Premier League Fantasy Football 2020/21

[niko_cee]

He trained yesterday, should be fine.

Or not.

[SvN]

I can't account for Pep Roulette. He's on the bench, so he's fit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I meant to triple captain Raheem this week but forgot. Let's hope a couple of Spurs games get called off for high winds or something soon.

[Waffdon]

Brought Barnes in over Rodriguez. Pain

[Magic]

Who captained Gundy.

[niko_cee]

Got him vice (meant to have him captain but didn't change it after bringing him in) so hopefully Dias dies.

[Andy]

I've got Gundo captain. Sitting on 75 points from 6. Still have 10 to play.

[niko_cee]

Dias returns and Gundogan misses out entirely, I'm not sure which case scenario that is, but it doesn't feel great.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think at this point we have to conclude Pep is a genuine weirdo.

[Magic]

:drool:

[Magic]

Sterling hatrick please.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was hoping DCL might get some minutes here, none of my subs played either :\

Stones being dropped is also a shitter.

[Serj]

Captain Foden didn't quite come off as I'd have liked, but seeing as I have none of Gundogan/Stones/Cancelo in my team, I'll take 89 points. Could have saved myself the -4 hit for Pope as - of course - Martinez outscored him with one less match played. At some point I should just stick Martinez in goal and never think about goalkeepers again.

Captain Ings for next gameweek. :flex:

[Magic]

I guess the good thing about last night was damage limitation rather than catching up.

Ings captain yes.

[Don]

Given my performance is directly correlated to Liverpool and indirectly correlated to the Portuguese Bugs Bunny, I expect this (or possibly the weekend after) to be the turning point. Starting point is #900K. Let's go.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm up inside the top two million now, I always start like a wanker and have to recover. Might have to employ a crack team of analysts over this summer.

Wildcarded and brought in Harry Kané and Sadio Mane, their teams can't continue to be shit for any longer surely.

[niko_cee]

I've gone big triple on Bamford this week as it's the last time I can see it being usable for a double gameweek [will there be others?] and surely he's guaranteed to at least start both games. There's an absolute horror show of a week on the horizon which I think I'll have to burn my free hit on when it comes along.

[Don]

Raphinha is what you want to be TC-ing for that extra differential potential. FH planned for that week also although I'm not clear why it's come about and why they won't arrange some of the games in the backlog for that week so it might become better in the next couple weeks?

[niko_cee]

Yeah, that's the FA Cup weekend so I guess there will be rescheduled games which just aren't appearing on the gameweek planner [unsatisfactory] but there are so many of them that it doesn't feel like a double you'll have to specifically plan for and could be the bench boost week for me [if they all happen in the same gameweek]. Liverpool and meant to be playing Chelsea, for example, which will I guess be somewhat dependent on European commitments for rescheduling.

[Andy]

Salah and Antonio out for Raphinha and Ings my two free transfers.

Bamford captain.

I'm sitting about 50k, have been around the same rank for a while now. Need to put a run of good weeks together and get into the top 25k.

[CJay]

Sterling, Stones and Antonio out, Salah, Dunk and Ings in. I’m done with Pep’s shenanigans. I’ve even put Dias on the bench this week.

I’ve had no joy with captains or big money signings recently. Going safe with Bamford this week. I don’t feel good about a bench of Martinez, Watkins, Soucek and Dias as they are all in good form, but two Burnley defenders at home to WBA is surely a gimme and I’m loathe to leave Son on the bench. He’s in the last chance saloon at this point though.

Very concerned about that 3 fixture gameweek on the horizon as I’ve used my free hit already. Not sure whether to plan my next few weeks of transfers round that and then use my wildcard or just take the hit.

[Baz]

Raphinha is in and captained.

[Don]

Wolves-Leeds on a Friday in an empty stadium and yet millions tuning in treating it like the CL final thanks to this beautiful game. You love to see it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kept DCL in as Ancelotti the prick said he should be able to start :moop:

[Andy]

Burnley double clean sheet you love to see it.

