Premier League 2022/23 fixture release: FPL reaction

I'm sure there is some old proverb about ignoring history...
“Disregard for the past will never do us any good. Without it we cannot know truly who we are.”

Don't be ashamed.

I've finished with ranks in the millions, but am not ashamed.

That’s weird. Own your mistakes.

I’ve no trust in anyone I see with a “I’ve been 40k and 28k in my two seasons of FPL”. “I’ve only just started taking it seriously”

I don’t care if they’ve had four three million+ ranks and only hit the top 10k once in 2008.

Gr8

I regret for deleting my early years of fpl. Its the one which prove me that I played fpl for around 14 years.

I played alternate years for a huge chunk recently, so have four top 10k finishes but also three 2m+ finishes too. It obviously looks a bit ugly but it's all part of the ride. No shame in having all your original ranks associated with your better ones.

That's my normal strategy, but this year I hope to hold off using my WC until after the WC, so I need a longer-term starting squad.

I'm curious to see what the chip rules will be. We may need to save the WC until after the World Cup. We'd then need to plan for a little longer.

Nunez lower than Ronaldo?

He's on my shortlist and will be monitoring in the pre-season. Could be a sweet bench option.

Wait until GW3.

I won't be at all surprised if we get an extra WC that must be played during the World Cup.

Using a wildcard just before a transfer window isn’t ideal though

I just alluded to all the uncertainty of exhausted and injured players not restarting PL yet. I'm hoping to hold off until then, but it won't be a gimme.

Spurs also have great fixtures: Soton, Wolves, Fulham at home, and Forest away, all in the first six - but they're getting overlooked a bit because of the Chelsea game

FPL price him at 5.5 when the game opens and the deal falls though and he becomes a non-option

Wasted on the bench. Also makes Cancelo a riskier pick

If Cucurella comes to Man City how will that affect Cancelo's game time? Will Cancelo switch to the right and oust Walker, or will it be musical wing backs all round with Zinchenko still lurking in the mire?

Just don't go for Cucurella. He'll be sat on the City bench.

Hmm I don't like Brightons opening 3 games very much

This

That's great news. Please spread the word. The more people think this way, the better differential he'll be for me when he gets his brace in GW1.

I don't even want to think about Mitro...I know how that ends

I'm a believer.

I expect him to score many goals.

I also expect him to have better discipline.

Will get the odd pen and header

Yeah will definitely keep an eye on him, 43 goals in 46 games is insane (compare 31 for Toney in the previous year). I think players do improve and it's important to adapt your preconceptions in FPL. I missed out on Bamford (previously rubbish) and Ings (previously made of glass) in the past because I was too stubborn to change an opinion so I'm gonna try to keep an open mind on Mitro. He has scored ten goals in a PL season before, just last time up he was rubbish (even then I think he hit the woodwork a crazy amount of times). The good thing is I won't want him for the first 6 anyway so gives time to scout.

Things are definitely set up better for Fulham this time around. Their game is suited to Mitrovic more, secured promotion early so planning began early, less instability (spending 100m+ in that last summer on additions that didn't improve the side much). But it's a different league, they won't have as much of the ball and will face better defences. I've seen a lot of Fulham fans saying despite their great season, they play (and progressed up the pitch) far too slowly and that will be a problem for them. They also lost Carvalho so they will need more additions

Good, otherwise everyone would have pretty much the same team (though to be fair that will probably happen anyway)

Choose 2 of them. 3 ruins the balance of the team. I would forgo Son probably and get Kulu as a cheaper way into their lineup or Salah for Diaz.

Teams going out of the WC early will get a nice rest too. Probably a more optimal rest period as is a risk the non-WCers will be a bit rusty.

They will figure hugely in my post-WC WC.

Technically that'll still be possible (if you're planning on keeping the second one for January onwards)

I would definitely prefer 1 but I don't see it changing

It’s not broken, so don’t fix it

1. would make it too easy for everyone to jump on the form players each week.
2. would influence the casual players to transfer in players due to rise in price.
3. Keep it as it is.

