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Is now the right time to restructure our FPL teams?

Fantasy Premier League managers could be forgiven for thinking that now is the time to perform extensive surgery on our squads ahead of Gameweek 9.

A big reason for that is recent re-examining of the premium assets we need to own, influenced, of course by the well-documented fixture-swing on the other side of the international break.

We have been talking about how to balance these expensive individuals all season, the strategy of rotating through them quickly a big talking point going all the way back to pre-season.

Fernandes stakes captaincy claim ahead of Gameweek 9 meeting with West Brom

Bruno Fernandez celebrates scoring against Everton in Gameweek 8

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.7m), Mohamad Salah (£12.4m), Harry Kane (£11.0m) Kevin De Bruyne (£11.5m) and Bruno Fernandes (£10.5m) were among those options who managers were considering owning at some point in the campaign.

Starting the season with so many premium options meant that we looked to the likes of Tyrick Mitchell (£4.2m), Nathan Ferguson (£4.0m) Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (£4.5m) Yves Bissouma (£4.5m) and Tomas Souček (£4.9m) to enable budget restrictions.

This strategy often works well at the start of the season. Mostly because we are learning about the teams, who is getting starts, which teams start the season with a bang and which struggle to get going.

The lack of data at the beginning of a campaign means that owning as many tried and tested premiums as possible is often a good decision as it should ensure some points returns while we gather as much data as possible about the rest of the league.

Blank Gameweek 1 also threw FPL managers a curve ball and made safe premium picks an even more attractive option. However, within a few rounds it became clear that some of those budget picks were the right ones to be on, while others caused FPL Managers headaches.

Mitchell retains left-back berth as van Aanholt named among Palace subs again

Tyrick Mitchell in action for Crystal Palace against Southampton’s Kyle Walker Peters

Mitchell started the season with back to back points returns for a clean sheet in Gameweek 1 and an assist in Gameweek 2, however since then he has blanked regularly, got injured and lost his place in the team.

His team-mate Ferguson was highly discussed in the FPL community as being a great way in to the Crystal Palace defence when he recovered from his injury. However, this injury has continued to keep the former West Bromwich Albion out and he is yet to make his first appearance for Palace.

At the same time Max Kilman (£4.3m) is now on the radar with three returns in his five starts for Wolves this season. Indeed, he was unlucky not to keep a clean sheet in Gameweek 8 following a debated penalty for Jamie Vardy (£10.1m) as well as having a good goal-scoring of his own.

The FPL impact of Aït-Nouri's debut on Saïss, Kilman and Podence

Max Kilman celebrates with his Wolves team mates following Rayan Ait-Nouri’s first goal for the club

After eight Gameweeks we now have a clearer understanding of who the cheap enablers are, which premiums are worth investing in and what the best way to distribute the budget across our FPL teams is.

The early part of this season saw very few clean sheets. Although this was roughly aligned with the number of shut-outs we see at the start of every season, the number of goals was disproportionately higher than normal.

We saw some ridiculous score lines, Aston Villa and Liverpool played out a 7-2, Southampton and Spurs as well as Leicester, Everton and West Brom and Man City managed 5-2 results, while Liverpool and Leeds kicked off the new season with a 4-3 thriller.

These score-lines meant that many FPL managers like myself saw very little value in investing in premium defenders. However, the level of goals scored each week is decreasing and the number of clean sheets is rising so is it time to rethink how our FPL teams are structured?

Cheap at the back

Coufal successfully blocks a shot from Sergio Aguero

When the season started many FPL managers looked to find most of their value players in defence. Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.4m) started the campaign as the most-owned defender in the game, largely paired with £4.5m and £4.0m options in our teams.

With 99 goals scored between Gameweeks 1 and 3, combined with only 13 clean sheets in the same period this strategy worked well. The number of goals and the lack of clean sheets meant that using the money to fill the forward spots with better assets seemed a wise strategy.

The cheap defence plus Alexander-Arnold strategy worried me at the start of the season. In all of my other FPL seasons there has been real value in spending on the defence.

