We turn to the Opta numbers next and roll out our usual post-Gameweek members’ article looking at some of the standout players across the previous round of fixtures.
Sergio Aguero, Jamie Vardy and Eden Hazard’s run of goals arrive under analysis, while we also cast an eye over Spurs and Everton’s recent displays in attack.
Meanwhile, cut-price midfielders from Brighton and Watford are finding form as both sides prepare for a run of four home matches in the next six Gameweeks.
3 sounds good but not for -8
Can u do just 2 transfers and the other one later?
I can’t Alonso and Hazard are both funding Wilson > Kane.
I was all set on ditching Aguero for Kane but don’t know now.
Maybe just keep the free transfer and do it then for a -4. So u can watch the players in the fa cup, cl and for another gw and then decide
The team looks good imo. Even the players on the bench have great games in 28. Don't they?
Yep they do, Simpson a worry though
Thanks , this is another option
stick this week do 3. next week for -4
Probably the wise option with Wilson at home to Newcastle next
Kane away to palace though. Big captaincy worry. That's my issue too
I’d doubt Kane will be that big a captain. Salah with whu should be the clear leader.
Wtf
Worth a -8 though?
-8 puts me off. Think I'll just go kun to kane and pray
Either 1 or 3 next week after saving a transfer this week
Yes, what to do with Kun.
My original plan was 1.
Shaqiri ship sailed.
As of last night, I think I've "achieved" the most as a casual than any other casual on this site:
Hot topic
Scoutcast mention (rough of course 😛 )
First comment on an article
All that's left is a community article about how little I know. Probably during the off-season where people are more inclined to believe me 😆
Congrats mate. Still searching for the hot topic myself lol. Why would you say you are a casual?
Despite all the advice on here, I still make stupid decisions and take hits and don't particularly care about rank, just want to win my ML filled with even more casuals. Also I'm gravless and haven't got a membership despite looking into the possibility of it.
As regards to the hot topic, any long post with stats or a decent summary after the PL has finished will go green mate 😉
Same mate. Down at 730k with over 70 points hits already. Not sure if I'm a casual though just not very good at the game!
Or maybe a casual is someone that has a life outside FPL 😆
To be honest you may not be taking advice off here but making your own decisions..that isn't casual.
I don't give a toss about rank and I've been playing 11 years as a pretty successful mini league focused player.
I'd say a casual was someone who follows the herd and has no thought process or planning themselves.
Cheers mate. One thing that is certainly casual about my team is my below 1 mil rank 😳
Get a grav
I'll be honest. I think I've forgotten which email I used to make this account 😆
Can't you check in the settings?
It appears you can. May get myself a grav then! Be a shame to leave Team Cruel all alone though.
This game doesn't work on certainty, it has luck in it and at times instincts play a role. If you watch most PL games then you wouldn't take every opinion/advice you get in here, and can make your own decisions. If you know football, maybe also played it well (whatever level), then probably you are going to do well. Of course you also need patience and proper planning.
To add, this site has helped many including myself to do well in the game. So i personally appreciate the owners, contributors and the entire community for the job well done. cheers
I think patience is what I lack really. And a thirst for punts. I do try to reign it in but what can you do. Might as well have some fun with your picks now and then 😛
Morning. What happened to Sterling last night? Flashscore say he is swapped cos of injury, don't see him flagged...
Pep hasn't said anything yet
Ty
Pep said he had some issues with the muscle. Not to the extent to term it as an injury as he started despite knowing that. But since they were comfortably ahead he decided not to risk him anymore and brought him off!
Hope he will be ok for next game would be so bad to sell him...so much money on him...
Same situation but I'd just swop for Sanè
Strategic question, should I buy toby or someone who plays at gw31? (instead of moreno)
I will sell kun to firmino so I will have enough cash
Already have VVD
Whole team:
Adrian speroni
Jones VVD martina moreno chilwell
Salah walcott shaqiri b.silva a.king
Kane kun vardy
0.9 itb
Buy Vertonghen rather than Toby.
