Has premium defender Marcos Alonso outlived his FPL value?

Will miss ffs on the morning bus when I get my new second hand car but won't miss the frequency of top ups.

Morning All,

Happy Monday, making my way on the train from London to Cardiff! Fabulous weather!!

Right so Mr.Vardy:

a) Save FT and Keep
B) lacazette In
C) Mitro In

Wont be making any other changes or subs as used WC last week.

On WC, current team:

Patricio, Fab
Alonso, Robbo, Perreira, Doherty, WB
Haz, Siggy, Maddison, Fraser, Obiang
Kun, Lacazette, Firmino

Thoughts?

Never been caught out by early transfers followed by international break injuries before, this week should be fun.

Already have Fabianski.

Thinking of removing Tomkins for a WHM/NEW/BHA defender with a budget of 4.6m, with the kind stretch of fixtures impending

any recommendations?

Feels good to have 2FTs waiting to patch up the squad if any injuries occur.

This has seemingly been the slowest international break ever, think it's a mixture of not knowing what to make of the nations cup, England's bore draw in an empty stadium, and knowing can't make moves till Klopp has his presser. Zzzzzzzzzzz

Not really impressed with the Alonso alternatives offered up in this article. Bar Doherty of course.

If you were booting Alonso, who would you exchange him for?

Lucas + Trippier >
Ramsey + Mendy?

Patricio (Hennessey)
Alonso-TAA-Bennett (AWB-Shaw)
Salah-Hazard-Richarlison-Fraser (Hojbjerg)
Kane-Mitrovic-Jiminez

2 FT - 0.2 ITB
Please i need your help...............

Patricio
Walker Doherty Alonso Robertson
Mane Hazard Richarlison Fraser
Arnie Kane
(Stek Maddison Ings AWB)

1FT

Any need to consider WCing this? If not will probbaly just do Kane > Kun

RMWCT

Ryan Button
Alonso Robbo Doherty Balbuena AWB
Hazard Sterling Maddison Richarlison Fraser
Kun Mitro Arnie

Exactly 0.0 left ITB
Good to go?

Salah > Sterling if he’s confirmed out?

Patricio
Bennett • Alonso • Robertson
Hazard • Salah • Richarlison • Kenedy
Kane • Zaha • Arnautovic
(Hamer • Cairney • AWB • Tomkins)

Think my WCT is getting there.

Fabs Patricio
Alonso Robertson TAA Doherty AWB
Hazard Mane Richarlison Fraser Billing
Aguero Lacazette King

Tempted to shift Alonso to Mendy whilst it's free to do so, but everyone I know has Alonso and it seems mad.

If Mane doesn't perform I'll downgrade Lacazette to Arnie and he'll become Sterling.

Can I offer some advice, limited as I may be at FPL, about Duffy.
2 goals 2 assists in 720 minutes. A point every 25 minutes. Not bad eh?
Well:
Over the whole of last year he scored 100 points at 1 point every 33 minutes.
Brighton have a shocking away record and have 5 away in the next 8 with CHE WOL and LEI their home games.
Does it look like many clean sheets are on the horizon?
12 points have come from 1 game this year at Soton (40% total points tally). I would not want to plan decisions over that situation.
3 Wolves players at the similar prices or cheaper in a far better team and the players in question are playing like wingers.
Most will have 2 premium defenders in their sides so playing 3 4 3 have you stopped to think how often you might pick him in 1st 11.
Newcastle have a far better run of fixtures for a longer period with the majority at home. Is a defender from them a better choice?
Let us say there is an overall improvement in his play but is it not a bandwagon situation we are looking at?

Patricio / Hamer(0 mins)
Tripper/Robertson/Doherty/AWB/ Bena(0 minutes)
Salah/Mane/Hazard/Richarlision/Knockaert
Lukaku/Wilson /Quaner

1 FT. Any changes needed ?

If Salah is not fit for this week would you sell for Sterling for free?
Could get Mane also but prefer Sterling over him I think.

Have 2 Fts and will use other ft to get Robertson most likely.

