| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Martinez | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Petrovic | BOU | A |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Hill | BOU | A, £ |
| Up |  O’Reilly | MCI | A, OoP |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Kayode | BRE | C, Vs, Inj |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C, Vs |
| Up |  Ballard | SUN | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Salah | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dango Ouattara | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Rice | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Rayan | BOU | B |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Ekitiké | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | B |
| No Change |  Kroupi | BOU | C, Rest, £ |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C |
Skonto Rigga Fulham stopped Erling Haaland (£15.4m) from scoring and gave Manchester City an almighty scare at the Etihad on Saturday.
But the reigning champions found a way, eventually running out 3-2 winners.
Our latest Scout Notes reflects on the game at the Etihad.
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Good morning.Best pick?
a)Johnson
b)Garnacho
c)Eze
On form Johnson. I have Eze and he couldn’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo right now. Missed a sitter v United and again b Liverpool yesterday. I’m holding for two more gamweeks on the basis he’s Palace’s talisman where Brennan is not guaranteed to start. Leave Garnacho alone until United sort themselves out
You conversationalist you!
A by miles
A
Johnson is this weeks flavour
At of those Johnson.
Out*
cheers all
BJ ain’t even played yet
A obviously
Thoughts on Ait Nouri for wolves great run of fixtures?
He's basically a 4.4 def playing as a winger. Cs are an added bonus
Not many 4 5 defs are keeping cs's this season anyway so why not go for the attacking defs like Nouri and Leif davis
Good option for those reasons
I looked very closely at him and went for Davis instead. Bad outcome yesterday but actually I wasn't too disappointed as Wolves are horrendous at the back, like one of the worst in the league bad and its a question of whether you've missed the boat on some of his attacking returns already? Another thing which put me off him is he's already on 3 yellows which considering his mins would suggest he's a magnet.
no CS since February by the way for Wolves.
With Ait Nouri the boat will never sail due to his positioning
He is a maurading fb with only attacking in his mind
I really like him as a pick but would probably go Cunha if I was going Wolves.
He’s on my wildcard, not many more attacking defenders and if he does get a clean sheet, even better
If Faes can keep a clean sheet then so can anyone
But Wolves concede soooo much. Im looking at TC on Haaland next week.
James Justin
Fun option. 1 YC away from suspension.
Scratch that. Somebody lied to me!
2 YCs from suspension*
Mbuemo owner and fully paid up member of his fan club. Very quiet yesterday considering how poor Wolves were and Brentford scoring 5. Didn't seem to be involved much at all on the eye test (highlights) and its backed up by the numbers if you take out the xg of his penalty. Not sure if this was a system thing or Wolves managing to keep him quiet but failing spectacularly in doing any other defending. I suppose this is insurance from FPL a 90 minute pen taker brings.
Only seen highlights but Id say the Brentford goals were mostly scored off crosses so not Mboomos strong point
I was at this game so don't know how it came across in highlights.
But the entire game revolved around Ait-Nouri and his wild positioning. Mbeumo was forced into RWB and even RB positions to help Sepp deal with this.
I would have liked to have seen Bryan pushed way up as a way to combat RAN, it was reactive rather than proactive from Frank and Brentford actually really struggled to cope with RAN all game. But Wolves can't defend crosses for love nor money so ultimately all good.
Yeah one goal from that was very disappointing
Those with Saka, Palmer, Haaland and Trent.
Would you mind posting your team?
I kind find a way of getting there anytime soon without mad surgery.
I’ve used my wildcard but could get there with my free transfers by GW9
Flekken 4.0
TAA Gabriel Milenkovic Lewis Greaves
Saka Palmer Mbuemo Rogers Semenyo
Haaland Wood Vardy
Decent. Not a million miles away from what I have, but I have Maddy and Watkins. My main problem would be deciding who of Maddy/Mbeumo goes after I free up the Watkins funds, I might have to sacrifice TAA.
I was saying that I wasn't sure he was worth the 7.0 but now I've slept on it, I think ill hold for a while longer.
