After an eventful Gameweek 14, in which I almost committed the deadly sin of selling Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), I couldn’t be happier with the end result: a total of 93 points and an overall rank well inside the Top 20K for the first time since Gameweek 10.
Considering the rumours from several sources saying Salah was going to be rested at Selhurst Park, I almost pulled the trigger and sold him for Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) on Saturday morning. However, since I wasn’t 100% convinced by the rumours, I decided to hold fire and hope for a cameo from the Liverpool midfielder at the very least. After all, it would be heartbreaking to sell him ahead of such a nice fixture just to find out the rumours weren’t true.
However, the rumours were very true and he was indeed benched. But Salah doesn’t need many minutes to wreak havoc and after his 16-pointer, I was relieved to have decided to save my transfer. In addition, Ruben Dias (£5.7m), Andrew Robertson (£7.3m), Jack Grealish (£7.8m) and my captain Bruno Fernandes (£11.0m) all delivered nine points or more, which felt great after three red arrows in a row.
Could downgrade PVA fodder and upgrade Chilwell to Robinson or sideways move to Zouma ?
Grealish, Chilwell, to Raphina and Robinson for -4 or hold this week and do it next week??
Yeah. My thinking was Torres/Grealish & Chilwell to TAA & Raphinha for a hit. Keen on TAA but wouldnt take a hit to miss Torres or Grealish this week. So leaning into saving, even though my team looks a bit off
Chilwell to Matip?
Chilwell fixtures are poor anyway, and even if he plays next game surely he’d miss next one?Looking at Dier instead to avoid FH 18
A) James -> Taylor
B) Wait one GW, Justin first on bench
If james plays, B is better. If he doesn't A, might be (although BUR play leeds)Just get Taylor straight away. Will be a good squad member going forward me think
agree. Think I'll wait one GW, so I have 2 FT to do other replacements first (need to downgrade to get TAA or Robertson) before I get to Taylor
Start one of
A) Ayling
B) Taylor
C) JustinA
in order of play: ACB
2FT 0.0 ITB
Martinez
Chilwell, KWP, Dias, Coufal, Kilman
Grealish, Bruno, KdB, Salah, Soucek
Bamford, DCL, Watkins
Chilwell to? Really don’t know what to do..
Chilwel to cancelo and be done with it?I agree this is tircky. Would try to use 1 FT but save the other. I would do Watkins > Adams if I Could ? Dont know how much your selling price for Ollie is.
If you cant afford, would probably think of Chilwell to CanceloCan do Watkins to Adams!
Dier or Cancelo
Mmm interesting
yes get cancelo
Our team is essentially the same bar some def changes, I did Watkins to Adams and probably going to ship one of Grealish/DCL next week to fund Chilwell to TAA in prep of GW19
I've made a WC team.
Gone for 4 big hitting Mids
Bad idea?
martinez
zouma stones justin cancelo
kdb salah son fernandez
dcl welbeck
bench:steer bruster anguisa bogle
0.1 itb all chips intactYeah. Dont need 4 big hitters. Could get away with 2, but could also go with 3 if you want. Bench too wak, and cant trust Welbeck in your eleven
You have Welbeck and Brewster as a result.
Play 2
A) Watkins
B) Dallas
C) CoufalB & C
A and C
A and B
AC
Need Salah, 0.8 ITB
A - Sell KDB
Or
B - Sell BrunoB
B for me
A
Thanks guys
A
Sanity check please...
Kane, Zaha, Chilwell -> Bamford, KdB, Cancelo (-8)
Current team:
Martinez BPC
James Chilwell Coufal Saiss Dunne
Salah Bruno Son Zaha Rafinha
Kane DCL Brewster
not for me
chill to Cancelo just? (or james if you have the cash)
yep most likely
Personally wouldnt do it, but could off course pay off. Who knows
No chance
James to:
A taylor
B dallas
c CanceloA
C
would you play him ahead of Dier?
Dier some good fixtures 16-19
cancelo
C
Raphinha to be the next Jota/Ziyech?
Who knows.
in a good way or bad? 🙂
Either way
Raphinha has had 1 good game. Too early to tell
That’s my point.. People are getting overly excited about the bloke who is yet to burst on to the scene really
I'm with you. Recency bias is strong here. Everybody goes nuts over 1 data point. My all time favorite (falling to recency bias myself because it was this season) was Willian, who was the top transferred-in player after GW1. Has had exactly goal involvement in the subsequent 13 matches.
Hi...I have coufal, lamptey and james.
Would you do lamptey to balbuena - 4?
It's a transfer I'd probably end up making for a hit eventually for my dgw19 bench boost...otherwise run the risk of only 2 starting defenders due to possible coufal absence due to new baby
Thanksdo it if you have to move all 2 of them on anyway
I have Cancelo, Coufal & Taylor with Lamptey and Mitchell on bench. Not ideal as both Coufal and Cancelo could miss out this week, particularly the former given news you mentioned. I'm considering the same move as you with a FT but still not sure, might just take my chances as 2 FT going into GW16 could prove very valuable.
