Limbo: “an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition”.
It truly does feel like the FPL community has slipped into oblivion this week. The elongated nature of Gameweek 26 because of a first-ever Winter break has been made worse by the postponement of Manchester City vs West Ham due to storm Ciara.
The reigning Champions already have a congested schedule coming up and will now face the Hammers at a later point this Gameweek.
Greal
Fixtures wise Pukki would be better but I guess Grealish is more likely to be involved
Pukki
Is there any chance the Sheffield United vs Bournemouth game from this GW could still be cancelled?
Don’t want Rico’s 1pt stinking up my team.
Need someone to brainwash the world 😉
Heil Holmes 😉
Maybe they can get it replayed - Bour are complaining that the ref was rude to them.
#snowflakefc
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/12/bournemouth-contact-premier-league-over-referee-jon-mosss-sarky-remarks
It's not about being a snowflake though...
How are you meant to respect the ref of believe he's impartial when he's mocking your club?
They don't respect the refs though anyway. I am not saying that is the fault of the Bournemouth players in particular, that is "normal" and has been for many years now.
Surely Gosling, Eddie Howe etc. should be the ones apologising to the Bournemouth fans for their crapness, not the ref apologising for bringing it up.
I imagine the conversation was no more than:
"You're shite ref"
"No, you're shite, look at the league table"
I very much doubt the ref just started taking the piss for no reason. Bournemouth should be concentrating more on their pathetic recent performances.
Tbf John Moss is a scumb@g, so no surprise there....
I'll see your Jon Moss and raise you a Bobby Madley
Would be interested to hear what evidence you have to back this up.
Lol@ Dan Gosling. This kind of childish woe is me-attitude is exactly why they will go down.
Only if the whole season is cancelled. Coronavirus ?
Lund, Graelish, DCL > Gomez, Son, Jimenez over the next 3 weeks, yay or nay?
Fudge yeah
Boly instead of Gomez imo. Save that third LFC slot for a bigger hitter.
Thanks, which heavy hitter do you suggest? Do I sacrifice a defensive double up almost guaranteeing CS points for Mane instead (have Salah)?
double def TAA + robbo/vvd
Yep ideally want VVD but would mean more sacrifices elsewhere, which I really can't afford to do unless I'm on a wildcard!
Definitely
Magnus C gonna get Lundstram off the bench due to Webster no-show. The guy sees through a kaleidoscope.
*googles kaleidoscope*
He's playing 4D chess
How is he doing nowadays? Still near the top?
8th.
about 300th.
Huh?
You are looking at the wrong Carlsen lol
There are multiple? No wonder he is so good!
Ha, I can't tell if it's actually a lot of people's names or whether folks are just imitating him
Started in here
Doubt the proper Magnus would include ‘dong’ in his name 😉
Am I right in assuming that reddit dude is gonna leak SHU team every week, therefore keep Lund and start or bench depending on the line-up?
The side was unchanged since last game? I'd start him anyway
If you benched him because of the lineup this week you didn't get his 7 points. I'm starting him regardless. 20-30 mins of Lundstram is better than 90 mins of Rico.
Always start him my view
1 point incoming
Looks like Lascelles could rise in price tonight.
EARLY TRANSFER INCOMING 🙁
Surely you can still afford him for 4.3?
Might get Taylor instead then
-4 happening right now due to this
Go for Fernandes instead and save it for later
Who would you rather have?
A) Martial
B) Fernandes
C) Someone else 8.0 or less (but not Grealish)
If punting on Utd I'd try try Bruno - probably on PKs, FKs etc.
C
C
C
What's more plausible? Zombies or the "attack on titan" titans?
No contest, zombies; especially if you include original Haiti style zombies or "28 Days Later" style "infected" as zombies.
Okay what about Godzilla vs the titans?
Likelihood or who would win? Either way, I'd put my money on Godzilla.
Hopefully Attack on titans, better chance of surviving within walls.
Hmm yes I guess they don't spread like an infection
They can spread if spinal fluid is injected or consumed. Abnormal titans.
Zombies are obviously more realistic.
Is Tottenham safe from the terrible weather? (Son vc)
They play on Sunday right so should be fine.
