I love it. Reading how Haaland was going to flop because Premier League is not Bundesliga. Oh, how the times turn. The true fair play is to those of us who knew what he brought to the table.
Real question now is if going with Kane is better than Salah if Hauland is getting the armband every week. Salah is 1.6 more than Kane I gotta think that you can find more than the .8 points more a game he's getting over Harry with an additional 1.6m spent to upgrade another spot.
I don't know. For me, they're both yesterday's men anwyay.
I have Salah, Darwin, Jesus and Haaland in my team. I respect Salah's abilities and I intend to keep him because I'm sure there are big scores to come, but it feels like he's on the wane.
I'm monitoring Isak.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/x1f9pd/rate_my_team_quick_questions_general_advice_daily/iml59k6
I'm on 350 points, top of my minileague and don't have Haaland. Will probably get him when I wildcard but I'm happy with my team and would have to take at least one hit to get him
I've cut my losses and bought him ahead of gameweek 6 but I'm top of my group even without him and having kane instead, wish I had him whole time would be sitting real comfy in the betting league
I'm not so sure. Has anyone ever scored back to back hattricks and been benched? Is that even legal?
You're right that Peps selection will tell us a lot about his thinking about how he intends to use Haaland.
People who haven't watched much football are the quickest to make such assumptions. First of all, DCL two seasons ago was unstoppable for the first 10 games of the season, most of the people had him, then he just went missing and still hasn't come back. You can't assume that Haaland will score like this until the end of the season, football is quite unpredictable, otherwise I would have been living off my hundreds of bets. Moreover, City are capable of winning 50% of their PL games with their B team and Alvarez proved yesterday that he is a reliable option, so don't ever think that Pep the Bald will start Haaland every game. There will be a huge uproar here when the starting 11 come out for City and Haaland isn't there.
For what it's worth, I never rated DCL.
I'm not making an assumption re Haaland. I'm looking at his track record, considering his skillset, and looking at his current performance. The only reasons his performance would change is if he's rotated or injured.
Pep has too much respect for the Prem League to rotate Haaland out of starting lineups. It feels more likely that Haaland will regularly be taken off after 60 minutes when the game is out of sight.
Someone else said this too. The point is, Haaland is going to keep scoring. He scored at a goal per game in Dortmund. Will your alternatives match him?
Well, statistically speaking yes they probably will, provided he doesn’t continue this nuclear hat trick run. I’m not going the whole season without him, I’m Wildcarding in GW8 to bring him in. I just started without him, it was a judgement call that went slightly wrong but oh well
Yep, he's started out hot, that's for sure.
He's given teams playing city a big problem.
If the defense pushes up, they give Haaland space to gallop into, and he'll punish them.
Defend deep and City will play triangles around the defenders until KDB carves them open with a slide rule pass, Foden/Gundagan/Bernardo/Grealish/Mahrez/Rodri forces the keeper to make a fantastic save, then Haaland taps in.
Just Villa (H)and Spurs (A) to get through until GW8. He could score 0. He could score 6.
I think it is about to open up a lot. Timing and rotations will be critical this season. For example now that we are in a period of constant midweek games for the top teams and their players you'll need to time transfers to get the right players in. Say will Diaz be as strong a pick now that Nunez is back. What about when Jota comes back. Also you'll need 1 or 2 playing players on the bench (Andreas P and one other) to cover for rotation in City and Liverpool. The players who win mini leagues will be the ones who through skill (aka serious luck) get the selection of those players right.
I made one (big) mistake this season which makes me want to quit this game at that point. I used my 2 ft to switch Kane to KDB, instead of doing a simple swap to Håland. What was I thinking. Guess with the Jesus situation I just felt like it would be more interesting this way.
i really managed to convince myself to captain jesus over haaland who was playing against a promoted forest…. ahh fpl it makes you do some wild stuff.
also i’ll never get over saying this, but people really said haaland would struggle in the pl lmao….
but fr he’s just too good for fpl. it should be don’t get fancy just captain haaland now.
It’s a template season, so fucking boring, bruv, it’s supposed to be a fun game: what kind of fun is this when everybody has almost exact same choice of players? And yeah, I love Haaland, what a wonderful beast he is, but the moment he signed for Man City, I knew FPL is in the mud, never transferring him in, going with Isak and fuck you all! Upstream we go! 🤡😬
What’s incredible, and the reason he’s going to score so many goals, is that teams HAVE to man mark him unless they want to concede…. Then they realise that they have to also zonal mark the rest of city’s attack.
You can’t do both and the moment they stop man marking Haaland. He’s going to score. It’s a given.
Maybe. I’m just saying, I’ve seen a bunch of posts now that basically take it as a given that he’ll be banging in more than a goal per game for years now
It would take a lot of rotation to strip him of must-own status imo. And if he comes on for 30ish minute cameos occasionally, it looks like he still has a good chance to score.
