FPL Question Time – Consult our panel ahead of Gameweek 6

No I don't think so

As always, depends what team you can put out instead. If you can't field 10 outfield players, then yeah, it's worth it. Otherwise, probably not.

Not if you have a playing bench ... Ings is a season keeper due to lack of choice in that or lower price ranges

yes 100%

Yes. Ings has only 2 nice fixtures until GW15 whilst Vardy has heavenly fixtures until then

B

B

B

B 100%

I personally think Vardy over Firmino.

Laporte Firmino > Bailey Lukaku

There are so many good cheap striker options. One of them over Firmino would mean you could afford Salah over Mane.

AEDBC

A
D
E
B
C

My list is based on short term fixtures

CBDEA

AEBCD

Over the course of the season?

Robertson
Maddison
Zaha
Mitrovic
Fraser

Putting Maddison up there is a bit of a punt I'll agree but he has the potential to make it big IMO.

Wally to Fraser then Pedro to Richarlison the week after looks sensible (assuming prefer Pedro to Wally for next gameweek)

Wally to Fraser, upgrade Kamara to Ings if have the funds.

Those 43 points are gone. A knee jerk transfer won't help that now. Wait until after the midweeks. I can't see anything in your team that would justify anything immediate.

29 I think

yep 29

Also can check price changes hot topic then scroll through TM's comments [page 3]

Cheers fellas. Comfortably through

Do people get knocked out of that week every week?

Went in the exact opposite direction. 25k to 150k.

Still have 9 pts off the bench to come in + 3 home players tho as long as Wally features but this GW has been brutal considering the players not in my team who have excelled compared to those in my team.

Me too! Hazard cap and 4 players to go. I’m hoping Wally doesn’t feature so I get the AWB 9 pointer off the 2nd sub spot.

My jump was 1.8M to 480k

Yes makes sense

Yeah the soton away is the main thing that is putting my WC one week further atm. However might still do it this week

In the same boat ..was really happy with my team until this weekend until hazard and Fraser went mad. I can't see an easy way to get hazard in without swapping out either Salah, mane or Aguero...

I've sold Mane. Not up for spending a week pondering it

I dropped Salah last week on WC due to 3 tough games out of 4 for Liverpool, Salah not scoring enough for £13m and Hazard looking good value by comparison. Ended up with a far better balanced team imho

If I had Salah and mane I would keep them to be honest. With good value forwards available you probably could get all three of you wanted

I’m in same position. I think it’s best to keep them for next week as they could run riot, but after I’m getting rid of one.

I’m thinking Salah as free ups lots of cash, and Mane has risen 0,5 and I’d hate to have to buy him back!!! Salah could explode one of these days, but at the moment he’s not worth it. I’m thinking of getting rid, but having a very clear buy back plan if I need to

Drop Mane and transfer in Haz. Longer term Haz and Salah will probably be a better pair.

my worry is not their ability for points as they were unlucky yesterday in a so say hard fixture. its the mins and rotation.

If you didnt drop them this week you should stick with your decision and keep for SOU then reassess.

You need to make decisions based on clumps of fixtures, and if you kept Salah/Mane before this gw, surely you have to keep for SOU?

*ings

You could

Backline seems fine, msybe one or two changes in midfield and one up front. Maybe after next week? Better holding Pool for Sot

Nope, a minus 4 should be sufficient to sort things out.

No. Looks fine. You've no big issues to solve there.

They can only wildcard once and real skill is over 38 weeks - same rules for everyone so just focus on beating them within current rules 🙂

I'd bin the chips, but wildcards are fine. Think it's the bonus system that leads to greatest similarities - if pts were awarded for in-game defensive/attacking prowess that would bring many more options into the game (eg. defensive mids) - and less template.

Yeah, I'd prefer no wildcards too.

I actually think the 'captain' element ruins the game.

Game has to be accessible for casual players, that's what makes it good! Easy to start, hard to master.

The problem is how few players are viable. Theres ~500 players in the game, but probably less than 50 are truly viable options. They need to keep working on the prices to bring more viable players into the game.

Rewards casuals rather than ... err ... you ?

You just need to play a better game than these dreaded casuals and beat them lol 😉

There needs to be slightly more granular scoring and no captains. WC is fine given the season is so long.

Just one of those weeks. You'll turn it around 🙂

They can play together, so not much of a threat

Personally don't think he is a threat at present but many on here disagree. He didnt join from PSG to be a bench warmer when he had other offers. He was eased in last season. He receiving loads of praise from Poch, easily been there best player but go with guy I guess.

