league.

Lol this happened.

[P_3]

Yeah, Cresswell fucked me over too.

[SvN]

It looks like I'm out of the cup. My opponent has 79 with Salah left to play. I have 53 with Salah, Robertson and Che Adams left to play.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm very close to securing the giantkilling over the man ranked 3.1 million places above me, I have an 11 point lead for my Firmino and Ward-Prowse vs his Robertson. Genuinely cannot wait to see how they somehow fuck it up.

Big Andy Carroll's strike yesterday denying Leicester a clean sheet was crucial, I fully punched the air when it went in (for the first and last time that afternoon).

[niko_cee]

I think I need a big showing from Kyle Walker-Peters to save my bacon (think I have a 5 point deficit with both having Salah).

Basically Fabianksi doing his nads in the warm-up has cost me.

[Trancemeister]

Hat trick Salah or I'm out of the cup.

[Andy]

I got a Fraser Forster 6 pointer off my bench.

[Serj]

I was lucky with my cup opponent, who had a triple each of Newcastle, Crystal Palace, and Leicester players.

Allowed me to sneak through with my underperforming Robertson-Salah(c)-Firmino setup. Thanks go out to Cresswell and Soucek.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've had Creswell since day one, a rare good pick, he is absolutely brilliant.

This next gameweek is the time to play the free hit, right?

[-james-]

Ederson is my main keeper, and I've had Forster on the bench all season. Ederson has covid, so I upgraded Forster to Fabianski in anticipation of an upcoming double game week bench boost. Fabianski gets injured in the warm-up, Forster starts his first game of the season and keeps a clean sheet against Liverpool.

Got to laugh.

[Don]

I'd have struggled to get a lower points tally if I'd tried. At least it's been a decent week in life outside of fpl so I can absorb the hit.

[Don]

I've had Creswell since day one, a rare good pick, he is absolutely brilliant.

This next gameweek is the time to play the free hit, right?

Theoretically yes but the actual fixtures don't seem likely to yield many points so you're probably best to save it. Even using it for the double in the week after seems preferable given any teams who don't play play double then and the fixtures are far tastier. I'm saving mine for the remaining doubles/minimal weeks.

[Serj]

I've had Creswell since day one, a rare good pick, he is absolutely brilliant.

This next gameweek is the time to play the free hit, right?

I would say it is, if you only have a handful of starting players otherwise (I have four, I think). I do expect there to be another "Blank Gameweek" later in the year, so it might also be wise to save the chip for that.

I'll play it this week, but I'm holding out on activating it because there are still rumours floating around about some sort of Covid break.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I only have 4 players starting and have zero Man Utd players (who I think might dump a few past Burnley) so am 90% tempted to play it, and hope my cup opponent swerves it (I'm 2.9 million in the world so not too bothered about the grand total).

[niko_cee]

Kyle Walker-Peter actually pulled it out of the fire so I ended up drawing in the cup, and then went out on goals conceded. Seriously?

[CJay]

Theoretically yes but the actual fixtures don't seem likely to yield many points so you're probably best to save it. Even using it for the double in the week after seems preferable given any teams who don't play play double then and the fixtures are far tastier. I'm saving mine for the remaining doubles/minimal weeks.

Using a free hit on the double gameweek means no triple captain though.

Every chip is very risky at the minute with COVID postponements. Could easily end up with a triple captain with no games. Or doubling up on a couple of teams or players who miss out.

[Andy]

Using a free hit on the double gameweek means no triple captain though.

Every chip is very risky at the minute with COVID postponements. Could easily end up with a triple captain with no games. Or doubling up on a couple of teams or players who miss out.

The triple captain is the least risky. I'm planing Salah captain with KDB vice.

[Lofty]

Do these catch up fixtures count as the same week? Some players showing as not having a game for me, since they dont play til the weekend rather than midweek.

