After an eventful Gameweek 14, in which I almost committed the deadly sin of selling Mohamed Salah (£12.5m), I couldn’t be happier with the end result: a total of 93 points and an overall rank well inside the Top 20K for the first time since Gameweek 10.
Considering the rumours from several sources saying Salah was going to be rested at Selhurst Park, I almost pulled the trigger and sold him for Kevin De Bruyne (£11.8m) on Saturday morning. However, since I wasn’t 100% convinced by the rumours, I decided to hold fire and hope for a cameo from the Liverpool midfielder at the very least. After all, it would be heartbreaking to sell him ahead of such a nice fixture just to find out the rumours weren’t true.
However, the rumours were very true and he was indeed benched. But Salah doesn’t need many minutes to wreak havoc and after his 16-pointer, I was relieved to have decided to save my transfer. In addition, Ruben Dias (£5.7m), Andrew Robertson (£7.3m), Jack Grealish (£7.8m) and my captain Bruno Fernandes (£11.0m) all delivered nine points or more, which felt great after three red arrows in a row.
Think Kun will start
Would you start C Taylor or Kilman as 3rd defender?
Taylor
Lots of wind and rain this weekend. Something to consider?
Nah mate, I'll be indoors watching the footie.
Made me laugh!
Lol
Yeah, Stoke will do well
James replacement...
A taylor
B dallas
C cancelo
D other up to 5.6
McCarthy
Coufal Dier Targett (James, Mitchel)
Son KDB Bruno Salah (Soucek)
DCL Bamford Adams
1FT, 0.4Keep james?
Nah.. no bench.. there is the coufal risk.. feel i need to do something?
18/19 plan? Guessing bb
DallasCorrect, BB.
Thanks
Yeah I'd save this week
Cheers for all the help and chats in 2020 lads. Happy Christmas (to those that way inclined)
Gonna be a weird St. Stephen's day with no pubsPlay Justin (MUN) or Taylor (lee)?
Taylor
Justin
Remember when Kun scored 5 v Newcastle in 65 minutes? Good times
2015
Remember when Kun did nothing at all vs NEW for last 15 minutes? 2020...
5 in 80 minutes v Newcastle. Still nice
Very dark days - I didn't have Kun. Remember it - I'm still not over it 🙁
Was my captain. My final overall rank was around 800 that season. Great season
946
Memories grow sweeter with time I see. Good rank anyway 😀
What’s everyone’s teams who are using wc in 16 and Bb in 19?
Deadline isn't far away.
McCarthy Johnstone
Robertson Coufal Dallas Taylor Balbuena
Salah Robertson Son(will have Rashford for DGW) Raphinha Anguissa
Kane Wood BamfordRobbo the mid 🙂
Oy second Robbo meant to be Fernandes
Certainly does play high enough up the pitch to justify it 🙂
Very similar... why Wood over Adams and Kane over Vardy?
Wood's big chances numbers in recent matches stand out to me. I've had Adams all season and am considering holding but I don't find the fixtures so appealing. Kane over Vardy is one I'm partial to Kane in because of those two plum fixtures in 16 and 17 but I am put off by the SGW in 19. Vardy, Werner, and Martial are all in consideration for me. Martial in for Kane means I could upgrade Balbuena to TAA
Nice... also tempted by martial tbf but think cavani could end up playing a game over him. I’ve owned Werner until this week and trust me don’t go there. I was on wood over adams but his dgw fixtures aren’t great... if only Antonio was fit
Thoughts on keeping Chilwell for another week?
At this rate, he wont drop tonight, Ive got a backline of Robbo, Coufal Taylor anyway and it might be worth waiting on when he'll be available againPleasantly suprised to see he probably doesn't drop tonight as 1st drop didn't hurt my value (5.5PP). I'll certainly hold as have subs and have started Chilwell just in case as imagine the meltdown on here if he starts and hauls 🙂 Lamps didn't actually rule him (or James) out .....
Trained today as well, apparently. I now wish I’d got rid of Lamptey first
Source?
