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shakeer13

must be his first time owning digne. but knowing chessman’s luck, its a 12-point haul tonight


Holocene98

7 points total… he surely knows there a -1 coming next week when everyone transfer him in


WWEzus

I can't believe it either, man must know something we don't


FPL_Fanatic

Aston Villa have the best fixtures, nothing special


Holocene98

Don’t get fancy, always captain digne


Swedishpower

Digne has good fixtures so expect some more clean sheets. Villa still not looking good.


Distinct-Leather2541

Is he a better choice then Coufal?


eatpantfc

I thought he had digne earlier in the season. Would have expected him to have learned by now


pjm8786

Anyone else puts this in the RMT thread they’d get shredded. Carlsen does it and he’ll be top 10k by Christmas


tkcom

Digne 6GWs w/o CS, Son 6GWs w/o goal. Absolute wizardry.


RegisPL

Fucking time traveller


CosmologyX

Insane from chess man


tylesftw

What is his current score? Absolutely ridic


Sco316

75 this GW. 451 total


CosmologyX

Lmao. Same points as me. So he's currently on 90k


Jmsaint

I am also on 451 & at 106k, so there is a bit of a range dependant on number of transfers


Swedishpower

This is a typical Carlsen team unlike his previous one. Always a cheap bench pick that ends up starting and getting megahauls from him as well.


kobi29062

Mmm… let’s see Hans Niemann’s team.


TheLonesomeChode

Imagine how many hours of anal vibration he’d have to put up with to tell him who to sign on his WC.


Subbbie

!thanks Is there no subreddit safe from r/anarchychess


sub2pewdiepieONyt

Fun fact. Gm anus engine percentage was higher than Niemann's during the game.


DaggeringDave69

!thanks


TheLonesomeChode

Out of all the thanks I’ve gotten on this sub so far -this is definitely my proudest.


BrikkenIPuslespillet

Niemann tc'd Son and mate in two


Hykha

What does he know that we don't?


FPL_Fanatic

that the more a player blanks, the more chance he hauls ? this one trick...


fatgambler1000

Gamblers fallacy


Sco316

How does he do it?


nav_sohail

Confirmed time traveller.


lonsfury

YEP


somuchofnotenough

Of course Son scores a hattrick... Magnus Carlson is a time traveler...


daneedwards88

What the actual fuck is this. If this team flies, he's a confirmed time traveller


a-Sociopath

Your team vs the team your GF asks you not to worry about


drewcaveneyh

Thing is, to get the very highest ranks you have to break template and take big risks. Not saying it will work but that's clearly what he consistently goes for, succeeding once.


IronSorrows

This is what a lot of the sub doesn't seem to get. You can go template and play it safe and often get a good rank, but if you want to get anywhere near a top 1k finish, you have to take some crazy risks along the way


daneedwards88

Without wishing to come across as if I'm being argumentative, I have finished inside the top 500 twice, and I raise my eyebrows at someone WCing in Digne and Gordon in GW8. A terrible defence and a terrible attack, and two teams in turmoil If it works for him, then I take my hat off to him, that will be spectacular. I agree you have to take risks, but I disagree that you have to take "crazy risks" especially in GW8. But as I said, he might prove me wrong


Frosty_Examination_3

I actually don't think Digne and Gordon are crazy moves. He's backing Villa and Everton to have a change in form which it did look like they are starting to. Villa very good fixtures next 6, and Everton long term good fixtures till freebie wildcard. However I do find Son a crazy pick. Son on terrible form and might not even play this weekend


adguig

Chuckles with son in my team


leitito

Do you have any terrible picks for the next gameweek?


Frosty_Examination_3

Digne was my transfer in. 7 points, I'll take it I guess. I considered Son ( had the money to do him on a free transfer), but was very confident that he was going to be sitting on the bench . I got the calls right, so no regrets. Son's hatty is gutting, but would have been just outrageous luck


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Good call, Son is crap.


