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Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	96.9%	Maybe
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Anderson	NFO	5.6m	74.8%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.4m	79.6%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	80.0%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.5m	78.8%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.0m	77.4%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.0m	69.7%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	67.2%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.0m	57.9%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	62.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	61.9%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	58.9%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	61.3%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	58.9%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	59.9%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	58.2%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.2m	62.1%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	55.0%	Unlikely
Rayan	BOU	5.4m	52.4%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.9m	50.8%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	50.4%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.4m	43.3%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	51.1%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	50.0%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	48.8%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.5m	48.5%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	48.4%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	46.5%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	7.6m	49.3%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	45.8%	Unlikely
Burn	NEW	5.0m	44.7%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	42.8%	Unlikely
Richarlison	TOT	6.4m	34.7%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.2m	41.4%	Unlikely
Gabriel	ARS	7.3m	41.2%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	40.2%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	40.3%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	39.3%	Unlikely
Mykolenko	EVE	4.9m	38.7%	Unlikely

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Thiago	BRE	7.3m	91.4%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	97.4%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.4%	Maybe
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	94.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	93.3%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.7m	91.5%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Hill	BOU	4.2m	91.1%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	90.6%	Unlikely
Martinez	AVL	5.1m	88.7%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	5.9m	86.5%	Unlikely
Johnstone	WOL	4.4m	87.5%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	86.9%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	85.0%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	84.1%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	83.5%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	83.3%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	6.7m	82.5%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	80.3%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	78.9%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	78.1%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	77.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	76.7%	Unlikely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.4m	76.5%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	75.7%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	73.9%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.4m	69.8%	Unlikely
Gonzalez	WOL	4.3m	69.9%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.6m	70.3%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	68.0%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	67.1%	Unlikely
Wirtz	LIV	8.3m	66.4%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	62.4%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	5.7m	59.1%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	61.8%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.0m	61.3%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.6m	53.7%	Unlikely

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No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	A, Vs
Up	Pickford	EVE	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Leno	FUL	B, Vs
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, £

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No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A, Vs
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B
No Change	Keane	EVE	C, Vs
Up	Bassey	FUL	B, Vs
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	B
No Change	Porro	TOT	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	B, £
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C

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No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
Up	Saka	ARS	B, Vs
Down	Cherki	MCI	B, Rest
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	A, Vs, £
Down	Wilson	FUL	C, Vs
Up	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B
No Change	Hinshelwood	BHA	A, £
Up	Fernández	CHE	C

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No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Thiago	BRE	C
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Gyokeres	ARS	B, Vs
Down	Welbeck	BHA	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	B

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Pro Pundits - Lateriser

The ‘glue guys’ who will be set-and-forget FPL options on my Gameweek 3 Wildcard

24 September 2020 1140 comments

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Lateriser, who finished 30th in the world last season, discusses the Fantasy assets who he’ll be sticking with over the coming weeks and months.

I am one of many managers who is deploying their Wildcard right now and one of the reasons for that is the emergence of a few ‘glue guys’ – that and the fact that I’ve had a terrible start, and my overall rank is around the 4.5 million mark.

Glue guys are the kind of picks in a particular ‘value’ price bracket that you just need to set in your team and forget about for a long time because they will continue to offer bang for buck for the mid-to-long term.

It’s important to filter these out because if you’re Wildcarding this early in the season, you need to get these picks right so that your team has enough stability.

It’s the emergence of these glue guys and a few long-term trends that I’m particularly comfortable ‘banking’ on that has me Wildcarding early. It was the similar emergence of assets like Caglar Soyuncu (£5.5m), John Lundstram (£5.5m) and Todd Cantwell early last season that instilled me with confidence to Wildcard early.

So who are the ‘glue guys’ that I’m looking at early this season?

Tariq Lamptey (£4.5M)

Brighton look like a different team this season, especially with the addition of highly-rated Ben White (£4.5m) in their side. They have been very impressive in the first two games and look to me like a team that is going to do much better than they did last year.

