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[Don]

It's back open and the league is renewed. No idea what the code is for any noobs.

Obviously far too early to rate teams properly but...

- Will Brighton win the league?
- Who's the 3rd Liverpool player you will be selecting?
- Will Dallas be worth it?
- Is Saka going to be fit for more than 2 consecutive games?
- Is Toney going to disappoint?

I see nothing of note from the promoted sides besides Toney and possibly Sarr and Pukki and pricing and positions seem very decent so hard to see any mad gems currently.

[Andy]

Code to join this league: c40vvv

First glance Raphinha seems under priced, he should match Bamford for 1.5 less.

[Baz]

Ben White and Conor Coady ought to be in everyone’s team at 4.5 each.

[Andy]

Brighton are shit and Ben White doesn't score any goals. They finished 16th last season.

Its the Spurs defence that interests me, you could potentially have two starting 4.5m defenders for a top 6 side.

[Baz]

He’s going Arsenal though.

And are you talking Sanchez and Dier? :sick:

[Andy]

He’s going Arsenal though.

And are you talking Sanchez and Dier? :sick:

Or Rodon. Only issue would be if they bounce around between the three. I can't remember a starting 4.5 defender at Spurs since before Pochettino.

Arsenal quite often have a 4.5 defender, I think Holding was 4.2m at one point last season.

[Don]

Yes to Raphinha, White, Lamptey, Rodon and Fofana.

[Reg]

Brighton are shit and Ben White doesn't score any goals. They finished 16th last season.
Shit compared to a 'big six' team we may be, but after Sanchez came in I believe we had the 3rd best defence.

Plus, like Baz said, he might go to Arsenal - and they had the 2nd best defence from December-ish.

[niko_cee]

Brighton don't concede many, but they also don't keep many clean sheets. Like, they never take a real beating, but often ship 1 (and draw or lose 1-0).

[Baz]

Just noticed the thread title is an abomination.

How’s everything doing with this? I change my team most days. :(

[Yevrah]

I signed up for Sky last week, comes on Monday, so bring this the fuck on!

[Yevrah]

Oh, this is the Fantasy Premier League thread. How is that still going? Props I guess.

[niko_cee]

Ivan Toney Taz, talk to me.

Smith-Rowe, Buendia, Lamptey, Cash, Gilmour currently on my outlier radar.

[Dave.]

Sanchez, Steele; TAA, Shaw, Digne, Coufal, Fofana; Salah, Fernandes, Smith-Rowe, Raphinha, Buendia; Calvert-Lewin, Toney, Barnes

0.5 left in the bank.

[Baz]

Salah and Bruno and Trent jeez

[Don]

Not sure on Bees, they're not Leeds and they lack quality in attack but Toney is the focal point and they should be a respectable side so could be worth it. Everyone and their mum has him though so it's not got me keen. Personal FPL stalwart Joshua King has parked himself at Watford for 1.0 cheaper.

[Baz]

Mbuemo? Same price as Emil “ESR” Smith-Rowe at 5.5. Interesting.

[Dave.]

Not sure on Bees, they're not Leeds and they lack quality in attack but Toney is the focal point and they should be a respectable side so could be worth it. Everyone and their mum has him though so it's not got me keen. Personal FPL stalwart Joshua King has parked himself at Watford for 1.0 cheaper.

I'm unsure about King. I look at Watford's forward list and there's hundreds of them.

[Don]

All complete shit though, King aside. Obviously will change still but...

https://i.ibb.co/r40h7xL/Screenshot-20210724-103819-Chrome.jpg

[niko_cee]

Grealish at £8m? No brainer or Pep Bingo Casualty?

[Waffdon]

Doubt any players who played in the semis of the Euros will play the first week or two. Could be wrong, but think most only started training in the last week so won’t even have played any friendlies.

[phonics]

Arsenal defenders seem far too cheap. Not falling for it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Arsenal defenders seem far too cheap. Not falling for it.

I am falling for it.

Do we think Ings and Watkins are both going to play for Villa? I can't find better value (good) forwards than them.

[Waffdon]

Think so but Watkins to play out wide. I’d imagine Ings would take the penalties. I’ve went for Iheanacho since Leicester have an easy start to the season and then Pukki and Toney as I’ve stacked the midfield

[Don]

https://i.ibb.co/vHnb0Hk/Screenshot-20210806-151158-Chrome.jpg

Latest iteration. Villa boys and Kane out. Rafa to turn DCL into a monster.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are you trying to finish last?

[Baz]

Can you fix the thread title to the right year?