[niko_cee]

The next gameweek is fucked, but then there are going to be loads of stuffed gameweeks for the rest of the season with cups and whatnot, not to mention possible covid postponements.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This gameweek is going to be :drool:

I've got David McGoldrick in, it's like Custer's Last Stand.

[Don]

I have 9 playing. If Villa are replaced by Fulham that goes down to 7 and I may be tempted to play a FH. If any other cancellations, null and void the season.

[Magic]

I had 6. Calvert Lewin being injured just turned that to 5 so I've binned him and got Kane.

[CJay]

I have 7 now, with McGoalzdrick being one, so effectively 6.

City are bankers for a clean sheet, as are Spurs and the now much more solid Arsenal I feel. I reckon a free hit could score a tidy amount of points with City, Spurs, Arsenal, and United players

[CJay]

Having said that now someone like Dan Burn will probably twat one in off his own face for a 1-0 win.

[Don]

Spent 4 points replacing DCL before seeing the Fulham news. Fuck the FH, Fuck the FPL, Fuck life.

[niko_cee]

:D

This is the final straw!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:D

This is the final straw!

Kay & Ken apparently have a full lineup available to them this GW.

[CJay]

Spent 4 points replacing DCL before seeing the Fulham news. Fuck the FH, Fuck the FPL, Fuck life.

Why were you making transfers now with that rumour doing the rounds?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I played the free hit a few days back but have still been shovelling new players in every day as the old ones pile up in the temporary mortuary.

I now have Phil Jagielka in as defensive cover in case any of the main four die, you have to play the long game at times like this.

[niko_cee]

There is no long game. We're one overly enthusiastic goal celebration from the whole thing going in the bin. Get the points on the board whilst you still can.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I mean the long game until tomorrow's round of testing has been completed.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I played the free hit a few days back but have still been shovelling new players in every day as the old ones pile up in the temporary mortuary.

I now have Phil Jagielka in as defensive cover in case any of the main four die, you have to play the long game at times like this.

I have also used my free hit.

If Guardiola pisses about and fucks me over I'm not going to be happy.

[Don]

Why were you making transfers now with that rumour doing the rounds?

Don't fucking expect logic from me in my current unstable condition. (I wanted to avoid a DCL value change).

I've now spent a further -4 :eyemouth:

[Magic]

Samesies. :eyemouth:

[Andy]

Could have got 11 with a -4 if the villa game was postponed. Have moved to play the free hit now.

[Baz]

Why what does the “Fulham news” mean in terms of this game week?

I may have used free hit to load up on Spurs, City and Arsenal players. :uhoh:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Aston Villa have withdrawn from their game against Spurs and Fulham have replaced them in the fixture.

[Baz]

Oh. Good.

[CJay]

Pretty happy with my team. Love how the free hit allows you to buy the cheapest players possible with no chance of them ever coming off your bench. Barry Douglas. :drool:

Choice between KDB, Son, and Sir Hurricane for captain.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've learned a lot about the bottom end of certain squads from the free hit, not least that Burnley have a player called 'Mumbongo', who I presume is someone Sean Dyche has forced to black up so that his team appears more diverse.

[Don]

I saw him in the cup highlights and almost had a stroke (which form, I'll let you decide).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sheffield United only scored (and won) because I brought Darlow in :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

ofc I took Michael Keane out of my final free hit team late on...

[Andy]

So pissed when Maguire had that goal ruled out. Would have set my free hit up perfectly.

[niko_cee]

Having played virtually every minute of every game this season of course my Sheffield United defender gets taken off after 50 minutes in a game where they keep a clean sheet . . .

[Don]

:rasta:

[SvN]

Missed the deadline yesterday to do anything, so the last 4 weeks of planning all gone to waste. Top work from me.

[Serj]

First gameweek this season that I have Fernandes. :moop:

I hope at least two out of Lacazette/Kane/KDB come up with good hauls, otherwise this Free Hit was pretty pointless.