What Tariq Lamptey (£4.5m) gives us is the ability to provide points at both ends of the pitch at a cut-price rate.

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Whats the Mata?
5 years, 7 months ago
Are we getting to see the best of Havertz now that he's been deployed centrally?

Showed signs against Liverpool however the red card changed the dynamics.

I'm currently planning on going with Havertz on my WC especially as I don't have Werner
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1. St Pauli Walnuts
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I'll be going with Son and then will review in a few weeks once Puli and Ziyech back in team, easy swap to Havertz then if firing.
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2. Flair
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Was at CF against Liverpool. Calling Barnsley's defense Sunday League level would be extremely generous, I wouldn't look at the performance too closely. What's hopeful is Lamps sees that this is Kai's best position and uses him there, could improve Werner's output against WBA.
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3. Siva Mohan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  wait till Ziyech & Pulisic return
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4. Scapegoat Salah
  5 years, 7 months ago
  It was Barnsley, calm mate
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5. aapoman
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Was planning on transferring him out (not using WC) but I think now he is going to stay at least for the WBA game. Yes the hat trick was against Barnsley but still his confidence should now be higher and that no doubt increases his potential.
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6. Smurf
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Do you know the quality of the opponent?
  
  Barnsley very nearly got relegated to League One last season and so far in the league this year they have lost the two games they have played conceding three goals and scoring none.
  
  Even Benteke could grab a hat trick against them.
  
  So it doesn’t mean we are “getting to see the best” of him.
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Dr. Rog
5 years, 7 months ago
Martinez
Semedo - Saiss - James
Salah - KdB - Son - Havertz - Foden
Jiménez - DCL

Subs: Steer, Lamptey, Brewster, Mitchell

++ love the mid/fwds
-- no liverpool defender, expectation is that wolves fixtures can compensate
-- Foden/James rotation risks which segways into
-- lacks durability with Mitchell not a great option and brewster a non-option at this time although that may change
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1. St Pauli Walnuts
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I like it. Obvious risk is no TAA.
  
  How much have you guessed that Semedo will be, 5.5?
  
  On WC myself and I wish this Brewdog move would finally materialise, hoping for WBA or Sheff United. Mitch is fine, just swap to Ferguson later if he takes Ward's spot.
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Scapegoat Salah
5 years, 7 months ago
Lol Werner still not dropped, what a joke
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1. Dr. Rog
  5 years, 7 months ago
  lampard loves him
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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Price
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2. Gregor
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Lots of people are buying him too.
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  1. Scapegoat Salah
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Ah ok, West Brom and all that I guess
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Shark Team
5 years, 7 months ago
Captain everyone?
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1. Ze_Austin
  5 years, 7 months ago
  That's a nice punt
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  1. Shark Team
    5 years, 7 months ago
    100% ownership
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    1. OverTinker
      5 years, 7 months ago
      EO 200%?
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    2. Albrightondknight
      5 years, 7 months ago
      😉
      200 % EO
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2. Dr. Rog
  5 years, 7 months ago
  only one
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  1. Shark Team
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Truth is hard
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3. Siva Mohan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  new chip?
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  1. Shark Team
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Yes coming next season
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Bubz
5 years, 7 months ago
Surprised by the amount of managers using their wildcard tbh, so much can change still. Quite happy keeping it in the back pocket for now and waiting for more data and the transfer window shutting. Think this season more than any other could be one where the wildcards are very precious
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1. Siva Mohan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  WC activated
  
  need Wolves and City .. can't take -12
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Well there is a case in point. I want a bit more time to see how often/how well Podence plays, whether Semedo is the best wolves D option, Foden’s gametime etc etc
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    1. popey
      5 years, 7 months ago
      agreed on all three of these, for me also whether brighton, leeds, villa etc will be the go to for dependable cheap squad players
      
