Scout Notes

How Spurs and Everton’s new signings fared in their FPL Gameweek 1 debuts

Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Everton

  • Goal: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.0m)
  • Assist: Lucas Digne (£6.0m)
  • Bonus: Digne x3, Calvert-Lewin x2, Jordan Pickford (£5.0m) x1

Tottenham Hotspur and Everton met on Sunday for the second time in two months.

Only one goal separated the two sides again but, following Spurs’ narrow victory in July, this time it was the Toffees who came away from north London with all three points.

While it may seem like an all-too-convenient narrative to say that Everton’s trio of new signings were the difference between the two matches, there was a lot of truth in it.

Allan (£5.5m) and Abdoulaye Doucoure (£5.5m) added bite and energy to a previously uninspired central midfield, while James Rodriguez (£7.5m) oozed class and defied predictions – including our own – that he may take a little time to get up to speed after a lack of first-team football at Real Madrid.

Spurs’ two debutants didn’t quite have such an auspicious afternoon but Matt Doherty (£6.0m) did at least show encouraging glimpses of the goal threat that marked him out as a popular Fantasy Premier League option at Wolves.

RODRIGUEZ TO RICHARLISON

Carlo Ancelotti sent his troops out in a 4-3-3 for Sunday’s match, the formation his side ended pre-season in.

Richarlison (£8.0m) and Rodriguez were given the nod to flank Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.0m) in a three-man attack and while the Everton number nine grabbed the game’s only goal when nodding in a teasing Lucas Digne (£6.0m) free-kick, it was the two wingers who really caught the eye.

Rodriguez’s touch was excellent and his vision just as good, with the Colombian setting up five Everton chances – all for Richarlison.

He appears to be sharing set-piece duties with Digne, too, with Gylfi Sigurdsson (£7.0m) benched.

If there were any quibbles about Rodriguez’s display from a Fantasy perspective, it’s that he was often much deeper than Richarlison on the opposite flank.

The Brazil international, indeed, registered over four times as many penalty box touches as his new teammate.

But Rodriguez still went close with a 25-yard effort that crept just wide and got into an excellent position just after half-time, only to shank Calvert-Lewin’s cut-back from 12 yards.

But for Richarlison’s profligate finishing, he would have had at least one assist to his name, too.

The former Watford man nodded a presentable chance wide from a pinpoint Rodriguez cross just after the interval, later curling two efforts narrowly off-target when being found by the Colombian.

Richarlison’s best chance came from an errant Ben Davies (£5.0m) pass but, after skinning Toby Alderweireld (£5.5m) and Hugo Lloris (£5.5m), the newly reclassified FPL forward could only blaze over from a tight angle – to the annoyance of Calvert-Lewin, who was unmarked and waiting for a tap-in.

An off-day for Richarlison in front of goal, then, but plenty of encouragement for the Gameweek 2 clash with West Brom, who allowed Harvey Barnes (£7.0m) plenty of chances from the Leicester left on Sunday despite operating with a five-man backline.

Doherty’s Debut

Doherty was one of the reasons that Richarlison had a lot of joy in north London.

The Brazilian had the beating of the Ireland international on a few occasions (his 51st-minute header and 71st-minute curler, for starters) and, in more than one instance, Doherty was half-way up the other end of the pitch when Richarlison received the ball.

That last point is not a criticism, however, as the Spurs right-back was encouraged to get forward in the lop-sided 4-2-3-1 that Jose Mourinho employs.

One of the questions from FPL managers over Doherty’s move to north London was whether he would continue to “underlap” into goal-scoring positions or whether he would be more of a cross-merchant like Serge Aurier (£5.5m).

Two darts into the Everton box just before half-time may have answered that, with one of his runs resulting in a glorious chance from six yards out that Jordan Pickford (£5.5m) blocked with his legs.

Doherty was clearly flagging by the end of his debut and it may be a few weeks before we see the best of him, with Mourinho saying:

The players who didn’t have pre-season, we don’t have now the possibility to give them a pre-season but we have a lot of matches now to play consecutively and we have to use these matches, not just to win them and the knockout ones are obviously decisive ones with everything decided in 120 minutes or even penalties, and try to use this to improve the form of some players because some of them were really in trouble.