Appreciate your thoughts! 🙂

Alonso lack of goal threat and scoring less points has nothing to do with new manager , playing a different formation or not been as attacking as previous years
No it's simply down to the fact that I got him in when things were going good and broke him. Happens every season. Bad news is I don't plan to get rid just yet.
When I do things will improve immensely for him. You'll know I did when he scores his next goal.

For someone who has essentially been living under a rock for the last few days (i.e. me), do I gather the general consensus is wait to hear extent of Salah injury? Did it look bad?

G2G for next GW? Anything worth a hit? 2.7 itb, Already on -4

Ederson
Luiz Robbo Bennett
Maddison Walcott Moura Hazard
Aguero Lacazette Zaha

subs: Hamer Neves AWB Stankovic

For the first time ever with my trigger fingers I have 2 FT's with no plans to use one.

Is there anything doing to use one before it burns?

Patricio (Murphy)
Alonso, TAA, Laporte (AWB, Bennett)
Hazard, Maddison, Richarlison, Mane (Hojberg)
Lacazette, Aguero, Mitro

Is TAA worth risking?

Saw a post earlier on how many Dream team players people had so thought I would review the current Dream team.

Ederson (43)
Alonso (60) | Doherty (49) | Robertson (49)
Hazard (74) | Sterling (50) | Fraser (48) | Mane (48)
Aguero (52) | Wilson (49) | Lacazette (48)

Total cost: £89.3 | Total points: 570

This team is currently not affordable with £10.7 remaining to purchase an additional 4 players; 1 x keeper, 2 x defenders and 1 x midfielders. You would need around £16.5 minimum to fill these positions, so some downgrades are needed, especially if you want an improved bench.

Goalkeeper: Ederson is certainly a good keeper that will do well in points but a cheaper keeper is often not that far behind by the end of the season. Ederson is £5.7 so you could save £1.1 by getting Patricio who has scored just 2 points less (41). As rotating keepers generally leads to points on the bench you can choose for a £4.0 keeper to save money.

Defense: Attacking premium defenders seem to be a must this season. Despite the recent dip Alonso (60) is still outscoring everyone but Hazard (74) so far. Would suggest patience. Robertson (49) is also scoring very well, again beating all other positions apart from Hazard, Sterling and Aguero. Doherty (49) offers a cut price route into a good defensive team and offers a lot of attacking threat, now scoring the same as Robertson! With Bennett and AWB at £4.2 and £4.3 respectively, you can afford to invest in the premium options.

Midfield: Hazard (74) is a must, expect this to be one of his highest scoring seasons and he is already leading the field in points. Sterling (50) is actually very much overlooked due to his price, with Salah struggling he is very much someone I am looking at. Fraser (48) remains a very good budget option, although patience will be required when he has poor fixtures, also expect Maddison or Sigurdsson will overtake soon as they are both on 42 points, so 6 points down. Mane (48) has dipped in output but currently is the highest scoring value pick from the Liverpool attackers, another Salah downgrade option.

Fowards: Aguero (52) is the top pick for points in City which is one of the most attacking teams, so for me remains in my team. Wilson (49) is doing great with the fixtures but these are turning soon as per Fraser, exit plan maybe required and mine is Arnautovic. Lacazette (48) is looking like a great choice too, just behind Wilson but much more likely to sustain his output, but at £9.6 he is difficult to fit into your team, again the Salah downgrade would make this easier.

TL;DR - I think a lot of the dream team players are worthy of being in your team, now and in the future. Attacking defenders are currently more than holding their own. The Bournemouth players might drop out of the dream team in the coming weeks, so players like Maddison, Sigurdsson and Arnautovic need to be monitored. Some expensive players like Sterling and Lacazette are worthy of investment if we are brave enough to drop Salah, otherwise the team structure could be an issue.

Was looking at 3 transfers this gwk. Arnie, Salah and one of Mendy/VVD/TAA looked like the picks.

If Salah is out, would you make the same moves but bring in Mane, or just look elsewhere completely?

Hennessey to Leno?

Leno a good option or will he lose his place when Cech returns?