      other obvious reason to hold that I've not seen mentionned often is the threat of squads being decimated due to +ve case in camp (West Ham this week as an example)
      
      not to mention DGW that already involves City v Villa and United v Burnley
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2. Green Arrow
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Agree 100%. The transfer window is still open for a couple of weeks, and with the Covid situation, definitely holding on to the first WC.
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3. Karan_G14
  5 years, 7 months ago
  You have good setup mate and had a better start than most. If I had DCL, Rodriguez & Digne no way I would wildcard too.
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    You know its a strange season when 1.7m rank is classed as a better start than most 😆
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    1. Karan_G14
      5 years, 7 months ago
      Hahaha well you don't know how it feels below 3m 😀
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4. Zilla
  5 years, 7 months ago
  2 injures and a red card was the catalyst.
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Yeah well sometimes it just has to be done!
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  2. GENERATION X
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Exactly..hand forced by the worst GW and fallout from it I have ever experienced.
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5. waltzingmatildas
  5 years, 7 months ago
  It's mighty tempting, but of course we'd all like a new team every week.
  I'd personally like just a little more info - i.e Man U, Chelsea, Spurs, City, Wolves.......
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Yeah Man U are a big factor as well, I assume most WCers arent too focussed on getting a man u player after their one performance of the season so far. If rashford scores a brace at the weekend all of a sudden hes a hot option
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6. Tambling5
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I agree entirely. Seems likely at some point that there may be more disruption to the schedule, so tripling up with wildcards is putting all eggs in one basket. Had a good start, 147 atm, and taken -4 this week as part of rolling transfer plan to keep abreast of fixtures. Keeping wildcard for stormy weather.
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    147 OR? Bloody hell!
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    1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
      5 years, 7 months ago
      Think he means 147 points
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    2. Tambling5
      5 years, 7 months ago
      I wish! Points not position!
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7. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
  5 years, 7 months ago
  If you can stay in touch then you are in a great position. If.
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8. Brosstan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Had no choice. 2 Injuries, 2 red cards, Davies dropped, all this in addition to the planned transfer of moving auba.
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9. Whats the Mata?
  5 years, 7 months ago
  A WC can be used to attack as well and not just use it when stuff goes wrong.
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    I know, but then what about when things go wrong?
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    1. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 7 months ago
      But then what about when things go wrong the second or third time
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      1. Bubz
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Things shouldnt go wrong that much
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        Ze_Austin
        5 years, 7 months ago
        They do for me...
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        Bubz
        5 years, 7 months ago
        😀
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        Ze_Austin
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Started the season with Alli without having any prescience of the Mourinho fallout. Also had Doc and Lloris because I liked what they did post restart, and thought the standard Mou defence was back
        
        This was enough for a GW2 WC, so I hit it
        
        Something will go wrong again at around... GW8, judging by my track record
        
        I don't let it get to me too much anyway. It's meant to be a fun game 🙂
        
        I remember Yarmolenko's injury far too often though
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        Goonsquad245
        5 years, 7 months ago
        I think your team was fine pre-WC. Only really needed to transfer Alli out (maybe for a -4 to raise funds for an upgrade)
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        Ze_Austin
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Actually, I'd have hit a GW3 WC to get my GW2 team if I delayed it
        
        Lloris to Martinez (once the Villa move was confirmed, I was definitely getting him), I watched Everton play and knew Rodriguez wasn't enough, S'oton looked terrible (even though Ings' stats were good) and I preferred Wolves' new attacking intent, 8.0 to 8.5m mids went into a coma
        
        I could have kept Barnes, but preferred Zaha long term as a striker. That was 50:50 until the last day, so not a WC reason
        
        Could have kept Shaw, but preferred the Saiss fixtures and insane goal threat on set pieces (again, Wolves attacking more, so more set pieces)
        
