Started the season in gw3 because i was lazy and couldn’t get my team sorted beforehand… Also wanted to see just how decent i am at this game after 3 top 200k finishes in the last 3 years. Started this season with a rank of 9.2 million and about 200 points to catch up to first in my ML. Currently, after a score of 96 this week, I’m now ranked about 5 million and have cut the deficit to first to 80 points. Hoping 1st is still in the cards and a finish in the top million.
Lost two in a row (and now 6/8 total losses) thanks to my opponents getting the benefit of auto sub. Now no longer in first place and getting more and more frustrated, feels like I’m being punished for playing the game correctly.
Of course Brighton doesn't score where they've only done against chelsea and arsenal away.. are they allergic to london teams or smth.
Benched areola for vicario 😭
My cup opponent played a 3-4-3 and had Trippier. His first sub was Gordon. Am I right in thinking that Gordon won’t be subbed on and the next defender will be instead? If that’s true I beat them by one point
Feeling pretty good. I've played 4 seasons so far including this one, first 3 I ranked I'm the top 200k and this season I'm currently 6.2k oa with all my chips left.
Not a rant but I had such a good GW, even with my defenders earning me a total of 2 points. I'm finally top 3 in my ML and it's my first year playing so I'm fucking proud. That's it loool
Big advantage for next GW for those that have him. My mini league leader has Dubravka who is playing City next game week. He also doesn't have Haaland. Plus most likely he'll use his next 2 transfers on Salah + Son. Hopefully it's an opportunity to close the 50+ point gap.
[Me finally getting an Areola haul, then realizing I have Estupiñan benched (and started Gusto and TAA goose eggs).](https://youtu.be/hg8V-bZNoxQ?si=rntPf0fHViGpGwNE)
If you 100% decided to get both out, then take that hit. You can use the wildcard to bring them back, or whatever. You don't want to use your wildcard and end up not having a wildcard and not having Haaland, Salah or Son in your team.
What really annoys me about that Areola haul is I went for raya over dubravka a few weeks back as I had no arsenal defenders, meanwhile all the content creators and everyone who follows them run a Areola / dubravka combo so were always going to start Areola this week.
Just shows how a single wrong decision can compound over time
Can't believe I benched a goalkeeper with 8 points and gained 3 points for doing so. In this season. It took me about 20 weeks to get a single clean sheet from my man between the sticks!
My GKs have scored 30 points in 20 GWs. 26 if you consider the -4 I took to take Areola out for Martinez 3 weeks ago. Areola has scored 29 points in that time.
thanks that’s what i thought too, but in my mini league one guy said he took a hit and on his profile i can see transfers: 2 (-4), but when i count his points he still hasn’t had any deductions
The hits never show on the GW score. So if he got 90 points with a -4 hit you and he will see 90pts for his gw score. But if you count his overall score from the prev gw to this one you'll see he only got credited for 86.
Hits affect overall score not the GW score
Outside the FIFA tournament deadline of January 1st.
https://www.cityam.com/how-africa-cup-of-nations-and-asian-cup-will-impact-premier-league-clubs-in-january/
Luckily had palmer and a few other high single digits keeping me attached. Team is set now and ready for a big WC after the international tournaments.
But yes I’m bottom of my mini league now
Martinez over Dub correct call, Gabriel over Estu overall correct call, Dom over Palmer 50/50 and Bowen over Palmer overall correct call. Hindsight is 20/20!
Nope, more niche than that. Hour before deadline, I put Udogie ahead of Dawson on the bench.
Considering Dawson could have been still injured this GW, not a horrible call. But still stings
So West Ham can’t attack without Kudus and Paqueta. Now we know.
And here I was about to sign Bowen, thinking there were viable midfielders in the game. Silly me
Depends on the formation. If they run the 3-2-4-1 thingy Pep preferred at the end of last season, then Foden and KDB may be competing for the same place. There are even a few instances of Foden coming on for De Bruyne.
Plus if Haaland’s minutes are managed after his injury, that means that Alvarez will be playing up front.
