Can FPL bosses expect more attacking returns from Spurs winger Steven Bergwijn?

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Good observation, I'd agree with that. That's why I'll probably wait until after the 28 blank and by then we'll have some options hopefully!

Totally agree.
Way more popular owned players blanking, out of form, or dropped, than any desire to bring in their replacements.

I haven't hit mine, but I nearly did, for exactly this reason!

Indeed! Thinking short term for some punts have driving a lot of managers into WCs as their squad is bare thin

The perfect transfer has push & pull factors. I'm on a wc purely down to push... too many doubtful starters. Not feeling the pull of new players this time, just housekeeping, and it's not as exciting!

Yeah, good point. I’m tempted too, but I look at my team for this week, and there’s not really anyone I’d get rid of. Will re-assess next week

I think the important point, for me, is that there aren't a lot of players performing well right now. I don't see who I'd go for!

I think selling players you don't want to have is valid particularly if they aren't playing but the problem right now is who to go for. Blank upcoming, so many players out of form.. I'm very happy to hold.

Not sure about that.

I really don't want Soyoncu, Webster, Kelly, Maddison, Cantwell, Vardy, Greenwood and DCL anymore.

I really do want double SHU defence, Doherty Traore Jimenez, Ings, and Aguero captain Vs West Ham, plus s few that I don't hugely want but are better for my squad such as Barnes and Lascelles

I sold Lord this week.

Sell Lumpstram

I am in the same boat, think I'm dumping Lundstram

Sold Lundstrum for Lascalles

Sold A for stephens this week

Easy one. Get rid of A. Potter may still knock a tune out of that defence.

rely fail to Miguel Sanchez

Cheers for the reply. Think it will reluctantly be Lundstram who goes. Plenty in the bank for a replacement but might go for a Southampton double up with Stephens. Great underlying stats.

D. Martial -> Traore, Barnes, Fleck, Bergwijn(?)

If Liverpool were to get knocked out to either Shrewsbury or Chelsea I would seriously reconsider playing FH in 31 given most will have 3 pool and everyone will have Salah captain.

Is GW31 the FA Cup weekend .... is that why everyone is nervous?

Same, I'll have triple Pool and triple Wolves and a couple more playing minimum. Seems a waste of a FH for 2/3 average players.

Southampton getting a cup run together frees up Spurs and Everton. That’s what I’m hoping for. Would actually prefer Liverpool through to make FH call harder to make

Having played WC & planning to play FH in GW 34 I'm hopeful that Pool bows out of FA cup 😀

Otherwise GW 31 will be a painful one for me. I knew it though before playing WC so I'm prepared for the worse

Hopefully Newcastle gets knocked out

Permutations. Great word.

Yep - really coming around to the idea of dealing with GW31 using FT's only - ESPECIALLY IF - Liverpool
don't progress in the FA cup.

Given the various permutations i think the FH team if used in 31 is
going to be thoroughly unexciting as there are probably only 4 or 5 games taking place, this will then
leave FH available for GW34 which, imo, is going to be more difficult to navigate given there could
well be 3 or 4 blanks in the GW (plus the doubles).
If Liverpool (and ideally Spurs) get knocked out then you can get to a couple of spurs, 3x pool and 2x
or 3x wolves that gives you 7/8 players, add 2 or 3 others and jobs done which shouldn't be overly
diffcult. If pool / spurs do progress that leaves wolves/bourne, burnley/watford, norwich/everton &
maybe newcastle/villa - i think there are only 5 players i would actually want to own for those games
anyway!

I also have WC left so can dead end the team into GW 31/32 when fixtures also swing nicely anyway
and i can get rid of the dross knowing who has which games yet to play for the remaining season

Those ratings are always screwed.
Don’t pay any attention to them.
Also they take no consideration to whether it’s a difficult fixture depending on defenders or attackers.

From defensive point of view i think it is helpful.
Generally teams don't keep CS against better teams.

But agree that from attackers point of view it can be misleading.

I wouldn’t WC,
Lundstram, Martial and Kelly are your problem players.
But I’d just switch one of your cheap defenders to someone with a game in 28/31...Burnley or Watford I guess

I would wait for replay in carabou cup, but this is borderline wc territory but if yo rather wait i think (if Liverpool goes out) Lund to one of SHU nailed defenders, say Egan/basham/o connell, Kelly to Van dijk and somebody in for martial, this way you solve your defence, and then Soy just have one tough in 27 then you can perhaps use him again after that. I haven´t done the math but it leaves you with something like 7-7-5 for midfield slot? Not much to be upbeat about there but Moura, as you then get Villa and if WC in 29 he will be a 2-3 weeks punt? to do this as -8 i´m not sure of though, i have something similar of a problem and i wc in 25 to try to get early on SHU def and Liv double def, which paid off but i made a cap blunder or actually not a blunder but a carefully chosen one, but Kun decided to leave his shooting boots home in Manchester.

Some moves over weeks ahead will get you back on track

Search the player on fplatstistics.co.uk

One week

It's between Fleck and Stephens.
Not sure about that one.
I need to decide myself between Perez and Stephens

Why go Kun cappo?

