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The FPL Digest: Watford’s entertainers promise goals at both ends

Our Gameweek 22 coverage ends with this critique of a player, team and discussion point that attracted our interest in the weekend’s matches.

Richarlison‘s FPL price and ownership continue to drop after a third straight blank – we’ll take a closer look at the Brazilian midfielder and his current output.

Watford are the in-form team outside of the “big six”, so we’ll also assess their potential FPL impact over the coming Gameweeks.

Finally, we take a brief look at the implications of that “other” big injury of this week – the knee problem that has sidelined Trent Alexander-Arnold for up to a month.

The Player – Richarlison

Richarlison (£6.9m) is the third-most-sold Fantasy Premier League midfielder of Gameweek 23 at the time of writing, having blanked in each of his last three starts and having averaged three FPL points per match in the last six Gameweeks.

A likely Gameweek 27 blank and the downturn in fixtures thereafter, along with a lack of recent returns, are legitimate reasons to ditch the Brazilian midfielder, especially in a position where there are so many appealing premium alternatives and where money can now be reinvested for those selling the injured Harry Kane (£12.5m).

With Everton near the top of our Season Ticker for the next four Gameweeks, however, are managers jettisoning Richarlison a month too early?

The Brazil international’s performance against Bournemouth on Sunday caught our eye for a number of reasons.

Anonymous in the opening 45 minutes, Richarlison’s first-half showing reflected that of his team’s, who looked riddled with anxiety and frustration as the Goodison Park faithful grew increasingly restless at yet another listless showing on home soil.

The Toffees had only won one of their previous seven matches and Bournemouth’s control in the early exchanges suggested that the match was heading in the same direction as the disappointing home fixtures against Newcastle, Watford and Leicester in the past month.

The Toffees and Richarlison gradually grew into the match and the Brazilian could easily have got on the scoresheet after the interval, having a shot cleared off the line by Nathan Ake (£5.0m) and flashing a header just wide of the Bournemouth goal from a Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.3m) cross.

The hard-luck story mirrored the 1-0 defeat to Brighton in Gameweek 20, when Richarlison was only a David Button (£4.0m) fingertip and post’s width away from finding the back of the net.

In the last three Gameweeks, no FPL midfielder – not even Mohamed Salah (£13.4m) or Paul Pogba (£8.5m) – has had as many shots in the opposition box as Richarlison. Only three players in his position have registered more penalty box touches over this period, meanwhile.

Everton’s opposition in those three matches – Brighton, Leicester and Bournemouth – were similar to the calibre of team they will face in the coming four Gameweeks: Southampton (a), Huddersfield (a), Wolves (h) and Watford (a).

The Saints and managerless Huddersfield lie in the bottom three for home form this season, while those two teams plus Watford rank among the worst seven clubs for “big chances” conceded over the last six Gameweeks.

Underlying stats are one thing, of course, and the eye test is another.

Richarlison never stops grafting for his side but he can occasionally cut a frustrated figure, especially when deployed up front and starved of meaningful service by the often pedestrian build-up play behind him.

Despite the Brazilian’s personal stats being impressive, Everton have looked largely plodding against mid-table fodder over the last three Gameweeks – something that doesn’t perhaps bode well for the four matches ahead.

The anxiety over Richarlison is, much like Eden Hazard‘s (£11.1m) own Fantasy appeal, less about his own ability and more concerned with the team that surrounds him.

It may be that, away from the pressures of an expectant home crowd at Goodison, the Toffees can cut loose on the road in the coming month as they did at Burnley on Boxing Day – even if the subsequent defeat at Brighton somewhat damaged that argument.

In the interests of transparency, this writer is considering a Richarlison exit of his own in order to facilitate other moves. The possibility of that potential sale being four Gameweeks too early, of course, is a very real one.

The Team – Watford

There were any number of teams that could have been the focus of this analysis off the back of Gameweek 22 but we have chosen to concentrate on a side that have perhaps flown under the Fantasy radar of late: Watford.

Outside of the “big six”, the Hornets are the Premier League’s form team over the last six Gameweeks.

