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Minteh looked great, but so did Adingra who came on.
Wellbeck not bad either, enciso still coming and new signings...
Maybe Mitoma best brighton option.
Not looking that way until GW12, but maybe earlier if someone proves to be fixture-proof and nailed
Us Minteh owners a little unlucky yesterday. Looked good for 45 minutes and maybe the best 5.5. Hopefully he’s cleared of his head injury and starts next week.
Yes, but would be worried seeing how good a player Adingra is as well.
How long off if head injury?
If Brighton beat United convincingly it will start movements.
Wouldn't be a surprise to most non-ManU fans
I know.
my red tinted specs are seeing 4th or 5th place for Man Utd, provided they sign Ugarte.
Man Utd played a lot better than expected by some folks...need to see the next few games then we'll know for sure
captain gw2:
a) Jota
b) Son
c) Solanke
currently on Solanke.
d) Havertz
e) Isak
B or C
yeah don't need any more replies here.
I can't see Sean Dyche not getting a reaction after a 3-0 loss.
Spurs Everton feels low scoring suddenly
Good choices/team all have valid reasons
I would possible go with option a.
I'm guessing no Isak/Salah/Haaland/Saka
Sorry just seen option d & e
would possible still go a.
Monitor Jota due to his fitness
when fit yes
Watch Spurs first then decide
This. But pending success Solanke or Son. Jota getting 79 this week was a bit surprising.
Guessing youve gone without both Salah and Haaland?
If in doubt, captain the expensive player.
B.
Brentford’s style of play suits Quansah, right?
Also, I can’t see Toney starting the match, so I guess there’s a chance Konaté comes on after 60 mins (hopium)
Quansah ball playing CB, I still think he's first choice just has a knock.
Not according to slot - it was a tactical move he wanted someone who could "win the duels". He wasn't aggressive enough.
Ah that's very interesting.
To be fair though, weren't Ipswich playing particularly aggressively which is what Liverpool were struggling with?
Long balls and aerial duels are Brentford's trademark, not just Toney's. Those are the reasons Slot gave for bringing Konate on. I'm sorry
...
'We don't have to speak about tactics if you don't lose so many duels. I think we needed to win the long balls through the air. That helped and gave us control. I don't think Ipswich could keep up with the tempo in the second half.'
If the concern is aerial duels, you'd better hope it's Wissa up top. But if Brentford are willing to start Toney then they would surely have picked up on this
Hmm, tough call.
It’s a home fixture for Liverpool where they’re expected to keep possession and dominate, so I may keep Quansah
Not sure. From sporadically checking on Minteh last season, I got the impression that Slot wasn't afraid to tell the media about shortcomings in individual performances of young players. Whether that translates to subsequent benchings, who knows.
I think Quansah starts at home and plays 90 unless he runs into trouble. Was a tactical switch due to the direct Ipswich play.
Morning all, which one would you bench out of the 3?
A) Wood (Sou A)
B) Esr (Lei H)
C) Murphy (Bou A)
Currently benching C but I’m a little confused..
Probably C. From what I saw, Newcastle looked off the pace yesterday before the red card. Maybe Bruno and Gordon gain some sharpness in training this week.
I think Southampton were just plain good, more so than Newcastle being off it
Newcastle struggled against Southampton's fluid 3-5-2. Armstrong and KWP finding space and the RWB attacking Hall. Newcastle had similar initial issues against Hull's formation in preseason, until some tactical tweaks. Bruno was definitely slightly off it, and doing his running as if pulling a caravan getting back, though Southampton did target him when he got possession. Gordon didn't look sharp.
Hard to tell as only really got the pre-red card performances to really go on. Newcastle's midfield dropping deeper probably helped with closing the gaps that Southampton had exploited before.
Murphy - Newcastle different animal away plus he is not a definite starter always the Barnes threat.
Wood - on form
ESR - literally pivotal to Fulham against a promoted side at Craven Cottage
C
C
Can't really decide if I should transfer out Quansah. Mykolenko will be the one subbing in if Quansah does not feature.