[niko_cee]

Foden and De Bruyne "out for a while" [assuming not mindgames], Grealish on the bench for Sunday, makes him more appealing. Could be Mahrez's obligatory golden period as well.

[Manc]

What's the deadline for this and are we putting up a prize pot?

[Baz]

What's the deadline for this and are we putting up a prize pot?
Friday 13th at 6:30.

And too many people auto-enroll from being in the league historically (props to Andy for keeping it going so long) so can't expect people to pay after the fact. You could try a seperate paid league but I tried it last season (or maybe the year before) and not enough people were interested to bother with it.

[niko_cee]

Watching the Brighton horror show this evening has me doubting the widsom of my Sanchez GK strategy, even with their soft start.

[Waffdon]

Yeah, I’ve went Sanchez/Watford keeper and slightly regretting it. Team will change a few times again no doubt

[Baz]

Yeah, I’ve went Sanchez/Watford keeper and slightly regretting it. Team will change a few times again no doubtSame. Thinking of a set and forget 4.5+4.0 (likely Watford’s pair) and using the 0.5 elsewhere.

[niko_cee]

Tsimikas (or Beck) could be a bargain option now if Robertson is fucked.

[Don]

Fuck sake. Milner surely comes in. At least it allows me to bring in Jota.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, probably.

Just get Elliot in.

[niko_cee]

I'm going in on Tsmikas.

He's had a decent pre-season and it'll be a bit depressing (and a bit of a slap in the face) if 750 year James Milner gets the nod at leftback (I think there's a chance he starts in midfield anyway). It's fairly risk free at 4.0 as I'm not maxing out with better/more expensive Liverpool players.

[Don]

Yeah, the only sacrifice with the Greek is Jota but Bobby and Mane will be taking minutes from him so fuck him.

[Lofty]

Why would you not go with three strikers?

[Baz]

Andy Adam Armstrong is only 6.0. Is he gonna play? :eyemouth:

I currently have Adams but the extra 1.0 to spend elsewhere would be lovely.

[Andy]

Andy Adam Armstrong is only 6.0. Is he gonna play? :eyemouth:

I currently have Adams but the extra 1.0 to spend elsewhere would be lovely.

Yeah should play, wouldn't be surprised if we ease him in a bit. I'm waiting a few weeks and then getting him in.

[Baz]

Look at this: The results of asking fans of every PL club which of their clubs players are in their FPL teams (https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/p2nsff/the_results_of_asking_fans_of_every_pl_club_which/)

[niko_cee]

That's definitely interesting from a picking up bargains who might play perspective. My team is leaning heavily on United and Liverpool at the moment as they both look to have pretty easy starts, which concerns me.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Finally made my team last night.

I'm pretty happy with it so I can't wait until we fail to get 40 points this weekend.

[Waffdon]

Gibbs-White should start for Wolves and only 4.5m. Brought Livramento in for Amartey as going by Twitter the latter might play right mid

[niko_cee]

11.5m for Lukaku seems a bit spicy.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm wondering whether I need to clear the decks for him. Probably not, I'm thinking. In the surgeons, and Michail Antonio, we trust.

[Don]

Luke Shaw being the most popular player in the game has to be filed amongst the 'heads have gone' evidence. What the sweet fuck is that about? :D

[Don]

Head truly went last night and I'm currently sitting on an activated Bench Boost under the thinking that to have the extra 4 players be able to take advantage of a double GW is rare and fixtures and my GW1 team were naturally close enough to what my team now is to make it viable.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have one space in my starting XI and the candidates are an Arsenal defender or a Brentford defender. This could define the whole season.

[niko_cee]

White or Henry then?

I'm struggling to make sense of that Taz post.

[Baz]

Bench boosting when you don’t know who’s fit/nailed is madness. The kind of madness that separates you at the top. :cool:

I was gonna triple captain Havertz but after playing 120 minutes against Villarreal I think I’ll wait for a double game week Salah TC.

[Don]

One of my pay leagues is offering the £20 registration back for highest GW1 total (chips included) so that's also a small incentive even though some cunt will no doubt triple-captain Tsimikas and run away with it.

[niko_cee]

Sanchez, Steele

TAA, Digne, White, Tsimikas, Livramento

Barnes, Salah (c), Fernandes, Greenwood, Benrahma

Ings, Antonio, Forss

Is my current thinking.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I have this

Sanchez, Meslier
Alex Arnold, Chilwell, Targett, White, Henry
Salah (c), Soucek, Mahrez, Armstrong, Dallas
Ings, Antonio, Cavani

Couple in there I'm unsure about, mainly Cavani at the price, but we'll see.