I am struggling with the ‘get x y z player because he has a game in 31’ when you can get more points by just sticking with better players and ignoring 31
Since I bought Wlacott I have had 3 points in 2 games off him ... grr ...
But they are not mutually exclusive. I brought Shaqiri in and he's got me 21 points in three weeks...
I know, you need a bit of luck, but at the same time Chopou M has been a disappointment ... it just seems so painful to buy players that ordinarily you wouldn’t go for
I think I am going to ignore the BGW31 and just play a normal game 🙂
Same he's frustrated so far by Everton still habe good fixtures and we can ditch him after 31 if he's still underperforming
I got Walcott a while back as well not because of gw31. I think he'll come good, did 6 crosses and 2 key passes last week, another week that would give a couple of assists. Lots of silliness going on re. gw 31, most players brought in will score 2 or 3 points, definitely don't let it affect transfer thinking.
If you got him the week before you would be happier
I know, I know ... but other issues at the time and would still not have bought him except for 31 being the reason to tip the decision, I think. Maybe I am just a bitter salty owner 🙂
Transfer prices going up or down when the next gameweek is in 10 days is absolutely crazy to me.
The number of things that can change in 10 days and people are making transfers this early?! 😐
We always say this but in reality not much ever happens. I think Ive only been burned once by an early transfer so far this season and even then it wasn’t that bad, I just played my sub.
early transfers when there are no games before the next PL game is a good risk to take, but not when most teams have 2 games in the mean time ?
Maybe. I just think it's over-amplified. Sure there are risks, maybe some people are more unlucky than me then. The only one that burned me this season was getting Willian in before he pulled his hamstring which was a stupid transfer anyway. I just used my sub and got him out the next week so wasn't even that bad.
It’s not the player you bring in though, but the other 14 that could get injured ?
They rarely do and I have 3 subs for a reason.
didn’t you bring in Walcott for Lingard early in GW26 and then ended up with injuries/illness to Jones, Christensen & Alonso and with T Carroll not even starting off your bench ?
Maybe it woukd have been worth waiting until Saturday ? Just saying ... 🙂
Yeah that was a particularly bad week of injuries/illness, however the only one I knew about ahead of time was Christensen so I wouldn't of taken Alonso or Jones out anyway. I also didn't wanna take out Christensen because I thought at the time it was a short term injury, which it was because he's now back, after I took him out (doh!)
It's my dirty casual brethren
Usually we get a lull after the early transfers when there is a 2 week gap.
chances of being burned for making early transfers is higher than most people think. Points over value.
Yep, I remember those who got Ibrahimovic early mid April last year were burnt hard
Funnily, from my experience it's the opposite. I make early transfers almost every week and only got burnt once by Willian in the FA cup. I just played my sub though so wasn't even that bad. Maybe I just get lucky every time.
It's not just the chances of your players getting injured though - it's all the other extra information you get in terms of other teams playing cup games, knowing teams coming up against defences which have injuries, early team news etc. Plus, more time to think about your decisions.
Swansea getting knocked out of the cup helps me gw31 planning so much. I might not even FH if that happens and just have 6 players playing while everyone else FH's to get bad players in
You’ll need Soton to lose too in order for Swansea to keep their GW31 match
Swansea won’t get knocked out 🙂
Leicester or Spurs losing cup would be great, even City. Sadly can’t see it
Nah - max carnage needed 😀
Carnage in 35 would be better!
Carnage in both and an extra cheeky midweek double in 36 🙂
Biblical flooding and nationwide Brexit riots causing lots of postponements too 😎
Aye.. now you’re talking!
2 free transfers, thinking of doing Alonso & Dunk > Van Dijk & BDavies
Thoughts?
Just
depends on what is your plan for GW31?
Which one for a draft league guys?
A) Pedro
B) Iwobi
C) Pritchard
D) Izquierdo
Thanks!
