Dugout Discussion – Everton vs Newcastle

chambers cameo killed off my tomkins sub

Liverpool conceding. Crushed my Milner punt. He was on 3 BAPS at the time too

I had Walcott and Pickford and no BAPs.

Rough: Nozil(c), Arsenal conceding, had Bellerin and Kosc.

Smooth: v(c)oleman. Mame assist. Karnezis as GK. Triple City in KDB/Sterling/Jesus

Ozil no show so got Long's blank off the bench.
Decent week though with 67 points. Finally in the top 5k!

Looking at Hennesys 10 on the bench vs 2 for Karius
Having Jagilkas 7 as second sub sat on the bench as Crouch marches in for his 2 as auto sub for Sane ( had Baines)

Laca, Baines, Dilva and Sterling all came good.

Arsenal defence and Butland conceding not so good.

had the option to get zaha Arnie or Ramsey, went zaha

pool def punt on Moreno was an epic fail

laca laca laca 5 mins of magic

Jesus pen miss cost me like 15 pts.

Rough: Walker a no-show with high scoring game and CS. ML rival gets Hennessey in for Cech no-show.

Smooth: Baines CS..

https://twitter.com/tanveerrashid/status/988277976209866753

Free hit mostly a flop
Welbeck / Ozil instead of Lacazette for Arsenal coverage - Welbeck nearly scored but for Joe Hart's fingers, Ozil no show
No clean sheet for Milner/Bellerin
Sane no show

Flip side: Barnes points off bench and double Everton clean sheet

Rough - Picked Bellerin & Zaha over Monreal & Arno
Smooth - Laca pick... points total of 67

went from 2.5k to 727 OR from using BB and FH these past two weeks. no roughs really!

My City mid winning a pen for my Captain to take only for my GK to save it, added some drama and saved my GW in ways.
(Fabianski has been such good value as my set and forget keeper since GW6!)

Made two changes at 11.29 Saturday

Sterling (c) - > Salah (c)

Zaha - > Ramsey

Not exactly tales of woe but the extra 14 points could have been very important. Those bloody 11.29am changes are the worst

On FH.

Rough: My oop pick of Bauer and Milner didn't work out. Ozil was a no show, although probly would've went Mane if known beforehand. No returns for Welbeck 🙁

Smooth: Salah (C), Laca, Baines over Coleman (because those extra 2 points feel good). 68 points and highest GW rank of the season.

rough jesus penalty miss
smooth wally n baines last night
small green arrow

Rough - Johnson getting off at 58 minutes. If only he would have delayed his injury till the 60th minute
Smooth - Hennessey 10 pointer

Smooth: Got a greenie with no FH and 10 men playing including Hegazi and Fernandez who I had written off.

Rough: When my captain Sterling bought the Man City pen I thought I'd hit jackpot with my diff Gundogan ready to slot it home for an 11 point goal (probably would have meant Sterling 3 BAPS x 2 as well). Up steps Jesus - oh well at least I have him too....

77 points on free hit!

Thanks to Pickford, Baines, Salah (c), Sterling, David Silva, Lacazette and Jesus.

Up to 16k in the world highest rank this season.

Smooth - got to have Moreno in my team risk free

Just smooth this week for me - got 79 points and a 4740 GW rank, my best ever.

Smooth:
- Initially, I had Butland as keeper and Robertson in defence, but due to the leaked Liverpool line-up I changed Robertson to Milner, which meant that I reluctantly had to change Butland to Hennessey. I wasn't happy about this change but got very lucky in that it got me 5 points.
- Wenger's comments allowed FHers to select Lacazette over Aubameyang, getting a 9 point profit.
- Somehow avoided all City rotation by picking Jesus, Sterling and KDB, who returned 26 points (and would've been 6-11 more if Jesus had made the penalty).

Really great week and the FH is a fun chip, big fan. Everything really fell into place for the FHers this week with Wenger's presser and the Liverpool leak.

Smooth, 75 points, but PVA and Pickford on the bench. GW 34 & 35 netted 192 points.

