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[Waffdon]

:D

I changed it as well on the autocorrect but clearly my phone was having different ideas. Heh

[-james-]

Bottled the TTH cup final. :sick:

Also bottled my overall rank having been inside the top 1000 a few weeks ago, finished just inside the top 5k.

[Andy]

Top 5k is always a good finish. I went from 7.5k to 49k over thr last 9 weeks. Terrible end.

[Serj]

Went with Mount as captain for the last GW because I was third in my league and (correctly) guessed that everybody around me would pick Son. Didn't work out obviously, lost the cup final as well. 75k OR is much better than last year though when I was barely within the top million. Looking forward to next year.

I wonder if they're going to reassess the positions going forward since there are barely any useful strikers left. Would make squad-planning and formations more interesting to have wide-forwards like Salah, Son, Mahrez etc. as strikers in the game.

[Don]

Proposals for the Super-FPL:

- 2 points for transfer hits to stimulate activity
- Increase prices significantly to minimise ability to have multiple big hitters
- Lifetime bans for anyone who contributes or uses FPL tipster resources

[CJay]

The striker issue is funny. Pukki was the 3rd highest scoring forward but only 31st overall. The lesson I'm taking from this season is defence always wins in the age of Liverpool and City. Examples:

- Alisson had ownership of less than 10%, but only 4 defenders scored more than him. Cost - a measly £6.1m
- TAA and Cancelo were outscored by only 2 and 3 players respectively, yet were and still are valued at the same price as mid-range midfielders (started at £7.5m and £6m)

[-james-]

I'm not sure there's that much wrong with forwards, it's just that a load of them had off seasons. Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool either didn't have one or they were shit, Bamford, DCL, Wilson and were mostly injured/playing badly. It wouldn't hurt to reclassify a couple of the mids (Jota maybe?), but I think there will be more value there next season.

Alisson was pretty difficult to own because most teams had Trent, Salah and one of Robertson/Mane/VVD/Jota for the whole season.

I agree they should bump a load of prices up. Make the big sides' attacking fullbacks 8+ across the board, give people a decision to make.

[Baz]

What price do we reckon Haaland will be?

[Andy]

There needs to be a proper decision to be had around the attacking wing backs and the centre backs. Chilwell and James will always get ore points than Thiago Silva but if he's 2m cheaper then it's a choice to be had.

Same with Mane and Salah being the same price, no choice to be had really how ever if Mane was 10.5m to Salahs 13m it would make an interesting decision.

Strikers across the game should be 1-3m cheaper. Centre backs considerable cheaper than attacking wing backs for the top teams etc.

At the moment there are far too few players to actually pick from if you want to do well, hardly any variance between teams.

[Trancemeister]

New season is open.

[Baz]

Convinced myself I was gonna go heavy on big hitters in defence but I’m struggling to make my midfield worth having. I don’t mind having one bench player who won’t ever feature but having two like that has alarm bells ringing.

I just really want Haaland, Nunez and Salah too! Might have to swap Darwin for Diaz.

[niko_cee]

Rashford as a £6.5m midfielder could be interesting.

[Don]

Harvey in at 5.0 is the real thinking man's gem this year.

[-james-]

Prices have made it pretty boring this season. Four or five wingbacks from the top four, Salah, Haaland and a couple more Liverpool/City attackers, then fill in the blanks with your spare change.

[SincereTheRebel]

Where are the predicton threads?

[Waffdon]

What’s the league code etc? My account got locked so had to create a new one.

Sa; James, Trippier, Castagne, Cancelo; Salah, Olise/Bailey, Mount, Kulusevski; Kane, Jesus

That’s the starting line up for the first few weeks. Never seen a player owned as much as Jesus. He was 80% owned at one point

[niko_cee]

How can you find the league code out?

Was a bit shocked to learn that Jesus is in 70% of teams.

[Ben]

I've just done my annual "pick a team and forget about it by week two" so if it's just a case of adding a code to join another league then I'll get on board.