A) Have him but he didn't play last week end
B) Didn't play the week before, is he only playing difficult matches and Sessegnon the easy ones? Needs more time to understand Mou
C) Not in the short term
D) Nice move in short term and differential
E) Depending on your team but Stephens has nice fixtures and is cheap

I went with Aurier myself. B or D from your choices.

D

Bar the city game Bench him then) they have a good run for next 10 or so.

Either Lund out, or I would even be tempted to save and then ship out Sidibe and DCL next GW when their fixtures turn to bad (Jimenez and Newcastle defender in maybe).

There was an article on that last week

AC

Stevens by a country mile if you watch games and stats also back this up, if i were to choose two, which i already have, i would go Basham/Egan as this leaves you, in my opinion to a little more easy choice if you for instance wants to bench one and play the other one, if you plan to play both in almost every game i would go both fullbacks, if not, then maybe one of Egan or Basham alongside Stevens.

I went with Stevens & O'Connell on wildcard last week.

I think would try getting Traoré on the field if he is fit. Leicester haven't been strong in defense lately.

Not essential but one of few teams who are likely to keep CSs

If you want CS points

I just have Henderson. Think he's enough. Have McCarthy on the bench for 28.

Not essential but likely 12 points for most players over the next 2 weeks

In my head before i wildcarded in 25, 2 SHu def was def in, i chose to go 3, with Hendo in goal with Mccarthy as back up goalie,so that blank in 28 only means i would have to play double LIv defense, mccarthy vs West ham and Lascelles vs burnley.

Reason why is that i´m tired of hoping for Dunk goals, Sidibe assists and other likes who offers "potentia" but their teams can´t defend so felt i need to do something else, which was SHU and LIv defense, my thinking is that they have kept 20 cs between them in 25 weeks, that´s almost 1 cs pr gameweek, which means (in theory) there´s good chance one will get one among them, instead of hpoing for cs among Brighton, Watford and Everton, who are so unpredictable. And with VVD and Robertson i get some attacking potential as well, they are doing well in the bps system and Stevens offers good value. Basham is the one i chose that does not have that but last year he had 4g and 2a, a lot of them came in the last part of the season-)

Wouldn't touch them

Think they have an excellent keeper and would have conceded even more if it werent for him (bar the howler) so I wouldnt touch them either

after this GW I won't have any for a while anyway, so hopefully there is rotation carnage

Ian Wright is a bell end

You need players to be in match rythm and Ian Wright should know this as a player, but a change in focus (from PL to CHL) could perhaps means the odd benching here and there. Whenwe go in to that segue around the Madrid games, KDb is in my head dispensible, he will almost certainly be rested for one or two games as Pep knows that without him they are severely harmed/weakened.

yea i was listening to the podcast this morning thinking how wrong they were, wrighty, chris and charlie adam to be precise ...they all failed to mention that if pep rotates his best players then they will have the same issue as other seasons where they dont have the continuity and the rhythm required to beat madrid.....Pep wont get it wrong this time.

include with that that there is a rumour that apparently players were asked their feedback after the game and some players said they dont think rotation is helping,....im going kdb , kun and mahrez all the way.

A

All 3 there are unlikely.

League's gone so can't imagine City having any qualms about a TGW in 37 if Man City get through to the CL semis. No way any of their decent players are even in the squad for all 3 games though.

Maybe they are betting on both of them to get knocked out soon. Put them against each other in next round, then play the winner Vs Liverpool or some other top half team.

Given City will be knocked out by Madrid and Arsenal will be the same by Olympiakos this will change things

Rose went to Newcastle my friend, so no danger there. Do you mean Walker-Peters? I should imagine KWP is back up or a replacement for Cedric.

what were the comments?

when he used 25million on a player that went straight in after one day after his arrival you would think chances are slim. Berge was also very good vs palace, and tbf, a much better player-)

What comments?

Fugettaboutit.

Do a sideways move with Lundstram and then move on. If he is not benched this week, he will be getting partial time at best.

Lundy?

I would keep Vardy

Lundstram/Kelly -> Fernandez/Lascelles/Boly/O'Connell/Stevens

Brighton has still decent fixtures couple GWs

A for home fixtures and rotate more (with sou def).
B if you want to set and forget.

Keep Vardy. I would definetly offload Martial... I cant see them doing well vs Chelsea or Watford

A

Anything that involves getting rid of Tony

I did Lundy to Egan.

Looking at your team, you must have benching headache every GW?

How is that team even possible, Deulofeu is FWD?

Wouldn't surprise me if he got 70 and Mane came on.

He'll be without a game in two weeks though. If it's tight, which is unlikely, he'll probably play close to 90 mins especially if Mane is out.

most likely but it depends on the scoreline and how the game is going, if they, which they probably will, leading comfortably, they will stroll around last 20 minutes so in that case he will prob stay on. I think you have to put the armband on him with other merits in hand, do you think he is good option? Is there any better? For me, Kun is the better one IF he starts, which with Sterlings potentially injury is more likely, he needs his best player to be in match fitness, that means playing Kun (i actually think he plays Jesus too as left winger vs West ham). My thinking is also that City won´t have a game in two weeks, while Liv have Ath Madrid just 3 days later, so my bet is Kun starts and City does not need to cruise in after 60 minutes, Liv will prob do that. I was wrong last week though so you never know

Mahrez

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