Pro Pundits - Ash

Why I want to sign Sadio Mané before it’s too late

At 5pm last Saturday, I was on the cusp of being hit with a dark red arrow. 

Four of my five players had blanked and I was going into Sunday without highly-owned players such as Kevin de Bruyne (40%), Mohamed Salah (27%) or Sadio Mané (35%) which put me at risk of my overall rank plummeting further.

Thankfully my trust in Jamie Vardy’s (£9.6m) form paid off with his 24 points as captain, as well as an unexpected clean sheet for Kasper Schmeichel (£5.2m). 

This was further boosted with Anthony Martial’s (£7.7m) double-digit haul on Sunday. 

How I got on in Gameweek 12

It was just a shame that my Manchester City coverage of Sergio Aguero (£12.0m) and Raheem Sterling (£12.0m) failed me. Then again the duo have a dire record as visiting players at Anfield so I shouldn’t have expected much. 

Liverpool’s late loss of a clean sheet cost me four points with my ownership of Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.2m) but it probably was for the best as I ended up unpunished by anyone with a defensive double-up.

Previously, I had sold Salah and Mason Greenwood (£4.3m) for Vardy and Martial. 

I felt that this made perfect sense as I was effectively obtaining two attacking players for the price of one. 

I had numerous concerns last weekend with my squad and could have easily used a free transfer or taken a hit. 

Andriy Yarmolenko (£6.0m) could have swiftly been switched out for Youri Tielemans (£6.6m) with my cash in the bank. 

Mané has really caught my eye recently

But ultimately I wanted the in-form, Mané. I should have bought him weeks ago. Aguero has demonstrated that he is a rotation risk too often this season, despite scoring nine Premier League goals thus far. However, only one since Gameweek 6 weakens his appeal significantly.

 An easy move for me would be to sell Todd Cantwell (£4.7m) and the Argentina international for Mané and Aaron Connolly (£4.7m) without taking a hit. 

But I would still be left with Yarmolenko. 

Whether I make one, two or three transfers during the international break, I almost certainly need to crowbar in Mané. I simply have no choice but to do so. 

Another option could be to sell my two attacking Manchester City assets for Salah and Mané if I wanted to put all of my eggs in one title-race basket. 

However, after now trailing Liverpool by nine points, Pep Guardiola will be more motivated than ever before to convert their decline with a winning spree, even if they are facing Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal in their next five Premier League games.

Owning Jamie Vardy has had a big impact on my season in recent weeks

I managed to end Gameweek 12 with a third consecutive green arrow and my best overall rank since the last week of August.

I finally have some momentum on my side with the international break providing me with much needed time to plan ahead for the upcoming winter fixture rush. 

The 62 points I picked in Gameweek 12 seems modest in comparison to a lot of seasoned FPL managers but I do feel content with the 193 points I’ve amassed over the last three rounds. 

It wasn’t long ago that I was ranked as low as 2.7 million despite having a more than reasonable start – so I’m very happy with my recent progress.

I’ve also surprised myself by being more cautious with my transfers this season with only two hits taken to date – each resulting in a red arrow. 

My aim now is to make incremental gains with safe transfers and hope that my armband picks can deliver on a more regular basis. 

December will no doubt be filled with variables in FPL, as it always is, so I need to make the most of my newfound traction and hope that I can continue my run of green arrows.

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  1. Jimbo-Jones
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Do we think Sterling being dropped for England is better for him in PL? Surely Pep will start him and he’ll be even more fired up?
    Was considering dropping him to find getting Vardy.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Less minutes over IB is good for FPL.

    2. zotter
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He would play v Chelsea anyway

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling was the only City player with some fire in him against Liverpool. Went a bit over board at the end but the rest of the team were pathetic especially second half.

  2. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    No offence intended but who are you?

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/profiles/fplhints/

    1. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      😀

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      https://twitter.com/FPLHints/ - I would presume.

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Ah, we are now hiring pundits because we don’t have any?

        1. DA Minnion (Former great)
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Everyone is an expert nowadays.

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I’m not 😀

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Im not an expert on twitter """"pros""""" but I think this is the casual formerly known as FPL General.

    4. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Lots of the guys that write articles do not bother with the forum here.

      It is a collectors item to see most of "the team" posting here and fraternizing with the common folk with the exception of RAE,RedLightning,Rainy,Joe and TorresMagic of course and maybe AZ,Andy85 who might drop by from time to time to say hello.