Hold and start.
Morning all
Anyone notice these leagues on FPL which averaged +110pts.
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/29298/standings/c?phase=1&page_new_entries=1&page_standings=1
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/285275/standings/c?phase=1&page_new_entries=1&page_standings=2
Each league has exactly 90 players, and seem to be based primarily in Malaysia. Some sort of AI being applied to create teams?
Last season it was 'Indonesia' teams doing the same. They eventually get rumbled or disappear from the ranks.
Just wonder how, and why, they do it.
Big scores!
BTW. Do you know the link to the FFS mods and contributors league?
Thank you
yeh i realised that too. AIs taking over soon, in a couple of years u and I cud be AIs too. Ive been told not to disclose this info as my life would be in da...
Was Quansah brought off tactically or because he had a knock. Either way who's the best replacement at 4.5m for him if he's not gonna be starting??
Look up
Quansah was tactical.
Hard for me to recommend a replacement as I haven't seen all the games yet. Do you have someone on your bench to bring in?
Is Everton's defense really this bad or yesterday's result was just bad luck?
Look poor to me. Their best defence is probably:
Pickford
Patterson Tarkowski Branthwaite Mykolenko
Patterson and Branthwaite are out and their replacements are poor (Ashley Young / Coleman and O'Brien / Keane).
Agree if one or both back a difference result
& if they had taken their chances again possible a different result
Bad!!!
Didn't look good at all. And that's before they get their annual Financial Rules points deduction... 😉
They started badly last year too. Lost every game in Aug and a few in Sep iirc
Of the defenders with around 5% or more ownership, Barco, Quansah and Mykolenko look like immediate transfers for owners.
Barco isn't going to start given how well Brighton played yesterday
Quansah isn't going to start given he was seen as poor by Slot and subbed off at HT yesterday
Mykolenko isn't going to get points while Keane, Young and Coleman are in the team
Specific tactical change for Quansah. I’d hold him for now.
You've missed the point, mate. Liverpool improved dramatically once he went off...
Where’s the best place to track expected price rises/drops?
Also, is Quansah likely to drop to 4.4 this week? Will hook him for Robinson if so
I use fantasy football fix - in conjunction with FPL statistics to get clear direction of the price movements.
I'd say Quansah will start vs Brentford. Obviously a slight risk he doesn't but I'm willing to give him another go.
Who would be your Brighton defender of choice?
Dunk is on set pieces
But why buy now? Probably two clean sheets in their next 10. They just faced one of the worst attacks in the league in GW1
Van Hecke over Dunk
45 with four to come, right smack bang in the middle of the Hall of Shame peloton. I am content! A mediocre joker!
47 with five to play!
Nosebleed section, huh?
79 with 3 to go (porro Solanke Gvardiol)
That's exceptional if no chip used.
You know what to do!
Showoff! 🙂
CONGRATS
Ffs
Must be stood just atop your helm with my tail in your visor on 53 & 4 to play. Mind you hubby laid in the gunnels of your latrine with 28 & 6 to go lol!
When is the deadline for your GW1 points to count when joining a friend’s mini league late?
Is it after the Leicester vs Spurs game?
Villa fixtures looking tasty from GW3-9 so looking at it, Haaland to Watkins and Jota to Salah look like good GW3 moves.. Especially as Salah goes to OT
Good call Warby84 - my only concern is International Break & Champions League football with Villa,
gut says like Newcastle possible top six but maybe out of top four will monitor - cheers
It’s Ollie Watkins though..
TBF good call - I'm wondering of possible moving Haaland out then
during this period with 6m to improve midfield
He's history there though and LOVES scoring against United.
That’s why I would bring him in, plan is just have Haaland for the first 2
Sorry mate. Read that the wrong way ha
You certainly wouldn't bet against him getting a goal or two.
57 with only haaland porro and hendo left to play… sigh at brunoF wasted chances and bowen blank as well…
Nice start
I’ll take 52 with Eze/Hendo/Haal/Solanke to go
53 with Hendo, VDV, Solanke and Nkunku to go.