[Magic]

Same. :moop:

[Don]

Was planning a BB next week with my planning leading to 26 appearances :drool: but now I'm actually hoping Villa-Everton gets postponed to just have the 20.

[Don]

Pep benching Sterling (C). I'd forgotten how joyful this game can be at times.

[Don]

My erection is in pieces.

[-james-]

Same boat bro. I'm numb to it all now.

[Don]

The best part is I had Sanchez in goal :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

3 City clean sheet is nice but it really is annoying that I had Foden & Keane but took them out last minute for Neto & Cancelo.

[Magic]

20 points unless Arsenal demolish Palace tonight.

I've only got 5 players on double gameweek next week but the ones that are playing single games against shite teams are too good to transfer.

[CJay]

Triple Captain has to be De Bruyne, right? Two home games against Palace and a rusty Villa. I don’t see too many other good options.

I’m on 50 for this week with Tierney and Smith-Rowe to play. Ampadu on my bench with 9 is a little annoying. No idea why I thought Wilson and Newcastle were suddenly going to start scoring again. :moop:

[Baz]

Triple Captain has to be De Bruyne, right?

I figured everyone will be doing that so in a desperate bid to make up points, I’ve triple captained Soucek. :baz:


Wouldn’t mind Lacazette(c) scoring double figures tonight.

[Don]

Im saving my Salah TC (in desperate need of differentials innit) and hoping for some triple Grealish action or somethinglater down the line.

Can we please let this thread lay low for a week now? :sick:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm going out of the cup. Down by 1 point with no one to play whilst he has Lacazette :(

Not taking Keane & Foden over Cancelo & Neto has fucked me.

[niko_cee]

Triple Captain has to be De Bruyne, right? Two home games against Palace and a rusty Villa. I don’t see too many other good options.


The Villa game will probably be called off if you do, and go ahead if you don't.

And don't Palace usually lol City out of town in that fixture?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not seeing any good triple captain options. Pep cannot be trusted and most of the bankers only play once.

Might put it on Aaron Creswell for the lols.

[Waffdon]

De Bruyne is usually the only player who doesn’t get rotated. I might captain Antonio for the lols too

[Baz]

Soucek, Cresswell & Antonio triple captains.

Cue a Moyes meltdown.

[Don]

Villa-Newcastle's crept into the GW. BB here we come.

[CJay]

No Tierney tonight means 9 points off the bench from Ampadu. Glad I opted for one sub in the end. :cool:

[Magic]

Fucking terrible week.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Phil Jagielka scoring 1 point off the bench for a 90th minute sub appearance, this is 2021 boys. This is the greatest year of our lives.

I knocked out another highly ranked cup opponent who chose to do the FPL equivalent of 'playing the kids', on a proper run here.

[Trancemeister]

Leeds not playing double has fucked me over big time. There's no way I'm getting an entire team XI playing double now. Also struggling to get KDB in without going to much minus.

[Andy]

56 points, could have been so much more if City let anyone other than Sterling take that penalty.

Next week I'm probably taking a -8 to get Ederson, KDB and Antonio in. 11 DGW players and TC.

[CJay]

I might take a -4. Not sure if it’s worth it to keep Kane and Son who have Sheffield United, which could be as good as a double gameweek. Vardy could be a replacement for Kane temporarily, but I’m uncertain. The DGW strikers aren’t very enticing.

[CJay]

Also - is it really worth it to TC a player (De Bruyne) who only has 3 goals all season?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I will be taking a -4 to get either Bruno or Kevin in, not sure which yet, but probably going to hold the triple captain. I have had almost no City players all season, which may have cost me points but also saves a lot of being pissed off about Pep's team selections.

[niko_cee]

City players, other than the defenders perhaps, have been a massive waste this season. I have severe reservations about a triple captain on De Bruyne this week (so he's bound to have the gameweek to end all gameweeks). Is that Villa game even guaranteed to go ahead?

Big Ruben Dias has served me well enough though.

