Phil Gill, aka @FPLSorcerer, is an incredibly successful Fantasy Premier League (FPL) veteran who can boast of two top 1k finishes, six top 5k finishes and eight top 10k finishes.
Phil sits 85th in the Career Hall of Fame and has had a great start to the season, sitting at 13,185 overall with £1.0m in the bank and two free transfers going into Gameweek 3.
Here he discusses his team plans for the weekend and beyond.
Tough one but I'd go with Toney. Villa have looked a bit vulnerable
Toney
Toney
Who to start?
1. Duffy
2. Dier
3. Livramento
Sanchez is GK
2. Dier
Dier I think. Much better CS odds
2 if you want to play safe, 1 if you want the chance of a goal.
Cheers all
For the long term, would you prefer Coufal or Cresswell?
Coufal. I think he will match Cresswell this season. Really attacking full-back.
Neither for me. West ham don't look the best at the back and are likely to struggle once the europa league kicks in with such a thin squad. But if you're set on one of them I'd go for coufal
That's fair, I like them for attacking returns. Also with Zouma coming in that should help!
I would not be getting our def in the long term...
But out of those 2 Cressy, purely for set pieces.
Thanks, I do think Zouma will help back there! I liked having coufal last season, so will see.
IF he signs...
Hasn't he lost set-pieces to Fornals?
Nah, wand of a left leg!
I love how Bruno’s threat is being downplayed again. He scored a hattrick from open play against Leeds. He’s as creative as they come. He will score more points with Ronaldo.
Less goals and more assists is the common belief in the FFS community. But we will see, you could be right.
He blanked againsf Southampton … Leeds literally left the M62 down the middle of their team - it was a one off. Ronaldo will be the focal point, Bruno will be a support.
We have seen what happens when Bruno plays with Ronny ...
What to do with my transfer, i have 2!
Maybe downgrade Digne to start preparing for Kane/Luk/Ron ??
Dias to Ayling another option.
Sanchez
Digne Dias Shaw
Salah(vc) Bruno Mahrez Benrahma
Ings Antonio(c) Toney
Foster Gilmour Amartey White
I have 0.0itb and 2ft
GTG?
Cheers
Maybe look at getting Wolves defender ahead of their good run of fixtures, selling Digne and pocketing some money to help with big move next week.
Cheers
Who is a better option between these two?
1. Traore
2. Trincao
1. Traore - Becouse he is more fun to own and watch. We will see what happens when Podence and Neto is fully fit what the best eleven is.
Does he play in a much forward role than Trincao?
Podence
choose 2 to play
shaw
digne
spurs def (probably dier or sanchez or tanganga)
defence:
sanchez
taa shaw digne coufal tsimikas (change for spurs def)
thanks.
Who would you lose out of son or Bruno to potentially accommodate Ronaldo, have salah as well
Bruno
Bruno
Do we think Lukaku takeover penalties?
Yes
No
would really appreciate some help here
sanchez
taa shaw amartey (tsimikas white)
salah bruno greenwood benrahma
ings antonio toney
a. toney to bamford (missing 0.2 for DCL)
b. Tsimikas to coufal and play him instead of amartey
c. salah to son and wc after the break
cheers
A. Amartey will play and probably get a clean sheet
Does Cavani get sold, so Ronaldo can have his number 7 shirt? Stranger things have happened…
Would be a shatty thing to do. Wouldn’t be surprised though because it’s United, got not class that corporation.
I bet that's written in the contract somewhere...but shirt nos have already been assigned haven't they?
Nobody has any interest in signing Cavani. He’s going to be a stone around United’s neck.
Is there no chance Tsmikas starts??
I have no playing bench and considering Wildcarding
Klopp strongly inferred that Robbo starts.
Son or Antonio captain guys and why?
If I had Son I would captain him.
Antonio due to form
Mahrez has to start this GW surely
I’m an arsenal fan and fully expect him to start and rip us to pieces. Hence why I’ve kept him for one more week.
I have to agree.
Probably keeping Dias too for that reason...
I hope so. It might be his last week in my team anyway. Glad Lukaku didn't go up overnight! Now I can do Mahrez & Ings to Mount and Lukaku for free next week.
Similar plans too, except no double Che!
What are the chances of White dropping to 4.3 before GW4?
Slim
I would love seeing Cavani in WHU shirt, if only owners weren't stingy money grabbing class 2 businessman...
Class 2?!
They're lower than that pal. Need them to sell up and go!!
I think that's what they trying to do hence no transfers so far to keep the bottom line as healthy as possible.
We can hope!!
Any advice on my team above?
2ft and not sure what to do!
United may pay WHU to take him, offset Lindgard
What are you talking about?
Any mods in here?
I paid for a FFS membership with the extra tools bundle. I was sent a separate code for the premier fantasy tools. Where do I use the code?
https://www.premierfantasytools.com/membership-account/become-a-supporter/
WC
Gtg?
Meslier
TAA,Shaw,James,Coufal
Salah,Raphinia,Benrahma
Kane(c)DCL,Antonio
4.0,Livramento,Gilmour,Bissouma
1.5m itb for Kane > CR7.
