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  1. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 days, 17 hours ago

    Got so lucky ystrdy. Missed deadline and had Watkins (c) frm previous gw.

    Saw Raya start and Haaland blank happy days ,then Palmer did his thing and I dropped 1m places and plummeted in mls,34 pts ystrdy got me a green arrow. All by luck

    1. Unliklinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 days, 17 hours ago

      Luck's the name of the game. I managed to avoid a massive drop, despite a -16 hit and not owning Palmer, by having Konate, Mbeumo, Watkins and McNeil.

    2. JT11fc
      • 6 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      We need you hooked up to a gopro streaming live 24/7 so we witness this greatness in action

      1. camarozz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 days, 16 hours ago

        Just shows that luck has an awful lot to do with this game

        1. JT11fc
          • 6 Years
          9 days, 16 hours ago

          For sure, all you can do is make as many well informed decisions as you can then sit back and ride the rollercoaster

  2. keefy59
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    9 days, 16 hours ago

    The outcome of the Saka to Palmer transfer which many of us did including myself
    Is a great example of by doing nothing - not making a transfer
    Is actually doing something - saving a transfer
    Also highlights the risks involved in taking a hit
    Okay the transfer looked logical based on the short term fixtures 6-8 & might not look so bad by gw8
    I think the lesson learned is only transfer out a premium when they face a difficult run of fixtures .
    Like Saka 9-11 Liverpool (h) Newcastle & Chelsea (a)

    1. Sheffield Wednesday
      • 4 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      First line needs an edit.

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        9 days, 16 hours ago

        Well spotted
        *Palmer to Saka*
        Did anyone do it as part of a hit ?

        1. Sheffield Wednesday
          • 4 Years
          9 days, 16 hours ago

          I've had them both for weeks and had Palmer VC. Last season I would have captained him for this home fixture but Haaland© hadn't blanked so far so stuck with him as captain.

        2. Eze Really?
          • 10 Years
          9 days, 16 hours ago

          Fortunately I have had Palmer for a while and had Havertz as the go to Arsenal forward. I dodged the bullet due to this I think. Saka owners might win next week all the same.

    2. Eze Really?
      • 10 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      Variance over the short term is inevitable. Good or bad fixtures have less impact on attackers compared to defenders I think.

      1. TheFridge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 2 Years
        9 days, 9 hours ago

        Agreed, Eze. I certainly have suffered from the availability heuristic over the last 24 hours, lamenting my wildcard, which moved me away from, among others Palmer.

        This might well regress to the mean.

        1. Eze Really?
          • 10 Years
          9 days, 8 hours ago

          A lot suffered my mate. Ask some of the content creators. I hope your situation improves. Good luck.

          1. Debauchy
            • 11 Years
            9 days, 8 hours ago

            Hundreds of Thousands of us suffrered 😆

  3. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    9 days, 16 hours ago

    On WC. Diaz or Maddison?

    1. Haa-lala-land
      • 3 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      Out of those two Madders id guess.
      Brennan over Madders for the saving and xgi?
      Also feels like Bowen might kick on against Ipswich

      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 3 Years
        9 days, 16 hours ago

        Actually can you ignore what I said about Spurs? I'm really not sure who the best is.

    2. Eze Really?
      • 10 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      Maddi IMO but depends if you are covered with Solanke. Diaz will remain a rotation threat.
      Thought about Trossard short term?

      1. keefy59
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        9 days, 16 hours ago

        Diaz probably more of a minutes threat
        Played 111 minutes less than the full 540 for 6 gameweeks
        That's over 1 game in missing minutes

        1. Eze Really?
          • 10 Years
          9 days, 15 hours ago

          What I said. Rotation/minutes all combine.