Cheers mate
Pickford 4.0
TAA Gabriel RAN Lewis Greaves
Saka Palmer Mbeumo Rogers xxx
Haaland Delap xxx
Options for xxx:
Johnson Archer, Carvalho Cunha, Semenyo DCL
Yeah I was considering something like
Watkins to Cunha
Maddy to Saka
But I'm 0.1 short.
I plan to get Palmer for Foden soon, team would be
Raya
TAA Gabriel Davis
Saka Palmer Mbuemo McNeill Rogers
Haaland Wood
Kepa Faes Myko 4.5
So you currently have Foden?
My bench is...ropey but here you go
Ramsdale (Bentley)
Taa Robertson Gabriel Lewis (Faes)
Saka Palmer Mbuemo Rogers (Winks)
Haaland Solanke (Stewart)
Raya
TAA Porro Robinson
Palmer Saka Mbeumo ESR Rogers
Haaland Solanke
Fab Faes Greaves UiJo
ESR my only concern really
Next GW, mine will more than likely be:
Raya | Fab
TAA Gabriel Davis | VdB Greaves
Saka Palmer Mbeumo Rogers Semenyo
Haaland Raul | Ndiaye/Vardy
Although I am considering doing Trent to Konate to have a better 2nd Fwd (Jackson/Solanke) instead of Ndiaye/Vardy
Not on WC but…
Raya
TAA Gabriel Lewis
Saka Palmer Mbeumo ESR Mavadidi
Haaland DCL
Subs 4.0 Greaves VDB J-Ped
My current team
Raya
Taa Gabriel Davis Martinez 4.0
Saka Palmer Rogers Mbeumo Esr
Haaland Delap Dcl
Bad part is I have no funds to upgrade a striker to the 7.5ers. Good news is rotating 5.5 strikers and mids for the last spot seems to work well enough. Will be swapping dcl and 4.0 for Larsen and RAN soon too to give me more options off the bench
What should I do with double Arsenal defence?
What looked like highly likely clean sheets against Leicester and Southampton turned into a big shite show, proving that even teams regarded as solid defensively can’t be trusted.
12m on a pair of 2 point defenders is bit much, no?
Same boat. Not sure who the biggest waste of money to get rid of first is, Raya or Gabriel.
Under 1xg between the two of them, clock this up to variance. Ironically keeping a clean sheet against psg may be evidence of a less balls-to-the-wall approach for the bigger teams, so you may reap the rewards then.
I can see a world where people sell in mass after Bournemouth citing the tricky fixtures and then Arteta reverts back to parking the bus for the harder games.
After those games they have a great run of fixtures. I will be tempted just to keep my Arsenal assets.
I suspect over the coming weeks defences/gk will not be as well invested and funds will be reallocated into midfield and in some cases, the front 3. This will not just be a flight from Arsenal, but Liverpool and maybe even Man C too.
You just have to fight your instincts when it comes to Arsenal defenders.
Any home game is not great, regardless of opposition.
Any away game is good, regardless of opposition.
Once you understand this quirk, it becomes better to own and play Arsenal defenders.
Thank you all for your input, food for thought.
Hold
I’m on the classic international break wildcard, and the one area I don’t have any interest in is the keepers, so I’m struggling to pick one that has the least caveats:
Raya - I prefer having Arsenal attack when possible (had Saka and Havertz and Gabriel)
Ederson - lol
None of the 5.0s have convinced me (had Pope) EXCEPT for Onana, who gets lots of saves because of how bad United are. And their fixtures are decent…
Pickford - good fixtures upcoming, and if Brainthwaite is fit they could grab their clean sheets like they did last year.
Sanchez? - not ideal fixtures and feels a game or two away from getting dropped.
None of the 4.5s appeal to me - Brentford can’t defend and everyone else is neither here nor there.
Id rate them as
1. Pickford - fixtures plus Dyche
2. Raya - best gk, blocks 2nd att
3. Flekken - fixtures
I have Sanchez just because Chelsea are on the up, but have same doubts as you
Even though he's a terrible keeper I'd be all over Sels at the prices.
