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Why double up on Arsenal defence? I don't get that part

What happened?

I probably will.
James and richarlison in my plans

considering him or dcl

I think LiveFpl does this now.

I've also been testing my mates Chrome Extension which does exactly this, on the FPL Team page itself.

It's not yet on the Chrome store but can point you to it when it eventually us.

Yeah new feature on LiveFpl does

Try FPL Tools for Chrome.

gamble

Correct decision, if you hate points

Huge gamble.

No

Based on who got minutes today, you might be right, but who knows with City? As long as you've got a bench, gamble. Someone's got to be different.

Very silly

Doubt he starts, but who knows

Stupid decision

if spurs confirmed to be playing?

reckon i'm going 442 aswell

Double arsenal attack is too much

Probably auba to son, tierney to mitchell, brewster to richa/DCL, darlow to leno..

Surely can’t be foolish enough to fall for that once let alone twice now

Why would you keep son who probably won't have a game?
Wait till deadline, if you get any news, remove him

Silva is crap, I'd rather take Burke or McGoldrick.

will probably doing something similar

Assuming Vila game is off (in my mind already is) moving Spurs v Fulham to GW18 would be ideal solution.

Yes Fulham would have loads of games, but just that kind of season.

Adhering to Covid protocols?

You have Reguilon out at a party with his Argentinian friends.

You have Mourinho breaking lockdown previously with Ndombele when they were having a training session in the park.

Mourinho is just a miserable moaner. Has been that way ever since he got done by Pep Guardiola when Jose was at Real Madrid.

If you still have those names in your squad then I think bb19 is out of the picture. No point anyway with covid causing havoc

I wouldn’t do BB with that squad. Hold and field your best team. Not worth transfers or hits IMO.

Noe clue. But wasn’t tests taken on Monday? New tests should have been taken by now?

A

B if you don't mind keeping Wilson longer than 1 week. -4 again transferring out Wilson in 19 would be -8 and not worth it.

Who would the others be replacing, and would you be using another transfer to switch back at some point?
To me, Wilson could easily repay the -4, allowing for the above. Saiss less so.

A

Doubt Crawley dug outs have 9 seats for subs anyway

Think Bielsa couldn’t give a flying F about the FA Cup this year to be honest

He had scrambled eggs for breakfast and is wearing odd socks.

Searching for another club

COVID scare I believe (not him but somebody he has been in contact with).

Self-isolating, but he hasn't tested positive.

Pep Guardiola: "He [Aguero] is isolating, unfortunately. He was in contact with one person who was positive [for Covid-19] It is a pity. It was a perfect day to get minutes but unfortunately he has to be a few days out..."

Every cloud and all that!

Yessir.

How do you mean? Dropped from what?

I like B

9 first team players

B for me

Rested, injured or Covid?

Shame for the Marine players

Hmmm interesting

?

Yes we should be worried

Someone from the press please ask him about Kane and Villa game!!!

‘I’m the special one’ haha(sorry couldn’t resist haha)