Whats the deal with Mane this season? With Jesus possibly back i was thinking of downgrading Aguero and boosting the mid. Quite fancy a triple up on Liv (have Salah and Firm) but he's way down on points per game and just doesn't seem to be firing on all cylinders - plus he's getting hooked early and never does 90 mins.
Probably just talked myself out of it, but the fixtures and GW31 are very tempting.
Salah and Firmino with VVD/Karius is probably a better triple up
Was looking at Pope to Karius actually - but then still not sure as have Elliot still and worried about Mignolet rotation.
If you have a wildcard why not
Very surprised to see all the non-blankers at top of the watch list. Come on scouts, if they didn’t have the extra game they shouldn’t even be in contention to make the list!! Arsenal and Spurs look extra tasty in the lead up and I think people will miss a few hauls by early planning for 31. I would rather carry a stronger X1 through to the blank and then take a few extra hits to get a reasonable number out that week before wildcarding
....but they do have an extra game
Clearly you’ve missed the point
Not really. u need to be sure that the blank players u planning getting now outscore the bgwers over the next 2 gws by 4 points .
How many bgwers do u have now and how many do u plan to get through your "hits" in the week leading up to the blank?
Agree.
It's not like I shouldn't Ramsey or monreal now because they have a blank in 31. And bring in players who play in 31 .
I would rather bring arsenal players in , get atleast one return in next 3 and then bring in the players for 31
With Son having competition for his place from Lamela and Moura is transferring him to Eriksen sensible use of transfer ?
Son may still do well, especially against Huddersfield at home in 2 gameweeks. Spurs will have Juventus at Wembley shortly after that fixture.
Any suggestion on what to do with this team?
De Gea (Begovic)
Maguire VVD Mee (Mawson Dowson)
Sterling Salah DeBruyne Walcott (Milivojevic)
Willson Firmino Vardy
1FT 3.3ITB
Unfortunately I don't own Kane and its the player Im looking to bring in. I need to downgrade someone to upgrade Firmino and Vardy to Kane, but both players are inform with good fixtures so its not a must transfer. I don't have any of the big front hitters, but my team is not bad. Difficult to decide....
Trash Walcott and do Vardy to Kane. If you need more trash Maguire.
The leader in my league leads me with 100 pts but is without the FH chip. Therefore I need to maximize this chip as much as I can...
So far my plan is to have 8 players for GW31
WC in GW32 (having in mind 34 and 37)
Bench boost in GW34
FH in GW35
TC in 37
Do you think this is a good plan? Generally is 35 giving us better chances of points with the Free hit Chip?
Thanks.
Does it look like they are aware of GW31 in terms of the blanks? If not and it looks likely they will only have 3 or 4 players, I'd probably be tempted to FH in GW31 in your situation.
Stick with your plan. He has no FH chip so will find it hard to navigate through 31 and 35 if trying the BB & TC in 34 and 37
The free hit should be used to avoid as many transfers required in one week. Fewer games will be played in GW31 than GW37.
How about Alonso and albrighton to mee/mawson and erikson for a -4?
If City do blank this GW when would the corresponding DGW be?
36 probably like soton arsenal Las t season
Alright, thanks. Fingers crossed for that draw!
Isn't it Europe that midweek? Will be difficult if Man City are still in Europe if so!
TGW!
2FT 0.1m ITB
Hennessy Speroni*
Alonso* Otamendi Mee Gomez* Daniels
Salah Sterling Lingard B.Silva Walcott
Kane Firmino Wilson
A) Speroni & Lingard -->> Any GK & Milivojevic
B) B.Silva & Lingard -->> Eriksen & McArthur
C) Gomez & Lingard -->> VVD & JWP
D) Something else?
Gomez & B Silva >> VVD & Shaqiri.
Not sure of the money involved there and whether that gives you more money to upgrade lingaard?
Yes this can be done with 0.4 to spare. Cheers for the advice
Do you think Aubameyang will do well? Arsenal have a run of good fixtures coming up.