Rough - Milner and Mane blanked.

rough: overthought things. At last minute wanted differentials so went Fermenia & Auba over Baines & Laca. Went 2 OOP defenders - didn't work. Convinced myself Laca wouldn't play 60 minutes due to Europe and Auba would make an impact coming on - so 50% right !!
Those extra pts cost me getting into top 20.

smooth: still 60 pts. amazingly ML rivals also stuck with Auba so not so much damage. still top 50 OR

Rough : not too bad this week Milner for 1point the worst. Sterling and Jesus I wouldn't count as rough.

Smooth : free hit for 72 points when I would have only had 3 players was a big blow for my mini league rivals

Rough: Went Zaha over Ramsey.

Smooth: jumped into the top 100k. WC32, BB34, FH35 couldn’t have worked out better.

Rough : all of my differentials blanked (Milner, vanDijk, Zaha, Shaq) & an otamendi no show.
Smooth : still lucky to end this gw with 71 pts.

Rough: Bellerin over Monreal, tried to be clever and not go with the crowd on Auba/Laca so brought in Ozil and Tosun to avoid the situation, you never know my beloved West Ham might do me a favour. That went well...
Smooth: 71 FH points, best GW rank all season and gone from second in my League to 44 points clear and joining the 100k club may still be a possiblity!

Note to self: When doing last minute transfers, say them out loud before confirming 😆

Smooth: Baines and Pickford rounding off what was the first good GW in ages. Loving Laca two late goals!
Rough: Had decided to go with one of the "Spot the differential" picks, but alas Özil no show. A Ramsey punt would have been so sweet....

Rough - Sane, Ozil, Tosun, Milner, Mane on free hit. Had to try different stuff though.
Smooth - Pickford/Baines, Tomkins from the bench.

71 on FH

Smooth - Captaining Sterling, Pickford & Baines 14 points on Mon night

Rough - Ozil & Sane no shows, the missed pen

Rough: Zaha, Shaqiri, Mane VVD blanks. Walker no show brought Long off the bench due to my poor ordering. Barnes and Tomkins rooted there with more points than my actual BB bench. Jesus pen miss is a rough but getting 7 points isnt.

Smooth: FH for 80 pts, in top 10k for the first time ever, still in LMS. Ramsey, Laca, D Silva, Sterling

Very picky rough: Karius and VVD, Bellerin, Zaha didn't pay off.

Woe - Sané on FH was a wasted precious midfield slot.

Joy - absolute gentlemen in the Everton defence bringing home a double clean sheet points.

Sorry but I'll drag the DGW 34 into this

DGW 34: BB played 112(-4) points GW rank: 16K
BGW 35: FH played 77 points GW rank: 7k

Jumped up from 2.4K to 409 OR in the two weeks
Smooth:
Smalling and Gudmundson in 34
Monreal and Dilva in 35
Absolutely chuffed.......

Smooth: KDB, Sterling, Jesus, Baines and Laca.

Rough: Zaha, Ozil, Milner

No sane, crouch as first sub instead of Tomkins. No arsenal or liv cleanie.

Had laca, ramsey, kdb(c), jesus... All contributing to get 75 this gw. Finally something to be happy with

Any Fabianski owners out there? Make yourself known.

Points haul from a goalkeeper in a 5-0 defeat against the best side in the league surely is the Sade of Smoothosity.

Rough: Benching Hennessey instead of Butland, and Arsenal conceding.
Smooth: De Druyne, Jesus, Sterling, Salah (c), Lacazette & Baines

74 points on my free hit and 7th green arrow in a row
Top 3k

Rough: Sane,choosing bellerin over montreal saturday morning.

Smooth: Baines,Lacazette,Butland,jesus

Rough: Transferred out DSilva to Sane @ 11.20 after talk on here of him being rested (rumours from Bluemoon).
Smooth: Went each way on Laca & Auba & both returned & had double Everton defence (Baines & Pickford).
FH 69pts.

Smooth: Tripling up on ManCity on FH and goign for Lacazette over Auba
Rough: Barnes on the bench after deciding to play Zaha AND Mili because I couldn't decide between them.

All smooth, no freehit so a genuine 66 points & up 15k to 23k!

Theo at last, Salah(c), Sterling, did Gross>Silva, Barnes, Van Aanholt, Auba.

Rough; Started Bauer over Mariappa.

Now wildcarding and Bench Boosting DGW37.

Rough - Walker 🙁

Smooth - Sterling(C) + Hennessy

Joy, at last.

