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. Lazaretti
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    I've Kane and Aurier in my team and 1FT, 1.8 ItB

    Fabianski-Button
    TAA - Lundstram - Rico - Kelly - Aurier
    KdB - Mane - Martial - Traore - Dendoncker
    Kane - Ings - Vardy

    Original plan was to downgrade Kane to DCL / Maupay to be able to upgrade Traore to Salah before DGW.

    DCL Maupay not tempting at all so now wondering should I bring in Aguero and C him. Also could take a hit to swap Aurier out. Any recommendations to get in place of Kane / Aurier. TIA.

    1. Taffer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Kane > Rashford should leave enough for Martial > Salah no?

      Kun is a nice punt but you'll need to take out to make a transfer for Salah...

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

        1ml short. Though still couple of GW's to collect cash. Downgrading Aurier is one way to get funds. Not sure if I want to dbl United attack as they have pool after Norwich, though one week punt could be OK. Thank you.

        Aguero would definitely be differential in my ML where I am chasing 50pts..,

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

      Why DCL/Maupay not appealing now?

      I prefer your original plan.

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

        Not sure I have had Richarlison twice this season + Digne / Siggy at the beginning of the season and they have not delivered at all. Everton as a team not convincing enough. Maupay maybe fixtures look good. Thank you

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

    Morning dzz, in a slightly tricky position with the team below. Have 2fts

    Ryan -- Button
    Taa Lundy Otamendi -- Rico Aurier
    Kdb Martial Salah Grealish -- Stephens
    Vardy Ings Rashford

    A: Otamandi >> 4.2m def if i aim for Aurier >> Robbo next gw
    B: Otamendi >> 4.4m def if i aim Martial / Rashford >> Mane / DCL next gw

    As i am unsure whether i want Robbo or Mane for the dgw, it would make sense to go a 4.2m defender right to give myself the option of all choices?

    1. Taffer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Yep, go for a 4.2. Won't make much difference in the long term and optionality is worth something.

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

        Yeah feel the same.

        Zabaleta?

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

      Maybe Aurier to 4.2 if Ota plays he has attacking threat + CS change. Is there any nailed 4.2 worth bringing in?

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

        He is but Aurier is nailed atleast and I don’t want to waste a FT having to remove Ota

  3. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    After this weekend, is this worth it?
    Sterling and Zaha to Son and Mahrez, for free?

    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I like it

      1. Taffer
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Punty, but it's good

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

      I would avoid Spurs players if you want to punt then Son in is good move.

  4. Cojones of Destiny
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    in case Pep decides to bench Mahrez whos likely to take his spot?

    1. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B. Silva or change in formation

    2. Taffer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B Silva or Foden

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

      Dilva has been nailed all season when fit pretty much

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

        Change in formation

  5. pjanns
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Any reconstruction needed?

    I think I'm good to go. 2 FT 0 ITB

    Ramsdale
    TAA , Soy , Lunds
    Mane , Salah , Martial , KDB
    Vardy , Ings , Abraham

    (Button , Dendoncker , Rico , Reid)

    Any comments appreciated!! 🙂

    1. BNMC
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      That's a stacked team. How much value do you have?

      1. pjanns
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        On 106,7 TV 🙂

      2. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Its a top first 11, about as good as you'll see, but the bench is as bad as you'll see.

        Abraham to Jimenez for me.

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

    Is double LIV defense sustainable long-term, beyond DGW24? They have good fixtures through to March but I get the feeling they'd not be worth holding.

    1. Taffer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Prefer double attack for those fixtures, but probs worth holding if you can afford it.

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

      100% sustainable - especially if it’s TAA and Robbo.

      Clean sheets are starting to roll in, which means so will bonus points and the assists will always be there

  7. Taffer
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Team:

    Pope/ Button
    Rico/ Kelly/ Soy/ TAA/ Lundstram
    Rich/ Salah/ Mane/ KDB/ Cantwell
    Rash/ Vardy/ Greenwood

    2FT 0.0 ITB

    Thinking of getting rid of Rash, Man Utd look awful and Norwich defensive stats have improved a lot.