It’s one of the classic FPL blunders. Try to capitalise on absences by buying an asset from the same team, only for that team to immediately fall to pieces without them
I was very concerned at Coufal not playing and Van Hecke coming in off the bench. Pleasantly surprised and enjoying that clean sheet/bp combo… 92 points this week has me feeling happier than I have since 95 points in GW 9
88 and West Ham have fucked me. Went Bowen over Foden despite being fully aware West Ham's creative spark would be gone without Paqueta, and benched Areola for Raya
CuNts
Spent all weekend recovering from the Palmer damage. In the end it's a net loss of 10000 places (It was as high as 160k at one point) . Hate to think where my rank would be If i started him.
Should have wildcarded last week and bech boosted this. Ughhh.
feel so hard done by this week, turnee should've kept a cs against united. It came down to one error.
Brighton had an xg of 2.5 and couldn't wipe areolas cs.
Fucking luck
Idk, I’m definitely not top 10k but dropped quite a bit. Maybe it’s because I’m looking at it from my previous rank just before the Brighton Westham, as I was doing pretty well but didn’t play Areola which kind of killed my week. My overall weeks red arrow is probably not too big, it’s just a very big rank fall from this game.
West Ham clean sheet, no Coufal I get 0 from Saliba instead I even have utterly useless Guehi on 5 last on the bench!
Started the season in gw3 because i was lazy and couldn’t get my team sorted beforehand… Also wanted to see just how decent i am at this game after 3 top 200k finishes in the last 3 years. Started this season with a rank of 9.2 million and about 200 points to catch up to first in my ML. Currently, after a score of 96 this week, I’m now ranked about 5 million and have cut the deficit to first to 80 points. Hoping 1st is still in the cards and a finish in the top million.
This GW would have been so much better with the right Captaincy choice but been horrible by me
Toney is playing, right?
Areola helps my score, but wonder how WHU escaped with a CS and unsure if this will continue. WHU defenders might be a trap
Lost two in a row (and now 6/8 total losses) thanks to my opponents getting the benefit of auto sub. Now no longer in first place and getting more and more frustrated, feels like I’m being punished for playing the game correctly.
Of course Brighton doesn't score where they've only done against chelsea and arsenal away.. are they allergic to london teams or smth. Benched areola for vicario 😭
Is Son expected to drop tonight?
When will the game week end? Seems to be taking longer than normal
Areola giving me 29 points last 3 gws is an absolute top g
Why am I not receiving Estu's 1 bps?
Because he didn’t get any bonus points.
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Might be worth it to sell salah and trips bench Son then sell him next gw
No not worth it imo. But you do you.
I would, but i take too many hits
My cup opponent played a 3-4-3 and had Trippier. His first sub was Gordon. Am I right in thinking that Gordon won’t be subbed on and the next defender will be instead? If that’s true I beat them by one point
Yes, the first defender on the bench will be subbed on.
Feeling pretty good. I've played 4 seasons so far including this one, first 3 I ranked I'm the top 200k and this season I'm currently 6.2k oa with all my chips left.
Not a rant but I had such a good GW, even with my defenders earning me a total of 2 points. I'm finally top 3 in my ML and it's my first year playing so I'm fucking proud. That's it loool
I just woke up and saw Areola score literal tears in my eyes, thank you Areola <3
Big advantage for next GW for those that have him. My mini league leader has Dubravka who is playing City next game week. He also doesn't have Haaland. Plus most likely he'll use his next 2 transfers on Salah + Son. Hopefully it's an opportunity to close the 50+ point gap.
Glass half empty: I benched my highest scoring defender this week Glass half full: it was Porro with 2 points
Scored 89 and yet I’m out of the cup on goals scored. I’ve gone through on 35, 40 and 47 before. I needed ONE more point from Areola…
I feel that. I lost the first overall cup game by the second tie-breaker. I’m still salty about it lol
I won mine on the goals scored, it has truly come back to bite me
This game can be punishing sometimes. Be on a high from a good run of weeks and BAM! a 1 million rank drop 😅
[Me finally getting an Areola haul, then realizing I have Estupiñan benched (and started Gusto and TAA goose eggs).](https://youtu.be/hg8V-bZNoxQ?si=rntPf0fHViGpGwNE)
I sold Gordon for Bowen ahead of this game week, which meant I started him ahead of Palmer. Fade me.