Jose Mourinho Quotes
During his time at Real Madrid
“I am Jose Mourinho and I don’t change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects.” – When he was unveiled as the new Real Madrid manager in 2010.
“I am not anti-Barcelona. I am coach of Real but Barca doesn’t worry me. My only concern is to grow Real. Barca are great rivals and we respect them. If I am hated at Barcelona, it is their problem but not mine. Fear is not a word in my football dictionary.” – When he was unveiled as the new Real Madrid manager in 2010.
“I am prepared. The more pressure there is, the stronger I am. In Portugal, we say the bigger the ship, the stronger the storm. Fortunately for me, I have always been in big ships. FC Porto was a very big ship in Portugal, Chelsea was also a big ship in England and Inter was a great ship in Italy. Now I’m at Real Madrid, which is considered the biggest ship on the planet.” – Shortly after completing the signing of Sami Khedira from VfB Stuttgart in Mourinho’s first transfer window in charge.
“What position is my wife in? Eighth, at least” – After he was told that he was surveyed to be the ninth most influential man in the world.
“Look, I’m a coach. I’m not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.” – After the goalless draw against Real Mallorca on his Real Madrid debut.
“I have to train with ten men. How to play with ten men, because I go there with Chelsea, I finish with ten, I go there with Inter, I finish with ten and I have to train to play with ten men because it can happen again.” – Before the second leg at Camp Nou of the 2010-11 Champions League final against Barcelona.
“He must really think I’m a great guy. He must think that, because otherwise He would not have given me so much. I have a great family. I work in a place where I’ve always dreamt of working. He has helped me out so much that He must have a very high opinion of me.” – When the Spanish radio network Cope asked him what he believed God thought about him.
During his time at Inter Milan
“Zeru tituli” – Mou’s shot at Italian back-fired after he incorrectly pronounced ‘zero titoli’; which means ‘zero titles’.
“I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon.'” – After then Juventus boss criticised Mourinho’s coaching methods, Jose went on the offensive in the summer of 2008.
“I am no longer Chelsea coach and I do not have to defend them any more, so I think it is correct if I say Drogba is a diver.”
“As for Lo Monaco, I do not know who he is. With the name Monaco, I have heard of Bayern Monaco (Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk) and the Principality of Monaco. I have never heard of any others.” – After Calcio Catania president Pietro Lo Monaco claimed he wanted to smack Mourinho in the mouth following Inter’s Seria A win in 2008.
“We want to follow a dream, yes, it’s true, but one thing is to follow the dream, another thing is to follow an obsession… and this is not an obsession, it’s just a dream.”
“We would have lost if there were six Inter players left on the pitch.” – After defeating AC Milan 2-0 with nine men.
“It is clear that I will end my career without having coached Barca.” – After defeating Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate in the 2009-10 Champions League semifinal.
“I confess that it isn’t easy to enter on football with the name of someone who is already in football. I feel that with my own son. He already liver under the pressure of being a son of mine. For that, I admire Rui Aguas and Maldini, who managed to live with the weight of that pressure, and already did a lot.” – While speaking at the Doctorate Honoris Causa degree award ceremony.
Jose Mourinho – on Chelsea
“There are only two ways for me to leave Chelsea. One way is in June 2010 when I finish my contract and if the club doesn’t give me a new one. It is the end of my contract and I am out. The second way is for Chelsea to sack me. The way of the manager leaving the club by deciding to walk away, no chance! I will never do this to Chelsea supporters.” – when asked if success in the Carling Cup final might mean the last trophy he would win for Chelsea.
“We’re not the perfect team and I’m not saying we are the best team in the world, but I think we deserve a little bit more respect.” – after Chelsea defeated European champions Liverpool 4-1 at Anfield. Mourinho’s team had recently been criticised for playing “boring” football
“Everybody is crying that Chelsea keep winning and winning and winning so I think that draw at Goodison Park makes everyone more happy. It gives people more hope and brings to the Premiership what everybody was waiting for.” – On the loss of their 100% league record at Everton – October 2005
“Look, we’re not entertaining? I don’t care; we win.” – on Chelsea’s performance at the start of the 2006-07 season
“We are on top at the moment but not because of the club’s financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.”
“I am very happy because the club is beating records with the sales of new shirts. I don’t sell shirts but there a relation between shirt sales and the performance of the team. If we perform well they sell more shirts.”
“If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!”
“I am not concerned about how Chelsea are viewed morally. What does concern me is that we are treated in a different way to other clubs. Some clubs are treated as devils, some are treated as angels. I don’t think we are so ugly that we should be seen as the devil and I don’t think Arsene Wenger and David Dein are so beautiful that they should be viewed as angels.”
“This is the start of a process not the end. I want more for me and Chelsea.” – On winning the Premiership title – May 2005
“We have eight matches and eight victories, with 16 goals, but people say we cannot play, that we are a group of clowns. This is not right.” – On Chelsea’s start to the new season – October 2005
“Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day, when we lose, there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.”
“At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.”
“Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.” – On the state of the Stamford Bridge pitch prior to their home Champions League game against Barcelona in 2006
“I don’t say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.”
“It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed. You pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket becuase the supermarket is closed. But I am content because the blanket is cashmere. It is no ordinary blanket.” – on Chelsea’s injury crisis and the end of January transfer window after Ashley Cole was injured in a 3-0 win over Blackburn, 31 January 2007
“After all that has happened this season – and that is a lot – I’ve reached the conclusion that I am a good loser.” – after losing the Premiership title to Manchester United in the 2006/2007 season.
‘Everyone in the club must feel we have a good relationship between us. If Mr Abramovich wants to be in on the training session that’s fantastic. Or, if at the end of the match he wants to go the dressing room, for me it’s great. It’s never a problem. – After meeting Abramovich for the first time
Jose Mourinho – on Chelsea players
“Young players are a little bit like melons. Only when you open and taste the melon are you 100 per cent sure that the melon is good.
Sometimes you have beautiful melons but they don’t taste very good and some other melons are a bit ugly and when you open them, the taste is fantastic… One thing is youth football, one thing is professional football. The bridge is a difficult one to cross and they have to play with us and train with us for us to taste the melon.

For example, Scott Sinclair, the way he played against Arsenal and Man United, we know the melon we have.”