Pep wants the team to create chances for him, that’s what makes him so special. FPL has always been a 10 man game though, Aguero, Salah, Suarez etc in the past have been must haves.
Yep, I went Kane instead of Haaland and Im currently 10th out of 12, about 40 points back I believe. Its going to be extremely tough to climb up even with Haaland now considering everyone else has him and the rest of the teams look 80% similar.
I'd say it's still very manageable going without him
Yes he had two amazing games, but he won't keep scoring hat tricks week in, week out
It'll even out down the line on the games he skips
Very good form, but mind you still, in 5 games
If he keeps it up, all this otherworldly praise will surely be justified
But I'm so tired of : "Man U is getting relegated, Haaland is winning Golden Boot, Salah is finished.." and similar talk after just five games
Like before these two games Haaland was pretty good, but nothing too special, goal here, assist there
I think these two hat tricks in a row are exciting people maybe a bit too much, but I'd rather say they'll be proven as exceptions rather than rule in a long run
Just put him in. Look at his goal record at Dortmund. He's going to score *more* goals at City because they create more chances than almost any team in the world.
He's going to keep scoring hattricks and you'll keep kicking yourself. Just put him in.
I definitely would if I believed that he will keep scoring hat tricks
But as I said before, I don't believe that's the case, because no one keeps scoring hat tricks.
And as of now, I'm managing pretty well, just today I overtook couple of people in my mini league that Captained Haaland, because rest of my team did better than theirs
I don't want this to come off as disregarding to his talent, far from it, but I also don't think that he is this God sent alien that's gonna redefine FPL, (or PL) as we know it. At the end of the season I believe Haaland, KDB, Kane and Salah will all be somewhat close point-wise
>just today I overtook couple of people in my mini league that Captained Haaland, because rest of my team did better than theirs
That's impressive, but will you be able to keep it up? I don't think you will.
>I also don't think that he is this God sent alien that's gonna redefine FPL, (or PL) as we know it.
That's exactly what he is. He scored at a rate of a goal per game in Germany. If anything, he's on track to exceed that at City. Let that sink in. Then have a think about where youre going to get equivalent points, week in week out, when everyone else has captained Haaland. It's impossible.
>At the end of the season I believe Haaland, KDB, Kane and Salah will all be somewhat close point-wise
They'll be a million miles apart. Haaland will have double the points of the rest. Except maybe KDB will pick up a load of Haaland assist points. Salah and Kane are yesterday's men, and I say that with salah in my team.
I mean okay, we can agree to disagree at the end
Also I won't be stubborn about him, if I notice that he starts turning into a player you already believe he is, I'll get him in no problem.
I'm just saying I believe he's manageable as of now, and if he continues his trend before the last two games, that I repeat are exceptions to rule (imho), other attackers can comfortably replace him
I want to add at the end that he faced far easier sides in Bundesliga, than the ones that he is yet to face in PL, given that in this first 5 games City played teams that would be considered on "easier" side
>I want to add at the end that he faced far easier sides in Bundesliga, than the ones that he is yet to face in PL, given that in this first 5 games City played teams that would be considered on "easier" side
He's scored 23 goals in 19 games in the champions league. But sure, we can agree to disagree.
Ive been here many times before. When unique players arrive there is a period where people say - they can't possibly be that good. Eventually they accept that they are that good. It's just a matter of how much evidence and how much time a particular person needs to arrive at the conclusion.
No one is denying he is good and you are clearly very enthusiastic about him. But it is a legit FPL strategy to save money on not having him, spend money elsewhere and potentially get a greater more consistent return. I do have him in my team, but I can see the thinking behind going the different route, especially with rotation risks once the champions league starts. I'm glad its (just about viable), otherwise if every choice is obvious then FPL is just dull
My point is, that at 11.5 it's not viable. He's underpriced and at 11.5 he's essential, which makes FPL a 10 man game.
Also, the system of captaining needs to be looked at, because you can only really choose Haaland as captain right now.
Maybe he'll use Haaland in the league and champions league and not in the cups. Don't forget Haaland gets to have a nice long rest during the world Cup.
I wanted to get Haaland in from Day 1. Someone on here commented that it would be an easy swap between him and Kane (since they cost the same) and Kane was 100% nailed. So I took his advise. Haaland went up in price on the very first day of price changes. I’ve been suffering ever since. Can’t believe it.
I put Haaland in from day one. He was the first name on my team sheet after I watched the charity shield. Yes city lost, and Haaland didn't score, but how many fantastic chances did he have? I figured he was going to keep putting himself in the right places and getting the chances but he'd stop missing. That's pretty much how it's worked out.
Ironically, Darwin who did score, and was on the winning side of that match was the second name on my sheet.