[-james-]

Cavani is still sunning it up in Montevideo, I believe.

[-james-]

I just checked and it's twelve degrees in Montevideo but you get the idea.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I'd read Cavani is definitely out so Martial could be on to start up front for United.

[phonics]

My teams fucking atrocious.

[P_3]

Someone fell into the "Dallas got a lot of points last season = must be good" hole.

[niko_cee]

I dunno, I've seen plenty of chat about him still being a decent value choice in midfield. It was his goals/assists as much as the clean sheets that made him value last season.

Not sure I agree, mind. There are better options at or around that price.

[P_3]

Actually that is true. If you convert those defender clean sheets to midfielder clean sheets, he is on par with Traore, Grealish and Foden. All of whom cost more. Maybe Jimmy is on to something.

[niko_cee]

Considering going DCL over Antonio, although it means having to draft in a total no-hoper like Obafemi to free up funds.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I had Dallas all last season so I'm just remaining loyal absent of better options, though with this Cavani news we're probably looking at wholesale changes anyway.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I, like usual, will not be revealing my team until after the deadline as I don't want you fucks copying my amazing selections.

[Andy]

Sanchez - Steele
Shaw, VVD, White, Ait-Nouri and Tsmiskas
Salah, Bruno, Havertz, Sarr and Gilmour
Ings, Wilson and Antonio

Haven't moved it around for a few days now.

[Waffdon]

Sanchez - Steele
Keane, Livramento, Bertrand, Ait-Nouri, Tsmiskas
Salah, Bruno, Havertz, Son, Buendia
Ings, Toney, Perica

Changed the team for the 100th time to get 5 good midfielders

[Trancemeister]

Sanchez - Steele

TAA-Bertrand-Tsimikas-Veltman-Shaw

Salah-Bruno-Greenwood-Mahrez-Brownhill

Ings-Toney-Obafemi

0.5 left for the inevitable transfer of Tsimikas.

[phonics]

Sanchez - Foster

White-Dias-Wan-Bissaka-James-Coady

Son-Sancho-Saka-Martinelli-Havertz

Antonio-Toney-Calvert-Lewin

3.5m remaining.

[Baz]

3.5? madman

[Jimmy Floyd]

Antonio 'Toney' Calvert-Lewin, notorious Birkenhead drug kingpin.

[Baz]

I think I've settled on this:
https://i.imgur.com/Gf0t9sN.png

[P_3]

Starting with a 4-3-3 and moving to a 4-4-2 once West Ham start cracking under pressure from playing in Europe.

https://i.gyazo.com/632a8cf1f68fc3d0bbaf8e35c455f718.png

[Dave.]

That's almost the same squad as me, I have Raphinha instead of Benrahma and Coufal instead of Digne.

[phonics]

3.5? madman

Kane is a notoriously slow starter, Aubameyang is both out of form and injured, Lukaku confirmed not playing this week.

I have enough for TAA > Coady but shifting him out to get that money back requires so much work I’m not sure whether to risk it or not.

[phonics]

Final tip with an hour to go. It looks like Balogun (5.0) is going to start up top for Arsenal tonight.

[P_3]

All in on Brentford defence?!

[-james-]

https://i.imgur.com/gaHjy3n.png


Vamos

[niko_cee]

In the final tinkering death throes. The worst of times.

Greenwood has gone.

[niko_cee]

And now I read that Everton are having a covid outbreak after green-lighting two of their players.

:face:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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

Very happy with my squad.

[Baz]

What made you choose Lowton over Taylor?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He had more points last season.

He's also beaten Taylor's best points haul (of 84 in 19/20) four times.

They're both bargains tbh.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I had Smith-Rowe in my team for a bit before taking him out and I wish he hadn't.

I think he's going to be big this season.

[Trancemeister]

Toney robbed off an assist.

[Baz]

Should’ve been awarded to Chambers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

El Capitan :cool:

[Waffdon]

Havertz better not come off the bench

[Magic]

10 points from 5 players so far. :drool:

[Trancemeister]

No Veltman and no Bertrand :moop:


Bertrand positive for Covid

[Trancemeister]

Big mistake not taking one of Benramha/Antonio.

[Manc]

105 points. The only way is down.

[niko_cee]

Are first weeks typically high scoring? Obviously both Salah and Fernandes having good weeks makes this a bumper no-brainer week, but does the 4 weeks of fretting usually add up to good first weeks for most people?

