Martinelli to come out top scorer of those

Not points, but imagine it plays out something like;

Salah G
Saka G
Marti A

What are you expecting here? 2/3-1 Arsenal? They haven't won at Anfield for over 10yrs. I've a feeling Liverpool might teach Arsenal a lesson today. A bit like when a vibrant United turned up at Anfield last month..

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Raya

What difference does it make? Just make the moves you want.

Avoid the content creators if possible, they definitely suck the fun out of the game. Funsuckers I call them. Except the FML FPL boys, they look like they’re having fun with it, especially when they are wearing their singlets!

The only difference to now and a few years ago is that these people tell and show you their moves. I suspect the same transfers were getting made in previous seasons if you look at the transfer data.

The bottom line is that there are only a certain amount of valid FPL options so moves are going to be similar. If Rashford is out long term then the move to Grealish just fits everyone. These creators are not gods, we all see the same picture in the main. The key is in the timing and being one move ahead

How's the gw26 wildcard scored this week?

It worked well into the double but if Haaland had played it might have been different.

Then again, that's football. Iask could have had 2, Toney 4 but the second penalty was a dreadful decision and Mitoma denied by VAR.

Rashford had loads of chances too but is probably best to sell now. Shame for him really.

people are more clued up on the game that's all

Watch the black box episode where Andy Mode gives a little 1-2 minute speech about it.

He is very clear/rational about the effect of it all.

Posting the same thing here often gets mixed replies due to the nature of the 'posting habits'.

90% of the content creators are frauds. Fluke a top 5k finish and claim they're experts. I've dipped my toes into watching the YouTube content creator scene and they're all sat at 300k OR or thereabouts. They're making coin through the videos though so you can't blame them. Fair play.

Tis a shameful and sly thing you do.

At the moment 3 Pool 3 Arsenal and 5 punts. Probably 6 attackers and 5 punt defenders/mids

Ironic to see a post asking for spoon feeding below one complaining against the spoon feeders...

If i can afford something like

Pope
Trippier Tark Mings
Salah Gakpo Saka Mart
Jesus Watkins Darwin

The fodder defenders are tricky

If you can’t look at 8 fixtures and work out who the best assets from the best match-ups are, there’s no point in playing.

Mitoma or Trippier in 36, Haaland in 37

But FH34 might not be needed as it's similar players you'd typically want around that GW anyway, unlike FH32

Leave Salah out of it! - he's like 10% owned. Saka can score all the own goals he wants, though.

Yes, agree! Other than Haaland and Kane, price has been irrelevant this season.

I think the concept is that VAR only intervenes where it's a clear and obvious error. I think that statement is only used to articulate that, if VAR aren't sure, they default to the referees decision on field. That is then used to suggest going to the monitor.

I think once he goes to the monitor, it's then down to ref to decide if, watching it back, the call was right or not

Saka. Stuck with Odegaard for a while, then doubled up with Martinelli, and then sold Ode a couple GWs back. Will probably bring in Saka on WC33 though.

I haven't owned Ode. I think Martinelli is my only ever present since GW1 (after jumping on and off Haaland recently) so it never made sense to get Ode (Saka as second mid slot + defender)

Darwin, Son, Sterling, Bowen, Diaz, Havertz, Rodrigo

Other than FH in 28, no Saka. Same for Watkins. Could never find the transfers to bring them in.

Ayling.

Watkins and Odegard

Kepa, Pope, Watkins. And only owned Kane for a handful of games

Mitoma

Mitoma

Almiron & Odegaard

How do shots conceded compare to xGC? A good defence may still limit the attackers to half chances which are easier to save, thereby resulting in a high SoT conceded and save volume. Dunno.

So who is seething?