      Maybe they have alternate accounts so they can go around here incognito which would not suprise me.

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Nope, they have been mostly recruited to write when they were never part of this community

        1. Ógie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Noting really wrong with that though and it might be better off that they can do their thinking/writing from outside this bubble.

          I wonder why they do not bother with the place?
          Is it because they are afraid of getting stick,too good for the likes of us or just think this place is a waste of time and mental energy?

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Probably a pinch of all these things Ogie. Most of the people who loved this place for the community rather than the money have left

            1. Ógie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              This place kind of reminds me of my hometown or any other town in the west of Ireland that has been decimated by immigration and has lost a lot of it's talent.

      2. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        It would surprise me. They don’t give 2 F*cks what goes on down the bottom of the page

        1. circusmonkey
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          If you work full time on a site, trawling the chat pages is not going to be an evening's entertainment.

    5. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Looks like Boy George

      Explains a lot

      1. circusmonkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        I don't know why Fpl General would rebrand himself, he built a following of sorts. I very much doubt there is any money in this. People write for the enjoyment, as I did with a few betting articles but now I am too busy.

  3. zotter
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Prediction time ...

    West Ham v Spurs. 2-1
    Arsenal v Saints. 3-0
    Bournemouth v wolves. 1-1
    Brighton v Leicester. 1-1
    Palace v Liverpool. 1-3
    Everton v Norwich. 1-0
    Watford v Burnley. 0-2
    Man City v Chelsea. 2-2
    Sheff Utd v Man Utd. 0-0
    Villa v Newcastle. 3-0

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      We may be dead by then

    2. Pinturicchio10
        4 years, 4 months ago

        West Ham v Spurs 1-1
        Arsenal v Saints 2-1
        Bournemouth v wolves 1-2
        Brighton v Leicester 0-3
        Palace v Liverpool 0-2
        Everton v Norwich 3-1
        Watford v Burnley 1-1
        Man City v Chelsea 2-1
        Sheff Utd v Man Utd 1-1
        Villa v Newcastle 0-0

      • Garth Marenghi
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Arsenal 3-0!

        1. Pinturicchio10
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Even the players bedsheets have skidmarks on. No clean sheets for the Arse.

        2. Poseidon.
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          West Ham v Spurs. 1-3
          Arsenal v Saints. 2-1
          Bournemouth v wolves. 1-1
          Brighton v Leicester. 1-2
          Palace v Liverpool. 0-1
          Everton v Norwich. 1-0
          Watford v Burnley. 1-1
          Man City v Chelsea. 4-2
          Sheff Utd v Man Utd. 0-4
          Villa v Newcastle. 1-1

      • The FPL Units
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        When is Reid back? I see he has been picked for the NZ team.

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          He’s already fit but he’s done a first choice at Wham sadly

          1. The FPL Units
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Bummer

            1. The FPL Units
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I think they need him with that def

          2. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Probably not even an Andrew Ridgeley

          3. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            *as

          4. bench boost for every gamew…
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            If het gets to real fitness and shape (a big if that) he is a leader back there, so would not count that out entirely.Besides, Ogbonna/Diop and Balbuena ain´t worldbeaters

        2. WWF
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Has been training, looks good to go

        3. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Think hes only back in full training recently, so still building fitness, minutes for NZ would help. He might see minutes with how bad they've been defensively, but it might have to be in goal in place of Roberto.

          1. The FPL Units
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I hope he does come back as a playing 3.9 mil def would be great.

        4. Fpl Richie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          'Winston will be like a new signing. dg'
          Fans reference 🙂

          1. Ask Yourself
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Tell you what it’s worth a try. However I have no idea why ogbonna was dropped considering every game he hasn’t played we’ve been whooped. Diop Ogbonna is the perfect partnership.
            Balbuena and Roberto can speak Spanish to each other all they want but no communication on the world will stop them from being shite

            1. Wild Rover
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Reid was your best def before he got injured.

              1. Ask Yourself
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                That was March 2018. A lot has changed round the West Ham set up since then. I think Diop Ogbonna was the partnership that worked and should continue to be the way forwards

        5. Evil Greg
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          I signed Reid last week as the only way to get Mane, hoping he starts soon!

      • OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        bottomed
        Pope (Button)
        TAA, Lund, Soy, Rico (Tomori)
        Sterling, Maddison, Mane, KDB, (Dendo)
        Vardy, Tammy, (Connolly)

        Should I hold the transfer?