Though I do know from personal experience that Koreans don't like getting rain on their hair
Cheers! Any other storms in the horizon after Dennis?
After Dennis come:
Ellen
Francis
Gerda
Hugh
Iris
Jan
Kitty
Liam
Maura
Noah
Olivia
Piet
Roisin
Samir
Tara
Vince
Willow
Don't know when the next one will be though. Sorry.
Noah could be biblical
Would last about 40 days I reckon
Going to be raining cats & dogs
You can suggest your own for next year:
pressoffice@metoffice.gov.uk
Names decided jointly between Irish, Dutch and British weather forecast agencies.
How lazy are they that they can't just Google "names beginning with the letter A"?
🙂
Surprised we've not got Stormy McStormface for S
L for LordyLundy
It's really funny that you guys name each and every storm. In our part of the world every storm is called as Tsunami.
Unbelievable
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HPG2JvrtJdQ
Wooow... That actually made me angry and laugh at the same time. How do you miss that!?
Any chance it was fixed? 😀
No Idea 🙂
https://youtu.be/OWEtvlJZfA4
How about this to balance it out?
Well, I thought it was pretty good.
😆 You always have hot videos. Are you a salesman?
No, nothing special behind the counter, I'm afraid.
Just plenty of free time a the moment as I'm "working" my notice period.
Nice. Top notch stuff that 🙂
... & having a good fpl season with the free time
Cheers Hakim. Good luck to you too.
Wikipedia says Yakubu is still only 37.
I'm sure he was playing when I was still at school.
The most reliable Ajax source in The Netherlands. Ziyech to Chelsea(€45 million)
Could be good
Why don't you ask the man himself? He posted just above.
good fit. Everything I do on Fifa career mode seems to come true
Sounds waaaaaay too cheap @ €45m. Hell a bog standard premier league pro can make 20-30m these days and this guy is a proven CL performer.
I don’t suppose there’s going to be another late season FFS cup once this one’s done this week by any chance?
A couple of options here. Should I back Everton through their tough games?
1. Holgate + Lundstram -> Boly + Taylor.
2. Lundstram + Maupay -> Taylor + DCL.
3. Other moves.
Hendo.
TAA, Stephens, Williams.
Grealish, KDB, Mane, Salah.
Maupay, Ings, Aubameyang.
Stek, Lundstram, Dendoncker, Holgate.
2ft. 0.1m ITB. WC, BB, FH remaining chips.
2, looking at your whole team
Chinese Grand Prix is the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus, hopefully it doesn't get bad enough over here for our sporting events to be cancelled.
Think/hope we are still pretty far from that.
fingers crossed.
Man City West ham kept in this current gameweek then. Casuals win again!
nice troll
Lol I see people saying it all the time so I thought I'd have a go.
Well done to you.
Lots of room for improvement
The Review: GW 26 Part 1
Greetings! With GW 26 spread over 2 weeks of football, I have decided to split this GW’s review into 2 halves. In this half, I talk about the teams that have already played:
(Raw data taken from FFScout and FFH with permission)
1) Ever since Carlo Ancelotti has taken over, Calvert Lewin is top for shots inside the box, big chances, shots on target and xG for all Premier League players. His owners richly deserved the 11 point haul against Crystal Palace, considering that his numbers have been suggesting that a big score was a long time coming. He has been averaging over one big chance per game and over three shots inside the box per game ever since the Italian has taken over – the fact that he also has a better shots inside the box per game ratio than Agüero/Salah over the same period is actually frightening and just further emphasizes the value he is representing.
2) The fact that Palace have picked up only 9 points from a possible 33 from GW 16 onwards coincides with a complete collapse in their attacking and defensive numbers – particularly away from home. Palace have the worst xGc and are the only team to concede over ≈10 shots inside the box per game away from home over the same period. They have only conceded 8 goals over these 6 games however, which has camouflaged their underlying numbers. Further, Palace over the same run are the only team to average less than one big chance created per game for goal threat hence the takeaway from this for FPL managers is that Palace in this slump is a good team to target for clean sheets and goals – especially when they play away from home.