[Magic]

Shambles of a week so far.

[Magic]

Shaping up to be an under 40 week. :drool:

[niko_cee]

There's a massive double gameweek next up, has that always been there or has it just sprung out of nowhere?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm sure it wasn't there when I looked earlier in the week.

[SvN]

It's been suspected to be one for a while, but was only announced yesterday.

[Trancemeister]

Was announced one minute after deadline.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pep resting Foden ffs.

[niko_cee]

Pretty shithouse way to run things.

[CJay]

So, last week’s dealings in summary:

Sterling out - scored
Antonio out - scored
Stones out - clean sheet

Salah in - nothing
Ings in - nothing (so far)
Dunk in - hoping for a goal and a masterful defensive performance tonight

:moop:

[Serj]

I've already gone -8 for next week: Calvert-Lewin, Wan-Bissaka and Targett in, Antonio, Cresswell and Dallas out. Definitely too early, but planning for the upcoming gameweeks was giving me a headache and I just wanted to get it over with.

Will probably play the bench boost, because as I understand there is no double gameweek as big as this for the remainder of the season. I'm captaining Salah, as at this point some sort of Stockholm Syndrome has set in.

[niko_cee]

I would certainly have played my transfers last week (and probably in the week prior) completely differently had this double gameweek been known, which is galling.

[Magic]

My sweet LUFC taken me over 70. :harold:

[Jimmy Floyd]

They really are a bunch of heroes.

Double gameweek, caution to the wind, triple captain Harvey Barnes. Vamos chicos.

[Waffdon]

City have two double game weeks on the trot. Russian roulette as to who is guaranteed to play mind

[CJay]

Stuart Dallas is right up there in the all time top-value rankings. Always seems to score points.

If I’d left my team alone I’d probably have hit 90-100, rather than the 70 odd I ended up

Wildcard is happening this week. This is the defining couple of weeks now.

[Don]

I've ended up having to spend 16 points in instalments this week. That penalty can't be avoided through a retrospective WC employed now, right?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Right.

[Don]

Actually, I intend on using BB anyway so meh. Gonna be some ride.

No idea wtf I'm going to use WC for given I have FH for the death week (assuming 16 fixtures involving Bruno playing against Derby don't get announced the night before to fuck that up too).

[Andy]

I've ended up having to spend 16 points in instalments this week. That penalty can't be avoided through a retrospective WC employed now, right?

If you use the wildcard now you get the points back.

[Don]

Ooof. Let's chance it with BB and see if Meslier, Dallas, Raphinha and AMN (x2) can recoup the 16 points or not.

[SvN]

Interesting strategy, losing points to transfer in some of the few players that don't have a double game week.

[Don]

They're the lowest scoring point scorers in my 15 so would be the ones to be sacrificed if I was to play WC over BB (although AMN in for Coufal was as a result of a transfer this week but that's because I have him recouping that 4 point penalty).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just spotted that Pep benched Foden and Sterling :moop:

He's such a cunt.

[Don]

Fuck off Stones and Dias fuck sake.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The thing with Pep's rotations is it's not like a normal manager where he rotates things logically and brings his stronger players to the hardest games, or doesn't make anyone do 3 in a week. It seems to be a random number generator.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Harvey Barnes was one of the chaps I brought in for an 8 point hit :moop:

[Baz]

Getting to the point where I don’t want to play next season cos it’s starting to depress me how shite I am and how every decision turns out to be a bad one. Dickheads in my league with triple captain Son. Eat a dick!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Started with 3 shit months but the following 3 have been good for me.

9th best scorer in December in our league, 5th for January and currently the top scorer for February.

Currently on 54 with this week with Emi Martinez, AWB, Stones, Son, Sterling, Foden, Fernandes (C), DCL x2, Keane x2, Mitchell (maybe not) and Watkins to play.