        1. The FPL Units
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Yes barring injuries over IB.

        2. Pinturicchio10
            4 years, 4 months ago

            If you have bank for Salah then could go for him once his ankle isn't totally banjoed.

        3. lilmessipran
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Current team-

          Pope 4.0
          Taa lund Rico soy Boly*
          Raz kdb Mane Martial Nakamba
          Tammy Vardy Mousset

          Which option looks better? 1 Ft 0 itb
          A Boly to 4.6 defender this gw then raz to Salah next gw
          B Save Ft, next Gw Boly+Kdb to Robbo + Pulisic
          C any other moves

        4. Jullepuu
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Is it important to have a Leicester mid at this point or is Vardy (and soyuncu) enough?

          1. Rainer
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            All preference & balance. They are well priced, Maddison up against Jimenez & Martial in similar price brackets. Tielemans little cheaper vs Jota, the wingers a bit too risky for me.

            Mightn't be vitally important to have a Leicester mid but I think its important over the next few GWs to have a few of Maddison/Tielemans, Jimmy/Jota, Martial/Rashford.

            1. Jullepuu
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Lol i don't have any of those at the moment. Mount to Tielemans could be an option or Sterling to a benching headache 😆

              1. Rainer
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Forget the Chelsea boys, so much value about!

                Never a fan of 8 attackers with a benching headache every GW, its bad enough just having that with defenders now.

                1. Jullepuu
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  I'm playing 4-4-2 right now. Is Tielemans a better pick than Mount in your opinion?

                  1. Rainer
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    Not for me, especially with it using an FT.

                2. Rainer
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Forgot*

                  1. Jullepuu
                    • 4 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    Ah okay makes more sense now! I need to shift Pope soon and Sterling might pick up another yellow. It's likely that the transfers will be "no brainers" for me in the next couple of weeks.

                    1. Rainer
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Yeah Pope is on his way for many in GW15. GK transfers never ideal so carrying a spare one when possible will help come then.

                      1. Jullepuu
                        • 4 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        I don't have any free transfers right now so I can't do major changes to my team structure without taking hits. Ryan or Henderson will probably come in for Pope.

          2. bench boost for every gamew…
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            kind of depends how you play and your current set up and formation. with the fixtures to come it would look nice though, but with 3 you would, also assuming you have some Pool assets, City assets, Chelsea assets gw18 and a slight change of fixture run after that, it could be more difficult to navigate that one with 3. There are also other options that could perform as well, in both midfield but also defense or strikers depending on team set up.

            1. Jullepuu
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I'm now playing a 4-4-2 with double Pool defence. I have Mane KDB and Sterling too.

              1. bench boost for every gamew…
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Vardy and abby strikers i pressume, then it´s a toin cos between the like of lei or chelsea mids, Martial and perhaps Son if you can afford. Lei mids a tad more nailed, Martial if not injured could be great, Pulisic if nailed but Maddison for me then.

                1. Jullepuu
                  • 4 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Yeah I got those 2 up front. I can only afford Tielemans if I want to keep both Sterling and KDB. Sterling is going to get a yelloe card sooner or later though.

          3. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I brought in 2 and Vardy last week. Form and fixtures go on for a good while

          4. Warby84
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I have Maddison Tielemans and Vardy

        5. Gargamel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          This will make me sound like the worst, but I really don't know about this. Nothing personal against the writer, but all this about buying the game's second top scorer, who has been a good or great FPL prospect for five years now?

          1. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Not even a FFS poster. Souled out

          2. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            It makes you sound reasonable. This article is both poorly written and with bottom barrel content.

          3. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            It’s not really about why to get him either, just a description of what happened to his team this weekend?

            1. Ginkapo FPL
              • 12 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              That question mark

              ?

              1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Sassy question mark

          4. el polako
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Well they say it is a year of casual.
            Advice in this article may turn out to be priceless.

          5. Ginkapo FPL
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            I like it when the experts are doing things I did weeks ago.

            1. TheDragon
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I hate to break it to you but I think some of them might not really be experts.....

            2. S.Kuqi
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Hah 😀

              They just want to be 100% sure of their "advices"

            3. Geoff
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 11 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              I already did my move this week.. yikes. Too far ahead of the crowd I'm afraid

          6. Geoff
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Yeah, I think those are fair comments.

            When we started ProPundits it was never going to not need tweaking - I largely agree! The discussion about the writer's team should be used as a platform to discuss broader issues.

