Scoutcast Episode 324 – The impact of coronavirus on FPL

You still have your Santa hat on

Should have seen it this morning.......anger, whining, loss of perspective
And that was just me

Nice rest for the lad

Awww poor poor boy

lol you said gash

And for once I was actually thinking of going against my will to own him for the very first time ever!

I have Cathcart for nailedness

how can you know that?

same!

Vardy and Mane out for Auba and KDB 🙁

So, as I understand this, Wolves are playing Olympiakos in midweek who's owner tested positive and confirmed status on players and all ground staff not known yet, as well as West Ham on the weekend who had contact with Arsenal who also have direct contact with said owner and also have test results pending?

Sorry I meant *not just all luck

I played barnes n benched Bruno

You scored more points because someone you thought would be better than Barnes didn’t play.

Not just that, you scored a lot more points because the person you thought was the 11th best outfielder, did better than most/all (of your) other players.

To pick up 4-8 points off the bench because you have a strong squad, fine, that’s not luck, that’s common sense having a squad.

To pick up 12+ off the bench, is luck.

You made a bad decision benching Barnes, but you were rewarded because someone didn’t play.

If Barnes didn’t come on for you, you’d be cursing your bad luck/decisions especially if it was because of a two minute cameo from someone you started.

No one should say they’re “all” luck, but this week, you were lucky.

Had Williams, Dendoncker & Trossard, rather lucky 12 points & 82 points overall

Mane, for me.

Alonso I think

Mane possibly

Sarri

2 different captains. I think captaining a player on Saturday is a good idea just in case things get worse on Sunday or for the derby on Monday.

Jimenet

It's betweeen Auba and Bruno for me. Can't seem to convince myself to captain Salah.

Salah I think

Salah

Aubameyang because why not?

Rage (c) Kev

Aguero

De Bruyne, I reckon, and all his associated risks. Only player at home!

Probably Auba.

keep on Salah

done last 6 weeks and gone from 253k to 53k

Bruno.

Mane does love a goal against the blueshite

Not yet

No

Thanks all. Hopefully the 14 days is counted from the Olympiakos match date and no one's contracted.

Season could be over by then.
Use them as needed, if you are getting green arrows you are doing great.

Same here.

May be wise to keep them in our pockets due to uncertainty about what will happen in the next few weeks.

This country is a disgrace. We must close borders now

Just curious, is the LMS also written in Python or do you update it manually?

A pandemic is coming but you are wrong about the Prem being cancelled this soon. It will go on behind close doors first. I doubt the season finishes though, unless the Euros are cancelled and the Prem is extended into the summer.

Uh, the Bubonic Plague and Spanish flu both say hi

Hope is something which allow human being to survive.

- Unknown

The prem will continue.
Season won’t be cancelled at all. It’ll just get extended

I expect the remaining games will be played behind closed doors, although as a Norwich fan, I feel declaring the whole season as null and void is the best option.

(Sorry 'Pool fans)

So dramatic, relax & go with the flow

Could do it all on FIFA like Manchester Evening News e.g.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-arsenal-score-prediction-17899339

Shall we all buy CoronaVirus? What are the stats?

not like its a FFS forum or anything...

The biggest pandemic in human history? That statement is more fearmongering than anything else. While it may be large in absolute numbers (as we are more people on earth than ever before), it will certainly not be the deadliest one - not even close by the looks of it. Of course, precautions are necessary to avoid a massive number of infections simultaneously, but no need for dooming statements.

http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/ is a good one

If the "target" exceeds ±100 then a change is likely to happen

Looks updated and correct to me

Game week is over now with Man city arsenal cancelled

I feel for you and the sudden realisation that it is correct

My auto-subs for the first 28 gameweeks have been processed as well, what the heck is going on here?

Hopefully not. UEFA saying it will go ahead. They should cancel the league. Not the EURO'S, no way

It will get better with the rise of temperatures, this virus won't survive 26/27 °C so I'm guessing the plan will rely on that going forward. Cancellation of European Championship would be a monstrous financial liability

Save

save

cheers

Fleet of DeLoreans at London Colney

As I understand it, the point is that symptoms can emerge 14 days after first contact. No Arsenal players currently have symptoms but they could yet emerge. If everyone is fine after the 14 days then things will resume as normal.

They weren't isolated but if they all test negative then it's fine.

They didn't isolate but the 14 day rule still applies.

And the nature of the player is important too and the aspect of choice. 31 involves, generally, lower scoring players and less predictable ties beyond Wolves and Liverpool (and every active player will have 3 from both of those, surely)

Should be:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zKXCX4BoizwHdARVHbIYNvZr7GcE0QBNqktUiFtsjg8/edit#gid=192273616

Which why I am not playing free hit. Do a wildcard and get most of my team on doubles

FH in a proper, proper DGW (or even TGW!) is just too mouthwatering to pass up

You also have to factor in that many people not freehitting are using transfers to get players in that they don't want to keep in their teams after GW31. People frehitting in GW31 can focus on getting players with form and fixtures without worrying about them blanking in 31.

Example from reality: I'm planning to use FH in GW31 and I got Auba in this GW...wait...bad example...

(C)orona

When Torres was on his goal drought for Chelsea and the ball stuck in a puddle and he scored

There was a season a while back where the site crashed on the opening day of the season which messed up a lot of managers at the time and I think there were teething problems during the first season of fpl which I was not involved in.

But this has the potential to be the biggest upset to the game ever and will surely eclipse those upsets.

Ederson miraculously throwing the ball to Mctom with an open net destroyed those who owned City defensive assets this GW.

Very unlikely there wont be more postponements.

Or an extra double. Game has to be played some-time (unless they cancel the whole thing).

If City stay in the UCL until the final, yes quite possibly.

How many City will you want to own knowing what happened this GW 😀

Save that BB!!

That would be awesome!

Quadruple Gameweek!

How would that work? FPL never moves the deadlines......

Unlucky for those who don't have WC/FH.

FH37 would be epic if there are a few treble GW's in there

Monster 5-a-side tournament at one venue over one weekend like the Magic Weekend in RL, but turned up to 11.

More likely GW38 would be the extended one. The season Man U had a bomb scare on GW38 which postponed their Bournemouth game they kept the game open till that rearranged fixture was played a few days later.

He's getting Barnes.

Not long enough to make Vinagre a good option

Do you have a mild fever though?

It was supposed to happen

We are in an elite club

The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co of FPL - I'd go and invest in some fruit company if I was you.

no, the players in quarantine are coming out before the weekend.

Ironically, their quarantine period ends tomorrow

If right is right maybe they should be red flagged and price protected.

Owners have been through enough without having to deal with price drops tbf.