I searched “Chilwell” on Twitter and ordered them by most recent. Quite a few people had posted about it, looked legit
Cheers
Would you start him?
Nvm missed the bit you said you would
Yeah why not. I reckon he plays anyway.
I still have my first wildcard and here is my current team
—————McCarthy—————
——Dias Zouma Robertson——
Salah Bruno Son Grealish Soucek
—————Kane DCL—————
Subs: C. Taylor, Fodder x 3
0.0 ITB, WC, FH and BB available
Any suggestions what I should do please?I think ppl are WCing after deadline and lining up bb 19
Fh 18But how would you adjust this team using WC?
Load up on dgw19 next week with some Spurs & fh18, bb19.
Which player would you downgrade from the team above to upgrade bench players?
Looks good - nothing needed, gtg wc next week
Thanks. But what adjustments would you make with the WC?
Do nothing this week. Your team looks really strong. Have you got an idea about your strategy to get through 18 and 19?
I’m thinking about using TC on Salah in DWG19.
And a potential FH in GW18.If you aren't going to BB in 19 then you haven't got to make a lot of changes with your WC. You could even look to make some changes that give you a couple of extra players for 18 and save that FH for later in the season.
Merry Christmas all! I asked a day or two ago about the relationship between DGW26 and BGW29 - won’t the DGW29 teams then blank in BGW29? As I their fixtures are moving from 29 to 26? Feels significant if you’re planning to BB in 26.
Sorry second mention of DGW should read DGW26.
Could get other games moved into 26 or 29.
Oh so it’s not as simple as this teams with a double 26 will have a blank 29? What I’m fearing is if you prepare to bench boost 26 with something like 15 double players you may end up with 15 players blanking in 29.
Well you likely have teams like Leeds who may be out of the cup and play Leeds which you'd take in gw26 even if sgw and then have a game in 29. Much like this set with Spurs having shu in 19 worthy of investment even though a sgw.
Ah so yes. It would make bench boost 26 more tricky? You would need to hold some single GW players to ensure you had a team for 29? I’m still figuring it all out.
Basically yes although the other unscheduled dgw hanging around could also go in either slot depend who is/isn't still in the FA Cup by then.
Feels risky to plan for a bench boost 26 though no? Unless you hold the free hit chip to use in 29 of course.
Those who have FH chip will ofc be better off but it comes down to who makes the FA Cup quarters really.
I think enough look to be using FH that whilst having it would be advantageous not having it won't hurt much and I'd rather bank the points now. Covid being what it is who knows what will actually happen by then!
Personally I'm going FH19
The blanks in GW29 arise because of clashes with FA Cup QF fixtures. We’ll know the QF line up before GW24, which is sufficient notice for the blanks to be rescheduled in DGW26.The rationale for doing this that there are limited options options to catch up later, but it does mean that anyone setting up a GW26 BB with a WC in GW25, probably also needs a FH to navigate BGW29.
Great this is what I was thinking and tbh seems to have been missed by some? With this in mind, I’m more inclined to BB in GW19 and use the second wildcard to set up for the DGW26/BGW29 in a balanced manner. Unless we’re totally wrong about the DGW26 teams blanking in 29 of course!
Also add in the fact that from GW19 -> GW26 you'll have some FT's.
You might be able to transfer your way to a great BB squad, and then WC in GW27 or GW28 before the BGW? 🙂Interesting idea but we won’t really know for certain who the DGW26 teams are until around GW24 I believe? Would be a bit of a guessing game.
Answering both you and Lord. here.
No ofc we don't know for sure, but to be honest it is fairly easy to predict which matches in GW29 that will be affected by the QF round. Looking into this you can pretty much build a strong BB squad WITH premium assets also.Cheers. I’ll certainly look at how close I can get to doing this. Having the WC after the DGW to set up easier for the blank would be good.
Right now I’m certainly more concerned by planning when to BB, 19 or 26.Just gonna line it up for you bit by bit 😉
First up:
GW29 fixture Spurs - Southampton:
If Southampton beats Shrewsbury and then Huddersfield/Plymouth this fixture is off.
