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Should Fantasy managers ever ‘triple up’ on a team?

The 2014/15 FPL champion, Simon March, asks if owning three players from the same Premier League club is advisable.


Fantasy Premier League has seen plenty of iconic duos: Carroll and Barton, Drogba and Lampard, Vardy and Mahrez, the list goes on. These are players who, while playing in the same team, both managed to score substantial points and frequently combined to score those points by assisting each other’s goals. If you had both in your FPL team at their peak, chances are you were doing well. Everyone loves a good double-up.

But what about triple-ups? They’re popular, too, but is it really a good idea to select three players from the same team? That’s the question I’ll be discussing this week.

Among the few firm rules that I rigidly observe in FPL is this: ‘Never triple up on a team who are likely to finish mid-table or below’. I learned this lesson in the 2015/16 season when my title defence was upended early on by my now-curious decision to Wildcard in three Swansea players (though, in my defence, this was a popular move at the time) just before they went from surprise early-season title candidates to winning just two games in their next 17. In my opinion, mid-to-lower table teams will rarely, if ever, sustain the form required to justify owning three (non-bench fodder) players or, indeed, they would not be mid-to-lower table teams.

While I’m unlikely to be talked out of this position personally, the question of whether tripling-up on any team is a good idea is more controversial.

On one hand, you have the philosophy that, if a team tends to score more goals than anybody else, and/or keeps more clean sheets, as per Liverpool or Manchester City in the past few seasons, it’s a good idea to have as many players from that team as possible. There is no doubt that, at times, this is a good move and, those who do time it correctly will no doubt profit as a result. Where such a team has a Double Gameweek, there’s even more reason to believe in the potential of a triple-up.

There are, however, a few problems associated with tripling up with players from the top teams. Firstly, it tends to be expensive. Man City may, for example, score more goals than most teams this season and they might also keep more clean sheets, but to triple up on them could cost 25-30%+ of your overall budget. At that point, the question is no longer just: ‘Will they score me enough points?’ It becomes: ‘Will the rest of my team be good enough to compensate if they don’t?’ There’s usually a good chance that a savvy FPL manager can find similar returns for less if they shop around.

The big exception to all of this is when a team who were expected to be mid-to-lower table end up performing really well throughout the whole season. The most obvious example of this phenomenon is 2015/16 title-winners Leicester from which you could purchase three of the highest-scoring players in the game that season for roughly the price of a McDonald’s Happy Meal. Of course, such teams are most notable by their rarity.

Why else could tripling up be ill-advised? One suggestion lies in the mechanics of how scoring occurs in football generally. A player scoring is always the product of their own ability to score, their team’s ability to provide them with opportunities to score and their opposition’s ability (or inability) to stop them from scoring. However, there is also a temporal aspect to this equation. A match only has 90 minutes (or sometimes 100 minutes if you’re a certain Manchester-based club…) and, thus, your triple-ups are sharing that time between them. They cannot all score points at once even if two combine for a goal and, therefore, their ability to score is naturally limited. This might not be a problem if the team they play for scores loads of goals every match, but history tells us that this is not sustainable over time, even for the very best teams. Players and teams go in and out of form, fixtures become more difficult and, when you triple up, all three of your players are affected by these same conditions.

This issue may be less true of defenders as clean sheet points are attributed equally across a defensive line. However, as a result of this, their point-scoring potential is interdependent, one goal conceded affects them all. Over a long enough period of time, this might not matter in terms of points scored (i.e. Liverpool defenders may keep the most clean sheets in total over a season) but, again, this raises the question of value for money and, particularly, whether the funds tied up in expensive defenders could benefit your team more if invested elsewhere, or by being more liquid.

How Liverpool's defensive assets compare after their FPL price changes

Finally, while some believe that having multiple players from a single team means they are likely to get some points whatever happens, the opposite could actually be true. Because they share many of the same conditions, teammates may be more prone to rotation at the same time (e.g. ahead of a big Champions League match), illness (think Spurs and ‘Lasagna-Gate’), expected or unexpected match cancellations (…sigh), tough fixtures or even just teams losing form, as even the best ones will sometimes do. Tripling up will always compound these kinds of risks.