Dias, Cancelo or Mendy?
dias the safe pick, cancelo the sexy pick
Dias, no doubt
Cancelo surely nailed with Walker on quarantine?
Which also makes Mendy "probably" nailed on the left. But probably not as much as Cancelo
Cancelo, Mendy or Dias? And why?
6.4 to spend.
1 week wonder before WC so no long-term issue.
McCarthy
Robbo Coufal XXX
Salah KDB Bruno Grealish Soucek
DCL Bamford
Konsa Brewster NkounkouCancelo best underlying stats of them all, and probably nailed with Walked out
For the next 2-3 gameweeks, which player should I transfer in?
a) Taylor
b) Bednarek
c) Alioski
d) Holgate?Alioski - the fixtures are great and DGW.
Taylor
A) Justin (MUN) + Adams (ful)
B) Matip (WBA) + Wilson (mci)This gw only
Justin 2 + Adams 9
Matip 6 + Wilson 2
So A
Matip and Adams possible?
Unfortunately not, can either do Chilwell -> Matip or Wilson -> Adams, but in the latter I'll have Justin from the bench to play for Chilwell
A
Gw 19 planning, would you rather Bowen or Raphina?
Raph for me.
Raph
Raphinha
Neither. Raphinha is going to be the next Jota/Ziyech. I can just sense it.
Raphinha
bowen
Konsa should start right?
Cant be sure. House been solid.
Grealish, Chilwell, to Raphina and Robinson for -4 or hold this week and do it next week?
Don’t drop Grealish, especially for a hit.
Do Chilwell to city def.hold Grealish for this week
Hold
Cheers guys Merry Christmas
On a WC, would you rather have
A) KDB + Stones + Alioski (KDB to Bruno later)
B) Bruno + Dias + Dallas (save later hokey cokey and use funds on upgrades)
Rest of the team is
McCarthy Johnstone
Robbo Coufal Dallas
Salah Son Raphinha Anguissa
Kane Adams BamfordDallas twice there. Meant Taylor
B
mccarthy
dias cancelo targett
salah (c) bruno jack son
kane dcl bamford
GTG?To wildcard a team that is designed for the DGW seems bizarre to me as that GW is solid three weeks away. Who knows what is going to happen during that period..
How would you suggest those with their 1st WC intact approach it instead?
and there is post dgw. I have WC1 available and I feel like I am getting into a trap.
Play Soucek or Balbuena? They play Brighton
Soucek
Soucek of course
I heard on Andy’s podcast a bit ago that Man U might have a double in one of the upcoming GW (before GW19) is that true and if so, what GW is looking likely?
18
Cheers! Makes FH a bit less needed.
Yes mate. I have my fingers crossed
Just to be clear, that wouldn't be a double, it would just avoid the otherwise expected blank.
There was a chance of a DGW17 until United advanced past Everton in the League Cup.
Someone help please?
Mccarthy (Nyland)
Chilwell*. reece james*, Justin, KWP, (Mitchell)
Salah, KDB, Fernandes, Grealish (Stephens)
DCL, Wilson, Bamford
1FT £1.1m ITB
A) Reece James or Chilwell ---> Coufal or Cancelo or Dallas
B) Wilson---> Adams
C) Options A+B (-4)
D) Wildcard?James to Coufal
Is it not worth shifting out Wilson too? fixtures look tough
Won’t do that for a hit
Was considering one of:
1. Coufal & Walker
2. Dias & Cresswell
Did Lamptey to Coufal as price was rising and figured I’d want him on my WC16.
Now Walker has covid, and Coufal has had a baby!
Still go for Dias, or get Mendy / Cancelo?
Konsa 1st sub if Coufal doesn’t play.
Have Walker but no FT. Planning to bring in Kane next FT so may as well take the hit now to ditch.
Best medium term replacement (ignoring BGW/DGW)?
A Dias
B Cancelo
C Matip
D Robbo (and avoid the FT to Kane)D
Raphinha Wood or Rodrigo for next 4-5 Gws, mates?
Wood!
What to do with this
Mcarthy (steer)
Coufal justin zouma (michell taylor)
Salah ldb brumo soucek (podence)
Bamford kane watkins
1.5m in bank.... 1 ft. Fh 18.bb 19Chilwell, Bruno -> Stones, KdB (-4)
Thoughts?
Play 3 of 5 :
A)Coufal
B)Targett
C)Kwp
D)Cancelo
E)Justin
Thanks!
3 years, 3 months agoIs this GTG ? Doesnt get any Chilwell replacement I want without taking a hit and then miss Grealish/Torres, so think I could be better of saving a FT and wait a gw. Would like TAA for Chilwell, but cant affordt with jus .2 ITB
Martinez
Chilwell - Dias - Coufal
Salah - KDB - Fernandes - Grealish - Torres
DCL - Bamford
Forster - PVA - Brewster - Taylor