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FPL team reveals: Who I’m replacing Kostas Tsimikas with for Gameweek 3

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Five-time top 1k FPL finisher Tom Freeman on Calvert-Lewin, Wolves and his Gameweek 2 plans

Ahead of Gameweek 3, I have two free transfers and £0.5m in the bank.

The graphic below shows how I’m currently set up prior to making any transfers, and as you can see, I need to prioritise a defensive move to ensure I have four starters. 

I’d also like to have two frees for the international break, so any further adjustments will have to wait. 

So, onto my transfer then.

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  1. Daniyal
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 7 months ago

    Will Ronaldo be most likely classified as a forward or a midfielder ?

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    1. One More Hit
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      I reckon forward, which is a little troublesome when you assume you’ll ditch Fernandes.

      No CS point
      1 point fewer per goal
      Assists unlikely

      Basically sticking the house on him being a goal scoring machine (happy with that tbh)

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    2. Drexl Spivey
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      His winging days are somewhat behind him.

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      1. Boss Hogg
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        ... and his whinging days are still ahead of him.

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    3. @persecuted_by_mods
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Forward I think

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      • linkafu
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Forward

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      • Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Probably better as a forward
        Imagine he'd get lots of bps deductions for skied free kicks etc.
        But forwards get loads of +ve bps for scoring, whereas as a midfielder Salah has always been a bit hit and miss for bonus when scoring due to his deductions for things like dispossessions

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    4. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 7 months ago

      Kane returns last season - 37
      Ronaldo returns last season - 36

      Does he really have any grounds to be more price than Kane considering he’s also not played in the league for such a long time?

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      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Correction, only 32 returns for Ronaldo last season

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      2. Meinhoff
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Yes, he will play in a better team. They will also probably be the same price 12.5

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      3. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        He's not played in a competitive league for over a decade.

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      4. @persecuted_by_mods
          2 years, 7 months ago

          The first time in a long long long time he's at a club that isn't either the best in the league by a country mile, or one of the best two

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      5. Budgies
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Everyone thinking Ronaldo will be £12/£12.5m…..dream on!

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        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          10.5m?

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          1. Budgies
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            £13m min

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            1. Boxwoods
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 7 months ago

              I think this is the most likely number. 12.5 min.

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        2. Steve The Spud
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          See above

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        3. linkafu
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          11.5 for me

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        4. Budgies
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Arguably the best of all time isn’t going to be the same price as any other asset, let’s not forget he was £14m the last season he played in the League.

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      6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Ronaldo price tag?

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        1. 1zverGGadeM
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          12 is fair me think.. if he is Fwd of course

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        2. Bury94
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          12m Fwd sounds about right.

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        3. A Team Of James McCleans
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          10-11

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          1. Rassi
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            Lol that would be just insane.

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          2. 1zverGGadeM
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            This means he will be perba cap in every fpl team lol

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            1. 1zverGGadeM
              • 7 Years
              2 years, 7 months ago

              permanent*

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        4. Rassi
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          12.5-13 fwd

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      7. Hulk Smash
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        ...Are we overreacting a bit?

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        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          No

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        2. Nate(U)dog(ie)
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Definitely. But it is Ronaldo to be fair and another premium that can do what FPL players need them to in any match

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        3. jackruet
          • 2 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          not at all

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        4. Forza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Massively.

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        5. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
          • 14 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Yes Ronaldo basically Cavani 2.0 with a much tidier haircut and pens.

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      8. linkafu
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Captain

        A bruno
        B DCL

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        1. OPTA FPL
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          ronaldooooooooooooooooo

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      9. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        It’s nice to finally have a lot of decent premium strikers to choose from again

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        1. Rassi
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah, good for FPL.

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      10. A Team Of James McCleans
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Ronaldo doesn’t justify more than 10.5 imo, and that’s on name value

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        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          What on earth makes you think that?

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          1. A Team Of James McCleans
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            He’s a 36 year old who returned less than Lukaku in the same league last season. He’s not getting any better.

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            1. Gandalf
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              2 years, 7 months ago

              Ronaldo got 29 goals and Lukaku 24 last season..

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        2. Thomas Magnum
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Didn’t he just win the golden boot at the Euros?

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        3. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Arguably the best player ever to play the game and he’s still an absolute goal machine, over a hundred for Juventus in three years.

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        4. Scots Gooner
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Don't be silly

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        5. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Ah ah ah. Tough day for non-United fans so I'll cut you all some slack...