My nearest rival from last years dads' league has gone with Sigurdsson, which I thought was a bold gambit.

[Waffdon]

First week is usually high scoring I think. Probably helps Salah always does well in the opening game.

Son, Fernandes and Salah all in my team and I didn’t captain any of them. Heh. 71 points, I’ll take it I guess. Should have been nearer 90

[Waffdon]

Who’s that in our league who used their bench boost and got 38 (more once bonus points) from it? :D

[P_3]

That's Taz/Don.

[Dave.]

100 points after bonuses for me. A great start.:thbup:

[Don]

That bench boost only got me 12 as my bench would have been Schmiechel, Digne, Lewis, Raphinha. I just stuck the West Ham boys in there for pretty patterns. Still, only a Bruno ACL/regression to the mean away from the promised land.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

78 for me.

I'd have been up to 89 if I made the right choices regarding subs.

[Andy]

106 points. Only Sanchez, Shaw and Havertz let me down. Easily my highest scoring first week.

Think ill stick with Havertz and see how he gets on against Arsenal, I think I'll need to get Son in for him pretty quickly though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I got 87 which is more than double what I normally get on the opening day. I still haven't mentally recovered from putting the farm on Ricky van Wolfswinkel that year.

[niko_cee]

Reckon this is my best start since Tekkers went mental against Arsenal and I'd [inexplicably] captained him, that must have been a few years ago now.

I guess last year must have been alright as well with Salah getting a hattrick but I have no real recollection if anyone else did anything of note.

[niko_cee]

What's the captaincy strategy this week then? Feel whichever of Salah or Fernandes I pick will do wank (Salah has a poor record against Burnley, Fernandes not so much against Southampton) so might go for someone like Ings and watch him flounder instead.

[Trancemeister]

Majority will go Salah so you're not losing out much by going with Salah.

[Trancemeister]

Bertrand & Veltman still out with Covid so I'm either forced to make a transfer or play Brownhill vs Liverpool. Fuck, not what I was planning my season to start with.

[Baz]

Captain Havertz to score four in Leno’s last game, hopefully.

[Lofty]

Lukaku surely?

[niko_cee]

I want to go Ings but Salah seems the banker choice that everyone else will go for so probably best to be onboard.

[-james-]

Grealish in for this week. Not immensely keen on it but comes in for Pulisic who I was tempted to leave on the bench and bank the transfer, to be used with the extra weekend's data.

City being at home to Norwich just about swings it. Pukki drops to the bench. Didn't he score a hat trick against them last time?

[niko_cee]

My recollection from their (3-2?) win at home was a set piece goal for some random, one for Buendia and maybe one for Pukki?

Think they got bunted at City.

[Baz]

Lukaku surely?If you can afford Lukaku you probably don’t have TAA, Bruno and Salah, and I know who’d I’d rather have for now. I don’t watch Serie A so in my mind Big Rom is a fat wasteman with First Touch 1 and is affectionately known as Pookaku.

[-james-]

Yeah you're right. One against City, three against Newcastle a month prior. 5-0 to City in the reverse.

[Lofty]

If you can afford Lukaku you probably don’t have TAA, Bruno and Salah, and I know who’d I’d rather have for now. I don’t watch Serie A so in my mind Big Rom is a fat wasteman with First Touch 1 and is affectionately known as Pookaku.

I have Fernandes and Son, got VVD which is probably an oversight when TAA is available. I dumped Grealish for Willock as I am buying the 'his Villa positives aren't City positives so it might take time for him to change his game' narrative against the 'Willock can break Shearer's consecutive goals record this weekend' narrative.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No transfers for me. Partly so I can have 2 next week, partly because I don't think my team needs changing at the moment.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I like the look of my team so I'm sure a 20 point week is inbound.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well Robertson seems to be back so the Tsimakis run seems to be ending next week.

[Baz]

Hopefully he goes to 4.2 first so we can get that 0.1 in the bank when we all get Livramento instead.

[Lofty]

I have Fernandes and Son, got VVD which is probably an oversight when TAA is available. I dumped Grealish for Willock as I am buying the 'his Villa positives aren't City positives so it might take time for him to change his game' narrative against the 'Willock can break Shearer's consecutive goals record this weekend' narrative.

:moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think it's time to say goodbye to Toney.

[Trancemeister]

Had two transfers in mind. Short term Duffy for Veltman or long term Pereira for Bertrand. Went long term :moop:

[Trancemeister]

Total nightmare for non Antonio/Benrahma owners.

