True that

Fear without evidence is a problem. Except there is evidence to suggest that Salah is still smashing it.

Salah has the stats + 2G/2A from 4 games. It's not fear, just that selling potential + points is way down my list of priorities.

Well it's easy to argue both sides of the argument using Kane.

Those that removed him before christmas because his price didn't justify his outlay were punished hard.

Actually, this is an even better example, because Kane's stats were outstanding at the time, just as Salah's are now.

Well in that case we're friends too!

Barring an error could blocked shots be included in one but not the other?

My friend was wondering about this also

Would be good to have easy access to definitions in the members area, eg by hovering over a variable, it will tell you what it means and/or a page of definitions somewhere (maybe even a tutorial that explains them all succinctly at some point in the future).

Is it net; shots on target minus shots off target (7 minus 12) ?

I dont have friends.

Salah has had 19 shots - 7 on target, 7 blocked shots, and 5 off target.

BPS Minus looks at just the off targets, but the shots map just shows on target as green and everything else (blocked or off target) as yellow

Thanks for a lot for input. Pretty happy with my team so far so this is very useful stuff 🙂

Thanks for this!

Just interested what you think about Christmas rotation affecting this. I wildcarded around this time last year (it didn’t work as immediately picked up a load of injuries) because I wanted to strengthen my bench over be Christmas period. Is there a reason no one in the community talks about saving their wildcard for this?

Well said. However, all is not lost for wildcarders.
1, we will all probably be carrying city assets so done have to worry about bringing more in
2, Can get NEW assets as early as GW9. The next two ganeweeks look to favour FUL and CAR, but after that you could easily hold allowing to go into GW 14 with 2FT to start considering mini WC to get WHM and SPURS players in.
The prob with WCing for Xmas is there always seem to be big rotation. So I avoid.
Cheers

Hulk up

Need to factor in CL/Europa between gw16 & 17, then EFL QF between 17 & 18

This is excellent stuff, saved me a lot of time and effort! Very happy with my team currently so will hopefully be wc as late as possible, and this strategy looks more than ideal. Nice work.

I won't be touching any West Ham players (bar Arnie)

No, this is an important strategy discussion and needs even an fixture article. Or this needs to be a hot topic at least. Now is good time to think longer term strategy.

For comparison there is also fixture swing coming sooner, and they need some comparison. For us who are offloading Liverpool assets and spreading the money, wc before gw9 looks easy strategy. Yet last spring we saw, that the difference between wc timing was not very important as long as it was well planned. The "dead end" strategy worked anyway fine for me as even ditching Salah.

The template is changing now and handling this first fixture change without wc is a problem, but needs to be discussed. CP has Everton away gw9 and then bad fixtures start. Pool players are all needed for gw9. City might be pretty fixture proof, so no worries. Chelsea has ManU home gw9 and that needs monitoring. Arnie in probably for gw9 or 10. This is slightly annoying since the change is not happening in one gw.

So the main question is, which fixture change demands more wc?

An 8 week plan? Good luck with that one.

Yep, good to have a plan but I just don't believe everything will go so that

it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Salah (especially if captained in GW6&9) outscores all those players over the next 5 weeks

I think I like this more than any wildcard I've seen.
So far from template so could massively pay off

The problem with plans is you become so obsessed with implementing them that you forget about the fundamentals of the game. What if Arnie massively kicks into gear around GW10 but your plan is working out transfer wise. Do you feel you'll be able to move away from the plan? Or will it become the aim of the game iitself.

Is there a back-up plan to get Salah in earlier?

Arnie GW14+ could be good.

This

This

I agree, what's scary is I think Liverpool aren't even at full tilt yet and he can rip it up against any team.

Just own him and be happy. What are Salah owners so worried about that they have to keep beating their chests? 😉

Not if the replacements also haul.

this is the part that Salah owners are forgetting.

That is assuming those without Salah do not have other players who can get hauls, strong back line and overall squad AND Hazard/Mane/Aguero/Lukaku etc etc.
It is not just one player that get points in fpl they all can.
It depends on what combination of players you have.

Just bring on Mane and monitor Salah. Hazard can easily match him

Did u even read the article?

GW7: Salah>Kane(c)
GW9: Kun>Salah(c)

This. Salah out on GW7 for Kane (c) and back on GW9 WC for me.

Err, you can't do Salah to Kane?

If you're being serious then talk less about yourself and more about football, unless it's just a cathartic exercise.
If you're not then it's too boring to be fun.

lol@Chapelle FPL Expert

Thanks but I'd rather play a game of chess with a gold fish suffering from dementia whilst the sounds of a murder of crows squawking is played on a loop at maximum volume in the background.

Can't quite place the accent or "era", West Midlands 70's/80's?

why didn't you just delete it? There wasn't any insight shared.

I don't know what you mean

You can't try and get credibility back, the internet never forget and, you are a troll (expert).

Facepalm.

Beautifully presented and nice use of acronym

Dont think klopp rests him there. Think Pools priority is the league and other fringe players have a chance to play in the tie against Chelsea. The worst thing for them is to play with the easiest match in that schedule

For sure, but it could just as easily be Mane that is rested.
Best not to over think it imo, Salah (c)

Southampton game isn't likely at all.

They've got CL, then 4 days later the Southampton game, then 3 days later EFL cup, then 4 days later Chelsea in the PL.

Clearly, the rotation is going to happen in the EFL cup game, which means the side will be full strength in the Southampton game. Benching Salah 2 games in a row makes no sense, he's a professional football player.