You can look to Doherty, a player who is normally in incredible condition. He didn’t have pre-season. He went direct from holidays to national team matches. No pre-season at all. Direct and not one single training session, direct from holidays to the national team and he played two consecutive matches and today he was not Matt Doherty like he normally is.

SPURS ATTACK BLANKS

There was no joy for owners of Spurs’ attackers, either.

Harry Kane (£10.5m) followed up his sluggish displays for England with a tired-looking performance, although did tee up Doherty for the right-back’s chance with an excellent chip.

Dele Alli (£8.0m) lasted only 45 minutes of the game, meanwhile, with Mourinho citing tactical reasons for his half-time substitution:

Tactical, yeah. They were playing only with one pivot, Allan was in that position there. Gomes and Doucoure were pressing high, lots of space behind this pressure. I needed more dynamic there.

It was some distance from being a positive Spurs display but it wasn’t the worst we’ve ever seen from Mourinho’s side: as well as Doherty’s chance, Alli saw a shot tipped over by Pickford following a swift break, Son Heung-min (£9.0m) had a goalbound shot headed away and Kane was inches from connecting with Son’s teasing delivery.

All of that came in the first half, however, and the Lilywhites ran out of steam after the break, with Mourinho’s change at the interval not having any effect.

The Spurs boss said:

Look. Harry Kane trained with us once. Just once. One day. Moussa Sissoko just a couple. I’m not going player by player but for different reasons our players they didn’t have that proper pre-season.

We had cases of positive COVID-19. Of course we have the right to say which players they were, but we had players with positive COVID. We had other players in quarantine due to proximity with the positive players.

We had a player in quarantine because he was on holiday in a country that England demands quarantine.

We had a national team couple of weeks, many of the players went with their national teams so the pre-season was a difficult one for many of the players.

In the second half after their goal we were poor and in my opinion we were not physically strong, no intensity and the team lacks in this moment many players physical condition.

EVERTON SOLID

Allan’s love of a tackle was something we highlighted in a previous article and no FPL midfielder won more than the Brazilian in Gameweek 1.

He and Doucoure rightly earned a lot of the praise on Sunday but Michael Keane (£5.0m) continued his fine post-restart form at centre-half and, perhaps most crucially of all, Pickford was dependable between the posts.

The England goalkeeper was a bit of a weak link last season and no matter how good Everton’s defenders and covering midfielders are, they’ll need him to vastly improve on his 2019/20 form in order to rack up the clean sheets.

The back four may well be settled for some time, meanwhile, with Mason Holgate (£5.0m) potentially ruled out for up to three months:

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  1. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    KDB rising tonight means I'm going for Sterling gw3.

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      hmmmmm it is an interesting one

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Same I think, maybe a blessing in disguise

    3. Soto Ayam
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Now that is good idea.

    4. Bring back Rafa
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Just because you don't want to pay $0.1m more?

  2. Bank$y
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Any price rises yet? Been at work all day.

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Bamford I think

    2. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      check the hot topics

      1. Bank$y
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Got it. Thanks. Bamford

    3. Soto Ayam
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Willian I think also

    4. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Bamford and Willian

      1. Soto Ayam
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        What was the final result of your BB? I'm on 46, no Salah or vardy did the damage.

        1. Miguel Sanchez
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          74 in the end. Boly and Saiss saved the day with 21 points between them. The Auba over Salah decision was the killer but also I had a lot of other mids that blanked. Oh well, onwards and upwards with my WC now.

          1. Soto Ayam
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 6 months ago

            Aye you'll be alright. Personally think it's smart to get the BB outta the way, then you focus on that strong 11. Good luck with the wc

            1. Miguel Sanchez
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 6 months ago

              So do you think I should move Soucek down to a 4.5 given he won't be in the team most GWs?

              1. Soto Ayam
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 6 months ago

                Sure. If you're not gonna play him, then just go bissouma or Stephens. However, i did think he did well against Newcastle and I can see him scoring goals, regardless of fixtures.