The change can rectify any mistakes.
I’d probably rather Bruno than Salah for next 2 weeks. Coufal good attacking threat but not for clean sheets
Salah stays . Leeds away then 5 &6
Where as Ronaldo will come in next week.
I agree about Coufal but there a team in form with Palace and Southampton up next.
Looks good mate. Would you still get ronaldo if he's priced at 14m?
Agree with Abra on coufal though. Tierney worth considering?
Undecided on that one.
I only have 13.8m to use on him without a hit.
Tierney too injury prone.
Seems like everyone will be scrambling to get Ronnie in next week with Bruno out the preferred option. Is it really the urgent? I'm thinking it's worth holding Bruno for a couple of weeks and focusing on the transfers I already had planned. Give some more time to see how they set up and to allow Ronnie to settle in. Worst case Ronnie blows Bruno out of the water but it's not hard to get to him in 2 weeks time if that turns out to be the case
I going to have 2 FTs and Vardy up top going into GW4, my approach is simple "Get Ronnie, worry later".
Very easy downgrade should he for some reason be kidnapped Space Jam style.
You could be right.
Gtg?
Sanchez
TAA, Shaw, Ayling (Duffy, Tsimakas)
Salah, Bruno, Benrahma, Barnes (Bissouma)
Antonio(c), Ings, DCL?
G2G
Barnes>Raph?
I’ll probably do that next week. Cheers
With the imminent arrival of Ronaldo, will it kill the captaincy options in the game? Will we have the greatest bandwagon ever in FPL. Or will he "kill" his teammates as the Juventus CEO remarked on? Interested to hear your views.
Depends if Andy puts him in his team 😉
Big smile
It's not 2014 mate. Salah, Kane, Lukaku and kdb will all score just as much.
Read the question bud. Not about the player, its about people getting him in.
"will it kill the captaincy options"
Think of the narrative. Keep the player out of it and think how the FPL community will react. Bruno to Rom for example. Fair point though, it could be construed as Rom banging it.
Will he be on pens? Or does Bruno keep them?
Ronaldo on them for sure
There are only two captain options thus far this season.
2 weeks for sure. The weeks to come for instance: Antonio, Son, Kane, Kaku, KDB, Salah, Bruno etc etc
Is it safe to say that Ricardo Pereira is nailed on?
No, but he's currently first choice
Antonio vs Bruno captaincy is killing me. It is one of the queasy on the fence decisions that I just don’t want to get wrong
Gut says Bruno , but serious FOMO seeing so many going Antonio
Antonio. Thank me later.
Scared of Palace?
I know it's cliche but go with your gut, that way you won't be beating yourself up should Bruno smash it and Antonio have a quiet one.
Captaincy is always a gamble - see last week where very solid picks failed despite playing well.
Fernandez!
Morning all,
Which of the following do you prefer?
A) Ings and Barnes to Antonio and Raphina
B) Mahrez and Toney to Raphina and Antonio
Sanchez
TAA, Shaw, Ayling (Tsimikas, Veltman)
Salah, Bruno, Mahrez, Barnes Benrahma
Ings, Toney (Obafemi)
I’d be reluctant to sell Ings for this weekend
A looks ideal after GW3
B
Anyone expect Liverpool vs Chelsea to be high scoring?
Arsenal had some really got chances if their attack was a bit more coordinated
Thinking of Salah (C)
I certainly think Ronaldo will help with uniteds relegation dog fight.
Jut think how the Glazers will revel in their own fame! (smile)
Wow, stomachs are burning 😀
Bring in...?
Tanganga
Ayling
Kilman
They're all nailed right??
Ayling
Best 4m keeper??
Foster and Gunn. They are most likely getting some games and challenge to be nr 1 keeper.
Foster is injured
Sorry if this has been done to death!
But I have Son and Antonio who to captain
A. Son
B. Antonio
Keep swapping between the two.
Many thanks
I have both and I’m captaining Antonio.
For those considering Bruno for captaincy, have you considered the impact of Ronaldo’s arrival on his motivation? Bruno looks a shell of himself playing for Portugal as the team go through Ronaldo for everything. Bruno needs to feel like the main man to thrive. Ronaldo will take that mantle from him. It could might effect his performance this weekend?
Ronaldo will be sat down for most of the game.
Im talking about Bruno’s mind, not Ronaldo playing.
I think this problem is being overplayed. More down to Portugal’s tactics than an issue with Ronaldo.
He has scored 4 goals in 33 appearances for Portugal when Ronaldo has played. I don’t think that’s overplayed?
Portugal tactic is not to concead first, different set up & Coach - wouldn't compare directly.
You don’t think the fact that Ronaldo takes all the FKs and Penalties contributes here?
Of course but United playe much more offensively that Portugal so expect Bruno to be more involved.
Having said that Ronaldo in my opinion will kill Bruno as an fpl option in the same way as Salah did to Mane.
Apparently it was him who was trying to convince him on call
If that’s true then fair enough, the thought is invalid.
2 years, 7 months agoStart Toney vs Villa or Sarr vs Tottenham?