In conclusion, while I am not personally a big fan of tripling up on players from a single team, I can see that there are instances when it can pay off, if timed correctly. There are also exceptional circumstances where it can be a practically essential, no-brainer, value move (e.g. Leicester 15/16) to have three players from the same team. Tripling up in a Double Gameweek or Blank Gameweek may also be well worthwhile and, finally, some of the limitations that apply to attacking players in a triple-up may not apply as much to defenders, making a defensive double or triple-up arguably more of a viable move. 

However, by virtue of the players all sharing the same conditions and constraints on scoring and the typically high cost of tripling up on the best teams, the practice of tripling up in FPL will almost always be a higher-risk strategy that, as a result, is less likely to pay off over time than a broader and more flexible strategy.

In my eyes triple-ups are a lot like buying an expensive goalkeeper; it makes sense at the time, they’ll probably score you some points, but give it a few weeks and you’ll always start to think whether you could be doing something better with the money.


Simon is a former FPL world champion, claiming the coveted price in 2014/15. But there is more to this man than one season of good fortune. Since 2009, Simon has finished in the top 7k four times, only ending up outside the world’s top 60k once in an 11-campaign career.

2,478 Comments Post a Comment
  1. efc444
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Unsure of what moves to make? Any ideas?

    0 ITB, 1 FT

    Martinez*
    James, Robertson, Justin
    Son, Bruno, Foden, Klich
    Vardy, Kane, Bamford

    Steer*, Saiss, Mitchell, Grealish*

    A) Saiss/Kane to Chilwell/Jesus -4
    B) Grealish/Robertson to Mahrez/Chilwell. -4
    C) Grealish/Kane to Mahrez/Jesus -4
    D) Any other ideas?

    Any advice appreciated? Cheers

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. Can’t beat em so&hell…
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Unlike A.

      1. Can’t beat em so&hell…
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        I like A

  2. Van der Faart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Bottomed:

    Struggling on what to do here; 2m ITB, wanted to hold but my 2 bench options aren't great this week.

    McCarthy (Martinez)
    Lamptey Cresswell Chillwell (Kilman Targett)
    Son KDB Jota (Riedwald Grealish)
    Kane DCL Adams

    1)Grealish out to

    A) Mahrez
    B) Rashford
    C) up to 9.6m

    Or
    2)Targett to
    A) Reguillon
    B) Dias
    C) Laporte

    1. Reggie Nainggolan
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Grealish to Mahrez is good for this he but long term I'm sure you wanna keep Grealish especially if he holds value.

      Targett to Dias sounds good

      1. Van der Faart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks I want to hold Grealish too, seems a waste to transfer him out when I'll likely get him back next week

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

    Well well well this news of Mahrez definitely starting changes a few things! KDB or Mahrez?! Hmmmmm

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

      Changes nothing. We all assumed Mahrez was going to start right?

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

        Depends what is spun on the Pep Roulette

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      What news?

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

          apologies, thought it was still the same page as last page for people to see

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

            No worries fella

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

      Mahrez is a better pick just for Fulham in isolation but he becomes a rotation risk again straight away, KDB much less so. So it depends on your mid to long term plans.

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

        yeah that's true, bringing in mahrez allows for jota alongside salah the following gameweek to fulham, hmmm, hard decisions, alll the more as i love taking hits

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

          I took more hits in past few weeks (-8 / -4 / -8) than all of last season and have had 3 green arrows in a row, pretty modest ones mind. Weirdly I'm rolling FT this week and going with just 10 players starting.

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

            haha same, have tken a -16, a -18 and a -4 last three gw's alnf got all greens, albeit at 2m OR though lol

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

              a -8*

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

              -16! That's nuts.

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

      Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling front 3?

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

        That's most likely I reckon.

        Torres / Jesus / Mahrez also quite possible. Who knows, might even throw Foden in the mix.

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

      He didnt even say Mahrez would start, just that he would play. Literally nothing new.