  4. Eze Really?
    • 10 Years
    9 days, 16 hours ago

    I have no idea if one could establish through an algorithm whether no Haaland players can work out, by comparing additional TV how it has affected people individually.
    I have been getting a hiding with not owning Haaland until yesterday. Having Salah and Palmer, with Watkins and Havertz up top, I gained rank considerably.
    Likewise, 2 GW's ago I got 19 points which put me where I was in the first place.
    We will only know individually, using the impact additional funds available, how one got any benefit. It seems the value in an alternative heavy hitter paid this week if you got the right one; but the low value picks available have allowed Haaland owners to benefit until now.
    There is a swing to good fixtures for Citeh going forward and it might be considered madness to go without Haaland. Captaining him is another argument altogether and the game vs Newcastle showed he was human.
    The bottom line, is there a way we can avoid him and go for Salah/Palmer/Saka/Son in his place with rotating good fixtures. Anyone doing the Hokey Cokey will eventually suffer with TV. If you have him, you captain him.

    1. FHRITP
      • 1 Year
      9 days, 14 hours ago

      Its pretty simple really. Calculate how many points you expect Palmer to get, how many for Haaland. Then work out who is better value, remembering they are perma captained.

      My team

      Pope
      Trippier TAA Robertson saliba gabriel
      Palme Diaz Son
      Solanke Watkins

      Bench

      Vardy + Fodder

  5. Tor Total Football
    • 3 Years
    9 days, 16 hours ago

    How is this for a wildcard?

    Sanchez, Flekken
    Gabriel, Gvardiol, Konate, Lewis, Greaves
    Palmer, Mbeumo, Diaz, B.Johnson, Rogers
    Haaland, Havertz, Delap

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      Not sure I'd want gvard and lewis. Mcy don't do cs.
      Pick one or other.
      Gvard is back on the attacking upside obviously

    2. PartyTime
      • 3 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      I’ll show this to Pep.

    3. Sheffield Wednesday
      • 4 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      Good enough to BB sometime potentially.

  6. PartyTime
    • 3 Years
    9 days, 16 hours ago

    Manchester Utd are so bad, it is getting boring now. Tired of laughing at them tbh

    1. el polako
      • 7 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      Yeah, rapidly losing their Essex based fans.

    2. JT11fc
      • 6 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      Do you think the club affects the players? Or the club attracts a certain type of player?

    3. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      9 days, 14 hours ago

      I'm not bored.

  7. Haa-lala-land
    • 3 Years
    9 days, 16 hours ago

    The media is so cruel towards Ten Hag, and have been for a while. They seem to want him sacked, it seems really personal to them.
    The media's treatment of him just leaves a sour taste, whether or not you think he should be sacked or not, it's over the top.

    1. JT11fc
      • 6 Years
      9 days, 16 hours ago

      The Media as a rules sucks, always trying to sell a story, the guy has won multiple trophies with a squad full of egos and individuals

      1. x.jim.x
        • 10 Years
        9 days, 15 hours ago

        He built that squad

        1. JT11fc
          • 6 Years
          9 days, 15 hours ago

          True he did buy alot, maybe the club mentality as whole affects players. How Rashford and Martial survived so long Ill never know

          1. x.jim.x
            • 10 Years
            9 days, 15 hours ago

            He's spent over £600m on some of the worst signings in Prem history and his tactics are nonexistent. Nothing to do with "club mentality" - he's a poor manager with an even worse talent ID.

            Rashford single-handedly bailed him out in his first season and is the closest thing we have to a 'star' and Martial was on £250kpw and injured at the drop of a hat, so it's not hard to see why we wouldn't sell and couldn't sell respectively.

            1. JT11fc
              • 6 Years
              9 days, 15 hours ago

              I get all that, but exactly the same was said about Ole, no tactics. Who is making these decisions on who to appoint? Either the club has poor squad mentality which shows as not having fight or unity on the pitch, or the ownership is getting duped into appointing dud managers that are out of their depth

              1. x.jim.x
                • 10 Years
                9 days, 15 hours ago

                Ole had tactics - they were just extremely basic and revolved around counter-attacking, which will only get you so far. It's the main reason we used to do so well against City and struggle against the 'minnows'.