    Either:

    A> Rash & Greenwood > Ings & DCL (3-4-3)
    B> Rash & Cantwell > DCL & DSilva (3-5-2)
    C> Rash & Cantwell > Ings & Grealish (3-5-2) (More money in the bank for GK/ defence upgrade)

    Leaning towards B with Silva, nice differential and he's been excellent this season when fit (7.3ppg when he's played over 60 minutes)

    Thoughts?

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

      Would give Rashford Norwich. You might want Cantwell at home vs BOU too next GW.

      1. Taffer
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Fair. I kind of fancy Cantwell vs Man Utd also

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

          Cantwell only does well at home in FPL

          1. Taffer
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            True

          2. No Professionals
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            Did ok away at everton

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

              His only away return all season.

    2. I SPEAK ENGELS AND DRINK GI…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Lol I just swapped Rashford to captain. Manu & Rashford scores @ home and reverse fixture it was 1-3. Im shipping Rashford next GW tho

    3. farmerfat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I wouldn't take out Rash ahead oh Norwich at home.
      He is my Cap this week

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

      Maybe Pope out. and save FT

  8. Eleven Hag
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Good morning guyz!!!

    Best midfield option upto 7.3 from GW23??

    A) Moura
    B) Grealish
    C) Sarr
    D) Any others

    1. Taffer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Grealish, D Silva is 7.4...

      1. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Dilva is a rotation risk, isnt he?

        1. Taffer
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 2 months ago

          Plays 4/5. And when he's played over 60 has got 7.3ppg.

          1. Eleven Hag
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 2 months ago

            With Dilva in, my midfiled wud be Mane Salah KDB Dilva....Does it feel kind of boring? 🙂

            1. Taffer
              • 10 Years
              4 years, 2 months ago

              Double exposure to the best two teams in the country sounds great...think only 3-4% of Top 10k have Salah/ Mane/ TAA for reference

              1. Eleven Hag
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                Thanks mate will try to get him

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

              That’s the set up I’m aiming for -,with Maddison in fifth slot 🙂

              1. Eleven Hag
                • 6 Years
                4 years, 2 months ago

                With vardy ings upfront??

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

                  Vardy Jim - switch to Ings possible

                  Don’t have a lot at the back of course 🙂 so extra funds could come in handy

                  1. Eleven Hag
                    • 6 Years
                    4 years, 2 months ago

                    I got Vardy Jim ings at the moment..and looking to sell jimenez in GW24 for run of difficult games...what are you doing with him?

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

          Not really - fit he plays with some managed minutes

    2. Rocky FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B, A is wait and see.

      1. Eleven Hag
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Wanna see if Moura is played as a striker now like a F9

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

    Leno
    Soy Lund Rico
    Salah Mané KDB Richarlison
    Vardy Ings DCL

    Stek Dendo Aurier Kelly

    G2G? Main concern is how to get TAA in.

    1. Taffer
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      G2G but you need TAA...

      Downgrade Richarlison...?

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

        You can't really downgrade anyone but Aurier and Richarlison in my opinion. Who to replace Richarlison with, not sure. I went for Sarr. Someone goes for Traore, Grealish etc. Doucouré could also be an option.

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

      Aurier & Richarlison out -> 4.0 fodder and then whatever mid
      You can get with the change.

      G2G this week though

  10. Adzy
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Why is aubameyang flagged not seen anything to suggest he's injured?

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

      Illness

  11. fpork
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who to captain?
    1) KDB - Consistent. Plays vs poor team
    2) Sterling - Same as KDB, but highest possibility to explode? Could be rested again?
    3) Vardy - Safest choice?
    4) Rashford - Man utd vs Norwich. Should be walk in the park?
    5) Other?

    Fabianski (Button)
    TAA, Lundstram, Robertson (Soy,Rico)
    KDB, Sarr, Maddison, Sterling (Cantwell)
    Ings, Vardy, Rashford

    1. I SPEAK ENGELS AND DRINK GI…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      1) Villa system change has worked wonders defnsively. Therefore wouldnt pick him

      2) better option than 1

      3) Southampton has been strong defnsively lately. They had game on Thursday as well

      4) I went with him. Manu and Rashford scores at home and reverse fixture 1-3

  12. Rash
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Any transfers or changes with bench require here?

    Schmeichel
    Trent sidibe lundy
    Kdb maddison mane grealish Salah
    Vardy ings

    Button Greenwood williams dunk

    1ft .5itb

  13. andres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Hedno
    Sidibe TAA Soy
    Kdb Alli Salah Traore
    Rash Vardy Ings

    Cantwell, Lund, Kelly 2.5, 1FT

    rash, alli => dcl, mane (-4)??