Javi Gracia’s side have only lost once in that time – a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in December – and have plundered more goals (12) than any other side outside of the aforementioned top half-dozen clubs.

Watford also sit fifth in our Season Ticker over the next five Gameweeks, with fixtures against Burnley, Brighton and Cardiff to come during that sequence of matches.

It is perhaps prudent, then, to take a cursory look at the Hornets’ recent form, not just for the value their own Fantasy assets are offering but also how their performances could impact on Spurs and Everton – two teams Watford face in the next four Gameweeks and whose players are more widely owned in FPL.

Scoring two goals at Selhurst Park is no mean feat: Palace’s defence had kept clean sheets in three of their previous four league matches at home and had only been breached once when Chelsea visited south London in Gameweek 20.

Watford may have scored with their only two shots on target in Saturday’s fixture but they matched the Eagles for attempts in the opposition box and bettered their hosts for overall efforts on goal.

Gracia’s side also missed two “big chances” early on when Gerard Deulofeu (£5.5m) and Roberto Pereyra (£6.3m) struck the post with shots in the very same attack, while Troy Deeney (£5.9m) had a deflected second-half effort hacked off the line – all attempts on goal that weren’t registered as “shots on target” by Opta but which could so easily have found their way into the Palace net.

Watford’s underlying attacking statistics bode well for the visit of Burnley, who still rank second-worst for shots on target, big chances and goals conceded in the Premier League this season, despite recent defensive improvements.

The Clarets have also allowed more shots in the box than any other top-flight side in 2018/19.

Sean Dyche’s side are in fact the only club outside of the “big six” to have carved out more big chances than Watford over the last eight Gameweeks, while Bournemouth and West Ham are the only two sides outside of the top half-dozen places to have registered more shots on target during that time.

Pereyra and Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.9m) rank in the top eight FPL midfielders for shots on goal from Gameweeks 15-22, with only Hazard and Salah having more “big chances” than Doucoure during that period.

Twenty-five of Doucoure and Pereyra’s combined efforts in that timeframe were from inside the box.

Since Deulofeu returned to the starting XI in Gameweek 17, only Hazard and Salah have bettered the former Barcelona midfielder for “big chances” among players in their position.

Watford, then, surely have the potential to spoil the clean sheets of Spurs and Everton in Gameweeks 24 and 26.

Gracia’s side haven’t failed to find the net in the last eight Gameweeks (only Liverpool and Manchester United can say the same) and although they face Spurs at Wembley in Gameweek 24, the Hornets are unbeaten in their last four away league fixtures.

Defensively, however, Watford still leave much to be desired.

Those who own the likes of Christian Eriksen (£9.3m), Dele Alli (£8.9m), Richarlison and/or Sigurdsson will be heartened to hear that no side has kept fewer clean sheets than the Hornets (one) since the start of November.

In the last eight Gameweeks, no club has allowed more “big chances” or headed opportunities than Gracia’s team.

The Hornets also rank second-worst (or joint-19th) for shots in the box and attempts on target conceded during that time.

We should expect goals and plenty of them from Watford, who don’t have a single asset costing more than £6.3m in FPL for those Fantasy managers considering budget/mid-price offensive options.

While their “entertainers” tag may be bad news for any defensive assets that encounter Watford in the coming weeks, Fantasy managers will have high hopes of an attacking points haul from any of their offensive players that cross paths with the Hornets imminently.

The Talking Point – Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Injury

Talk of Harry Kane’s injury has dominated in the Fantasy community over the last 72 hours and indeed was the focus of one of our articles on Wednesday morning.

While not quite as earth-shifting news, Tuesday’s revelation that Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.2m) will be sidelined for up to a month with a knee ligament injury left plenty of Fantasy managers with a selection dilemma going into Gameweek 23.

More than one in five FPL managers owned Alexander-Arnold before news broke of his unavailability and there are few Fantasy defenders who can offer the same returns for such little financial outlay: the Liverpool and England right-back is the third-best value-for-money defender in FPL this season, returning 17.9 points per million spent.