When I was researching GKs just after the WC, it was the difference between shots conceded & big chances conceded that swayed me to Raya. The stats still show Brentford conceding the 3rd highest total number of shots, but 10th for big chances conceded. They also have by far the highest number of shots conceded from outside the box. So, a lot of low xG chances conceded = perfect recipe for maximising save points, while still getting a decent number of CS

I hate to labour on about Bazunu but could I just point out that he assisted Grealish for his goal yesterday and also jumped out the way of Alverez's penalty (if Southampton had put a medium sized tree trunk in the middle of the goal it would have saved the spot kick comfortably). 😀

With a near identical team, except Mitoma over March, the plan feels like what I'll be doing unless something changes during the week

Similar to mine but some conflict over Chilwell vs Estu

May field all three of Estu, Mitoma and March. Chelsea suck (and I support Chelsea)

Depends on Real game for Chilwells odds

Yeah, thinking the same. Only Martinelli interests me around the same price and I’ve still got Maddison to move on.

For me, I've got a strong front 8 so having to bench one is a fact of the next few weeks unless I downgrade. Unless the prognosis is likely to impact his chances of making 34, I'll hold and bench

For me, the value tied up isn't a big an issue as just not being able to carry an injured midfielder due to limited options up front. Maybe if you have 3 forwards you're happy to start every week it would be fine, but I still have Isak & might just bench him for Villa, FH32 & then reassess his rotation risk. Feels like I have loads of options to replace Rashford but not many for Isak (and I really want of piece of Newcastle attack)

Dedends how bad the injury is if its several weeks his price will drop back to your selling price of 6.9m extremely quickly.

You’d be silly benching a player if he’s out for the rest of the season, so I wouldn’t say it’s ‘regardless of his injury’.

Don't have FH 32, so am dead-ending then wildcarding in 33. Problem is I will likely need to sell Haaland and Rash to put a decent team out, then buy them back the next week.

Could cost up to 0.8 in value (and I'm below 100m SV atm). Still doesn't really bother me given how long we have left in the season and the plethora of high-performing, low cost options available.

I'm leaning that way unless given doubts about DGW34 availability. Coming out of bench boost my bench is decent and reluctant to have enforced transfers leading up to that DGW.

Grealish scored the same as Haaland I thought?

I’ve yet to see it but glad he’s finding some form.

he appeared to blame who ever didn't receive his knock on

I do

Grealish is now finished as an FPL option. Look for the next City asset.

Unlucky with Mahrez. Am curious, was it the possible penalty kicks with no Haaland that swayed your decision?

Don’t let Pep see this

City’s defence drives me mad (Ederson owner)

If you have FH then yes, otherwise I’d wait. Nice opportunity for a different captain next gameweek.

I'd get him back because there's a real possibility he could set a new world record for FPL points next Saturday evening.

I would get him in, the damage he can do in 1 week can be season defining. Learnt the hard way

I'd definitely want Haaland for next week.

I think the potential rank drop if he scores well again will probably outweigh any gains from having an extra gw32 player.

22 is decent with BB. Who’d you bench this week?

Pope, Dunk, March (and Shaw).

What was you total last week?

Raya, Maddison, Estupinan & Shaw here. 3pts total not bad the week after BB!

Yeah true.

Got Zinch and Martinelli playing today though, so you never know.

You got any left to play?

@Potato

Got 139 pts last week (can't complain).

it deflected off him.

Some say hip but handball was given to disallow the Welbeck strike.

Joke / confusion from someone not watching the game? I replied to you & tried to explain it at the time

Think he had a potential assist for one of the disallowed goals

McAllister and Mitoma should have had points galore. Robbed.

You need to go to the Room of Requirement in Hogwarts!

0, 6. Too easy! Give us another one

Nul Points

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Shaw 3 to 6 weeks
Rashford might be out longer, just guessing.

Can I get a score check please? 63 with Salah and Saka to go here.

May as well. We’re running out of time now anyway

Translation: can I brag about my gameweek score please?

55 + Saka. Treading water again

59, Salah and Martinelli to come.

Only 58 also with Saka and Mo to go. OR 40k as it stands, how about you?

64 with Saka to come.