He was a consideration but didnt feel excited about playing him every week, went Milenkovic as a rotation option. Wish I went Pickford personally
Similar thinking, maybe onana in 4th
Alison
Worth a shout before his injury, double up with Trent troublesome tho
Injury and tough upcoming fixtures…
Onana Sels Sanchez
All 3 better picks than Raya
Is Salah still a hold? I've got Palmer so the only options are Saka who has had his two best fixtures. Then there is Son who is injured but may be back for the next game and is massive differential on pens. And then there's been a few shouts for Foden but I'm not a fan.
What do you think?
I think foden could be the one. But need more time still on that .
Hold Salah.
Was significant that he was taken off early though, but Diaz didn’t impress.
I’d imagine as soon as Chiesa is up to speed we will see Salah taken off more frequently.
Dare I say Jota maybe the solution to all our problems?
Might be right.
I'm scared of him punishing me if I sell him, but he's costing me bad!
If you have Salah, Palmer and presumably Haaland, you must have a cheap attack or cheap defence. If you're happy with that, then stick:)
People with Diaz, what are you doing with him? Honestly I think he should be a good pick vs Chelsea so unless I come up with some great plan, I’m willing to give him that game.
Shipped him last week. Who would you move him onto if you were to get rid?
I was thinking Johnson or Foden (with downgrading in other area)
Damn many options, Bowen, Foden, Maddison from the pricey ones
I have Maddy.
But out of that lot its difficult;
Foden - not looked great but could be a nice differential especially given the fixtures.
Maddy - If I could go back in time I might of gone Kulu or Johnson to save the extra dollar.
Bowen - Another nice differential
I hope I'm wrong about Maddy and he gets a few return or two today
Maddy will be the better pick eventually
Torn between keeping or making surgery with FTs, (TAA Diaz Jackson) to any more exciting combos for next few weeks 😉
Im ready to offload Diaz and Semenyo with FTs but really not sure, selling Diaz can backfire big time
Not selling could even 'backfire' bigger time 😛
He will come back from douth America and probably come off bench
*south
He should be back on 16th and they are playing on 20th so not the worst imo
I’m keeping. Probably permanently
Keeping. Slot Will definitely play his best left winger Against Chelsea. No way he will be benched
He's probably in line for a start next match I would think
Keep
Won’t be able to check before the next GW. Am I G2G with what we know now?
Sanchez
Konate Lewis Konsa
Mbeumo Palmer Jota Diaz
Haaland(c) Havertz Solanke
Fabi, Rogers, Johnson, Harwood-B
Next GW after IB so plenty of time, for now it looks good bar any international injuries
Like myself, Diaz is the one to monitor.
Are you keeping saka, havertz, trent for the next 3?
I am thinking to sell atleast 1 of Havertz or saka after bmouth.
Dont have taa but if i had just keep him
Which defender should i sell 1st. Saliba or robbo? Or both? Have 2 ft
Both have done nothing for me. Thinking of getting vdv with spurs fixtures
Robbo first if I were you more prone to rotation
Robertson
Flekken, Fabianski
TAA, Gabtiel, Lewis, [mykolenko, Greaves]
Saka, Mbeumo, Samenyo, Luis Diaz, Rogers,
Haland, Jackson, wood
FT: 3, BANK:0.2m
A. Jackson, Diaz, TAA -> Solanke, Palmer, any 4.6 def(justin/colwill/ven de ven)
B. Jackson, Diaz, Samenyo -> DCL, Palmer, Dibling
C. Roll over for next week
D. Any other suggestions
I would move on Jackson at the very least, Diaz 50/50 as he could do well v CHE if he starts. Not sure Palmer is priority for next GW v LIV so can do the week after.
Jackson Semenyo > Delap Johnson and prep money for Palmer?
Good but after palmer cannot afford or need to touch TAA
Otherwise I cn wait for gw 12 for palmer so Chelsea fix going to be good
Yeah same here would wait until GW12
Yea got it
But thinking dcl Or delap
Stagnating quite a bit. 2FT’s, 0.0ITB.
Any initial thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Sanchez
Gabriel Saliba Porro
Jota Diaz Gordon Mbeumo
Haaland Havertz DCL
Sa Dibling Robinson Munoz
Probably needs surgery but not yet, leave it until GW9 with 3 FTs.
Got 3 ft. What do you think about the below?