                1. Miguel Sanchez
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 7 Years
                  3 years, 6 months ago

                  Cheers dude, think he will be an immense source of frustration for owners who bench him regularly as his returns will be almost independent of fixture difficulty.

  3. Wakanda
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Who for the next few GWS

    a) Pulisic, Werner, Ali
    b) Bruno, Richar, Barnes
    c) KDB , Calvert, Barnes

    Will you still choose b,c if you need to -8 ?

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      c - and no

    2. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      You've asked this in a roundabout way.

      A if the others are for a -8.

  4. nkhoughton
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Is Rashford worth the extra 2m over Greenwood?

    The 2m could go far my defence needs major improvement. I was originally planning on getting fernándes but my defence needs help lol

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      hard to say without seeing them play. If Utd sign Sancho that is Greenwood out the team. Rashford stats much much better also

    2. Chandler Bing
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      The transfer window being open really puts you in a tough predicament. I'd just get Rash and use the 1M saved on Bruno on your defense.

  5. AnfieldLad
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    McCarthy
    TAA Robbo Shaw
    Salah Auba ASM Soucek
    Werner Ings Mitrovic
    (Steer, Vinagre Bissouma Ferguson)

    0.5ITB

    Already hate my team

    A) Vinagre -> ?
    B) Ings -> Martial

    Thinking B as planned but if Vinagre drops I can’t really replace him for week 3

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      bank transfer and make 2 or 3 gwk 3

    2. Weeb Kakashi
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Week 3 anyways youd need the transfer for Auba> kdb.

      I guess it's best to keep Ings for now?
      Good fixtures after Tottenham.
      United might struggle against Palace.

  6. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Which one on WC? Have Martial and no other Liverpool assets. Son will be in after his fall if I go with that choice.

    A. Salah + Barnes
    B. Bruno + Son

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A for me

    2. Bank$y
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      B for Bruno

    3. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So little to base this on, which is the trouble with GW2 WCs.

      B gives you more flexibility in midfield.

  7. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    What a great article picture.

    James Rodriguez looking at me as a Pulisic replacement (Ancelloti)

    I'm saying Nahhh 😆

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      dude, he plays WBA next and is on penalties 😉

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Ha
        I have Johnstone 😛

    2. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I would be tempted, as doubt over pulisic, Everton’s next 3 fixtures look good

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I love Pulisic fixtures too 😀

        I'm getting Digne IN this GW. Like fixtures for CS & some attacking returns

    3. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No chance just now. Maybe later.

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        That's what i said to him 😉

  8. trustmeimpurple
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Anything to change urgently?

    Ramsdale (4.0 fodder)

    TAA, Doherty, Tierney (Vinagre, Mitchell)
    Auba, Mané, Bissouma, Pereira (Lemina)
    Werner, Mitro, Ings

    0.5 ITB

    1. BERGKOP
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Nope. Hold. Looks good.

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      These guys look prime targets 😉

      Vinagre
      Mané, Bissouma, Pereira (Lemina)
      Werner, Mitro, Ings

  9. Derek the Dog
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Which do you guys think are the best FPL podcasts out there to listen to?

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      FPL Blackbox is good. So is the FPL wire

      1. Henryyy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        This

    2. fplchipchat
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      @FPLChipChat will be out with a new episode tonight. They are one of the FFS promoted podcasts on Apple & Spotify

  10. roghippo
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    A Willian and Martial
    B Bruno and Wilson

    Cheers Guys

    1. HODGE
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A

    2. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      B for me

    3. FPL Bond @ Twitter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      B. Willian is not nailed and has bad fixtures after GW 2..

  11. antis0cial
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Had to WC as my team was awful, 3 spurs, loaded up on chelsea double pool def etc. Anyway, I'm on WC.

    a) Bruno Wilson + fwd fodder
    b) Martial Jimenez + mid fodder

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      a - Wolves play city away next week. i like wolves after that though

    2. Old Gregg
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      B. After the city game wolves fixtures couldn't be better.

