Niko doing the work of a hero there. How I've ended up with a respectable score without DCL, Son, Mitro and Kane only lord knows.
Niko doing the work of a hero there. How I've ended up with a respectable score without DCL, Son, Mitro and Kane only lord knows.
Leicester have so many players who are indistinguishable from a distance. Praet, Castagne, Vardy, Barnes, Albrighton all look like the same guy.
Think Castagne's going to be a must pick. Seems to have a lot of involvement.
Oh I'm in the wrong thread. Barnes is the one I've got, his shot volume is stuff.
If their Turkish Salah regen starts Castagne's overlaps will mean nothing (*he hopes*).
I've taken a 4 point hit.
Gabriel and Havertz (Lamps is determined to kill him) out Castagne and Hamez in.
Having had an absolute shocker last week, I've spent 4 points bringing in Richarlison and Son for Wilson and Fernandes.
Not sure on captain between Son, Havertz and maybe Trent. The former feels like after the horse has bolted, but still. Havertz is going to be immense and is going nowhere.
Too many good forward options at the moment. I have Werner, DCL and Adams who I'm happy with, but Jimenez and Jesus are banging in double digits between them over the next fortnight. I suppose Adams will have to go.
Starting to regret choosing Watkins over Mitrovic but will stick with it for now.
The sooner we see Brewster holding up a stripy shirt with a big 24 on it, the better.
I'm a twit
I’ll give Watkins another week to see how he fares. Might regret going with the midfielders route and abandoning my forwards but I still have faith.
When’s the Manchester clubs playing their game in hand?
Aguero & Jesus out. I guess that means Sterling as striker. Is he good playing there?
Wildcard team
Martinez
Saiss
TAA
James
Sterling (C)
KDB
Podence
Barnes
Werner
Jimenez
DCL
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Steer
Burke
Lamptey
Mitchell
Had my finger hovering over the confirm Jesus transfer button the other night, what a let off. Abraham is going to start and score today but I'm not sure it's worth it for a one week punt.
Some last minute rumours that Podence is injured.
I'd love to have Foden, but you just can't trust Baldy roulette. I've WCed this week and he was in most of my drafts, but in the end, I left him out. Probably score 4 today now.
Foden has such a high upside, I think I'll try and find a 4.5 defender who rotates will with him so I've always got an option if Pep roulette strikes.
That's a wildcard decision anyway which is hopefully a few week away.
Turns out I forgot to change my captain after making some transfers, as such Hamez needs a big game.
I am seriously tempted to WC to a team full of penalty takers.
16 pens so far.
I need Werner to put on a show
Ofcourse Southampton keep a clean sheet when I get rid of McCarthy + KWP.
This has been grim other than last week so far
I've ridded myself of Werner and got good old Jiménez in for next week, ahead of his price rise tonight. I've got 5 odd million sitting in the bank and it's really not a transfer I had to make, but honestly my squad is so fucking good at the moment that I might as well. Triple Wolves for their next four fixtures.
This thought also occurred to me today.
And I wonder will the trend of few clean sheets continue. Where’s the value in defenders at the minute? KWP and Lamptey?
I’m trying to make decisions based on fixture difficulty this year, so Saiss is in this weekend. Might add another Wolves player next week.
Meslier is getting 3 bonus points too.
The trick with the bench is to have no one who can possibly get a game on it. Ok, you might lose the odd point or two when someone is out, but you save yourself an entire season of seething as your bench outscores your team.
Kicking myself for not focusing enough on penalty takers with my wildcard.
Always want to put Mahrez in but can never bring myself to do it. Was majorly spooked that he hadn't featured at all in the first gameweek when I was thinking about drafting him in this week.
Another penalty. Might use my free hit next week to try it
Could very well be the worst gameweek after a wildcard ever
Some mug is going to have triple captained Vardy away to City undoubtedly.
Let's not pretend we couldn't see a Vardy raping on the cards. (I see it was penalty induced though. I've missed it all this weekend so will return with a 2,000 word post at some stage tonight once I've caught up.)
Podence
Son
Misery for thy neighbour
-4 for Werner & Sterling out for Vardy & Fernandes?
Jump on the penalty bandwagon.
-4 when Werner & Sterling have Crystal Palace and Leeds next weekend seems a bit knee jerk.
There's price fluctuations to be had advantage of there but Werner already down so yeah, you should just sit and think about why tf you thought having that lesbian was going to pay off (I expect Sterling will pop soon tbf).
Werner is going to come good. Captaining Son this week was a great choice but I've somehow washed out above average gameweek score with Trent and Pierre-Emerick still to play.
If we get penalties I think Havertz is likely to take them, assuming we aren't foolish enough to have Jorginho on the pitch. That said, Frank has probably had his toy boy Mason Mount locked in a penalty taking lab all summer.
How good is Brewster? If he starts I might get him and play him every week.
The only reason not to have him would be if you're a white supremacist and even then, he has white facial features so...
I could do with a wildcard after this week as my bench of four + one of my strikers being switched to Brewster needs to happen. I usually show such good restraint in saving it but may just take the leap, espesh if they all come back COVID-ridden from international break.
Solanke 2.0 I reckon.
Sheff Utd fixtures are filth, I can hold out at a possible hit of 0.1 and hope James is right [although I can't see it, his finishing is laser-guided].
Who should I captain this week? My first XI:
McCarthy; TAA, Tierney, Justin, Shaw; Salah, Rashford, Sterling, Foden; Mitrovic, Vardy
Tough one cos they’ve got Fulham next week (goals!) and then they’ve Liverpool, City, Chelsea up to in like GW8 but after that it’s smooth sailing.
I’ve had him since GW2 anyway. C’mon lad!
Edit: out of the way, Martin.
I'm a twit
Jota straight in with Mané being diseased?
Forgot to change my captain so let's hope for a big game from Klich.
Oh and I took another -4 hit. Out went Hamez and Watkins for Klich and Ings.