Two of my FH big hitters - Ozil and Sane - didn't play. So I got Ings & Tomkins points off the bench.

Baines, Lacazette & Monreal proved lovely FH differentials. Sterling and Jesus (c) worked out nicely.

82 points, best GW rank of the season, halved my overall rank. FH in 35 gameplan worked out well. All in all, very smooth.

Smooth. Cap $terling as Rambo only better scored this gw in my FHTeam and glad I played David Silva over KDB and doubled CS from Baines and Coleman.
Rough. Benched Michael Keane and played VVD + Got Wellbeck and Ozil insted of Laca and Arnie as I planed all week, bur Wenger's trap got me and finnished with Welbz upfront along with Jesus and Deeney who entered on Ozil place.
82 pts at the end guaranteed my ML mini award for April, so FH chip did some great job for me after BB last week!

Rough: Liverpool conceding, Ozil no show.

Smooth: Returns from KdB, Salah, Sterling, Jesus and Laca. 180k rank jump to 330k.

Smooth: 74 points and a jump from 19k to 9k.

Rough; mane not delivering was probably the most disapointing. Bellerin over nacho felt bad as well.

Think the roughest was coming back to my real team filled with some pretty bad dudes like austin, willian and alonso

Rough : Last minute Silva to Sane...

Smooth : Sterling(C) over Salah
Lacazzatte over Ozil...!

Was there no GW34 rough with te smooth?

FH played in 34 so without that chip in 35.

Smooth: Fabianski (I was dreaming that scenario), Sterling C, Walcott

Moreno. That is all.

Rough: Settled on my FH team Friday. Late Friday night 'updraded' Monreal to Bellerin. Saturday morning after much deliberation took out Lacazette and put Aubameyang back in. Would be been 15 points better off I've I'd sat on my hands! Smooth: A solid 70 points

From the high of Lacazette (and excitement of possible Auba pts that never materialised) to the low of a Sané no show, meanwhile Sterling(c) and Walcott goal for my rival...reduced gains made to just 16pts this wk from somewhere in the 30's 🙁

Smooth: Hennessy came off my bench due to Cech no show. 81 points from free hit with 2.7 gw rank and now up to around 75k overall

FH for 82 points, previous team without transfer got 18.

Hennessey and double Everton def.

My casual playing wife did even better on FH, 86 with Hennessey, Sakho & Monreal. Moved up 380k places in one week!

Smooth : 83 points on the free hit . Jumped from 43k to 15k .
Rough : No salah , Kane or Man City players going forward

Ashley Barnes.

Had him since I wildcarded in 32, he’s played once for me so far (DG34 bench boost) and has scored when I’ve benched him each time.

Now he’s under probation whether he plays ahead of Gross.

Smooth:

Played Park the Bus with both Rólantsson and Wormgoor in my team. On 98 -4 before DGW games

Rough:

Brochmann benched when I brought in for a hit

A big free hit smooth. Biggest OR jump of the season from 144k to 78k. 74 points with goals from Laca, Jesus, KDB, Salah(c) and Sterling, plus a couple of clean sheets from PVA and Baines

FH was a big success, 86 points. Went from OR 92k to 36k.

Rough: My only blankers were Mane, Klavan and Bellerin.
Smooth: I'm especially proud of selecting Ramsey instead of Zaha, and D.Silva instead of Sane. My double up on the Everton defence also came through.

i dont know whether its a smooth or a rough...i leave it to you guys
i didnt have FH, so took hits to field some players.

Lukaka, Gross, Mahrez, Alonso -> Jesus, Sterling, KDB, Yedlin

Scored 60(-12)= 48 pts
just a little drop in the rank from 6357 to 7359....i feel i got lucky despite not having FH
plus my team looks absolutely brilliant know with all those city players and kane

73 points from Free Hit sees me in top 2k OR now.

Had 110 points from bench boost last. Last 2 weeks has seen me go from 12k to 2k thanks to the 2 chips.

Rough: Moreno 0 pointer. Most of the targets I want all rising and being unable to do anything because of FH.

Smooth: Laca, Baines, Sterling, KDB, Salah Jesus all performing. 76 points and a 9747 GW rank with a massive green arrow bringing me just inside the top 20k.