“Who were (Frank) Lampard, (John) Terry and (Didier) Drogba two years ago? They were certainly not world stars. And in this moment who are they?”
“Makelele is not a football player – Makelele is a slave. He’s played the biggest game you can, the World Cup final, and now wants to retire but the coach told us if he is not playing for France, he is not playing for Chelsea. We know the rules. You are a slave, you have no human rights.” – Criticising the French Football Federation and coach Raymond Domenech decision to include Claude Makelele in a August 2006, Euro 2008 Qualifier with the problem being Makelele having retired from International Football after the 2006 World Cup.
“Pavel Nedved, Paul Scholes, Luís Figo have all retired from international football. With the Czechs, England and Portugal it is ok, but France? They don’t have liberty. It is unbelievable. Makélélé is not a footballer, he is a slave. He has no human rights, no right to choice or liberty, so he is a slave. But the rules are there, so what can we do?” – criticizing France coach Raymond Domenech for calling up Claude Makélélé for Euro 2008 qualifiers, after Makélélé announced his retirement from international football after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, rules by FIFA state that players who refuse a selection on their national team could be suspended from their professional clubs. The use of “slave” in Mourinho’s press release was criticized by Domenech and France captain Patrick Vieira
“I can tell you now, to stop you (journalists) from asking, that as long as he is not scoring, Shevchenko will play.” – on Andriy Shevchenko’s goal drought.
“They have to enjoy playing for me and Chelsea but they don’t have to be in love with me.” – Referring to his Chelsea players
“Ricardo Carvalho seems to have problems understanding things, maybe he should have an IQ test, or go to a mental hospital or something” – After Carvalho blasted Mourinho for not picking him to play
“There are still other things which concern me, not just concern me, but leave me in a very emotional situation, If my goalkeeper dies in that dressing room or in that process it is something English football has to think about, It looks like what I did against Liverpool that ‘shut up’ was a nightmare, that a player from Manchester City shows half his ass for two seconds was also a big nightmare. I think this is a real nightmare, a real nightmare. I would like somebody to tell me why my goalkeeper was put in this situation for 30 minutes.” – Reflecting on the events which lead to the aftermath of the Petr Cech injury on 14/10/2006 at Reading and how the English press reflect on situations that arise at Football matches.
“For example, in my team I love to have Geremi on the bench because he’s a low-profile player who is ready to help, ready to fight for the team, ready to do the job I want him to do.”
“The team is completely close. Anything you say outside, there is no chance it will go inside. So the team is really strong and compact. We know what we want and how to achieve it on the pitch.”
“I don’t want special relations with one of them (his players). I hate to speak about individuals. Players don’t win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.”
“It is omelettes and eggs. No eggs – no omelettes! It depends on the quality of the eggs. In the supermarket you have class one, two or class three eggs and some are more expensive than others and some give you better omelettes. So when the class one eggs are in Waitrose and you cannot go there, you have a problem” – Commenting on the lack of fund available to him for strengthening his Chelsea squad.
“Why drive Aston Martin all the time, when i have Ferrari and Porsche as well? That would just be stupid” – When asked about rotating Joe Cole, Arjen Robben and Damien Duff
“Don’t tell me one week later that you don’t like Harlington, don’t like the weather, or the family is not happy in England. I don’t want a player who is not totally committed to my methodology.” – On pre-season
“When you look now at Chelsea players’ CVs it’s similar to Porto’s players’ before I arrived. Nobody won important things. You have two European champions here, Claude Makelele and Paulo Ferreira. But nobody won the Premiership. No one has the taste of big victories.” – About Chelsea players lack of success
“I told [Adrian] Mutu, you are already a rich boy, you won a lot of money, you are still in a big contract. So no problem with your future about money, no problem about prestige in your home country. When you go back to Romania you will be one of the kings. But five years after you leave football nobody remembers you. Only if you do big things. This is what makes history.”
Jose Mourinho – on other clubs / players
“I would need bodyguards in Oporto. If you visit Palermo, you probably also need them.” – Interview before Porto-Chelsea, 30 November 2004
“I saw their players and manager go for a lap of honour after losing to us in their last home game. In Portugal if you do this, they throw bottles at you.” – on Manchester United
“You have to wonder why they did that penalty. Because they have so many penalties in the season, that’s why. They have to do something special and different.” – on Arsenal’s penalty mix-up in October 2005
“That was not a football score, it was a hockey score…in training I often play matches of three against three and when the score reaches 5-4 I send the players back to the dressing room, because they are not defending properly” – on the Tottenham vs Arsenal match, which ended 5-4 to Arsenal
“Barcelona have a great club. But in 200 years of history they have won the European Cup only once. I have been managing for a few years and I have already won the same amount.” – said during the 2005-2006 season. Barcelona went on to win the Champions League.
“During the afternoon it rained only in this stadium – our kitman saw it. There must be a micro-climate here. It was like a swimming pool.” – Before the Blackburn v Chelsea game – 2004/2005

Are you certain Burnley don’t score?

Are you playing Russian rules FPL?

Not sure I’d take a hit. MU defense not convincing.

no

maybe ... Man U have Burnley, Liverpool & Fulham v WHU & Wolves for WBA

Think it was mainly done to appease the fans, publicity stunt.

Thought he was out TIL end of Jan?

I mean Salah to KDB of course!

More like six unless we hear differently?

Shaw I think may be injured...which would make telles an option....

Stones ?

Lindelof

Burnley defender take your pick.