            Cheers for the feedback, I'll pass it along

            1. Gargamel
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Thanks for a good reply, I appreciate it

        6. Strchld
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Evening! What to do with this? Have 2FT but nothing itb. Where to burn a FT or how to get Salah, Robbo or Maddison?

          Pope
          TAA - Soysauce - Rico - Lundstram - Reid
          Sterling - KdB - Mane - Martial - Mount
          Tammy - Vardy - Wickham

          1. gaurava1216
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            2 choices here...

            1) Mount and Sterling to Maddy + fodder and then upgrade Wickham to Jimi

            2) Wickham or Reid out this week and then next week make the changes in Midfield.

        7. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          As a Hendo Button owner is it worth a transfer? Im thinking not

          1. Party time
              4 years, 4 months ago

              Hendo& McGovern here. I am not wasting a transfer on a goalie

              1. Party time
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Having said that, McG0vern starts for me this weekend 😆

                  1. Party time
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      In about 11 days time rather*

                      1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Wonder if Martin gets a game if Roberto dropped.

                • bench boost for every gamew…
                  • 7 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  probably not but if for free and no other pressing issues i would, but for Button. And for that you need at least 0.3 to get Saints goalie not sure you want that?

                  goalies rarely gets zero or minus points

                  1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
                    • 10 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    Ive got cash but plans to use it elsewhere. Ryan is interesting with these big points in defeats

                    1. bench boost for every gamew…
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      if an upgrade ruins that plan then it might not be worth it, but at the same time i would still consider a cheap playing goalie later next week, there could be things that have changed in terms of injuries etc. And besides, that move will almost guarantee you points as an altering of plans of future moves need not be a guarantee of points returns as it might force you to do a slightly different route but could not necessarily less points?

              2. Stimps
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Salah to Mane (-4), worth it?

                1. twoplustwo
                  • 9 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Read OP

                  1. Brosstan
                    • 9 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    lol

                2. Wild Rover
                  • 13 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Nobody can answer that. They are both capable of hauling or blanking in any given week

                3. Poseidon.
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  I wouldn’t even do it for +4

                4. Party time
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    Mo > sterling for me

                    1. Party time
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        If it is a long term injury*

                    2. bench boost for every gamew…
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      absolutely not

                      salah loves the yellow ball,

                      mané goes cold in the snow

                    3. Rainer
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Nah, probably try add Mane alongside Salah in the coming weeks.

                    4. TheDragon
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Of course not for a -4

                  • Wild Rover
                    • 13 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    Neville Bros - Fine Football Managers est never

                    1. TheDragon
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Phil’s fall from grace has been surprisingly quick - the lionesses seem in disarray

                      1. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        They just look terrible, particularly at the back.

                        1. TheDragon
                          • 5 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          To be honest - they looked abysmal
                          at the back at the World Cup. Bright was an absolute liability.

                          The problem I think is that Phil has/ had visions of grandeur of turning them Into a ‘female Man City’ with possession football playing out from
                          the back. Problem is they are nowhere near good enough technically to play out from the back so they put themselves under huge pressure and will always concede.

                          That and the fact they are unbelievably bad at taking penalties (I genuinely think England are more likely to miss a penalty than score it). Which is pretty incomprehensible

                    2. Syd.
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Penguin Tossers the both of them

                  • Ask Yourself
                    • 7 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    You have 7.7m to spend on a midfielder and have martial. Who would you want for Xmas period? Answering Maddison means you are getting extra Brussels sprouts:

                    A) Pulisic (risk of system change but best performer so probably not)
                    B) Maddison (Brussels sprouts mean you’ll fart at the dinner table)
                    C) Dilva (Pep but arguably one of the best mids available
                    D) Antonio (I know but we need him back and there are a lot of calls to have him playing at striker next to Haller, expected to be fit after IB and is our best player when fit because he tries to make things happen)

                    E) other?

                    1. Party time
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        B

                        1. Ask Yourself
                          • 7 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Too eager man you’re gonna poo yourself I reckon. Cheers

                      • Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Maddison. If you dont like Brussels sprouts then you have a casual's palate

                        1. Ask Yourself
                          • 7 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Hahaha. Hope your roast potatoes get burnt you professional

                      • AllessandroSwissToni
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        James
                        Milivojevic
                        Mcginn/Grealish

                        Would be three I'd consider. Guaranteed starts if fit and plenty of involvement, reasonable fixtures

                        LoCelso, Moura or Ozil for the mavericks

                        1. Ask Yourself
                          • 7 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Think your first three are maverick enough. I love the look of zaha/Mili. I could hold Perez one more game and then go for one of those two for next week it is something I am considering. Grealish interesting too and one for the list for sure.
                          The last 3 are suicide picks but I like your style. Extra roasties for you.

