| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Donnarumma | MCI | C |
| Up |  Verbruggen | BHA | C, Vs |
| Down |  Raya Martin | ARS | A |
| Up |  Darlow | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Up |  Petrovic | BOU | B |
| Up |  Henderson | CRY | C |
| Up |  Mamardashvili | LIV | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  O’Reilly | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| Up |  van Hecke | BHA | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | B, £ |
| Up |  Struijk | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Up |  Lacroix | CRY | A |
| Down |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| Down |  Thiaw | NEW | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Kayode | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Up |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Palmer | CHE | C |
| Up |  Tavernier | BOU | C, £ |
| Up |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | A |
| No Change |  Gordon | NEW | A, OoP |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Down |  Szoboszlai | LIV | B |
| Down |  Wilson | FUL | A |
| No Change |  Stach | LEE | C, Vs, Inj, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| Up |  João Pedro | CHE | A |
| Up |  Welbeck | BHA | A, Vs |
| Up |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| Down |  Thiago | BRE | B |
Skonto Rigga There’s a very swift turnaround to Gameweek 15 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) – so not much time to squeeze in the usual array of articles from our Hall of Famers and guest contributors.
Instead, we’ve assembled the fantastic four of Tom Freeman, Pras, Lateriser and Zophar – with nine top 1k finishes and a further 16 top 10k ranks between them – to talk us through their teams and transfers for the upcoming Gameweek.
Morning all!
Dubravka
Cash Mykolenko Tsimi
Gordon Doku Son Salah (c)
Haaland Watkins Darwin
With slight doubts on Gordon and Doku, and with Darwin's start looking a bit iffy, are any of the below for a hit:
A) Doku to Sterling
B) Burn to Livramento/Saliba
C) Anything else?
Thanks!
B looks good, but depending on your bench could quite easily roll the transfer.
Sorry, i forgot to add my bench. it's not a pretty sight! I have Areola/Douglas Luiz/Kabore/Burn
i already did Turner to Dubrovka with my FT so any of these would be for a hit
Bench looks alright to me - Burn the only obvious issue. Probably worth getting him out for -4 for Saliba this week, as Arsenal CS is fairly like. Equally could just do it next week.
Cheers. Yeah it's probably not as bad as I think with Rodri suspended and Villa playing at home, meaning Douglas Luiz is a decent replacement should Doku not play. Saliba is also a good long term pick, so the -4 would pay itself off
Darwin should get some mind even if benched & I'm guessing Gordon will be ok (plus he's a longer-term hold for than Doku anyway), but I'm kind of expecting Doku to be out. Have all 3 & I'm starting Darwin & Gordon, selling Doku unless we get further news
* mins
* for me
In my defence I'm typing this outside in -15C 😕
😆
That’s dedication for you 😉
Is that Sweden you are in?
Land of the Meat Shield
Norway. Here in Finland -11C now. However, I am staying inside because of puppy and flu now.
I know the pain mate! I'm originally from Finland and typing in that weather ain't easy!
Cheers! I was thinking along similar lines about Darwin and Gordon. And agreed unless there is any concrete news about Doku, he can make way. The move also reduces issues around BGW
Anyone backing a Villa victory with Grealish, Rodri and potentially Doku out?
Yes actually. I've gone for a cheeky 3-2 Villa on superbru
Grealish out doesn’t have any significance, ever.
No Rodri and Villa very strong at home so there is a good chance they can win or a score draw.
Villa good at home and all 3 games lost this season was without Rodri
I think they have a good chance to walk away with something tbh
Thoughts on Luis Diaz - Keep or sell?
Selling after Sheffield United game.
Start Taylor or Guehi?
Areola
Guehi Tsimikas Gabriel
Saka Salah Mbeumo Gordon
Alvarez Haaland Watkins
Turner Palmer Cash Taylor
2 FT; 2.5 ITB
Guehi > Livramento
Mbeumo > Son
Alvarez > Darwin
All for -4 worth it?
I personally don't like any of your 3 transfers. I would try to find an alternative plan to get Son.
Any suggestions on how to get Son in the team?
I use on FT this week to upgrade to Dubrovka. Trust me, it will feel great knowing you wont eb forced to see Areola stink up your team week in week out.
Next week i would then use 1/2 FT's to do either of these (not 100% sure if A works money wise):
A)Alvarez to Edouard and Mbeumo to Son
B) Saka to Son
With the DDG rumours, I am stalling on the Dubravka transfer. Moreover, clean sheets are rare this season.
Very tempted to get Son with his 2 home fixtures coming.
Will Haaland get a rest vs luton next game week?
He started almost every game and it's time for a rest
Will Salah get one this gw. I can see both happening
I don't think Haaland puts in a lot of distance in each game to need a rest. It's all quick short bursts
Checked Champions League stats from this season (couldn't find PL ones now). He's averaging 8,81km/game, which is some 10-15% less than other forwards. Checked also per 90 comparison vs. Alvarez: Haaland: 10,0km/90, Alvarez 11,76km/90
Seems there is some distance covered (not as low as eye test would suggest), but indeed he's pressing less and he seems more "rested" during games. This sprint bursts however are his bread and butter and with his size there's always a risk to muscles fatigue.