[niko_cee]

Second post in the thread says code is c40vvv. Didn't they used to have dashes in them?

[Ben]

No that might be right, the other league I joined today was just six random characters too.

EDIT: invalid code, must be old.

[Baz]

It’s so that only Andy can see the code.

[Andy]

Code to join this league: 8iql75

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm in, got £1m spare to mess around with my team.

[niko_cee]

Sanchez, Pope

TAA, Cancelo, James, Trippier, Walker*

Diaz, Rashford, Zaha, Bailey, Da Silva

Nunez, Jesus, Kane*

Walker in as City seem short of fullbacks and have a pretty easy start, not set in stone, may go more budget [N. Wiliams] or a bit more squad depth [Perisic]

Kane out for Haaland after week 1.

Nunez/Diaz over Salah/bench warmer a gamble.

[Dave.]

Ramsdale, Ward

TAA, Robertson, Cancelo, Perisic, Neco Williams

Salah, Saka, Bailey, Neto, Andreas Pereira

Kane, Jesus, Archer

Bailey and Neto start the first couple of weeks but rotate very nicely in combination with Neco Williams and Pereira for the first 8 weeks at least. Archer will be third sub.

[-james-]

With Kasper gone, you can have Leicester's only two senior goalkeepers for 8 million quid. It's just whether they're bluffing about not being in the market for a new no. 1.

In other news, I'm pretty into this Bench Boost GW1 strat that people on twitter are talking about.

[Waffdon]

Cucurella at 5m seems a steal now

[Ben]

With Kasper gone, you can have Leicester's only two senior goalkeepers for 8 million quid. It's just whether they're bluffing about not being in the market for a new no. 1.

In other news, I'm pretty into this Bench Boost GW1 strat that people on twitter are talking about.

I’ve gone for Ward on this very basis.

[Don]

Bench Boost in GW1 worked okay for me last year but not sure the fixtures and prices allow for the same this year. Inshallah it is Ward and not Iversen that gets the nod. Will sell him at 4.4 for a steady 0.2 banked :zionist:

[Baz]

In other news, I'm pretty into this Bench Boost GW1 strat that people on twitter are talking about.What's the idea behind using it in GW1?

[-james-]

There is an extra wild card this season so you use one next week and then you only need to make it to the world cup before you get another one. Potential for the optimal team to be a lot more obvious after everyone's played once.

Obviously BB is theoretically better in a big double but you end up carrying loads of value on your bench in the weeks before/after and it's often underwhelming.

Mostly just something a bit different tho innit.

[Mazuuurk]

You basically have to make your team full of guaranteed starters in GW 1 then though, right? As in, you can't really have the big hitters like Salah because you'll only have 4.5's on your bench..?

[Don]

Ward and Neco and then 2 of those cheap midfield dons like Neto/Bailey/Hwang make the bench look alright, it's the fact most of the good teams have away fixtures that put me off.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm trying to work out if having all three of Kane, Salah and Haaland is a good idea. Tempting to sacrifice the latter to get two better midfielders in, as there's a lot of gash in the side with all of the three, but I'm sure at least two of the trio will dominate from the off.

[Waffdon]

I’ve changed my team about 10 times as per usual. Can’t make my mind up whether to be balanced or go attack heavy.

Atm it is:

Sa, Ward
Trippier, TAA, James, Cucurella, Neco Williams
ASM, Mount, Bowen, Bailey, Andreas
Kane, Haaland, Jesus

Midfield seems a bit guff. ASM has an easy start so should be fine and Bowen if he replicates last year. The others, who knows.

[CJay]

I’ve gone:

Alisson G’nigga

Walker Robertson Perisic James Trippier

Rashford Martinelli Bailey Salah Andreas

Haaland Jesus Wilson

Pretty pleased with that overall I think. It’s dependent on getting it right in terms of the cheaper midfielders. It also gives me a good spread across the top teams.