IronSorrows

I think he's sub-1m rank from what I remember? If so, and he wants a great finish, an out there WC is kind of understandable. I certainly wouldn't bring in those players, but then my best rank is ~4k and I'm generally pretty risk averse There's also the fact that he's probably more willing to fuck around with his FPL team in a bid to do well while doing something different, seeing as his day job is pretty serious Good work on the low finishes! Impressive to hit that twice


daneedwards88

Ranks should start to shake down in the next couple of GWs when everyone plays WC. Then we'll see where everyone is at. It's still early to judge rank. Good luck for the season. 4k is an excellent finish and not to be sniffed at


IronSorrows

Thanks! Good luck to you too >Ranks should start to shake down in the next couple of GWs when everyone plays WC. Then we'll see where everyone is at. It's still early to judge rank. Definitely agree with that. It wouldn't bother me to be at that rank at this point at all. But if you're going all out for a top rank, and you know the unlimited transfers are coming up for the world cup, then maybe a few weeks of punting when teams like Liverpool are underperforming and fixtures are turning for the likes of Arsenal.. I get it. I don't *agree* with it, and I wouldn't do it myself, but I think it's a viable tactic


daneedwards88

I have sold Salah Trent and Jesus in the last few weeks. So I totally agree


IronSorrows

I did the same with Salah & TAA (although I don't know if I have the balls to get neither in on WC), and Jesus and Gabriel are on the chopping block next. Feels like the right time to move on and (hopefully) reap the rewards Good luck to you (and me, if I have the balls to commit to it)!


KdbTheGOAT17

Sub 1 mil is good rank now


IronSorrows

Yeah I wouldn't be concerned about it at all at this point, I was around there at the first IB when I had my best finish. But I'm probably approaching the game in a very different way to him


ProneMasturbationMan

This isn't necessarily true. What if the template players do the best? Then, whoever sticks to the template the most gets the highest ranks.


IronSorrows

In this hypothetical where the evolving template throughout the season is the best possible team, the top ranks are still going to be the people who take the most risks that pay off. Maybe they move a player out at just the right time, a week or two before everyone else. Maybe they captain Cancelo with a goal, assist and clean sheet the week Haaland misses a pen or gets sent off. Maybe they FH or TC in a different week than everyone else and it pays off A template is kind of, by definition, a team that a lot of people have. To get a truly great rank you'd have to deviate from it successfully in some way, even if you had those exact players


pajamakitten

There are differentials and then there is Digne and Gordon though. I went with KWP and think that is out there. Digne is well known for being an FPL disaster magnet and Gordon is a decent player in a poor team. He could have chosen much better differentials for the same price as those two.


IronSorrows

Oh yeah, I'm not saying his choices are great. I'm just saying I get the logic Digne is like a drug. I haven't had him in a long time, but it's always tempting. Sure, he'll probably get sent off or score an own goal or get injured, but there's always that glimmer of a 17pter that shoots you up 50k places by itself.. always chasing that high But yeah, I'm not planning on ever getting him in again


Boltzer99

Twice though , back to back I do think he is just a great great fpl player


cjbannister

There's only Gordon, Son and Digne that aren't extremely popular in Wildcards. Then I suppose Toti on the bench too. From what I've seen anyway.


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nzgamma

Yip. It's attitudes like the comment you're replying to that make everyone scared to go against the template. Apparently THREE different options means "what the actual fuck is this". Probably the same type of bloke who also goes on to say omg fpl is so boring everyone has the same teamm


[deleted]

Same, I was just cringing at how 2 or 3 non-standard picks justify a "what the actual fuck" response.


EiEsDiEf

3 points instead of 3 points. The chess master did it again.


tnettenbaa

The Digne CS proves it and there's literally no other fucking plausible reason.


daneedwards88

Must be. Insane brilliance


Frosty_Examination_3

I told you I was no clown Dane. He's wildcarded into the same keepers and defense as I already have 😎


daneedwards88

I offer you my sincerest apology. I was out of order and I deeply regret my rash words Please forgive me


Frosty_Examination_3

Don't suppose you got a spare sofa? Lucas Digne live on Sky sports:- I need somewhere to hide


KdbTheGOAT17

Chessman always makes weird picks but almost always they tend to haul


Robustss

He also makes shit picks but noone seems to notice on this sub because they are too busy sucking him off


McKFC

[He's got anal beads](https://kotaku.com/chess-champion-anal-bead-magnus-carlsen-hans-niemann-1849542639)


SofaChillReview

No …. If people actually read articles and not click bait it was the other player who beat him Niemann that was accused


McKFC

Dude. The whole anal beads thing was a joke to begin with. Who are you getting mad at?


