Pro Pundits

What Warren Buffett can teach us about Fantasy Premier League

In his latest Pro Pundits column, former Fantasy Premier League champion Simon March asks what FPL managers can learn from the ‘Oracle of Omaha’.


Warren Buffett is considered by many to be the world’s greatest living investor with a net worth of over $89.9bn. Unfortunately for Warren, he’s never played Fantasy Premier League and so he’s never really understood the true meaning of success nor has he experienced the thrill of winning tickets to two Premier League matches of his choice.

However, I do think there’s a lot that we Fantasy managers can learn from the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ and so this article will look at how elements of Buffett’s investment strategy may be applied to FPL.

Value Investing

Warren Buffett largely adopts a ‘value investing’ strategy which essentially means he aims to identify undervalued stock, according to certain criteria, invest in them and then wait for the market to correct itself, thus yielding a profit.

Because the mechanics of the FPL player price system reflect the stock market with investment in both types of asset increasing their price, an obvious application of a value investing strategy would be to identify and buy underpriced players and wait for other Fantasy managers to catch on and buy them too, thus raising their price and allowing you to profit through increased team value. 

For example, you could easily argue that the likes of Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne (£10.6m), Sheffield United’s John Lundstram (£5.1m) and Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) were all underpriced at the beginning of the season and all for varying reasons. These include a return from a long injury for De Bruyne, a misallocated defender classification for Lundstram and the expectation that Abraham would be a supporting rather than starting striker. Their performances have attracted investment thus going some way to correcting their underpricing and, therefore, those managers that identified this investing opportunity early on would have yielded a substantial profit.

Of course, while a high team value can help, it is points that ultimately count in FPL and, while the two often follow each other, value investing of this type won’t necessarily win you your mini-leagues.

However, you can also look at value investing in relation to points by seeking contextual value opportunities. For example, Brighton’s Mathew Ryan (£4.8m), Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (£12.3m) and Everton’s Lucas Digne (£5.7m) are all probably priced correctly (some might even be overpriced) with respect to the overall season but you could also argue that they are all ‘underpriced’ within the context of their next five to six fixtures given that these are largely favourable for all three and include a Double Gameweek for Salah. 

Alternatively, two players may be accurately priced individually but offer a strong rotation, allowing them to be played only in favourable fixtures. Budget players with only good fixtures may offer comparable value to set-and-forget premium assets with more varied fixture difficulty.

There will be many other opportunities for contextual value and so, since much of FPL is about making the most of a finite budget, accurately timing and executing a value-led strategy of this type can create a big advantage.

Long-Term Investment

In some respects, the opposite of ‘value investing’ is ‘momentum investing’ which involves acquiring assets currently increasing in price in the hope that they will continue to grow in the (typically near) future. In FPL, ‘momentum’ would be the equivalent of a ‘bandwagon’; players who suddenly become popular and attract explosive levels of investment.

Buffett famously eschews momentum investing, preferring instead to carefully pick his stocks based on solid, fundamental business criteria and then hold them for as long as is profitable. He is quoted as saying: “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years.” This means that Buffett will miss out on the fast profits that come with certain investment bubbles but he will also not be left high and dry when they burst. Instead, Buffett’s success comes from achieving relatively modest but consistent returns, compounded over decades of investment.

Obviously, FPL and financial investments occur over very different timeframes and it’s probably not the best strategy to just stick with your Gameweek 1 team for the entire season (then again…) but, again, there are lessons to be learnt here.

Firstly, it is the importance of understanding and identifying what are the ‘fundamentals’ in good FPL players. As with investing, everyone will have their own interpretation of this but, for me, the fundamentals I look at include; how good a team the player plays in, the significance of their role in that team, how nailed on they are and whether or not they are on set pieces. I tend to add variables such as fixture difficulty and some statistical information on top of those, but these are the basics that I look at first. Current players who have, I think, extraordinarily strong fundamentals in this respect include De Bruyne, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m) and Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy (£10.0m) and I always look for these types of players at the beginning of the season and when wildcarding.

