Useful info to consider. Not sure I'll shift him, just because I have other things I'd like to change

Great analysis. The difference to last year is Salah is worth 13M and has high ownership so no risk of his price increasing too much if he's transferred out in that period. Feels a bit dangerous getting him out and then struggling to getting him back in though.

I'll wait and see how he does in GW3 and GW4

Quite sad that pages are going so quickly that this post will be lost

Surely mentioned that transfers must be considered here. 2 FTs to use Salah and another 2 FTs at lest to get him back. Over 4 GWs is tight even if you don't have any issues. I'm not a use only FTs kinda manager but it just all seems too tight. I'll have other Cap options and for now that seems enough. Salah stays.

Liverpool assets are season keepers for me. Title-winning teams perform regardless of the fixture. Not gonna pay a premium to transfer them out for a few games.

At the start of the season, I felt like I'd own him for 38 GWs. However, I was curious as to how my team could look without him and at some point this season, I want to give it a go. I played around last night with hypothetical transfers and loved the strength of my team without Salah. I feel like the only match I'd captain him in between GW4 and GW8 would have been SOU and I'm happy to captain Mane that week. I may end up taking the plunge.

I am looking to do a 2 week switch to (Salah to Hazard) for gw4 and 5. Bringing back salah in gw 6. Of cos things could change by gw6, as of now it is the way for me.

It might not change the statistics much, but the Mane red card at City should be factored in. That significantly affected that game as Liverpool had looked threatening up to then. Of course no guarantee that Salah would have had returns if it had stayed 11 v 11.

No returns at all v United is problematic, but maybe Mourinho will already be gone before the first meeting 🙂

Really interesting, something to consider, especially for those that are looking to capitalise on some early fixtures.

I was part of the 3 failed Kanexits, including the fated 2nd one with back to back hattties so I know how this could bite, but the 4 week funding could prove lucrative.

Only concern is the transfers around that period are solely focussed on Salah. The rest of the team would have to be in good shape to handle the hockey cokey.

Thank you for this 🙂

I believe that it goes down, at least for me, if you consider tot and che as tough fixtures from attaccking perspective. Seeing tot and che play (only two matches for both, I know) I am confident that Liverpool will score. And from what I saw Salah is still the main threat.

Anyway i understand the temptation to shift for the likes of Hazard, but I am not that brave I guess 🙂

Salah still averaged 4.2ppg in his away matches against the rest of the big six last season.
So I wouldn't captain him in game-weeks 5 & 7, but I probably wouldn't get rid of him from my team either.
The other question is what to do about other Liverpool assets such as Mane and Robertson.
Do we keep them in our squad and possibly bench them, or do we sell them and then get them back later with either hits or a wildcard?

I'm not too concerned about his record against the top sides because Liverpool have strengthened across the board and they will dominate games more often and more completely.

Even getting a top keeper helps - the fewer goals Liverpool concede the more often their opponents will be going into the latter stages of a game behind and needing a goal (and leaving themselves open to counterattacks).

I got Salah so I can captain him almost every week and this isn't going to change unless his stats drop alarmingly. Sure, Aguero scored a 20-pointer in the last game but I actually think he will frustrate cappers this year, and I don't want to own an 11m+ player who I can't/won't put the armband on.

So let's see, but with three attacking returns from two I can't see Salah not getting my captaincy pretty much every week. I might need to ditch Alisson to allow Mané though as, between them, they are incendiary.

at least worthy of consideration i reckon. the good thing about him costing so much is that he can easily be taken in and out of your team without worrying about team value, unlike last year.