  12. Djemba-Djemba
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Given that Everton vs WBA could be a goal fest should I:

    a) Son/Werner -> Fernandes + Rich (-4)
    b) Son/Werner -> Fernandes + DCL (-4)
    c) Werner -> Rich
    d) Werner -> DCL
    e) none of the above

    have 0 ITB

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      none of the above

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Son to James Rod

      1. Djemba-Djemba
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        already have Hamez

  13. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Auba, Son to Pulisic, Sterling is my plan for gw3.

  14. MESSINHO
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    What do you think about Watkins guys? Is he nailed? Next 2 fixtures: Sheffield home and Fulham away for him. If he's nailed, he can be a very good differential.

    Alli + Ings -> Bruno + Watkins could be an option for me if Watkins is nailed.

    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He's nailed. And I like the look of him. I think those moves could be good.

  15. corderz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Which would you prioritise in shipping out?

    A) Alli
    B) Havertz
    C) Vinagre

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      C probably

      Not B

    2. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A - getting subbed at HT, europa league qualifier and spurs poor displace vs everton

    3. CONNERS
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Why C? Chances are you wouldn't have played him this GW even if he was a starter.

      I'd probably get Rodriguez for Alli.

    4. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      A
      then C
      45 mins between them isn’t great

  16. Eleven Hag
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Having seen the GW1,

    1) Whoz your best best GK? (4.5-5.0)
    2) Who are your top 3 DEFs to own ? (Other than TAA/Robbo)

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      1. I think Pickford at his price 5m

      Still not sure on defenders yet, think Digne looks a different player...

    2. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Guita
      Reece James is the new Trent 😀

  17. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    McCarthy
    TAA Digne Tierney VINAGRE Ayling
    Auba HAVERTZ ALLI 4.5 4.5
    Werner INGS Calvert

    Would you Wildcard this lot? Or couple of Hits will do this week and the coming one?

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      no WC and no hits needed

    2. Angin out the Begović
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      If you transfer a -20 + then its worth a wildcard

    3. Chelsea91
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Hold

  18. CONNERS
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Surprised (annoyed) at how fast Vinagre is dropping. Don't these people have higher transfer priorities than a 4.5 defender?!

    1. Chandler Bing
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      About 95% of the crowd that's playing right now are casuals. Why else do you think Bamford is the most transferred in player? It will ease down as the season progresses.

    2. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Casuals ruining the game at the start of every season. It's almost all luck wether you need to deal with price drops or not. One blank from a player = price drop at the start of the season.

    3. Lazaretti
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Adding that he would be on the bench anyway in GW2 against ManCity

    4. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Yep, but it's a bank run. Now you (and me) might do it when he looks like dropping. It's the plonkers doing it straight away that are the problem.

  19. Chandler Bing
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Any chance Bruno somehow misses out in GW2? He didn't play the friendly against Villa.

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He was in quarantine for the villa game wasn't he?

      1. Chandler Bing
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Right. Has his quarantine ended now then?

    2. Now I'm Panicking
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Gollum will start him whatever

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Holy poop just checked your linked team fair play, sir x

      2. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        How much did you pay for that Team ID ?
        😀

        444

        Seems like special edition

    3. Angin out the Begović
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Hes been reported in training

  20. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    It's really incredibly hard not to make a transfer when you have a free. Knees twitching... But I will stay strong

    1. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      100% the right decision imo unless you had a catastrophic gwk 1

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        I had a pretty good gw1 which definitely makes it easier to hold

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

      Same here. 39 pts so feel that I must do something i.e. Son to James. Saving.

    3. CONNERS
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I'm tempted to take a hit, let alone save the FT.

  21. HARLEY
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    McCarthy
    TAA Doherty Egan Justin
    Auba Salah Son ASM
    Werner Adams

    Nyland KWP Stephens Brewster
    1 FT 1.0 ITB

    Any idea for me to get rid Adams to replace with

    1. Chelsea91
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Hold Adams and play Nyland

      1. HARLEY
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Save FT for gw2?

        1. Chelsea91
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          yes

  22. twisterteo
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    How serious is Werner injury? Is GW2 at risk?

    1. Chelsea91
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Dead Leg, i think should be fine for pool game

    2. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      yea, he's fine. look at the home page he and lampard spoke about it. plus he got the knock in the first 20mins and played the full 90

    3. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He's grand. Pool wanna defend a bit deeper and/or stick Gomez at RB to get 3 points. Schoolgirl defending v Leeds.