                      • ratchet
                        • 12 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Aston Villa have great fixtures over Christmas. I would look at McGinn

                    2. AlpoShearer
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Mount to Maddison -4?

                      1. AllessandroSwissToni
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        If you don't have any Leister cover possibly...

                    3. EL_FENOMENO
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Son worth a look ? Considering this from next week:
                      Pope
                      TAA Lundy Soyboy
                      Mane KDB Son Maddison
                      Vardy Jimenez Tammy

                    4. Evil Greg
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Hi, anyone here grabbing Janmaat today before he rises?

                      I may as well lose Dunk for now, Janmaat best option ~4.5m?

                      Defence is Rico Lundstram Söyüncü Reid Dunk.

                      1. Ask Yourself
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Willems is still 4.5 right? No rush. Janmaat isn’t very good

                        1. Evil Greg
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          4.6m now I think. Watford looking more solid and Janmaat has attacking threat.

                          1. Ask Yourself
                            • 7 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Oh dear. I don’t know if getting him now and restricting yourself for the rest of the break is worth 0.1m tho

                            1. Evil Greg
                              • 14 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              Guess Clark is out as soon as Schar is back, he's also 4.3m

                      2. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        There is a guy who you may know who used to post here for many years who came close to death earlier this year. He was in a coma for many gw’s but is still thrashing me and has had Janmaat since gw8. FPL kicks cancer’s arse 🙂

                        1. Evil Greg
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Glad he's still with us.

                      3. Chelsea Dagger
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        I did. Like his chances for assists. Won’t play every week on my team, but a cheap upgrade for Kelly

                    5. bjarnia87
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Have vardy and soyuncu.

                      - should I double up on Leicester defence or
                      - get a mid (Tielemans/ Barns) ?

                      1. Warby84
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        I’ve decided to go for triple Leicester... Tielemans, Maddison and Vardy, looking forward to their next few.. Hopefully tons of goals

                    6. Gnu
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      There's a guy down the chip shop who swears he's Elvis.

                      He also swears he's been asked to write a FFS article.

                      1. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        But he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you

                        1. Gnu
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          😆

                      2. TheDragon
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Maybe these should retitle these Pro pundits’ articles ‘Suspicious minds’...

                        ...I mean we clearly can’t go on together with these articles

                        1. Wild Rover
                          • 13 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          We’re caught in a trap

                          1. TheDragon
                            • 5 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Return to sender

                            1. Gnu
                              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                              • 14 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              Oh wait a minute Mr Postman.

                        2. Ógie
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 11 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          They are caught in a trap and cant turn back.

                          1. Wild Rover
                            • 13 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            But do you love me baby?

                            1. Syd.
                              • 14 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              Lord Almighty

                              1. Wild Rover
                                • 13 Years
                                4 years, 4 months ago

                                I feel my temperature rising

                                1. Ógie
                                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                  • 11 Years
                                  4 years, 4 months ago

                                  A little less conversation might help.

                    7. COYS Down Under
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Play Mount or Lund?

                      1. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Mount. Don’t believe this stupid benching Lund is madness crap

                        1. TheDragon
                          • 5 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          This should really be a hot topic
                          - The Lundstram conundrum.

                          Clearly there are weeks it makes sense to bench him and he will get a lot of 1 or 2 pointers but he is 100% going to get some more 12+ point hauls this season given how advanced he is playing.

                          I really can’t work out what to do with him. Part of me wants to go
                          4-4-2 to force myself to play him, but ‘logic’ says go 3-4-3 with double Liverpool and rotate Soy, Lund, Rico

                          1. Warby84
                            • 8 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            I’ve gone 3-4-3 but have to rotate Tielemans/Martial and Mount...

                            1. TheDragon
                              • 5 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              That will not end well

                            2. sovietrockettes
                              • 5 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              How did you get yourself into that?!!!!

                          2. Wild Rover
                            • 13 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Yep, I’ve lumbered myself with a dilemma of him or Chilwell and I also own Mousset

                          3. Nomar
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 14 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Why double Liverpool defence when they’re not keeping CS?

