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Amazing what you can do every time you take a 28-point hit, isn't it?

Don't panic yet. If you have set your team up properly, like owning the likes of Trippier, Saka and Son for instance, push it and see where it goes.

I took a -28 hit, no Haaland, got rid of the crap on my bench, recovered my rank and probably would have been worse of if I did not take the -28.

No pain, no gain.

Always the same whingers and trolls just because the game is not being played the way they want it.

Pathetic trolls.

If you're asking this now, it makes me think that you really haven't thought your strategy through...

Not much to do here.
Kabore to Taylor maybe and free up 0.1 in funds? Roll the second transfer.

Team looks great. I would move Kabore to some other 4.0 defender that actually plays. Maybe a Burnley defender since their fixtures are now looking good

You really need to work on your sentence structure.

Yep, your instinct matches mine.
Looking to change Son for Saka in GW10.........probably.
Played my WC last week.

Salah can't be replaced.

If you are going to get a LIV attacker, just get Mo and rest easy. No need to keep worrying if Darwin will start or get enough mins.

So, Tripps and Isak out is worth it then?

The defender will be some random 4.4 max.

I would rather have Salah than Haaland ATM. I don't remember a chance created for him yesterday and Saliba had him in his pocket

Psss, just looked at my crystal ball, go with Haaland. Thank me later.

Gotta keep the early KO curse in mind

McTominay© (she)

Have you just 1 transfer?
If so I'd be inclined to roll and reassess next week.
GTG for this week.

On Thur or Fri he said it's touch and go. He also got called up for England. I'm assuming he will be fine for 9

Believe what you want to believe.

decent goalkeepers? check
can put out 3 good defenders every week? check
two great strikers? check
midfield can be managed with transfers? check

You can probably last another week unless you are concerned about team value.
Those UTD players need to go, good fixtures or no good fixtures.

B

I went with B

B

B

I’m on B with Gordon instead of Neto

I was gonna go Sterling + Haaland > Salah + Alvarez.

Feel like if i'm gonna get rid of Haaland, I still need a City asset up front. If Haaland ends up hauling against Brighton, Alvarez should be among the points.

Haaland at home. The opposition shouldn't matter but Brighton are leaky in any case..

I'm going Haaland most likely.

Haaland at home is inevitable and Rodri will be back as well. I vowed this season to keep it simple and only go against Haaland when he is playing a tough game away and/or if there are clear standout options. So far, I've only had one blank from captaincy and that was last week Haaland at Wolves.

Don't think Salah is more of a standout in a derby that is usually quite cagey. Dyche teams also get results against Klopp if memory serves. It was Burnley that ended Liverpool's insane home record.

Don't like Son after IB and I don't like the early subs.

Yep.
The comment of delay it because you have to wait too long until the next one. If a WC lasts more than 6 weeks in value it is a lot. Use it when you need it.

A

FPL snobs rubbished the idea of sub 6m mids before the season began but a few have emerged this season so you have backup for Neto making A) viable.

I think I agree.

There’s the argument to wait a bit for more info, and I think that is true at say GW3 (assuming you haven’t got it completely wrong from the start). but at some point the opportunity cost with price changes and lost points/hits outweighs any further context for decisions.

I’m usually pulling the trigger to make 6-8 changes only with any WC. I think people get stuck on they were going to WC at point X, so would rather limp to there than go earlier.

My thinking too. Though I had to pull the trigger for GW7 in my case. Still, plan is to save my FT this week, switch off for a bit and hope I can still hold come the end of the international break

100

"The earlier you WC, the earlier you can start rolling FTs (if you build it well) and then attack in the next WC window while banking the price rises and points from the form options."

This applies to pretty much any time you WC and not just doing it earlier though surely? Similarly just saying "if you build it well" you'll be sorted for the next window well completely ignores issues some have had that anyone can have around the time of using WC, including injuries, suspensions and bandwagons surfacing after you've used it. Heck we've seen this happen after nearly every week. Mbeumo was a "season keeper" according to basically everyone here not long ago, now people are desperate to get rid. ManUtd attackers were still worth holding for their good fixtures. There wasn't much point in bringing Son in for the tough fixtures v Arsenal and Liverpool, where he bagged 3 goals (and etc.).

I've seen you mention using WC to get ahead of everyone else for squad value but from what I can see from your team my value is higher, and the most I've done is take one hit so far (and I've rolled an FT the last 2 weeks), and I only made an early transfer once this season as far as I can remember (Alvarez when I was going to be priced out).

Good post, totally agree!

Assuming this is the 5th DEF you rarely play, I like Branthwaite. I took the 6 last week and will hopefully leave him at 3rd sub going forward. Also 0.4m cheaper

If this is draft, go Toffolo

Onana, Rashy, Mbuemo, Gvardiol....this could wait.

Why you want the same team as other wildcarders?

yep, id go double NEW defence

I have the same three and wondering the same. Have Cash for attacking potential at the moment but not ruling out doubling up on Newcastle

Tricky. If you opt for Cash, I’d play Burn over Schar to join him

City results are more important than Haaland goals. If he can create space for teammates to exploit it's a great option and more for opponents to think about. His tally might improve when De Bruyne returns.

He's still averaging the same amount of touches per game, his finishing just hasn't been as insane as last year.

I remember him speaking to Henry after winning the CL final and asking him for any advice or suggestion he had for him to improve (shows his mentality, he's just won the treble and he's hardly even thinking about it). Henry said to him the one thing he needs to work on is playing (and shooting) on his right side, because for as good as he is, he could double the chances or goals he gets if he's able to apply that to his game rather than always leaning on the left. I think it is something some sides have noticed and have worked on, he doesn't seem to want to run into the right channel very much at all when running at his man. I mean he's still a monster for his pace and physicality so even if it's known, a lot of defenders still can't deal with it, but I do think there's a bit of predictability there with his runs after one full season so he might need to take this advice on soon. If there's anyone you'd want to take advice on about becoming a well-rounded striker it's Henry, the guy could do anything

Why wait a week?

team is in good shape yes i’d just switch estu

Yeah I have a similar team and I would wait until GW10.
Just Estu to change and then it's a fairly optimal one week team with Sterling as your differential.
Even got keeper coverage if Turner gets shunted for Luton.

Look at Luke foster for an excellent enabler. I've been saying all season and still believe it to be true, choose one of Salah or Haaland. Consider Raya in goals.

I'd pick Watkins over Diaby

Not bad for a 56-year old.

Yeah but he's a YC magnet.