        It wasn't an overhaul, but I didn't want to do any of that with hits
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        Goonsquad245
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Cool, as long as you’re happy that’s the main thing!
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        Ze_Austin
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Thanks, mate. Best of luck!
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        @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Maybe not that badly that much but things in 38 weeks certainly go wrong lots, granted you're right not all wrong things need a wildcard. Idk second one feels more useful with chips dgw etc
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        Bubz
        5 years, 7 months ago
        I dont think WCing now is a bad idea if people’s teams are looking really bad, but I dont think its the optimal time to wildcard from an ‘attacking’ stance when we have a lot of missing information
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        @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Definitely not optimal
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  2. Joey Tribbiani
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Exactly! Got 82 points first week and decided to WC, thanks to that decision I got green arrow week 2 and have good team now
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10. Goonsquad245
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Yeah, I have to agree. Feels like managers who’re doing it so early have been forced into it by poor GW1 team selection.
  
  There are possible upsides to doing so, but they’re overstated to retro-fit the WC decision IMO.
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Is it poor gw1 team selection or is it that we have only had 2 gw’s (1 gw for some teams) and their picks just havent had enough time to come good yet?
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    1. Goonsquad245
      5 years, 7 months ago
      Very good point.
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    2. Goonsquad245
      5 years, 7 months ago
      And transferring united players out is a key part of that. People planned pre season to have multiple of Bruno/martial/Rashford/greenwood and they’re all gone based on the strength of one poor performance because they think they’ve identified season keepers after 2 gameweeks
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      1. Bubz
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Yeah, and look at how poor Spurs were in their first game, they were written off... then next game their two attackers scored about 50 points between them
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  2. @persecuted_by_mods
    5 years, 7 months ago
    I'm the opposite, I've had two very good weeks but also have an understanding that my team was crap, carried in week 1 by a Salah hattrick and in week 2 by a DCL hattrick and Justin goal. I had too many non point scoring players, yes only 2 weeks of data but the likes of Alli McCarthy B Davies Soucek as a starter are most likely worth shipping, Soucek can come back later. Wildcard to attack the fixtures
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    1. Goonsquad245
      5 years, 7 months ago
      Why is your team crap? Alli is a sell from those, but what makes you think (for example) any 4.5m keeper will be better than McCarthy this season just based on 2 gameweeks?
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      1. @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 7 months ago
        All of those are a sell from me, and it's not just they need to be sold, it's what I can get in return, saiss with wolves fixtures or keep Davies? Could backfire but I don't think it will. McCarthy is partly based on 2 weeks partly based on Ralph bemoaning no replacement for Hjoberg
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        Goonsquad245
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Fair enough my man. Hope it works out!
        
        Out of interest, do you mind posting the team you WC’d from/to? I’m just interested is all, I won’t comment either way as you’ve already hit the button 🙂
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        @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 7 months ago
        McCarthy 4.0
        TAA Davies Justin Mitchell Johnson
        Salah Auba Alli Soucek Burke
        Werner DCL Ings
        
        To
        
        Martinez Forster
        TAA Justin Saiss Mitchell Dunne
        Salah KDB J Rod Foden Burke
        Jim DCL Ings
        
        Still messing around considering Jesus Werner etc but pretty set
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        Goonsquad245
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Cool, thanks for taking the time!
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        @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 7 months ago
        No worries, oh and it looks like salahs away blues may just continue this season! (Based off 1 game but again he was pinned very wide at times)
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        Goonsquad245
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Chelsea away is a hard fixture.
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  3. GENERATION X
    5 years, 7 months ago
    GW1 was the biggest lottery ever this year to predict.
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11. diabydoesgallas
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Agree with this
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12. OverTinker
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Depends on the team. I have activated
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13. Tambling5
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Are you swapping Auba for KDB/Sterling this week?
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  1. Bubz
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Yeah already done it
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    1. Tambling5
      5 years, 7 months ago
      Same here. Went for Sterling and now thinking should have played safe with KDB. Poor captaincy choices so far Mane week 1 and Auba week 2.
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      1. Bubz
        5 years, 7 months ago
        I went KDB but Sterling is a good option too and I really want him for that Leeds game. I might even sell Salah for him for the Leeds game and double up
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        Tambling5
        5 years, 7 months ago
        More tempted by a free hit than wildcard GW4 with Pool, Wolves, City Everton fixtures, but lose value this time of year.
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Kloptimus Prime
5 years, 7 months ago
Out of the below, which 3 on a WC