I went big on Bailey last season too so hope he doesn’t let me down again.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My shite team:

Pope - Henderson
Robertson - James - Zinchenko - Mitchell - Hickey
Salah - Bernardo - Yates - Rice - Reed
Mateta - Haaland - Kane

Some big risks / gaffes on starting XIs there. Hickey I've gone for on the basis he was scoring free kicks for Bologna and generally has a modern PL full back's outlook, not sure about the clean sheets mind. Yates is a punt as if you think I'm researching the likely Nottingham Forest XI you have another think coming. Reed is just bench meat. Mitchell I'm surprised is 4.5, have they bought Roberto Carlos in the off season?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My secret weapon "Martial" is now injured :moop:

Prick.

Edit: Boring Gabriel Jesus which every fucker and his dog has now in.

[Don]

My shite team:

Pope - Henderson
Robertson - James - Zinchenko - Mitchell - Hickey
Salah - Bernardo - Yates - Rice - Reed
Mateta - Haaland - Kane

Some big risks / gaffes on starting XIs there. Hickey I've gone for on the basis he was scoring free kicks for Bologna and generally has a modern PL full back's outlook, not sure about the clean sheets mind. Yates is a punt as if you think I'm researching the likely Nottingham Forest XI you have another think coming. Reed is just bench meat. Mitchell I'm surprised is 4.5, have they bought Roberto Carlos in the off season?

I'm of the opinion I can made do without either but both Kane and Haaland is surely not a go-er. Assume they have optimal seasons, you're looking at about 220 from them. But you've had to resort to playing Mateta who will struggle to get 100 in order to fit the second one in. That's a combined 320 for 17.0 when it seems pretty straightforward to get that from any number of combinations of 2 mid-range picks (e.g. Wilson and Saka) without the tactical inflexibility and risk that comes with putting your eggs in 1 man's basket.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm assuming that Mateta will get transferred out for whoever turns out to be the value forward (he's my best guess at it). But you likely have a point. If one of the gumbo centre forward pair starts poorly it'll just have to be a wildcard I suppose.

[niko_cee]

Just got major cold feet on the forwards and have gone back to Mo, and a forward line of Jesus, Toney and Wilson.

[Baz]

Nobody else chancing 5.5 FWD Deniz Undav from Brighton? :uhoh:

[niko_cee]

Whilst I can see Maupay maybe leaving I'd be amazed if Brighton didn't go with him and Trossard to ar least start the season. Not seen much of their pre season though.

[niko_cee]

Just realised my team is basically the scout's week 1 team.

[Waffdon]

The amount of people having Jesus is putting me off him even though he’s great value. At least you’d feel like you’re missing out with no Salah but even then only 50-60% of folk have had him the past 2/3 years.

Arsenal do have an easy start though. Fack knows

[niko_cee]

Could be a big week 1 differential seeing as Arsenal could easily get shut out/molested by Palace. He does feel a bit too good value to turn down though and, as you say, they have an easy start [although quite a few do].

[niko_cee]

All change again. I don't look forward to the misery of doing this all again during the world cup when there are unlimited free transfers.

Ward/Sanchez

Robertson/Cancelo/Walker/Trippier/James

Salah/Saka/Diaz/Rashfod/DaSilva

Jesus/Wilson/Johnson

[Baz]

I’ve bench boosted and will likely wildcard after the first week but here we are:

Iversen (Ward)
TAA - Perisic - Cancelo - James (N Williams)
Luis Diaz - Salah - Rashford (Dasilva - A Pereira)
Kane - Jesus - Johnson

I don’t fancy Forest to do very well at all but Johnson playing every week and being on pens mean I’ve got him in, for now.

The Leicester keeper situation will need to be closely monitored but FOMO has occurred. And the keepers are that way around in case of red cards.

Also Rashford is garbage but with no Martial, figured he’s worth a punt and at least any misery caused by United doing well can be counterbalanced by reaping FPL rewards.

