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Five-time top 1k FPL finisher Tom Freeman on Calvert-Lewin, Wolves and his Gameweek 2 plans

Ahead of Gameweek 3, I have two free transfers and £0.5m in the bank.

The graphic below shows how I’m currently set up prior to making any transfers, and as you can see, I need to prioritise a defensive move to ensure I have four starters. 

I’d also like to have two frees for the international break, so any further adjustments will have to wait. 

So, onto my transfer then.

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  1. Daniyal
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Will Ronaldo be most likely classified as a forward or a midfielder ?

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    1. One More Hit
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      I reckon forward, which is a little troublesome when you assume you’ll ditch Fernandes.

      No CS point
      1 point fewer per goal
      Assists unlikely

      Basically sticking the house on him being a goal scoring machine (happy with that tbh)

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    2. Drexl Spivey
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      His winging days are somewhat behind him.

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      1. Boss Hogg
        • 16 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        ... and his whinging days are still ahead of him.

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    3. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Forward I think

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    4. linkafu
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Forward

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    5. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Probably better as a forward
      Imagine he'd get lots of bps deductions for skied free kicks etc.
      But forwards get loads of +ve bps for scoring, whereas as a midfielder Salah has always been a bit hit and miss for bonus when scoring due to his deductions for things like dispossessions

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  2. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Kane returns last season - 37
    Ronaldo returns last season - 36

    Does he really have any grounds to be more price than Kane considering he’s also not played in the league for such a long time?

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    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Correction, only 32 returns for Ronaldo last season

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    2. Meinhoff
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Yes, he will play in a better team. They will also probably be the same price 12.5

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    3. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      He's not played in a competitive league for over a decade.

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    4. @persecuted_by_mods
      5 years, 3 days ago

      The first time in a long long long time he's at a club that isn't either the best in the league by a country mile, or one of the best two

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  3. Budgies
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Everyone thinking Ronaldo will be £12/£12.5m…..dream on!

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    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      10.5m?

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      1. Budgies
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        £13m min

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        1. Boxwoods
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 days ago

          I think this is the most likely number. 12.5 min.

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    2. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      See above

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    3. linkafu
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      11.5 for me

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    4. Budgies
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Arguably the best of all time isn’t going to be the same price as any other asset, let’s not forget he was £14m the last season he played in the League.

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  4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Ronaldo price tag?

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    1. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      12 is fair me think.. if he is Fwd of course

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    2. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      12m Fwd sounds about right.

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    3. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      10-11

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      1. Rassi
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Lol that would be just insane.

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      2. 1zverGGadeM
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        This means he will be perba cap in every fpl team lol

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        1. 1zverGGadeM
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 3 days ago

          permanent*

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    4. Rassi
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      12.5-13 fwd

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  5. Hulk Smash
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    ...Are we overreacting a bit?

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    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No

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    2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Definitely. But it is Ronaldo to be fair and another premium that can do what FPL players need them to in any match

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    3. jack88
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      not at all

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    4. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Massively.

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    5. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 17 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Yes Ronaldo basically Cavani 2.0 with a much tidier haircut and pens.

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  6. linkafu
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Captain

    A bruno
    B DCL

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    1. OPTA FPL
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      ronaldooooooooooooooooo

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  7. Bubz
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    It’s nice to finally have a lot of decent premium strikers to choose from again

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    1. Rassi
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Yeah, good for FPL.

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  8. A Team Of James McCleans
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Ronaldo doesn’t justify more than 10.5 imo, and that’s on name value

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    1. Bubz
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      What on earth makes you think that?

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      1. A Team Of James McCleans
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        He’s a 36 year old who returned less than Lukaku in the same league last season. He’s not getting any better.

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        1. Gandalf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          5 years, 3 days ago

          Ronaldo got 29 goals and Lukaku 24 last season..

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    2. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Didn’t he just win the golden boot at the Euros?

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    3. Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Arguably the best player ever to play the game and he’s still an absolute goal machine, over a hundred for Juventus in three years.

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    4. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Don't be silly

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    5. El Presidente
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Ah ah ah. Tough day for non-United fans so I'll cut you all some slack...