As per Buffett, I also try and pick only players that I would be happy to have in my team for the whole season if I were to be hit by that proverbial bus. This isn’t, I stress, with any expectation that I will actually keep this player for the whole season, it just means that, if I have bigger fires to fight in my squad I will, at worst, be left holding on to a fundamentally sound player. I find this helps me avoid hits and, while it inevitably means that I miss out on some bandwagon points, I, like Buffett, get to miss out on the bandwagon busts as well.

Diversification

Diversification is a classic business school concept which suggests that investing in too few companies or industries is dangerous given the potential of a collapse or industry-wide downturn and, therefore, it is better to diversify investments and ‘spread the risk.’ This concept is applied all the time in FPL when we consider doubling or tripling up on players from a certain team.

Given the prevalence of this concept, it is maybe surprising therefore to hear that Buffett rejects it almost entirely stating that: “Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you’re doing.” In FPL, it must be said, diversification can also offer protection against rotation, fixture difficult and dips in team form, however, following Buffett in rejecting it may also have its own benefits.

For example, I don’t think it’s entirely a coincidence that I won FPL in a year where my real-world team won the Premier League as it meant that there was a selection of really strong FPL assets available in a squad that I, as a long-term fan, understood really well. While I didn’t have any inside information as such, I felt I knew the players, the manager, the system, which types of teams they tended to do well or struggle against and so on. I tripled-up on players from this team almost the entire season and it seemed to pay off.

These circumstances, of course, were pretty lucky for me and I’ve no doubt they helped me to make better FPL decisions that season. In fact, looking at some of the other former winners’ winning seasons, it seems that many of their real-world teams also performed well.

So perhaps it’s true that, if you know your chosen subject well enough, diversification for the sake of diversification is unnecessary, perhaps even detrimental. It’s undoubtedly easier to know your stuff if you’re focusing on fewer clubs and, if you are a particular aficionado of a team or several teams, you might gain more of an advantage from concentrating your efforts and player selection on what you know best than you would from ‘spreading the risk’ across lots of sides.  

Summary

In summary, I believe that value-investing, a long-term mindset and focus rather than diversification, all principles that have helped Warren Buffett becomes the fourth-richest man in the world, may all also have benefits if applied to FPL.

Considering this, it’s a shame that Buffett has never tried his hand at FPL preferring, apparently, to play the card game bridge which, I understand he’s also pretty good at. Then again, since I think he’d be pretty good at FPL too, maybe Bridge’s gain isn’t entirely our loss…


Simon March is a member of our Pro Pundits initiative, a team of Fantasy managers here to bring you regular advice and updates on their teams. Simon won the FPL title in 2014/15 and has become a fixture on the punditry circuit ever since.

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  1. Sacked in the Morning
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Have Pope, can't justify Fab over Ryan (apart from the double), can anyone convince me?

    1. FCSB
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      save your money

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

      I prefer Ryan

    3. Party time
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Fabulouski is a veteran. Fpl & Epl wise

        Have got both Hendo & Fab

      • Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        West Ham will struggle against Liverpool and leicester. Ryan long term is much better pick.

      • dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Ryan best pick

      • Sacked in the Morning
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks all

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

        if you have a goalie than can coverhis bad fixture then yes, if not, no. Ryan

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

      Play:
      A) Rico (WAT)
      B) Grealish (MCI)

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        B. City aren’t great at the back. If Villa get at them Grealish could grab a goal.

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

        im playing both, any other options

      3. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Rico is awful along with the wgole Bou team. Grealish imo

      4. Bad Kompany
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        B

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

        Grealish

    5. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Foster
      TAA Soy Lundy
      Salah (c) Mane (vc) KDB Maddi
      Vardy Ings DCL

      (Button Grealish Williams Kelly)
      0ITB 1 FT

      Thinking of saving. Spurs will get a hiding from Liverpool this week. All those big players were rested for Pool too in the FA Cup.