                            Just get one Liverpool defender, one Leicester defender and Lundstram plus 2 cheap bench fodder and play the first 3 every week.

                            1. TheDragon
                              • 5 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              I just think TAA & Robbo are going to explode now fixtures change. I think the clean sheets will come thick and fast now

                            2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                              • 14 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              I’d say he (like myself) anticipates they’ll keep CS in the future with their fixtures improving, Allison back, and the fact that the same personnel that kept 20 CS in 38 last season are on 2 from 12 this season suggests even just by default they’ve a few CS’s queued up in the not too distant future

                              TAA & Robbo are once in a generation FPL assets imo (Robbo is only 3 points behind MANÉ of all people over the last 7 GW’s for example)

                              When the CS’s come (and they surely will) people will be tearing up their teams to accommodate those two and their hauls I reckon

                      2. Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Im benching Mount for Lund and Tammy for Rico

                        1. Ask Yourself
                          • 7 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          You’re benching Tammy against that city defence?

                          1. Brosstan
                            • 9 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            ya

                    8. EL_FENOMENO
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      a) Salah Mane KDB Mount
                      Vardy Tammy Ayew

                      b) Mane KDB Son Maddy
                      Vardy Tammy Jimenez

                    9. FPL price manipulators are …
                      • 10 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Salah injured playing for Egypt

                      1. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Couldn’t get an International injury playing for anyone else tbf

                      2. Syd.
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Him and Andrew Robertson have a dental appointment with Roberto Firmino's dentist.

                      3. Boberella
                        • 7 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Doesn't sound like he played does it? Ruled out of playing for Egypt due to existing injury more so i think

                    10. fclackless [Brazil Nuts]
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      It's about time 'pro pundtits' got pensioned off me thinks ..

                      1. TheDragon
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        It could be a fantastic series - BUT to do that it can’t be ‘twitter celebrities’. It has to be a very very small group of seasoned managers with incredible records. For example, Mark and the AVFC guy who posts sometimes

                        1. Wild Rover
                          • 13 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Spot on

                    11. Warby84
                      • 8 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      My current front 8

                      Martial Maddison Mount Tielemans Salah
                      Vardy Jiminez Abraham

                      Slightly worried I’ve put myself into a weekly benching headache...

                      1. Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Yea you gotta downgrade one for sure

                      2. Nomar
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Take Tielemans out.

                        1. Warby84
                          • 8 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          I’m tempted to hold on to the 3 Leicester and lose Mount....

                      3. gaurava1216
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        downgrade Thielemans and upgrade defence...

                    12. Brosstan
                      • 9 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Why on earth is Robbo flagged...

                      1. TheDragon
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Pulled out of the Scotland squad -
                        He’ll be fine

                      2. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Pulled out of Scotland squad. Standard international injury to stop me making any money

                      3. dunas_dog
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Ankle knock - seems to be catching

                      4. Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Cheers lads

                      5. Syd.
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        He is a proud Scotsman so must be on deaths door if he can't play for his country or he could just be away getting a bum lift

                    13. Stef rocks
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Out of the topic, but what happened with Bilva possible ban by FA?

                      1. Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Nothing. My guess is the panel believes it was a fairly innocuous incident but in this day and age of twitter outrage they would rather just let it blow over than make an official statement saying that.

                      2. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Not happening

                      3. Syd.
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        He had to eat the cake as punishment

                        1. Volley127
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 11 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Yaya fuming

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

                      Pukki replacement

                      (A) Jota
                      (B) Deulofeu
                      (C) Ings
                      (D) Jiminez -4 (Mendy - Soy)

                      1. Nomar
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        D

                      2. Warby84
                        • 8 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        D

                    15. Hybrid.power
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      What a god awful article. No advice, no tips, it may as well be a random comment in some random article. See Mark's old preambles to get the human opinion pieces right.

                      1. Gnu
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Bit harsh, never written more than 280 words before. 😉

                      2. Wild Rover
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Shocking and not even FFS poster

                      3. TheDragon
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        I’m writing an article next week on ‘why I’m making the bold move of selling Pukki to get Vardy’

                        1. Nomar
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          That will never catch on!

                        2. Syd.
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          😆

                        3. Geoff
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • Has Moderation Rights
                          • 11 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          I finally sold, on Monday night! But not for Vardy

                      4. Geoff
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • Has Moderation Rights
                        • 11 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Yeah, I think you're right - the chat about the writer's team needs to be used a base for talking about broader issues. That's possibly on us, not Ash, for not making it clear.

