Thats conclusive then.

We need new topic.

Think they will rise tonight?

No they dont

No evidence of that on fplstatistics.co.uk

According to what?

Martial if need to be.

Where are you getting your price information?

Christensen and Mount? transfers waiting to happen.

Rubbish team.

Crazy is an understatement

Is Son back in contention now? Or one more match ban?
Otherwise good, personally I would avoid the Chelsea picks, but they're not bad...just punty, which I understand you have a penchant for.

Stop reading at Christensen

Cheers all 🙂

I'm also interested in that transfer, but who has bigger chances for goals/assists?
King vs City, Leicester, Everton or Pukki vs Chelsea, WHU, City
Coz they both have relatively easier opponents this GW

Agree. Will hold out one more game though to roll the FT

Unsure on Robbo or TAA by myself...

Looking to get sterling in at some point? Do you have a strategy for it?

Wait for GW3 then consider Fraser/King out depending on how they look next game

Needs Sterling
Pukki over King too

I’m on 4-4-2 and considering 4-5-1 after GW3, depends hot it goes

4-3-3 at the moment. And you are probably worrying for no reason, you will only be two to three transfers away from changing it I am guessing?

442

The Elite64 seem to be on 4-4-2
I'm on 3-5-2 at the mo

GW1 = 3-5-2

3-5-2 and love it.

Soon to be a power 5 midfield.

3 4 3 allows dendonker.. So I went for it.. No 4.5 strikers so I ignored 3 5 2

442 for now.

Midfielders regularly get the most points, especially those that should really be attackers. Salah, sterling, martial etc. All are playing as advanced as some of the “attackers” in the game

4 4 2 last week.

Midfielders generally amass more Points, but with 5 obviously you are prone to less autorotation and have to go for cheaper ones without certain fpl-points

352 here didn’t like 3 striking options and 442 just seemed boring

I'm on 3-5-2 and like it

Considered 4-5-1 a number of times with 2 FTs in GW3 but keep finding a way to chicken out from the plan due to the "second sub" issue, so still on 3-5-2

5-3-2 with 3 big hitters. Not happy with Luiz as 5th def. 4-4-2 pretty soon probably. For me the formation doesn't matter. I would actually prefer mids over fwds, but the lack of decent 6-6.5 cheapies forced to this structure.

I’m on a 451

541

4-5-1 that will become 5-4-1 soon

B

I think 4.5 is plenty on your playing keeper so I would never consider a). But I wouldn't think of these choices in terms of exact players, specifically with as little info as we have on individuals at the moment. Measure them as price points.

So a) 6.0gk / 8.0mf vs
b) 4.5gk / 9.5mf

Which is the best distribution of funds?

If you go a) are you going to want to release that 1.5 extra at some point to invest further up the field? Are you going to want to use up a transfer on a gk to do that? Or risk pricing yourself out of optimal team configurations.

It's not such a simple question.

Not at all

As a replacement or in addition?

I don't like King but still wouldn't sell this gw. The power of 2 fts is more beneficial.

Didnt he get minutes at the weekend?

What’s the injury?

Good Q

B gives you more flexibility with a lot of 6.5 options up top

I think this is a “wait and see” situation.

I would think so.

Save - Trossard should play.

You don't need to make that move this week. Worst case scenario Trossard gets dropped again and you have Lundstram who comes in. Some people are even starting him this week. You can afford to hold this week and evaluate with 2 FT's.

Trossy boi will start though, dont you worry.

I have Trossard. I'd prefer switching him to El Ghazi (winger) than McGinn (CM) for the same price, but I'm holding for GW2. Coach's post-match comments hinted at a huge home game debut for Trossard against THAT West Ham defence, so I'll start him and trust my bench for one more GW, then reassess with two FTs

Also encouraged by the fact that Lampard favoured Mount for no good reason in GW1. That's usually the sign of a nailed-to-be player. Would be an easier decision after GW2 anyway

I have Trossard and I’m holding.

Bou fixture is much easier on paper. If I had Fraser I'd hold for the villa game. No doubt.

Save and do it next week

Kneejerk/ pre planned:
he got the no9 was kind of obvious also from preseason. I decided to Start with Moura instead of Fraser just for gw1 knowing martial would be in and the Transfer was done as soon as the game kicked off.