[Baz]

Was playing around with my team earlier and accidentally saved it so have missed out on being able to sell Tsimikas for 0.1 profit tomorrow and it's genuinely messed up my entire team. :o

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I made my transfers today, I didn't realise I'd get 0.1 for Tsimakis tomorrow :(

[Waffdon]

If Zouma joins West Ham I’m tempted to captain him every home game. He’ll score about 6/7 times for them with Cresswell crossing it in

[Jimmy Floyd]

The thing pinged me just now as I tried to transfer a fourth Brighton player into the squad. Truly we live in heady times.

[niko_cee]

I see Barnes hasn't made it to 'Norwich week' without a price cut, sad. And all the £4m defenders have been bumped to 4.1 so the Tsimikas sale is less palatable to bank the extra 0.1m. Targett also being binned in favour of Young rather snuck up on me [thought his week 1 zero was due to goals conceded etc and only clocked it when he didn't get 6 points last week :moop:] so that's another irksome price drop to deal with.

Probably going to go with half the league in captaining Antonio this week, so sorry hammers fans.

Fell a bad week has to be coming after the first two.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah, captain Antonio is due a serious injury I think so why not today.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Toney is a prick :moop:

His replacement (Armstrong) did get an assist but that's really fucking annoying.

[niko_cee]

Was feeling pretty good about myself at about 6pm yesterday for drafting James in . . .

:moop:

All [Mik]Hail Captain Antonio though.

Bailed from Tsimikas to Brandon Williams to bank the 0.1 and maybe pick up a 4.0 sub who will get games.

[Don]

12.5 without even certainty of pens? Not for me, Clive.

[Baz]

I've taken -8 after wildcarding last week. :lol:

My season's basically over.

[P_3]

Getting CRonaldo in but after the Newcastle game. Like hell is he not on penalties.

[Don]

Panicked after a 0.1 increase in Gray and have now done both my transfers so it's a long wait for injury news now, not smart.

Eyes all-over Hwang FW at 5.5 :drool:

[Don]

Son and Wilson have destroyed my hopes and dreams. Brandon Williams starting for me as a result :sick:

Also eyeing up a Ronaldo-Kane rotation tactic if Son is out for an extended spell so some serious work to do in the transfer market ffs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I already made a change (Hwang in for Armstrong) so the Son injury has fucked me.

[Baz]

Anyone not captained Ronaldo?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can't even get him into my squad yet.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ings out for Edouard, watch him do absolutely nothing next week.

[P_3]

My league rival has captained Antonio. :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Took an 8 point hit :(

[Baz]

Captain Reece James let’s go

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ings out for Edouard, watch him do absolutely nothing next week.

:(

Hwang also did nothing too. Watch Captain Ronaldo (my third transfer of the GW) also do shit.

[Waffdon]

I used my Wildcard mainly because Son was injured and I thought he was out for a few weeks and meant I could have Lukaku/Ronaldo/ASM up top so it’s a bit annoying to see he’s back already.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I only took an 8 point hit because I thought Son (second sub, won't come on) was I injured.

What a fucking shit week.

[Andy]

I've gone bold this week. Ings, Torres and VVD out for Lukaku (c), Brownhill and Rudiger.

Wildcard into GW8 so happy to roll the dice a bit.

[-james-]

I've had a pretty stable start. Managed to dodge most of the injuries and have ended up with a lot of the players people are wildcarding for without having taken a hit. Probably getting a bit complacent though as this week I've transferred in Lamptey (& Cancelo) probably a month before he starts a game.

[Don]

Not on any premium strikers and have TAA and Bamford so this GW could be painful. Fixtures are tough for most though so praying for a low-scoring one.

[Trancemeister]

Ronaldo bench :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ronaldo bench :moop:

My captain :moop:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Romelu 11.7 with a run against a load of shite coming up and you lot have the geriatric Portuguese target man in at 12.7, for shame.

[Baz]

Romelu 11.7 with a run against a load of shite coming up and you lot have the geriatric Portuguese target man in at 12.7, for shame.

I have both. Captained Ronaldo though :moop:

[niko_cee]

Me putting Big Rom in my fantasy team seems to have exacerbated the effects of THE OPERATION even further.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hwang :cool:

[Don]

4 pts it cost me to transfer out Son for Mahrez ffs, fuck twitter rumours.

