Weekend friendly round-up: Arnautovic bags brace, Valencia injured

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I had this scheduled for our call today, we'll discuss ways of shortening it

Quick?

1 - not nailed
2 - overpriced IMO
3 - lol
4 to 7 - completely agree

who is ralls?

Completely agree - but that's selling out for you (it's profitable)

if thats so, you must be really soing well in the game
and how is it a dearth of knowledge and love for the game?

/troll

As a veteran of this site,you know better.....

Completely agree on the template articles, they are absolutely horrendous

Not that I want to hate on FFS, as I learned a lot here when I knew nothing about FPL, but I somewhat agree tbh... So much content is just "stuff".

Out of curiosity, what would you do or have done differently?

I agree the rise in popularity of the site has diluted the advice and given rise to the prominence of a template team - but rather than leave the site why not suggest something that makes it better.

+1 on the template articles. I used to read all of the FFS articles. Now I just scroll past them to the comments. I've been a member for a few years, but I won't be renewing this year

Damn. Another sensible poster leaving. It’s a shame.

Ridiculous statement, you can't find one interesting point or note in the article/articles? Dearth of knowledge of actual football? It's a fantasy football site not actual football or we would all have Kanté in our teams.

Sadly, I agree with this, the banter is also pretty much non-existent now. Place will be unbearable on match days, just hope some of the old DZ regulars will still be there once the new season begins!

All it seems to be at moment is RMT hell. For us older posters I can understand where Champ is coming from. It seems quantity over quality now.

There needs to be something put into place soon . Another very respectable place i use only allow one RMT per user name because they know no one likes them. The mods are on top of everything ( not trying to offend the mods) They know what their users want and the leeches and trolls dont last 2 mins Perhaps put out a survey to ask where it can be improved and actually take action?. You got rid of the lol post , now let's get rid of all this take, take, take. Quality of the site has took one hell of a beating. It's a sad fact and yes it's derived from the influx of posters who are just here solely for themselves . I could give you a list Geoff if you want one

From what I understand - pretty much yes - but often subbed around the 70 minutes mark.

he disn't stand up

Please stand up, Please stand up..

Well you cant tell when the fixtures get congested, but I think that A and F are going to play almost every minute with D and E suspect to fitness, B to Hazard/Willian leaving and no winger signing, C you dont want anyway and Kolasinac is not gonna get many mins I think

Chelsea are out of Europe, so Azpilicueta will likely not get as rotated as the others, IF he cements his place under Sarri. Chelsea out of Europe is a huge boost for their points in PL and I think if Hazard stays he'll be a top 3 midfielder this season, but he'll likely be eased in after the World Cup.

D and E are interesting, going to give them a couple of weeks to see how their new managers use them.

nice team, but i would try to force a City def in there.

If you're not sold on Spurs, United or Chelsea assets I admit I was expecting to see 3x City, Liverpool and a couple of Arsenal in there!

Certainly agree that there is more chance of a "breakdown" season than a "break-out" season.

DDG prevented that last season, I doubt he can do it again.

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the move done yet?

Whogottheassist have one on their twitter

City Pool

Liverpool & City, not sure on the order yet

Kane need vacation and rest. Gw1 comes too soon?

Cant see Kane starting the first 2 weeks. He is still on Holiday after the WC.

Kane will be available game week 1 trust me

I fancy United to get Toby and possibly Sandro. Cant see how Sanchez fits into the team though, doesn't suit United stlye.

Maybe they are in members area

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3. Arnie being my 3rd. ATM anyway.

Dont like the idea of not having a forward. Having to make big changes to fit one in.

Very interesting - switch Eriksen for Mane for the early part of the season, and that midfield looks terrifying for the start of the season.

At the same time, does Mendy provide better value, if he starts the season? And if rotation is inevitable, is the bench strong enough to accommodate that?

Do agree, they look too good early on and I want 3. Personally I'm going with Mendy, Dilva and Kun tho. I think they could play Mendy as a wing back and with the cleansheet potential, I think he could be their highest scorer over those weeks. I think the goals/assists will be spread out so evenly that Dilva for his price is as good as the likes of KDB, Sané, Mahrez anyway. And as for Kun, I think he's pretty nailed

I have said here that i think the 352 is better when we have a 102m budget, but this could actually work. No doubt those 5 mids will score well during the season.

On target means the shot was either a goal or would've been a goal if it wasn't saved by the keeper.

On target means a shot that was saved.

If the article reads "Salah was on target", it means he scored. But if he had "a shot on target", it just means he had an accurate shot at the goal - whether or not he scored with the shot would be unclear.

No, on target means between the posts.

Also counts if the ball hits the wood work

Yes - they all have teams and discuss them on the weekly Scoutcasts which are well worth tuning into.

Needless to say, they all have very good pedigrees (I think Mark finished top 150 recently?).

B with Jota for me.

B with Richarlison - can see him doing well now he's had a rest and with those fixtures under Silva again.

For a Salah-less team, think it looks strong - although is your bench strong enough considering the risk of rotation from some of your players?

Personally, I don't rate Daniels (or any Bournemouth defender) as an option when you have Tomkins/Cedric/Boly etc as options. And would rather go Arnie over Zaha - but that's purely subjective. Someone like Wood or Austin would generate a bit of extra cash to strengthen your bench a little.

Shades of 2014 Ron Vlaar - was linked with United after reaching the final with his NT, eventually stayed at Villa and got relegated with them the following season in quite spectacular fashion.

Small sample size, a few accurate headers won't change the fact that Mina is unwanted at Barca and is generally a poor defender.

Haven't you heard the Mina to Wolves rumours?

Willian reportedly going to Barca 67mil.

A bit weak starting 11, who you have on bench?

Sacking Mourinho will allow that.