[phonics]

https://i.imgur.com/9HdaSbq.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Made a lot of changes after the Martial move.

Not prepared to show my team as I feel it's game breaking.

[Don]

Only thing I'm fretting over is if Haaland bangs a hattrick every game or not.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jesus/Wilson/Johnson

White robes, white heat and white powder. A true reflection of modern Britain, now Toney has gone.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Actually I've made some more changes, fuck Jesus.

[CJay]

This morning I'm getting premonitions of a classic Southampton collapse away to Spurs and Harry Kane bagging a hatful. Going to spend the whole day considering the Haaland - Kane swap.

Also concerned Perisic isn't going to start.

:(

[niko_cee]

Has Kane ever got over his never scores in August thing?

[Mike]

My current side
https://i.imgur.com/rs68DMH.png

May switch Botman for Zinchenko.

[SvN]

That's some going, to produce a team that shite.

[Don]

Tenner says that team outscores SVN's.

[CJay]

I’ve gone:

Alisson G’nigga

Walker Robertson Perisic James Trippier

Rashford Martinelli Bailey Salah Andreas

Haaland Jesus Wilson

Pretty pleased with that overall I think. It’s dependent on getting it right in terms of the cheaper midfielders. It also gives me a good spread across the top teams.

I went big on Bailey last season too so hope he doesn’t let me down again.

Bottled it with Perisic and have swapped him and Walker for Dias and Coufal.

Done.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If Perisic is a defender then I'm an NFL quarterback.

[Don]

Rumours Gabriel Jesus has a swollen lymph node. Pass it on.

[Waffdon]

If Perisic is a defender then I'm an NFL quarterback.

He’s actually perfect for Conte’s wing backs in the way Victor Moses was. Runs up and down all day and will happily put a shift in defensively. The most 2 footed player in the world as well, beautiful to watch

[SvN]

I can't wait for tears when he's subbed at 57 minutes every week.

[Waffdon]

Yeah I’m surprised so many people have him. They’re still meh defensively so I don’t think he’ll be getting that clean sheet bonus as often as people think.

The 5 subs is really gonna cause havoc at times this year with the 60 min rule

[Trancemeister]

Think I'm settled

Ramsdale
-
Trippier
TAA
Robertson
Cancelo
-
Salah
Mount
Bailey
Martinelli
-
Jesus
Haaland

Subs Ward, Patterson, Andreas, Archer

[P_3]

Ederson - Ward
TAA - Robertson - Cancelo - Perisic - Patterson
Salah - Rashford - Martinelli - Neto - Pereira
Kane - Jesus - Archer

:sorry:

[-james-]

https://i.imgur.com/K8eDMqN.png


:uhoh:

[Pleb]

I made it bitches.

[Waffdon]

Are you allowed 4 players with the same club if you have a player in there when they were at their old club? I thought they’d make you swap someone out but loads of people have 4 Chelsea players because of Cucurella (not sure why you’d have more than 2 never mind 3.

[SvN]

Your first transfer will have to involve removing a Chelsea player.

[Pleb]

:D

And we're off.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://i.imgur.com/j8OMiBh.png

Feast your eyes chaps.

[Mike]

That's some going, to produce a team that shite.

:(

[Waffdon]

https://i.imgur.com/j8OMiBh.png

Feast your eyes chaps.

Just the two players that won’t even start this weekend in your line up

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just the two players that won’t even start this weekend in your line up

It's a marathon not a sprint.

[Waffdon]

You didn’t even finish top 5 million last year son. Turn it into a sprint

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You didn’t even finish top 5 million last year son. Turn it into a sprint

That's because I gave up in January or something dickhead.

Too much sprint resulted in a burnout.

[Giggles]

Fastaslol footblol. Imbeciles.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Renounce Jesus boys.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just the two players that won’t even start this weekend in your line up

They don't need to start.