3) A spell of 7 points over the past 4 GW’s caps off what has been a very frustrating run for Matt Ryan’s owners. However, the raw data suggests that they have been unlucky, as backed up by the statistical model xG which ranks Brighton top for underperformance over the past 4 GW’s – the Seagulls have conceded 8 goals in comparison to a xGc of ≈3.1 over the same period. Granted the fixtures were favorable, but the improvement in numbers has been apparent: Brighton have conceded ≈6.5 shots inside the box per game and ≈1.5 big chances per game over the past 4 GW’s as compared to ≈8.78 shots inside the box per game and ≈2.18 big chances per game over the rest of the season.
4) A points per game average of over ≈5 for Abdoulaye Doucoure ever since Nigel Pearson has taken over the helm isn’t quite reflective of his actual goal threat and assist potential. Doucoure averages a shade over a shot inside the box, ≈0.2 big chances per game and ≈0.2 big chances created per game over the same run yet has accumulated points at a fast rate ala Yaya Toure. 13 midfielders have accumulated more shots inside the box and 16 have recorded more big chances over the same run. Famous last words, but I don’t think the rate at which Doucoure has been scoring points is sustainable.
If you’re looking to follow more of my content, you can follow me @bigmanbakar on Twitter/Instagram. Computations and analysis my own. Lastly, I’d like to thank everyone for taking the time out to read patiently, good luck for the remainder of GW 26 – may your arrows be green!
You’re a top lad TFF
I second that!
This is more like it. Thanks Freak.
I still am fed up with Ryan.
One factor that’s not considered in those stats is that Brighton conceded early in those games and went behind. It’s a natural tendency for teams that are ahead to attack less so Brighton would have conceded a higher number of chances and would have a higher xGc if they hadn’t already conceded early on.
Cheers fella, DCL still looking like a strong option despite fixtures then !
Don't think the fixtures are actually that bad anyway. Arsenal, United and Chelsea really aren't that good.
Front line on DCL, Jimmy and Ings looks great. cheers TFF
I think I’m going with this to get son in...
Was all set on DCL to Jimenez this week but his haul and these numbers are making me question it.
Same here but Jimenez isn't in bad form either so I'm probably still doing it
Same. Jimmy at home to Norwich looks too juicy to ignore.
i'm on a WC, dont ask! so looking at my front line, those 3 feel optimal
Yep, have to admit I’m fast doing a u turn on my comments about ditching him this week
Agreed
Might dump Bobby instead then
Exactly the same mate. Have almost certainly decided to drop Vardy to Jimi now and have a value front line of Jimi, Ings, DCL and have cash to spend in the mids
So we can say Ryan has been sh*t for not making enough saves 😀
Ah TFF... I was hoping to keep DCL under the radar!
I'm very happy to keep him for ars MUN. So far, he's got me 8,5,2,11. Those aren't even that bad fixtures. che LIV is rough though and I'll probably sell if he blanks both. But I have other issues to sort out.
I'm very glad I didn't WC. Team is coming together and if Mane is back and fit, that's a nice differential on the top 100K spots.
Yeah, didn't think DCL and Doucouré would do so welI and I didn't own a lot of highly owned players with good fixtures this GW, so I wildcarded and took them both out.
I don't regret it and it's way too early to judge that move, but I feel like I might have been a bit too hasty and could have waited at least one more GW.
3) That's not bad luck then, it means Ryan should've saved all those shots!
New Community Article
In the second of the days Community articles, FPL Virgin has taken a look at FPL goal involvement and how some simple maths can form a fairly powerful predictive model.
Much like Rich's CA earlier today, we're following a theme of talisman and how we should best target them.
Go give it a read!
https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2020/02/12/the-secret-formula-to-crack-fpl/
This game week is taking so long I feel like we've all died and our spirits got trapped in it
Spot on!
I'm on -3 and dropped 90,000 places. The most exciting part of the game week has been the cancellation of a match that got rearranged.
Can you guess the Scoutcast guests next week? I suggest Marvin from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Old school shout
Maybe Eeyore instead?
Actually considering downgrading Auba to DCL and going for a mid range front line.
Jiminez, Ings and DCL. Beef up that midfield.
i'm look at that also, whats the beefy mid looking like?
Currently on Salah, KDB, Richarlison, Grealish and Hayden. Perhaps Grealish to Son.