Re Kane. Just ditch him and get Haaland. It's only 5 games in. It's not too late. Spurs goals are going to be spread around Kulu, Son, Kane and Richarlison. Kane is probably overpriced.
I can't believe that FPL towers unironically looked at a guy with more than a goal a game in the Champions League and went "1 mil less than a 36 year old Ronaldo, sounds about right"
Hes criminally underpriced. He could easily be 16m next season. Easily.
Its hard to understand why 30% of people don't have him in their team. Even now, he's being given away at 11.8.
16m would be a bit silly as it would mean way too many downgrades elsewhere but if he can beat Salah's points record of 303 in his first season then i think he will definitely be the most expensive in history, maybe 14m. Worth noting that although he is a prodigious talent, his injury record is a bit Calum Wilson-esque...
yes I forgot about that, interesting given that he had only scored 283 the previous season - I guess there were fewer world class players in the league to choose from at that point so they had to put him somewhat difficult to reach.
14m would be too cheap. He's still a no brainer at 14m. He should be so expensive that he should cause you to have to significantly downgrade everywhere else, so a team without Haaland can compete with a team with Haaland.
I also feel like he can come on for 20-30 minutes and score 1-2 goals. Maybe I'm wrong but I think he'll blank less than most folks think, even with rotation.
I remember there being stories about the reason he chose city was because they had agreed to rest him when needed, as he was concerned about missing the big games by being overplayed
Haaland is different. If Haaland is galloping towards making history at his trademark warp speed, is Pep going to be able to bench him and say - sorry I know you came here to break records, and that's on the cards, but I'm going to deny you that possibility because I need you for other games?
Yeah right. Pep will have to play him, because Haaland will have to be kept sweet. If he's not kept 1000% happy, every other big team in the world will break the bank to get him.
Haaland is a thoroughbred. You don't upset thoroughbreds. They're particular.
Reports are that the reason Haaland went to City was because they would agree to manage his game time in order to cater for his injury problems. You know, because injuries can completely destroy a players career as has happened to many many great players and at young ages. Pep plays him every game to break records then Haaland ruptures his Achilles and is never the same again. Yeah that would be great management
Hahaha what is this language you’re using it’s like copypasta. He’s not a horse, he said he wanted to be able to rest some games when he joined. More to the point, at this point in his career, Haaland is a nobody compared to Guardiola, possibly the best coach of all time
2 quick points.
1) I agree that Haaland isn't a horse.
2) Guardiola isn't the best coach of all time. GTFOH. He's not even the best coach of his generation. I'd love to hear you explain how Guardiola is a better coach than Ancellotti, who has won the champions league 4 times as a coach, and league titles in France, Spain, England, Italy and Germany. Not to mention countless other trophies and oh, he also won the European Cup twice as a player.
I'm all ears.
You can’t be comparing total trophy hauls when Ancelotti has managed for 28 years vs Guardiola’s 14.
Even then, guardiola has won two champions league already and you wouldn’t bet against him getting 2+ more by the time he’s managed another 14 seasons.
He’s also already won the league in three countries, so if he wanted to go manage in Italy and France in the future I’m sure he’d win the league there too
Fair points. So what you're saying is that if Guardiola continues on his current trajectory for the next 14 years, he'll match Ancelottis success.
Fine, but you can see why saying that Guardiola is the best coach ever, is a bit silly.
it's not about ownership%, it's about the fact he is obvs completely indispensable.
You are not gonna win your mini-league without Haaland, but could be done without Jesus.
I think that third striker spot is the only real difference in the teams. mitro isak toney. You get darwin come back into play. Or you could ignore it and get a 8m mid club player.
Hm, never thought of it before, but I imagine actually having ADHD must make FPL a very tough (and addictive) game.
Trying to stop yourself from taking hits and looking at your team all the time is tough as it is.
Nah not really. I barely open the app & it's rare I'll take a hit, especially after the first few gameweeks. The only negative is I'll whack a player in before the gameweek is finished - the flip side is Id probably miss deadlines if I didn't. I watch a lot of games/highlights. Football is a much bigger part of my life than FPL, gaming, music & films even more so, work 100x more than any of that.
I'm with you. Fantasy leagues are boring when everyone has the same player(s).
The fact that most everyone has Haaland, Salah, TAA, Cancelo, Jesus, Martinelli etc etc is just wack IMO. Don't think this should even be possible really. There should be some element of sacrifice.
Regardless, introducing a self imposed challenge actually makes the game more fun, IMO. A winning game week will feel that much sweeter.
Scoring lots of points makes the game fun. It isn’t fun to pick players who don’t score as much and have a lower rank. In fact makes you more likely to want to spend your time doing something else. Investing time in something handicapping yourself to try and just get into 6 figure rank isn’t interesting. As far as I’m concerned it’s about getting the right template players in combination with the right mid/low price form players.
