FPL can break you, Rupert. Hang on in there, brave horse.

Game is all luck, you couldn't write it, I guess you wouldn't have started Tark either way

Unlucky- I find in those situations price sways me. I now try and disregard price in a decision like that. Unless I am looking to free up funds.

This week I am starting Reguilon and benching Hojlund for example.

Why was it unlucky ?

Yeah horrible when get 50/50 decisions wrong.

I only had 1 FT (not been able to save FT as been unlucky with defenders, gabriel & mings in GW1 team) so had to choose between
Watkins > Alvarez or
Chilwell > Botman

Even though I knew Chelsea not playing well so watkins could return, whilst chilwell was not guaranteed to start unlike watkins I still chose to get rid of watkins.
20 point swing.

Priced out if Salah goes up tonight...

Tough call. Personally I was leaning against sacrificing Saka for Salah at all, or would at least want one more week to consider it. And I don't really like making early moves on ambiguous injuries (it could easily just be the issue he's been playing through, plus the radio thing casts enough doubt)

I’ve not heard about this.

At least a week according to Arteta

https://www.arsenal.com/news/arteta-injuries-rice-saka-and-trossard

Although Hazz says he heard Saka on the radio saying he was going to train today

Sterling might stay another week if he's out.

Be surprised if he doesn't start against Bournemouth. He will desperately want to extend his 86 consecutive games streak unless it's a really bad injury

If there's a time to let Saka rest, it's the Bournemouth game. Better to have him back against city.

Doubt you'll find any Burnley fans lol

burnley has fans?

Castagne, but surely go with neither?

Leno or bust I think.

Bowen and Foden say hi.

Tarkowski for your 4.4

1, but only just

Definitely 2

Neither

pretty impressive to be in top 100k if you have Odegaard in your team

Odegaard tended to do well against sides lower in the league last season, could see him doing well there. But I do like the Liverpool fixture for Son too

I'm up to 16.5k but it can't last and the drop will be extra painful after such a good start!

Personally I'd just do Gusto to Botman and save the other FT. If you're looking at getting in Salah and/or a Spurs mid I wouldn't waste a transfer on Morris, especially as you'll probably need to use another to get him out. Use them for the long-term moves

Alvarez-Jesus-Nunez

3 out of the 5 mentioned already

will get darwin this week but benching in GW9 probably will happen like GW5 sadly

Wilson would be ace if Isak didn’t exist, so has to be Alvarez really.

Bell not starting either which is good news for the weekend.

How many points do you think kabore will get dgw7?

Lovely.

Don't like your attack

your bench is extremely thin, you're unlikely to ever want to play Kabore after this week, same for Taylor, then you're left with just Newcastle & Chelsea for your defense, imo you should consider Turner for Raya, then getting Gabriel for Taylor just for a little more depth, the funds work out exactly too

Higher league spots win more money. The prize money for winning the Carabao won only cover Eze’s wages for 2 weeks.

There's financially more riding on PL survival than progressing far in the Carabao Cup which will still most likely be won by one of the top teams anyway.

For the early rounds, it's not a surprise that any PL team will field a full strength team

Totally agree. Anyone not in Europe should be going all out to win it.

More money in PL

Like everyone else said we have to focus on league spot position each year for the last 10 years since getting to the prem, both to stay up and every place up we get allot more money than in the Carabao. We don't have the luxury of strength in depth like bigger teams so need to rest some players, plus we have quite a few injuries (Olise/Edouard/Franca) FA Cup we normally give it a go (hence getting quite far a few years since getting up)

Gotta stay in the prem man.

The Carabao Cup is an unnecessary and unwanted competition (why does England need two knockout cup competitions?) worth little to clubs in comparison to the Premier League and is traditionally used to enable game time for peripheral squad members and those working their way back to fitness.

Or Mitoma?

1

But I don’t like Flekken, Brentford can’t keep cs

Option 2.

Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham have great fixtures going forward. Trips and maybe Diaby are the only good options from 1 but Trips is significantly more expensive than other Newcastle defenders

Lol

Less than 3 months. May as well decorate early while the weather is decent

Mine are Saka, Edouard and Baldock so don't feel too bad about it.

Christmas is coming early for you. Enjoy.

I would say so. He’ll doesn’t seem to rule players out when coming back/being assessed for injury, even though he knows they’re not ready. Could be truthful but he’ll deliberately reveal Saka is banged up to make Bou question if he’ll play

I am not going that route, but Bowen if you must.

Not for me.

Haaland will be my captain without question up until GW10 when Salah (Forest at home) could be a better option than Haaland (Utd away)

With Haaland's xG at almost 8, not for me.

there is nobody else i like, at a stretch Morris for a bit of dgw fun, or Jwp against that shambolic Sheffield, but i'm not sure i'm brave enough to cap either

you have 32 GWs to make up the ground, having said that if you think Haaland doesnt get more than 1 attacking return then go for it

Nah, Haaland could easily get a brace in fixtures like this.

There's really only one choice for captain this GW if we rate a player on how productive he's been so far this season...Morris.

I agree. Having both is probably overkill, but if Saka is out and one of them could be benched vs Magpies... .hmm...

I prefer A

Mind posting team? I am looking to wc too, and like Maddison, Bowen and Diaby. Not sold on JWP. JWP will be a 140pts player again this year I think. The others can go to 160+

Maddison?!? Have you results of his knee scan?

A. Think I'd want Maddison (providing injury is not serious) over Bowen and Diaby

Depends on the rest of the team.

Maddison and Saka could well both start next game.

A, but you myst get Son also

Son all the way

Maddison more consistent although more injury consistent too

Gordon Isn't nailed with ucl coming.

G has 4 yellows now imo

Don't