[Serj]

49 points for GW 18. Not a catastrophe, but I expected more from the Free Hit.

for the double gameweek I've gone from Grealish and Son to de Bruyne and Lookman, which I've been regretting ever since hitting the confirmation button. :D 'Mon Ademola.

[Don]

I spent 8 points to get a total of 15. Go fuck yourselves.

[Andy]

All 11 play twice and then Salah TC

Ederson

Targett
Cancello
Coufal

Soucek
KDB
Salah (TC)
Fernandes
Grealish

Watkins
Antonio

Team setup quite nicely for the coming weeks. I'll probably save my next transfer and then look at getting Kane or Son back in, maybe both.

Hard choice between Salah and KDB for captaincy, hoping Salah having a bit of a rest over the week or so helps.

[niko_cee]

You praying on a Villa game actually happening then?

[Trancemeister]

Opted not to go for KDB which could bite me in the ass. -8 and ten players playing double, lets go.

[-james-]

Seven doubles and KDB TC. Vamos.

Was very close to taking a -12 to get a decent bench boost going but I would have had a lot of eggs in the West Ham basket, and would have ended up with a load of value on the bench afterwards.

[SvN]

Gambled on the KDB TC, praying the Villa game goes ahead.

My team:

McCarthy

Dias
Cancelo
Chilwell
Lowton

KDB (TC)
Bruno
Salah
Rashford
Soucek

Bamford


9/11 playing twice, hoping Leeds v Southampton gets added to the midweek, given the Shrewsbury news.

[Don]

Pretty much identical to Andy. Mo TC could wheel me back in given a lot of people have got rid.

[Andy]

You praying on a Villa game actually happening then?

Yeah, they have another 5 days.

I have had Targett and Grealish all season and got Watkins a few weeks ago.

Hopefully the 3 of the are OK, if not Bamford first sub.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

-8 and I have 8 playing twice.

Triple captained Sterling who has only failed to play 90 minutes 4 times this season. In those games he played 81 minutes, 18, 0 and 8.

Considering he just sat a game I can't see Pep benching him.

[Serj]

27 points out of 9 appearances so far. Oof.

[Magic]

29 for 6 for me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm sitting on 50 with TC Sterling (x2), Martinez (x2), Justin, AWB, Creswell, Soucek, Rashford and Fournals to play.

Not too bad.

[P_3]

Thank you Mr. John Stones.

[Baz]

I figured everyone will be doing that (triple captain KDB) so in a desperate bid to make up points, I’ve triple captained Soucek. :baz:.

This is going well. :moop:

[CJay]

I was annoyingly correct about De Bruyne. Off in the 58th minute today, losing 6 TC points in the process. :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Real gangsters went for Sterling.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Martinez losing his clean sheet bonus (and getting a penalty for conceding 2) is a real shitter too.

[Trancemeister]

Salah benched :D

[niko_cee]

Aye, but last time that happened he scored twice and got an assist as well I think.

[Andy]

Have contained Salah three times since the Palace game with one of those triple captain.

Waste.

[CJay]

I bought Salah after the Palace game. He’s getting swapped for Son now. Any word on De Bruyne? There’s not a lot of other in-form midfield options.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Forwards are the problem I have at the moment. Bobby Firmino ain't cutting it so I've brought in Ings, who I'm not even sure is playing but the other options are terrible.

[Magic]

I had Kane as triple captain when he got sent off so he got me -3. :D

81 points so far this week.

[CJay]

The only good forward option at the minute really is Kane. Vardy was doing well but scored nothing over the double gameweek and now hasn’t scored in 5. Liverpool, Chelsea, City, Arsenal, United - none of them have a good forward this season, which is unheard of.

Kane + 2 cheap forwards is the way to go. It’s all about getting the in-form, undervalued lads from the likes of West Ham and Leicester now.

[Baz]

How about Lacazette?