The best-value FPL defender of 2018/19 is team-mate Andrew Robertson (£6.7m) and the obvious move for Alexander-Arnold owners with cash to burn (perhaps from a Kane sale) is an upgrade to the Scottish left-back or Virgil van Dijk (£6.4m) – Liverpool have kept three more clean sheets (13 in total) than any other Premier League side this season and next face a double-header against Palace and Leicester at Anfield, where Jurgen Klopp’s side have conceded only three league goals all season.

There isn’t an attractive, like-for-like replacement at Liverpool in the same price bracket, though, with Joe Gomez and Dejan Lovren (both £4.9m) not scheduled to return until after Gameweek 23 (at least) and Joel Matip (£4.9m), even if match-fit this weekend, not offering the security of starts beyond the visit of Roy Hodgson’s side.

Ricardo Pereira (£5.3m) is the leading FPL points-scorer for defenders priced at £5.5m or under but even accounting for Leicester’s recent superb form against so-called “bigger” clubs, their run of fixtures in the next four Gameweeks (wol, liv, MUN, tot) deters investment for the time being.

Lucas Digne (£5.3m) is another obvious sideways move but Everton have three away matches in the next four Gameweeks (the Toffees have kept only one clean sheet on the road this season) and then a likely blank in Gameweek 27.

Digne’s attacking appeal, of course, is what sets him apart from many other Fantasy pretenders: the French left-back has supplied ten more key passes than the next-most creative FPL defender in 2018/19.

The former Barcelona defender also ranks fourth for attempts on goal among defenders this campaign.

It may be 14 Gameweeks since he last delivered a double-digit haul but Matt Doherty (£5.2m), for those that don’t own him already, certainly has the fixtures to back up his impressive underlying attacking stats.

Wolves have kept only one shut-out since Doherty’s 15-point bonanza at Palace in Gameweek 8 but if there was such a thing as a “clean sheets imminent” table, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side would surely be near the top: last season’s Championship winners rank joint-second for fewest “big chances” conceded in 2018/19.

Their next seven opponents all rank in the bottom half of the table for “big chances” created in the last six Gameweeks, too.

The three defenders mentioned immediately above, of course, all enjoy double-digit FPL ownership already.

Sitting in 7.1% of Fantasy squads, Luke Shaw (£5.0m) is a stand-out candidate among the “best of the rest”.

Manchester United come into this weekend off the back of successive clean sheets (doubling their tally for 2018/19 to four) and, since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took charge, have conceded the joint-fewest number of goals in the Premier League.

Only three top-flight sides have allowed fewer “big chances” than United since the Norwegian’s tenure began although there is still legitimate cause for concern at the back: David de Gea (£5.7m) was called on to make 11 saves in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Spurs.

Still, United’s fixtures are among the very best in the coming Gameweeks: their next four opponents all sit in the bottom seven for shots in the box in 2018/19.

Finally, for those owners of Liverpool defenders who worry that Alexander-Arnold’s absence weakens the Reds’ backline: the injured right-back has missed five Premier League matches this season and Klopp’s side have kept clean sheets in four of them.

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647 Comments Post a Comment
  1. teknicolourfox
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    No Pogba at training today...

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Birth of child supposedly.

      1. teknicolourfox
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Fair enough

    2. The Train Driver
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Provide a source

  2. Legomané
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Evening all, thoughts much appreciated 🙂

    A. G2G (bench Lovren until fit, play Chambers v TOT)
    B. Lovren > Shaw, -4 (bench Chambers)
    C. Rich > Sterling (-4)
    D. Arnie > Kun (-4)
    E. Lovren Arnie > Robertson Firmino (-8)
    F. Something else? 0FT 5.2 ITB

    [A+B : give funds for Arnie > Auba next GW]

    Fabianski
    Doherty Digne Chambers
    Salah Hazard Sané Richarlison
    Arnautovic Rashford Jiménez

    (Steele Camarasa AWB Lovren)

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      D

    2. JurgenRodgers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Id play Chambers ,

      Not a fan of hits for defenders

      1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This

    3. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Cheers guys...
      Coming round to the idea of just playing Chambers, rather than taking a hit this wk.
      my back 4 have decent fixtures after this wk for the next 2-3 wks so should be covered (other than stomaching Fulham defender versus Spurs this week 😮 )

    1. Emiliano Sala
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Who is Bielsa?
      I will watch MOTD each week next year. But I will be tempted to make transfers. He resists

      1. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Leeds Utd manager.