      Mahrez owner btw

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

    9 players tomorrow and in every game... Can't wait!

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

      Sunday bloody Sunday.

  5. HippY
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Mitchell or Brewster....or take a -4 and upgrade Mitchell with 1.9 ITB?

  6. Heisenberg W. W.
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Final team confirmed!

    McCarthy
    Coufal-Chilwell-Lamptey
    KdB-Salah(c)-BFernandes-Zaha
    Adams-DCL-Bamford

    Martin-Mitchell-Bernardo-Grealish

  7. Reggie Nainggolan
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Buy

    A) Dias
    B) James (long term in mind)

    1. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      B

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

      If you have Chil I'd prefer Dias, City have better fixtures. Only thing is he is due a rest soon I'd have thought and could maybe be tomorrow as no way it is in the derby.

      1. Reggie Nainggolan
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        This is my fear. I bought Cancelo with these fixture in mind but seems he's out of the prem team so now I'm having to transferring him out

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

          Me too. But don't think it can be completely presumed that Cancelo is dropped, otherwise we'd just be making the same assumption mistakes around naildness. Saying that I do think Dias is very nailed long term, I just expect a one game rest at some point.

      2. Wolfman180
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Pep seems to be saying though that he isn't benching players for rests, those that are fit and playing well.will start. So would that suggest that Dias starts?

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

          Not sure I believe that, why do players not need rests all of a sudden? That's the opposite of what he normally says. It it were true why has he rested Walker in last two CL games when he is in great form?

          I think Dias probably starts tomorrow, I'd just be nervous of brining him in though when he has played a lot of football when others have been rested lately.

          1. Wolfman180
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Centre backs don't often get rested, compared to full backs anyway

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

              Pep centre backs do.

              1. Wolfman180
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                3 years, 3 months ago

                True dat haha

    3. Phil's Stamps
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      B

  8. mataofperspective
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Them Pep comments really making me want to give Mahrez the arm band. Should I just go to bed and leave Bruno as captain or go for Riyhad

    1. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      What comments

    2. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Riyad

    3. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Mahrez as good a shout as anyone this week.
      KDB edges him out due to pens, but if you don’t own KDB, then why not

      1. mataofperspective
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        See Mahrez could easily get the pen too, they do rotate a good bit at city. If Mahrez is fouled he will take it for sure!

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

      I'd go Mahrez, higher ceiling against Fulham than Bruno against West Ham probably, also rare (unprecedented?) that Pep firmly indicates a starter for a game and don't have to worry about the roulette.

  9. Szczajuszka
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Captain and vice choice please?

    Mahrez, Bruno, Vardy, Jota, Son.

    Current feeling is Mahrez captain / Bruno vice.
    Agree?

    1. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Mahrez c, Vardy v

      1. Szczajuszka
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah, it's the vice I'm not sure about. Mahrez Vardy is the other side of the coin flip for me

  10. fridge
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Any news on if Kane starts?

    1. mataofperspective
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Jose pretty much said Thursday night that he will start

      1. fridge
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Ta, Ziyech to Mahrez (c) then

    2. Reggie Nainggolan
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Of course he'll start

  11. DickFranDyke
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Is Ezgjan Alioski of Leeds a good bet for the next few weeks?

  12. Your Man With The Hair
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Really exciting question here...

    Walker Peters or Vestergaard?

    1. Your Man With The Hair
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Yep. Thought I'd get inundated with responses.

      1. OneJuan
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Vesterggard....

    2. FF Dirtbag
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      KWP.

    3. The Sociologist
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Vestergaard for me, but very little in it tbh.

    4. Your Man With The Hair
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers

  13. thegaffer82
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    I’ll be damned if I know what to do this week.
    Before all the postponements & the slow realisation that Cancelo was probably not going to start as well...

    I was actually going to save my FT for the first time this season.

    I’ve now probably got 10 players playing (including Brewster that’s basically 9).

    2020 can’t end soon enough!

  14. Rinseboy
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Son to Mahrez for a cheeky-4 this week?

    Will be losing Son or Mahrez next week for Salah anyway!