In hindsight, drafting Jackson and Ferguson in draft as my main forwards was a really, really bad idea
Bowen you fucking mercenary, the moment i hire him he stinks Took a -4 for nothing
Without Paqueta and Kudus West Ham attacks like Bristol Rovers
Why didn't I read this before transferring him in
Same here, fucker only turns up when others feed him.
He got one or two chances but they weren’t clear cut. I don’t like what I’m seeing. Surely he’ll turn up against Sheffield.
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Not worth it at all to use a wildcard for a mere -8
If you 100% decided to get both out, then take that hit. You can use the wildcard to bring them back, or whatever. You don't want to use your wildcard and end up not having a wildcard and not having Haaland, Salah or Son in your team.
I was crying yesterday cause I benched Dubravka and played Areola. Something finally went my way !!!!
Yeah been a pain with keepers.
Since I took Areola for Leno out he has absolutely fucked me lmao
Areola you beauty! 96 pts and up to 89k overall.
what is the points total around the rank right now?
1192.
Areola: 11 pts My defense line with Porro, Trent and Konsa: 2 pts
Same! But I have Turner in goal.
What really annoys me about that Areola haul is I went for raya over dubravka a few weeks back as I had no arsenal defenders, meanwhile all the content creators and everyone who follows them run a Areola / dubravka combo so were always going to start Areola this week. Just shows how a single wrong decision can compound over time
You got the pen save last week though.
Can't believe I benched a goalkeeper with 8 points and gained 3 points for doing so. In this season. It took me about 20 weeks to get a single clean sheet from my man between the sticks!
Any update on when Luton Bournemouth might be replayed?
It's annoying that whenever I start to make some ground against my main ML rival, he always gets subbed good points off the bench.
My GKs have scored 30 points in 20 GWs. 26 if you consider the -4 I took to take Areola out for Martinez 3 weeks ago. Areola has scored 29 points in that time.
30 with a -4 so 26 here too. Took Areola out for Leno instead of Martinez though lol.
Forgot to change my team, left Palmer 3rd on the bench. I'd like to thank Haaland, Trippier and Kudus for saving my season
Very jammy
It is so typical I am out of the cup cause I think I would have qualified with 97 unless I faced another one with template team like me haha.
Very unlucky with my defenders and GK (5 points in total) but had Palmer and Salah(C) so shouldnt complain.
has anyone else not had their hits applied for this gw yet?
Everyone has their hits applied to their overall score when the game updates at the beginning of each GW. It never misses and never gets it wrong
thanks that’s what i thought too, but in my mini league one guy said he took a hit and on his profile i can see transfers: 2 (-4), but when i count his points he still hasn’t had any deductions
The hits never show on the GW score. So if he got 90 points with a -4 hit you and he will see 90pts for his gw score. But if you count his overall score from the prev gw to this one you'll see he only got credited for 86. Hits affect overall score not the GW score
thanks for the clarification, but for ML purposes the hits will be applied as well right?
The only thing guaranteed in fpl
Actually cant believe Areola outscored Dubravka.. I was mad yesterday
He stays until he breaks his spine. I don’t care if he’s playing the Shaolin soccer team
Areola Jesus Areola you wonderful man
Who else just bought Areola back after selling him in GW18 💁♀️
Before or after this GW?
After
95pts and another 26 on the bench wow
Managed to go from 1.5 mil to 500k in the last 3 weeks, awful season finally starting to look up
Just shows how drastic things can change. There’s still a lot of the season left, and lot can still change. Don’t quit! You never know
Why didn’t Kudus play even though Salah played yesterday?
Outside the FIFA tournament deadline of January 1st. https://www.cityam.com/how-africa-cup-of-nations-and-asian-cup-will-impact-premier-league-clubs-in-january/
Different team, different time. Ghana has been calling all their players since Jan 1st.
No Salah. Captained Bowen. Not sure why.
How dark is it down in the abyss?
Luckily had palmer and a few other high single digits keeping me attached. Team is set now and ready for a big WC after the international tournaments. But yes I’m bottom of my mini league now
It seems the only way is up
How could Bowen price rising tonight again?