                The squad having no fight or unity again falls on the manager.

                The club's been ran by accountants for about 15 years mate. It's only this summer that we've actually employed any football people, and they've hardly had time to make any real change.

                1. JT11fc
                  • 6 Years
                  9 days, 15 hours ago

                  Good that theres change happening then.
                  surely United with all their history can attract a top tier manager. Im no United fan but its sad to see players not playing for the shirt, sure the manager should take some blame for that but players should too

                  1. x.jim.x
                    • 10 Years
                    9 days, 15 hours ago

                    What 'top tier' managers are out there and available? That's the problem and the main reason why we didn't sack him in the summer. Personally I think we end up with Ruud at interim (probably over the international break after Villa pump us) and go for McKenna.

                    1. JT11fc
                      • 6 Years
                      9 days, 15 hours ago

                      Mckenna would be good, theres a bunch of Italian and German managers jobless, prehaps not all "top tier" but they would whip them into shape. Mckenna is worth a shot

        2. Haa-lala-land
          • 3 Years
          9 days, 15 hours ago

          Doesn't every manager build their squad though, and play their tactics?
          The media could just as easily target Howe, ONeill, Dyche, Lopetegui etc etc but they don't. But it's a free pass on Ten Hag? It just feels relentless.

          1. x.jim.x
            • 10 Years
            9 days, 15 hours ago

            You must be living in la-la-land if you think the manager of Wolves is to come under the same scrutiny as the manager of Manchester United.

          2. GreennRed
            • 13 Years
            9 days, 15 hours ago

            Machester United clickbait sells more than other English clubs.

    2. Amsterhammer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 days, 15 hours ago

      I agree it is cruel and distasteful. If someone is underperforming in other jobs in most other walks of live it wouldn’t happen. As distasteful and vile as the media are, you can presume he knew this before accepting the role.

      1. x.jim.x
        • 10 Years
        9 days, 15 hours ago

        Most other jobs in other walks of life don't charge you hundreds of pounds a year to go watch them sh*t the bed every week

        1. Amsterhammer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 days, 15 hours ago

          I don’t understand what you’re saying. Sorry.

          1. x.jim.x
            • 10 Years
            9 days, 15 hours ago

            Football managers' jobs aren't comparable in any way to 'normal' jobs

            1. Haa-lala-land
              • 3 Years
              9 days, 15 hours ago

              But.. a football managers job is comparable to another football managers job. Whilst your point is clearly saying you want Ten Hag sacked, which is fine by the way, the point is should the media be echoing it. Should they be allowed to gang up relentlessly on Ten Hag, literally writing that he should be sacked the day after whenever they lose, when they don't do it to any other fellow premier league manager pier.

              1. x.jim.x
                • 10 Years
                9 days, 15 hours ago

                I haven't seen anyone in the media saying he should be sacked.

                What other managers in the league are comparable to Ten Hag in terms of spend and time at the club? There's only really Pep and Arteta, and it's not even funny how HUGE the difference in quality is.

                I really think you're being overly-sensitive. A football manager's job is one of the most scrutinised in the world and especially so when you're playing at a club with huge expectations. The club's just put in one of the worst performances I've ever seen so of course he's going to get slaughtered for it, especially when it's just another in a long line of many awful performances.

      2. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        9 days, 15 hours ago

        If someone is someone is underperforming in other jobs they won't have media highlighting it. But they'll be held accountable for performing below agreed targets, given a timeframe to improve things and then asked to leave if it doesn't improve. Sancho starting fairly well at Chelsea is, rightly or wrongly, not putting Ten Hag in a good light.

        1. Amsterhammer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 days, 15 hours ago

          Yeah exactly but that is usually between the individual and their boss or manager. Not publicly. Which is why it is cruel.