1. It would make the game more enjoyable. You could wait until the deadline to see if anyone has Covid or got injured in that midweek match in some other competition without having to concern yourself with idiots doing early transfers to catch price changes.

1 for me

"Guess when price changes happen" is not the game I want to play.

Brennan Johnson will be a FWD imo

I work it out as 35M for 5 Mids/Fwds if you go Salah, Haaland, TAA, Cancelo, 2x4.5 Def, 1 4.0 Def a 4.5 mid/fwd (bench) and a 4.5/4.0 keeper pair. So 7M each on average for the remaining 5 - in that range I like Saka, Toney, Raph, Bamford, Watkins, Cout, Kulu, Martinelli, maybe Trossard, maybe an Everton or Wolves player too. Looking in the 5-9 range basically from Villa, Wolves, Arsenal, Brentford, Spurs, Pool, Chelsea, Brighton, City, Leeds

We’ll know when preseason will be in full mode

Manual imo

That would be tempting

Are people feeling Meslier and Leeds can turn it around?

I might pull Jennifer Lawrence

Not a bad idea. Wolves really fell off towards the end, but they have a long history of keeping CSs in the Premier League. Might be a decent punt.

I'd love it if Jonny came in at 4.5m.

Maybe but their form at the end of the season was worrying. They also kept most of their clean sheets in a period where their xGc was far higher than their goals conceded, it was bound to hit them eventually but not sure I fancy depending on them until I see a few games

It’s due

I want 6 players from City and Pool, but i can't do it with those 2, so I'm stacking up in defence.

Can't see any chance of that happening. Salah has played in the same position since he joined Liverpool, Son I would say higher chance than Salah but he still played the majority of his games wide left, both will be mids imo.

Son potentially. Salah won't

The Son one kinda makes sense - it would also be tempting for them to reclassify given the striker options season just gone!

I don't really have a strongly held opinion on it, just found it interesting that Andy went with it on his price estimate video.

Clueless manager

Not crazy... it is logical. Overall the value should be much better. It all comes down to value.

It's not crazy but it's a risk to not have Salah imo. History tells us he scores big, and I think Mane leaving may actually benefit him. Haaland will be extremely close in price to Salah with zero PL experience and is less nailed. Diaz isn't a Salah substitute, jurys out on whether he is a big points scorer.

depends if haaland is any good

I'll almost certainly go Salah for GW1, has a great GW1 record (from what I can remember) and Fulham is a peach of a fixture. Happy to swap him out after a few weeks, his price means you leave all other options open. Trying to get him in can be more difficult.

Haaland doesn't have an alternative but Salah and Kulusevski could end up being very similar to Diaz and Son and i prefer them.

Tomorrow probably

Scenes

nailed is very rarely a real thing. to me, "nailed" will start most matches. Salah is nailed, but will occasionally be benched. I'd expect that Haaland plays 3 in 4 when fit. They won't flog him (like spurs do with kane) because:
A) he has a history of injuries
B) they simply don't need to

Largely nailed yes but expect some early subs and missing the odd game here and there

My gut is saying Nunez starts with a bang and Haaland doesn't but we'll see

just like kun/jesus, he will be rotated.

Will play likely 2500-2800 mins assuming no/minor injuries you would think given it's pep and everyone seems to have forgotten they also signed alvarez who should be good coverage for haaland.

Highly possible - it's the Pep way.

Salah is Salah, he's had dips before and always came back strong the following season, heck the season before last he had a Zambian curse on him yet still started last season in blistering form

nope, you wont be able to cover since only 2 out of those 3 will start.

I've got 3 of them in my draft, but 4 would leave you fatally weakened in defence or midfield.

It’s more the explosive potential of Cancelo though, I believe he considerably underperformed in xG and xA.
Also read he had the most shots of any City player I think(?)
BAPS magnet too