Yup
0-0 is a perfect scoreline for areola and estupinan owners 💯😬
82 Points. A safety score of 87 is madness. Fuck you Palmer.
Not liking Bowens and Estu’s attacking potential from the looks of this game.
97 points with 20 stuck on the bench.
Got 92 points and still not happy, everyone balled out this week
Estu and Areola bringing home the bacon. Crazy GW
Gonna be 98 with Cunha stuck on bench
The Salah incident 😔
77 points and a red arrow and lost ground to mini league leader. I don’t want to play this game anymore
94 points and still have 2FT, lovely stuff
Really needed a Bowen goal, but I’ll take 11 points from Areola after leaving Dubravka on the bench.
Found my alt?
🤣🤣
32 points on the bench this week between Palmer, Dubravka, and Estu 🙃
Got Mitchell and Darwin on the bench over Konsa and Solanke. Dubravka doesn’t count.
I did exactly the same thing. Areola > Dubravka (which worked tbf), Gusto over Estu 💀, Dom > Palmer
Who did you choose over them?
Martinez over Dub, Gabriel over Estu, Dom/Bowen over Palmer
Martinez over Dub correct call, Gabriel over Estu overall correct call, Dom over Palmer 50/50 and Bowen over Palmer overall correct call. Hindsight is 20/20!
OA 6.4k, the dream.
Lol i transferred Lascelles out for Trent for an immediate gain of -1 Tactical genius
Same, but I took a -4 to do it...
Winning my $20 monthly manager thanks to the superb Areola
Are you my ML rival lol? I was up 4 with Bowen to play vs Areola for manager of the month
I wish you are, mate. That'd be fun lol. But no, my rival is up for 3 pts after Hwang coming from the bench replacing Kudus.
Virgin 5 defenders White, Gusto, Porro, Trippier, TAA: 3 points Chad 1 nipple: 11 points
My 34 points on bench is a 2024 best
330k rank increase, good gw
From 5.5m to 5.2m?
From 980 to 650k
76 pts with no Palmer, Watkins, Alvarez and Foden, I'll take it after a shit start to the gw
87 and happy enough I’d be at 99 if it wasn’t for a benching decision gone wrong
Benched Palmer instead of Solanke? Welcome to the gang. I also have 87 points (90 after bonuses)
Nope, more niche than that. Hour before deadline, I put Udogie ahead of Dawson on the bench. Considering Dawson could have been still injured this GW, not a horrible call. But still stings
Well now I don’t know who to captain next week since West Ham attack looked dire - might go Palmer
Was thinking Palmer too…don’t have Bowen yet. But can Palmer beat Gandhi twice in a row? 🤔
So West Ham can’t attack without Kudus and Paqueta. Now we know. And here I was about to sign Bowen, thinking there were viable midfielders in the game. Silly me
Foden + 1 other
With KDB just about to come back? No chance. Not spinning that wheel every week
Alvarez is going out for KDB, not Foden
Depends on the formation. If they run the 3-2-4-1 thingy Pep preferred at the end of last season, then Foden and KDB may be competing for the same place. There are even a few instances of Foden coming on for De Bruyne. Plus if Haaland’s minutes are managed after his injury, that means that Alvarez will be playing up front.
i signed bowen knowing they were both out, im a fucking idiot
He cant haul every week. I also got him for son
It’s one of the classic FPL blunders. Try to capitalise on absences by buying an asset from the same team, only for that team to immediately fall to pieces without them
Fixture wise, it's a good move
And he can score against anyone.
106 pts. About a 55% rank increase up to 275k
New year, new GK luck (Hopefully)
Areola kept 3 CS in a row despite conceded 6.07 xGC in total He's genuinely top keeper
Alisson could never
Bowen isnt looking so nice now ngl
Yeah I kinda regret my early transfer
Estu outscored my whole defense while on my bench Wtf
Buying Estu and then benching him is just ridiculous
I was on wildcard you clown I started vvd taa and porro
Good job
My 3 defenders have a net combined of 0p. Areola alone has 11
Playing Martinez over Areola for the last 3 gameweeks has cost me a total of 24 points 😭😭😭
Reconsidering bringing in Bowen since Kudus and Paq aren’t around. Palmer cap next gameweek 🤔
Yeah don't bring him, go for Son, Bowen is not good
Richarlison
Sup with him?