1. Werner
2. Jesus
3. DCL
4. Jiminez
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1. Siva Mohan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  1 3 4
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2. FeverPitch
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Definitely 3 and 4, then it’s close and maybe depends on the rest of your team. Maybe just about Werner for me
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3. One for All
  5 years, 7 months ago
  2,3,4
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4. _Gunner
  5 years, 7 months ago
  1,2,4
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5. aapoman
  5 years, 7 months ago
  134 easy
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6. Dire Souffle
  5 years, 7 months ago
  134 is the safer bet, but 123 could have huge upside
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7. Dr. Rog
  5 years, 7 months ago
  3,4
  toss a coin for the other
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Flair
5 years, 7 months ago
Triple Wolves and Triple City on WC feels like the way to go, exploit the teams great quality and excellent fixtures.
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1. Ze_Austin
  5 years, 7 months ago
  And then another WC when fixtures turn?
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  1. Flair
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Wolves fixtures turn in GW10, plenty of time. The likes of Jimenez and Saiss/Semedo can be long term picks, correct? City's fixtures never turn besides two weeks in GW8-9. So, no need for another WC! I'm glad to be ahead of the managers that aren't playing theirs.
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    1. Ze_Austin
      5 years, 7 months ago
      There are other teams with other great fixtures and players that can go long-term as well. Then you can focus on fixtures here and there... Say, a 2nd/3rd City asset and a second Wolves asset can be sold when fixtures turn. This is much harder with two triple-ups
      
      Would have been a lot more logical if Wolves and City assets were by far the best in the league, but there are other options, and especially in this uncertain period, spreading the risk counts for a lot
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      1. Flair
        5 years, 7 months ago
        That's a fair approach, if you want to spread the risk. I've never considered that, so I'm not worried about it.
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        Ze_Austin
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Alright then. Should work for you too, and these are great long-term fixture-proof assets anyway. I only disagree with a 6 to 8-game fixture block as a reason for a WC when the next WC is 14 games away
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2. Karan_G14
  5 years, 7 months ago
  It's hard to justify the third City asset.
  
  Sterling vs Salah
  
  Jesus vs Werner/Martial/Son/Ings
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  1. Flair
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Prefer Jesus over all 4 of those options, and maybe Sterling over Salah for the next 4. To each to their own, though.
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  2. Whats the Mata?
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Foden with a decent sub.
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3. Stormbringer22
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I am along the same line of thinking as you. On a WC so far - have double Pool, triple Wolves, and either - double Everton + double City or triple City + single Everton
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kysersosa
5 years, 7 months ago
We team G2G?

Ryan
Keane, TAA, Saiss
KDB, Bruno, Son, Podence
Wood, (w)erner, Jimenez

Nyland, Taylor, Mitchell, Romeu

Plan will be Son and Bruno to Salah and 7.5 mid in GW6.
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Dybala10
5 years, 7 months ago
Coming around to the idea of leaving some money ITB on WC to eventually upgrade Jrod to a Chelsea midfielder. I have DCL now so happy with the double up short term with Everton.

Who is everyone's pick in midfield for CHE? I really want Pulisic but may just cater for Ziyech for now.....
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1. Karan_G14
  5 years, 7 months ago
  It's still a wait & see imo. We really don't know who will be the best option. It's all guess work.
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2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Ziyech hasn't even kicked a ball in the PL yet nor has Puli this season. Will assess both when they come back.
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3. Tambling5
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Neither sure of fitness for next few weeks.
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ShaunGoater123
5 years, 7 months ago
who would you play this week Bellerin or Mitchell? Have both Rodriguez and Salah so would have an attacker vs either of them.

alternative is getting in Lamptey for Bellerin, although that would take transfers to a -8 this week
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Ibralicious
5 years, 7 months ago
Would you WC this lot?