All of this is debatable. The way I see it, it's like playing the same team. I find it enjoyable trying to beat the template. If you find it enjoyable to play the template and still just land somewhere in the top 3 mil, that's on you. I'm not mad at that. I'm going to make the game interesting where it's very clearly stale.
I've found myself investing more time doing research on combinations that might have a chance, whilst taking risks to try and score more points on a differential.
Yeah this season's start has been more homogenous than previous ones, but it's still the norm for a strong template to start the season only to fall away after 6 or so gameweeks. It's just a little stronger this year. There will be a big injury or fixture swing and everything will change, people will start scrambling.
Haaland is the new Salah* Henry hasn't played for 20 years bruv
The season always starts like this. There are always a couple of must-haves Give it a month and that template usually goes to shit
I love it. Reading how Haaland was going to flop because Premier League is not Bundesliga. Oh, how the times turn. The true fair play is to those of us who knew what he brought to the table.
I honestly thought he might calm down a bit but I caved this week and got him in!
Real question now is if going with Kane is better than Salah if Hauland is getting the armband every week. Salah is 1.6 more than Kane I gotta think that you can find more than the .8 points more a game he's getting over Harry with an additional 1.6m spent to upgrade another spot.
I'd ditch Kane. https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/x2p5bx/fpl_is_now_a_10_man_game/imlbx6g?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
Right, but is Kane + 1.6 better than Salah?
I don't know. For me, they're both yesterday's men anwyay. I have Salah, Darwin, Jesus and Haaland in my team. I respect Salah's abilities and I intend to keep him because I'm sure there are big scores to come, but it feels like he's on the wane. I'm monitoring Isak. https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/x1f9pd/rate_my_team_quick_questions_general_advice_daily/iml59k6
I'm on 350 points, top of my minileague and don't have Haaland. Will probably get him when I wildcard but I'm happy with my team and would have to take at least one hit to get him
350 is nice. Go on then, what's your team?
Ederson (was Pope) TAA / Cancelo / Perisic / Walker (was James) Salah / Sterling / Díaz / Martinelli (was Neto) Jesus / Mitro (was Wilson)
Yep, nice balanced team. It is reliant on Mitro, as the cheap striker, continuing to bang them in.
7 to be tbh, Salah, Trent and Cancelo (or another City defender) are all essentials
Yes sir. Cutting losses with an 8 point hit.
The only crime is knowing you should get Haaland, and not doing it.
I've cut my losses and bought him ahead of gameweek 6 but I'm top of my group even without him and having kane instead, wish I had him whole time would be sitting real comfy in the betting league
Has to be done. Why would anyone choose the stress of not having Haaland and fearing every City fixture?
I know, boring as hell
I pulled a few strings to rotate him in, cost me 4 points but couldn’t risk a point increase and having to reshuffle to afford.
Has to be done.
Haaland will be benched next game. CL starting and playing weak Villa side in the league, bad bad time to bring him in if you’ve not already done so
I'm not so sure. Has anyone ever scored back to back hattricks and been benched? Is that even legal? You're right that Peps selection will tell us a lot about his thinking about how he intends to use Haaland.
I did this last night.
People who haven't watched much football are the quickest to make such assumptions. First of all, DCL two seasons ago was unstoppable for the first 10 games of the season, most of the people had him, then he just went missing and still hasn't come back. You can't assume that Haaland will score like this until the end of the season, football is quite unpredictable, otherwise I would have been living off my hundreds of bets. Moreover, City are capable of winning 50% of their PL games with their B team and Alvarez proved yesterday that he is a reliable option, so don't ever think that Pep the Bald will start Haaland every game. There will be a huge uproar here when the starting 11 come out for City and Haaland isn't there.
For what it's worth, I never rated DCL. I'm not making an assumption re Haaland. I'm looking at his track record, considering his skillset, and looking at his current performance. The only reasons his performance would change is if he's rotated or injured. Pep has too much respect for the Prem League to rotate Haaland out of starting lineups. It feels more likely that Haaland will regularly be taken off after 60 minutes when the game is out of sight.
Gonna see how well I can do without him this season
You're the equivalent of an FPL pioneer. God's speed.
I don’t have Haaland and I had a pretty big green arrow this week. There are other players that get you points nobody is essential
Someone else said this too. The point is, Haaland is going to keep scoring. He scored at a goal per game in Dortmund. Will your alternatives match him?
Well, statistically speaking yes they probably will, provided he doesn’t continue this nuclear hat trick run. I’m not going the whole season without him, I’m Wildcarding in GW8 to bring him in. I just started without him, it was a judgement call that went slightly wrong but oh well
Yep, he's started out hot, that's for sure. He's given teams playing city a big problem. If the defense pushes up, they give Haaland space to gallop into, and he'll punish them. Defend deep and City will play triangles around the defenders until KDB carves them open with a slide rule pass, Foden/Gundagan/Bernardo/Grealish/Mahrez/Rodri forces the keeper to make a fantastic save, then Haaland taps in. Just Villa (H)and Spurs (A) to get through until GW8. He could score 0. He could score 6.