      2. el polako
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Bielsa is a mentor\inspiration for Guardiola.
        One of the best managers out there but the problem is he drains his teams really quickly by the style of football and intensity & detail of trenings\ pre match preps

    2. Emiliano Sala
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Ronke even predict injuries lol
      He switched kane to auba few weeks ago for money I think and then kane injured 😐
      He does not have TAA too 😀

      1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Nah, he just follows my mates team, which I should have been doing.

        His GW1 team is beating himself by 20 points! I calculated it on Monday! He’s not a terrible player, just oddly cursed. He knows his football, not FFS level, but decent.

        Whoever he brings in suddenly starts blanking or gets injured. I could list pretty much every transfer he’s made this season!

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      The thing with Bielsa, and this applies to everyone (whatever field they are in), is that he stays 'relevant'.

  3. Fuddled FC
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    No 2 week paternity leave for premiership footballers then? Probably sensible, clubs would struggle to scrape a team together

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If that was the case Sterling would miss every other game (according to Sun).

  4. JurgenRodgers
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Evening,

    Give my self a bit of a benching headache this week..

    Doherty

    Digne

    Mitrovic

    Benched Digne’s 17 points at xmas 🙁

    1. Only a Hazard of time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      You and me both! Mitro out of that lot.

      1. JurgenRodgers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Have Mitro benched at the min,

        But Id like a player for Sundays games

        Errrrhg

        1. Only a Hazard of time
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          I'm Sunday-less as well, it's not the end of the world. Points matter in the end.

  5. Only a Hazard of time
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Any ideas what to do with this lot? 2FT, 0.4 ITB

    Alisson
    Digne - Robbo - Doherty
    Richarlison - Salah - Pogba - F. Anderson
    Jiminez - Auba - Rashford

    [Steele - Alonso - AWB - D. Stephens]

    Didn't make a transfer last week GW, seems a bit strange to go 2 weeks without a transfer but I really don't know how to switch things up here. Alonso out maybe? (Bought @ 6.6)

    1. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Downgrade Alonso and maybe Anderson to Sane?

    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Anderson + Alonso --> Shaw + Sane?

    3. Planet Head
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Defo Alonso out if he's the same price you bought him at. Maybe bring in Kolasinac - midfielder in disguise and your back 3 all have a tricky GW27 while he's got SOU

  6. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Sensing more hits than the Beatles this week.

  7. Scheister
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    2 FTs
    Kane and TAA to Rashford and Digne?
    Possibly upgrade Martial with extra funds next week?
    Cheers

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Definitely. Shaw also an option.

  8. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is there anywhere to watch Bielsa's presser in replay? Sounds pretty cool.

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Reddit soccer subreddit probably your best bet

  9. Snuverink
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I keep reading comments here on “looking at stats” and look at a player’s “heat map”, where can all these stats be found?

    1. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      If not on Member's Section maybe websites like WhoScored / Soccerway?

      1. Snuverink
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Ah it’s the members section then probably.. thanks 🙂

    2. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Most people are members so they use the members section. You could try whoscored and understat.

      1. Snuverink
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks all!

    3. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Pay Mark £10

      1. Make Arrows Green Again
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        You're looking svelte, Jarv. You been working out?

  10. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Snodgrass > Hazard/Eriksen worth a -4?

    He's been awful since I got him and doesn't even start now.

    1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes to hazrd

    2. The Count of Monte Cristo
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I ditched him last week - either good options but prefer Hazard. Eriksen likely to play deeper, Spurs bit of an unknown factor atm and Hazard loves scoring against Arsnal.

  11. beetlejuice
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    TAA will drop tonite you reckon?

  12. The Count of Monte Cristo
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Want City cover but not sure what my best options is...?