McCarthy
TAA - Davies - C. Taylor
Salah - KDB (C) - Hamez - Podence
Werner - Martial - Adams

(Steer) (Justin - Mitchell - Bissouma)

0.4 ITB - Already on a -4

Cheers!
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1. Stormbringer22
  5 years, 7 months ago
  No, you are Gtg
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  1. Ibralicious
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Thanks, but might just succumb and do it to catch the price rises
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2. aapoman
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I wouldnt
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  1. Ibralicious
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Cheers
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3. ShaunGoater123
  5 years, 7 months ago
  nope
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    5 years, 7 months ago
    Thanks
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The Train Driver
5 years, 7 months ago
There are always set-and-forget players, until they aren't anymore. I'm not talking about injuries. Drop in form, change in system, change in position, better options, bad fixtures etc etc...
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SOTHPAW
5 years, 7 months ago
Which option is best here?
A, Foden + 4.5 forward
Or
B, Chris Wood + 4.5 mid
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deanchatt
5 years, 7 months ago
Thoughts/ suggest improvements on this WC please folks

Martinez, Steer

James, Lamptey, TAA, Sais, Mitch

Salah KDB Son Podence 4.5m

DLC Werner Mitro

Ideally would want Jiminez but difficult to leave out son or werner (who I think is due to fire) at the minute. Also unsure re Mitro or Bamford, Mitro edging for me as on pens. Thanks all
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1. Siva Mohan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Traore will be competing with Podence now .. tough call
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  1. deanchatt
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Thanks Siva, any suggested improvements. I think Podence has done enough short term to stay in the side. If werner doesnt fire as expected have option of taking him out for jim or jesus.
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diesel001
5 years, 7 months ago
The new format for the captaincy poll is good, provided the results are released on Friday night.

By not being able to see the current results, it takes away the bias that people have to pick the option that is leading.
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1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Unless they release the results in a members only article 😆
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2. OverTinker
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I hope they Don't show the results before deadline
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Mayor of Flair
5 years, 7 months ago
Justin still out of the Leicester side once Pereira is fit?

Would you bother with him for a WC?
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Muller Reus Corner
5 years, 7 months ago
Jiminez and Rodriguez or Foden and Jesus?
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1. aapoman
  5 years, 7 months ago
  first one easily imo
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  1. Muller Reus Corner
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Thanks. I will only have 1 City player though.
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    1. aapoman
      5 years, 7 months ago
      That's enough imo
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ResultatFar
5 years, 7 months ago
Who to choose (on a WC):

A) Robertson + Mitrovic
B) Lamptey + Jimenez

Only other Pool player atm is Salah
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Typo
5 years, 7 months ago
Is Havertz an option again?
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1. ManofKent
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I'd wait until Ziyech and Pulisic are back. Barnsley make WestBrom's defence seem world class...
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2. aapoman
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I wouldn't transfer him in but if you have him (I do) he is a keep at the moment
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3. Siva Mohan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  not yet
  
  watched the game .. it was open game and not a decent opposition
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NZREDS
5 years, 7 months ago
McCarthy (Nyland)
TAA Saiss James (Mitchell Dunn)
Son Havertz Zaha KDB (Anguissa)
DCL Werner Jimi