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      11. stefanbkanev
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Bench 1:

        Raphinha
        Amartey
        Shaw
        Digne

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      12. Sgt Frank Drebin
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Is there even a possibility that Bruno stays on pens?

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        1. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          No

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        2. OPTA FPL
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          -68

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        3. A Team Of James McCleans
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          No, Ronaldos ego couldn’t handle it. He won’t be on free kicks either, even though Ronaldo is awful at free kicks. Reference their time together with Portugal.

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          1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            Can't wait to see that long run up and hitting the wall in the midriff x50 before he eventually just pings one straight at the keeper

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        4. Baines on Toast...
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Bruno is generally very unselfish so I think he will give them up

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        5. No Professionals
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          No, absolutely kills Bruno IMO

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        6. Drexl Spivey
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          F all.

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        7. Eh, just one more thing ...
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          No. Ronnie probably has it written into his contract …

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          1. OPTA FPL
            • 12 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            haha

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      13. DEEGTADKMC
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        best 5.5m midfielder?

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        1. 1zverGGadeM
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Bissouma

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        2. Bobby Digital
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Gray

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        3. 2001: A Space Origi
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Gray!

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      14. A Team Of James McCleans
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Pogba looking more attractive an option now?

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        1. Hooky
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          He'll probably have a strop now as he's not the only show pony in the team.

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          1. A Team Of James McCleans
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            He wasn’t before now though, Bruno was already there? Pogba could clean up on assists

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            1. Bushwhacker
              • 4 Years
              2 years, 7 months ago

              Bruno, for all his FPL scores, isn't Pogba or Ronaldo. He's a Portguese midfielder.

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        2. Gandalf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Could make Pogba more interested and to show up more regularly. Strongly considering Ings + Bruno > Ronaldo + Pogba

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      15. Reeker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        It will actually be so harsh on Bruno though if/when Ronaldo takes penalty duties off him though

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        1. A Team Of James McCleans
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Bruno must have been thinking during the Euros, at least when I go back to United I’ll be safe

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        2. OPTA FPL
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          watch euro
          not only pens, free kick, also the focus point of United attack, bruno now just sit back and is not allowed to bother ronaldo way

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          1. A Team Of James McCleans
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            Worst part is he is terrible at free kicks

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        3. Sun Jihai
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Bruno 96% conversion rate in 19/20 + 20/21. Ronaldo 87% in same period.

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      16. Ibralicious
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Quite possibly one of my happiest days as a United supporter in the past 12 years. Unbelievable business, we genuinely have 3 Ballon D'Or contenders, it would be fantastic to see Ronaldo, Bruno, & Pogba all line up for the awards

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        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          LOL

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      17. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Lukaku scored more returns than Ronaldo last year in the same league so why should he be any more than 12?

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        1. Baines on Toast...
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Supply and demand. They need a price that won’t break the game

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          1. Boxwoods
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            This. It’s not about where he “deserves” to be priced.

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        2. No Professionals
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Because that’s not necessarily how pricing works. Look at sterling and son.

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        3. OPTA FPL
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          ronaldo on pens, lukaku not

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          1. Steve The Spud
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            You don’t know that either of those things are true

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        4. Bubz
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          I think he’ll be priced at 12.5. It’s Ronaldo

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      18. KnightSlayer
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        I suppose at the moment fantasy football are working out how much Ronaldo should be.

        10M to 12M

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        1. Scots Gooner
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          No lower than 12.

          12.5 most likely.

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        2. A Team Of James McCleans
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Anything over 11 is unjustifiable

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      19. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Oh god oh flip of christ oh sweet mama oh f@%k

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      20. sovietrockettes
        • 5 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Anyone not captaining Ronaldo in GW4?

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        1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Still planning on Lukaku here, will see how things look regarding Ronaldo's gametime during the break and if Solskjaer gives any signs about whether he'll start or not (not that Ronaldo would take kindly to a benching but his ego might enjoy the reception coming off the bench)

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          1. 1zverGGadeM
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            Virgil will demolish Kaku this gw.. so for the gw4 Kaku could be good punt 😉

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            1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
              • 3 Years
              2 years, 7 months ago

              Will be a good battle for sure, VVD was exceptional against Burnley

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              1. devoncop
                • 8 Years
                2 years, 7 months ago

                "Against Burnley" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence if you are using it to prove VVD can cope with a Chelsea midfield backed Lukaku.