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      I think so

    2. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Nah. Not for a hit. Son will probably do well v Arsenal.

      If you were to captain Mahrez then maybe

      1. Rinseboy
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        na will keep captain on KDB. I feel like he's due a goal soon!

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

      Probably not for the hit and if not captaining, Arsenal conceding lots of chances lately. Danger is that Maureen sticks with the recent conservatism.

  15. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Would you transfer Mahrez to Sterling or have both?

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Mahrez to sterling?

      1. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Sorry Sterling to Mahrez.

        1. Luton_Fan
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          Im doing it

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

      Both if I could

    3. thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      The other way around surely?

      No, I couldn’t do it personally

  16. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Evening guys. For this game week only. Would you get Son or Mahrez

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

      Mahrez.

  17. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Keep moving the arm band between Mahrez & Bruno?

    Who you gone with?

    1. FF Dirtbag
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Brunoooo

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

        Ta

  18. tbhogal
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Son > KDB (C) - 4 worth it guys

    1. FF Dirtbag
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Meh

  19. columbo
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Do those Pep comments spell danger for another Sterling benching?

    1. Luton_Fan
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Thats how im reading it but who knows. I hate trying to predict pep.

    2. n14mul
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Sterling off the bench for 15 can still do some damage, but I don't see him starting

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

      Not really, Mahrez usually plays on right and Sterling left.

  20. FF Dirtbag
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Anything you would do? 1FT and 0.2mill in the bank.

    Martinez
    Reguillon Chilwell KWP
    Fernandes Son Ziyech Grealish
    DCL Vardy Kane

    Forster; Coufal, riedewald, Mitchell

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

      Save.

      Playing Grealish for fun?

      1. FF Dirtbag
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        For giggles. Unsure whether to have Coufal or Mitchell 1st sub

  21. Wolfman180
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Right guys, help me make final decision please!
    I have 2FT but most of the moves I want to make are for next week ie JRod to Jota, potentially Son to Bruno. Its just what to do with Cancelo.

    I may as well transfer him as he won't play (much). I kind of want a City defender v Fulham but Dias might not play and Walker, who i can currently afford, will prevent said moves above.

    Any thoughts?

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

      What's your full team?

      1. Wolfman180
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        McCarthy/Martinez
        Chilwell/Dallas/Lamptey/Konsa/Cancelo
        KDB/Ziyech/Son/Jrod/Soucek
        DCL/Kane/Bamford

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

          Dias looks like a good option to me. He hasn't done much to deserve a benching. May happen at some point but seems much more likely to locked in than the full-backs. If it goes wrong this week then you'd still have three playing defenders.

          I'm debating getting rid of JRod for Mahrez this week. Not sure if it's worth it though. Would you do it for free? Or save this week and roll the FT?

          1. Wolfman180
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Well I have 2FT already so I'd be burning a transfer if I do nothing. Tempted to go Dias, he should be more nailed than Cancelo and if he doesn't play then yeh I've got Dallas to come off bench. It'll be annoying if Cancelo starts and Dias doesn't but the likelihood of that happening is very slim

  22. Deeney-is-a-god
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Thoughts on martinez->meslier/McCarthy for free? Think I will try to get konsa in the future anyway so think it might be smart

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Keep. Dallas and KWP better options than Konsa imo

  23. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Gtg?

    Martinez*
    Robbo Cresswell Chilwell
    Son Mahrez(c) Salah Torres
    Brewster Kane(v) DCL

    Martin Grealish Kilman Mitchell

    0.1itb no free left

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

      Looks good to me. I'm weighing up Rodriguez -> Mahrez for free. Looks good for a this week though Rodriguez' fixture vs Burnley isn't a bad one. Mahrez vs Fulham probably trumps it but will I regret it next week? Is it too short-term?

      How do you feel about Mahrez? Do you have an exit plan in mind?

      1. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        I'll likely move a few people around, downgrade Cresswell and some how try and fit KDB in for Mahrez.