Hide behind the sofa time for non-Haaland owners is six hours away.
I really want Haaland to haul today. Most of the managers ahead of me don't have him and then next week I expect Haaland (c) to level the playing field against those without him (most of these people have Salah (c) this week)
Besides City fixture how has the start gone for you Camzy
Incredibly well.
Havertz (c) and triple Arsenal doing bits for me. I'm doing really well for a non-Salah team + Haaland. Spurs could yet sink me since I have none of them but I'm very happy overall.
Excellent news Camzy - Impressive with the non Salah.
Last monitor with news I decided to take out Salah for Saka
& switched to Isak captain - possible been ok but for the sending off,
looking more long-term
Wow! Great call with the Havertz captain 🙂
Same
Yes i need haaland to score at least 2. Realise quite alot dont have haaland
Well done on Havertz (C), did think of you when he scored
56 with 6 to go, very happy!
The 6 being:
Son
Solanke
Porro
Gvardiol
Nkunku
Henderson
So no Haaland…
Still very nice
So good!
Cheers, all on Spurs really!
Starting to go off the WC4 idea now, looking at it, I’m not sure I won’t be making change for changes sake.
A few minor tweaks here could do.
if happy with GW1 - roll FT & utilise these
I’m determined to roll the first 5 but even I question if that’s needed now.
As in, without wildcarding early you would obviously be happy with your team so why roll to 5 when you can just wildcard at the time when you become unhappy.
I would hold the WC
Still absolutely baffled as to how Luis Diaz blanked. He could easily have hauled with at least a goal or two. Just wasn't his day. Looked so threatening and properly point dodged. Hopefully he's keeping them for Brentford at Anfield..
Most likely
First time owner? 😉
Yes, actually. Ha
Just thinking back to when I had him for a brief run including the Spurs game with his unfairly disallowed goal last year... the frustration lingers!
He's a wonderful player but not exactly clinical. You kind of have to accept that he will frustrate you sometimes
Only 36 points with 6 to play, but have a great team in place for GW2. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
Yes. As long as you have good long term picks you should be alright.
Similar here. Only thing i am Kicking myself about is capping Isak over Salah. Tbh didn't give it enough thought as was more focused on my squad.
Isak would likely have done well only for the sending off of Schar.
It is not as if you could have foresaw Schar getting up close and personal with that Brighton player.
Southampton you mean.
Tbh Newcastle didn't look too great even before the sending off, food for thought.
You are the second person that said Newcastle were not great.
I am starting to think I must have misinterpreted the match. Because the bits I saw I thought Newcastle were full of energy/covered ground and were structured.
Southampton did not really impress me at all they seemed very one dimensional and did not know how to create angles/movement making use of the extra man. It was just hit and hope shots. Which no doubt gives the stats people XG to pure over. But they never looked like a serious threat.
Just the impression I got, you could have said the same about Liverpool after the first half though.
The sending off changed the game but it certainly didn't seem one way traffic before that.
Very true. And the 'recipient' collapsed like he had been shot. Really think something needs to be done to stop this play acting. If he didn't go down, Schar would not have got sent off.
It really annoyed me that Southampton player should have been at least booked for "simulation".
There are youngsters watching games like that and they will copy that. I am not saying Schar was right in what he did. But the overreaction was in many ways even worse, in my view.
Would have loved to have started with Salah but I'm happy with Saka + Jota for now.
Haaland (C) in GW2 will hopefully live up to expectations!
Apologies if it's a stupid question but why is FFS head to head league showing in my invitational classic leagues section?
Leaning towards keeping Quansah & would recommend similar.
Think there will be a more valuable use of your transfer than using it on a £4.5m defender!
Assumption being that most would be in a position to field 3 playable defenders this week (even those with Quansah + Barco).
https://x.com/BigManBakar/status/1825097137991950791
i.e. "Help me protect my team value"
Meanwhile AZ was recommending Barco and came out with a (nice) and
genuine apology... then Zoph weirdly says it "disappointed to see"
https://x.com/ZopharFPL/status/1825008466404024592?t=-YxOcoZj62RKOeVra-E8rw&s=19
I agree no need to apologise weirdly, but a strange way to start that tweet. I thought it was actually quite nice to see an honest follow-up.