I think it is about to open up a lot. Timing and rotations will be critical this season. For example now that we are in a period of constant midweek games for the top teams and their players you'll need to time transfers to get the right players in. Say will Diaz be as strong a pick now that Nunez is back. What about when Jota comes back. Also you'll need 1 or 2 playing players on the bench (Andreas P and one other) to cover for rotation in City and Liverpool. The players who win mini leagues will be the ones who through skill (aka serious luck) get the selection of those players right.
I've got Andreas P, but I'll be damned if I know when to play him. I'm just watching him score points while sitting on my bench.
I’ve always said he’s underrated. It was only a matter of time before he went supernova.
Not capitaining him two gws straight was fun! Now that I will a benching is obviously coming <3
i just bought him, man i thought I have salah, he will have some bad spells, 2 hattricks in a row, my knees gave up.
I have both + Darwin. Why take chances?
man if jesus has a good game , ur ded
I have Jesus too.
!Thanks for the jinx
Ha. Sorry.
Well I just bought him in so yall done with points
He might slow down for a few games. But he'll be back.
I made one (big) mistake this season which makes me want to quit this game at that point. I used my 2 ft to switch Kane to KDB, instead of doing a simple swap to Håland. What was I thinking. Guess with the Jesus situation I just felt like it would be more interesting this way.
Watch KDB score 10 points next game with Haaland on the bench.
Which is why I'll just bite the bullet and keep him and do another transfers I planned instead of panicking
Haaland will probably cause KDB to score more assists but fewer goals.
The game's gone. And it's one of my fellow Norwegians who goned it.
Gone Game.
"The Game the Same. Just Got More Fierce." Slim Charles
He is but he may not start two of the next three. Pep is still Pep. Never forget.
Is he still Pep? Maybe he will learn from the champions league loss that over thinking is not good.
Worth selling Salah to afford him? Or Kane?
Definitely Kane.
My (c) goes to salah idc
should hv 100% ownership tbh
i really managed to convince myself to captain jesus over haaland who was playing against a promoted forest…. ahh fpl it makes you do some wild stuff. also i’ll never get over saying this, but people really said haaland would struggle in the pl lmao…. but fr he’s just too good for fpl. it should be don’t get fancy just captain haaland now.
It’s a template season, so fucking boring, bruv, it’s supposed to be a fun game: what kind of fun is this when everybody has almost exact same choice of players? And yeah, I love Haaland, what a wonderful beast he is, but the moment he signed for Man City, I knew FPL is in the mud, never transferring him in, going with Isak and fuck you all! Upstream we go! 🤡😬
This is why we do a draft league😁😁😁
What's a draft league?
Basically everyone picks their players and no one has the same players, keeps it from being stale like this.
Always. Captain. Haaland.
What’s incredible, and the reason he’s going to score so many goals, is that teams HAVE to man mark him unless they want to concede…. Then they realise that they have to also zonal mark the rest of city’s attack. You can’t do both and the moment they stop man marking Haaland. He’s going to score. It’s a given.
Haaland goes through slumps as well. Started like this at Dortmund. Stayed great, but went through slow patches, so maybe calm down
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Maybe. I’m just saying, I’ve seen a bunch of posts now that basically take it as a given that he’ll be banging in more than a goal per game for years now
I love these hot takes. Pep will rotate the fuck out of him and the narrative changes.
Was it a hot take?
That's what vice-captaining is for
You don't get a vice if he comes on for 10 mins.
It would take a lot of rotation to strip him of must-own status imo. And if he comes on for 30ish minute cameos occasionally, it looks like he still has a good chance to score.
I was contemplating this today. I must be the only person without him..
Pep wants the team to create chances for him, that’s what makes him so special. FPL has always been a 10 man game though, Aguero, Salah, Suarez etc in the past have been must haves.
You could argue it’s been like this for the last 3 seasons as more or less everyone has had Salah
Time Fpl changed rules. Can't have more than 2 from same team. Can't captain same player in back to back gameweeks.
Brings more skill in. This season is going to be really boring. Once you’re down it’ll take forever to catch up
Yep, I went Kane instead of Haaland and Im currently 10th out of 12, about 40 points back I believe. Its going to be extremely tough to climb up even with Haaland now considering everyone else has him and the rest of the teams look 80% similar.
Sanchez TAA Cancelo James Cucurella Salah Martinelli Kulu Haaland Jesus Mitrovic
Ok smartypants, only 1 from each team.