Diaz and DCL to Bowen and Cunha?
Cunha got MCI next, so perhaps just Diaz and give DCL(ips) a go
Which one will you sell first?
A. Semenyo
B. ESR
I'd bench Semenyo for the run and get rid of ESR.
Yep
I'm not sure I'd want to sell ESR given that run of fixtures for Fulham
The minutes probably makes people worry
Fair point but feels a bit reactionary. He played nearly the full 90 in the previous two games. I'd fully expect him to be back in the starting XI in the next game, I think Man City away was just not the game for him.
You could be right actually
Jackson (liv NEW mun) > Solanke (WHU cry AVL) for free, no brainer -ish?
Yeah solid move
Very
thinking of saving transfer and have 3 fts following gw to reassess my arsenal and pool players before they meet. good idea, any obvious move?
flekken (fabianski)
taa gabriel lewis (konate greaves)
saka mbeumo diaz dibling (semenyo)
haaland havertz wood
0.5 itb 2 fts
cheers and gl 🙂
Looks good bar later news from IB
thank you 🙂
What’s everyone planning to do with arsenal defnce after next week? I was thinking of selling Gab maybe for Gvardiol and I guess keeping Raya? But could get Pickford or Kelleher
I was thinking moving Raya on and getting Havertz in mid term, but struggling with the GK replacement
I would want them back for GW12 onwards so I’m keeping mine.
Gabriel the one to keep, as he showed in gw4 and 5
I've only got one but I'll be keeping them because I suspect they might be more valuable in the tricky games than the games they expect to win handsomely. They've just reverted to the mean anyway haven't they? The expected data would say they shouldn't have conceded 3 between Southampton and Leicester but then you look at some of those other games they should have conceded in but didn't, notably the Villa one and they are probably about where they should be overall.
Good insights guys thanks. Gab probably will do well soon as I sell him lol. Moving on Raya just seems a bit sideways unless it’s to free up cash. I’d however Alison is out for ages, Kelleher will be a bargain.
Currently Saka, Gaby & Raya.
All keepers are rubbish so keeping Raya, Saka’s a hold, thinking to 4.5 & DCL to Havertz but need another FT
Guys this sounds ridiculous but I can't activate my wc for some reason? I hit the icon on transfer page but nothing happens and I'm at minus8 on transfer page ...help
Click play wildcard and then make your changes, the box will come up asking if it’s hot or if you want to play your wildcard.
If it’s hits*
The confirmation box for your moves
You have to press the play wildcard button, it will change colour, and then when you go to confirm a transfer it will ask you to confirm playing your wildcard.
Once you do that, it is fully active.
Did you already wildcard? Haha
Nah think it's my fone ,when I hit wc a scroll down appears but I can scroll down do far ,mid sentence, dnt get to activate wc .
Just pulling ya leg.
Bummer, maybe the fantasyfootballmanager app would work
This happened to me when I played my WC on my iPhone.
The only way I could get round it was to activate the WC on the App.
Or try on a laptop.
Yeah also happened to me on iPhone website, had to use desktop. Reckon app must be ok too.
Everyone seems to be very eager to sell Diaz.
Surely the fact that his last game for Colombia is tuesday and Pool play in the league on sunday, is less of a worry.
Also, no standout replacement in that price bracket with Foden only making 1 start, Son still out, Palmer facing Liverpool,...
Am I the only one thinking to hold?
yep am keeping one more week then selling for palmer
brought in Mbeumo for Diaz for less risk of rotation
I could afford Foden, but I think I'll just keep him for now. Cannot jump all the time from Diaz to Jota and back either.
Best Pedro replacement:
A) Raul
B) Delap
C) Wood
Cunha is the future, just City in the way first.
Dont have the funds unfortunately. I dont think ill be able to make the funds either as the rest of my team is pretty set.
Is cunha on pens when hwang is not playing?
Should be..doesnt look they they have won one
Maybe B
Cheers, interesting because i was leaning A
B
Cheers
Like B but would not mind A
Fulham attack looks great, im actually insure why there isn't much of a buzz around him
He was a sub for the first few GWs and then starting for 65-75 mins recently I think. So, mins are in the people thoughts.