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  9. stefanbkanev
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Bench 1:

    Raphinha
    Amartey
    Shaw
    Digne

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  10. Sgt Frank Drebin
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Is there even a possibility that Bruno stays on pens?

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    1. Bubz
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No

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    2. OPTA FPL
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      -68

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    3. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No, Ronaldos ego couldn’t handle it. He won’t be on free kicks either, even though Ronaldo is awful at free kicks. Reference their time together with Portugal.

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      1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Can't wait to see that long run up and hitting the wall in the midriff x50 before he eventually just pings one straight at the keeper

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    4. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Bruno is generally very unselfish so I think he will give them up

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    5. No Professionals
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No, absolutely kills Bruno IMO

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    6. Drexl Spivey
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      F all.

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    7. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No. Ronnie probably has it written into his contract …

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      1. OPTA FPL
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        haha

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  11. DEEGTADKMC
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    best 5.5m midfielder?

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    1. 1zverGGadeM
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Bissouma

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    2. Bobby Digital
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Gray

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    3. Rio Angora Mohair
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Gray!

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  12. A Team Of James McCleans
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Pogba looking more attractive an option now?

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    1. Hooky
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      He'll probably have a strop now as he's not the only show pony in the team.

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      1. A Team Of James McCleans
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        He wasn’t before now though, Bruno was already there? Pogba could clean up on assists

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        1. Bushwhacker
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 3 days ago

          Bruno, for all his FPL scores, isn't Pogba or Ronaldo. He's a Portguese midfielder.

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    2. Gandalf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Could make Pogba more interested and to show up more regularly. Strongly considering Ings + Bruno > Ronaldo + Pogba

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  13. Reeker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    It will actually be so harsh on Bruno though if/when Ronaldo takes penalty duties off him though

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    1. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Bruno must have been thinking during the Euros, at least when I go back to United I’ll be safe

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    2. OPTA FPL
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      watch euro
      not only pens, free kick, also the focus point of United attack, bruno now just sit back and is not allowed to bother ronaldo way

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      1. A Team Of James McCleans
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Worst part is he is terrible at free kicks

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    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Bruno 96% conversion rate in 19/20 + 20/21. Ronaldo 87% in same period.

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  14. Ibralicious
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Quite possibly one of my happiest days as a United supporter in the past 12 years. Unbelievable business, we genuinely have 3 Ballon D'Or contenders, it would be fantastic to see Ronaldo, Bruno, & Pogba all line up for the awards

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      LOL

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  15. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Lukaku scored more returns than Ronaldo last year in the same league so why should he be any more than 12?

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    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Supply and demand. They need a price that won’t break the game

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      1. Boxwoods
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        This. It’s not about where he “deserves” to be priced.

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    2. No Professionals
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Because that’s not necessarily how pricing works. Look at sterling and son.

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    3. OPTA FPL
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      ronaldo on pens, lukaku not

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      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        You don’t know that either of those things are true

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    4. Bubz
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      I think he’ll be priced at 12.5. It’s Ronaldo

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  16. MR Penquin
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    I suppose at the moment fantasy football are working out how much Ronaldo should be.

    10M to 12M

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    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No lower than 12.

      12.5 most likely.

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    2. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Anything over 11 is unjustifiable

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  17. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Oh god oh flip of christ oh sweet mama oh f@%k

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  18. sovietrockettes
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Anyone not captaining Ronaldo in GW4?

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    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Still planning on Lukaku here, will see how things look regarding Ronaldo's gametime during the break and if Solskjaer gives any signs about whether he'll start or not (not that Ronaldo would take kindly to a benching but his ego might enjoy the reception coming off the bench)

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      1. 1zverGGadeM
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Virgil will demolish Kaku this gw.. so for the gw4 Kaku could be good punt 😉

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        1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 3 days ago

          Will be a good battle for sure, VVD was exceptional against Burnley

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          1. devoncop
            • 11 Years
            5 years, 3 days ago

            "Against Burnley" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence if you are using it to prove VVD can cope with a Chelsea midfield backed Lukaku.

