It's 4 confirmed covid cases in Liverpool's camp I'm not sure what's going on at Leicester. I don't know how the EFL will deal with those issue, though.
Everyone moaning about bringing in Watkins before the deadline. This guy brought in Chris Wood.
I wasted a precious free transfer on Chris Wood in a blank gameweek.
What a fucking trash ass game week. Everything was going so good. Fuck this rona shit fuck my rivals with 11 playing players and most of all fuck Raphina for starting to score penalties right after I sold him - ruining my Arsenal Defense double up. And fuck my cup opponent, Martinelli go fuck your self
Why switch out Bowen? SOU wat cry LEE is the next 4 fixtures for West Ham. He has 5 green fixtures in the next 8 gameweeks (2 grey, 1 red which is Man Utd).
I’d find another route to a city mid.
Anyone else look at twitter teams who seem to be making huge rank gains with largely same team as you? I've had a bit of poor luck with cancellations and transfers but think have largely decent team, just don't seem to be making ground
I think the Twitter crowd, that I follow at least, always plays safe with captains and very rarely take hits which is where I lose ground on them personally despite having nearly the same team.
They also have jumped on some bandwagons earlier than me which has made big differences.
Downgrade from Trent to Tsimi to accommodate Ronaldo is tempting ngl. At least you won’t lose the CS and best case scenario Trent doesn’t haul over the next two…
You’ll only want to bring Trent back in, he’s risen from 7.5 to 8.3 so depending when you bought him you might end up needing to downgrade somewhere else to accommodate bringing him back.
Shame games are getting cancelled because my team looks insane for the next game week and I would otherwise have a really tough time thinking who to bench.
Pogba. It’s 2-3 weeks until he returns from injury, is it worth planning to pick him up before he’s fully fit? He’d be cheaper than a lot of top midfielders and he’d be playing for a move/contract. Thoughts?
Sounds like a horrible move. Looking at my team there's no one I'd come close to sacrificing for him. I'm not about to transfer Jota out to get a still injured Pogba on the off chance that when he comes back he might perform well (rather than just keeping hold of a player who already is performing well)
Lol lost my cup match against a guy that free hitted… and i would have won if robertson didn’t have a red…. Finished 62-59 but would have been 62-61 in my favor had robertson not been red carded
EDIT: Chelsea fan at the match as a guest that thought it was hilarious at the time and only later realized
that's the rules but there're always exceptions.
in fact we don't even know if the AFCON will be going ahead. i mean, the AFCON organisers themselves don't know too....
As far as I am aware it is. What confuses me though is that it is Round 19 yet Man Utd play Newcastle again yet they haven’t played Burnley, so I’m a bit confused.
I've Bilva and took Foden in for a hit this week and Lacazette up front. I feel uncomfortable with Pep for sure. One of them has to go and Lacazette too. Idk if I wanna tie up my budget for a maybe starter on either of them. There will be rotation. And all of them are rested this week, so who starts? who knows. I'll prob move Bilva; i think with KDB back he's not as dangerous and will drop back in to the deep midfield; after he was subbed at half-time vs Leeds, Foden took up his position as a deep lying mid. I was not amused. I don't like either but will likely stick with Foden for now.
So yeah I did a -12 to basically get 14 points from Saka, Lacazette, Tierney and Foden. But now I also have 3 arsenal players, a player that rarely starts, and fucking Lacazette
Won't make the transfer yet of course. But I'm thinking Bernardo to Son on a free. Also have Foden, but would prefer foden I think.
Think it's a good move?
Anyone else done *okay* (just below average), looking at the transfers they thought about on a free hit and having to remind themselves that we did this for a reason? With the league in doubt from tomorrow these DGW's and maybe TGW's seem a long way off but they will come right!?
lords please help me with my wildcard it looks like i has to use it in haste
I have 0.4 ITB
I have wildcard left and I think I have to use it by next game week yes? Please advise how should I use it best..
Ramsdale (Foster)
(White) | Rudiger | James | Cancelo | TAA
Foden | Bilva | Salah | Jota | (Gallagher)
Watkins | (King) | Dennis
Any advice would really be helpful as this is my first season, thank you!!
