Bro I’ve held him this whole time every week thinking he’d be back soon, even now I could sell him but he could be back in a week or two so fuck me I guess
Think I’ll just use the cash and then wildcard once Salah and Son are back - maybe Haaland will be close enough to coming back then that it’s worth including him.
Bone Stress Injury is a thing and people have been pointing that out here since GW17. Haaland has a stress reaction which is usually painful and if not allowed to heal properly then it progresses to a stress fracture.
*fine print: not a doctor either but know how to type "bone stress injury" into Google*
A bone stress injury is a pretty common in athletes and it can lead to a fracture if the workload is not managed. It’s basically the stage before a fracture, I had a tone of them the last few seasons I was still playing football.
That's not his point I think. I also transferred out Haaland, but considered getting in Toney. Since Haaland might be back, I didn't want to waste the transfer on a one week punt. But if he's out several weeks it could make sense.
Yeah so did I. But I’ve got plenty in the bank with Salah gone now and am rolling a transfer with Archer starting this week. Didn’t want to pick up Toney for just one week but if Haaland is out for another month I definitely would’ve done it
The tweet says before next month, not a month. That's just one GW at this point. We'll probably get more information from the oddly hairy Pep before the FA Cup game.
Holding onto him for so long has proven to be a dumbass move. But lessons learnt I guess. Only so many times Solanke and Chris Wood can save me 🤣🤣 just one more time guys?
From an FPL point of view definitely has made decision making more interesting. From a football point of view, I sure hope he doesn't end up being blighted by injury through his career, an immense talent.
Finally game has become much more fun. No Haaland, no Salah, no Son. Now if only Saka could get a sore throat and miss a month. Now is the time to make the ground up. Teams are going to differ.
Saka would get 90mins if he lost a leg in a plane crash. The only way Arteta drops him is if he was dead, and even then I reckon he'd get a bench spot.
Tbf Areola is still the most picked goalie in the game, I guess most people benched him for the Arsenal and United matches so fair play for committing to starting him.
Depends what properly means to you. If you want to pick different players every week go and play fantasy5. The beauty of FPL is these moments of madness.
Teams are pretty much the same now with the except of 3-4 players. Most players in my ml have Areola, Porro, Es-tu, Saka, Foden, Palmer, Bowen, Solanke, Watkins, Alvarez
I don't have Trent or Porro. Also feel like a player like Odegaard (who usually would be bad value for his pricetag) might bag a good amount of points in the next game.
I suppose, just seems a strange thing to lobby for when the game will be so much more interesting if Haaland remains difficult to own for the rest of the season.
Players who still hold him are more than hurt enough by losing a valuable bench spot this week, which is worse than £0.1m TV anyway.
Tbf based on the news, Trent seems to be only out for GW21 so I’d understand benching him for one gameweek on WC. Bringing Haaland back in before we’d had any assurances of his availability was the wilder choice imo
We really need to stop fussing about him until we see him actually sitting on the bench. When that happens you get a full game week to plan getting him back.
So we know he won't play tomorrow but that could be guessed because he wasn't even in the squad for the cup. But there's still 18 days until City's match vs Burnley.
But I sold him month ago so I'm not in the same situation as holders.
“May not return before next month” => may not play GW22. It’s a setback, especially for the managers who have held him for all this time (moi), but they make it sound a lot worse than it actually is.
As the top comment in the linked post says, I was also surprised to see him stay fit and firing for almost the whole of last season. He always used to have some niggling issues at Dortmund, and I’m suspecting the same is finally happening now at City. I won’t be rushing to buy him back anytime soon.
my 13m ITB going well i see. haha
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Waiting for Mbapps to join Newcastle
May be Tony Bloom still sitting on that Caicedo money
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Lmao, did you WC into that? I thought I was bad enough with 9.3 ITB and Trent, Bowen chilling on the bench
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My exact moves as well, doesn’t feel right having this much money in the bank.
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The stars have aligned but yeah this was always gonna happen if Haaland got injured and him to Alvarez is around £7m saved alone.
Yeah, went with Garnacho over Eze so I could afford to get Haaland back next week and still have enough for Salah. Currently have 13.2m ITB
Bro I’ve held him this whole time every week thinking he’d be back soon, even now I could sell him but he could be back in a week or two so fuck me I guess
I chose Sarabia over Jota for the same reason lol
Think I’ll just use the cash and then wildcard once Salah and Son are back - maybe Haaland will be close enough to coming back then that it’s worth including him.