All three of the Liverpool’s key Fantasy defenders, alongside the likes of Lucas Digne (£6.1m), Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m), Ben Chilwell (£5.9m) and Marcos Alonso (£5.7m) have, in seasons gone by, proved to be amazing FPL assets who were well worth the investment.

This change in strategy made me uneasy. I always worry about making my team as flexible as possible so that it is easy to move from one player to another as the season progresses and the right assets to won becomes clear.

My concern with starting the year with a mix of £4.5m and £4.0m defenders is that there is very little can go from there without using two transfers and therefore potentially taking a points hit.

Is now the right time for some restructuring? 1

Eric Dier and Harry Kane celebrate the laters goal vs PFC Ludogorets Razgrad in the Europa League for Spurs

As a result, I decided to have Alexander-Arnold, Eric Dier (£4.9m) and then two 4.5m and a 4.0m. Doing this made me feel a little more confident that should there be a defender that I really wanted to move too it would be an easier process to get there.

As the last eight Gameweeks have shown defenders are now starting to be back up to the pace of the game. There have been 17 clean sheets in the last three Gameweeks, in comparison to the 13 for the first three as well as just 68 goals, a massive drop.

This movement towards more clean sheets potential makes this cheap at the back strategy a little outdated. Especially when you couple this with the fact that we now only have one player, Kilman, who started the season at 4.0m who is now regularly starting for his side.

Kurt Zouma celebrates scoring for Chelsea vs Burnley

For me the cheap at the back strategy has had its day. There are so many defenders who at over £5.0m who are keeping clean sheets and registering goals, assists and bonus points that it is worth finding budget to improve some of those 4.5m defenders for the likes of Aaron Cresswell (£5.1m), Ben Chilwell (£5.9m), Kurt Zouma (£5.3m), Hector Bellerín (£5.2m) and Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) all look worthy of FPL investment.

More pressingly, as their returns grow so will their price tags so its worth investing now before they are worth more and thus divert more money away from your premium midfield or forward positions.

The cheap at the back days were fun while they lasted but nows the time to invest more of that FPL budget to enable managers to reap the benefits.

However is it necessary to go all in at the back and invest in multiple premium defenders?

Big at the back

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson celebrate a Liverpool goal

FPL managers have seen success with the double-up on Liverpool defenders. This season, with just one clean sheet, a long-term injury for Virgil van Dijk (£6.3m), and only one assist for Alexander-Arnold and two assists and one goal for Robertson they haven’t been the prolific FPL points returners that we have come to love.

But is there still scope for picking three or four over £5.5m premium defenders? At the start of the season definitely not but in Gameweeks 7 and 8 alone we had Rayan Ait Nouri (£5.0m), Kyle Walker (£6.1m), Zouma, Bellerín, Sergio Regulion (£5.6m), Tariq Lamptey (£4.7m), Stuart Dallas (£4.5m), Patrick Van-Aanolt (£5.4m), Chilwell, and Matt Doherty (£5.8m) all registering an attacking return.

While Lamptey and Dallas fall comfortably in to the cheap bracket, the rest of the defenders registering attacking returns in the last few weeks have been from the premium price tag.

Matt Doherty in action for Spurs vs Everton

Of these options, Doherty, Walker and Aït-Nouri also managed a clean sheet in the same Gameweek as their attacking return resulting in 12, 15 and 15 point hauls respectively. Investing in these defenders who have attacking pedigree at a time when we are starting to see an increase in clean sheets and fewer goals on average in each Gameweek is a wise move.

However there is a balancing act at play here. Owning Alexander-Arnold, Doherty, Walker and Aït-Nouri will cost you £24.3m nearly a quarter of your budget. Even if you add Kilman as a cheap fifth defender option at 4.3 you have still spent £28.6m on your defenders and thus owning multiple in form players such as Salah, Kane, Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.8m), Fernandes and Vardy becomes virtually impossible.

Defenders can return huge hauls as we have seen from some of them in the last few weeks, but there is also the chance that they concede goals right at the end of matches or give up a contentious penalty and return nothing as we have seen recently with the Crystal Palace, Wolves and Manchester United.