  23. Angin out the Begović
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    How many are thinking Sterling over KDB for the start of the season ?

    1. Chelsea91
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Monitor GW2

      1. Angin out the Begović
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Was more thinking to get ahead on GW 2 while everyone is on KDB

        Sterling hatrick last season was a game changer

        1. Chelsea91
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 6 months ago

          I think wolve vs city will be tough game, i might focus on United assets first.

    2. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      tempted - especially if sterling is 0.1 cheaper - effectively 0.5 cheaper at this stage of the season

    3. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I'd like both, looking at a mini wild card after gw2. But if Aguero is declared fit I'll get him instead

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Oh Aguero is a top shout

    4. Amey
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      0/

  24. Chelsea91
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Nyland
    Taa,Robbo,Doherty
    Auba(C),Harrison,ASM,Barnes
    Werner,Martial,Jimmy

    Mc Carthy James,Mithcell, MC Carthy

    0 FT , 0.5M itb .

    GW 3 will done Auba to KDB or Salah.

    Good to go for GW2?

  25. Baines on Toast...
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Is it me or is Raul Jimenez not in the members area (comparison tool)

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      His full name is maybe something longer like raul Jimenez gonzalez Maria and he's listed under 'Maria'

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Type in "Jim".

      The 'é' has an accent on it, so typing 'e' won't find it.

    3. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      type 'Jim' its because of the accents on raul and jimenez

    4. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      got it, thanks all!

  26. rowdog24
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I got off to a pretty good start (83 points).

    My plan was to do Son and Auba for Bruno and KDB after GW2 deadline. Now it looks like I'm going to be priced out of it.

    Considering doing it ahead of GW2 deadline now and taking the -4. Feels kinda naughty especially with Auba with West Ham at home :/

    1. Rhodes your boat
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      I’m considering similar but with havertz instead of son, frustrating how quickly prices start moving. May just go sterling over kdb next week

      1. rowdog24
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Hmmm, still doesn't get round the problem of Bruno rising.

    2. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      hold and do sterling + Bruno?

  27. Rhodes your boat
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Few options which route should I go?

    A) ings to martial
    B) havertz to rashford
    C) havertz auba to kdb fernandes (-4, would wait till next week but price rises 🙁 )

  28. tokara
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Havartz to Hames, for free.

    Yes or no?

    1. Gunners in Haaland
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      No

    2. HODGE
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      yes

    3. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      no

  29. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I missed Lampard saying he would manage Azpilcueta's minutes. Might have punted on James if I knew... That's my lesson for the week then - pay more attention to team news and pressers!

    What lesson did you learn this week?

    1. tokara
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Should not have gone for Chelsea new toys, Kai was crap.

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Brighton are a tight side to be fair. Maybe he'll still come good.

      2. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        Germans historically perform badly at coastal locations.

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Don’t get too invested in Amazon documentaries because it clouds how bad Kane is

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        😆

    3. R.C
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      1. Not to trust Managers.

      I took risks with Havertz, Pulisic, Martinez and Vinagre. Martinez will come good. Not sure about the others.

      2. Players with penalties have all the edge.

      Auba was in form and surely would've scored 20 points if he had 2 pens as well

      3. Still unsure of just one Premium Mid strategy.

      Feel there's value in doing so but at the same time there's risk of getting that Mid right every GW

      4. Need to do more research on your Cap opponents.

      Did all the research on Leeds and nothing on Fulham. They played a back 5 and were defensive, doesn't bode well for Auba cap

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        On 3. I'm not a fan of a single premium. Season-long value is not important with them imo, because they can hit mammoth scores in the right fixtures. Having 2-3 allows you to cycle through them targeting those potential 20+ hauls. They're good value in those games.

  30. ElliotJHP
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Robbo/Trent to Digne or roll FT?

    1.5/2 ITB to move Saint Max up to a mid-range mid in either GW3/4

    1. Chelsea91
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      hold

    2. hewittj1
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      hold it, too knee jerky