Rough: no FH and poor planning meant only 8 players even after taking a 12-pt hit (inc. Otamendi)

Smooth: other 3 transfers in did well - Salah (c), Sterling and Jesus, + Barnes and Mariappa.
49 (-12) and only dropped 12k, damage limitation vs FHs, and team well set up for the upcoming double.

Smooth GW. Used my free hit and scored 81 pts with only three players blanking.

All three strikers scored including my punt, Danny Ings. Had Jesus and Lacazette too.

Also on the roll of honour: Butland, Baines, Salah, Sterling (c), KDB.

Rough: Having to go back to my actual team and seeing Hegazi, Bauer and Doucoure.

Smooth: A decent Free Hit return of 75pts, thanks to Hennessey (10), Sterling (11), Salah (7), Lacazette (13), Sterling captain (14) and the Coleman-Baines double-up (14).

Rough: People won't like me complaining about a good score, but I'm slightly disappointed in myself for switching Mane and D. Silva for Ozil and Sterling due to concerns on here about Silva's nailedness (ironyyyy). Those were my final transfers before the deadline and cost me 10pts. Then on Saturday I switched my prefered captain from my favourite choice, Sterling, to the more nailed choice, Jesus, which cost me a little more still (4pts).

Without doing the maths, I'm pretty sure I have not outscored what I would have got over the previous 3 gameweeks if I used FH in GW33 and saved my WC for GW36. I had my team set up nicely for this week, and would have got nearly 70pts anyway and the added bonus of being on the WC right now. I switched plans on the Friday going into GW33 due to the leaked Liverpool team revealing that Firmino was absent, which was the final straw, causing me to activate the WC. Oh well...

Rough: No shows from Ozil and Otamendi.
Smooth: FH chip gave me 62 points which I am happy with. Jesus (C), Sterling, Salah, PVA, Butland and Lacazette (who I would never have considered without the FH chip) returning for me.

5 minutes before the deadline I switched my FH team from 3-5-2 to 3-4-3 . I brought in Lacazette, Ramsey and Monreal for Firmino, Sane and Maguire .Otamendi didn’t play but as I had switched to 3-4-3 the autosub skipped my first sub Zaha and  I got the 6 points from my second sub Tomkins.

Ended up with 87 points .  My best ever GW rank of 519 and my OR improved from 430k to 195k

Smooth: Didnt try to be smart basically - Did what Wenger said (Auba > Laca) and AE leak (Firmino > Salah).
Rough: Last moment change Henn>Butland.
Generally happy.

Rough: Everything until 80 minutes into the Arsenal game.

Smooth: Everything after!

Laca, Sterling (c), KDB, Jesus, Baines, Butland all chipping in. 7k GW rank which is my best ever I think and massive FH success.

Up to 91k and still have TC left...I’ve been floundering at 250-300k all season and really not enjoyed the game much but weeks like this make it all worth it and reminds me why I still love this game! 🙂

Took a 12 point hit to bring in Lascelles, Sterling, Jesus and Lacazette for Alonso, Mahrez, Vardy and Lukaku. 81 points for the week and a 40k rank rise.

I think I've got a winner.

Picked Cech in goal. As I came to finalise my team I realised I had spare cash so ditched my 3.9 keeper for a reserve just in case.
Sleep-deprived auto-pilot kicked in and I chose....Heurelho Gomes.

Still somehow climbed 10,000 places but would have been more...

Free Hit Week

Rough – Klavan, Mane, Zaha should have had a clear pen. Hennessy 10 points sitting on my bench. Jesus (c) missed pen.

Smooth – Baines, Monreal, Sterling, Salah, Arnie, Lacazette, Jesus (c) late goal.

79 points and a rare good week.

Rough - nothing really

Smooth - took a 12 point hit for immediate gain of 38 , 26 net.
Kane,Son,Mahrez,Alonso - > Jesus,KDB c,Salah,Baines.
64pts 52 net without fh
now on wc36 to set up for bb 37

Smooth: Free Hit of 84 points. Captain Sterling over Salah/Jesus was stat based thinking which came off. Absolutely nailing my Arsenal picks: Lacazette, Monreal, and in particular uber differential Ramsey was glorious! Ended on a gameweek rank of 1000 which I think is my best ever, and a jump from 150k OR to 66k 🙂

Rough: I know this sounds churlish when Ive just scored 84, but Jesus missing a penalty which would have been a Sterling assist aswell was a swing of roughly 9-13 points away from me. Zaha being booked for diving when he should have won a penalty. I also had a bench worth 21 points.....my bench last week on bench boost contributed 10 points....