If Spurs beats Marine and then Derby/Chorley this fixture is off.
Highly likely one or the other would happen right?
In GW26 Spurs would have Burnley (H) and Southampton (H) (tasty)
In GW26 Southampton would have Everton (a) and Spurs (a) (still dgw)And both would then blank in 29? Am I reading the situation right?
If Spurs vs. Southampton is off due to either one making it to the QF in FA and if they are to be reschedules in GW26 then yes? 🙂
Cheers. I think you’ve helped convince me that BB26 feels difficult without holding the FH chip fo 29, or prepare well in advance and WC after the DGW as you suggested.
Next up:
GW29 fixture Crystal Palace - Man U
If Crystal Palce beats Wolves and then Stockport/West Ham the fixture is off
If Man U beats Watford and then Oldham/Bournemouth this fixture is off
Not as likely, but still pretty likely 😉
In GW26 Man U with play Crystal Palace (a) and Chelsea (a) (Bruno still looks good here)
In GW26 Crystal Palace would play Man U (H) and Fulham (H) (Zaha?)
Sorry to waste all your effort, but the draw for each FA Cup round is done at random. We don't know the Fourth round draw yet.
For real?
Yes - for example, one of Wolves and Palace will be in the next round, but we don't know who they play yet. Hope that helps.
But when I look at the 'tournament tree' (don't know the english word sorry), it looks like we already know, that the winner will face whoever wins in the match between Stockport and West Ham?
All the PL clubs gets 'byes' while the lower tier teams faces eachother early on, but it also looks like the PL clubs are placed into this 'tournament tree'. Would explain why clubs like City and United don't face each other until the SFs.
Otherwise they could potentially draw each other in the next round roght? Never ever happens though?No, from Round 3 any team can play anyone, including City and United. Any tournament tree is a bit false until each draw is made!
Basically you won't know the likely DGW / blank teams until the Round 5 draw is made, then you can make some guesses (e.g. if Liverpool have an easy fixture in Round 5)Cheers 😉
I'll just have to w8 and see like every1 else 😉
Thought the draw was made already and that is how the 'best' clubs never faces each other until the QF/SF 😉
Next up:
West Brom vs. Everton in GW29 is off if:
Everton beats Rotherham and the Stevenage/Swansea
Or
West Brom beats Blackpool and then Coventry/Norwich
Pretty likely 😉
Would result in a DGW 26:
West Brom would play Everton (H) and Brighton (H)
Everton would play West Brom (a) and Southampton (H)
But then you’re building a squad based on PL clubs that were knocked out of the Cup early, thereby ruling out a lot of premium assets.
To an extent yes + educated guesses. Villa or Pool get knocked out 8th Jan though
How crazy does losing DCL this GW sounds? :/
Fairly crazy but depends on who is coming in.
That’s the crazier part.
I’m leaning towards Wood & TAA for DCL & Chilwell. The thing is that it helps me get to my preferred gw19 BB team!That's not completely crazy then!
I get it for TAA but DCL scares me as a none owner this gw
Not crazy... no Hamez and could be no Rich... and we’ve tightened up at the back. Be surprised at anything more than 7 points
Pretty crazy .......
Ancelotti: "I think, not for the first game [v Sheffield United in GW15] but for the second game [v Manchester City in GW16], we are going to rotate the players."
Best R. James replacement $5.3 or under?:
A. Dier
B. Stones
C. Dallas
D. Walker-Peters
E. Other?
Current defense:
Martinez
James* / Dias / Coufal / Taylor / Mitchell
C if FH 18 otherwise A
Are there are any decent 5.0-6.0 mil midfielder who has BGW18 ? Maybe Barkley?
Podence/Neto?
Neto is the best one.
Raphinha
Apols. He doesn't have gw18
Podence has been a solid differential for me but having watched the wolves games and based on returns I would go with Neto if I had the choice again.
Raphina or soucek
Same mistake as above 🙂
Eze, Burke, traore, Almiron ?
Hmmm
Whats up with Wan Bisaka?