Thoughts on this lot? Seems real balanced, tossing up whether to get Kane in, a bit anxious about the double up on chelsea!
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1. NZREDS
  5 years, 7 months ago
  That was meant to be reso balanced not real balanced
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2. aapoman
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Looks nice
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  1. NZREDS
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Cheers!
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ManofKent
5 years, 7 months ago
Am I the only one still unsure on whether DCL is the better option over Richarlison? Am I reading too much from the stats?
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1. NZREDS
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Im going DCL based on PL form, cheaper too so frees up some funds
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2. aapoman
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Richarlison is the better option if you have the money for sure. Has looked more dangerous in the past games
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  1. ManofKent
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Stats and eye test suggest Rich, but outcomes suggest DCL. Can't decide whether it's luck or better positional awareness.
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3. jomikijiq
  5 years, 7 months ago
  For me it would be debatable if they were the same price or if Rich was still MID. Right now it's clearly DCL.
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4. Duffstuff
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I think Richy will ultimately be the highest to benefit from the quality Rodi service. Already getting assists, will soon be in the goal groove. Getting closer each game.
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Ibra
5 years, 7 months ago
Which trio for WC team?

A) TAA, James & Jimenez
B) Robbo, Lamptey & Werner
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1. Miguel Sanchez
  5 years, 7 months ago
  A
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2. Fernandito
  5 years, 7 months ago
  A
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3. ManofKent
  5 years, 7 months ago
  A for me, but I'd currently go Lamptey over James and redeploy the 0.5
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LewanGOALski
5 years, 7 months ago
(C) choice is doing my head for the first time this season...

1) Salah - home form always favours him.
I am not sure how to read Arsenal defence under Arteta - whether it actually improved or not, it’s different view on that every game in my opinion.

2) Werner - WBA defensive stats against favours him by a mile. He might be due, but still not really impressed by Chelsea side. Maybe Havertz great game last night will improve the whole team and boost these guys..?

3) Sterling - LEI defence doesn’t convince me at all, especially now when there are is no JEvans nor Ndidi now. MCI always goes for goals and Sterling will be hungry after his fellow attackers - Jesus and Kev - have already scored theirs

Thoughts..? 😉
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1. Miguel Sanchez
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Sterling
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2. Siva Mohan
  5 years, 7 months ago
  3 goal Sterling (c)
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3. ManofKent
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Sterling - West Brom's defence isn't good, but until the red card they were keeping Everton at bay, and that was without Ivanovic.
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4. Duffstuff
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Werner. Judging him against a well organised Brighton and Lpool is premature. First goal will burst the dam. Chelsea to get five and Werner to get his share.
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Fernandito
5 years, 7 months ago
Help guys...

Martinez Steer
TAA James Saiss Lamptey Mitchell
KDB Salah Foden Costa xxx
Werner Jimenez xxx

A James Rodriguez & 4.5 fwd (442)
B DCL & 4.5 mid (343)
C Mitrovic & Trossard (343)
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1. Milldawg
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Almost exact wc team as mine. I’m on B atm but tough between A & B. If Brewster gets a move in the next couple of days I might switch to A
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MFPL
5 years, 7 months ago
A) Jesus and Rodriguez
B) Adams and Sterling

I already have KDB and DCL.
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1. Miguel Sanchez
  5 years, 7 months ago
  A
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FPL BlackBox | Episode Four
Az
5 years, 7 months ago
Hey all,

Mark, Luke (a.k.a. d1sable) and I recorded FPL Black Box Episode 4 last night and there's lots of ways you can watch / listen if you missed it last night.

The idea of FPL BlackBox is to reflect back on the mistakes we make during the season to try and become better managers.

In this episode, we talk about our pretty poor starts to the season. We also look ahead to the next Gameweek, where Mark has some great tables on who we should be targeting for our teams, who are the 'whipping boys' and some interesting stats on penalties across the different leagues and what this might mean for the Premiership. We also chat about other issues like price rises, wildcards... and more!