It's a pretty crazy situation when you've got people issuing public apologies for their suggestion of a 4m defender in fantasy football.
Slightly more understandable when you realise how rabid some people are.
I think it's a personality thing. Az seems like a nice bloke and he was quite firm on his view (as a Brighton fan) that Barco was key to the way the new manager wants to play - so I guess he feels a bit more responsibility for the decisions of others than he should.
Just leave Xhitter buddy
Strange he feels the need to apologise. I guess he did it with the best of intentions. CCs sometimes get emotionally attached to picks as if they are responsible for how well that pick does.
Many picked Barco given his price, preseason minutes and Estu injury doubts. I doubt most bought because Az apparently recommended him.
No need to apologise, was a call that went wrong.
Az always gets his Brighton predictions wrong. Always. Strange considering he's meant to follow them.
He was really positive about Minteh.
Yes but did he mention that Gruda and Adingra play in the same position as Minteh. Rotation galore this season in that RW spot.
My reply was meant to be to this thread and not you 🙂
I think he did mention rotation risks.
Sorry!
No worries
This is why I don't look at FPL X/Twitter they are in a world of their own.
LTTS. If you are still about:
Hendo 4.0
Gabriel Saliba Quansah Hall Faes
Salah Jota Gordon ESR Kamada
Haaland Isak Jebbison
Quite happy to do nothing. My transfer moves are:
1) sell Salah to ?
2) sell Haaland to ?
3) trade Gordon and Jota for cheapie and premium
As nothing is obvious I am happy to wait. Haaland the likely sale in gw4 when information is available. Otherwise its just stirring rubbish around
No massive immediate rush. Would say slight question mark on if Hall & Quansah start next match, but with a starting 4.0m in the wings and a chance they do, not urgent enough to have to move right away. (Defenders with better fixtures from GW3 on.)
No way you are selling haaland or salah this week.
Just roll and gain another weeks info
Correct I am not. That was my point
GTG go - possible 3 at the back with Gabriel/Saliba & Hall - RFT
Hoping for Nkunku to save my otherwise disastrous week
Best 2
1gordon
2bernardo
3nkunku
4eze
wait till end of GW to make a decision
Only 1 of them has played yet and even that game was skewed by the RC so there's no point thinking about this yet
Even after one GW it feels like a mistake to not own Salah and an Arsenal defender. Every time Salah scores and Arsenal keep a CS I’m going to get punished hard. Maybe stating the obvious but still.
yeh same here. waitin on a HAULand today to throw a pigean at a bunch of cats
Not played for 4 years.
Hardly ever went without Salah, captained him yesterday and probably will 12-15 times this season.
Arsenals next 3 aren't great so to me thats less of an issue, I may sell a few of their players to get in Haaland, it was always the plan and getting 30pts from my 3 Arsenal hasn't changed that.
Fair play. He was in my draft right until the end. Downgraded to Jota so we’ll see how that goes.
Yeah keeping Salah. I'm thinking of removing Saka and Isak to Gordon/Eze and Havertz to get Trent though.
I dont think TAA outscores an Arsenal def by much over the season, thats why I might just double up on Ars def on a WC
*I meant TAA not worth 1 m more than a 6m def
Watching him yesterday I think he's essential right now with the fixtures. Easy switch to White when Arsenal fixtures turn good and Pool go bad in GW6.
Yeah, just difficult having them all atm, with an increase in TV maybe
Thats what I thought, but MOTD suggested he might be in an attacking role again
Second half extremely forward after Quansah sub
I have Salah and Gabriel - idea is to switch to haaland around GW 6. Should be doable with the saved transfers then hopefully
Thanks
Is TM the community now?
Given there won’t be as many doubles/blanks this season, is it a viable option for us non-Haaland owners to Free Hit him in for GW2?
no
Why’s that?