Harry Maguire reacts to Arsenal’s penalty against Manchester United in Gameweek 7

But even their own colleagues can damage their points potential. We saw this in Gameweek 8 where Dier was on track for two bonus points until the Kane goal went in when he slipped out of the top-three for BPS altogether.

It takes a brave FPL manager, especially this season, to invest big at the back. While it can be great, for me there needs to be a balance to ensure that you don’t miss out on the key attacking options due to a huge budget investment at the back.

For me, now is the time to have a core spine throughout the team to ensure the premium assets you want in every part of the pitch.

Core Spine from front to back

Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and Matt Doherty celebrate Spurs win vs Brighton

Every season, FPL managers end up with a core spine of talent in their teams where the budget is spread to form a strong unit that can be played week-in week-out. This core is then supported by enablers.

In a normal campaign this core would, in all likelihood, have been a strategy that more FPL managers have already deployed. However, the Blank Gameweek 1, the often bizarre results we have seen, as well as the aforementioned number of goals and lack of clean sheets means that it has taken longer than normal for me to move to this strategy.

With two free transfers going into Gameweek 8, I decide to drop down to one playing goalkeeper in Alex McCarthy (£4.5m) rather than maintaining my preferred rotating options.

Aaron Cresswell in action for West Ham

Losing my second playing keeper freed me up an additional £4.8m which I could use to upgrade the now injured Mitchell, who was my cheapest defensive option.

Replacing Mitchell with Cresswell ahead of West Ham’s fixture-turn, was the beginning of me investing a little more in the spine of my team.

With Cresswell alongside Alexander-Arnold, as well as three premium midfielders (Son, Sarah and Fernandes) and two more expensive strikers (Kane and Calvert-Lewin), Gameweek 8 was my highest points return of the season so far. Every single member of my squad, apart from Alexander-Arnold returned more than just the two points for playing the match.

Gameweek 9 points curtesy of LiveFPL.net

Ahead of Gameweek 9 finding a way to invest in more over £5.0m assets in my defence feels like a good idea.

Ideally, I would like to upgrade Dallas to one of the Chelsea or Man City defenders, this of course would mean moving some of the budget around.

I will potentially downgrade on Son Heung-min (9.6m) to Hakim Ziyech (8.1m) as the Spurs fixture shift happens, which could be a good option to fund my Chelsea defender upgrade.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold before going off with an injury against Manchester City in Gameweek 8

However, with the only blot of Gameweek 8 being Alexander-Arnold going off with what looked like a calf injury just after the 60 minute mark, there is the option of downgrading him to reinvest the money across the defence.

As a result, I will be watching the price falls carefully and keeping a close ear to the ground for news out of Liverpool on the seriousness of the injury.

If Alexander-Arnold is out, the the move to Chilwell looks the most obvious and then I will reinvest the money upgrading Dallas to one of the Man City defenders, Joao Cancelo (£5.4m) or Walker looking like the best options after their Gameweek 9 fixture against Spurs.

Lessons learnt

While cheap defenders helped us fill our FPL teams with premium midfielders and forwards at the start of the season the last few Gameweeks have shown a change.

Now there is a need to invest budget in your defenders especially in the likes of Chilwell and Cresswell who have the perfect blend of form and fixtures.

Moving to a strategy of investing across the team from front to back may mean that there are some forwards and midfielders who it is impossible to own as a result of budget restrictions.

However, the pull of increased defensive returns, especially from defenders with attacking potential too, should counteract any missed returns from other positions.

It is impossible to own everyone – but it is possible to set your team to return as many potential FPL points as possible by carefully distributing our FPL budget across the field.

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1,091 Comments Post a Comment
  1. JJO
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Mitchell,TAA,Chilwell,Salah,Brewster..
    Who is next?

    1. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Brewster to the resque?

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

      What’s up with Brewster?

      1. JJO
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Withdrawn from u21?

        1. dunas_dog
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Not seeing that reported? Was withdrawn from October International break to be ready to start for Sheffield United- I am needing him to step up to the plate this weekend!

            1. dunas_dog
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              Thanks- that will be 6 flagged players now for me then .....

              1. Tango74
                • 3 Years
                3 years, 4 months ago

                I think many teams like that. Who are the six ? ?