[phonics]

This game has gone pretty much as well as it can for me. Just need Diaz to score the winner.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This game has gone pretty much as well as it can for me. Just need Diaz to score the winner.

He was taken off 5 minutes ago.

[phonics]

Ah well.

[niko_cee]

Always gutting when Spurs roll a few in and Kane manages to have zero involvement in any of them.

Looks like Nunez might need serious consideration.

[phonics]

Top of the league with 4 players left to play :drool:

[Don]

Look who's second :happycry:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm in fourth right now.

Good enough sprint, Waffdon?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Trashford out Martinelli in.

Watch Sir Marcus score a hattrick now at the weekend.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Debating the merits of Haaland v Salah for captain. May stick with the latter as I just don't trust Pep.

[-james-]

I'd favour Haaland slightly if we assume they both play 90, but they probably won't and I reckon Salah has the xMin edge. Total toss up and inevitable one scores 22 and the other 2.

[Mazuuurk]

It's been a real test of character to not do any changes this week.

[Baz]

Captain Jesus.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Enjoy your 4 points.

[Baz]

Okay Salah then. Happy! :cry:

Edit; jk

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No, I'd rather you kept Jesus and enjoyed those pitiful points.

[Mike]

It's been a real test of character to not do any changes this week.
Yup. I’ve held strong.

[Ben]

Same. More that I can’t be arsed rather than any test of strength, mind.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They couldn't have just left Bailey off?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Mitrovic with a penalty saved :moop:

[Baz]

Enjoy your 4 points.

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

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Typo, I missed the 0 obviously.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

On my bench I have Sanchez (clean sheet), Lingard (assist and clean sheet) and Perisic (clean sheet) :moop:

[Waffdon]

Monghow in the mud already

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nunez will save me.

[niko_cee]

Perisic isn't getting a clean sheet for 11 minutes of game time is he?

I've had Josh Dasilva buried on my bench two weeks running.

[Baz]

Perisic got an assist

[phonics]

Son is doing an absolute number on my team. Disgusting.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Perisic isn't getting a clean sheet for 11 minutes of game time is he?

I've had Josh Dasilva buried on my bench two weeks running.


Perisic got an assist

I meant assist.

I was SEETHING so a mistake was bound to happen.

[Mike]

I've got 11 point Watkins, 4 point Perisic and 7 point Botman on the bench while Zinchenko (1) Coutinho (0) and Ward-Prowse (2) laugh at me on the pitch.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Declan Rice minus 1 the pick of my starting XI this week.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck Nunez.

[Baz]

Fuck Nunez.:baz:

[thommo]

I've got Mitrovic AND Nunez both starting this week. :moop:

Nunez already transferred out, useless twat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've got Mitrovic AND Nunez both starting this week. :moop:


Join the club, I also started Lisandro Martinez so a combined -4 from those twats.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Perisic on my bench, I fucking hate this game.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Andreas Pereira too.

Twenty fucking points between the two.

[thommo]

Pereira's on my bench too. Not to mention I sold Odegaard before this gameweek. :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I hate FPL.

[Trancemeister]

Ofcourse benched Trippier.

[Serj]

I've completely fucked the start by stubbornly refusing to get Haaland or Jesus, picking Son over Kane and convincing myself that Havertz/Watkins/Toney plus Salah/Cancelo/James/Robertson would get me enough points. :D

Probably time for an early wildcard.

[Waffdon]

It’ll be a sin if I don’t get 75 points minimum this weekend. Every single player is at home to a mid team. Only game that shouldn’t be a easy home win is maybe Brentford against Everton.

Fuck knows who you captain out of Salah v Bournemouth, KDB v Palace and Martinelli v Fulham. Even Sterling is tempting as Leicester concede loads

[-james-]

Salah by a mile for me.

[Mike]

Always Salah

[Waffdon]

Salah by a mile for me.