Depends what do you mean by well. I think Kane and Firmino will do better and i wouldn't drop Vardy(if i had him) for him.
Gonna wait until upcoming fixtures are done but how does this look...
Alonso+DCL to Robertson+Firmino-4
Good moves
DDG
Alonso Otamendi Ogbonna
Salah(c) sterling Son Shaqiri
Kane Firmino Wilson
Elliot Lingard Duffy Kenny
2 ft 0.6 itb
I will go OTA to VVD,then will have 1 m itb,what to do with second transfer?
Maybe just roll other transfer
Ahh did not saw Lingard there, we kinda have same teams, many Lingard to Walcott if it is posable
It is but who to bench in that case?
Thru that 8 good players up from is pain that's why I like my not playing attacker :)))
Yes,have to make up my mind on 3-4-3 or 3-5-2
Get Milly for Lingard and play 3-4-3 with Milly A’s bench cover. He is likely not to blank GW31 as is Wilson so i would keep him too. But wait until after FA cup games as the blanks “should” be confirmed by then
Thanks, good advice,and then will have some cash itb for future upgrades
Which one needs go first?
A) Alonso
B) Jones (have DDG)
C) Chilwell
D) RLC.
Depends on your team but probably c
DDG
Alonso Jones Fernandez
Salah KDB Sterling Lingard
Kane Firmino Wilson
Elliot Dunk Chilwell RLC
D obviously
Any early thoughts on this team, losing rank and team value last few weeks...
2ft 2m it
Ddg, 3.9
Alonso, Otamendi, Daniels, Mee, Masuaku
Salah, Sterling, Walcott, Shakiri, Lingard
Kane, Firmino, 4.5
Probably Otamendi to Vvd and Lingard to 8.7 (nothing I like I that price range)
Any better ideas?
OTA,ling,4.5 to VVD,Mili, vardy for minus 4 maybe?
Maybe tho I think I want some Arsenal player from next week, if they play gw28
And can't get milivojevic 0.2 short in that combo...
McArthur or other fodder if you fancy vardy and 3-4-3
Then Lingard to mhiky or Ramsey,but obviously you will know more next week,maybe injuries come,but OTA to VVD is a no brainer in my opinion
GL
Thanks same to you, yes I guess I'll get vvd before price rise if he stay alive after tonight.
A) Alonso & Dunk > Van Dijk & BDavies
B) Alonso, Son & Quaner > Robertson, Carroll & Firmino (-4)
B would mean a switch from 3-5-2 to 3-4-3, I'd then have enough funds to do Dunk > BDavies the week after
is it me or are the double gameweeks coming very late this year
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Alternative chip strategy for those who have already used TC on the kane fai
-Start loading up on teams with a game in week 31
-build a team for week 35 after week 31, ignoring the dgwers of 34
- use FH in week 34
- have a set team for week 35
WIildcard in 36 and use BB in week 37
Too early to plan that far ahead imo, need info on when DGWs and blanks are going to be first.
Why not WC in 34 and FH in 35?
How nailed is McArthur?
He is nailed
Good bench fodder and decent chance of playing GW31. Only 4.3 too
Is auba a good differential to firmino. Rival has firmino and is in the lead
I feel like its time to take risks
ARS fixtures look good from GW29, so it could pay off, yes.
Cheers. And any good differential defenders?
Any news on Coleman? wondering if it's worth keeping Kenny
Play
A) Lingard (Che home)
B) JWP (burn away)
6 years, 2 months agoIdeas here?
1m itb, 1FT no WC or Free Hit
Adrian
Alonso, Jones,Fernandez
Hazard,Salah, Sterling, Walcott
Aguero,Firmino,Wilson
Foster,Choupu-Moting,Bauer,Simpson
1. Aguero > Kane
2. Hazard,Wilson > 4.7m +Kane -4
3. Alonso,Hazard,Wilson > VVD,Shaqiri,Kane -8 ( 2 gw31 players)
4. Other