                1. dunas_dog
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  3 years, 4 months ago

                  Chilwell ( after going off tonight) Mitchell TAA Salah Brewster (withdrawn from U21 England team) - and Saïss who while admittedly will not be flagged has lost starting place.

    3. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Son or Kane is my guess.

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

    Telles has COVID again?

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      And there will be many more before the weekend

  3. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    This season will separate the wheat from the chaff

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Already has with certain people demanding unlimited transfers this gameweek

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Give a casual a finger and he will demand the whole arm. FPL should never have given the extra WC last season.

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Inappropriate for this site

      2. JJO
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Im not asking for it,i will take it

    2. Old Bull
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      In what respect?

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Increased amount of illness and minor injuries because of covid and cramped schedule rewards patient planning and punishes knee jerks. It was always the sensible decision to go into the IB with 2 FTs or a wildcard ready.

        1. Old Bull
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          To a degree yes, but what about next week or the week after? At this rate it’s only a matter of time before you get caught out. Check out the teams at the top of the leaderboard and how many injuries they are carrying. This season has a greater level of luck, no matter how well you plan

          1. Brosstan
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            If everyone is getting caught out its the ones who planned the best for that who will come out on top.

            For instance for people who wasted 2 transfers bringing in the perennial crock Pulisic before he had managed to finish 90 minutes once this season. That's just one example of managers making a pointlessly risky transfer and then blaming bad luck afterwards.

            1. Pukkipartyy
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 4 months ago

              U must be best manager ever. Bragging here with 2fts and WC :DD cmoon.

              1. Brosstan
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 4 months ago

                Salty Pulisic buyer detected

                1. Pukkipartyy
                  • 5 Years
                  3 years, 4 months ago

                  Im only salty with ur comments here like doing early transfers are so bad and people who do it should get removed from the game. cmon dude If u dont have guts do early tranfers, u dont need to blame others.

                  I have TV 104.5m / around 5k OR. Taking hits and doing early transfers. What ur rank?

                  1. Brosstan
                    • 9 Years
                    3 years, 4 months ago

                    Why are you taking it personally lol. Pathetic.

                    1. Pukkipartyy
                      • 5 Years
                      3 years, 4 months ago

                      Bro, i was just saying im playing the game with litle risk and doing fine 🙂

  4. michaelington
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Bring in Pulisic, injured. Wilson, injured. Chilwell, injured.

    Following this pattern, Bamford will be injured imminently

    1. Brehmeren
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fingers crossed

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

    Can see hits being thrown about with all these injuries cropping up.. teams getting decimated

    1. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I always hate the 2nd IB each season ... In previous years I've ended up with about 30 points - 16

  6. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    So glad I have 2 FT. Only silly fannies make early transfers these days.

    1. IN SANE IN DE BRUYNE
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I've made lots of early transfers. Thankfully not this time. Only got 1FT tho and three flags.

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        I made 2 early transfer. Taa and Foden to cancelo and grealish

        Would have had to remove them in any case this week.

        Just bad luck all these other injuries...

    2. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      I made early transfers and still happy about it.

      It’s not like TAA will come back from injury earlier just because some others also got injured.

      1. Lord.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Not worried about losing his replacement to injury/Covid?

        1. Klaren
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Chance of any given player getting injured/Covid from your 15 man squad is considerable over the IB but chance of it happening to a single specific player is pretty low. 0.2 swing was key for several alternative transfer plans over the next W so happy to take that risk.

          I’m not arguing that saving until the last day isn’t wise but I don’t think it’s necessarily applicable in all scenarios.

          1. Klaren
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Over the next few GWs*

    3. Pukkipartyy
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Im just the casual and did my transfers, but If needed i use FH.

      Sitting around 5k or, whats urs?

  7. Captain Vantastic™
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane pulled his hammy yet lads?

  8. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I think if you finish top 10K this season it ought to be worth extra for any FPL manager's CV. Insane season.

  9. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Greilish hobbling

  10. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    anyone know if Mitchell expected back this weekend?

    And if he will even get back into the Palace team?

    Thanks

    1. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It was just a knock based on what Hodgson said so probably he should be fine but whether he plays is a more difficult question.