    A) Kane + Son --> Pogba + Jesus / Aguero
    B) Kane + Son --> Pogba + Aubameyang
    C) Kane + Son + Camarasa --> Pogba + Sané + 8.4m forward.

    Salah - Hazard - Richarlison - Son - Camarasa
    Kane - Rashford - Kamara [2FT + 0.8m ITB]

  13. King Kohli
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Team seems ok for this week. Going forward what changes would you suggest?

    Button
    Robbo Doherty Bednarek
    Salah Hazard Pogba Martial Richarlison
    Rashford Ings

    Ryan Kamara Bennett TAA

    5.4 Itb

    1. JurgenRodgers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Auba or Firmino in to beef up the frontline

      1. The Count of Monte Cristo
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Arsenal attack looked awful against Hammers. 2 home games but still...

        1. teknicolourfox
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Had a few chances, nothing clean cut.

          Going to turn it around this weekend...

      2. King Kohli
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Looking at getting Auba in for Ings depending on how they both do this week.

  14. Hktrader88
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    possible Wildcard.

    Fabianski

    VVD/ Digne/ Doherty / Kolasinac

    Salah / Hazard / Pogba

    Auba / Rashford / Jiminez

    Bench Speroni/ AWB / Puncheon/Hudson-Odoi

    Please RMT, taken 2 hits already with current team (-8) Begovic/McCarthy, TAA,Digne,Doherty,AWB,Bennet, Rich, Salah, Pogba, H-O, Hogg, Auba, Rash, Kane)

  15. Homer21
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Would you bench Holebas home to Burnley or Doherty home to Leicester

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Doh

    2. JurgenRodgers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Tough one that,

      Definition of a coin toss

    3. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Really your only two options ?

      1. Homer21
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Playing 352 and other defenders are Robbo CRY(H) and Digne SOU(A)

    4. ol3andre
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I have the same problem! Can't decied...had really bad coin tosses lately, played Camarasa over Holebas last GW.

  16. Snuverink
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Play Digne or Pereira? Or both?

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Digne

  17. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Fab
    Digne Doh Shaw Anderson Rich Sane Salah Pererya
    Rash Aubam
    (Button, Jimi, Alonso, AWB)

    Bench correct or would you play Jimi over someone? :/ not too worried about Alonso as none in my ML own him... Jiminez however is different, feel he may blank and Pererya is a differential... difficult one

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      This is too tough to call haha keep it as it is

      1. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Yup. Very 🙂

      2. Tsparkes10
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I chose Aubam over Haz as my ML rival just brought Haz in :). Guess I go for the differential

  18. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is a -12 too much?

    I did Hazard + Jimenez -> Salah + Rashford for a -4 on Saturday as it was exact money with Rashford due to rise.

    Now, I've had to remove Kane + TAA for Digne + Firmino. Reason being, with no money in the bank, I couldn't do TAA (5.1 for me) to Digne (5.2) alone, and I couldn't bring in Firmino for Kane alone as that would've put me at four Liverpool players.

    Leaves me sitting at a -12 for the week, but I genuinely think with that further -8, it has the potential to even out with if I'd done nothing, and played over Digne and Firmino.

    1. drughi
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      wow

      1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        The first two transfers were unlucky, in that I had to do them then otherwise I'd have been priced out.

        The last two are tactical in that I think they'll even out with if I'd done nothing and benched Kane/TAA and played Snodgrass + Camarasa.

    2. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Team?

      1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        As it stands now with the -12:

        Fabianski Boruc
        Robertson Trippier Digne Doherty AWB
        Salah Pogba Pereyra Snodgrass Camarasa
        Auba Firmino Rashford
        ~70k OR.

    3. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      *should've read as follows*

      it has the potential to even out with if I'd done nothing, and played Snodgrass, Camarasa and eight points over Digne and Firmino.

    4. TLF
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I've always been a believer in looking at each hit in isolation. Only time will tell if the moves you made pay you back.

    5. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Unfortunately necessary. Will pay off this week imo

    6. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      It's done now so all I can add is ..... I hope so!!