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Remember to like and sub on your chosen platform! It really helps us out as we look to grow the channel
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1. Weasel51
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Really enjoying the show, mate!
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  1. Az
    5 years, 7 months ago
    awesome! thanks Weasel!
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2. Andy_Social
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Waiting for this - back in two hours!!!
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3. Zilla
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Don't usually listen to podcast but really like this one.
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  1. Zilla
    5 years, 7 months ago
    podcasts*
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  2. Az
    5 years, 7 months ago
    cheers Zilla!
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4. xHaTr
  5 years, 7 months ago
  This is like OG scoutcast material. Get Andy on the show to complete the lineup. Loved it
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  1. Az
    5 years, 7 months ago
    haha thanks Xhatr, fun to record!
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    1. Andy_Social
      5 years, 7 months ago
      Right, dammit - I've changed my captaincy choice. Gotta bad black box feeling ....
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5. DeadStarComing
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Really like this. Let's just hope you and Mark don't get really good at FPL because you'll have to cancel this 😉
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6. MissouriMarten
  5 years, 7 months ago
  Just found it on Acast and subscribed. Looking forward to it.
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7. riot
  5 years, 7 months ago
  This is the only FPL podcast I've ever listened to (never got into the scoutcast), and it's been really enjoyable to watch. The aesthetics are neat too. Great work, and show dog next time Mark!
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Bishopool
5 years, 7 months ago
DIFFERENTIALS. What do you think?

1) Sheffiled Utd players

Leeds (H), Arsenal (A), Fulham (H)

Lundstram in penalties, but missed one. He seems in good shape, tho.

2) Leicester City

ManC (A), WHU (H), AVL (H)

Both teams have extremely good home games coming up. I think we can not overlook these, considering all the Wolves and ManC talks...
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Piggs Boson
5 years, 7 months ago
This season, I split my players into two categories, 'value players' and 'fixture players'. My 'value players' are your 'glue guys' it seems, who represent the best value players in the game, and hopefully stay all/most of the season, requiring few transfers.

My 'fixture players' are the expensive 8.0+ players that are relatively poor value over a season, but can be good value in the short-term, over the right fixtures. These are the aggressive players that get large hauls and have volatile returns. So my transfers focus on these players, moving them around to target hauls, making high-impact transfers.

The likes of Saiss, James, Lamptey & DCL are my kind of 'glue guys' personally. They each have a chance of being the best value player in their position, and they're nice and cheap, freeing more funds to aggressively hunt the monster hauls. Because we have so many expensive big hitters this season, I think you need cheaper glue.

But I don't see Jimenez as glue, mainly because of the alternatives (see VORP). He's a 'fixture player' for me. I have him for the good fixtures but I'll probably shift the funds into Pulisic eventually, by downgrading to someone like Antonio. I'm not sure an 8.5m player could ever be a glue guy for me this season. I don't think their relative value could ever compete with the 5.0m defenders or ~6.5m forwards. Jimenez may be tremendous value compared to other 8.0+ players, but he's not compared to all players, particularly defenders, and that's what matters. Value is relative, and I only want the best for the glue.
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1. Flair
  5 years, 7 months ago
  I wonder if Foden can be that kind of value player.
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  1. Piggs Boson
    5 years, 7 months ago
    Probably not compared to the defenders.
    
    It's possible, but I doubt it.
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  2. Dr. Rog
    5 years, 7 months ago
    yes he can - he has an elite pp90
    
    hopefully that number remains consistent as he plays more 90s and less 10s! but i see no reason why it shouldnt he is one of the most talented players playing for the strongest team in the country
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    1. Brosstan
      5 years, 7 months ago
      Pp90 is a useless stat for players whose problem is that they never play 90
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      1. Piggs Boson
        5 years, 7 months ago
        Agreed.
        
        A player that plays 1 minute a game has 90 pp90, which is ridiculous. The appearance points heavily skew the data. Not to mention that coming on against tired legs is an advantage.
        
        'Per game' for me, as FPL is played on a 'per game' basis.
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pundit of punts
5 years, 7 months ago
Which combo scores more this gw?

A. Grealish + Havertz + Werner

Or

B. KDB + Wilson + Rodriguez
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M2.0
5 years, 7 months ago
Please help me decide:

a) Foden/Wood
b) Zaha/mitro
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