Are Kane, Aubameyang and Firmino being unfairly overlooked as FPL assets?

Agree, lot's of hype and unlikely to succeed as the stats are not looking good currently. I am still going to take a punt on him though for a few weeks. Ride the bandwagon, get some price rises and who knows, may even end up pretending later that I knew all along he would work out alright.

Great post.

I feel like Maddison is one for the watchlist rather than one for imminent transfer in at this time.

Don't let Az see this post though 😉

Good post. Had him from the start, not so happy with the stats but happy with his points. Vardy has only started one game and got a red card in that one. Hoping the stats will get better with him back in the starting 11.

Great post- person on reddit who compiled it.

A link is a HT? Sure, it's a discussion point, but the discussion happened already on reddit 😆 Just seems a bit weird...

My perspective on Maddison is that I never felt the need to bring him in. He could tick over nicely as the season unfolds, so he'sa useful player to have during good fixtures when there are few other alternatives, but very far from essential. There should be no harm in witing and seeing.

I like it when people keep posting things like this - its going to make it all the sweeter when he returns!

I am of course, very biased. This is some great analysis - this is one of my heart over head decisions. I'm entirely convinced he's going to deliver even though the stats may tell a different story.

For me, the main thing was for him to establish himself as a key member of the team. He's done that, the step up from the Championship seems a non-issue for him. He's involved and I think as the season progresses, he'll be used more and more to unlock defences and to create and score goals. I just want to be in at the ground floor.

Nice post. I’ve got with Vardy over Madds. He’s the proven points scorer and with his upcoming fixtures he should score well! While Maddison is definitely more of a hit or miss, but I guess the cheaper price agrees with that.

Matt ritchie all over again. Atleast Ritchie had strong stats. Think we should even consider player hunger and cutting edge before going on bandwagon. Example players like Richarlsion, Deeney, Mitrovic, Zaha are greedy to score every match

Great post. Maddison looks like a good player, no doubt about that, but I'm far from convinced by him from an FPL perspective. Would anyone be bringing him in if not for a deflected goal and lucky assist? I don't think he's shown enough so I'd rather delay replacing Mkhitaryan for a week and get Richarlison when he's back.

He's also a bit of a scrote by all accounts

Couldn't agree more. Way too much love for Madisson.
Baffling how Seri is being overlooked.

Completely agree with this post and good stuff.

Maddison looks great on the eye and is an exciting English player but he won't have a breakthrough season like Dele Alli for example. There is a mad amount of hype about him on here but personally I would rather pay the extra 2.3 and get Vardy.

Ghezzal is the man. Amazing price for the quality. Definitely in the watchlist. I am even considering getting him as a 5th mid from now

Just got Gray in.

Dnt really care on stats with 4 games into a season no logic really, this reddit user has got to be banking on 2-3 diffrential in his team and one of them is Maddison. If you are gonna bring stats into the game, god give him 10 games of various opponents. Thanks.

Btw maddison buyers are those who are heavy 3 upfront and cant fit vardy in, so maddison is the best alternative.

3.2% is hardly a hyped-up player. His numbers are mixed but did post some very good ones v liv, his best game yet. He's 6.6m and has some speculative appeal for those who like the fixtures, the return of Vardy and being nailed. Looks fair value atm.

- A radio last season better than 1 goal every 3 games.
- The majority of set pieces
- Playing for a team with the best defender in the league for attacking corner returns.
- Playing directly by a 20 goal a season striker.
- A number 10 in positional play as opposed to a number 8 such as Barkley, Wilshire, Ritchie etc.
- On the eye test the player has everything. A like for like replacement for Mahrez.
- A fantastic fun of fixtures
- 6.6m!

As an owner since GW1 and a firm believer that he should be in England's starting XI I agree with the post. Nobody should bring him in. He can warn me and AZ whilst everyone else wonders whether Pedro will get 30 minutes off the bench.

Thank you Reddit poster.

The hype was caused by his performance away at Old Trafford of all places. If anyone has watched the game it was obvious he was the main man at Leicester and on the pitch. That tells you something.

And then he got 'lucky' returns which only fuelled the hype.

Anyway, the lengthiness of this Maddison 'dismissal' kind of hints you're scared not owning him.

Great Post.

I have just taken him in for my wild card after taking out Mhiki now his position looks unsure and also to free up some additional funds.

The one thing this doesn't address which is now glaringly obvious after his late points this week is the fact he is on penalties. I think this point can often be under emphasised. If a team get fortunate with spot kicks this could be around half a dozen goals a season.

Granted I do not have the figures at hand but look at Luka Milivojević last season or James Milner the season before that. One of the key factors if not the main factor for their continual returns were penalties.

The balance of my team at present calls for 2x 6.5M - 7M mids. Currently they are Pedro & Maddison but with the points raised above and Pedros rotation risk with Willian I am not 100% sold on either. Looking to bring Richarlison back in, though I think I will wait until after the away game against Arsenal. I will keep a close eye on who starts mid week for Chelsea in Europe, hopefully Willian plays.

The thing is what are my alternative options? Do I down grade one to a 5.5m and perhaps look to bring in someone like Pogba or at a stretch David Silva? I am coming down on the side of Maddison and Richarlison due to the old FPL adage of picking sure fire starters, or at least as close to it as you can. Perhaps you can forgive the old Pep Roulette due to how heavy the premium players score when they do get pitch time. Any other team I feel if a players starting position is constantly under threat its a head ache I could do with out....