52 with Zinch and Marty to go.

Praying that somehow Zinch is rested so I get Dunk's haul off the bench. Slim chance I know...

Why would you need a score check? The game gives you the average and highest so you know where you stand.

54 with Saka(c) to go

68 all out

Sweating on Saka

Is it too much to ask for an Arsenal win with Saka missing a penalty and getting sent off?

72 Salah & VVD left

51 + Saka, Martinelli & Zinchenko

41 with Saka and Salah to play

Watkins (c)
Raya, Chilwell, MacAllister, Estupinan my failed differentials
March, Kepa, Henry points on the bench

Poor week, back up over 2m rank

67 with saka to go
Henry & mings my differentials.

Bit annoyed I benched March as I was considering benching bruno fir him but wasn't brave enough in end. Kept thinking what if bruno gets a penalty. But can't get every decision right

56 + Saka, Shaw, Botman and Chilly (+Mee) owner...

They weren’t there for mine Sunday morning either.

Spurs v Brighton:
Spurs were ridiculously lucky. Son wonder strike. Forgot Kane was there til he scored.
Mitoma G disallowed for handball. Welbeck G March A denied by Mac handball. Should have been a pen for Højbjerg foul on Mitoma.

Southamton v City:
Slow start, then City rampant. Haaland, KDB, Grealish unstoppable.

Feel better?

Chocolate eggs son...priorities!

It just doesn’t sit right with me at all. Don’t want to think of conspiracy theories but it all felt a bit wrong.

Haven't felt so annoyed & frustrated by a game for a while (except Leeds most weeks of course!)

I’ve just seen on SKY that the PGMOL have issued an apology to Brighton saying that they should have awarded a penalty.

I’ve just watched MOTD and I don’t think Brighton were robbed. Like the commentators said on the Mitoma handball, the linesman had already called handball and then it’s harder to overturn it.

The penalty that Mitoma didn’t get was an injustice but you still have to score the penalty.

There are loads of decisions that are marginal every week.

Think you are somewhat overreacting.

I don’t think it’s corrupt. I think it’s just a poor standard of refereeing and those at Edgeley Park being utterly incompetent. Far from fixing the problems, VAR has actually made things worst. Fans accepted the inconsistencies when they were genuine mistakes made by a call in the moment by the referee. To get it wrong when you have a video team that can watch slow mo from a number of views is criminal. Doesn’t matter if it’s refs making the calls or VAR, until you have consistency the arguments will rumble on. That said, I feel particularly sorry for Brighton and note the PGMOL have already apologised this morning. That will make up for the two points Brighton lost, won’t it?

I think both disallowed goals for 'handball' were correct decisions.

But Brighton should have been given two penalties, not just one.

The galling thing is this is precisely what VAR is meant to be all about. Ref cannot see everything but VAR takes 2-3 minutes for something that should take 2-3 seconds, and STILL gets the wrong decision.

Something not right at all. People cannot be that incompetent, surely?

It's the consistency with which these dodgy decisions favour the big teams that is the clincher for me

As we've seen with Barca recently, there IS corruption in the game. It didn't end with Sepp Blatter.

There are some incidents that when you look back at a replay, like the VAR people get, the decisions are blindingly obvious yet they still sometimes go the other way. It's bizarre.

Felt this way a lot with England in the winter. Some of the decisions, even after review, were inexcusably uneven.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63721852

It's nothing new. There has been corruption in the game for many years. Only the blind or simpletons that can't see past their elbow think different. It really upsets some people when you mention it too. It's like they don't want to believe it ( usually UTD fans) so they get angry when it gets mentioned . I mean these refs get paid 100k a year , how can they be consistently terrible and not have to answer for it. As soon as any manager questions it they get hit with a fine. Look at FIFA, says it all

it's not corrupt in the sense that people are bribing officials etc.

It's incompetence.

Which is v poor but not deliberate in the way you say.

Yeah without seeing the players you would have.