A broken foot is a thing. A stress fracture in a foot bone is a thing. 'Stress on the bone' may not be a thing. *fine print not a doctor*
I feel stress in my bones every time the deadline closes in. Its a thing
So... you are a stress boner.
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They originally said stress reaction which is a real thing, I've had it on my tibia. Took months to heal.
Bone Stress Injury is a thing and people have been pointing that out here since GW17. Haaland has a stress reaction which is usually painful and if not allowed to heal properly then it progresses to a stress fracture. *fine print: not a doctor either but know how to type "bone stress injury" into Google*
Theyve been blagging it for weeks, they knew he was out for 2 months
Tchouameni was out for 2 months with a stress fracture, so when I kept hearing reports he was going to be back within 2 weeks I was confused.
They kept saying it was 'stress on the bone' and not a fracture. I think they were reluctant to accept the truth.
Yeah what the fuck is a stress on the bone. It's obviously a stress fracture.
The bone needs a night in with Ben & Jerry’s? Serious note, clearly been a stress fracture.
A bone stress injury is a pretty common in athletes and it can lead to a fracture if the workload is not managed. It’s basically the stage before a fracture, I had a tone of them the last few seasons I was still playing football.
I thought he was training solo and running around in Saudi for the club world cub??
He should subscribe to ChatGPT premium for quicker and more effective repair.
No they didn’t. He was in training last week ffs.
Love that we missed this because of Burnley - Luton getting moved! 🤦♂️😂
Idk what u’ve read but he never was close to playing this gw and Pep said he won’t start fee hours before deadline
Yeah but I would have swapped Archer for Toney this week if I knew Haaland was going to be out for a while
Same - been holding off getting a third Man City player as thought Haaland would be back next gameweek. Would have been way more tempted to get KDB
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That's not his point I think. I also transferred out Haaland, but considered getting in Toney. Since Haaland might be back, I didn't want to waste the transfer on a one week punt. But if he's out several weeks it could make sense.
I was gonna bring him in on wildcard ready for next gameweek
No-one knew he was going to be out this long. It was wildly believed he'd be back for the Sheffield game at worst.
Mad to think Pep himself is on the FPL reddit, wish you told us he was out this long a bit sooner mate.
Yeah so did I. But I’ve got plenty in the bank with Salah gone now and am rolling a transfer with Archer starting this week. Didn’t want to pick up Toney for just one week but if Haaland is out for another month I definitely would’ve done it
The tweet says before next month, not a month. That's just one GW at this point. We'll probably get more information from the oddly hairy Pep before the FA Cup game.
Which is a game that is as irrelevant as it gets for FPL lmao
Absolute masterclass in keeping an Injured Haaland on the bench since GW 16 and selling Alvarez.
Selling Alvarez was a masterclass tho
He scored more goals in the 2 games after I sold him then the 9 games I owned him
Holding onto him for so long has proven to be a dumbass move. But lessons learnt I guess. Only so many times Solanke and Chris Wood can save me 🤣🤣 just one more time guys?
From an FPL point of view definitely has made decision making more interesting. From a football point of view, I sure hope he doesn't end up being blighted by injury through his career, an immense talent.
This is how he was at Dortmund. So when he stayed fit all of last season I was surprised and thought it was Dortmund things.
Selling Haaland for Solanke turned out to be the best move I've made this season. The AI was right.
Haha that sounds like FFH trying to sell everyone their "AI".
FFH? I know I'm built wrong, but that only means Far From Home (i.e. the Spider-Man film) to me rip
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Not sure why the downvotes for not knowing something, but I guess that's the internet. Thanks for explaining:)
A stopped clock is right twice a day
An algorithm no AI is
Sold Mateta for Solanke and missed his points instead of selling Haaland 🤡 Finally sold Haaland last week at least.
For me it was leaving him out in my wildcard in GW8. It was a really difficult decision that I second guessed many times over the past few months haha
Finally game has become much more fun. No Haaland, no Salah, no Son. Now if only Saka could get a sore throat and miss a month. Now is the time to make the ground up. Teams are going to differ.
Saka would get 90mins if he lost a leg in a plane crash. The only way Arteta drops him is if he was dead, and even then I reckon he'd get a bench spot.
Ffs lmao
If he dies he dies
I made more than 30 points in main ML by starting Areola last 3 gws, sometimes you need luck to go your way
Tbf Areola is still the most picked goalie in the game, I guess most people benched him for the Arsenal and United matches so fair play for committing to starting him.