I like going against the grain since everyone will captain him. I ended up forgetting the deadline was 11am so it’s Sterling as for some reason I captained him last week. Mon the 2 yard tap ins

[Trancemeister]

I'm so never picking Mount again.

[Waffdon]

Would have been nice if Chelsea kept that clean sheet I’d be on for a properly decent score. Not captaining Salah has worked a treat

[Waffdon]

We were a Salah goal or two away from someone probably having a 150+ score

[niko_cee]

How have Liverpool scored 9 and not had Salah involved in any of them? I assumed he must have been left out or something.

[Waffdon]

I’ll be on 76 (I think) once the bonuses come in. 84 if Chelsea didn’t bother conceding. Martinelli and Alt Nouri to play

[Gray Fox]

How have Liverpool scored 9 and not had Salah involved in any of them? I assumed he must have been left out or something.

He missed a 2 yard tap in and one from about 8 yards too.

[Mike]

All because I said always have him as captain. Sorry guys.

[-james-]

1% of teams have already transferred him out on a day where Liverpool scored nine so I'm counting it as a win.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Chelsea losing clean sheet bonus again is a real kick in the dick.

79 for me so far.

[phonics]

Are you kidding me. I checked my team an hour before the deadline and they were both green.

https://i.imgur.com/CeCds5m.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This is outrageous.

Lingard as my first sub to replace James, hopefully Bournemouth are still shit.

[Trancemeister]

There's the assist for Mount. Bet he's gonna score too. Ofcourse I got rid of him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck Chelsea's defenders/keeper.

[Trancemeister]

Didn't captain Haaland. Fuck season's over already.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Didn't captain Haaland. Fuck season's over already.

You're a lunatic.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I believed some trash about Pep limiting his minutes and went Salah.

[niko_cee]

You know he's going to be inexplicably benched at some point (probably when European football rolls around) although given the way the English clubs usually go and how the league is it probably makes more sense for the benchings to happen in the European games.

[phonics]

You know the games broken when your captain scores 26 points and it results in absolutely no movement in rankings anywhere.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Trent taken off 90 seconds before a clean sheet bonus.

I've had enough of the cunt and taken him out for Cancelo next week.

[phonics]

I am absolutely awful at picking Spurs players this year.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Decided to resist the urge of wildcarding/free hitting this week as after a transfer (James out for Trippier) I had 12 players at my disposal.

The one I decided to leave out was Ruben Neves over Lingard so obviously Lingard doesn't start (he'll come on for a minute or so I imagine) and Neves will score a thunderbolt against City.

[phonics]

I free hitted this week as it seemed the perfect time. Left dier on the bench.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I want to use the free hit when we have a juicy double GW.

[Waffdon]

Apologies to anyone who has brought Trossard in or captained him tonight. May or may not have TC’d for the lolz

[niko_cee]

Aren't there going to be unlimited transfers during the World Cup, and presumably another wildcard in the second half of the season? For that reason, and with no doubles on the horizon before the World Cup I used the wildcard as I don't think I would have otherwise (assuming it won't carry over).

Probably an egregious error but hey ho.

[Baz]

Free hit. I’m gonna be top scorer in the game this week, [if results go my way.]

Well duh obviously but I mean I’ve put my faith in Spurs, Newcastle, Brighton, and Chelsea. Four 4-0s please.

[thommo]

Scraped my free hit in at 5:55pm as I realised it was an unnaturally early deadline and I had 7 players with no game (3 City, 3 Arsenal and a suspended Maddison). I ran out of time to choose the captain but thankfully got the transfers done.