Personally - I feel not 100% sure he will haul - possible wait with this one until at
least after the Chelsea game today - if he hauls big then GTG
My concern is Man City missing Foden but more importantly Rodri, when he plays whole team
moves further forward & additional chances
Yeah Rodri being injured made me feel better about not owning for sure.
Think I will draft up how it looks as a FH
Only makes sense if you planned to do that from before GW1. Doing it on a whim feels silly when you've had ages to plan your strategy for the first few weeks.
I guess what I’m saying is, if he explodes today it kind of changes the plan, if he’s quite scores say 1 then original plan still in place.
Happy for now as have Salah, Saka and Trent, latter 2 didn’t have in my Haaland draft.
*quiet
How is Haaland scoring today against Chelsea relevant to next week game against Ipswich?
Because if he hauls today he will be even higher owned next week
Most will TC next week 😉
Yeah possibly!
My point is: any haul in Chelsea game doesn't change his chance to get another haul against Ipswich, does it?
Fun fact, last season Haaland had 7 or 8 double digits and after every one of them he either blanked or got 5-8 pts next game. Maybe it's coincidence or maybe there is a pattern.
Don't get me wrong, I have used FH many times outside everybody else doing it (eg. DGW and blanks) but unless you really planned it before GW1 I wouldn't, keep your knees alone.
I know that but a 50% owned Haaland vs Ipswich is a bit different to a say 60%-70% owned Haaland vs Ipswich.
I know it doesn’t change next week, but if he blanks today less of the masses playing the game will buy him next week.
I’m talking all about mitigating my risk of not owning him currently.
All in all I wouldn't overreact about 1 gameweek, by the way it is not so easy to buy Haaland when he's 15m, probably involves -4 or -8, selling Salah etc. Even if he hauls it would be soften by hits and other players scoring.
But of course you do you, good luck with whatever you decide.
Cheers thank you, I think what I’ll probably do is get Foden or something if he gets minutes today
Well it's a bit anecdotal but if he hauls today it would suggest he is good form wouldn't it?
Mind you having said this, Ipswich looked ok defensively vs Liverpool, limiting them to 2 goals
How many changes will you make on the FH team vs current team?
Must say I haven’t experimented with what I’d do, but naturally would probably have Haaland, a city mid and Muniz, Robinson.
So 4 changes plus others required to afford Haaland.
I guess it would be wise to do that exercise and assess if you will gain enough additional points from the changes to make the FH worthwhile
Cheers yes, I think it ultimately depends on how he looks today
I don't think it actuality matters how he looks today. We all know what he is capable of. That's why folks went with him without Salah.
You know what happens to the knee though!
Actually*
Drafted one below
Haaland is Haaland. Bigger question for me is how many chances they set up for him.
If they look as slick as they can be that will really tilt the balance for me.
My plan was always have Haaland from the start for the first 2GW because of the Ipswich game, even though I wanted Salah.. I intend to get rid for Watkins GW3
Fair enough, early move for Watkins could certainly be fruitful
You don't see City (and Haaland) putting a few past West Ham?
Because I do.
Issue is you can see them putting a few past anyone haha
True haha.
Just keep seeing their next two games then Arsenal at home.
Then I look at Arsenals next 3-4 (and don't get me wrong, Arsenal are a VERY good team) and getting Haaland in seems a no brainer.
Non-Haaland owner & not even considering that. Could be famous last words here but I made the switch expecting a slow start for City and I don't really see Ipswich as whipping boys it'd take something very dramatic today to start making me nervous about GW2 (i.e. surprise return for Foden, KDB starting & looking sharp, tons of chances created by them for Erling...)
I wouldn't be surprised if Foden and/or KDB got thrown straight in. I absolutely recall him doing this before with players who have returned from a major tournament and had no pre-season
Yes Foden being back or starting would certainly be a nice go between, even though attacking coverage isn’t really a thing, makes you feel better!
Wasn't really my point but that is an alternative I suppose...