I'm already on this front 3 with Salah, Mane, KDB, Grealish and Snodgrass in midfield.
Exactly my planned front line (see below) although it is Vardy I am planning on dropping for Jimi - already have DCL and Ings 🙂
I'm actually considering the opposite and going Aguero, Vardy, Jiminez and downgrading midfield (except Salah) 😀
potential Aurier replacement:
Reece James: + good assist potential
- more expensive and rotation risk
Lascelles: + cheap to free up funds and nailed
- Newcastle
Max budget is 5.2... Bertrand being spoken of favourably but have McCarthy. other options?
Boly or Lascelles probs, can i ask why you are off loading Aurier, doesnt seem like a priority transfer
Yeah I like James and Lascelles too. One of the Leicester defenders (Evans, Soyuncu) could also become an option from GW28.
I think folks are sleeping on Fernández from Newcastle. Check his heat map against that of Lascelles in the members area to see what I mean.
Don't think he's a rotation risk at all.
May get him in 28, Doherty for 27. Would mean and a back 4 of TAA Robertson Doherty Reece in 29 and 31.
Thats the question Wolves or Leic players. With Leic having no Euro football...I wonder?
Leic will regain form imo wolves will continue in same fashion
If not BB in 31 will need to load up on Wolves, but Leicester offer more if they are firing Vardy and maybe Barnes anyway
Afternoon all - work has annoyingly been keeping me off FFS 😉
Given DCLs prolific stats and performance I am (along with others) considering holding onto him. What do you think of my updated plan over the next 2 GWs?
GW27: Vardy > Jimi (FT) - playing the fixtures and form imo
GW28: Martial, Grealish > Son, Barnes (-4)
This will give me this team for BGW28 with plenty of cash itb for future upgrades/ formation changes:
£3.5itb
McCarthy, (McGovern)
TAA, VVD, Holgate, (Stevens), (Williams)
Salah, (KDB), Son, Barnes, Cantwell
Jimi, Ings, DCL
Thoughts?
Cheers!
Bot a fan of losing Vardy
*Not
Neither was I until I considered the form/ eye test and then compared the stats of DCL, Jimi and Vardy over the last 6 GWs. The results are overwhelmingly conclusive. Vardy is easily expendable until he regains form imo. Barnes is a decent cover for the fixtures.
If for some reason Vardy explodes this weekend I can switch back to the original plan of keeping Vardy and dropping DCL but atm doesn’t appeal.
Why not just keep all 3?
Transfers not made gives you room to improve elsewhere. I don't think Jimenez is an upgrade over Vardy especially with Vardy's fixture swing beginning GW28.
I get where you’re coming from. But for at least the last 6 matches the combination of eye test and stats for Vardy have been exceedingly poor. Compare them to both Jimi and DCL and it becomes clear (until his form returns) which of the 3 to have.
Martial is really just pants. Remains to be seen if he will uptick with Bruno or Ighalo there but not sure I’d like to keep him on that premise.
If I kept those 3 where would you be looking to upgrade then? Currently 3.3itb.
True. I'd prefer Jimenez too I think. But there are more important transfers to make imo especially with the fixture turn and the return of Ndidi.
Martial and Grealish should find new homes with poor fixtures/form. Just start moving on those and hold onto Vardy. Part of FPL as well is deciding which issues are most pressing. And for me the midfield is the priority to fix.
I don’t disagree in theory but I like playing the form/ stats game and therefore I would say Vardy and Martial would be top of my list for moving on atm. I have held Martial for long enough so I feel I should give him the WAT match as his swan song.
I’d like a WOL asset for GW27 (and beyond) and if I were to choose between Jimi and Traoré it surely has to be Jimi.
It’s a tough one. Hoping performances this weekend (and postponed MCI game) help give me more of a steer.
Also happy I still have WC in my pocket!
Looks like a plan
Jimi and Barnes look good - not sure about Son though
With the funds available Son could be Martial if I dropped VVD to anyone else
Son, might be good and I am just being stubborn - went from 3 Spurs to zero over about 3 weeks late last year.
Jimi move looks decent and just see what happens.
😆 obviously Martial was meant to be Mané!!!
Quite, I was being too polite to mention to it.