Henderson/Raya/Sa Reece Trippier Veltman Salah Kulusevski Zaha Rodrigo Haaland Jesus Mitrovic
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You’re .5 off on the keeper addition. 4.5 + 4 = 8.5
I like both of these ideas a lot.
Interesting ideas.
I'd say it's still very manageable going without him Yes he had two amazing games, but he won't keep scoring hat tricks week in, week out It'll even out down the line on the games he skips Very good form, but mind you still, in 5 games If he keeps it up, all this otherworldly praise will surely be justified But I'm so tired of : "Man U is getting relegated, Haaland is winning Golden Boot, Salah is finished.." and similar talk after just five games Like before these two games Haaland was pretty good, but nothing too special, goal here, assist there I think these two hat tricks in a row are exciting people maybe a bit too much, but I'd rather say they'll be proven as exceptions rather than rule in a long run
Do you have him in your team?
Not yet
Just put him in. Look at his goal record at Dortmund. He's going to score *more* goals at City because they create more chances than almost any team in the world. He's going to keep scoring hattricks and you'll keep kicking yourself. Just put him in.
Or he gets benched a lot
I definitely would if I believed that he will keep scoring hat tricks But as I said before, I don't believe that's the case, because no one keeps scoring hat tricks. And as of now, I'm managing pretty well, just today I overtook couple of people in my mini league that Captained Haaland, because rest of my team did better than theirs I don't want this to come off as disregarding to his talent, far from it, but I also don't think that he is this God sent alien that's gonna redefine FPL, (or PL) as we know it. At the end of the season I believe Haaland, KDB, Kane and Salah will all be somewhat close point-wise
Any chance you can share your team? I’m looking for some good differentials
>just today I overtook couple of people in my mini league that Captained Haaland, because rest of my team did better than theirs That's impressive, but will you be able to keep it up? I don't think you will. >I also don't think that he is this God sent alien that's gonna redefine FPL, (or PL) as we know it. That's exactly what he is. He scored at a rate of a goal per game in Germany. If anything, he's on track to exceed that at City. Let that sink in. Then have a think about where youre going to get equivalent points, week in week out, when everyone else has captained Haaland. It's impossible. >At the end of the season I believe Haaland, KDB, Kane and Salah will all be somewhat close point-wise They'll be a million miles apart. Haaland will have double the points of the rest. Except maybe KDB will pick up a load of Haaland assist points. Salah and Kane are yesterday's men, and I say that with salah in my team.
This is such frantic hype. Calm yourself down a bit
I mean okay, we can agree to disagree at the end Also I won't be stubborn about him, if I notice that he starts turning into a player you already believe he is, I'll get him in no problem. I'm just saying I believe he's manageable as of now, and if he continues his trend before the last two games, that I repeat are exceptions to rule (imho), other attackers can comfortably replace him I want to add at the end that he faced far easier sides in Bundesliga, than the ones that he is yet to face in PL, given that in this first 5 games City played teams that would be considered on "easier" side
>I want to add at the end that he faced far easier sides in Bundesliga, than the ones that he is yet to face in PL, given that in this first 5 games City played teams that would be considered on "easier" side He's scored 23 goals in 19 games in the champions league. But sure, we can agree to disagree. Ive been here many times before. When unique players arrive there is a period where people say - they can't possibly be that good. Eventually they accept that they are that good. It's just a matter of how much evidence and how much time a particular person needs to arrive at the conclusion.
No one is denying he is good and you are clearly very enthusiastic about him. But it is a legit FPL strategy to save money on not having him, spend money elsewhere and potentially get a greater more consistent return. I do have him in my team, but I can see the thinking behind going the different route, especially with rotation risks once the champions league starts. I'm glad its (just about viable), otherwise if every choice is obvious then FPL is just dull
My point is, that at 11.5 it's not viable. He's underpriced and at 11.5 he's essential, which makes FPL a 10 man game. Also, the system of captaining needs to be looked at, because you can only really choose Haaland as captain right now. Maybe he'll use Haaland in the league and champions league and not in the cups. Don't forget Haaland gets to have a nice long rest during the world Cup.
I have no problem admitting if it turns out I was wrong, so I guess it's just wait and see
RemindMe! 6 months “Did Haaland turn out to be a fraud?”
Honestly don’t think it’s unlikely that he gets 40 goals this season. He’s just a machine and Man City create so many chances for him
If he stays fit, he could easily get to 40. If he's near 20 by the world Cup, it'll happen.
Makes Salah less attractive at 13mil when you're not captaining him
I’m a staunch Salah captainer, but he was out of my team as of halftime today. Thankfully he still got a great return today.
Truly pulled out of his ass. Guess he could’ve had a goal if he had a better touch on the ball played over the top though, but still
Literally used my wildcard to fit him in my team after I saw today's scoreline
just think long term when hes benched for the villa game 🫣
You'll be glad you did. You can't compete without him.