Losing Harvey Barnes for his second game and Pep not using Sterling on the weekend is a shitter but I've played by Bench Boost at the right time I feel.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Triple captain Harvey Barnes not going brilliantly so far but I've sent a couple of faith healers and a shaman to the intensive care ward at Leicester Hospital so hopefully he'll at least make it through the night.

[Trancemeister]

Need DCL to score a hat trick or something otherwise my season is done for.

[Trancemeister]

Keane disallowed goal :wall:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pep is a fucking nonce.

[-james-]

Five points total from three City players (Foden, Sterling, Cancelo) in a double game week. :harold:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

13 from my trio purely because of John Stones.

You think you have Pep and his rotation sorted and then you realise he probably does this to spite FPL players.

The only player safe from rotation is Ederson.

[Don]

I only had Cancelo but he can gtf too. Foden/Gundogan would be worth a punt if they weren't liable to a cameo when benched but as is, only Ederson, KDB and Dias are solid picks and only KDB is worth the price.

[Serj]

15 from Dias/Foden/Silva. Was always going to be risky, but I really thought Foden would play more after his Liverpool performance.

[Don]

I only had Cancelo but he can gtf too. Foden/Gundogan would be worth a punt if they weren't liable to a cameo when benched but as is, only Ederson, KDB and Dias are solid picks and only KDB is worth the price.

Having spent 16 points last week and a BB which is going to just break even, I was thinking at least it's set me up nicely for the few weeks ahead but I've just impulsively used a WC for next week and put in 3 City boys :happycry:

[Magic]

This is gearing up to be another shocking week. I was last in Feb manager of month in a league I was 2nd in. Shite.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I forgot to change my team.

It means Harvey Barnes isn't available (but Michael Keane will come in) and Bruno is my captain instead of one of the City boys (although none will play in both matches because of Pep).

[-james-]

Fairly sure 60% of the posts in this thread are mahow telling us he forgot to change his team.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Second highest scorer in TTH for February...

[Magic]

Schmeicunt for Martinez last 2 weeks. :moop:

[P_3]

Tempted to ditch Salah. Knee jerk reaction?

[Magic]

He's gone.

18 points for me so far, Ings was my banker and is fucking injured. Cunt.

[Serj]

I see my cunning plan of captaining Dias for the double gameweek is really paying off. :D I really cannot seem to get anything right this season.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Man City should be banned from double GW's.

[Don]

Foden fully trolling my captain selection of him and setting up all the usual suspects whilst missing about 10 sitters. Just call it an end already.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I captained him too and he's taken me over 100 points for the week tonight, don't knock it.

[CJay]

Do United have any strikers this weekend? I have Fernandes as captain, but if he’s got James and Diallo for company against West Ham then I’m a little hesistant to back him.

Alternative options are limited, though. Surely Villa are guaranteed a clean sheet against Newcastle tonight in which case Martinez is as good a candidate as any.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I thought about that, but I'm sticking with Fernandes purely because as soon as any twat dives over someone he's got a penalty kick.

[Don]

The Liverpool train is restarting this week (he says once again), get back on the Salah/TAA/Jota[/Phillips] bandwagon and don't look back.

[P_3]

Wild carded. Fucked off the double Man City defence for a double Man City midfield and got myself 10 playing for gameweek 29.

[Serj]

Triple Aston Villa defence. :moop:

[Baz]

What’s even the point of next week? :cab:

[Don]

What’s even the point of next week? :cab:

It's glorious for those who didn't spunk their FH and recognise the Brighton xG quality :drool: Even a wildcard won't do given the shit that's playing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did not forget to change my team this week.

Out when Stones and Barnes for Dias and Raphinha.

Raphinha and Martinez starting over Watkins and Meslier have hurt me though as has Pep benching Sterling and Foden yet again.

[niko_cee]

:happycry:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Pain.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Not sure what to do this coming GW.

I have 6 playing (although Bamford and Son have knocks) and only 1 transfer this week.