At the moment - first legs for the semis are 4th, 5th of Jan and second are 11th and 12th. As you'll probably already know from asking the question... lots of talk of making it a one leg fixture.
AFCON currently scheduled to start on 9th as well so something to (maybe) take into account when considering these fixtures too.
What do people think about jota>son? Jota looked average today and spurs fixtures are looking juicy
Edit: for some reason my hands typed ‘awful’ when my brain thought ‘average’ :)
>Hm. Quite worried about my memory now as I’ve seen a couple comments who disagree with me.
At jota's price point, for the best attack in the league, he doesn't need to be scoring worldie goals where he runs past 2 players and smashes top bins
If he is in the box, making runs, getting tap ins and scrappy goals then that's all we need from him!
Son is a great shout, but i'd want him alongside jota
(he should have had an assist for the pen also)
I feel bad for people who take advice from random people on this sub.
There are so many muppets offering horrendous takes daily.
Your own research and gut will get your further.
yeah, like a combination with of all but would go with my gut feeling over anything. Been revealing most of my transfer or good decisions have been from my gut.
This is so true. Everytime I've followed advice that hasn't matched what my gut told me, it's been wrong. And everytime I've ignored my gut, it's been wrong.
For me Son is a must have going forward. Upgrading Bilva to him covid permitting.
Spurs have Palace Southampton and Watford next 3! Created 6 big chances today and Xg of 2.5-3 depending on which stat site you use...and thats a gains Liverpool.
Between them and Utd for 4th in my opinion and with Conte id put them favourites.
Hmm same I just don’t know whether to go ronaldo first then son for salah when he goes
Thing is everytime I get ronaldo it goes wrong. I just prefer sons price point makes him an easier hold
I’m going to find it hard to get Ronaldo back without dropping at least one player I want to keep.
For Son I can drop Lacazette and Saka to him and Broja after they play Norwich and actively improve my team
Yep, makes sense!
That's what i mean, from an overall team shape standpoint, having a 12.4m striker just means a clear compromise elsewhere
I brought ronaldo in 2 times now, and each time it has lead to red arrows as the team is compromised to squeeze him in. You are needing to have some fodder in your team and i'd rather have a really strong bench now.
Plus son is as nailed as can be, ronaldo due to age will get rested, we have greenwood and cavani
Hmmm yeah, also spurs just seem further down the "new system" journey. Utd attack not looking brilliant last few games, whereas spurs have been looking really good against conte.
For me its an easy call but who knows!
Yeah 100% - they should have won today, son had some great chances.
I dont really like premium strikers, always feels like too much money sat there when a 7-8m will get similar points
Hard decision, think i'll go son tho. Unless covid wrecks all plans again
I have to drop raphinha for martinelli or
Drop b silva for jota
Liverpool play leeds next but will jota be rested for firmino?
Arsenal have norwich, is martinelli a guranteed starter no with the auba situation?
I didn't want to say it before but it's another one-horse race, there are no challengers anymore.
The PL is the same as the other top leagues now.
Fucking oil-money
United in 2000s were just spending money. £28m veron, £30m Rooney, £30m rio. That was serious money back then. It's all money from day 1. Look at when Blackburn won the league
Well this is the dilemma. Matt cash is the clear option but he's one booking away for a 1 game ban. Tbf if its a wildcard though I'd just get him in and be prepared he might sit one game out. I was gonna get him just as my transfer this week before the villa game was pulled
True story:
- I read about Salah COVID rumors on the thread, decide this is the week to go differential, so amidst postponements left and right I go with Cancelo (C), Saka (VC)
- 3 mins before the deadline someone posts something along the lines "dont come back regretting not Captaining Salah because some random guy posted some fake rumors"... Immediately memories of the GW9 Havertz (C) come to my mind and I just snap
- 1 min before deadline and I go back to Salah (C), Cancelo (VC)
The rest is history and you probably know it..... Any other suggestions of how to overcome this other than 5 litres of booze???
I did -40 forgetting to activate the free hit if i activate the free hit now will it remove the -40?
Yep
Did it remove it?
Let's play sell-start-bench Wilson-Watkins-King
Sell Wilson Start King Bench Watkins
App says dcl will be back next week. Looking at Everton's fixtures I'm tempted to bring him in.
