Should FPL managers own Aguero or Sterling?

They had only scored 21 by this stage last season

I'd rather have 2 Liverpool DF's than both Salah and Mane, so many good cheaper options out there, one of the 2 is more than enough

After 8 games against bottom half teams, 19 goals simply is not good enough.

Mane and Salah for the Fulham game then one of Salah or Mane + Sterling after. Can't see them scoring 3/4 every other game as they don't press high this season, they have to build up from the back and don't have midfielders who are very good at making incisive forward passes.

The three up front don't have the same zing as last season. Probably my imagination but they don't seem as happy with each other.

Lukaku, Pogba, Martial 2258 mins = 12 goals

Mane, Firminho, Salah 2655 mins = 13 goals

Kane, lucas, lamela 2263 mins = 14 goals

Can say the same thing about Arsenal, they've scored more goals and also played Chelsea, City and Liverpool

I just hope yesterday is a wake up call, Klopp goes mental and these 2 take it out on Fulham. I got Mane in last week specifically to double up with longer term thinking rather than Sterling. So much for long term thinking...

I think Klopp is aware that Liverpool are not performing quite as well offensively as last season (he has said as much in several interviews), but is pleased with the overall defensive improvement.

I think to rectify this and also integrate his new signings he has been playing around with different formations and players in different positions. Rotation to avoid fatigue has also come into his thinking a bit. So we have seen 4-2-3-1 come out against Southampton, Red Star at home, and Cardiff. We have also seen Sturridge integrated as a static CF, Shaqiri playing in midfield, Salah as CF, Mane on the right, Firmino as a number 10, etc, etc. I think he's effectively trying things out (personell and tactics), seeing what works and what doesn't, before it needs using in the business end of the season.

This naturally results in a bit less fluidity than we saw last season. Oxlade Chamberlain is also a big loss IMO, as he broke the lines from midfield with and without the ball, creating space for the front 3.

Therefore to answer the question, I think come the end of the season Liverpool will have scored more than any other team bar City and possibly Chelsea, once Klopp has figured out what he needs to and with players gelling better together with their new teamates and in new systems. For now though, its a bit of a work in progress. Salah + Mane for now until GW17 will I think perform well, but it may be outdone by Salah/City mid or Salah/Martial combinations. Hell, even Salah/Maddison, Salah/Willian or Salah/Filipe Anderson could get close with an extra 2.5m in the bank to strengthen elsewhere.

People are forgetting 2 weeks ago they did Cardiff by 4.

I have Robbo, Mane and Salah for this week but Salah will leave for Sterling next.

Just because I won't captain him over the proceeding weeks.

City have played: FUL, SOTON, BURNLEY, HUDDERSFIELD and cardiff for a total of 25 goals

Arsenal have played: cardiff, fulham and WHAM for a total of 11 goals

Liverpool have played: WHAM, SOTON, huddersfield, CARDIFF for a total of 12 goals

CFC have played: huddersfield, CARDIFF, wham, soton, burnley for a total of 14 goals

United have played: burnley and wham for a total of 3 goals

Spurs have played: FULHAM, huddersfield, cardiff and wham for a total of 6 goals.

I think its most interesting to look at how the teams fare against lousy defences, and particularly at home to those defences (Soton, Burnley, Huddersfield, Fulham, Wham, Cardiff). In and around those weeks are the times were targeting these premiums with transfers and captaincy

City having played 5/6 and 4 at home tells a lot about how good fixtures they have, but still, an average of 5 goals is superb.

Arsenal, CFC and Liverpool are pretty comparable while spurs and utd currently are'nt exploiting these "good fixtures".

isn't Salah roughly where he was this time last season - around the 5 goal mark? A couple of doubles this time last year and he became essential.
For me Mane has always seemingly been a player who has a few bursts of pts throughout a season but plenty of gaps in between.
Also Firmino just hasn't got going yet which is contributing to\ Liverpool's lack of goals.

I don't think anyone doubts that the liverpool front 3 have looked less clinical than they were at the peak of last season. Salah is the 6th best player in FPL so far, having performed poorly. Imagine how good his points will be when he performs at his best. Even w a poorer liverpool side, Salah is scoring points pretty well. Just imagine when they start to perform better offensively...