[CJay]

He has 6 more points than David McGoldrick.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've got Antonio, who seems good at the price, alongside Kane but after this week I'm almost considering getting a minimal priced forward as the third one and paying for another good defender.

[Andy]

Forwards are the problem I have at the moment. Bobby Firmino ain't cutting it so I've brought in Ings, who I'm not even sure is playing but the other options are terrible.

Ings will be fine for Arsenal on Tuesday.

[Waffdon]

Antonio is the best value up front at the minute I think. No idea who to replace De Bruyne though. Already have Son, Salah, Fernandes and Saka

I want Cavani but don’t trust him to start

[Serj]

Forwards are the problem I have at the moment. Bobby Firmino ain't cutting it so I've brought in Ings, who I'm not even sure is playing but the other options are terrible.

This is exactly what I did, plus Dias in for Lamptey at the back. I don't have any Manchester United players though, which I think will turn out badly for me.

[niko_cee]

I've gone with the cheapo axis of Bamford, Antonio and C. Wilson up front for a few weeks now. The latter is probably a bit of a waste.

Drafted Salah back in for KDB so may the good times roll for him again.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

100 with Martinez still to play.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I always look at Wilson and like the price, but then I remember he must touch the ball about 3 times per 90.

[Magic]

Grealish & Watkins to play. Hoping for a rout.

[Don]

Mahow, can I sign up to alerts, YOU FUCKING CUNT?

Not bitter.

[CJay]

125(-8 for transfers) with Martinez to play.

KDB and Salah out, Son and Sterling in.

[Serj]

58 with Martinez to play - literally zero goals in my team, and one de Bruyne assist.

With both him and Vardy out for the coming weeks, I'll probably be fielding a 5-4-1 for the next gameweek.

[niko_cee]

Is there another gameweek and has the deadline already passed? Shiiiiiiit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm through to round 4 of the cup, where I've been drawn against Saudi Arabia's Musaed Ahmed. He is ranked around 500,000 (about 2 million places above me) and has a very fancy XI indeed, however my Creswell-Soucek-Antonio West Ham axis of death is already out with the bonesaw clearing space for him in the fantasy football mass grave that is my ongoing cup run. If I beat this cunt he can suck my dick (and then get beheaded for it).

[Baz]

Of course Soucek’s scored two already, the week after I triple captained him and got a grand total of 12.

[Trancemeister]

Could see some crazy scores this gameweek.

[Trancemeister]

Ofcourse when I finally give up on Firmino he scores :moop:

[Serj]

Yep, same here. Sold Firmino for Ings, have got Salah and Robertson. My brilliant Captain Rashford ploy also did not really come off.

[Jimmy Floyd]

None of my ploys came off but it was enough to beat my Saudi shitbag opponent in the cup and into round 5. However, an overly hasty move to bring Dias in for Reece James might well be costly if that Kane injury leads to him not playing at the weekend.

[CJay]

And now there are no good strikers.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Kane has sadly died, so I've bunged 8 points on bringing in Sterling and Watkins. You had better fucking not fail me, Raheem.

[Waffdon]

And now there are no good strikers.

DCL/Antonio.

I’d say Cavani if Ole wasn’t a retard

[CJay]

Aye Antonio is a must at the minute. Although how he contrived not to score against Palace I’ll never know.

[Don]

The Kane and Vardy injuries are playing into my no premium striker life philosophy nicely. The value hit when these cretins sell and rebuy the likes of Kane, DCL and Vardy :happycry: About time I fucking had some good fortune after some truly unspeakable GWs.

I got on Antonio too early and had to get off before he popped but hopefully those hammies have less than 180 mins in them.

[Magic]

DCL and Sterling in, Fernandez and Kane out.

[Mazuuurk]

I went for Watkins and Salah in for Kane and el Ghazi. Too heavy on Villa, but they do have 2 games in hand. Grealish 1 yellow from suspension so avoiding right now.