Smooth: used my Free Hit earlier in the season so was expecting a bad week but managed 66 (-4). Transfers were Kane, Sanchez & Mahrez -> Jesus, Salah (c) & Sterling. Wildcard planning for this week paid off with Hennessey, Tarkowski and Barnes.

Rough: Kiko Femenia being dropped and Watford keeping a clean sheet.

Rough- Wasted free hit earlier in season.

Smooth- Put in fabianski for Ryan. Very jammy.

Rough: Triple Arsenal defence.

Smooth: Picking David Silva instead of KDB means extra funds for a playing bench, including Hennessy who came on for Cech. Monreal goal means I still came out tops vs rival who only had Bellerin. Up to 33rd in OR!

Rough: No FH.

Smooth: Got 72 from 10 (-8)

Smooth: Fabinaski 9pts. Has been one of the few highlights from my season. A second pen save and the second to be shown in a live TV game (makes it even better sweating it out). Have had numerous unexpected hauls from him throughout the season. Who could forget the Liverpool shut out in GW24.

Rough: Took a -8 to bring in Zaha and Sane. Terrible. Was expecting a minimum return of 4 but ended up with 2. I guess that kind of puts to bed the Transfers only cost -2 points in a blank GW debate for me at least.

Smooth; Hennessy

58 non-FH

Good week.

Same team as Jonty on a FH (backup keeper the only difference out of 15 players). So, smooth I guess :).

Rough: Benched Tomkins and played Bellerin and VVD who got 3 between them.
Smooth: Everything else. Chose Lacazette over Auba. Triple City all delivered Salah(c). 77 points GW rank 15213 up to 67567 overall. Only 5 points of leaders in ML.

Smooth: 79 points and a GW rank of 5k.

Rough: Got Pererya as my differential following Jonty's fantasy island risk pick (thanks for that 😉 ) getting 1p, although he destroyed Joel Ward.

smooth 82 on f/h & up to 50k
chose cech & baines over pickford & mustafi
which meant i had Hennessey come off my bench with 10pts 🙂
very nice

Rough: Ozil missing his game due to 'illness' (yet again) and having Klavan's measly 1 pt off the bench - I am certain Ozil would have hauled against the Hammers.
Jesus missing that penalty - an easy minimum 8 pt swing with Sterling's assist and missed bonus points.
Taking out Monreal for VVD before the deadline was up.

Smooth: Butland's 5 pt haul even after conceding, dude is a saves merchant!
Taking out Auba for Laca after hearing Wenger's comments.

Rough, Ozil no show/Milner gamble didn’t pay off
Smooth, Sterling(C) De Bruyne, Jesus, Laca and Everton double defence
GW rank 2.7k, highest ever I think and OR from 79k to 35k. If only Jesus had scored the penalty

Rough: Moreno, Auba instead of Laca
Smooth: Butland, Monreal, Baines, Jesus, Sterling D.Silva

Rough: 70pts from my FH felt very meh ...
Smooth: Realising that it was actually 62 pts more than I would have got with my non-FH team.

Rough: I had an Arsenal defender.
Smooth: it was Monreal.

Rough: My keeper conceded.
Smooth: it was Butland, who got 5 points anyway.

Rough: Nozil.
Smooth: Salah Sterling Lacazette and Captain Jesus (I’m staying positive about his 7 points!)

All in all, a big green arrow halved my rank, with 69 points. Nice.

As I’m Wildcarding in 36 (and Free hit in 34) I’ve been preparing for 35 without using the FH and trying to think of what MC players might be rotated in for the reduced week. Had Bernardo Silva stinking up my team for weeks! Banging in the rebound for that penalty made me forgive him. On the downside I minused 4 to bring in Otamendi...

rough) , was robbed of a double clean sheet with Walker's no show and Kiko's late show (second week in a row Kiko trolled me 🙁 )

smooth) , got lucky with captain Jesus , and after taking a 16 point hit i managed to beat the overall average , which was all i really wanted given the circumstances

Smooth - ramsey laca sterlin captain fh team.
Rough - sane..should have gone silva
Overall it is fantastic season for me so far..sitting 202 overall..all season high..really excited!