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            1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 3 days ago

              No, but he had to deal with Matip leaving gaps and himself having to cope with both Wood and Barnes at once and a deluge of high balls that they got caught out on a few times. We'll see how Liverpool defend against a better side now, they've not had much of a challenge so far but if he wasn't there last weekend there's no doubt Burnley would have scored at least once

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              1. devoncop
                • 11 Years
                5 years, 3 days ago

                Fair points and he is class but Liverpool have been conceding a lot of chances to poor sides,

                Allison bailed them out in both games

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          2. 1zverGGadeM
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 3 days ago

            he has a good battle history with him and Im sure itwill be a gorgeous scene. VVD is the best CB Iv ever watched honestly.. Genius.

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  19. Lakenheath
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Moussa Sissoko going to Watford, the new 4.5m midfield enabler emerges

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    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Think he'll improve Sarr as an option too

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  20. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Coady is the safest 4.5 wolf right?

    I want Semedo but it means going with Amartey (have Livramento) which will just be a non playing sub in 2weeks

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  21. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Ronaldo for 4,5 and 6 then to lukaku looks OK

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    1. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Then maybe both and Salah out

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  22. SharkyJon
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Barnes to Raphinha for free?
    Already done Buendia to Benrahma

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  23. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Bruno, Ronaldo, Salah, Mane, Son, Kane, Sterling, De Bruyne, Lukaku. So many premiums, difficult to decide which 2 or 3 to go for. Hopefully they'll be more variety in people's teams as a result

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    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      No more easy template, it's gonna be fun!

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    2. Meinhoff
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Sterling lol

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  24. Jonjo Shall_We? (Flowers - …
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Salah comes in at 12.5 with pens and playing in a better team and and average of nearly 250 points over last 4 seasons. Get CS points in a Liverpool team who will get plenty of those. How can Ronaldo come in at 13.5? Even 13 looks high to me considering he'll be neck and neck with Lukaku and Kane point wise.

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    1. El Presidente
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Because he's the greatest goalscorer to ever grace this game maybe? I don't know.

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      1. Jonjo Shall_We? (Flowers - …
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 3 days ago

        Not contesting that. Just purely FPL context. 1 CS point, good recent form, extra goal point. He'll have to score around 30 to command that price and they don't have the easiest group in Europe either. Cavani will get his chances maybe in the league at that phase.

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  25. Bucky Barnes
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Van Persie to Utd next?

    He's only 38 🙂

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  26. Dogs Of War
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    I’ve seen a fair few people suggest ditching TAA for one of the premium forwards. Is that really that right thing to do? I have my doubts.

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    1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      It might be the only way. Think I've found a way I can do that and manage to keep Lukaku, Son and Salah too, but will likely be too unbalanced.

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    2. Zimo
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      I like my team
      Sanchez
      TAA Cancelo James
      Grealish Jota Raphinha Benrahma
      Lukaku Ronaldo Antonio

      Foster Duffy Livramento McArthur

      Feel free to copy.

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  27. Steinburg FC
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    anybody else hit th WC button? x-)
    thinking Kane and Son in with avenues to both Lukaku and CR9(hopefully mid but not likely) the hardest thing is picking the GK and defence...

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    1. Ze_Austin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Sanchez
      TAA Shaw Tanganga Ayling Duffy

      Sanchez to McCarthy in GW9. Shaw to Chelsea in GW7/8. The rest can stay for a while. A long while, except maybe Duffy to Livra with a spare FT if he loses his place

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    2. FPL Pillars
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Red rag to a bull

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  28. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    What is the best transfer to make in gw4 and why is it Ronaldo?

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      Because you already have Lukaku?

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  29. Herogrows
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    So city bait to get united interested, but surely Ronaldo still wants to win another champions league, so united bait for Real Madrid or PSG? Madrid surely can’t afford the wages so that just leaves PSG!

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 days ago

      There was no bait. Mendes calls City and starts the rumor, City's response is "well, maybe but we wouldn't pay for him" . .Mendes tells Ronaldo to refuse to play, calls United, Juve get money and him off the books. Win, win, win.

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  30. wildnothing
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 days ago

    Off to a great start. What would you do here?

    Bachmann
    TAA Shaw Coufal
    Salah Bruno Benrahma Greenwood
    Antonio Ings Toney

    Foster Veltman Tsimikas Brownhill

    2 ft 0.5 itb. My target is DCL but I don't know how to do it.

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