No more once he realises he's got anti injury spray on his utility belt. He'll find it eventually.

Expected back after the IB. Who knows if he starts straight away though.

Back after IB

I reckon he’ll be back for Palace. Nice IB to recover and let the swelling come down.

https://twitter.com/thelittlemans/status/1708107348605112328

Palace not likely. They still don't know. I get a feeling it could be one of them dodgy ones. Definitely a sell I reckon

*8 pts

Could go either way! I'd guess b by weight of numbers!

If Salah is capped in A, could go either way.

Easy A

At least you can deal with flags etc with the up and coming IB so strong bench is good and will lead to less transfers.

That's unlucky but sounds like you picked the right team.

I've always liked the idea of being able to sub in one from the bench to further encourage selecting an actual squad. Would be better than auto subs.

should’ve bb ed that

I'd check the fixture list and not let one week completely sway you.

Just one of Sterling or Palmer if you must.

I would forget about Chelsea. Not worth it imo.

Zero Chelsea.

Who is your cap going to be?

Brentford keeper might change back next week.

B

B

Who's your captain?

Areola, Trippier, Robbo, Bowen, SalahC, Saka, Watkins, Alvarez and Nunez to go for me.

Have a Tarkowski 7 pointer on my bench if no show from Saka.

GL!

Salah (c), TAA, Trippier Darwin, Bowen, Cash, Watkins.

All in the 2pm kick offs and then pray haaland and alvarez stay quiet later on, or I already have a big enough buffer to secure a green arrow

Areola Cash Salah Neto Darwin Haaland Haaland

Burn 2

Salah shout would be nice!

Cash 15
Salah(c) 60
Mitoma -1
Watkins 0
Alvarez 13
Haaland 6
Burn -1

I'll take that as a Salah capper, Alvarez owner and Erling seller.
Salah's 12 pointer should be point for either Diaz or Darwin so that'll be good.

Son has Fulham at home up next.

Good lad 🙂

Both Burn will score the same.

B

I’ll tell you in 12 hrs

The more I look at the colour of that kit it reminds me of baby poo.

Lol, my son is at 975k and basically does his FTs 30 mins before the deadline. He brought in White last week and Romero this week to good effect. He captained Rashford this week.

Doesn't look like you will need to WC, but if only for one week I'd keep Rashford.

b

go with the home team.

Son will get his turn GW9. Was very tempting to cap him this week but Salah just felt like the safer pick.

Fulham probably will be thrashed.

In order:
a) Haaland (BRI)
b) Son (FUL)
c) Salah (EVE)
d) McTominay (she)

Flagpole Freddy

Haaland for me

Haaland at home

Son for me this time I think, think this game will suit him far more than Luton. Haaland of course has to be considered too though especially given City's tendency to score a few against Brighton in recent times (I'm ignoring the last game given the title was won by then). Would consider Alvarez too if he wasn't going to be playing in SA late in the week before it

Haaland - can't bring myself to cap Son when he only getting 70 mins a game, early kick off after IB is a no go too so not Salah. Haaland at home to anyone is too much of a risk to bet against

10 minute cameo?

Martinelli could be available for the game as well

Yeah, posted a video yesterday. He trained on Friday as well.

Of course he did, after my Saka > Son© transfer

4 or 5.

Avoid a -16 I guess.

but really on a wildcard you'd want to change 7 or 8 places.

I'm not sure if wildcarding into this week will have worked in the short term.

The top scoring team so far took a -56 point hit and has a score of 107 points 😆

-12 is too much imo.

4-5 urgent transfers for me. I might be tempted with a -12 to save a WC if absolutely necessary but don't think I'd ever do a -16.

If you have 4-5 urgent changes, you probably have 3-4 nice to have but not essential changes too, so gives you the opportunity for a good revamp on WC

Probably -12, although there are circumstances (albeit rare) where I'd possibly rather hold onto a WC and do that instead of using it. Anything more I'd definitely use WC

Not a straightforward questions as it depends who you are removing e.g. Injured player or for a doubler, when you plan to WC and give yourself enough GWs to pay off the hit

I'd hold since you have cover. Brighton's form is a bit concerning but they're a good team and he's super attacking and he'll be a good differential for you by the time their sweet fixtures come in GW10

Making early transfers is just plain dumb when we are two weeks away from the next deadline. You did the right thing.

I think not making early moves is right, but personally given he's injured I don't see an issue with getting rid. Given the type of injury it is and RDZ saying he's out "for a long time" followed by an estimate of a month "more or less", I think he'll end up missing at least 4 games. I've seen people saying "he'll be back for Fulham" and haven't a clue where they've gotten it from unless they use a different calendar than me. He only said on Wednesday that he's out, so a month means he'll likely miss 4 games (so Fulham and Everton included), and as it's muscular and given his style of play I'd say if that's true then he'll return as a sub before a start, meaning I could see him not getting his first start again until GW13.

I mean I'm making assumptions here but I think they're all realistic since they're based directly on RDZ's comments, and he's usually very straightforward

The earlier the better. Live a little.

I’ve only got turner and Sterling on y bench this week, so far………..

As a 5th mid

Yes, he is a good option for sure - Chelsea fixtures are a bit pants just now though

Palmer as your 5th mid but since you have only 2 playing forwards, he will have to play every GW unless you can rotate with your 4th def. Chelsea's fixtures are not ideal.

Tempted to bring him in as I'll want Nunez for GW10, I'd play him against Brentford and possibly Spurs

Maybe as an 8th attacker but not to play every week with the fixtures they have coming now

Like he has a limp.

He’s annoying to own nothing for months then boom

I like his method of running today, although it has previously irritated me intensely for the last 4 or 5 GWs

I have no idea how or why I tortured myself with Abe's Odyssey as a child. I went back to it recently and forgot how utterly ruthless it was

Nope they haven't called me yet

Look for the plain post up above about Saka; and the hulked post about Diaby on previous page.

Both have trained ..

expect both to play but Diaby seems less of an injury concern overall.

had a few missed calls but didn't ring them back

Yes, there's a HT...

You should be fine but Villa might not beat Wolves.

Could be 2-1.

Not an owner anymore but price changes are normally slow over the IB and if you bought at 5.0m you can take another price drop. Certainly advise waiting if not on WC

Yeah, I’d wait now. Price drops will slow down after tonight until a few days before the next deadline. You’ll have more info by then on other injuries

If you bought at 5.0 you will probably be fine until late next week.

you'd think they'd all play unless one of them is ill.

You’ll need a hammy pull in the warm-up for any of those to not play

They will most likely all start, or at least play a few minutes.

You couldn't foresee Sterling's performance, so don't beat yourself up because of it.

Unfortunately I can offer no solace.

I would have said Mitoma since De Zerbi makes a lot of changes now that the European campaign has started but I can’t see him playing anything but his strongest lineup against Pool.

who are you thinking of selling next?

Haaland

Salah
Newcastle
Villa
Spurs

What's your current squad and TV

McToMaldini

Haaland.

2 of Saka, Son or Salah.

Anyone else you want.

There’a really no such thing, but I’d say Álvarez ticks all the right boxes.

From your social mix this is the case. Nobody is taken out of context I think.

to qualify and play in international competitions.

genuine question, do you watch the Euros and World Cup?

"literally"? International managers want them. How else are they to prepare for Continental and World Cups? I think most people like their nation to do well in the Euros and World Cup. I seem to remember England doing quite well and with popular support.

But we want world cup and euro. Right? How do you select teams then? Lottery?

yes, I'm defo holding him for Burnley after what happened with Sterling