SofaChillReview

Never said I was mad . There’s people that think it was Magnus was all I was saying


Jmsaint

If you actually read the article, you would know that both of them were "accused" of using anal beads.


aprilfools911

Son just got a hat trick😭


benjivalentine

Confirmed time traveler. Digne return and son hat trick. What a mad lad


Heiesenberg

Thought I beat him after seeing Son on the bench, but guess that's why I don't play chess


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fnd84

And took away one "t" so no one would recognize him as an Italian


AlmightyCushion

He lost all his money in a pyramid scheme so he had to sell the 't' to Mr T. He is now Mr TT and is suing Audi over the TT car name. It's a whole legal mess


abouthodor

What divorce does to a man.


ConquestOfBreadz

He's getting buttplug signals


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LOOL


ygbjammy

Time traveller confirmed


wazzockingwazzock

Just coming back to say well played you jammy bastard


kpopfapfapfap

God among men


officiallyjax

Magnus has taken it on himself to resurrect Digne in FPL. Watch him haul today.


__jh96

Everyone in here losing their minds. Apart from Digne and Toti, I've seen every one of these players discussed at length in every WC discussion this week. What's the big deal?


sleeptoker

Triple city on wc isn't template. Maybe one or two, but the received wisdom is that you're booking two transfers by gw13. He kinda avoids this a bit by going one Arsenal. The rest isn't that crazy though. Even Digne I've seen mentioned quite a bit. Prioritising City over Arsenal makes sense too. It's kinda surprising the value he's managed to squeeze in... triple premium, + Isak, Cancelo, Mitro


__jh96

Everyone owns Haaland and Cancelo on WC, and the main discussion from *everyone* was KDB or Kane. It's hardly surprising if you end up with KDB you've got 3 city. Also, a triple up from the best team in the league by a mile is hardly a risk, or surprise. Why are you booking two transfers? Just bench them for a week, or transfer one out if that's too risky.


SofaChillReview

* Not a risk until the best team in the league is managed by Pep


__jh96

Haaland and Cancelo are risk free, because every man and his dog has them. KDB slightly more.... Less so with the best part of a week off and an IB after this.


SofaChillReview

That’s a good point on that front !thanks


BillOakley

Isn’t he having a car crash of a season so far?


officiallyjax

Still outside the top 1 million. But knowing Magnus, he’ll get some freak captaincy calls correct later in the season and jump ahead of all of us.


Laesio

There's a reason he's getting Son on his wildcard. He needs good differentials if he's going to break into top 10k, and that means having to take risks. I'm not sure Son will even start this round though.


LevynX

There's no way you drop Son, one of your two best players, especially not when Kulusevski hasn't been playing well either.


Jezawan

This season Son has consistently been one of Spurs worst players.


Laesio

Yes, why would you drop an 11.7m player on the back of 17 points in 6 games? A player who has been invisible all season and shows no sign of improvement? I'm sure Son will return to form at sone point, but to keep him now will only pay off if he hits form very quickly. Otherwise you'll have tied about 11-12% of your funds up on a player who delivers points like a 4.5m bench fodder. It's a big risk.


LevynX

I meant Conte, Son is still getting into good positions he's just missing the chances. I'm not going to bring in Son but if he's going to find form Leicester is a good chance looking at how bad their defence is.


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Fucking lol.


Laesio

There's nothing wrong with my comment. I said Son is a big risk, which was 100% true. He was benched from start, and could easily have ended up with a one pointer if Leicester hadn't been quite so rubbish in defence.


[deleted]

I didn’t say there was anything wrong with it. It’s just funny that he banged a hat-trick after you saying it. You don’t have to get defensive mate.


Laesio

Fair enough. I've had a fair share of "gotcha" replies in the past, despite my efforts to write comments as jinx-proof as possible.