Interesting stats.
One thing to note, it has been heavily documented since Haaland joined City, they have changed the way he recovers and manages his body which allows him to play a lot of games. This is compared to his injury issues back in Dortmund.
I use on FT this week to upgrade to Dubrovka. Trust me, it will feel great knowing you wont eb forced to see Areola stink up your team week in week out.
Next week i would then use 1/2 FT's to do either of these (not 100% sure if work money wise):
A)Alvarez to Edouard and Mbeumo to Son
B) Saka to Son
sorry, reply fail to RAN
Don't think so, can rest in the UCL dead rubber next week
They won't be rested. Look at the table! They need 3 points in as many games as possible.
This is why we buy Haaland, Salah, Son & Saka instead of Alvarez 'half price - half size', Darwin 'the dud', Richarlison 'looking angry due to the missed chances?' & Martinelli 'points must come at some point - right?'
Any Fulham players worth putting on watchlist? Their fixtures are pretty good. I’m thinking of getting Cairney to free up some funds.
Leno or Robinson
I would do Areola > Leno if it wasn’t for Dubravaka
Dubravka transfer in, for me, mainly depends on how many. Newcastle players you currently have and does it block Trippier and/or Gordon later
Castanets!
Among Dubravka Gordon Cash Tsimikas Darwin and Doku you may have anywhere from 2 to 6 starters.
Was supposed to get posted as a reply to Mrelpea above.
A valid post in isolation though.
1FT and 0.6m ITB
Areola
Gabriel Cash Maguire
Salah(c) Saka Son Bowen Adringa
Darwin Haaland
Turner Archer Baldock Taylor
A) Save FT
B) Bowen --> Diaz (punt)
Wish you all a great day, and GL in this GW!
Dubravka
TAA - Trippier - Tsimikas
Salah (C) - Son - Saka - Mbeumo - Palmer
Haaland - Morris
(Areola, Taylor, Archer, Baldock)
An angry Haaland could erupt against that Villa high line. Very hard to choose a C this week.
Keep it simple. Salah C.
You don't really have to delve into motivation in a week where Salah plays the worst team in the league
White to Gabriel or hope he starts?
Gabriel owner here but not convinced of a start for him either.
Regardless of price do you prefer Trent over James even with such a good fixture run for Chelsea coming?
I would prefer Trent, yes.
But actually toying with a back three of TAA - Trippier - James.
Only problem with that is having to field Semenyo/Archer/Taylor or Baldock every GW moving forward.
Just need Morris -> Semenyo & Tsimikas -> James which in paper gives me a great team:
Dubravka
TAA - Trippier - James
Salah - Son - Saka - Mbeumo - Palmer
Haaland - Semenyo
(Areola, Taylor, Archer, Baldock)
Trent since funds are no issue with your setup. Although I'm currently too annoyed by selling him before the City game to reconsider him myself
Already have Trippier. Double up with Dubravka?
Yes
Not sure on this one, bench 2 of these options.
A) Watkins
B) Cunha
C) Palmer
D) Tsimikas
E) Mitchell
D, E
mitchell all day long
Repost. A bit lost on what transfers to make this gw, any advice appreciated. 1 ft, 1.4m itb.
areola
gabriel guehi tsimikas
salah son saka mbeumo palmer
haaland Darwin
strakosha cash archer baldock
Line up right in the below? Bit worried about benchings but going to go with it and not take a hit.
Dubravka
Maguire / Zinchenko / Tsimikas
Salah / Saka / Son / Mbuemo / Gordon
Haaland / Darwin
Areola / Archer / Cash / Lamptey
0FT, 0.8 ITB
Took my 4th hit of the season this week. Back to back -4s. Darwin is looking like the only bad transfer I've made so far. He gets two more weeks and then maybe he gets binned for Isak.
Dubravka
Tsimikas Gabriel Lascelles
Salah Son Saka Mbeumo
Haaland Watkins Darwin
(Areola Guehi Maguire Chukwuemeka)
Seeing people playing Guehi over Lascelles. Can't say I'm a fan of that. Newcastle are a much better defense and Bournemouth are in form. Anyone have a strong opinion that could sway that decision?
Not a strong opinion but I agree. Bournemouth look dangerous and Everton are very hit or miss, especially at home. Lascelles CS very slightly more probable imo.
Doucoure out also impacts their Palace CS prospects imo
Impacts Palace CS*
You took a hit for Dubravka in I assume? thinking of doing it myself as well.
Yeah I did it. And I gave my reasoning yesterday. Basically, this is a +EV move and looking at my transfer plans going into the blank GW in 18, I'm never gonna have a free transfer available so better to move early now especially since he would get played immediately over Areola, and bank the value and points on the way rather than wait and find myself every week being unable to justify the -4 for the GK especially as Dubravka's spot gets less and less secure.
Yeah thinking the same, just get it done.