[-james-]

Wildcard deployed. Probably could have got away with holding on to it but the prospect of tripling up on Chelsea players was too enticing with who they've got in their next three games. The absence of Vardy/Son/Kane is perhaps bold but I'll aim to get one or two of them in at some point next month.

https://i.imgur.com/9N890lW.png

[Don]

Was tempted by Havertz for Mahrez but the useless German don't need to be stinking out my team. If Mahrez (or if he's benched; Toney) gets within 5 points of Havertz disaster averted.

[Andy]

I went for Armstrong to Toney.

Benched Saka and Lukaku.

[Dave.]

I did Semedo, Antonio and Benrahma out and TAA, Mbuemo and Toney in. Then Lukaku got injured. Classic rookie mistake from me. Still got a decent team and enough cover on the bench if Cancelo is rested and Rudiger doesn't start.

[Trancemeister]

Ofcourse went Havertz over Mount :moop:

[-james-]

Havertz. :happycry:

[Andy]

I have Mount, James and Livramento. Those 3 on there own matched last weeks score between them.

[Baz]

January wildcard can’t come soon enough.

[Andy]

120 points. Still only my second beat week of the season, that was a crazy high scoring gameweek.

I had Lukaku sat on my bench as well, shows how you can over think it sometimes by trying to squeeze as many expensive players into your 11.

[Baz]

Took a -4 hit to swap Mane and Grealish for Salah and Tielemans.

Probably my last transfer between now and wildcarding.

[Don]

The king has kinda made captaincy redundant. Hopefullyhe does his cruciates soon so we can get this show back on the road.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lowton as my second sub :(

[Baz]

Captain Reece James :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Raphinha first sub :(

[Serj]

Forward options are pretty shit this year, aren't they?

I've got Antonio - Toney - Armstrong at the moment and wondering whether I should bring someone else in, but all the options seem a bit underwhelming. I'm leaning towards Armstrong -> Hwang, but Southampton have got Norwich coming up in gameweek 12, which usually guarantees points. I'll probably wait and see if Armstrong is in the starting line-up against Villa.

[Baz]

Feels like I’ve no chance without Antonio, but the rest are interchangeable.

Lukaku better not get any more injuries.

100 points this week :jayjay: Only 16 off the highest. Had I triple captained James I’d have actually been top :eek:

[Andy]

I've still got Lukaku, thinking I'll move him to Hwang or Jiminez and then upgrade Saka to Son.

Antonio, Toney and Hwang. Very uninspiring. United have a good run soon as Ronaldo may come into our thinking again.

[Serj]

Benched Armstrong. Second spot too, so he's probably not coming on. :moop:

[Andy]

Livramento coming in with the points again. Norwich next.

I got Wilson in for Lukaku and benched him this week and also Chilwell in with my second free transfers. These Chelsea wing backs looks like scoring each week so worth getting them both while it lasts.

[Baz]

Captain Shane Duffy :yn:

Not sure he’ll match Reece James’ 2 goals last week but he should at least get a clean sheet.

[Andy]

Will he even play with Lamptey back?

[Trancemeister]

Fancied Chilwell over Cancelo, Well thats just typical.

[Baz]

Will he even play with Lamptey back?

Yeah, centre half.

[Don]

Sat here seething that Newcastle had ruined Sanchez and Cucurella's clean sheet haul :happycry:

[Andy]

Yeah, centre half.

I read a few reports that Veltman would move to right centre tre back and he'd be out out team. Defiantly a good pick if he's still in the side with everyone fit.

[niko_cee]

Foster on the Bench, Sanchez in goal. :face:

At least I managed to get Gallagher and Livramento on the pitch this week.

[Trancemeister]

Having Dennis on the bench all the time is really infuriating :moop:

[niko_cee]

Just the 23 points on the bench this week, and the 'keeper was suspended and all.

[niko_cee]

I think if Jesus stays on the bench I'll sneak Rudi back into the team.

Cue that bald twat bringing him on for a token 1 minute appearance.

[Baz]

Captain Alonso :nod:

[CJay]

Apologies to all the Reece James owners. Since signing him after his 53 points in 4 games, he’s scored 1 and missed another.

The game is a bit of a joke this season. Strikers are worthless, but there’s also very little consistent value in midfield - Salah has nearly twice as many points as any other midfielder. And I have no idea why Jota is listed as a midfielder.

[SvN]

Captain Alonso :nod:

I did that this week, and my otherwise good week is ruined by everyone else captaining Salah. Seething.

[niko_cee]

I also deviated from the Salah captain orthodoxy, like an idiot.

[Baz]

I did that this week, and my otherwise good week is ruined by everyone else captaining Salah. Seething.

Thankfully I switched back to Salah this week.