      However, is there anything pressing with my team? Bench order right? Cheers

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks guys.

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

        Loool looks good agree with you on Liverpool, currently on Mane(c) over Salah what makes you favour Salah?

        1. Forever In Our Shadow
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Both recent stats and the eye test. He has been really unlucky in the last few. Could easily have had a hat trick against Sheff U. Just looks sharp.

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

            Aurier will play a part in this

    6. Bad Kompany
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Mahrez or Dilva? I feel like Dilva is more likely to play both games but mahrez is more explosive. Also mahrez has been playing more recently and when he wasn’t playing earlier it might have been because he was playing ucl

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Mahrez for me

        1. Bad Kompany
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Cheers! Do you think he’ll start next couple games or is it just because he is more explosive than Dilva and it isn’t worth trying to guess what pep will do

          1. dunas_dog
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            I think more explosive but think high chance starts next 2 based on form

            1. Bad Kompany
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Cheers!

      2. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Kdb os enough imo

        1. Forever In Our Shadow
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Agreed. KDB is the only nailed
          On player imo

    7. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      If you could have just one for the next 2 weeks

      A Rashford (NOR liv)
      B Aguero (avl CRY) but -4

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        A. B too much of a rotation risk.

      2. Bad Kompany
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I’d say b but you always have to be worried about if he’ll start

      3. Sailboats
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        A

    8. Manani
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      best Alli replacement?
      thinking Grealish. not keen on united

      1. Bad Kompany
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Dilva/Mahrez

      2. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Martial of Maddison?

      3. thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Not the best week to bring in Grealish imo...

        Thought about Richarlison?

      4. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Richarlison

    9. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Had a better look at it and this how it works out and now I think the chose is obvious.

      A) Mane and Jiminez
      B) KDB and Firmino

      1. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Choice*

      2. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Formino!? Time to go to sleep.

      3. Cahill
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        A

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Yeah it is obvious isn't it, but losing KDB 🙁

      4. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Firmino is blank man. Assist the assister. Personally would go Mane Jimi.

    10. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I think I’m all set for dropping Alli & Rash next week to bring in Salah (& DCL/Ings).

      But I’m really struggling to know what to do with my 2FT coming into this GW. I’m even considering burning it for the first time in almost a decade playing FPL.

      Do you think Alli > Rich is a worthwhile 1 week punt or shall I just burn the transfer?

      1. OBAMA
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        i dont fancy Alli vs Liverpool at all personally.

        I'm taking out Lucas

      2. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        If nothings pressing then burn it.

      3. Joggers Nipple
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Alli to Mahrez if nothing else to do?

    11. OBAMA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      anyone considering getting in WHU ahead of DGW?

      If so, who do we think best bet? I was thinking snodgrass could be a cheap differential

      1. tucaoneo
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Good shout.

      2. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Avoid. Pool and Leicester. The 2 best defenses.

      3. Cahill
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Need to downgrade Tammy next week so will be keeping a close eye on Haller tomorrow night

        1. OBAMA
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          me and you both

      4. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Nope. They play 2 of the three top teams in the league. Enough said.

      5. thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I’m avoiding WHam completely

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

        nah, Fab, but then hm, Anderson if you fancy a punt in 24 and they have Brighton in 25, so a two week punt perhaps? But for many, that slot is already vacated by very good options so not sure i would bother and while he can do some good, i doubt he will get more than 10 points.

    12. OBAMA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      What do we think of Perez as a pick?

      1. Cahill
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Nope

        1. OBAMA
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          why?

          1. Cahill
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Only ever plays 60 mins. Had one big haul against saints; other two good weeks were when Vardy was injured.

            Barnes May even start ahead of him on Sat

      2. Royal5
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Not a bad shout.

      3. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Hot and cold, dont think I'd want him in my team week in week out! Having him in and shipping him out at the right time looks key... but impossible to do I reckon, avoid for me but a pity as he was so hyped up on here preseason!

      4. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Like he was at Newcastle not consistent enough.