[phonics]

lol I missed the deadline. Got like 3 people playing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Had no idea today was a deadline. I have a total of 7 people playing with Schar as my captain :drool:

[phonics]

Prepare for domination.

https://i.imgur.com/BdDplm8.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Benched Henderson for Sanchez again, ugh.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Henderson (11), Mitrovic, (7 when bonus points come in), Castagne (12) and Almiron (6 and counting) on my bench :drool:

[CJay]

Henderson (11), Mitrovic, (7 when bonus points come in), Castagne (12) and Almiron (6 and counting) on my bench :drool:

You must have some first 11 not to be playing those 3 outfielders. Some of the most in-form players in the league. Only Almiron really makes sense based on the fixtures this week.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://i.imgur.com/6yr3B0z.png

Obviously hindsight is great but I really didn't know who to drop. I should have taken out Sanchez for Henderson as it was likely that both keepers get fisted but he was bound to have more saves.

The rest though, not a clue who I would have dropped.

[CJay]

Think I would have swapped out at least one Newcastle defender for Castagne or Mitrovic, but the others are probably fair enough.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why does Pep now HATE Foden?

[Magic]

I transferred him in a couple of game weeks ago.

[P_3]

I obviously captained Cancelo. :cab:

[Baz]

You’ve an hour left to use your post-WC wildcard.

[Baz]

A few tasty double games this week. Who’s everyone got as captain?

Triple Haaland, here, vs United and Spurs. :yn:

[niko_cee]

The triple on the big freak is tempting.

Could be handing Arsenal the title with the level of jinxing potentially involved though.

[Baz]

12 teams with double gameweek next week. Just took a -16 point hit.

[Andy]

I've got 12 playing twice with no transfers made.

[niko_cee]

I'm reticent to shed my Arsenal contingent against Leeds at home, or Haaland really as Christ knows how that Liverpool game might go. Still got multiple chips in the bank so may consider using one depending on how the international window goes.

[Baz]

I've got 12 playing twice with no transfers made.

That’s amazing. :hail:

[niko_cee]

Wasn't one of the bits of wisdom a few weeks ago to wildcard to get into a position to have 15 doubling so you could bench boost?

[Baz]

https://i.imgur.com/4G35eBY.png

Final game on Sunday, boys. Get your chips played if you've any left - bench boost if your teams good or wildcard if you've not logged in for months.

-james- holds a 32 point lead over Andy, heading into the finale.

lol at everyone who went with Jesus over Haaland in gameweek 1.

[Don]

Not had any Norwegian fucks in my team this season :cool: My stance on Raheem took about 6 years to pay off so I'm hopeful this one takes significantly less.

[Baz]

I have taken a four point hit to get rid of KDB and Haaland and bring in Son and Kane.

[niko_cee]

Clung on for champions league fantasy football next season. :cool:

Was this a high scoring season [ie did everyone captaining Haaland every week push average points up by 100 or so]?

How expensive is he going to have to be next season? Has there ever been a £15m player?

[-james-]

They should make Haaland £18m so there's actually a decision to make but he'll be 13 or 13.5 I reckon. They are much too conservative with their pricing and it just ends up with everyone having near identical teams a few months into the season.

[Don]

I really like this auto cup competition that all leagues come with (is that Igor that won ours?) as it not only keeps things interesting for everyone till the end, it also adds some intrigue to the chip strategy.

[Luca]

Anyone participating this season? I have my draft coming up on Tuesday.

[niko_cee]

I'm struggling to find the time or motivation to make a team. Feels like it's going to be minimal variations on a theme again, which is pretty boring. May change my mind next week.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not playing until they overhaul the game to give you actual decisions.

[Baz]

I've changed my team everyday since it relaunched. I'm now probably the least happy with it than I've ever been!

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

[John Arne]

Just checked this and noticed that wide forwards are still listed as midfielders :D

Salah, Saka, Rashford, Richarlison....

[Jimmy Floyd]

Which is exactly the problem with the game.

[Baz]

The main problem is players like Enzo offer almost zero value. Sure you get points from clean sheets but tackles/blocks/xAR (average rating) have no impact on the point scoring.

[John Arne]

Yup, heavily weighted to defenders (clean sheets) and attackers (goals and assists) whilst plodding central midfielders get nowt.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Which is why you should be forced to pick 2 low-scoring plodding midfielders per team and therefore have to be more selective about your big attackers.