[SvN]

It's only the second time I've done it all season. The first time was against United. I don't learn.

[Baz]

January wildcard can’t come soon enough.
I’ll be activating it while the rest of the country’s still signing auld lang sine.

[-james-]

Worth holding on to it tbh. You'll be left in the dust when double game week season comes around otherwise.

[Don]

Filthy GW thank to Pep and Utd and Leicester postponements. Chelsea game better get called off too but it looks to be another disturbed season written off thanks to COVID.

[Baz]

Worth holding on to it tbh. You'll be left in the dust when double game week season comes around otherwise.
I’m already in the dusts dust.

[Mike]

I’m already in the dusts dust.

:lewis:

[-james-]

Up to 1500 in the world last week but I'll be lucky to keep that in four figures after sleeping through the deadline without making any transfers yesterday. :moop:

[Don]

I captained Benrahma thinking I was proper smart and the king of differentials. Got a load of part-time football fans now above me because they follow the fucking right accounts :sick:

[Andy]

Up to 1500 in the world last week but I'll be lucky to keep that in four figures after sleeping through the deadline without making any transfers yesterday. :moop:

What a ball ache, at least you'll have two transfers next week for the big double gameweek.

[-james-]

What a ball ache, at least you'll have to transfers next week for the big double gameweek.

I already had two transfers for this game week, and I think I'm going to have to free hit for next week after which I'll be back to 1 transfer for the week after.

Won't quite cancel out but I did have a tasty bit of luck on the Boxing Day games when the site crashed as I was changing my captain, leaving me with Sterling (26 points) rather than Ronaldo (4 points).

[Andy]

I already had two transfers for this game week, and I think I'm going to have to free hit for next week after which I'll be back to 1 transfer for the week after.

Won't quite cancel out but I did have a tasty bit of luck on the Boxing Day games when the site crashed as I was changing my captain, leaving me with Sterling (26 points) rather than Ronaldo (4 points).

I think I can get away without FH next week. I'll have one free transfer and could potentially have 13 double gameweek players. I might even bench boost if the covid uncertainty has died down a bit.

[Baz]

I’ll be activating it while the rest of the country’s still signing auld lang sine.

And it's done. :alan:

[CJay]

What a ball ache, at least you'll have two transfers next week for the big double gameweek.

What’s that now? This current gameweek extends for ages until West Ham play again. Are there extra fixtures happening between GW 22 and 23?

[niko_cee]

Could have sworn there was a double gameweek the week after this one, but it seems to have now lapsed into this one. Did I just imagine that?

This season has gone to shit since covid started wrecking the fixture list.

[Baz]

Captain Dennis :happycry:

[niko_cee]

Captain Dennis :happycry:

:D

Same.

[Don]

Foster for Bachmann as my solitary transfer. End this misery ffs.

[-james-]

Sold Sterling this week lol

[Andy]

Managed some very jammy Keane points off the bench this week.

[Baz]

https://i.imgur.com/Cnf2Clo.png

:drool:

[Andy]

No triple captain for Salah?

[Baz]

No triple captain for Salah?

Used it this week on Ronaldo like a mug.

Plus I've done freehit and can only use 1 chip at a time.

[Don]

TC'd TAA. Salah may have some mins stolen off him now.

[-james-]

-20 for me this week. TC on Salah.

[Baz]

TC'd TAA. Salah may have some mins stolen off him now.

I’ve switched to captain TAA in the hope of some DIFFERENTIAL gains.

[Trancemeister]

-12 TC Salah, FH 27 then WC 28.

[niko_cee]

All this triple captaining has Salah injured in the warm-ups/going on strike over his new contract written all over it.

[niko_cee]

I’ve switched to captain TAA in the hope of some DIFFERENTIAL gains.

:harold:

[Baz]

:facepalm:

[Don]

The curses I've cooked up this season. Magical.

[niko_cee]

Edouard getting one minute at the end there really takes the piss. 6 players totaled 6 points for me. :face:

Gallagher and Livramento chilling with 24 on the bench.

Thank god for Salah, although that's just a treading water thing.

[Baz]

Captain Trent, what was I thinking.

[Baz]

-james- has smashed it this week. 145 with 4 to play, sitting pretty at the top and Andy in second has nobody left to play. :clap:

[niko_cee]

Looks like there are a few serious double gameweeks on the horizon again but I have no idea how to use my chips to take advantage - free hit [do we still have two of those if not used any yet?] then wildcard then bench boost?

