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Why Vuskovic? I don’t know much about him

The sort of draft you wish you’d stuck with after GW1.

Nice, I like the Enzo pick and was considering him myself.

All good players in their own right. If you are happy with the risk of going without Haaland and Bruno, why not.

Is Palmer still first choice pen taker over Enzo? Might not have be on the pitch the full 90 often either with the array of attackers at their expense. Will be interesting to see how Alonso sets up

Manzambi a bit more attacking surely? Fernandes did score a belter of a goal in his first game though...

Very good.

Looks very good. Is Cunha not a slightly better pick than Mbeumo?

Thanks to you both.

I'm currently unsure what's better:

Semenyo/Brobbey vs. Szobo/J.Pedro

Regarding the Cunha vs Mbeumo it's simply the longer break for Mbeumo which makes me going that way...

Very similar to my thinking.

Szobo

DCL

JSL will be getting minutes

Latter

former

Latter

Note sure about some names there, such as Dorgu, Elanga, Thiaw. But they could work, and Palmer-Mbeumo makes for a solid midfield.

I'm going with Gabriel too.

GL!

22 goals and 29 assists in 49 starts last season (all comps) = 1.05 attack returns per 90 minutes played.

Are they as good as Pepes stats

He took one at the end of last season

Ndiaye has penalties so he trumps both of those for me

I haven’t looked at this too much yet. Yates will get minutes off the bench, not nailed

Crooks at Hull

Or Will Hughes

Which FPL youtube account would you say is the best? I find them really frustrating as they often don't practice what they preach (including the FPL pundits on this site). They will hype up certain players but then don't actually put them in their own teams come deadline. Personally I think they use their platforms to try and manipulate the player ownership markets.

I use a mix of stats, but also the "eye test" too, from watching games and highlights. I find the xGI is useful as a quick reference starter - if a player I like has a low xGI for the last few games, it indicates he's not getting that involved in things. Obviously if I'm thinking of making a striker transfer, I'd look at xG for the past few games - if it's high but he's not scored many, and if he has a decent upcoming fixture run, it can indicate he's "due". or at least he's getting in good positions and has perhaps been unlucky not to score. It can also indicate he's a poor finisher too though, which is where combining with an eye test helps (ahem, DCL... I'm looking at you).

Obviously stats have their limitations and we can't place all our reliance on them, but they can be useful, especially if I've not really paid attention to how a player has been doing, if I'm thinking of bringing them in.

I think keep it simple: touches in the box, shots, shots in the box, xG, big chances created, xA. All of those feel like they indicate who is most involved at the attacking end of the pitch without overcomplicating things. I always think I use stats but all I do is manipulate them to fit the agenda I have after watching the footy, to be honest!

Also, FML FPL is the best pod by a country mile IMHO.

Never rely on content creators. The clue is in the name. They just churn out videos for monetisation.

I thought the same, until I realised you can change the settings back via the top drop down menus - you can revert it back to upper and lower case text for opponents, and remove the badges (and the tiny H and A badges, which are really difficult to see!)

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Oh he is only £4.5m and playing in Glasner's back 5 - okay makes more sense now.

Glasner impact, play with a back 3 so good DC opportunities. Cheap too

Its 30 days away from the start of the season, he might as well have Peter Fear in there.

They rotate a bit. I think Buendia was earmarked to be sold last summer, but came back from his loan spell and impressed Emery so much that he was like a new player. So he got his opportunities, mainly at a No. 10 role, but didn't start every game. With Rogers having left, he may get more opportunities, but who knows! I think Manzambi will play in the 10 role, with Buendia still getting opportunities, but worth keeping an eye on pre-season.

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Surely with his injury record though Spurs will sign another striker?

Shhh...

Agreed - If Spurs don't sign another striker I'll have him in my team

Everyone is currently overlooking him for good reason, he’s only ever reached double figures once in a season

Probably wouldn't have VDV but the rest is sound

6) Solanke on pens and scoring loads in preseason.

1 and 2 seem a bit exaggerated? Plenty of decent 4.5 gks anyway and Isak being first choice on pens is kinda expected imo.

6) Manzambi getting a hattrick in each pre-season game(!)

I'm waiting, as I don't have a playing keeper (got Dubs).

GW2 looks pretty good for anyone with a playing keeper when Coventry play Hull

I made a combined loss on my first set of BB, FH, TC chips last season, so I am planning to get them out of the way early this time. BB GW1 (Saka (COV) instead Bruno to fund it), FH GW2 (with Bruno back in captain), GW3 TC Haaland v COV, then depending on how my team looks WC GW4, or international break. Last couple of seasons it's been a struggle to get to the top 10k after poor starts, so hopefully I will be off to a flyer for a change.

Apparently it was £90 a ticket, mad

Enzo's future is in doubt... Odegaard is a risky one as well but i'm tempted by him myself

No chance Enzo starts Gw1 even if he stays at Chelsea.

Love the Odegaard pick.

Might only have 7 starters out of that lot.