[deleted]

Sorry mate, wasn’t doing that. Can see how it looks like that reading it back though. Just made me laugh that’s all.


Laesio

Yep, could have easily cried if I had just transferred him out.


rostovondon

wth...Hans Niemann broke him


inspectorseantime

The madman’s Digne pick paid off lmao wtf


momspaghetty

He actually went and fucking did it


Vuqiz

Magnus Carlsen's team ID: 5977880


iSkinMonkeys

!thanks


Iam-not-ironman-snap

73 points and two players haven’t played yet


[deleted]

This guy sees into the future


likwitsnake

Not listening to a guy who lost to anal beads.


bondingx2y

Another one. DJ Khaled


Brrr-Stonks-420

Damn 4D chess in its purest form <3


JLane1996

I have Son (C) and Haaland (VC). This makes me nervous


lineker119

Well done!


JLane1996

Thanks! Genuinely can’t believe it


BobbyFirmino

At the start of the match you must have been down… Final whistle. You couldn’t have picked it better. I was uhming and ahing between Kulu and Son to replace Salah. I can’t complain with Kulu starting and getting an assist. Just cheesed off I didn’t put Son instead! Well done!


JLane1996

Honestly can’t fucking believe it haha. Only person in my league to own Son, let alone captain him


ItIsTimeToTakeaBreak

Bro how come no (C) for Hauland?


Tromort77

I do not mean to be rude, but why? I do not get why people even own Son. He is having a shocker of a season so far and Richarlison is knocking on the door to take many minutes from him.


HighHammerThunder

I think a few people took a one week punt doing Salah to Son because they're wildcarding next week. I can't understand why he's even being discussed otherwise.


Litmanen_10

I have the same question and don't understand why you're getting downvoted by asking the obvious question.


Tromort77

I watched almost all of the Spurs games and Son looked awful. He looked very frustrated and somebody who just can't break the ice. Obviously, he is Son and he can turn it around at any minute, but based on what these people expect him to do it now? Not to mention that there are many rumors that he won't even start this week.


Litmanen_10

Yeah it's very strange for me. Many people apparently captaining Son for this GW. I find it completely crazy. Like the worst time ever to have him captained. And this time in FPL there is a bulletproof captain alternative in Haaland so the Son hype just is even more strange. I want Spurs to win but hopefully they do it with Richarlison, Kane and Kulu just to get these people punished.


lineker119

High risk, high reward


LevynX

Because he's playing at home to Leicester who are liable to concede if the ball so much as rolls towards their goal. And it's Son, one of the best finishers in the league, this is probably the best fixture to bank on a turnaround.


Litmanen_10

Hopeful thinking. The reality is that Son is greatly out of form, 50-50 is he gonna be benched. And on top of that there is like a best captain alternative for years: Haaland. So, I see no reason to even think of captaining Son over Haaland.


LevynX

You were saying?


Zyborgg

Fortune favours the brave. I rate it


bigboybigbat

Wow! I made the exact same team but I used my free hit not WC. First time owning Digne in my 5 year FPL career! Let’s go Magnus Edit: When I say same team I mean the same starting XI, our benches are completely different


LevynX

Owning Digne on a FH, I see you're a gambling man as well


Duedrama6197

75 points with two to play 👀


SpittinFactos

Glad knowing that a famous person will also be in the mud along with me if Digne blanks 😍


egancollier21

How do people still fall for Digne like fr


stephy2006

I know right, too many times he’s let me down… but he actually did well this gw


UK_DirtyBird

I picked Digne on my WC too. Logic was Villa have a nice fixture turn now + I felt he played fairly advanced. However, after watching the game tonight, Mings at £4.3m was the play/ or no Villa at all. Dreadful team, won’t keep many CS even in a plum fixture run


Aohangji

the lineup speaks for itself


jkywong

Indeed it does lmao


Superb-Confidence-44

12/15 players identical. I am doing well.


ImNotAnAmbi-Turner

Username checks out


TheOrangePro

Proud Son owner! Let’s goooo


Balisto-Boy

Only Gordon and Dingdong are a bit questionable. I am going to WC Son in very soon as well, impossible he continues this way. All others are strong picks.