Yeah it’s because I see 3 options:
1) Do nothing and ignore the match
2) Do something rushed and panicked to get Haaland (FH)
3) Get other City attack to try and bridge the risk
Granted Pep is a law unto himself but of all the City attackers Haaland is least likely to be rotated, especially now Alvarez has left.
So attempting to cover him doesn't do it for me.
But I wouldn't FH this early no way.
So just go without then?
I'm leaning towards getting him in.
It'll mean shedding 3 Arsenal players which sounds mad but as I say the potential for Haaland over the next 2 games is huge imo.
So -8?
Yep thats what it would be, I think its worth it but obviously results will make or break that.
Knowing me I'll veer this way and that but lets say Arsenal blank next week (Saka/Havertz at least).
Thats 4 points.
Add the 8pt cost.
If I captained Haaland one goal would cancel those 12pts out.
If buts and maybes but we'll see.
Depends who you would captain instead if you didn’t get Haaland
Yeah I take your point.
It would be Salah, it usually is.
I'll mull it over.
First home game of the season in front of the Kop, could be tasty
Oh I've no doubt Liverpool will score a few, its why I put the front 3 in from the off.
But will Arsenal score many over the next 4 weeks, Villa away, Brighton home, Spurs away, City away.
Thats what is making the Haaland switch tempting, I'd simply not entertain selling any Liverpool players yet.
But Arsenal.....
Sorry I get it, your sacrifice is basically Arsenal, hmm Arsenal very consistent
Very haha.
I could even do this, -8 though and probably depends how Solanke looks:
Isak to Haaland
Solanke to Muniz
Saka to Rogers
Its all guesswork isn't it, there is no way of knowing.
Getting Haaland in is usually a 2/3/4 transfer thing which is why its not easy.
Yes, probably better to -8 than play FH though if I do
5 changes, something like this:
Isak to Haaland
Solanke to Muniz
Nkunku to Doku
Barco to Johnson
Henderson
Trent | Gvardiol | Porro | Robinson*
Salah | Son | Doku* | ESR
Haaland* | Muniz*
*Barco to Robinson that is
*Saka to Sangare the missing one
Just captain Salah he is a perfectly good option GW2
But Foden and captain Salah could be the play
*Buy
Probably take view once we see how many minutes he gets later today. If he gets minutes and looks sharp it might be the play
I’m on 48 with Henderson, Vdv, Eze, Solanke and Haaland to go. I’m happy I’ll be holding each of these but Mykolenko and Murphy are annoying picks already. Don’t need Mykolenko until gw3 but a price drop looks inevitable. Would you transfer either out?
No - Mykolenko is a long term rotation pick and I would expect Dyche to improve the defence. Murphy sub was due to the RC, expect him to start in GW2
Thank you. Yeah, I may be benching Murphy next week though for ESR. I had them rotating for 8th attacker.
So potentially making a transfer that may drop in price and unlikely to start in your team in GW2, is that a good use of a FT?
One would think so. I don’t want to lose value early doors
Not ideal but I prefer gaining info since you don't need to start him
I'm in a similar position with Quansah and am keeping an eye on the price prediction sites and if he looks like he's going to drop I'm going to get Konsa with GW3 to 6 in mind (if not I can bench this GW like you).
Until the injured come back Everton will struggle defensively, saying that I would still reassess after GW2
If I could get to gw2 without the drops I could do Murphy and Myko to Rogers and Maatsen (if he looks likely to start) for Villa’s fixtures from gw3
Thanks folks
44 with 4 to go. Am i safe or am i a goner as per chinese folklore?
Got haaland
safe - GW1 & GW2 scores
Good morning all!! Jacob Murphy was a little one week fun pick to me!! Will never know how it would have turned out now after the Schar red card and immediate substitution!!….. initial plan was Murphy to ESR this week but considering Bereton Diaz, should I stick with my initial plan??!! Or go for B.Diaz???
Thoughts welcomed!!
Cheers everyone!!!
Play Murphy
Cheers mate!!! Also an option!! Maybe the sensible one to save transfer too
This and it is what I'm doing
Think I will too mate now I’ve started thinking properly about it