Lol don’t be polite mate. Say it how it is 😉
If you get Mane I'm all for it. The best 'differential' in the game now.
Who to bring to replace Lundstram (up to 4.7m) ? keeping in mind gw28 since I own Auba,Grealish and KDB too...
A-Stephens
B-Taylor
C-Boly
D-Other
McCarthy
TAA-VVD-Soyuncu-Fernandez
B or C for 31 blank
C
C
Who should I let go ahead of GW 28?
A) Grealish
B) Egan
C) Aguero
D) KdB
Currently leaning towards A even though I'd lose a lot of TV. He's fixtures are very tough GW 20 and beyond and he doesn't perform that well vs the top clubs.
B , Tough fixtures after gw29
What?
new, mun, TOT, bur, WOL
Semi tough
No they don't
Captain Jack
I mean sell Grealish, don't actually (c) him
A
A
How does my plan look for BGW28
Henderson McCarthy
TAA VVD Stevens Lascelles Taylor
Salah KDB Richarlison Grealish Hayden
Auba Jimenez Ings
Got 2FTs but will probably burn it as I see nothing pressing at all. Maybe Steven's to Egan just to save some cash..
GW27 > Grealish and Auba to Son and DCL
Looks mega
Think I’m going Aguero/Mooy to DCL/Son
Mdf of DeBruyne Son Salah Traore ASM
Read that as: "Milf of DeBruyne Son Salah Traore ASM"
Mind was boggled.
Would you rather
A)Kdb&Bobby
B)Mane&Jimmy
B
B
PRICE CHANGES! In the middle of a gameweek......Agggggggggggggh (I know, long gameweek etc etc!)
0.1 shy of Maupay & Grealish -> Ings & Traore.
12.7 to spend on a mid & striker combo, any suggestions?
Cheers!
I feel you. DCL and Traore? Ings quite essential tho...
DCL and Traore?
Wood/Pukki are your man
Pukki....really?!
I'm going to need some convincing!
Sorry, not really good at convincing 😀
Will give a try:
Season end punt you can say. Fighting for survival (or new team), lone striker, probably no blank, should be fine till WC or next DGW atleast.
LEI, SOU, EVE, BHA, WHM, BUR at home till season end. Away games are also ok
Some good points well made.
Would be praying for a Pukki Party revival!
Already own DLC.
I was considering benching Maupay and doing DLC & Grealish -> Ings & Traore?!
Feels like a rubbish alternative though!
Maybe Woods as recommended by Holmes. Norwich fixtures do perk up a bit from GW30, but they might be all but gone by then.
I can afford Maupay to Woods straight swap.
No need to sacrifice Grealish.
This could be the answer.
This does mean I'd be Ings'less moving forward!
DCL - Vardy - Woods
Moutinho is a decent alternative to Traore
Jamie to Ings if he looks rubbish over next couple?
Ziyech in Chelsea this summer,38mil, easy title.
Unlikely to win even if they manage to sign Messi 😉
Cheap for what he might offer and exactly what MUFC could have done with. Guessing Ed and his mates are too busy patting themselves on the back over Ighalo to have started worrying about next season yet.
Not sure about that, but a good young squad is being built up there - will be very interesting in the coming years if Man U, Arsenal and Spurs get their act together too.
Imagine telling your friends about FPL and all the fun and joy it gives and they start playing for the first time this year. And now they meet with gameweek 26. This has to be worse than an international break, right?!
this is so bad. Feels like tousand days since last game.
Mate I have played with for years couldn't be bothered this season: "Boring" he said - now we have just gone back to talking about real football and doing impressions of old friends and teachers.
I've complained to my friends, who I've played with for years. That this FPL season is the least fun, imo. So much randomness happening and stuff like this GW, just meh.
It's been going downhill ever since they introduced the chips imo - has added more variance where less was needed
will this gameweek ever continue.
Very good
February fullstop seems to have stalled completely
January went by in what seemed like the blink of an eye, yet here we are what feels like 6 months later and it's still only the second week of Feb
Definitely some sort of glitch in the matrix's temporal parameter settings
4 years, 2 months agoafter blank gameweek who is better to have?
Graelish
or
Pukki
?