FPL team news: Gameweek 18 injury updates ahead of Saturday’s deadline

What's your rank? Just curious.

10 from 7, but it's actually 6 because I took a hit also.

13 from 7 (inc auto sub points), -4. Catastrophic.

Think it's more how many are left compared to how many have played. Loads struggling to field 11 this wk

16 from 4 with Salah (C), Jota, TAA, James and Rudiger left (9 playerd this GW).

Can’t complain too mich I guess, but I’m still at risk of getting knocked out of the Cup against a GW14 entry with Vardy(C) and De Gea (VC)

11 from 7. Similar.

It's going to be a low scoring GW overall, so I wouldn't worry too much. If you have half the average score when the average is 36, then that's okay. When you have half the average score when the average is 70, that's when it really blows.

Yep, 6 (-4) from 4 (5 to go). Bought Dennis with a hit.

I am doing well, on 27p with triple arsenal from bench to come in, do 44 in total, if if Alonso and the 3 liv assets play a full 11.
But this is not fun. I want to have more points than others because i picked players who scores more not because the others have players blanks cause of covid.

Roll

He was absolutely brilliant last night, nailed I would say

Nah, you're fine. Set for a perfectly reasonable score. You're much better off than most. I'm on 33 with James and the Pool trio to go, and i consider myself lucky. My differentials have done their work 🙂

Come on man. Have you looked at the fpl average and the top 10k average?
If you think you are in trouble with a 46 you have not done your research!

There Will be more cancellations, som spare urself and just wait until saturday to start tinkering

Because nobody has them.

almost meaningless whatever they do

yes pls fingers crossed

Yes, but I fear it will be more disappointment

Well and truly overdue. Underestimated the absence of Kante and CHS clean sheets.

2 points would be a haul

I need a chelsea clean sheet and Rudiger to get a goal to stay in the fpl cup.

https://twitter.com/kop_central/status/1471532551957364739?s=21

shame really that it's not cancelled even with TAA & Salah (c) as my Foden (vc) could be a good differential

Miniscule considering outbreak started yesterday

It's time.

We'll survive.

They might show the 1963 games that are mentioned every year...

Boxing day is for the family anyway, or at the very least lower league football

GW20.

They might consider pushing that out though if GW20 passes and games are intermittent. Would devalue first wildcard a bit for those that still have it

Yes, you have to use it before GW20 starts

Hearty yes

Covid rumour.

18 minutes to rest Saul?

The prophet has spoken :). I'd love it to be true

Oh dear - that's torn it. He'll either be benched or get a solid 1 point after being taken off after 55 minutes.

Salah will match him

Holding onto hope of him getting rested.

Foden

Bowen for me. Foden unpredictable starts, etc. Got a jammy goal and corner assist in a home 7-0 drubbing. West Ham fixtures look epic.

Haha cheers. Bit worried about minutes though

Foden

Generally, yes. The engaged folk with their chips in hand will finish well.

The main thing is not having to gain from too far back.

yeah definitely, you need a good placing mid season but personally I've found I can make up a lot of ground over the second half of the season

Depends who you pick the 'fpl sharks' always have blind spots and copy each other. Duffy captain a few years ago in a DGW stands out. Andy Carroll another year. Both flopped and those who went their own way made big gains.

Given the number of people with 'FPL' in their Twitter username dishing out advice, I'm not sure what constitutes a pro anymore. I'd lean towards a number of 4 or 5 digit overall ranks in the last few years as the game has grown.

As Rainer says, there's a lot to be said for conserving chips for GW3*, when you can typically make the most of doubles.

I agree with the posters. I think though that the BB chip can hinder your team. It's very much the 'lucky' chip as a lot of work goes into the bench build, taking away from first 11, but you've only got one gw to execute it. Then you may want to dissipate cash from bench for that final run-in.
Anything can happen preceding/during that build from covid, injuries, suspension & rotation for the dgw you play it. The rest of the chips are good for strategy fpl points as you should clearly have the advantage for doubles & blanks.

Lewis should have given his place back on lap 1. You should feel lucky to have just 3 man u players. you could have 3 spurs players too.

I just bought a Vauxhall Astra for £1000 less than a dealer would charge me 'cause I got it from a private buyer.
It's now in the Vauxhall garage and costing me £1400 to get it on the road again.
This is life.

This still irks me. Never mind all the safety car drama, Mercedes’ strategy was seriously lacking & Red Bull we’re spot on. Proactive

Wait for info

If in doubt do nowt

I'm a bit the same. Going to just wait as long as possible

Wait to see if there is a league-wide pause or break. If so, take stock of any emergency changes you've made over the last couple of GWs (e.g. I ditched DDG, kept Ronaldo), and try and figure out any likely double game weeks that will be played sooner (e.g. not Spurs).

I'm probably going to shake up my keepers (currently Ramsdale and Steel, so maybe just ensuring Steel is replaced by someone who actually plays in case of postponements), ditch my current 4m 5th defender, and ditch Antonio with a view to upgrading a midfielder. 4 transfers seems a waste of a w/c but might as well use it.

If AFCON is cancelled though, all bets are off (currently got Salah, Jota, ESR, Gallagher and Bilva already).

Triple gw Spurs innit

Spurs might have to play this season next season at this rate!

If the Pool game was off, most will lose about 1 point.

We will know shortly

....drinking plenty of warm fluids

Kdb

Have you got Cancelo? I would prefer him well rested after his red and forgotten about by the masses.

i am well used to getting knocked out early/ or not even qualifying on occasion.
But it is annoying if someone 3m rank wins against you..

Yeah no DDG this week has hurt me and backup is a Brighton keeper so Saturday sucks too. Rival unaffected because he’s a Liverpool fan and doesn’t bring in United players.