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

        just wait some weeks and weather will be warmer and perez will shine as he always does in the spring time

    13. MikeLowrey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Struggling with what to do this week with 1FT (1.1 ITB) and Alli & Pukki the problems:

      Henderson
      TAA Digne Lundstram Soyuncu
      Salah KDB Alli Martial
      Vardy Maupay

      (Button Pukki* Dendoncker Kelly)

      A) Alli to Mahrez
      B) Alli to Maddo
      C) Alli to F.Anderson
      D) Pukki to Jimenez
      E) Pukki to DCL
      F) Alli & Pukki to Mane & Fimrino & Perez (-4)

      Leaning to A, B or E at the moment. Still unsure of which Pool triple up I want

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        What’s your plan to get a third Pool player for the Dgw? That may help you decide?

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

        Pukki plays United, not bench

    14. boroie
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      What to do?

      2 FTs, £0.1 ITB

      Gazzaniga
      Soyuncu Lundstram Rico
      Martial(VC) KDB Mane Mahrez
      Vardy(C) Rashford Abraham

      McGovern; Gomez Aurier Cantwell

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Id do something with Gaza and Aurier. Double spurs defence is not great.

        1. boroie
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Yeah they’ve been rubbish for weeks. Would rather keep Aurier than Gazz as Aurier still has attacking potential but I’m not convinced by any keeper at the moment, especially in the price range that I would be looking.

      2. Cahill
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Mahrez & aurier -> Grealish & Sidibe

        1. gbpearce - AMERICAN DYCHO
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Lose Mahrez ... before Villa???? Noooooooo

          Aurier to Sidibe only and roll the other FT.

          1. gbpearce - AMERICAN DYCHO
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            argghh you're short 0.2

    15. JRO093
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Captain choices this week that I am pondering - thoughts welcome!

      1) Vardy. The obvious one, playing SOU at home, lethal and on pens. Default choice but: a) Played 90mins wednesday eve and has a Sat 3pm game, b) SOU look better defensively and will want revenge after the 9-0, c) Ndidi out and Maddison doubtful

      2) Jimenez. Penalties and consistent scorer, playing an awful Newcastle side who have been hit by injuries. No mid-week game, so fresh for this weekend

      3) Martial. Playing an open and leaky Norwich side at home - the kind of open game style Man Unied thrive in. Played only a bit in mid-week, so should be ready and up for the game

      Not considering KdB and Mane this week but they could obviously smash it.

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Going with the Strawberry Blonde Bombshell myself

        1. Cahill
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Let’s hope he doesn’t go too pink too soon

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            nothing wrong with a bit of pink, just means he's up for it

            1. Cahill
              • 13 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Like a delicious rare steak

      2. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Out of those three I would go jimmy.

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

        Why are you convincing me to go with Martial lol. I'd go Jimi or Tammy if I had either of them

      4. Joggers Nipple
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Vardy capy, Jiminez vc
        Man U are very very bad

    16. davies
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      How much would you pay for Piatek if he went to Spurs?

      1. marquinhos
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        35 should seal although can go up to 45m

        1. davies
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          FPL terms

      2. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        presume you're talking FPL, 8.0

        1. davies
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          You’d buy him for that?

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            prob not but consider if he hit the ground running

    17. marquinhos
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Alli to Sarr on a FT?

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        It’s a good differential.

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

        Very tempted but playing Cantwell and maupay

    18. B Sharp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Good evening all.
      Pick 3 to start, sub 2

      A Pereira
      B Gomez
      C Sidibe
      D Kolasinac
      E Digne

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        ABC

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

        Ace as easy as

        1. B Sharp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Cheers! Thoughts on Digne involvement and Gomez sub?

    19. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Get Ramsdale for Pope or wait a week and get Ryan?

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Wait. Bournemouth are shocking.

    20. Areyouthereyet
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Keep or sell Pope? Ryan, Foster or McCarthy (bank in 0.3)

      1. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I have foster. For me all these keepers at those prices are a punt. The other would be Ryan.