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                1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
                  • 3 Years
                  2 years, 7 months ago

                  No, but he had to deal with Matip leaving gaps and himself having to cope with both Wood and Barnes at once and a deluge of high balls that they got caught out on a few times. We'll see how Liverpool defend against a better side now, they've not had much of a challenge so far but if he wasn't there last weekend there's no doubt Burnley would have scored at least once

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                  1. devoncop
                    • 8 Years
                    2 years, 7 months ago

                    Fair points and he is class but Liverpool have been conceding a lot of chances to poor sides,

                    Allison bailed them out in both games

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              2. 1zverGGadeM
                • 7 Years
                2 years, 7 months ago

                he has a good battle history with him and Im sure itwill be a gorgeous scene. VVD is the best CB Iv ever watched honestly.. Genius.

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      21. Lakenheath
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Moussa Sissoko going to Watford, the new 4.5m midfield enabler emerges

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        1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Think he'll improve Sarr as an option too

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      22. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Coady is the safest 4.5 wolf right?

        I want Semedo but it means going with Amartey (have Livramento) which will just be a non playing sub in 2weeks

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      23. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Ronaldo for 4,5 and 6 then to lukaku looks OK

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        1. Iceball
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Then maybe both and Salah out

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      24. SharkyJon
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Barnes to Raphinha for free?
        Already done Buendia to Benrahma

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      25. Bury94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Bruno, Ronaldo, Salah, Mane, Son, Kane, Sterling, De Bruyne, Lukaku. So many premiums, difficult to decide which 2 or 3 to go for. Hopefully they'll be more variety in people's teams as a result

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        1. Forza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          No more easy template, it's gonna be fun!

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        2. Meinhoff
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Sterling lol

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      26. Jonjo Shall_We? (Flowers - …
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Salah comes in at 12.5 with pens and playing in a better team and and average of nearly 250 points over last 4 seasons. Get CS points in a Liverpool team who will get plenty of those. How can Ronaldo come in at 13.5? Even 13 looks high to me considering he'll be neck and neck with Lukaku and Kane point wise.

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        1. El Presidente
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Because he's the greatest goalscorer to ever grace this game maybe? I don't know.

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          1. Jonjo Shall_We? (Flowers - …
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 7 months ago

            Not contesting that. Just purely FPL context. 1 CS point, good recent form, extra goal point. He'll have to score around 30 to command that price and they don't have the easiest group in Europe either. Cavani will get his chances maybe in the league at that phase.

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      27. Bucky Barnes
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Van Persie to Utd next?

        He's only 38 🙂

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      28. Dogs Of War
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        I’ve seen a fair few people suggest ditching TAA for one of the premium forwards. Is that really that right thing to do? I have my doubts.

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        1. Nate(U)dog(ie)
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          It might be the only way. Think I've found a way I can do that and manage to keep Lukaku, Son and Salah too, but will likely be too unbalanced.

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        2. Zimo
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          I like my team
          Sanchez
          TAA Cancelo James
          Grealish Jota Raphinha Benrahma
          Lukaku Ronaldo Antonio

          Foster Duffy Livramento McArthur

          Feel free to copy.

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      29. Steinburg FC
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        anybody else hit th WC button? x-)
        thinking Kane and Son in with avenues to both Lukaku and CR9(hopefully mid but not likely) the hardest thing is picking the GK and defence...

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        1. Ze_Austin
          • 5 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Sanchez
          TAA Shaw Tanganga Ayling Duffy

          Sanchez to McCarthy in GW9. Shaw to Chelsea in GW7/8. The rest can stay for a while. A long while, except maybe Duffy to Livra with a spare FT if he loses his place

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        2. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Red rag to a bull

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      30. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        What is the best transfer to make in gw4 and why is it Ronaldo?

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        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          Because you already have Lukaku?

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      31. Herogrows
        • 2 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        So city bait to get united interested, but surely Ronaldo still wants to win another champions league, so united bait for Real Madrid or PSG? Madrid surely can’t afford the wages so that just leaves PSG!

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        1. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 7 months ago

          There was no bait. Mendes calls City and starts the rumor, City's response is "well, maybe but we wouldn't pay for him" . .Mendes tells Ronaldo to refuse to play, calls United, Juve get money and him off the books. Win, win, win.

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      32. wildnothing
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 7 months ago

        Off to a great start. What would you do here?

        Bachmann
        TAA Shaw Coufal
        Salah Bruno Benrahma Greenwood
        Antonio Ings Toney

        Foster Veltman Tsimikas Brownhill

        2 ft 0.5 itb. My target is DCL but I don't know how to do it.

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