                        And I think I'll dig out some preambles and circulate them to the team that's a great idea

                    16. Kaiser123
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      3 lines of thought for me. 442 at the mo. I have 0.5 ITB and only concerns are Greenwood / Pope or leave money in case I have to upgrade Mane to either Salah or Sterling in the future. I’m thinking the latter, but the thought of a 5.0 GK or upgrade 2nd keeper to 4.5 and leave Pope.

                      1. TheDragon
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        What’s wrong with Pope?

                        Upgrade Greenwood to Connolly or save FT

                        1. Nomar
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 14 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Never mind that! Why is he selling Mané in the future?

                      2. sovietrockettes
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        How does one “upgrade” Mane to Sterling?

                    17. Ógie
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 11 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Fair play to anyone that writes an article or make a contribution for us to read for free.

                      It must be hard for some of those people who are fpl managers and not the next James Joyce to put something together and then to face into the comments in this bear pit.

                      Some of the criticism here is counter productive and will only discourage others from going to the trouble of writing community articles and making contributions not to mind hurting their feelings.

                      1. Gnu
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 14 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Sorry Ogie, you know the issue fine well.

                        Perhaps if the writer had a clue or a feel for this place it might be slightly different.

                      2. TheDragon
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        I get what your saying totally and normally with things like this I’d agree, but ... just read the article. It’s also badged as ‘Pro Pundit’ so naturally there is a certain higher level of content expected.

                        Any comments are in no way intended to be negative about the author, they are more comments on the series as a whole and the content of the articles in the series.

                        Nothing in this life is free either. If it’s not monetary compensation then it’s ‘reach’ and followers.

                        1. Ógie
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 11 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          The name for this series ‘Pro Pundit’ seems to be a bit ill advised alright and is only making these people targets.

                      3. Brosstan
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Sorry this article is just far too low quality both in content and writing ability that its indefensible.

                        1. Brosstan
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Also this guy has never even made a comment on FFS. Hes not reading the replies. He just submitted his dross and went back to twitter

                      4. Now I'm Panicking
                        • 9 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        The articles by members of the community done for free are the good ones, but they get shoved away under the "Community" tab, not advertised, and get hardly any views or comments. That's what discourages them.

                        1. Ógie
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 11 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          That is a good point Jarvish.

                        2. Geoff
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • Has Moderation Rights
                          • 11 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Yeah, fully agree.

                          I know I keep saying it but I've got a nice way for us to do a bit of a site redesign that helps the important stuff get views, but we're not where I want to be for that yet.

                          For now I don't have too many easy solutions. Certainly the conversation on CAs is nice and directed, and very good most of the time - it's just it would be great to have more of it.

                      5. Drexl Spivey
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        I've read scores of decent insights here in recent months that end up buried beneath the drivel, whilst some of that drivel ends up hotlinked. Bitching comes with the territory here - sticks and stones. Just write something with conviction and let the commentary take care of itself.

                      6. Geoff
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • Has Moderation Rights
                        • 11 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Yeah, I think a bit of leeway needs to be given, particularly at first!

                        I do appreciate constructive feedback - ProPundits will be worked on and tweaked, like anything else. As long as the tone is people trying to be genuinely helpful it's welcomed. Trying to help the writers and us produce better content is great, but the posts that are just bemoaning the downfall of FFS are a bit tedious 😀

                    18. Don Kloppeone
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      I’m going to be in a lonely club of people that have no MCI this GW aren’t I?!

                      Fully expect to be torn a new one by Sterling and/ or KDB!

                      1. POLSKA GOLA
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        I’m in the same boat. Expecting a huge rank drop

                        1. Don Kloppeone
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          I’ve only just started climbing back up the ranks as well! 1.2M to 296k in 2 weeks...

                          Hoping that somehow Salah and Mané come through big but I doubt it

                          1. POLSKA GOLA
                            • 10 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            I jumped just outside top 10k last week but was banking on Sterling and KDB both getting rest after playing international matches.
                            Sterling will haul. Jury still out on KDB depending on fitness after internationals

                      2. Cruyff's Eleven
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 5 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        It only matters if the replacement fails and if KDB or Raz don't....

                        Big IF's....

                        I'm going ManCity - less...