        1. Areyouthereyet
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Thank you sir! All the best for this gw

    21. OBAMA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Best Moura replacement? 7.6m in the bank + already have grealish

      1. B Sharp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Sarr

        1. OBAMA
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          nice shout, any others come to mind?

          Sarr has looked pretty good from what i've seen

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

      Thoughts on Mane captain? Only me who owns in my ML atm. Too risky?

      1. B Sharp
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Sidibe or digne? Own both but need to let one slip. Dignes got the set pieces only reason I'vd held on

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

          Sid

      2. Fitzy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Strong mini league by the sounds of it... 😉

        1. B Sharp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Oh ah. Lethal this year

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

          They all have Salah instead :p

      3. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        No not at all. I’m the only one with Salah. I’m (c) Salah. I also have Mane as (vc).

        1. B Sharp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Il get my coat

          1. Forever In Our Shadow
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            You want me to do the zipper up for you. 😉

            1. B Sharp
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              You best had I'm posting a question as a reply to your question then have the audacity to reply to another completely unrelated reply. Replyinhell

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

        well he is the best cap choice so why do you ask?

        Aurier, that is the clue i give you

    23. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      #1 and 2 are meant to help fund Pool x3 (likely Robbo or VVD given funds) in dgw24. I'm at a bit of a loss otherwise, so open to suggestions. 2FT, 0.4itb

      1) Tammy, Aurier > Ings, 4.4
      2) Aurier > Jack Stephens & roll FT
      3) Alli, Aurier > Madds, Sidibe

      Ryan
      TAA, Soyuncu, Lunds
      Mane, KDB(v), Alli, Grealish
      Tammy, Jimenez, Vardy(c)
      (Button; Cantwell, Rico, Aurier)

      1. woodboy76
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Why is everyone raving over Jack Stephens?

        1. jdp219
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Certainly not raving. But he has a 4.3 price tag. He plays and has some decent fixtures in a couple weeks. That's my reasoning.

          But mostly the 4.3.

    24. Moose™
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      380K OR. Bit average if you were going through FFS all day?

      1. Moose™
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        105 TV. Anybody in the same boat?

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

          With 380k OR and 105 TV? No.

        2. Greek Freak
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Nope. I can't afford a boat - at best I'm on a flimsy raft with my 1 million OR and 102.8 TV 😀

          1. Moose™
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Your team is good imo. Need pool mids imo

            1. Greek Freak
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Either Salah or Mane will come in time for GW24. Right now I'm happy with Sterling and Villa next.

        3. Forever In Our Shadow
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          314k 106.9 tv. Yep. But slowly rising. It will come good. Patience and planning is key at this time of the season.

          1. Moose™
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Whats the optimum TV going into the DGW34/35 in your opinion?

            In addition, Captaincy picks always ruined my rank. 11/21 weeks my captain blanks. Thats poor tho?

            1. Forever In Our Shadow
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Captains killed me too. 8 out of first 11 blanks. Only 2 in the last 10 has helped me move up. For me anywhere between what I have now and 110 for maximum effect on WC and Free hit teams. Others will say it doesn't matter but for me the guys in my mini league always ask “how do you get that midfield
              Or strike force”? They never realise its because I can afford it. A bit like Simon says above, careful investment and selling at the right time is key. Losing 0.1 mil annoys me more than a bad game week.

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Early days.

        1. Moose™
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          You had a good rank and 107 TV. Thats massive! Keep it up TM

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Plenty here have the rank covered. Plenty of blanks/doubles to gain lots.

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

        Sounds fine.

        1. Moose™
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Captaincy choices ruined my rank. 11/21 my captain blanked.

          1. Fitzy.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            11/21 here too, plenty with worse.

          2. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Without looking, more than 11 here.

      4. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        1m here, you're flying Moose 😉

        1. Moose™
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Im sure you can climb the rank much easier than me. Keep it up mate!