      1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        True, but there's always the option of hitting the WC button if people convinced me that the -12 isn't worth taking over just using the chip instead.

    7. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Wow! Hope for you that nobody gets a knock in training now

      1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I think that'd mean hitting the WC for sure.

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Yeah. GL mate, what you think of my hit below?

  19. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Kane > Kun for a hit is very tempting. Who’s your Kane replacement people?

    1. Eytexi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Rashford - McNeil to Sané this week & Rich to Alli next week with the money.

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Already have him 🙂

    2. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Rasher

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Got 🙂

    3. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Kun, as I had already shifted Auba for Rash to catch price rise but that did allow me to shift Son for Salah for -4 admittedly

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Haha exactly the same. Except not a -4. Auba was rubbish at the weekend

    4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Exact same and doing it on Friday or maybe tomorrow if kun looks like rising

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Should we hold hands and do it together? 🙂

        1. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Maybe ha

  20. Eytexi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    2 transfers made for -4, all gtg?
    Salah (C), Rashford (VC).

    Fabianski.
    Doherty, Robbo, Alonso.
    Salah, Haz, Rich, Anderson, Sané.
    Rashford, Jimi.

    (Hamer, Peltier, Kamara, AWB).

    1. Smitser
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Looks very good

  21. Smitser
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pereyra or richa to salah? I was set on pereyra but he has burnley next...

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Pereyra imo. Rich has good fixtures too

    2. Eytexi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Tough - I'd want them both one more week haha. Long term, gotta be Pereyra out imo.

    3. King Kun Ta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Pereyra

    4. Smitser
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Thx all

  22. zotter
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Gtg right roll the FT. Luckily not impacted by trent or Kane injuries ?

    Alternatively am toying with hazard to alli or kdb. Most likely won’t. Need to downgrade hart at some point. Waste of 0.5

    Alisson
    Vvd. Digne. Doherty
    Salah c. Richarlison. Hazard. Pogba
    Rash. Auba. Jimi

    Hart. Diop. Puncheon. Awb

    1. Eytexi
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Gtg, hold that ft.

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks. Then could look at hart and Diop to fodder and someone who isn’t Diop next week!

  23. Catsandhats
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    In a messs here with 3 injuries,

    Looking at a -8,

    Kane* TAA* Guita* >>> Firmino, Roberson, was Etheridge

    Leaves enough in the bank to do F.anderosn > sane next week

    Thoughts?

    1. Robson-Canoe
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Kane > Firmino yes
      Guaita > Etheridge only if your back up keeper is non playing fodder
      TAA > Robertson probably not unless you have no defender coming off the bench

      1. Catsandhats
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks - backup keeper is fodder,

        Will be bennet coming of the bench and I already have Doherty playing?

  24. Robson-Canoe
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Pick one (final spot on my WC - D would be a different formation):
    A) Eriksen
    B) Alli
    C) Mané
    D) Firmino

    1. Ohh1454
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B

    2. balint84
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      b

    3. King Kun Ta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      B

  25. Ohh1454
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Play awb or do diangana > alli for a hit ?

  26. fridge
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Foster
    Trent**. Digne. Doherty
    Salah. Haz. Pog. Rich. Fanderson
    Jiminez. Rash

    Speroni. Bednarek. Kamara. AWB

    1 FT, 5.8m ITB

    A) Trent > Doherty
    B) Rich > Sterling/ Sane
    C) Kamara > Firmino

  27. HD7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Shaw or Lindelof?

    1. Ohh1454
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      S

    2. JoeSoap
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Shaw

  28. balint84
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    A) Firmino (sure starter)
    B) Agüero (more trustable, but maybe limited gametime)
    C) Jesus

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Gone B!

  29. Big boy Bowen
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Hope I don't regret putting Aguero in

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Time to change your grav?

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Good point, might as well for 6 weeks or so

    2. King Kun Ta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Same here with Sterling

      1. Big boy Bowen
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I'd be more confident of his gametime

    3. TyroneGAA
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Brought in Jesus let’s pray