      I think he had a chance to play RB if he didn’t get injured but since they’ve done well the last match, it’s probably unlikely for Hodgson to change things.

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers

    2. Tasty Jerk
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      PVA retains his place.

  11. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    What happened to chilly ?

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Pulled lower back

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

      i dunno but this is turning int oa bigger joke than it already is lol, absolutely zero pint to the season or game.

  12. Stranger Mings
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Gents who gets more points next 2 or 3 Gameweeks ziyech or Watkins ?

    1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Ziyech

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

      no longer matters

    3. Vazza
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      It is now a question of having 11 players available for next week who aren’t injured or have an illness. I suggest that we all log off and revisit the situation on Friday after the press conferences.

  13. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Yeah, nice one mount, donkey

    1. Boxwoods
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, dreadful.

  14. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    is Chilwell injury serious ?

    1. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Dont think so

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Serious enough to be subbed off

    3. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Looked like he just wanted to have break

  15. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Tripper shoots Mings 🙂

  16. CroatianHammer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Will there be anyone left standing at the end of this?

  17. In Bale We Trust
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    In over ten years of playing fpl I can never remember an injury pile up so bad coming into a gameweek. WCs at the ready boys.

    1. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Far too many games. Having the 3rd international friendly each break is ludicrous.

    2. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Most of them being fine before weekend except Salah?

      1. caldracula
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        This

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

      WC gone ages ago, hits galore, game is a joke

      1. HonestBlatter
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Bring'em on

      2. In Bale We Trust
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Should be a bit of excitement at the least! Plenty in the same boat.

    4. caldracula
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      From what I can remember there’s loads during an international break and most of them recover before the next GW starts.

  18. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Get up harry.

  19. Vazza
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    With so many injuries, you just cannot make this up!!! I’m going to leave all my decisions last minute after the press conferences. In some ways, I’m glad I haven’t yet made any transfers. This is total chaos to say the least. No point wildcarding players out when we don’t know who to bring in...

  20. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Belgians turning dirty.

    1. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Nice scorpion kick to Trippier's head

  21. Camino Aleatorio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Rumor is a monkey was being forced to watch American Super Hero movies until he snapped. The Lab in Cambridge did not contain the crazy monkey. He started biting people and made them crazy too.

    Now all the UK is infected! Except for an Irish dude in a hospital and a Spurs fan locked up in a Tower block

    Aubameyang and Arteta are waiting at the Emirates Stadium for a rescue

    I guess we gotta play Virtual FPL now

    1. Right In The Stanchion
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Lay of the acid pal.

    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Which super hero movie finally tipped the monkey over the edge?

      I bet any money it was one of those modern politically correct woke ones?

  22. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Forced into using my WC... ahh well.

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fair play for saving it this long!

  23. Tinkermania
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Kane looks lost without Son or Sterling. Any tricks from the wOrLd'S best striker? 😉

  24. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Robertson, now Chilwell

    Amazing!

    Lucky I held off the Son to Bruno move

    1. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Is Bruno injured too?

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

      why whats wrong with Bruno?

      1. Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        That's what I asking @HUTTON... above.

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

          yes i have eyes lol, still no answer though, and doubtful there will be.

    3. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Ha! I just mean I need to spend the transfer somewhere else 😆

  25. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    DCL on with plenty of time to get injured

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Fingers crossed..

  26. Parsnips
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    I’m gonna have to take a lot of hits

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

      already have an more to come! screw the season

  27. Apwilkin
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Any rumors on Wilson injury lately? Would be really great if the flag go removed off him. Then maybe I can make it through a few more weeks without WCing

  28. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish is turning into England's main man. Only player in the squad who looks like they could do something special out of nothing. Just like Salah, KDB, Fernandes etc.

    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      He is just the type of player England have needed for years.

      A creative player that can link up the midfield with the forwards.

      I tell you what if they had a manager that knew what he was doing they would have every chance at a major tournament.

  29. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish the best player on the pitch.

    Meanwhile, Sancho pants for England again.

  30. Brehmeren
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Schmeichel subbed off at the break. Possible concussion.