I do have a wildcard but I like my team right now.

Might just make a transfer and hope 7 can cobble together a semi-respectable score.

[Don]

Bamford and Son are likely out so what you can do this GW is duly accept my full girth :huhu:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Four 0-0s, I will be gutted when I only get 9 points to Taz's 14.

[Baz]

I’m just pretending this GW isn’t happening, then it’s full steam ahead next week with Aguero in.

[Magic]

Neves, KDB and Cancelo not playing? :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Decided to not make any changes to my team and hope my 5 dickheads (6 if Son can somehow recover) can salvage something semi-decent from this week.

Bamford with a nice start.

[niko_cee]

There was a game tonight?

:happycry:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've managed 8 apps this week and already on 9 points thanks to having both the participants in that goal. Need to launch a computer equivalent for FF (although I think James had one didn't he?) and win it next year.

[SvN]

I've used my free hit this week, despite spending the last 4 weeks putting Spurs and Villa players in my team in preparation for this week. Bottled it in the end.

[Don]

Only the 61 with about 5 to play, you dirty dirty immigrants :drool:

[niko_cee]

I had Trossard in until going full Brighton defence, so at least they kept a clean sheet.

Could really do with Grealish not playing tomorrow.

[Magic]

27 for me so far.

[SvN]

50 for me. Trossard captain crew signing in.

[Magic]

Lol Cresswell.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Cresswell is a nonce.

22 with captain Watkins and hopefully (no chance) Son to play.

I was hoping to scrape 30 but I'm not so confident.

[Magic]

Taking -4 for Bale(c). :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watkins is a cunt.

[Don]

Pereira first sub. If Cancelo or Foden aren't rested someone spread my ashes in the saunas when they reopen.

Edit: all rests just on Foden actually :sick:

[Magic]

Bamford captain what was I thinking...

[Baz]

Hopefully Kane scores 10.

[niko_cee]

Pereira first sub. If Cancelo or Foden aren't rested someone spread my ashes in the saunas when they reopen.

Edit: all rests just on Foden actually :sick:

On the bench. 5 minute cameo inbound.

[Don]

Torres coming on is like a CL Final goal for Liverpool here. Don't you fucking dare chuck a third attacker on with game finished, you cock.

[Don]

:D

lll

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's your fault for calling him out you fucking twat.

[Don]

Any chance that fucking Nazi keeps Jota benched? Not with those African cunts' travels. And won't be Son, Kane or Watkins. Fuck me the seethe.

[niko_cee]

Son on the bench, there is still hope!

Although he's also bound to make a seethe inducing 5 minute cameo.

[Don]

Son is my captain too. This week would almost be like it was manufactured to incite the most seethe if it wasn't for my Liv boys. Spurs ending the game within 30 mins and subsequently resting Son would be some scenes.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mon Captain Kane.

[Don]

Kane as VC. Just the 35 point swing resting in Jose's hands. He isn't a melt like Pep so there is definite hope.

[Magic]

Why is Bale not playing again?

[Magic]

The obligatory 89th minute 1 pointer. :drool:

[Don]

Serves you right, you Portuguese fuck.

[Magic]

36 points. I have completely fucked the 2nd half of the season up almost beyond recognition.

[Magic]

KDB (c) benched. :drool:

[Don]

Oh Stuart :sick:

Not even a token min for KDB for the cunts like MJ.

[Trancemeister]

Dallas 3rd sub :moop:

[Magic]

Dallas my saving grace. :drool:

DCL as my VC...hmm.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Starting to think maybe Salah captain wasn't the one.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Textbook. It only works if you truly believe it.

[Magic]

Hardly vindication.

[Trancemeister]

If Alonso stays on the bench I get Dallas in.

[niko_cee]

For some reason I've tinkered with my midfield (to get Kane in) and I've overlooked Lingard in the process. :face:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dallas my saving grace. :drool:

DCL as my VC...hmm.