No

Almost my team exactly. Maybe Lucas > Martial before Poch starts rotating

same front attack as me. i just did moura to mcginn. (kane in mind)

Depends on whether you think the extra money is worth it for get attacking points or not. Certainly not a no brainer

How long is Alison expected to be out for?

Stick.

Siggy had a goal hacked off the line by PVA, with what would have been a Digne assist

Hope this helps

When you buy Siggy you buy into the long term strategy of keeping him for steady but uninspiring returns. Just keep hold of him until you WC.

Believe it's being worked on so it will be out this week, but not sure. It's a mammoth undertaking, as anyone that's done something like this will tell you.

I hope they changed it to make it less volatile. Price changes is one of the dumbest parts of the game and increases template forming.

That's exactly what you should want after GW1.

His signing is what stopped me from having Murray in my team. If that answers your question...

Interested as well! with Murray ATM, would love to switch to Maupay but need my BHA fwd to play in GW2

doubt it

Allison to ederson

No transfers yet

0 obv

I went moura to mcginn, moura was always out after gw1 and I almost started with mcginn, that extra 2 million was too much to give up.

Burnleys Taylor > Villas Mings
My rotating pair of Taylor & Villa Guilbert were no shows 🙁

None. Saving. 🙂

I've made 3 but it looks like you cannot check what transfers you have made at the moment ... another change to FPL?
Wood, KDB and Fraser to Pukki, Sterling and Dendonker

Adds another decision factor - risk vs reward of transfer timing.
Although in recent years has sometimes gone too batshit for my liking.

There isn't any positives , it is all just a hindrance, making the game harder, why would you want it to be easy?

the purpose is almost a fallback for fpl towers... it is very hard to price everyone at the exact value they will provide... for example, mahrez and vardy were cheap in the season leicester won the league. their price increased due to the demand in the market... it isn't perfect and they weren't up to the price that they were worth, but it is something at least

i agree with number 2 - i think you should get every single .1 increase in the bank when you sell a player. it works like that when you sell a player - why not when you buy?

I agree

Without price changes it would be dead easy to form a template team at any point of the season.
Just copy and paste on WC squad of worlds nr1.

This is a bit like asking why prices change on the stock exchange.

Early adopters and people willing to take educated risks get rewarded.

Both 1&2 could be argued to be positives rather than negatives

Still think it's odd that no player's price has yet changed.

I don’t think improving gameplay is the primary reason for price changes. Like all free to access internet products, FPL prioritises gambling-like techniques proven to increase usage time & therefore ad revenue.

The first thing a lot of people do in the morning and the last thing at night is scroll on FB/Twitter which is like a slot machine for dopamine. I’d guess checking FPL prices is one of the first things us addicts do in the morning, and checking who might fall/rise is one of the last things we do at night!

There would be so much more down time if there were no price changes. I certainly wouldn’t be considering transfer so much this gameweek if there weren’t.

It’s the problem for all football managers - who can they afford, players who hit form rise in value because they are in demand and wanted by many - I wouldn’t have it any other way

Totally agree, I see no positives.

Also, I don't really understand why it is universally accepted that the rules behind the price changes are hidden. We spend so much time planning our teams and transfers, and then your plan could be ruined by an unexpected price change that you had no way of predicting. Makes no sense to me. I don't recall ever seeing an article here about this either, which is weird when it is such an important part of the game.

My best guess is that part of the reason to keep the price changes is to generate site traffic throughout the week?

Imo a hindrance to the game is that there is only one free transfer per week. Should be two freebies per week I reckon

No, looks like its removed finally.

Nope.

thx

Ridiculous really

Look up the score in the last game between the two sides 😉

I won't be doing that, but I guess you gotta back yourself.

lmao

What's your starting eleven?

I'm thinking about Captaining Lucas Moura... can see him getting in-behind City's high defensive line, and targetting Zinchenko as a weakness.

Yes

Save

Save

what? no

Nah, Lundstram first sub though.

dont wc

Some players (Rico, Adrian, Maitland Niles) who might lose their spots (bellerin, Daniels?!) but for the next three weeks or so it looks good to me.

B.

Most likely rolling with A. Hoping we'll get some news indicating a couple of the big guns will be back

B

a

B at this early stage of the season

I'm on A, but B isn't an option for me.

Salah safer imo

Expected an article about Danny Rose.

I am against beef burgers as they are bad for the environment and are a factor in climate change.

(Just kidding, but I know it will trigger some people on here)