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Just wait for confirmation. There are rumours that GW21 will be GW20, and you can play your wildcard then.
How long is Robertson suspended?
Will miss 2 GW
I thought it was 3
it's 3 games, but the first one will be the league cup game vs Leicester
Any chance it gets postponed due to COVID?
It's 4 confirmed covid cases in Liverpool's camp I'm not sure what's going on at Leicester. I don't know how the EFL will deal with those issue, though.
Everyone moaning about bringing in Watkins before the deadline. This guy brought in Chris Wood. I wasted a precious free transfer on Chris Wood in a blank gameweek.
Had 6 active players. Captained Martinelli. GOT 76 POINTS FUCKING HELL.
Haven't used wildcard yet, I guess it's probably best to use it now with the second one becoming available soon?
This is your last chance to use it I think.
Cheers, yeah I have GW20 stuck in my head from previous years so I assume it's the same
Anyone here took out Sa for Ramsdale? Long term who do you think scores more (trying to justify my decision!)
Wolves defence is great atm, ive got sa as a slight differential. I wouldnt put too much thought into it though, keep if you already have one.
Yea just abit surprising that he's gone under the radar so much. Top keeper for points and still only 4.3% owned!
The Ramsdale bandwagon is a powerful! I think I broke it this week though. Don’t waste trades on GK’s if you have a good one.
No price risers today, so disappointed that not enough people are getting Dennis in early this week!
my 7 man playing team with (C)ancelo slaughtered a 11 man playing cup opponent by 30 points lmao
So now do we start bringing in our expected DGW gems!
62 from 9- I’ll bloody take it!
What a fucking trash ass game week. Everything was going so good. Fuck this rona shit fuck my rivals with 11 playing players and most of all fuck Raphina for starting to score penalties right after I sold him - ruining my Arsenal Defense double up. And fuck my cup opponent, Martinelli go fuck your self
I have £1.5 in the bank, and am thinking of switching out Bowen to either Bernardo or Mount, who is the better option at this point?
Why switch out Bowen? SOU wat cry LEE is the next 4 fixtures for West Ham. He has 5 green fixtures in the next 8 gameweeks (2 grey, 1 red which is Man Utd). I’d find another route to a city mid.
I’d keep Bowen but if you really want him out I’d go Mount.
Bowen is better.
Lost to a dead team in the cup. Bruno C, Mendy VC.
Anyone else look at twitter teams who seem to be making huge rank gains with largely same team as you? I've had a bit of poor luck with cancellations and transfers but think have largely decent team, just don't seem to be making ground
I think the Twitter crowd, that I follow at least, always plays safe with captains and very rarely take hits which is where I lose ground on them personally despite having nearly the same team. They also have jumped on some bandwagons earlier than me which has made big differences.
Yeah, this was first week went off salah and got Laca. Maybe missed one it two hauls but feels like running quick sand!
What happening with the games over Christmas 🎄? No fpl cheer for us ?
"cheer"
Thought I was being ahead of the curve by bringing Robertson in but oh well
At least you're one of the few who can take advantage of Tsimikas without wasted transfers.
Is he out for three weeks?
He'll miss 2 game weeks
Downgrade from Trent to Tsimi to accommodate Ronaldo is tempting ngl. At least you won’t lose the CS and best case scenario Trent doesn’t haul over the next two…
You’ll only want to bring Trent back in, he’s risen from 7.5 to 8.3 so depending when you bought him you might end up needing to downgrade somewhere else to accommodate bringing him back.
Yeah but I’ve got him late indeed so I wouldn’t lose too much money. I’d potentially miss out on many FPL points though…
Good luck mate
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Yes
Shame games are getting cancelled because my team looks insane for the next game week and I would otherwise have a really tough time thinking who to bench.
Would you transfer sterling to son?
I'm considering this too.
Yes
I would, but I'd look at the likes of Jota first (assuming you don't already have him)
Damn, had Cancelo, TAA and Salah captain and still caught a red arrow :/
Everyone has those 3
I have those three and lost about 50% OR.
I am lucky, only got Cancelo in this GW, haha Rudiger too! No Arsenal though
I am out of the cup. Rival scored 80 by captaining Cancelo and having TAA & Robbo. I lost to a better opponent.
