FPL 2023/24: Assessing the best players from Liverpool

Nice!

Just between you & me, what's this year's? (Promise, I won't tell anyone;)

But that team doesn't make use of its bench so doesn't come close to being the best set and forget.

"If you had this following team (courtesy of Twitter user @sertalpbilal) for the whole season however, you would’ve gotten 2747 points and an overall rank of #72 without using a single chip:

Ortega
Trippier Mee Saliba
Salah Ødegaard Rashford Martinelli
Haaland© KaneⓋ Toney
:Raya Ramsey Mings Castagne "

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Not so sure about Stones either. He's definitely first choice in the inverted RB role but Rico Lewis played it confidently post-World Cup.

Evening All. Which option is best to fill in the blanks? Thanks in advance:

Pickford - Areola
Shaw - Estupinan - Gabriel - Baldock - ?
Saka - Rashford - Mitoma - ? - ?
Haaland - Jesus - Archer

a) TAA, Sterling & Mbuemo
b) Henry, Salah & Nakamba

nope

In short yes. He was there because of CB injuries, they don’t actually want him there.

Only played CB when Martinez got injured, but he’s back fit. Most clean sheets in the league last season with a better keeper arriving, on set-pieces, people have money to burn, etc.

+1

Shaw is 28 years old, 8 of his 11 FPL seasons were below 100 pts and he has never got even 130 points. Not once.

5.5 is a nice price point to have, but surely there are better options than Shaw.

Good chance of 2 cs in opening 3 fixtures, good for bonus, Utd most cs last season, likely to be at left back

I haven't considered Shaw once, never been in any of my drafts. I think there are cheaper options that match or better his points. Certainly better options in terms of value which enable to use more budget in midfield (the prime area this season in my opinion).

For me it's:

- In a solid team defensively
- Excellent for bps
- Great attacking potential

Pretty straightforward for me. Even when he's been at CB he's been good for bps too

He's someone I will consider when he has a good run of fixtures but I think it's a mixed bag to start with from a defensive point of view. Spurs, Arsenal and Brighton in the first five doesn't scream clean sheets to me.

Probably some Man Utd bias from some content creators, but that doesn't mean he's a bad option.

Man Utd were defensively good last season, in terms of clean sheets. He has some set pieces. Whether Man Utd will be as strong defensively this season, with presumably ETH being under some pressure to play more attractive football, remains to be seen.

I like him for GW1 and he's easy to shift to another defender if Man Utd don't look so good.

Cause he plays for Utd. The end.

I like him as a player, but not as an FPL asset. He does get fairly good BPS, but G&A say there are possibly better pickings outside of CS.

The pre-season Shaw hype happens every year.

One and a half months ago I wrote:
"Looking forward to all the pre-season speculation whereby...... and Shaw is considered 'essential' yet again."

He's overpriced by 0.5M

If Liverpool sign a world class defensive mid to replace Fabinho/Henderson then I'd probably say they've done the best business. Chelsea is just madness. City need to bring in a quality creative player to replace Gundo (Kovacic not good enough) and Mahrez, especially if Bernardo also leaves.

Pewls holding midfield wasn’t great at all. Fabinho just doesn’t cut it and Hendo is over the hill, so ya, basically anything decent is an upgrade there.

On a sort of related topic, it feels like the big loser in this Saudi money saga is the American League. Messi aside, it’s no longer the destination for great players to sunset their careers.

Jesus is useful for a quick switch to Nkunku GW3 or Gakpo/Darwin or a later switch to Isaak. All in the same price range. Jesus is safer but Martinelli is tempting...

My one differential at the start of last season was instead of Martinelli, might start with him over Jesus this season if a decent second forward emerges I can have over Jesus

Pickford
Shaw Estupinan Gabriel
Rashford Saka Bruno Martinelli Mitoma/Mbeumo
Haaland Gakpo/Nkunku

I'm on Gabriel, Saka and Martinelli as my Arsenal players for what it's worth.

My second striker is Watkins, but Nkunku or Gakpo could replace him by GW1.

Cmon. Martinelli pisses all over Jesus and you know it. No brainier

Probably.
Im on both, currently.

You know the risk with City players… don’t think they’re going to just let Mahrez leave and not replace him though.

It’s a friendly - TAa can’t be judged on it! Might go massive on another friendly, shouldn’t be judge on that. We know what he can do, particularly when the fixtures are kind which isn’t the start of the season!

Mac Allister could be a really underrated pick if he's playing advanced.

I'm a fan of LR and his FPL punts and risky transfer picks. From listening to The Wire, which I enjoy, he isn't someone I would really listen to for their take on team tactics or to give any real insight other than basic attack and defence stats.

Haven't got access to the paid part of the article, so maybe he really has some great insights into Liverpool's style of play this coming season.

Yes I think there are far too many unknowns. More transfers to come I’m sure but probably the best they can do in the current state of flux.

Reply fail below...

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Eze before Mbuemo & Gross before Mitoma, for GW1, at least. Smells like heresy! 🙂

Based on overall team quality, the individual performance last season, I'm more confident with Mitoma.

I have both btw 😉 Also like Mbeumo, but would like to see who they enlist in the transfer window before committing.

Reply fail to INSERTPUNHERE

Lol that’s Foden out of my draft then

He's travelling. Not expected back until 16th. Prob there for selfies as he makes his way back to fitness.

https://www.premierinjuries.com/teams/manchester-city

Interesting. In a way this is better, will get to see how Pep is planning on using him with all options fit, whether he still may use him central or not or if he'll again be used sporadically. I figured this season he'd begin to utilise him in midfield more than elsewhere but if KDB is fit and we have the Mahrez situation that may alter things, so let's see

Is this site running any this year?

I think it showed a massive improvement from earlier in the season, that’s the focus.

I agree with your summation that too much is being made of it though.

It’s basically the template but James + Son Vs TAA + Mbuemo so could be worth doing

Have the exact draft, but with Shaw instead of James. No Liverpool kinda worries me a lil bit tho.

Mine prisoners will be howling today - woohoo!

Is it true if you sign up for fmlfpl you can learn a sense. Of humour

It is very corporate and does mean 'what do you want? with circumstances/conditions built in'. In short it's choice, but he's choosing to break choice out for better and for worse - for more in-depth analysis of a decision making process.

It's your choice if you want to employ this practice. Some (and LR) have previously called it 'over-thinking' 🙂

Don’t go there pal.

Not bad tbh

If Man Utd flop you could grab an early lead. But if they don’t…

Watched the game and TAA was playing like a 6 rather than inverted full back, but could've just been filling in due to no Hendo/Fabinho, and Mac was on the bench. Entire team swapped at half time

Fancy a Gakpo punt but could be rotation galore

C for me - bullish on Nkunko

I like it!!

I like Gakpo and had him in a couple of my drafts but always seem to downgrade him to 4.5 and bring in Foden in mid

With man city exits and injuries I can't see Foden not being 100% nailed

Foden over both and save even more

Save lots of points too I reckon

A

None but if I HAD to then probably B

B

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