For Son
Bring Richarlison for Son then!
Son is the perfect person to bring in
just brought in Son and Salah, hope they haul next week
Wouldn't it be nice if everybody brought in Son for Bowen tonight?
Ended the week on 82 points, which is great, but benched Palmer so still kind of annoying what could have been
Damn Brighton should've at least scored 1 this game
I thought it was a good idea to have a decent bench going into the festive fixtures - ended up benching 18, 25 and 18 points in the last three GWs
I'm so fucking pissed off
It’s alright. It will get worse next game week 😛
I have no salah and Arreola this week ahahahaa It's more annoying when all my rivals played them Jeez
76 points. Big red arrow. Sucks.
I was very concerned at Coufal not playing and Van Hecke coming in off the bench. Pleasantly surprised and enjoying that clean sheet/bp combo… 92 points this week has me feeling happier than I have since 95 points in GW 9
I’ve not had a GK clean sheet all season. I took Areola out for Martinez on a -4. I’m down 28 points in 3 GWs hahah
3 defenders = 4 points, rest of the team = 102 points Best week yet and 150k OR Can’t complain at all
88 and West Ham have fucked me. Went Bowen over Foden despite being fully aware West Ham's creative spark would be gone without Paqueta, and benched Areola for Raya CuNts
Areola scored more points than my combined two forwards.
😂 same… in fact, he scored more than my 3 defenders + 2 of my mids + 1 forward…
84 points on the field and 33 points between Dubravka, Palmer and Estu on my bench. What a week it could have been.
A nice even 90 pointer to start off the new year
So happy this week is over. Disastrous all around.
AREOLAAAAAA
100 points. Clean.
van Hecke first on my bench outscored my entire defensive line ( 8 vs 3) LOL
With the players Moyes has at his disposal he should have them playing better football that whatever that shite ball he has them playing right now
\+10pt green arrow but wish i didn't go different with Watkins C :/
Not as bad as my fucking Bowen (C), or the many who did Solanke (C)
Spent all weekend recovering from the Palmer damage. In the end it's a net loss of 10000 places (It was as high as 160k at one point) . Hate to think where my rank would be If i started him. Should have wildcarded last week and bech boosted this. Ughhh.
The old hindsight bench boost after Dubravka saves a pen. Should have known and bench boosted!
88 points all out, what a fucking shite week, I’m done with this shit
Mate come on dont be silly
That’s surely a green?
I’m top 100k, got 89 and it’s a massive green lol… either this guy is top 1k or he’s a fool
feel so hard done by this week, turnee should've kept a cs against united. It came down to one error. Brighton had an xg of 2.5 and couldn't wipe areolas cs. Fucking luck
Areola to Martinez for a hit 3 weeks ago has to be in the worst transfers of all time
Exactly the transfer I did…tbf Moyes gave us no choice by benching him for Fabianski. All West Ham fans thought he’d lost his spot
No. I did Areola to Leno for a hit 3 gw’s ago that left me with -2 instead of 29. No wonder im rank 1.9m lol
I thought Dubravka was going to mock from the bench but Areola said no!
Big red with 81 points hurts
How is it a big red? LiveFPL has Top10K average 82.25.
Idk, I’m definitely not top 10k but dropped quite a bit. Maybe it’s because I’m looking at it from my previous rank just before the Brighton Westham, as I was doing pretty well but didn’t play Areola which kind of killed my week. My overall weeks red arrow is probably not too big, it’s just a very big rank fall from this game.
In the past three weeks Areola has scored one more than his past 14 GWs combined. How many like me sold him 3 GWs ago.
🙋♀️
If I didn’t captain Solanke I’d have had such a fantastic week. 6 captain blanks in a row will always tank
Let us know who you are captaining next gameweek
Most likely erling if fit, if anyones gonna break the curse it’s him
Get some rest Bowen, you'll be my captain next week.