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:harold:

[Magic]

:drool:

[Magic]

Holding my third sub with 8 as well. :D

[Trancemeister]

Doubt I'm alone with triple captain on Kane this gameweek.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Decided last night to swap captain from Kane to Sonaldo :drool:

I miss December-February.

[Don]

I went Son and although it may not seem great, the late injury for Kane will hopefully have him sit out Southampton which should bring the two largely level.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did not see that Kane got injured. That makes me feel slightly better.

[Don]

I was sitting fully smug having taken a 4 point hit for this coming week and knowing not having any Leicester, Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea boys was the sort of sexy differential that put me in sensational position to attack the GW after next. Unfortunately, this Utd-Liverpool spanner has seriously harmed it. Tomorrow's lineup will inform us but I suspect AWB, Maguire and Bruno are going to have to be considered as in with a serious chance of starting all 3, right?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Absolutely. Ole hates changing the team and those are 3 of those that seem to never get rotated, Rashford & now Henderson too.

[Don]

I can't be affording Bruno (both points-wise and the reputational damage of getting that tramp in) but Rashford and Maguire look worthy additions, especially when what's -4 if you think they start all 3. Hopefully both see not a single minute tomorrow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can't be affording Bruno (both points-wise and the reputational damage of getting that tramp in) but Rashford and Maguire look worthy additions, especially when what's -4 if you think they start all 3. Hopefully both see not a single minute tomorrow.
That's not how Solskjaer operates.

Shaw will be benched as will Henderson, Lindelof, McTominay and Cavani.

Rashford and Maguire will start.

[Serj]

I've caved and sold Son for Rashford. Which means that I now have 13 players with a double or triple gameweek but I also have Kane. No idea if I should bench him or not. He probably has a higher potential for points in a single game than the likes of Holding, Saka or Alonso have in two.

[Baz]

Has a triple game week ever happened before?

Was close to captaining Bruno but the Sigurdsson DIFFERENTIAL has seen me hold firm. Come on you Toffees!

I’ve also bench boosted.

[SvN]

I think Maguire and Henderson are the only players that start all 3.

[Magic]

Do we captain Rashford then?

Triple captain triple game week? :harold:

[Don]

Their fixtures are pretty shitty so even if we felt any Utd boys were guaranteed to start all 3, they still seem inferior to Salah or Jota/Zaha/Gylfi differentials.

[Magic]

My only other choices were DCL or Nacho Novo.

[Trancemeister]

I've had Alonso for ages. Gave up on him now for Castagne. Ofcourse he gets the start and now scores :moop:

[Magic]

It's going reasonably well so far, bar Schmeical, Mount and Cancelo...

[Serj]

I've had Alonso for ages. Gave up on him now for Castagne. Ofcourse he gets the start and now scores :moop:

I put Alonso on the bench so that I could start Kane. I blame VAR.

[Don]

Dallas, Son and Bamford all out this week :happycry:

[niko_cee]

Benched Nat Phillips and Watkins (in favour of Ruben Dias and Ferran Torres).

:face:

Think they might have outscored the actual team.

[Don]

Only 1 more week of pain to endure. Absolutely relentless misery this season which bodes well for me next year given my superb xPTS.

[Magic]

Had a fucking shocker. My bench alone made more than half what my entire team did. Shite.

[niko_cee]

Team got 34, bench got 27.

[Magic]

35 vs 20.

[Mazuuurk]

Fucking had 2 transfers saved for final day but forgot to do them. Was planning on Foden and someone else.

Could have maybe won me the league this year :cry:
Still my top ever placement so you know, it's more important to finish top 4 than to win actually.

[Magic]

Our shit giveaway at the end of the game cost me 6 points, which cost me the win for one of my leagues by 1 point. :(

What a mental season, quite enjoyed it as it meant the usual xG bollocks and nerd fuckwittery didn't apply.

[Baz]

Well done rushie I think