Amazing smooth this week.
FH played - 86 points (GW rank 679). Jump from 138k to 58k + 10th straight green arrow. Without FH, old squad would have scored 28, so 58 point swing!

This was despite starting Moreno, benching Hennessey, benching Ings and forgetting to save a late captain switch from Jesus to Sterling.

Team was:
Pickford,
Baines, Moreno, PVA,
KDB, Sterling, Salah, Ramsey, Zaha
Jesus (C), Lacazette.

Very smooth FH. 79. Captained Sterling. Had Laca, Jesus, KDB, Baines. Green arrows since 31.

Rough: had Hennessy, Ramsay and Montreal in my first draft and changed it at the end for Karius, Zaha and Mustafi.
But at the end of the day not so bad with 69 points. Captained Jesus so it's a split in that regard! Could have been better but could have been worse!

Rough: after a terrible season, on a FH, decided to amuse myself by a triple Arsenal front 3 of Auba, Laca, Welbeck - hoping for a Wenger-departure-news bounce. Captained Laca into the bargain. All my chips on red (& white!) 85 minutes played they'd just about made double figure score between them.
Smooth: in the final five minutes Laca bags a brace and 26 points alone. Gameweek saved - I'll never forget the only gameweek in my FPL career in which I had three forwards from the same team!

Smooth Played FH chip. Got in Baines Monreal Sterling Lacazette Jesus and put the armband on Salah for 75 points. This is my fifth season as a FFS member but the first time I have got into the top 100 OR.
Rough PVA on bench.

Smooth - Ramsey, double Everton defence, Butland replacing Cech.

Rough - As Gundogan Sterling and Jesus owner, Jesus taking the penalty was a blow. Gundo scoring would have been great differential points + the Sterling assist and possible BAPs for both.

Rough - Brought in Otamendi for a -4 🙁
Smooths
- Did a -8 overall and brought in triple city (Ota/Jesus/Sterling (c)) but got 55 points (after hits) with no FH,
& 140K OR rise from 757K to 617K
- Had Hennessey starting for his cool 10 points 🙂

73 points

lots of ML rivals prepped teams for BGW 31 to save free hit for now.

I FH BGW31 and Wildcard BGW35, meant I had a full team in both and scored a combined 181 points across the 2 blanks

Scoutcast/FFS wisdom is finally paying off for this novice FPL manager (3rd season). Thanks Jonty & Co!

Very smooth last two weeks (up 500K spots!) after a season full of rough. 79 points in GW35 with FH is my highest ever GW rank (4,740) and comes on the back of bench-boosted 107 (-4) in GW34.

GW35 smooth: Lacazette in for Firmino, triple City, and strong FH defense (Baines, Pickford, Tompkins). Minor roughs were Mane, Zaha, and VVD.

DGW34 BB was rough until the late games and triple ManU (Smalling, De Gea, and Lukaku) made me forget the roughs of Morgan, Willian, and Mahrez.

Was at a depressing 885K after GW33, far below Top 200K finishes of past years, but have gained over half a million spots in two weeks! Now at 383K and pushing for respectability in my MLs. I've also leapt in front of the wife who is in some of the same MLs. Strong final GWs and a good TC pick and I could get my highest-ever finish (best is 116K).

Smooth (with no free hit)
Fabianski (Jonty was asking for Fabianski owners)
Walcott
Vardy, Mahrez, Lingard, Alonso out Sterling, D.Silva, Jesus and Lowton -12
Gaining rank despite the hits.
Getting to keep man city assets.

Rough
Aubameyang vs Laca
Firmino
VVD, Mustafi and Bauer no clean sheet.

Got some great smooths for this week. Made temporary freehit team on monday. Then on saturday my phone died and i was traveling, so couldn't check lineups and make other last minute tinkering. Ended up with Lacazette, which i had put in instead of auba. Whole game even wished for auba goals instead of Laca. Also got heaton and robertson starting and not playing. In comes Hennesey and Tomkins.. 29 points instead of 8 if scores had sticked and heaton and robertson played..
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/45990/event/35