Everyone knows Mbeumo players for the Cherries!

Quick off the mark, Nigel, all fixed now!

Keep and reassess after GW2

Might as well keep him and swap to Saliba if he doesn't start again. As if Arteta couldn't be any more annoying.

Keep

I would just hold for now.

Might get away with a hold, but can see why you're worried. Considered Rico Henry?

Henry the obvious one.

If you are happy to potentially go 20/30 weeks until your next WC, then go for it. I've deliberately early WCed once (the Fodence year) and it was a disaster, but that's a very small sample size.

- Can get a couple of their assets with free transfers.

- City triple up is viable but certainly not required.

- Arsenal and United have FUL and NFO respectively in GW3. Wouldn't want to be Wildcarding out their players.

- Trippier can wait.

- Most started without Liverpool players and if you did you can just change them to the Chelsea/Spurs players you want with your free transfers.

Honestly I think the idea "City require a triple up" is a big trap. None of the defenders starting GW1 are nailed. None of the mids bar KDB really appeal to me, and even he seems to be less nailed than ever. Ederson is a horrible choice.

I am looking at WC5, although its not locked in given that it was largely all template players who returned this week (incl 9/11 of my starters) so maybe I can manage the fixture swings with FTs, we'll see

Very situational. Unless you've had a disaster, or planned for it, GW3 seems too early

3 Citeh, seems asking for trouble (& stress)

The transfer window closes after the GW4 deadline

you lost me at Ederson

Yes.

hes better than anyone they have so id assume so

Awesome. Nice one Pranil

Even though he didn't have a clue what he was signing up to 😆

Must be the imaginary prizes that lured him in!

How do we join? Or is it invite only?

Hey Zenith! Great suggestion, that. The data available in the Members Area is unfortunately just a cumulative total. I know we have Short Corners/Shots from Crossed Corners as Custom Stats Table options, but not much else.

I'll TopMarx (an expert on these things) if we've got any unused feeds coming through from Opta which could be harnassed for such a thing. I suspect not but you never know!

save, gabriel will start

Robertson could haul against Bournemouth?

Maybe E since you have another playing defender, albeit with a tough fixture. If not then I like D best from that lot. If you go C and Gabriel gets his place back, it'll feel like a wasted transfer.

I actually thought they looked pretty decent, better than I expected. Kabore dealt really well with Mitoma. Few errors started to creep in late in the 2nd half but I'm not judging them too harshly yet; BHA have done this (4+ xG) to a lot of teams

Diaby is the one I like the look of best, based on games this weekend.

I'm going C myself due to Bournemouth at home.

Purely between those two I prefer Mbeumo.

Need an update on Grealish and why he didn't get any mins on Friday. Pep may prefer Grealish LW for control and Bernardo RW for the tougher fixtures. This leave Kovacic or Foden for the last CM spot

3 looks good!

Thank you all

A broadstroke policy of no hits or rolling transfers is clearly not optimal. However, making changes to players who are not injured or otherwise have game time concerns after a sample size of one GW is also not optimal.

Gratz

Mbeumo - long term pick. You'll look to sell short term picks in Mitoma and Garnacho.

Maddison or Diaby

Dias, Mbeumo, Diaby

Maddison or Mbeumo

Maddison

Rashford seems the most obvious option.

No

Bowen looks solid. Won’t do that

Except Yaya was an Ivorian bull that couldn't be stopped, whereas Rodri is something very different

That's what he's called in FPL.
Rodrigo
MCI MID
£5.5
13

Since he was christened

The same time Pokemon released Pokemon Go

No

You want to sell Eze? You don't watch football, do you?

Eze looked good at the weekend, xGi of about 1.3, I'm keeping him

I think we need to let Stones kick a ball before we rid ourselves of him

Surely saving FT outweighs 0.1m price drop especially when the player coming in doesn't actually affect your starting 11

Team looks good on the surface no changes

Not me, no.

Not in the least. Thought he was one of their best attacking outlets and that assist, jeez.....

Wee bit concerned. Slightly isolated on the left with no support or link up play from Havertz/Rice (LCM) or Nketiah staying central

I thought he looked great!

It literally been one game! Give him a chance

Yup, I'm looking to offload him or Foden for Diaz and then Maddison for the next gw. He is too wide, never shoots and that's how he always looks with Nketiah.

Can't conclude much from one game. Arsenal set up differently against a Forest bus and were attacking mostly through the right, so he hardly saw the ball.

Not thrilled to see Nketiah start tbh (probably will keep him wider, without the central spaces that Jesus would have opened up for him) but we got the assist at least. Hoping to see Trossard up top next game but no thoughts of selling yet

Don't think a hit is needed just to get Joao Pedro. Your team looks fine and I think Gabriel will start this week.

Sorry, tldr 😉

Fpl especially in these weeks and less so later is about longterm bets of returns

People are always going to take risks to move funds around and potentially see reasons to move any player

Watkins and Martinelli are in that discussion (rightly or wrongly) due to cheaper alternatives in other sides which would give cash to invest elsehere + the potential for more minutes if Martinelli becomes benched

Saliba 🙂

I'm genuinely thinking about disasi. Saw the interview with him & chilwell talking about practicing set pieces.

I think he will start the next game. Not a fan of those suggestions If looking to sell. Botman or Henry would be my picks (assuming 5m budget and already have Estupinan)

Didn't Arteta just say it was a tactical choice? No reason to panic yet.

whats worse is we may have upset him and his camp and he might now drag his feet and hope chelsea come back in for him.

What I dont get is why arent they looking beyond the prem, surely there are good dms across europe that could be brought in that are better than paying 65 or whatever for a 19year old that isnt even a pure DM

£10. Like Wenger offering the asking price plus £1 for Suarez 😉

The worst thing for Liverpool (fans) is that even if the club raises their offer, Lavia could still end up at Stamford Bridge. I don't know what they were waiting for or how they dared to go into the season without a pure number 6.

Save, it was a good match from Eze

Save

Save, eze played well yesterday.

What if Grealish is still not ready to start or Bernardo is still slightly injured

https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1691081810610880513?t=xzeRPuljDXosGQOsZayE4g&s=19

I think the article earlier today said James was "tired." Chilwell came off on 90 minutes give or take so wouldn't read anything into that

Just tiredness. No injury to either player

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2023/08/13/fpl-notes-chilwell-thrills-james-injury-maddisons-debut/

Cheers all

I did set up my squad to be stable long-term, but I have a programme to do 1FT for GWs 2-5 then 2FT GW5. None of it fixed.

If people have stable squads and no transfers planned, there's always a 4.0 GK or 4.5 defender to reshuffle.

Better to have 2fts next week

Unless you're going to get priced out of a move you're desperate to make or get injury news then I wouldn't make a transfer now. Much more useful to have 2. A few minor fixture swings after GW3 so that's when you can probably optimise your team a bit. You also never know when a legit injury is going to hit.

Looks like I'll be burning transfers right now as it stands