[CJay]

Putting your triple captain on a defender makes no sense to me. Far too easy for a mistake or incident outside their control to ruin their main source of points. Plus the fact that the greatest goalscorer in the league was playing against cannon fodder.

I've got 148 with Ramsdale, White, Coady, and Smith Rowe still to play. Going to free hit this weekend as I'm stacked on Liverpool and Arsenal, then wildcard probably, then try and style out the bench boost on a random double gameweek if I can.

[niko_cee]

The whole game feels like it needs a major rebalancing. Salah specifically, and Liverpool more generally have broken it. Top 'keeper, 3 of the top 4 defenders, 3 of the top 5 midfielders, forwards are a complete waste of time . . .

[Andy]

-james- has smashed it this week. 145 with 4 to play, sitting pretty at the top and Andy in second has nobody left to play. :clap:

I have Ramsdale left to play. Also James took a -20 compared to my -8 so shouldn't be too far off his ganrweek score. I don't think I'll catch him though 40 points difference is probably too much to make up.

[Andy]

Looks like there are a few serious double gameweeks on the horizon again but I have no idea how to use my chips to take advantage - free hit [do we still have two of those if not used any yet?] then wildcard then bench boost?

My plan is to wildcard going into 28 to prepare for the two doubles in 28 and 29. There's going to be a big blank week in 30 (free hit) and then a big double in 36 (bench boost) caused by FA cup postponements.

[Trancemeister]

Last change to team was benching Schar for Broja :moop:

[niko_cee]

I went big on the Wolves defence. :D/:face:

[Don]

Digne captaincy for the differentials, transferring out Zaha and going for Wood over Toney. Light work.

[Trancemeister]

Saka on the bench too :moop: What a fucking bench boost this would've been.

[Trancemeister]

Probably the best bench I'v ever had. 10, 10 & 12 points. Struck gold one week to early as I'm planning BB next GW.

[-james-]

Apparently anyone who selected Russia as their country when registering has had their team deleted. :happycry:

[niko_cee]

Of course I have Coady buried deep on my bench.

[Baz]

Gameweek 30 is a write-off.

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

[niko_cee]

Second time I've had a player sent off in the first game of a double gameweek.

[-james-]

Three points so far from my three Burnley and Everton players. Midweek game better be a 5-5 with a Ben Godfrey hat trick.

[Don]

The lesson of this season is just avoid thinking of shit teams' double GWs as some sort of advantage. 10 Burnley games in 1 GW wouldn't be worth my trust in Cornet and Weghorst.

[-james-]

Nonsense.

[niko_cee]

Really glad I spent points on getting Kane in for his 1 assist in 5 fucking Spurs goals.

[niko_cee]

Another 4 goals for Spurs, and none for Harry [I know he has some assists]. :happycry:

Of course I'm up against someone who has captained Son as well.

[Baz]

Really glad I spent points on getting Kane in for his 1 assist in 5 fucking Spurs goals.Similarly, Jesus got 0. Only just scraped over 60 minutes with 62 too. :nono:

[niko_cee]

Managed to have Vardy, Richarlison and Maddison in my team last week, but chose to captain Danny 'always scores against Burnley' Ings. :face:

42 points to make up in my mini-league now to win a free dinner. Think it's too much.

[-james-]

I'm 18 behind top spot in mine. Would have been 8 if Mount had played a single minute over the last two games to stop my competition getting Mateta off the bench. :moop:

[Waffdon]

I nearly pumped James out the cup after making a transfer for the first time since last year. (It was only to piss my mate off as he was boasting about a free route to the semis).

93-92 I think it was lolz

[Baz]

My mini league is always a battle for 1-2 between the same two people, and then an actual battle for the remaining 10 or so, to come 3rd.

I am currently in third after some recent heroics. :flex:

For reference I’m 164 behind 2nd and never been in with a chance of cracking the top 2, as has been the case for the past 2 seasons. :cab: (28 points ahead of 4th)

Kind of like real life, really.

Captain Reece James this week. Clean sheet and hattrick please.

[niko_cee]

That's a bandwagon I can get aboard for some differential action. Not sure that's the best plan for holding a lead though.

Son/Kane feels the obvious go to captain, but whenever I do that it's always a massive letdown [conversely if I don't Kane will get 4].

[niko_cee]

Kane now 'unwell' after I've drafted him in.

He's bound to end up having covid.

[Waffdon]

They have a good positioning outbreak apparently

[Jimmy Floyd]

Spaghetti alla vongole this time?

[niko_cee]

They have a good positioning outbreak apparently

This is such a good auto correct typo.