Anyway, Antionio might have been better, and Salah is a gamle given his shite form. But it's gotta turn at some point, right? :henn0rz:

[Andy]

Think ill do Soucek to Gundogan this week.

Really rough week for captains. Gundogan, Salah or Son the front runners at the moment.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've held off reintroducing Son on the basis that I'm sure the link-up with Kane is of great help to him (as the one with Son is for Kane).

[Mazuuurk]

Son I think is just a little too good value to not have him.

When Kane's off, does Son do penalties?

[niko_cee]

I somehow have Callum Wilson as my vice captain so if anyone sees Son out and about today give him a dig in the shins from me.

[CJay]

I see my captain Sterling and Stones have been ruthlessly axed for today’s gimme win and a clean sheet. :moop:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I knew bringing in Sterling was a terrible idea. The man is a fucking lunatic who wins about half as many trophies as he should, if that.

Got lucky on Stones as well, hovered the cursor over him before choosing Dias.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sterling is my captain with Kane as my vice :(

[niko_cee]

In similar, albeit perhaps less traumatising classic fantasy shit, Saiss starts getting left out of the Wolves team and they start keeping clean sheets all of a sudden. Probably only going to have two defenders this week with Walker-Peters out and Cancelo dropped.

[CJay]

I think it’s time to load up on good defenders. No team seems to have any really energy about them at the minute, and the league’s best assister and two best strikers are injured.

[phonics]

Is there another gameweek and has the deadline already passed? Shiiiiiiit.

Story of my season. I’ve given up for the year. Just impossible with these staggered game weeks.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I would normally be like that, but this year I am so bored I find myself clicking on the bookmark basically every day.

[niko_cee]

Went Areola over Leno in nets this week. Who's the tit now etc?

[phonics]

I should set-up a bot that somehow fades picks it has in common with Niko transfers/subs and see how it does.

[Serj]

That VAR call against Ings means Martinez on my bench outscores four of my starting players put together. I knew I'd pick the wrong keeper in the McCarthy/Martinez conundrum.

[phonics]

Got board and wildcarded. I'm thinking about captaining a City defender. Look at this record.

https://i.imgur.com/Wz4DCkY.png

[Waffdon]

Both my City defenders were dropped today and Sterling as well. If you’re going City defence, I would say Dias and Ederson are the only two locks

[phonics]

Pure desperation after not making a transfer since Dec 19.

https://i.imgur.com/ae7ZXif.png

[Baz]

I've also wilcarded, so this is it for next week:

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

[Trancemeister]

Bamford on the bench :moop:

[Magic]

Bamford on the bench :moop:

Samesies but replaces Sterling.

:eyemouth:

[Trancemeister]

Maybe there's a chance now with Firmino starting on the bench. Atleast I get Dallas on for Cancelo

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have Dallas as 3rd sub, when the first two subs are both coming on. Superb stuff.

[niko_cee]

My poverty front line is the only thing keeping me afloat at the moment. Antonio to come up big later on.

[Magic]

I lost Holding to Bedaneck on my bench. :(

[Magic]

:drool:

[Magic]

No Mane?

[Magic]

Yasss that's 25 points from the bench. If only I could nail the captain choice.

[Trancemeister]

Salah captain :cool:

[niko_cee]

I should set-up a bot that somehow fades picks it has in common with Niko transfers/subs and see how it does.

Went back to Leno this week.

:happycry:

[niko_cee]

Also drafted in Bednarek to replace Walker-Peters, but hopefully he's sufficiently embedded on the bench not to be doing the dirty on me further.

4 goals and no Bruno involvements whatsoever?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Obviously this was the time I took Bruno off captaincy after 3 barren games.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wan Bissaka :cool:

[Don]

Bednarek at -7 :D

That Portuguese gyppo cunt ruining the game :happycry:

[Serj]

I have zero United players. 'Mon Salah/Antonio, bail me out here.

[niko_cee]

I've got 10 points sat on the bench as a buffer against the dread of Bednarek somehow making it into the week's XI.