Either that or just lower the budget so that you can't afford Haaland without sacrificing a lot.

[John Arne]

Which is why you should be forced to pick 2 low-scoring plodding midfielders per team and therefore have to be more selective about your big attackers.

Either that or just lower the budget so that you can't afford Haaland without sacrificing a lot.

Agreed. Having all those strikers set as midfielders is kinda just an admission that they have fucked up the scoring system.

[-james-]

I have no problem whatsoever with Enzo not being a viable option. I don't want to be sat there on a Sunday afternoon cheering interceptions and key passes.

As Jimmy says the problem is everyone is too cheap, but they'll never change that. The average FPL player would much rather own Haaland, Bruno, Salah, Trent and Van Dijk than Mbeumo, Zaroury, Gross and Flekken. The game as is is a huge boon for engagement worldwide.

I am in a 90m budget league this season. Must have 10m in the bank at all times. Team looks far more interesting than the regular game. Link (https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/amnios) if anyone is interested.

[phonics]

Done my team, almost no research. It looks crap.

https://i.imgur.com/eEp36My.png

[-james-]

Done my team, almost no research. It looks crap.

https://i.imgur.com/eEp36My.png

Joao Pedro is the one.

[-james-]

https://i.imgur.com/R0uKSnh.png

[okitomo]

Liverpool is number one.

[phonics]

Joao Pedro is the one.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/710/dd0.png

[-james-]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/710/dd0.png

Nice 7 pointer in GW1, transferred out for Alvarez this week. :shrug:

[John Arne]

I'm somehow 79,197th in this. It won't last long.

[igor_balis]

I'm somehow 79,197th in this. It won't last long.
Heh, I'm 78,852 now. I'm actually playing for the first time in years, and probably paying attention the most ever. It helps that the new WORK LADS have a good sized league and most people are still at least logging in and making transfers and stuff.

[John Arne]

Heh, I'm 78,852 now. I'm actually playing for the first time in years, and probably paying attention the most ever. It helps that the new WORK LADS have a good sized league and most people are still at least logging in and making transfers and stuff.

Likewise, I'm still bothering for once :D

I'm now 63,984 :drool:

[Andy]

The hard part is still paying attention and putting in the same level of effort after a few bad weeks.

[Trancemeister]

Been forced to activate the wildcard earlier this week due to all injury concerns.

[igor_balis]

Likewise, I'm still bothering for once :D

I'm now 63,984 :drool:

Brought in son for rashford and captained him, RIP.

[John Arne]

Brought in son for rashford and captained him, RIP.

I also captained Son :D It's all falling apart. Was expecting Tottenham to well and truly dick Luton.

If Haaland scores 3 I'll be droppin outside the top 1m.

[igor_balis]

61,128 now.

Still resisting Salah, as I don't think it's worth the weakening of the rest of the side required. I suppose I could ditch Haaland and go 3-5-2, but you just know he'll get a hattrick immediately after.

[John Arne]

I'm hanging on just, 69 thousand and something. Need a big weekend after 2 average ones. Pinned my hopes on Saka and Salah and an Arsenal clean sheet.

[igor_balis]

Up to 31,000th ish with my Salah free side now, fuck knows how.

[Waffdon]

It’s a shame I shit the bed the first few months as I’ve been on a roll the last 4/5 game weeks. From 5.5 million to top 1m once the scores update.

75 with 4 (5 if Bowen plays but doubt it).

[-james-]

522 OR :huhu:

[igor_balis]

triple captained solanke

[Baz]

triple captained solanke

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:lol:

As a fellow captainer, albeit not triple, I fully expect an own goal and red card on Tuesday.

[Trancemeister]

Anyone not free hitting 29?

[Baz]

I’ve already used mine. Looking like 5 playing.

[Trancemeister]

Was so close to hit play wildcard instead of free hit by mistake :D