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

        280k here, no, difference is so small that it is mere chance and one or to decisive transfers or decisions tat went wrong/right that differs between 300k and 50k say. I´m thirty points behind 100k, that´s down to not having vc on KDB and owning Sterling and getting Lundstram from bench in that bizarro gw earlier this season.

    25. rainy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Price Changes - 10th January 2020

      🔺  Rashford (9.2), Traoré (5.7)

      🔻  Alli (8.7), Lucas Moura (7.1), Pieters (4.3)

      1. Moose™
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks Rainy.

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers Rainy!

      3. Fitzy.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks!

      4. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        1-1 might hold Alli for Norwich out of spite, cheers Rainy 🙂

        1. rainy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          May follow suit. Eurgh... 😉

          1. jia you
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            hopefully he picks up the Kane slack and smashes it in 23 and 24....wishful thinking!

      5. NotReadyForPrimeTime
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers, Rainy! Rarely is news this good for me!

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

        Pope??????

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Tomorrow.

      7. waldo666
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Cheers Rainy.

      8. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        No 'Mark must own Pope' comments yet is disappointing lol or perhaps the DZ crowd is of better character 🙂

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

          Mark did Alli, Lucas to Rashford, Traore 16 mins ago!

      9. FPL_Crisis
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        lots of chatter about removing rashford. is the rise coming from Kane owners?

          1. FPL_Crisis
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers have not seen this feature

      10. Buck The Trent
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        2-0

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

        1-0, last one before my FT resets. Now begins the torturous path to GW24

      12. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Oh my Rashford

    26. fgdu
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      realistically speaking, in how many of the next 5 games do you think Traore and Cantwell will return?

      1. OBAMA
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        2/5 max

      2. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Playing both each week? 2 each at best.

      3. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Both 2/5

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

        Solid 3. Confident on Cantwell this week and against Bourne

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Useless away normally.

    27. OBAMA
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      best Moura replacement? I already have Grealish

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

        Sarr possibly

      2. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Sarr has been looking good lately

      3. FP Elephant
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Perhaps hold and see if he starts up front now that Kane’s out long term? I have Moura too and am thinking of giving him a few weeks. Are you definitely getting rid?

    28. Ohh1454
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thoughts on R.Pereria to Sidibe ?

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        I was also considering this earlier in the week but two things putting me off! 1. Pereira could smash it this GW 2. Holgate is so cheap could be a very handy way of saving additional funds.

    29. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Team looks in a bit of trouble going forward, should I WC?

      Ryan
      Dunk TAA Lundstram
      Martial Maddison Traore KDB
      Rashford Vardy Jiminez

      Button Grealish Aurier Kelly

      1. Bobby Digital
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        It's fine

      2. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        ...a bit similar to my situation and I'm strongly considering wildcarding next week and getting rid of double MUN attack and triple Wolves amongst others!

      3. Moose™
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Nahh. It can be sorted in 2 or 3 weeks imo

    30. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      So many good captain candidates... got it on Martial atm.

      1. jia you
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        there are but he's not one of them imo 😉

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          we havent been nearly good enough this season against the so called lesser teams!

          1. Bobby Digital
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Who you reckon is better? Vardy, Salah, KDB, Abraham?

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              much of a muchness between the first three, any of them could haul, do a lucky dip 🙂

    31. SomeoneKnows
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Which is a better team for GW23 onwards?

      A) Kelly, Alli, Rashford
      B) Kelly, Salah, DCL
      C) Robertson, Grealish, Rashford

      Guaita (4.0)
      TAA, Soyuncu, Lundstram (Rico, XXX)
      Mane, KDB, XXX, Maddison (Cantwell)
      Vardy, XXX, Ings

      1. Moose™
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        C for long term imo

      2. FPL Theorist
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        B, but with someone nailed long-term in place of Kelly

      3. SH
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        B with Webster or Holgate

    32. Kane Toads
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Cresswell + Alli > Robbo + Moura for free? I have both Mane and TAA