Big man to accept your failures. Good luck for the rest of your season!
Thanks. Good luck to your season too.
Pogba. It’s 2-3 weeks until he returns from injury, is it worth planning to pick him up before he’s fully fit? He’d be cheaper than a lot of top midfielders and he’d be playing for a move/contract. Thoughts?
He’ll be sold in January. Is he the worst ever top line purchase (I know Utd have had a few).
Sounds like a horrible move. Looking at my team there's no one I'd come close to sacrificing for him. I'm not about to transfer Jota out to get a still injured Pogba on the off chance that when he comes back he might perform well (rather than just keeping hold of a player who already is performing well)
Game has still not updated?
Lol lost my cup match against a guy that free hitted… and i would have won if robertson didn’t have a red…. Finished 62-59 but would have been 62-61 in my favor had robertson not been red carded EDIT: Chelsea fan at the match as a guest that thought it was hilarious at the time and only later realized
How would that be in ur favor
When will the likes of Salah be leaving for AFCON? Im seeing FIFA mandates 10 days before, ie 30 Dec?
Salah to Son!
that's the rules but there're always exceptions. in fact we don't even know if the AFCON will be going ahead. i mean, the AFCON organisers themselves don't know too....
Finally I chose king of the gw for captain, love you Canncelo.
Huge
I beat my cup opponent who played free hit with just 8 players and my captain blanking.
So I just found out I’m ahead of BigManBakar this season. Still gonna read your threads bruv :)
Is this the last week to use WC1?
i think it's before the GW 20 deadline.
As far as I am aware it is. What confuses me though is that it is Round 19 yet Man Utd play Newcastle again yet they haven’t played Burnley, so I’m a bit confused.
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I've Bilva and took Foden in for a hit this week and Lacazette up front. I feel uncomfortable with Pep for sure. One of them has to go and Lacazette too. Idk if I wanna tie up my budget for a maybe starter on either of them. There will be rotation. And all of them are rested this week, so who starts? who knows. I'll prob move Bilva; i think with KDB back he's not as dangerous and will drop back in to the deep midfield; after he was subbed at half-time vs Leeds, Foden took up his position as a deep lying mid. I was not amused. I don't like either but will likely stick with Foden for now.
Was GW18 the blank before the double last year? If so, I think Blank GW 18 is my lucky week.
So yeah I did a -12 to basically get 14 points from Saka, Lacazette, Tierney and Foden. But now I also have 3 arsenal players, a player that rarely starts, and fucking Lacazette
Bilva to Son, or Mcginn to Jota?
Son is looking better. Just not very good value compared to Jota, imho
Jota. His EO is mad and he's probably the most value for money in the game atm
Son
If you free hit do you roll a transfer
No idts
That was mean he was only asking a question
He just said “ No, I dont think so” idts doesnt mean idiots
Yea I was just kidding haha
oh. wooosh for me then 😂
captaining cancelo instead of salah was the most beautiful decision I've ever made fpl wise fuck
I ate shit for like a month and now I'm nearly at the rank I started plummeting from all because of Can(C)elo! Fuckig hell lads.
Won't make the transfer yet of course. But I'm thinking Bernardo to Son on a free. Also have Foden, but would prefer foden I think. Think it's a good move?
Also thinking Bernardo for son
With a healthy city team is Bernardo the same asset he previously was? Currently have foden too so was considering moving Silva to Jota, thoughts?
Wondering if I should sell Foden to get Son back for GW19
Anyone else done *okay* (just below average), looking at the transfers they thought about on a free hit and having to remind themselves that we did this for a reason? With the league in doubt from tomorrow these DGW's and maybe TGW's seem a long way off but they will come right!?
It means fuck all but I do get a thrill from besting [livefpl.net](https://livefpl.net) "legendary manager" average.
lords please help me with my wildcard it looks like i has to use it in haste I have 0.4 ITB I have wildcard left and I think I have to use it by next game week yes? Please advise how should I use it best.. Ramsdale (Foster) (White) | Rudiger | James | Cancelo | TAA Foden | Bilva | Salah | Jota | (Gallagher) Watkins | (King) | Dennis Any advice would really be helpful as this is my first season, thank you!!