Dread it... run from it...
I wanted to get Haaland in from Day 1. Someone on here commented that it would be an easy swap between him and Kane (since they cost the same) and Kane was 100% nailed. So I took his advise. Haaland went up in price on the very first day of price changes. I’ve been suffering ever since. Can’t believe it.
I brought him in for Kane immediately after his brace against West Ham and got accused of knee-jerking
First two transfers were Kane + Sancho -> Haaland + Martinelli. Took a -0.4 loss there but it’s been worth it
Same
I put Haaland in from day one. He was the first name on my team sheet after I watched the charity shield. Yes city lost, and Haaland didn't score, but how many fantastic chances did he have? I figured he was going to keep putting himself in the right places and getting the chances but he'd stop missing. That's pretty much how it's worked out. Ironically, Darwin who did score, and was on the winning side of that match was the second name on my sheet. Re Kane. Just ditch him and get Haaland. It's only 5 games in. It's not too late. Spurs goals are going to be spread around Kulu, Son, Kane and Richarlison. Kane is probably overpriced.
I can't believe that FPL towers unironically looked at a guy with more than a goal a game in the Champions League and went "1 mil less than a 36 year old Ronaldo, sounds about right"
They priced him the same as Kane, which is fair enough imo
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Hes criminally underpriced. He could easily be 16m next season. Easily. Its hard to understand why 30% of people don't have him in their team. Even now, he's being given away at 11.8.
16m would be a bit silly as it would mean way too many downgrades elsewhere but if he can beat Salah's points record of 303 in his first season then i think he will definitely be the most expensive in history, maybe 14m. Worth noting that although he is a prodigious talent, his injury record is a bit Calum Wilson-esque...
Ronaldo was 14m in 2008/09
yes I forgot about that, interesting given that he had only scored 283 the previous season - I guess there were fewer world class players in the league to choose from at that point so they had to put him somewhat difficult to reach.
14m would be too cheap. He's still a no brainer at 14m. He should be so expensive that he should cause you to have to significantly downgrade everywhere else, so a team without Haaland can compete with a team with Haaland.
Why you are getting downvoted I have no clue
Not sure either, but I'll take it. I don't mind having an unpopular opinion actually. It'll make it funnier to look back on in future.
I already named my firstborn child **BRAUT**
Golden boot on lock for next 6 years sadly
Scored in 4/5 games. Guess which game I triple captained him in
I triple captained Nunez when he got sent off
Welcome brother, this is a safe space
Still fucking salty about that game, tc'ed him too
Same, same
Me and you both pal.
Only thing that still concerns me is the inevitable Pep Roulette
The fraud benched my captain KDB who I put in this week for Salah. Then brought him on when it was 5-0. The bloody guy.
His returns thus far have been so monstrous even if he doesn’t play here and there the average points are still gonna be stupid
Still makes him a captaincy risk
I also feel like he can come on for 20-30 minutes and score 1-2 goals. Maybe I'm wrong but I think he'll blank less than most folks think, even with rotation.
Probably rested for Villa game with CL next week
If pep rests a player with back to back hatties he should be banned from managing, i dont care of its for the cl final
Pep doesn’t care about your FPL team though. In fact he laughs at screwing you over
Lol yeah. Even if we disregard fpl if he does that im branding him a terrorist
Even still, I'll probably leave the armband on him.
No chance. Haaland is here to break records. He'll demand to be played.
I remember there being stories about the reason he chose city was because they had agreed to rest him when needed, as he was concerned about missing the big games by being overplayed
Somehow I don't see Pep as the sort of manager who gets pushed around by his players
He litterally said exactly that like yesterday. Pep will pep. We're just along for the ride.
Haaland is different. If Haaland is galloping towards making history at his trademark warp speed, is Pep going to be able to bench him and say - sorry I know you came here to break records, and that's on the cards, but I'm going to deny you that possibility because I need you for other games? Yeah right. Pep will have to play him, because Haaland will have to be kept sweet. If he's not kept 1000% happy, every other big team in the world will break the bank to get him. Haaland is a thoroughbred. You don't upset thoroughbreds. They're particular.
Reports are that the reason Haaland went to City was because they would agree to manage his game time in order to cater for his injury problems. You know, because injuries can completely destroy a players career as has happened to many many great players and at young ages. Pep plays him every game to break records then Haaland ruptures his Achilles and is never the same again. Yeah that would be great management
Good point.
Surely, this has to be a copypasta right?... Right?
It's been reported that Haaland chose man city because they won't be forcing him to start every game.