[Mazuuurk]

Obviously this was the time I took Bruno off captaincy after 3 barren games.


Same :moop:

[Magic]

Average of 19 points... Not bad given the results last night.

I have 0.

[Jimmy Floyd]

When you click on the highest scoring team, it's somebody in Egypt who entered the game last week and immediately triple captained Wan-Bissaka. I mean, come on.

[Don]

Would be nice if they stop counting newly created teams and chips in those rankings to prevent the dirty ethnics from taking them over. Same with transfers and highest value teams. It's like a cast list for Al Qaeda.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

86 with Son to play.

Fornals coming on for 6 fucking minutes has meant that I wont get John Stones' 6 points off my bench.

[Serj]

40 points and falling down the ranks in my mini-league. Brought in Hudson-Odoi for next week, because at this point, fuck it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

74 so far in a week where I have managed to leave 18 points on the bench and also had a terrible captain choice. Thiago Silva had better nod in a hat-trick tonight as I DESERVE 100.

[Magic]

3 simply tragic Captain choices:

Fernandes against Sheff Utd
Sterling against Sheff Utd (DCL vice captain against Newcastle)
Salah against Brighton

:harold:

[Waffdon]

I chose Hamez as my captain so thankfully he didn’t play as Fernandes extra 17 points will give me 90 with Son to play. Reece James as well if he plays or Coufal’s 2 points

[niko_cee]

Bednarek absolutely on fire since I drafted him in.

[Serj]

Exhilarating to watch Ings hit the post and have a shot cleared off the line. Also put in McCarthy today instead of Martínez. :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I started Meslier instead of Martinez :(

[Jimmy Floyd]

Same here, Martinez and Watkins on the bench. With Dias and Soucek there too it's very possible that my bench could outscore my pitch this week.

[Magic]

3 simply tragic Captain choices:

Fernandes against Sheff Utd
Sterling against Sheff Utd (DCL vice captain against Newcastle)
Salah against Brighton

:harold:

Soucek captain. :D

[-james-]

Benched Foden. :''''''''''''''''''''')

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2021/february/08-february/tomas-soucek-red-card-rescinded-appeal

So when are we getting the points back?

[niko_cee]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is considering letting Brazil goalkeeper Ederson, 27, take penalties - his team have missed three of the seven spot-kicks they have been awarded this season.

Potential game breaker right there.

And I'm already maxed out on City players. :(

[Andy]

I reckon Gundogan stays on them.

I have Ederson though so would be immense, any goal would ensure he gets the 3 bonus as well. It would be 11 points for the goal and bonus and 15 if he keeps a clean sheet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've brought in the gundog for this week and spent money on also adding Gabby J. Surely Pep's got to double-start one of the fuckers.

[Baz]

+1 for bringing in the Gundog.

Double game week capitan too.

Also got Dias, Sterling and DCL on double GW and if I don’t get at least 80 points, a fox shall be sacrificed.

[Don]

DCL and Justin injuries. Allah is smiling down on me :cool:

[niko_cee]

Missed the deadline again.

Why does it close more than an hour before the first game sometimes?

[Baz]

They should give you a week or something.

[niko_cee]

Think I'm just used to it closing an hour before the first kick-off (didn't this used to be the case?) and now get flummoxed by it when it doesn't. I may or may not have tinkered with my team at some point in the week, I really have no idea and can't see at the moment whilst it's updating.

[-james-]

Last season there were a load of line-up leaks a few minutes before they were officially announced (an hour before kick-off) so I think it's to put a stop to that.

[niko_cee]

I see I have Dias as captain, and he's 'ill'. :face:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I forgot to take DCL out.

[SvN]

I see I have Dias as captain, and he's 'ill'. :face:

He trained yesterday, should be fine.

[Serj]

I benched Vardy for Robertson. Should have known better, I suppose.

[Baz]

I forgot to take DCL out.

I swapped him for Richarlison for -4