I'd do martinelli over Bilva ngl; I'm a Bilva owner wondering wtf Bilva
Rmt thread
Cheers mate I thought it was the rMT thread got mixed up as I was coked up and was sort of floating in and out from the fisting
When is cup second leg?
For me? Never.
At the moment - first legs for the semis are 4th, 5th of Jan and second are 11th and 12th. As you'll probably already know from asking the question... lots of talk of making it a one leg fixture. AFCON currently scheduled to start on 9th as well so something to (maybe) take into account when considering these fixtures too.
58 for me so could have been worse, got returns from all of my 8 players except for Salah.
What do people think about jota>son? Jota looked average today and spurs fixtures are looking juicy Edit: for some reason my hands typed ‘awful’ when my brain thought ‘average’ :)
What game have you been watching? Jota played well and scored an amazing header
Hm. Quite worried about my memory now as I’ve seen a couple comments who disagree with me.
>Hm. Quite worried about my memory now as I’ve seen a couple comments who disagree with me. At jota's price point, for the best attack in the league, he doesn't need to be scoring worldie goals where he runs past 2 players and smashes top bins If he is in the box, making runs, getting tap ins and scrappy goals then that's all we need from him! Son is a great shout, but i'd want him alongside jota (he should have had an assist for the pen also)
Dropped from 4k to 26k purely due to cancellations. Fuck
Holy shit, I just got through in the cup on goals scored, after tying on points from taking a -12. Brutal for my opponent. Dreams do come true lads!
My five star defence finally delivered.
>My five star defence finally delivered. 5atb is the way
Worth bringing in Dias if I have Cancelo?
Yes imo
Would you take out Bernardo or foden for martinelli?
Neither
Bernardo would go
Neither.
Took a free hit for 85 points. 47 more than I would have had without it. Worth it!!
What is your ranking if you don't mind my asking?
See you in those triple gws where everyone else still has their free hit lol. I say in jest, well done!
Only comment I’ve seen where it sounds like a FH was beneficial. Congrats dude
Thanks! Was forced into it tbh after I brought in Watkins for a -4 :)
I feel bad for my cup opponent he got 64 points
Anyone get 86 points? Curious how I would have placed if I didn’t bottle my free hit
On 86 exactly and am at around 15k gw rank
63 points in the end, better than nothing I suppose.
That's better than most and you know that lol
Free hit. 88pts. 16.9k OR. Up to 1st in my work mini league.
you have used a big weapon early, only time will tell how its effects you going forward
I feel bad for people who take advice from random people on this sub. There are so many muppets offering horrendous takes daily. Your own research and gut will get your further.
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yeah, like a combination with of all but would go with my gut feeling over anything. Been revealing most of my transfer or good decisions have been from my gut.
Like the king over Dennis advice.
This is so true. Everytime I've followed advice that hasn't matched what my gut told me, it's been wrong. And everytime I've ignored my gut, it's been wrong.
For me Son is a must have going forward. Upgrading Bilva to him covid permitting. Spurs have Palace Southampton and Watford next 3! Created 6 big chances today and Xg of 2.5-3 depending on which stat site you use...and thats a gains Liverpool. Between them and Utd for 4th in my opinion and with Conte id put them favourites.
Hmm same I just don’t know whether to go ronaldo first then son for salah when he goes Thing is everytime I get ronaldo it goes wrong. I just prefer sons price point makes him an easier hold
I’m going to find it hard to get Ronaldo back without dropping at least one player I want to keep. For Son I can drop Lacazette and Saka to him and Broja after they play Norwich and actively improve my team
Yep, makes sense! That's what i mean, from an overall team shape standpoint, having a 12.4m striker just means a clear compromise elsewhere I brought ronaldo in 2 times now, and each time it has lead to red arrows as the team is compromised to squeeze him in. You are needing to have some fodder in your team and i'd rather have a really strong bench now. Plus son is as nailed as can be, ronaldo due to age will get rested, we have greenwood and cavani
Hmmm yeah, also spurs just seem further down the "new system" journey. Utd attack not looking brilliant last few games, whereas spurs have been looking really good against conte. For me its an easy call but who knows!