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

      I wouldn't get rid of Rashford before Norwich (H), to bring in Mane against Spurs (A). You already have two Liverpool. Save the transfer, and consider playing Cantwell over Alli, would be my decision.

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

        And especially not for a -4!

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

      Save FT and do for free next week?

      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        This

        Pretty much my plan

  14. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Who is everyone captaining this gw ? I'm going vardy

    1. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Salah

  15. IWR
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Ryan
    Soy Trent Sidibe Lundy
    Mane KDB Maddo
    Vardy Rash Jimi (C)

    Grealish Kelly Saka

    Ready to roll here?

  16. Dream Killers 2.0
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else fancy Jimenez as captain vs an injury plagued Newcastle side?

    1. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Seriously considering him - Newcastle concede a lot of chances.

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

      I theory but unless he plays Man City he rarely gets double digits so likely to get a 6-9 point return

      1. Goro Majima
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah, that's what's stopping me at the moment, Vardy is a much more explosive player.

    3. BNMC
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I have the armband on him now. Thank goodness I'm not alone!

    4. I SPEAK ENGELS AND DRINK GI…
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I was considering him as well but Wolves usually doesnt do well vs parking the bus teams. And thats what Bruce will be doing 100%

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

    Best 2 week punt to replace Alli? (They will become Mane for GW24). Max spend 10.4m

    A) Sarr
    B) Richarlison
    C) Maddison
    D) Mahrez (game time risk)
    E) D Silva (game time risk?)
    F) Someone else

    1. Dream Killers 2.0
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I like option A. D or E could be good as well but more of a risk due to rotation.

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

      Whats your transfer plan to get Mane in?

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

        I’ve got 1 FT this week and get another 2 pre GW24

        I can do Abraham & Alli -> Mane & DCL/ Maupay so I’m planning a 2 week punt on an Alli replacement then roll the FT and transfer the Alli replacement and Abraham -> Mane & DCl/ Maupay

        I’ve got 0.4m wiggle room on price moves so should be ok

        Obviously I could just hold Alli this week and then Make the move a week early in 23 but feels like that leaves a few points on the table

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

          Just out of curiosity, why you are doing 2 week punt, instead of bringing Mane in ? (he is raising in price and also best mid in the game)

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

            As I’d have to -4 to get him in this week (would need the cash from Abraham)

    3. Goro Majima
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Probably B with Maddison flagged. Would avoid City options myself for reason you listed.

  18. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Bench one:

    A- Tomori (BUR)
    B- Rico ( WAT)
    C- Grealish ( MCI)

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

      Bench em all 🙂 if tomori likely to start play him And bench rico

  19. Lord of Ings
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Good day all!
    Kdb or rashford for the armband?
    Kdb will probably play deeper and take up the role of assisting the assister only reason I'm tempted to go rashford over KDB.
    Thoughts?

    1. Ynwalfc
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I can’t decide with KDB if he doesn’t play deep he could score big. Maybe go with Rashford to be safe tho

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

      See my post, would you go Sterling over both of these if you have him?

    3. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      KDB I think.
      I don’t own rashford though.

      I’m going salah personally

  20. Ynwalfc
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Pope
    TAA,Gomez,Lundstram
    Mane,DeBruyne(C),Grealish,Maddison
    Jimenez,Vardy(VC),Rashford

    Subs Button,Traore,Aurier,Kelly

    GTG? Tempted to do Jimenez to Calvert-Lewin? Thanks guy

  21. PocketZola
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    What do you think of this? Oft 0.4itb

    Pope
    Taa soy lund
    Salah mane kdb grealish cantwell
    Vardy jimenez

    Subs, rico, Connolly, kelly

    1. Ynwalfc
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Stick it’s a good team. Salah,Mane,KDB,Vardy,TAA could all have the armband

  22. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Brighton's Australian goalkeeper Maty Ryan has announced he'll donate $500 to Australia's wildfire emergency rescue for every registered save made by every single Premier League goalkeeper this weekend

    RYAN SAVES MASTERCLASS INCOMING. 200 SAVES.