    3. Mr 500
        9 days, 15 hours ago

        No one is saying results are good enough but we're 6 games into the season.

        Exactly like you say, the media have their favourites and because he doesn't blow smoke up their ****s they're against him.

        Funny thing is most are either failed managers (Shearer), never had the bottle to try (Lineker) or even worse those geeks who've never kicked a ball like that chinless sadsack from the Athletic. Ponce.

        I could bayonet Radcliffe as much as look at the greasy klutz.

        1. x.jim.x
          • 10 Years
          9 days, 15 hours ago

          "6 games into the season" doesn't wash when it's been the same pathetic football for the past 2+ years.

      • FHRITP
        • 1 Year
        9 days, 14 hours ago

        Make me laugh. 6 failed managers since Ferguson.

        United fans need to let go. Realise they can no longer compete at the top level.

        1. St Pauli Walnuts
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          9 days, 14 hours ago

          They have the budget too, just horribly run club and terrible in the transfer market.

      • Eze Really?
        • 10 Years
        9 days, 13 hours ago

        The term "click bait" comes to mind. The media like to climb into high profile news. True/Untrue, Good or bad; preferably bad.

    4. Miguel Sanchez
      • 8 Years
      9 days, 15 hours ago

      Who scores more next two GWs:

      A) Havertz (SOU, bou)
      B) Solanke (bha, WHU)

      1. Haa-lala-land
        • 3 Years
        9 days, 15 hours ago

        Going on a limb, but I'll say Solanke due to team form and Brighton looking shaky at the back, and due to Arsenal seeming to play to the strengths of Trossard and Martinelli who look like continuing to monopolise the goals and assists

      2. SpaceCadet
        • 10 Years
        9 days, 15 hours ago

        A

      3. Ausman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 1 Year
        9 days, 14 hours ago

        A

    5. EWH2020
      • 10 Years
      9 days, 15 hours ago

      What would you do here with this FT.

      a) ESR to McNeil
      b) ESR to Brennan Johnston
      c) 4.5 FWD to Delap

      1. GreennRed
        • 13 Years
        9 days, 15 hours ago

        Roll the FT.

      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        9 days, 14 hours ago

        C to bench ESR vs MCI

    6. Artemis Titans
      • 9 Years
      9 days, 15 hours ago

      G2g for GW7 chaps? Or Mosq to VDB?
      Raya
      Leif, Greaves, Robinson
      Salah, Palmer, Mbueno, Rogers
      Haaland (c), Havertz, Ndaiye
      Vald, ESR, Mosq, Ned
      0.4itb

    7. cigan
      • 6 Years
      9 days, 15 hours ago

      Save FT here if Son's fine? Should be easy to get Palmer with 2 FT next week then
      If he's out, it has to be Son & Pau > Palmer & Faes (-4) innit

      Raya
      Trent Porro Davis
      Salah Son Jota Mbeumo Rogers
      Watkins DCL
      (Wood Pau Robinson)

      1. Eze Really?
        • 10 Years
        9 days, 13 hours ago

        With Good, Average, Bad. My view on your squad.
        G
        G A G
        A B A G G
        G B
        A A A
        Not a bad side. No need to chase the ace.

    8. Silecro
      • 6 Years
      9 days, 14 hours ago

      Whats up with the McNeil resurgence this year? Dyche playing a bit more attacking or what?
      Maybe its all just a purple patch but 5 returns in 6 games for 5.5 is enough for me to consider him on WC as a 4th or 5th mid.

      1. Holmes
        • 11 Years
        9 days, 14 hours ago

        Ride the wave

      2. Eze Really?
        • 10 Years
        9 days, 13 hours ago

        He, at long last has been given the 10 role. He has previously operated out wide. It took Dyche nearly 3 years plus the time at Burnley to notice the glaringly obvious. A sweet foot and not reliant on pace will project him into a far better asset.