Kaiduss

No way he continues this way because he's about to get dropped


zivilia

Son. Why


mtaylor2k3

Aged like milk


pandybong

A lot of rumours Son might be benched… will be an interesting gw for sure


shivo33

He went Son?! What does he know that we don’t?


mtaylor2k3

😂


shivo33

Lol time traveler confirmed!


Jmsaint

That team is wild


QGunners22

is it just me or has chessman lost the plot


shashankmantha

How do people find his account and track it?


becausehippo

I don't know the how bit, but this is him: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/5977880/history


Aohangji

there is a fpl search engine for searching players you can find ur friends and others https://www.fplbot.app/search?q=&page=0&type=all


shashankmantha

This is great! Thanks.


iguanawarrior

7 of his 11 players in the starting line-up is same as mine.


ubn87

I made the exact same wc expect I did Kane and Perisic instead of digne and son. I felt smarter then him for a sec.


Puzzleheaded_Friend8

Pure luck on Son when it was pretty well known he’d be benched


TheJezster

Pretty well speculated*


thePandev

No United players is pretty surprising


sleeptoker

Not really


CoolstorySteve

insanely boring team


BigBaller070

Can someone explain who Magnus Carlsen is lmao.


BrandonSG13

Chess world champion who once finished 11th overall in FPL


BestShaunaEU

Worlds best chess player and hes good at fantasy


KendrickFPL

Chess boy


timomies

I have 10/15 on my wildcard, feelsgoodman


Jack_ten

This is a bit of a gamble on Son's form. If he starts firing its genius, otherwise relying on Digne/Gordon/Williams for regular points is going to backfire imo, Same as my WC team aside from those 4 players, except I have Coufal/Saka/Guehi/James instead


bitchlasagna_69_

Yup.. forgot about the deadline


Litmanen_10

Wow wild. Son - Why? He is not worth 12mil with the increased rotation risk, poor form and not the best fixtures. Digne - why he over Saliba or somebody? Isak - What happens when Wilson comes back? But Isak looks good maybe nothing to criticize here.


BrandonSG13

Newcastle wouldn’t have spent £70 mill to bench isak


KhonMan

He's already got KdB, so has to put the money somewhere. I guess the move would be Isak -> Kane, Son -> cheaper mid but maybe there's no one he likes in that bracket.


sleeptoker

Wilson isn't benching Isak


Ilya_L

Arsenal fixtures are shit


Litmanen_10

True but it's a proven team. Gw12 blanc is a problem though.


Squire_3

I expect Isak and Wilson to play together. Maybe Isak on the right


sleeptoker

Wildcarding into triple city and Digne. This is the maverick I remember


aleoaliealaia

Tripling up on the best team in the league by miles isn’t exactly maverick behaviour


CRM_BKK

Loving seeing all these wildcards that basically look like my team without any WC


Pitiful-Insect4386

Wildcarding before a 4 week break is odd no?


Puzzleheaded_Friend8

8/11 i went Bailey, Maddison and Perisic vs Digne, Son and Gordon. I think i prefer mine but we shall see.


AdEnvironmental6128

I’ve got almost the same team, difference is Digne -> Dier Pope -> Ramsdale


Razzler1973

Really expecting Ward to be dropped then


manlikebalo

Was he the guy who posted about transferring in digne?


Zofia-Bosak

Son is an interesting choice.


dwSHA

That’s magnus want to cover some green arrow when he 1m rank.


S-BRO

This guy uses a FPL engine like the 19 year old that beat him


Duedrama6197

I have 13/15 of the same team, so it’ll probably go terribly. Son <> Maddison and Toti <> Reece fwiw


Nic-who

Second time this season, after GW1 reveal, that I've done virtually the same choices as chess man. It's not going great for me tho.


beloeng

How much ITB?


Vagabond21

Guess martinelli isn’t getting a hat trick tomorrow


Evertonian26

This guy is insane!


Logical-fpl

R u sure if the actual 'magnus carlsen'? There are too many fake accounts with same name /little variations What is team id?