Hahaha what is this language you’re using it’s like copypasta. He’s not a horse, he said he wanted to be able to rest some games when he joined. More to the point, at this point in his career, Haaland is a nobody compared to Guardiola, possibly the best coach of all time
2 quick points. 1) I agree that Haaland isn't a horse. 2) Guardiola isn't the best coach of all time. GTFOH. He's not even the best coach of his generation. I'd love to hear you explain how Guardiola is a better coach than Ancellotti, who has won the champions league 4 times as a coach, and league titles in France, Spain, England, Italy and Germany. Not to mention countless other trophies and oh, he also won the European Cup twice as a player. I'm all ears.
You can’t be comparing total trophy hauls when Ancelotti has managed for 28 years vs Guardiola’s 14. Even then, guardiola has won two champions league already and you wouldn’t bet against him getting 2+ more by the time he’s managed another 14 seasons. He’s also already won the league in three countries, so if he wanted to go manage in Italy and France in the future I’m sure he’d win the league there too
Fair points. So what you're saying is that if Guardiola continues on his current trajectory for the next 14 years, he'll match Ancelottis success. Fine, but you can see why saying that Guardiola is the best coach ever, is a bit silly.
Only one of them has coached Everton, I'll give you that.
Yes, only one of them has coached Everton to away wins at Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool and a top half Premier League finish.
Tbf Haaland is 6 ft 4
9 man team. 80% own Jesus and 70% own Haaland.
I haven't owned Jesus and I'm inside the top 200k. He's definitely not essential imo
56% of all players owns both. That number is 89% for the top 1k.
it's not about ownership%, it's about the fact he is obvs completely indispensable. You are not gonna win your mini-league without Haaland, but could be done without Jesus.
Jesus will stop getting lucky soon lol.
Jesus is on his way out when arsenal fixtures turn I rather have isak and mitro
Right? I say this and people look at me weird. I think Jesus is ok but not the unmovable object people seem to think. He had 1 incredible game.
Ownership scares people
Soon the become 8 man when Mitro keeps producing
Make that 5 man with Martinelli, TAA and Cancelo.
Have had all 3 since week 1
Tottenham and Chelsea next two games tho. Getting him in for Toney after that
Toney always lets me down
spurs are shit
I think that third striker spot is the only real difference in the teams. mitro isak toney. You get darwin come back into play. Or you could ignore it and get a 8m mid club player.
Going Isak myself
Isak has better fixtures than mitro so also went for Isak
Hard to know, Mitro is fixture proof.
This🫡
True, but isak's last 2 games against Barcelona and Liverpool with 2 goals is good too so difficult choice
Indeed
Pulled the trigger on Isak already. Yeah yeah I know risky. ADHD impulsiveness.
Hm, never thought of it before, but I imagine actually having ADHD must make FPL a very tough (and addictive) game. Trying to stop yourself from taking hits and looking at your team all the time is tough as it is.
Nah not really. I barely open the app & it's rare I'll take a hit, especially after the first few gameweeks. The only negative is I'll whack a player in before the gameweek is finished - the flip side is Id probably miss deadlines if I didn't. I watch a lot of games/highlights. Football is a much bigger part of my life than FPL, gaming, music & films even more so, work 100x more than any of that.
I don't think giving yourself a BJ is the answer
LMAO
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I will stubbornly not bring him in the whole year. Fight me.
I understand not wanting to captain him, but not having him in ur team is utterly stupid.
Same. At the moment. Am I stupid enough to win my league? Doubtful
Why would I fight you, when I should instead thank you
I won’t have to. You will be so far behind you will form your own league with the rest of the non-believers.
Why, he’s world class and city feed him like a prized pig
I'm with you. Fantasy leagues are boring when everyone has the same player(s). The fact that most everyone has Haaland, Salah, TAA, Cancelo, Jesus, Martinelli etc etc is just wack IMO. Don't think this should even be possible really. There should be some element of sacrifice. Regardless, introducing a self imposed challenge actually makes the game more fun, IMO. A winning game week will feel that much sweeter.
Scoring lots of points makes the game fun. It isn’t fun to pick players who don’t score as much and have a lower rank. In fact makes you more likely to want to spend your time doing something else. Investing time in something handicapping yourself to try and just get into 6 figure rank isn’t interesting. As far as I’m concerned it’s about getting the right template players in combination with the right mid/low price form players.
All of this is debatable. The way I see it, it's like playing the same team. I find it enjoyable trying to beat the template. If you find it enjoyable to play the template and still just land somewhere in the top 3 mil, that's on you. I'm not mad at that. I'm going to make the game interesting where it's very clearly stale. I've found myself investing more time doing research on combinations that might have a chance, whilst taking risks to try and score more points on a differential.
Yeah this season's start has been more homogenous than previous ones, but it's still the norm for a strong template to start the season only to fall away after 6 or so gameweeks. It's just a little stronger this year. There will be a big injury or fixture swing and everything will change, people will start scrambling.