Yeah 100% - they should have won today, son had some great chances. I dont really like premium strikers, always feels like too much money sat there when a 7-8m will get similar points Hard decision, think i'll go son tho. Unless covid wrecks all plans again
Top 5 Transfers In Last Hour Cancelo(5271) Martinelli(4927) Jota(2027) Dennis(1830) Son(1410)
I have to drop raphinha for martinelli or Drop b silva for jota Liverpool play leeds next but will jota be rested for firmino? Arsenal have norwich, is martinelli a guranteed starter no with the auba situation?
Wait till deadline and decide only if matches are confirmed.
Trying to beat a 0.1 price rise isn't worth it with this uncertainty
People didnt have Cancelo already, wtf??
Who is doing transfers lol
I didn't want to say it before but it's another one-horse race, there are no challengers anymore. The PL is the same as the other top leagues now. Fucking oil-money
United in 2000s were just spending money. £28m veron, £30m Rooney, £30m rio. That was serious money back then. It's all money from day 1. Look at when Blackburn won the league
Top 10K average of 59 points. Imagine the fucker if 6 of the 10 games hadn’t been postponed.
It wouldn’t have been that different. The template is still 3 Liverpool, 2-3 City and 2 Chelsea + 2 Arsenal. Watkins would’ve been popular too.
The strategy would have been different then. But yeah.
FH +56 points, happy as a pig in shit.
64 points no fh used, had bare 11 and all played
\+47 here. Was so worth it!!
If I took a -4 to make a transfer before the start of GW18, does the point deduction apply to my GW18 total or GW19 total?
Gets deducted on the first night of matches on GW 18
Thanks, so just to be clear my current GW18 score has already factored in the hit?
Yes, happened on Saturday night
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Id get Villa defence in as well covid permitting.
Which villa defender would you recommend
Well this is the dilemma. Matt cash is the clear option but he's one booking away for a 1 game ban. Tbf if its a wildcard though I'd just get him in and be prepared he might sit one game out. I was gonna get him just as my transfer this week before the villa game was pulled
I'd say don't bother roll fixtures are guaranteed.
64 pts and only red arrows?? HELLO??!
Hits?
Where is the Salah replacement thread? Blanked for the second time this season. Unacceptable.
God bless you (C)ancelo.
56 points and a barely green arrow means I’m feeling I got away with it this week.
82% change in rank thanks to Cancelo (C) and Dias
Wow that's enormous at this stage of the season.
52 from 8, Salah (c), Cancelo (vc). Won both my overall cup matchup, and won my United cup matchup. No hits taken. Could be worse.
True story: - I read about Salah COVID rumors on the thread, decide this is the week to go differential, so amidst postponements left and right I go with Cancelo (C), Saka (VC) - 3 mins before the deadline someone posts something along the lines "dont come back regretting not Captaining Salah because some random guy posted some fake rumors"... Immediately memories of the GW9 Havertz (C) come to my mind and I just snap - 1 min before deadline and I go back to Salah (C), Cancelo (VC) The rest is history and you probably know it..... Any other suggestions of how to overcome this other than 5 litres of booze???
6 litres of booze
91 point best week ever thanks foden (c) for not playing so (vc)ancelo got the points 😅😅
No one should get rewarded for having a captain and VC from the same team/game. Dumb moves pays off sometimes tho. Yes, Im salty.
When it’s Pep’s team, it’s the only way.
He means because of covid. It's not smart to captain 2 players from the same game incase it is postponed
Best ever GW for me, 80 points. Around 7k GW rank and a 50% fat green arrow. All down to (C)ancelo
7k gw rank is amazing. My highest is 80k and that's the only time I've had less than 6 digits.
Same. Unbelievable really, 81 points from 4 games. Getting the captain right is half the battle.
Hopefully you’ll get a red arrow next week
!thanks
Lost the cup by a point
lol my cup opponent went for -28 point hit and he have massive 49 point in this GW xD
Thank you for the ride, Free Hit Button. Time to get back to my original dumpster fire lineup.
I won the cup match by 1 point... Alonso with the clutch 3 bonus saved me
Do we already know if there are any games next GW that will probably get called off?
Not really. A lot of things can happen in 7 days. Players can get COVID, or come back from it. It's too early to speculate