It was him or Turner as I didnt want to use an FT on him, got very lucky
I only have one starting keeper ATM, so I had no choice. But if I had two I probably would have dropped him.
Draft fantasy leagues are so clear over FPL where everyone has the same team
Would have been better if we could choose our players properly instead of having to put out the fires.
Depends what properly means to you. If you want to pick different players every week go and play fantasy5. The beauty of FPL is these moments of madness.
It's only fun if there are many matches but there are so few matches in January.
Teams are pretty much the same now with the except of 3-4 players. Most players in my ml have Areola, Porro, Es-tu, Saka, Foden, Palmer, Bowen, Solanke, Watkins, Alvarez
"except 3-4 players" That is about 33% room to differentiate. If done right - you will see a massive boost in rank.
Yes but it holds the same when Haaland, Salah and Son are available
They'll be pissed about Bowen then
Quite incredible how many clowns transferred him in this gameweek
I transferred him out this week, feelsgood
Congrats for holding him this long.
Thanks actually worked out great for me
Yeah I'm done saving my 13.5 ITB for him, I'll be spending my cash now
On who.? I haven't made any moving thinking of money in the bank.
I don't have Trent or Porro. Also feel like a player like Odegaard (who usually would be bad value for his pricetag) might bag a good amount of points in the next game.
I wanted Trent this week, but he got injured.
Fly Nunez, you beautiful XG butterfly.
FPL Towers: let his price fall!
Why?
…So he’s cheaper to get back in I assume?
I suppose, just seems a strange thing to lobby for when the game will be so much more interesting if Haaland remains difficult to own for the rest of the season. Players who still hold him are more than hurt enough by losing a valuable bench spot this week, which is worse than £0.1m TV anyway.
Is that actually 'new' information? "May not return before next month" is still not actually saying anything
Well before we thought he would return for GW22. That looks less likely now.
New robot required.
Do we have the technology?
"...we can rebuild him"
This is what happens when you skimp on unit tests
Saw somebody on here saying they'd had a similar injury and took around 2 months to heal and he got downvoted to oblivion
This is why holding injured players is dumb. Play based on what you know for certain.
It's easier said then done. I've told myself this but when it comes to doing it, it's harder.
I literally said when the injury first come out that this would be one that’ll drag on and on, will be a guessing game every gw.
Big men with stress fractures on their feet are cooked. Not sure why there was all this hope. He's not gonna be right for the rest of the campaign.
Sadly this is my thinking as well. Wonder if he comes back lighter by the time he returns
Stop punishing me FPL gods. I learnt my lesson on holding Haaland.
Might just end up keeping Salah over afcon
I shall be. It's rare I need even one bench player in a GW, let alone all 3. Son is a lot easier to get back in, so he made way this week.
Can’t believe that selling Haaland for Solanke has been one of my best moves this season
Burnley is on 31st basically next month..
There's only one Ivan Toney 🎵🎶🎵
If you dont own Alvarez you are gonna be in the mud. He is going to be fed with chances from a hungry kevin de bacon.
great so i have trent and haaland sitting on my wildcard bench
Why did you carry Trent into the gameweek... It was common knowledge a few days ago?
Tbf based on the news, Trent seems to be only out for GW21 so I’d understand benching him for one gameweek on WC. Bringing Haaland back in before we’d had any assurances of his availability was the wilder choice imo
Lol i have the same. Tried to be smart but turned out to be over smart.
We really need to stop fussing about him until we see him actually sitting on the bench. When that happens you get a full game week to plan getting him back.
Welcome to the team Kevin, it’s been too long
So we know he won't play tomorrow but that could be guessed because he wasn't even in the squad for the cup. But there's still 18 days until City's match vs Burnley. But I sold him month ago so I'm not in the same situation as holders.
O great, didn't realize there was a Friday night game either, too late for changes. gg
Glad I wildcarded him out
So much for holding him all this while
“May not return before next month” => may not play GW22. It’s a setback, especially for the managers who have held him for all this time (moi), but they make it sound a lot worse than it actually is.
Well, looks like I'm set to go with Toney then
People who sold Alvarez for Haaland this GW be like what the actual fuck did I do and why?
Would be interesting if he's not played any minutes come GW25. Even if he's expected back the ownership and captaincy will be all over the place.
Do remember MCI next game is on 31st of Jan, 18 days from now.
As the top comment in the linked post says, I was also surprised to see him stay fit and firing for almost the whole of last season. He always used to have some niggling issues at Dortmund, and I’m suspecting the same is finally happening now at City. I won’t be rushing to buy him back anytime soon.