        Torres and Mahrez with no Kev will end in tears one week

  24. HD7
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    My team for this GW without any hits. Should I make any move or hope I have 10 players on the pitch?
    I dont have big hopes for Mitchell

    Mccarthy
    TAA Coufal Chilwell Mitchell*
    KDB(C) Bruno Zaha Bissouma
    Vardy DCL

    Button Grealish Konsa Watkins

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      GTG imo

  25. FC Hakkebøf
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Not sure how to get Salah into this team for Fulham in gw12.

    Martinez
    Robbo Chilly Cancelo
    KDB Son Mahrez Grealish Jota
    Kane DCL
    ___
    Forster; Lamptey Brewster Fodder

    A) KDB + DCL -> Salah + Bamford -4 (Son to Fernandes the following week)
    B) Son + DCL + Cancelo -> Salah + Bamford + Dallas
    C) Save FT, Captain Kane vs Crystal Palace away and reassess

  26. OleBall
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Good to go?

    McCarthy
    Dias Justin Chilwell Dallas
    Jota Salah KDB(c)
    DCL Bamford Vardy

    Forster Riedewald Kilman Grealo

    1. n14mul
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Gtg

    2. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      GTG. Nice team this week

  27. Mooster©️
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Cancelo... What to do?

    Already have Chilwell and Zouma besides Kilman and Mitchell. Martinez GK.

    0.5itb.

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      You got a FT? Formation?

      1. Mooster©️
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        343
        1FT

  28. n14mul
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone have mahrez for this week and brave enough to captain him??

    1. FC Hakkebøf
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Got him but not brave enough. Already a differential so playing it safe with KDB

      1. n14mul
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Same....kdb captaincy is huge this week, I'm slightly tempted to put it on salah but probably won't be brave enough

    2. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      Most that transferred him in?

  29. FCSB
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    Martinez
    Robertson Chilwell Cancelo Dallas
    Fernandes Son JamesR Foden
    DCL Vardy

    Forster Brewster Grealish Ferguson

    1 FT, 1.7 itb

    1. Robertson JamesR >> Lamptey KDB (-4) but would need to take a hit to get Salah in next week
    2. JamesR Vardy >> KDB Bamford (-4)
    3. JamesR >> Mahrez
    4. Save FT

    Thanks all

    1. n14mul
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 3 months ago

      3, I have made the same move, hames is a bit off the boil plus you have no sure City starter. Foden possibly benched

      1. FCSB
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 3 months ago

        Yes.. but what puts me off is I don’t want Mahrez long term really

        Tough one

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

          Same boat here. Can do Rodriguez to Mahrez for free. Don't have any City attack so it's quite appealing. But longer-term Mahrez is a risk. And Rodriguez' fixture vs Burnley this week isn't bad at all. Tough indeed.

          1. FCSB
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 3 months ago

            Have you considered getting KDB in??

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

              This is my team for GW11 as it stands:

              Martinez* (Forster)
              Robbo, Chilwell, Dias, Lamptey (Coufal)
              Bruno, Son, Rodriguez, Soucek (Grealish*)
              Kane, DCL (Watkins*)

              2FT; 1.1m ITB

              Only realistic way to bring in KDB would be to sacrifice either Kane or Son. And I'm not convinced it's worth it. But I might just be being really stubborn. What would you suggest?

              I need to make at least one transfer tonight. Would be happy to roll one for next week since my WC is long gone.

              1. FCSB
                • 8 Years
                3 years, 3 months ago

                That’s a really nice team!!

                Well for me I’d be worried not having city attack so I guess it’s either Mahrez (which I don’t like long term) or KDB for 2FT

                Who will you captain?

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

                  Thanks man! Agreed on Mahrez - not a good long-term option. But don't think I can bring myself to rip up the team for KDB (yet anyway). Dunno what to do. Captain wise, reckon it'll be Bruno this week.

        2. n14mul
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 3 months ago

          I think he is decent for the next 3

  30. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 3 months ago

    With 9.0, pick 1 gk & 1 def.

    A) mesiler - mcarthy - johnstone
    B) dallas/alioski/cooper - clyne/dann - taylor - masuku/balbuena - furlong/bartley - fuchs