I'm worried about the overall effect of Alli, Moura, Son and Lamela. Room at most for two at a time

Moura, Son and Lamela provide a lot of the same. Alli, for all his shiteness, seems to provide much needed strength in the Spurs attacking midfield and is therefore nailed ahead of those 3 others who will rotate. I would say Son is a big threat. You wont see Spurs line up with something like Kane, Son and Moura, its just too many players who are weak at regaining possession.

You had replies previously

He could do well for sure. Problem is that you can fall behind waiting for spurs to kick into gear. Good luck

For me it's just too much money for too little return so far

Sorry, but even as a Spurs fan, I find this hard to agree with. He hasn't looked like scoring, he's not even taking near as many shots as he normally does. He had none yesterday I believe..

I do agree with the part about accommodating Moura to a degree and he moved wider in the second half yesterday but it made no difference.

Pochetinno needs to find a way to get him playing well again. Up top on his own is the first move. The second is to get Eriksen on the ball in space. When those two can do that spurs will click into gear. Add Alli in to the equation and there will be some valuable spurs assets but until that point I'd avoid.

I've got Eriksen and want rid but have other issues in my team. An assists yesterday is the best return so far this season.

Kane and Spurs look terrible. Kane complwtely out of form

Kane just needs a rest. But he will not receive it. He will receive CL games.
So, NO for my squad, thank You.

Wilson.

Wilson is more dangerous and is involved in big chances

yep

Ye

Indeed ... someone explained why yesterday but made little sense to me

Guess because whatever happens with this fixture, Ings can't play next one. Whereas if Everton's was cancelled Rich would still be suspended. But don't recall them flagging/unflagging like this before.

Why does radio shack ask for your phone number when you buy batteries?

I don't know.

Richarlison is suspended for 3 games. He hasn't missed the third game yet.

Ings is is definitely out of GW6 v Liverpool.

Because everton may be abandoned thus not serving his ban.. Ings can't play against pool no matter what.

I.e. Ings flag reflects next GW rather than his next game whereas Rich's flag reflects his next game rather than next GW

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/18882405

You're not in the top 10k?

The average was higher outside of the top 10k 🙂

People scored more than you

If you were in the top 10k you would have risen in rank in rank.
The overall average is quoted as 39 by fpldiscovery and 38 by official flp. Looks like an anomaly whereby all those around you had similar success to yourself but by score alone you distanced yourself from those behind you and closed the gap on those in top 10k

The top 10k overall are not the top 10k any given gameweek. They're only a little above average. You've not dropped far. This week you didn't get enough points to catch anyone in the top 10k, so even if their average is 0 it makes no difference to you. But everyone from 108k to 115k triple captained hazard, and all went past you. Or something like that.

Top 10k owned players like Alonso, Mendy, Salah, Mane, Mitrovic etc. who blanked.

Yep but the point is that neither have played yet

Yep

Save the other, may need 2 next week. No point wasting it if you can decide what to do with it.

Jimenez to Mitro

Lucas to Maddison

No one. Wait for his goals to come against Chelsea, City and the other game weeks.

Richarlison maybe.

Salah hatty incoming 😉

Mane

Calm down sassy. Go have a bacon butty

They're obviously trolling Hazard owners and captainers...

Certain people dont own Hazard and dont want to cause further sell-off of Mane and/or Salah 😉

Ask the experts about it?

'Dear FPL Family.

Should I get Hazard?

Kind regards

Twisted'

Busy. Nice pass for the Fraser opener.

glad ive held from gw1 could not understand the masx sale

Yea, it was never an assist.

Par for the course isn't it ... they always do as they please

Free game so most put up with it, but it is irritating for sure

I don’t bother getting upset when things like this happen, I own Mane and Alonso both could potentially had assists but it is what it is

I found the Aguero v Alonso assist decisions a bit odd too but hey-ho.

No way was mane’s an assist, it would have been if Vertongen had scored an own goal And not hit the post.

I was more disappointed with no Alonso assist since the ball only changed direction by a small amount by the deflection.

Not looked deeper but my understanding is that the touch from Vert does significantly divert the ball from its intended destination and it’s the rebound off the post and the subsequent touch from Vorm that diverts it back on course to Firmino.

What's the rest of your team?

Looks like an improvement but a -8 is always rash. Could be punished by CL injuries.

Great moves to be fair, what is your team now?

If you need to make another change between now and next GW then its a WC. -12 is too rich.

I like the moves. I would have been happy to do those for a -4.
At the end of the season is that extra -4 really going to impact your OR too much. I’d not switch to WC to save -4

Neves !

Arnie

Rplace mane, neves, jimenez and kamara to richarlison, maddison, wilson/king and mitro

Got to keep an eye on press conferences and manager quotes before the games kick off. Jimenez was confirmed fit and Zaha had trained. The flagging system on FPL is very conservative and often yellow flags aren't removed until said players are seen on the pitch.