Chilwell may have trained today
https://twitter.com/CarefreeYouth/status/1342552383591743488?s=19
Ma god I need a confirmation homey
Merry Christmas everyone!
A) Lamptey > Cancelo -4
B) Play Lewis as 3rd defender
Thanks 🙂A
Who do you think will take the most points combined in GW15 ?
A: Salah + Soucek
or
B: Grealish + Kane
Greetings 🙂
I have all 4 but A imo
A
How many other numpties have/had James/lamptey/walker/Mitchell backline and moved one out yesterday for coufal? Literally feels like I never have a bench anymore or even 11 starters. Such bad luck
I didn't think Coufal was confirmed out.
Only rumours of him not starting tho?
Coufal will start
normally players only miss the game if their partner is giving birth that day not 2 days before I think he will play
It's not bad luck. You made an early transfer and got bitten by new info coming to light.
Congrats on the 0.1m rise though.
Play Giroud or transfer out for Bamford?
Transfer out for Bamford. As Abraham and Giroud are both options for Lampard, neither are options in FPL.
Which would you rather have from GW16 onwards excluding GW18 as I'll be using the FH?
A) KDB + Adams
B) Grealish + VardyB easier fixtures for Vardy
A has higher upside
A
gtg? or any hits you would take?
Meslier
Coufal Dias Targett
Son KDB Grealish Bruno Salah
DCL Bamford
Taylor Brewster Mitchell
1.5 ITBNothing worth a hit. At least you have Taylor in the unlikely event Coufal doesn't turn up.
thanks worried Dias rested and Coufal doesn't start then I'm in trouble!
g2g. Do you have a FT?
Also, curious how you're playing your team through the doubles. You're one of 4 regular posters who has my exact same front 7 and interested to see what GW18/19 plans you have.thanks Camzy.
Think I've decided I'm gonna FH 18 and use all my transfers to load up on 19 playersfor the double. Next week am thinking Targett and Grealish to TAA/Robbo and Rafhinha. That as far ahead as I've plannedI'm losing DCL next week I think over Grealish.
I think I’m losing DCL in 17 for Martial and keeping Grealish right through to at least the 2 nd WC.
Gtg
Pick one to start this week:
a) C TAylor
b) Brewster
c) AnguissaCharlie
C
a
Anguissa
A
Merry xmas to the entire fantasy football scout community. You have been of great help to my fpl team.
Season's greetings from Kenya
What would you go for?
A. Trent & Martial
B. Dallas & AdamsA
Oops I mean:
A. Trent & Adams
B. Dallas & MartialA
Probably A
A
Have you mixed those up?! A easily.
Chilwell + Mount
->
Robertson + Raphina
2 FTs.
Good to go?
Yes
gtg
What would you go for?
A. Trent & Adams
B. Dallas & MartialA
A
A
Gtg?
Martinez
Robbo Cancelo Taylor
KDB C Bruno Son Soucek
DCL Bamford Adams
4.0 Ayling Anguissa LewisGreat team....although actually No Salah is gonna be scary!
Decided to go with KDB C this week. Will do kdb to Salah next week.
On gw16 do you prefer
A) dcl
B) martialReady to go .
Martinez
TAA,Dias,Coufal
Salah(c),KDB, Fernandes, Grealish
DCL, Bamford, Watkins
Johnstone, Soucek,Dallas,Ferguson
Plan
Wk 16 KDB,Watkins >> Raphina,Kane
Wk 17. DCL >> Martial
Wk 18. FH
WK 19 Ferguson , any defender under 5.0 that has a double.
Kane > Vardy maybe for -4
Use BB chip with 12 dgwers and Martinez,Dias and Grealish.That's sound. I would do basically the same thing I think. Have you considered just buying Vardy over Kane in 16?
That will give you more DGW guys.
Unless you need Kane for captain in 16 or 17, I'd probably just go straight for Vardy.Yeh I could do Vardy. Would save 4 points too.
No Spurs for Fulham,Leeds is scary though.
3 years, 3 months agotorres has a chance to start?