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

      What a legend!

    2. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Doubt he makes more than 3 saves anyway

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Oh, every GK. Then its possible.

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

    Transfer AND benching headache here:

    McCarthy
    TAA Sidibe Lund Soy
    Mane KdB Alli
    Vardy(c) Ings Rash
    (Button - Grealish Cantwell Kelly) 0.7itb 1FT

    A) Hold FT, bench Alli for Grealish
    B) Play as is
    C) Bench Soy for Grealish
    D) Alli -> Mahrez/Silva

    Thanks!

    1. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Is throw the dice and gamble on Mahrez or Silva.
      Depends on your rank and ML

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

        Thanks. At 33K atm (last weeks have been wild), leader of my cash league 🙂 guess I should expand that lead!

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

      C & D

  24. Kenny Dogleash
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    A/ Vardy and Martial
    B/ Jimenez and Son

    1. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      A
      Because of Vardy. I’m not a fan of martial or son though. But I’d say martial is better

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

        Word, I’d say I’m a fan of Son but not of how spurs appear atm. Don’t go without Vardy, just don’t

  25. Whats the Huth
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Would you say captain and bench order are correct?

    Henderson
    Lundstram. TAA. Sidibé
    Maddison. Grealish. Mane. KDB. Salah (C)
    Vardy. Ings.

    McGovern. Söyüncü. Ayew. Rico.

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

      Yup! Very good team. Might have to bench soy for Grealish myself.

      1. Whats the Huth
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        This is my biggest concern.
        But city aren’t strong at the back. So Grealish May well get some joy.
        I also have ings. And I do suspect that he will score vs Leicester.

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

          Yeah, city might as well ship a goal or two. He doesn’t need to be in the box either! Ings is seemingly unstoppable, and with Ndidi out... might get some joy.

    2. JT11fc
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Looks sorted

    3. antis0cial
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      I have a very similar team (Guaita/Traore/soy over hendo Grealish Sidibé) I’m on Salah cpt too so hopefully works out. KDB and Vardy very tempting though.

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

    1FT, 3m ITB

    Ramsdale
    TAA. Soyuncu. Lundstram
    Salah. KDB. Maddison. Martial. Traore
    Ings. Vardy
    Button. Greenwood. Kelly. Aurier

    GTG to save the FT ahead of getting 3rd pool next week?

    1. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      G2g

      You want to look into sorting out your keeper asap though

      1. fridge
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks

        It's quite impressive how Ramsdale can be so cheap, have such good fixtures and still must leave...

  27. Eze Really?
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    1 to bench:
    a Sidibe
    b Soy
    C Lund

    At present I have Sidibe Cantwell and Aurier benched.

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

      Super hard call, i would prolly bench C

    2. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

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

        B might be actually better, i swap to this also!

    3. JT11fc
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B

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

      I ended on B because of 1) Ndidi out 2) Ings... and 3) Lundstram greater upside

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

      A

      Lund has a plum home fixture so that rules him out.

      Fancy Leicester to shut out Southampton.

    6. Eze Really?
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks guys.
      Maybe I will move to Soy

    7. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      B!

  28. maratus
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Hmm, now when Maddison might be injured, my plans gonna make u-turn.
    I was planning to go with double liverpool def, not Mane+Salah combo.
    If Maddison is confirmed injured before deadline, should i do

    Rashford+Maddison -> DCL+Salah for -4
    Or
    Roll transfer and play Rico

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 2 months ago

      Maddi should be fine, and no need to change your pool plan just because of a potential maddi injury

  29. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Just seen unknown return date on Kiko - fair to assume that means badly crocked?

  30. Andrew Garfield
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 2 months ago

    Should i keep this squad or any out/in for GW22? recommend please..
    Pope
    Lunstram/Söyüncü/Kelly
    Mane/Salah/KDB/Grealish
    Calvert-Lewin/Vardy(C)/Rashford

    Bench: Button Zaha/Rico/Webster

    Thanks,