Same here, another -4 in a row. Between players like Lascelles and Guehi I would always use bookies CS odds, unless I am certain that I know better. I made a mistake(?) of selling Andersen for Lascelles and afterwards Turner to Dubravka. Ditching Alvarez to Nketiah > Darwin was a failure. I believe that I will do formation change to 3-5-2 when Darwin leaves my team.
Any help appreciated... 0.2itb
Onana
Saliba Trippier Tsimikas
Salah Saka Gordon Mbuemo Doku
Haaland Alvarez
(Turner, Archer, Digne, Baldock)
Not too sure on Doku replacement so leaning towards saving ft...
Start Saka or Semenyo?
Semenyo
Semenyo
Saka
Start Semenyo and TC
TC is for double gameweeks yah casual...
didnt notice the tongue firmly stuck in the cheek there did you?
The irony
A) Roll
B) Turner and Botman to Dubravka and Colwill -4
1FT and 0.1 ITB
Areola
Gabriel Lascelles Tsimikas
Salah Son Mbeumo Saka Gordon
Haaland Watkins
Turner Archer Kabore Botman
Colwill is a rotation risk but Botman needs to go. I'd just do Turner to Dubravka and scout Botman replacement for next week.
Need to lose Botman first, got 3 Newcastle players atm
I'd just roll it then.
one city player in the scout picks when city up against a side that basically camps on the halfway line for 90 mins praying for the flag to go up. they could be torn to shreds.
I think the challenger has them this week. Tis a demon team of feard beards! And one moustache.
'Praying for the flag to go up' is slightly underselling the best offside trap in the league...
We all thought Spurs would play the same way, buy they played a deeper line than Luton. So, there's that.
city could have been 5 up in that first half regardless.And Villa play one way , they can score but have still conceded 20 goals this season. when it backfires it does so fairly spectacularly (look at pool and newcastle) and my hunch is it will happen again here
Villa's back line doesn't actually push up very high, the offside trap is just very effective.
I do think there'll be a good few goals in the game but the effectiveness of Villa's high line is much improved since Newcastle & Liverpool away
Not sure what to do here... some advice would be great?
Concerned about Diaby mins, Alvarez and not owning Son or Watkins? Plus have very little bench cover as well....
2FT 2.4ITB
Areola Turner
Tsi Saliba Porro Beyer Baldock
Salah Saka Diaby Mbuemo Mitoma
Archer Haaland Alvarez
Play one:
1) Udogie (WHU)
2) Lascelles (eve)
udogie cant see tofees not scoring
1 Udogie might even get an attacking return.
Options for 1 FT:
A. Cash > Zinchenko/Saliba (have Gabriel)
B. Cash > Livramento
C. D. Luiz > Gordon.
D. Other.
Can’t bring in Dubravka without taking a hit so do I
A) Roll FT and play Areola
B)Turner to Kelleher and play him
Which one to bench from following
A) bowen (have spurs defender)
B) Gordon
C) Martinelli
D) mbeumo
E) Watkins
First to 3
3
?
B.
I'm looking at ways of bringing in Chelsea coverage
From next GW onwards what the best option ? Already have Trippier so Dubravka would be Newcastle double up.
A) T.Silva & Dubravka/Areola (rotation)
B) James & Dubravka (Turner as second keeper)
C) Sanchez & Gabriel (Turner as second keeper)
with A & B I'd bring in Dubravka this GW and play instead of Areola.
Morning all, hope everyone is set up for an exciting midweek slate of matches!
I have been paying much less attention to FPL this season, which is a main factor in my awful 1.8m current rank. (Don't try to do things significantly differently, friends. It's not worth the stress! Follow the herd 🙂 ).
One thing I have noticed however is that for the first season ever there seems to be a a massive shift in player price movements. It used to be purely reactive: players who did well were brought in, players who did badly were dropped. There was, and still is, a multiplier based on how cheap a player is and therefore how easy it is to fit him into squads. There never used to be a forward-thinking element at all, at least not enough to counteract the points-chasing changes that other managers were making.
That's all changed this season. I've seen players who blanked several times in a row be brought in ahead of a good run of fixtures. I have seen players who have not done anything yet (e.g. Dubravka) rise in price, because there are enough managers who pay attention to FPL narratives and understand the consequences for their teams. It may be that more than half of the managers making transfers now are following advice online (or thinking for themselves of course, but I have seen no evidence that this produces better results than several million players' worth of group-think).
It's going to get harder and harder to get good results in FPL, and I will be really interested to see the extent to which this results in FPL fatigue, or people ripping up a record of consistently good finishes in order to beat the template and try to do seriously well (top 1k vs top 100k)
Areola 3.9
Trippier Gabriel Saliba Tsimikas (Taylor)
Salah Saka Mbeumo (Palmer Nakamba)
Watkins Haaland Isak
Start Palmer over someone?
50/50
I'd go Isaak. If we knew that both had 90, I'd go Palmer due to pens.
Only one i'd consider is him over Gabriel/Saliba. Arsenal CS is reasonably likely but putting Palmer in diversifies your chances should Arsenal not get a CS (Luton scored in every home game bar 1). Palmer also has a higher ceiling than either of them
Thanks guys