I’m not too worried myself as I think it’s too hard to predict. I’m more just wondering what angle people are coming from on this.

What is a form player?

It ls almost hoping that he does not keep it up so Salah can be justified in time.

The same story as for Kane last season

Somehow I doubt Lukaku... I take your point however. We see a schism forming in the community (something good) where the more risk averse are leaving Salah banking on big pointage from Sterling / Hazard etc. One of these groups will be consolidating for the rest of the season... We will see

I think there's a good chance non-Salah will be just fine, but I personally wouldn't do it unless on wildcard to take advantage of the money redistribution. As i feel little need to use my wildcard just yet, I will remain with Salah.

GW 6 is where you have to have Salah

Agree.
As an owner I doubt I will captain him much over that period

It isnt non owning for a few gws that is the problem.. you need multiple transfers to get him and at a stage when you might be plagued with issues in sqaud.. do you really want that headache?

Agreed

Sound. Currently Salah's not firing and Mane is. I don't see the logic of having both like I see in some teams. When Salah's returns improve Mane's will surely dip a bit. So in the meantime I think with a few 6-8m mids bringing a few points you're better off keeping Mane, selling Salah, posdibly for a 6-8m mid and get a big hitter defender or striker.

Dear Mr. Pundit

You are trying to open a window facing a brick's wall.
They don't care, they refuse to play without Salah.
We Salahless play other way, will see at the finish line

Of course we know he is good, of course we are afraid, but if we develop other strategy to spend better the money they only see it as luck.

It might be too much of an unnecessary challenge to trade him out then trade him back in again 4GW's later. Its a lot of coin that has to get shunted around and I'd image that in all likelihood a hit or two will be involved. Is it not simply easier to keep hold of him? He has the best stats in the league after all.

He does have the potential to really hurt your rank if he goes big in a few games which we know he can. I don't have him at the moment , i feel i can cover him with good captain picks and Mane up to game week 8, but it's a very risky with his high ownership. Most Salah owners will have Aguero and hazard to lessen the blow if they get huge hauls. Kane is probably the only player who can hurt them being a captains pick. What am a little bit puzzled by on here is people are ditching for Liverpools hard fixtures ..they really turn up for those games and are high scoring ..don't be shocked to see Salah hauls through this period.

Salah could easily get a hattrick against Southampton in GW 6. Most people will put him captain then and if he hauls you will suffer.

B, Fraser

Yeah honestly, if you read the article, you wouldn't do Mane to Hazard. His points per million is better than anyone, meaning he is the best value player in the game right now (for the premium picks at least).

Wouldn't lose Walcott before West Ham at home. If he's fit to play he has a great record against them and they look shot for confidence ATM

I personally did something like A last week though it was Rich and not Wally but I'll advise B. Keep both Pool assets and get Fraser. Bou have a better stretch of games

Just wait til the end of ib. You could even save a FT if you want to ignore Hazard and Wally is not injured

I actually think your team looks pretty good for GW5. I would personally not use any transfers, then you can do your Hazard move GW6 without any cost.

Sorry for not replying sooner. Apparently I unticked “notify” so had no idea anyone had responded. Thanks for the views! Food for thought...

B, Maddison

Dilva

Dilva

KDB (when fit),now Dilva.

Sterling

Sterling.

Bilva as he's the cheapest, i thoroughly believe they'll all be rotated hard (and equally) so minimising bench £.

Wb definitely

WB

I mean, Salah should have converted his chance before the first goal, it was a sitter

What would be interesting to see would be their history of scoring against top 6 sides.

I agree with you Danish. It's only four games in so we could expect a deviation from longer-term conversion rates but given both these players are likely season keepers, injury notwithstanding, one would expect these long-term rates to reestablish themselves.

Its missing a certain Liverpool midfielder but looks pretty solid

not keen on ings at all and Salah is missing so not for me 🙂 i d go vardy instead of lukaku and do maddison to D Silva.

Looks good. Maybe get a 2nd playing keeper cos you're screwed if Hennessy is injured/suspended. Nice Lukaku pick. Pedro is quality but possibly Sarri will rotate him depending on opposition.

You're basically giving up Salah for Lukaku. It's like trading in a Ferrari for Golf

1,4

id rather play draughts with a haddock

1+4

great shout

This is a fair point. However it assumes we should only have one of them.

But scored in 12 of 22

Liverpool will score a lot of goals this season, double uping on them is surely a good decision.

just because you have Mane, doesn't mean you shouldn't have Salah as well though

It is too hard to explain to people here, that now Mane is injury free. He missed 3 months with injury last season and need of time to gain proper match fitness.

For me that is not a reason to go Salahless, but a reason to double up

I'm counting 20 goals in Salah's last 22 Premier league games...

Imo, happy to keep both!

oh dear ...this has now totally thrown me off course!

now i want mane and salah

Again, I also think Mane could be a decent option this year in FPL, but I just don’t think his numbers and stats are sustainable.
It seems like your are skewing the stats a bit. Surely PL goals/involvement should be the most central to our discussion - of which he had a goal every 221’ minutes... Maybe he is overperforming, maybe he has improved. Either way let’s not just find stats that back up our personal opinion!

Yeah, early talk

“At 7/7.1m he is the best value player in the game”

Oh how I winced when I heard that line multiple times.

I still believe that Mkhi will start some games. I think all the sellers might feel sad in a few weeks....

There is no such thing as essential anyone who uses it just likes the buzz word/does not really understand that game is fluid and in constant flux.