Ref was bad
Once Mexico got behind they started chopping and Ref held onto his cards till the USA started retaliating. Actuality he called the match over with 6 min. to go.

My guess is that some of the articles are catering for people new to the game who aren't clued up on this kind of thing.

It's also likely that there are people who don't have the time/inclination for micro-managing their team and just want a starting squad of 15 nailed starters.

*yass queen

Not sure it would shake things up in a good way though. Last couple of seasons seems like we have had a ton of midfield options - fewer in defence and attack. Further limiting the defensive pool would be unhelpful.

I don't think so, partly because the likes of Zinchenko and Cancelo had spent quite a bit of time in inverted positions in previous seasons without ever being reclassified as midfielders in subsequent seasons. Besides, the player in concern nominally starts as a full back anyway and only situationally takes up a midfield role during build-up/settled possession phases.

As an add-on to your first point, this musn't just stop with Salah - basically any goalscorer masquerading as a wide midfielder should be considered for reclassification as a forward. However, like you say, any move that complicates the game for the casuals is likely a no-no for the FPL admins. Things are likely going to remain the same.

But isn't the game fantasy football? Surely the fantasy is to have multiple great players, not Salah and lads from Luton.

I feel the issue is more the lack of performing premiums rather than the price. Had KDB been scoring loads, or Bruno doing well, or Son having another good year, you'd have more variety, but last season it wasn't the case.

Expanding the viable player pool would help no end, so some more weighting to defensive midd would be good.
As opposed to adding a new way of scoring there, maybe the BPS calculation just needs tweaking to reward those contributions more

But how is it an issue when it's a level playing field? Is the problem that casuals will beat us? Surely that added challenge is more fun

I am in favour of a shake-up, but one potential problem with reclassifying Salah and potentially other mids as forwards is that it potentially takes many of them out of the game (ie out of the pool of players who will realistically be picked). Unless the existing “proven points scorers as forwards” players get massive price hikes.

Good examples in resent years include Jota and Mbuemo

For masochists maybe

'Tis a shame . Not quite sure I'd put him up there with the likes of Motty and Andy Gray but after them he was actually the voice of football for me .

Maybe they'll get £10m annual contracts in Saudi arabis.

We've been hearing about England being the next Euro and WC winners since 98 or so.

Trippier is 35 in 2026, and Walker is 36, so hopefully Reece James is over his injuries by then!

Else Rico Lewis looks promising. Hope Pep gives him more gametime next season.

Ramsdale
James Tomori Guehi Chilwell
TAA Foden Rice
Saka Kane(c) Rashford

England are utter garbage.

Not bad but Rashford not so sure. Half a season performance over the last 3. Not impressed with Saka recently and Pickford I have never been sure about.

Pickford

James Stones Guehi Shaw

TAA Rice Bellingham

Saka Kane Foden

Because they beat Malta ? You never learn lad

Won't happen but it's a damn nice XI!
Chilwell over Shaw

Needs more Tomori.

Utilise Stones and TAA well enough and you could go from 5 at the back to 3 at the back fairly easily. Fluid.

John Stones and TAA changing position every pass will either delight fans and sweep aside opponents.

Or result in humiliation.

Code for “defensive liability”

A fullback who helps a midfielder cum

Really is quite horrible, hopefully it's the start of a number of updates? Whoever thought green text on black is a good idea needs their job reassigning.

I read someone saying that they'd already offered them professional services, apparently got ghosted

Is that what it is? I wondered why my inbox was spamming up.

The betrayal of the virgin

A film by fantasy football scout

There is a Scout video on defensive rotation from couple of days ago

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-fantasy-football-scoutcast/id297917898?i=1000617161197

Time for a revolution comrade.

And reply fails are still happening all the time.

🙁

That’s pretty much what happens anyway with the bandwagoning price-rises. You’re making it easier by capping it at 0.1 if anything.