FPL General’s Gameweek 18 team, transfer + captain

Blimey, the name calling has escalated. If anyone wants to call me a nutter or a crank, knock yourselves out.

Where Solanke points?

Thems the breaks I suppose. I have to say the decision is pretty fair. I'm sure there are lots of horror FPL stories out there, but that's the variance associated with the game.

Took a - 4 to get Solanke and have 0 points to replace him as injuries and suspensions to my other players have all conveniently aligned in the same gameweek.

Not only the points lost but there were still 25mins left of the game plus injury time for him to possibly get another return against a poor team and a haul. As it is I'm getting zero while other c##ts are fluking points off the bench from Lascelles and Gordon.

FPL can get f**ked. Sick of being screwed over. At what point do we concede that FPL is a pointless game of luck. May as well just play Yahtzee.

Solanke DGW trap created.

Soblanke

Have Areola and Johnstone as keepers.
Johnstone to Leno or Sanchez( have Pau).

Start one

A) Gabriel (Liv A)
B) Kabore (New H)
C) Geuhi (BHA H)

Burn or Botman more likely to start this GW?

Triple rise for Solanke & a fat blank

*Turner

Porro / Trippier / Zinchenko

Salah / Palmer / Saka / *Gordon

*Darwin / Watkins / *Isaac

Subs: *Areola / *Tsimikas / *McAtee / Taylor

7.5m ITB

A. Save (see where my * players are next week)
B. Gordon/McAtee > Richarlison
C. Turner > Martinez
D. Tsimikas > Trent
E. Isak (if no news) > Solanke

There hasn't been this much drama since that paintballing accident that blinded that poor Geordie lad.

Better Call Sol

Really crazy that they couldn’t just play the remaining 30 minutes, over exaggerated issue

FPL Draft:

A. Havertz
B. Eze

Semenyo 1 point out and Evans (second on bench) 6 points in. Kept him throughout his injury. Pretty pleased with that turn of events.

Commiserations to those of on the wrong end of it

Don't know why people are surprised by the outcome of the Luton game. Can't have players playing 39 games and some playing 38.

Saying this as someone who brought Solanke in. It sucks but its a fair decision

100% the correct decision. Well done official FPL. Sanity prevails!

Should I get Solanke in now to.prepare for the DGW? Bit worried about all the AFCON forced transfers coming up.

Worth a hit?

Anyone else sitting on the salah/son/chan situation with afcon and asia coming up? Wondering what the smart strategy is for phasing out (or is it just a -8 when the time comes) - anyone have a thought they're happy with? Cheers!

F****** raging about Solanke

But assume roll FT this week? Or are there obvious upgrades here? 10 ITB, 1FT

Dubravka
Tsimi Gabriel Porro Guehi
Gordon Palmer Salah Son
Solanke Watkins

Areola Alvarez Anderson Taylor

In all seriousness, and I own Solanke (luckily have for a few gameweeks, but not the point), I’m not sure what others expected the result to be. It was pretty much either:

(1) Game is held at another date but resumed from where it finished - FPL freeze the gameweek for now and add extra points when the game resumes? (If they had that option but may have been a save and put the remaining minutes in another gameweek)

(2) Game is voided by Premier League and replayed in full - exact scenario which is happening here, FPL void the match as well.

This idea of another solution, where current owners keep points and the game is replayed later, means Bournemouth players would have an entire 65 minutes played more than every other player in the game, that wouldn’t make any sense at all.

It’s genuinely unfortunate but it’s exactly how it should be. Games have been abandoned before prior to starting for reasons such as covid, weather etc. and it was the same result whether players took hits or not. Similarly games have been abandoned mid game and the same result, full replay.

Think there needs to be some degree of level headedness and calm from those who’ve lost out from this scenario. I’ve lost out previously but that’s what happens sometimes when you’re playing a ***fantasy football game***. Take the rough with the smooth and move on.

Luton and Bournemouth players all showing as scored 0 now on my team

No points & took hit as well, Gordon AS

There are people who took hits for solanke that’s so peak

Time for a beer.

I still don't understand how minutes played in an official Premier League game can be counted as null and void. Don't care about the Solanke points don't care about my rank or whether the arrow is green or red, just wishing the best for Lockyer and his family and friends. But this opens up a HUGE hole in the Premier League rules regarding abandonments and replays. I might understand restarting a game from the 65th minute, say 3 months after it's abandonment is weird so they did not go that route. So if a team is down on score during a game, a player can have a 'medical emergency' and regardless of the minutes played and the situation it rises, the game can be abandoned and replayed in full at a later date. I don't know what was the best course of action to take and will be happy to hear other peoples thoughts on how it could've been handled but in my honest opinion, current situation is a mess.

Give me 30 minutes and my class action lawsuit will be ready for others to start signing

s0lanke

Does anyone know if Edouard was mentioned in the Crystal Palace press conference today please? Team News not updated and Draft waiver deadline imminent.