Makes sense! Cheers
Unsure*
Strand Larsen
Why?
Was out out yesterday, any idea how long Alison is sidelined for?
Until after the November International Break apparently
Why is he so injury prone, for a GK?
Semenyo owners, what we doing? Have Wood that covers him for the next 3 fixtures but he was quite poor yesterday
If you have wood then why bother
Bench for next hard fixtures if you can afford
Is ESR a problem now? I've got to play him, no money itb. If I sell him I can get anyone up to 5.6. McNeil seems the obvious choice?
McNeil feels like a trap. Have rogers already?
Yeah, so I'm playing 2 cheap mids week in week out (with Palmer and Mbuemo) which makes me slightly twitchy. Winks my 5th mid
I wouldn't be surprised if McNeils returns dry up
I'm leaning towards sticking with ESR. Kovacic is an option I'm considering. Feels a noob move but seems he'll be a less often victim of pep rotation too and cheap
No, not if you can rotate him for fixtures like this. They won't play 541 every week
Seemed like a specific setup for Man City rather than something they'll use every game going forwards
I reckon ESR comes straight back in
Yes, there were tactical reasons, no worries imo.
Have a look at Buonanotte 5.0m.
Chill it’s only 1 game, nobody will play every single match
TAA + Luis Diaz > RAN + Saka for a -4? Thoughts, please.
Do you need to play RAN immediately, they've got MCI next? Would not do it for a hit ...
Other defenders are Gabriel Lewis Davis and VDB. On paper it looks like I could bench RAN, but yeah, the -4 isn't ideal...
There are better ways, no?
Odd week for most WC'ers from gw6. Quite a few players that have been disappointing, but nobody THAT awful to be a must sell.
Also no real alternatives, besides Spurs, that look like a must have
I hit the WC button at GW6 and got 72 this week (cap Saka / Rogers and Jackson today). Probably saving my FT this week.
Who is likely to be the Liverpool keeper over the next few GW's
Dudek
How dowdy do
To get Diaz to Palmer, which route would you choose :
a. Trent to 4.5 def
b. Robbo to 4.5 def, DCL to 4.5 striker
Personally I would like (a) as I can play 3-5-2 or 3-4-3
Current team consist of :
Raya, 4m
Trent, Robbo, Robinson, Dunk, Greaves
Saka, Diaz, Mbeumo, Semenyo, Rogers
Haaland, Solanke, DCL
Thanks
A. preferable, Robbo should be fine unless he starts midweek
Thanks for the reply, both Chelsea and Arsenal will have favourable run starting GW12, bar injuries to both I have to sacrifice Liverpool assets.
Even Robbo would be Konate and keep the spare.
Saka 2 assist and a goal vs. Leicester and Soton at home. The goal and an assist were gifted by the Soton defense. #secondcomingofChrist
Gabriel "the set piece king" Magalhaes got feck all from 30 corner kicks and a billion free kicks in the last two. #essential #unlucky
Raya made 2 saves and conceded 3 times in the last two. Saved by the woodwork twice against Soton. #musthave
BOU(A); LIV(H); NEW(A); CHE(A)
I hope they come back healthy from international duties.
Content creators will be working double shifts to keep the sheep from selling.
Saka has 9 returns in 7 games
Shhhhh
5 of them against bottom two.
*at home
Saka's a strong hold but Gabriel is indeed looking a bit toppy at 6.2m, maybe give him the BOU game.
Trent & JP to Porro & Solanke 2 frees?
If so, bench Rogers (ful) or ESR (AVL)?
Porro and solanke will get at least 17 points total tonight. U have miss the train
Indeed. Solanke hatty, Porro CS.
Sorry mate.
Delay the transfer.
Maybe but I have 67 pts already this GW with Palmer, Rogers and Konsa to play. So can't be too greedy 🙂
No need to show off. I have 57 points with palmer porro solanke rogers but still gonna win you
Okay but I'm 1k now, so think I'm still smashing you tbh
Haha show off again. Nice! Stay humble ah.1k so?
Those with pedro in their team should be disqualified btw
Got to give you and the rest a chance to catch up 😉
