| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Vs, Sus |
| Up |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Sels | NFO | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Muñoz | CRY | A, Sus |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Vs |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | A, Vs |
| No Change |  de Ligt | MUN | C, Vs |
| Up |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C, Vs |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | B, £ |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Gakpo | LIV | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | A |
| Up |  Anderson | NFO | A, Vs, £ |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | B |
| Up |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| No Change |  Welbeck | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
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Any of these three need knee-jerked out asap, and if so, to whom?
Pickford
Castagne - Barco
Castagne isn't expected to be a regular starter
Barco can be parked at 3rd sub for a bit
Pickford has many factors going against him, but they're mostly temporary
Castagne for me
Cheers Ze....straight to Livramento or Mazraoui?
See how well Palace defend today. Andersen might be the answer
I'm not so confident in Man U yet, while it's hard to read Newcastle's defence based on a game where they had to sit back with 10 men
Your choice, tbh. Not a lot of data yet
Pickford was looking like a sound pick but after seeing Everton like that yesterday I would want to go to Pope or downgrade to 4.5.
Agree with Ze though, Castagne out first as he isn’t playing.
WC time mate
Already played...now trying to fix it ...
I have Castagne too, think he should be first on your list. Who do you have lined up as a replacement?
Livramento or Mazraoui based on games so far.
Thought he was nailed, but by all accounts, writing was on the wall pre-season, which I didn't follow...
Yeh same, thought he had a bit more upside than Robinson but seemingly not
Don't think I'd be buying Mazraoui with Brighton & Liverpool up next. Better attacks will punish United.
Livramento perhaps. Still tiny bit iffy with Trippier and the fixtures aren't amazing defensively.
I have him too. Davis and himself on the bench. Will keep another few GWs but Tete was good on Friday night, not expecting much gametime if any for Castagne. Wanna try keeping transfers down for a few weeks even if prices drop.
Wait another week
Barco - yes - heard they have a new signing plus Estupinan
back in trying possible price would drop from 4.0m as high ownership,
I had him until Thursday then decided to switch
Castagne - monitor possible better 4.5m option
How come a Dyche Everton got turned over so bad at home to BHA?
Was also a disallowed goal, can't just be Braithwaite?
It can be Branthwaite + Coleman. They didn't look great without the trusted back 4 last season
They might currently be the most flagged defence, btw
True Ze, but this O'Brien fella is 5.0m, is he not any good....worried that Pickford is on for repeating last season start...
O'Brien didn't play. Dyche doesn't like tossing new players right in, I think
Everton's issues don't look related to last season, to me. I expect Dyche to sort it out. The FPL question is how long that'll take
Yep, I might just need to wait...sigh
My bad. Young was a regular full-back last season, not Coleman. So I guess the GW2 tweak will be O'Brien replacing Keane, and maybe Holgate at RB
Against an Ange team, that's scary
Ha, thanks for the reassuring words lol...
Quite happy with how things have gone so far. No Saka but Havertz was brilliant.
Thoughts on Zinchenko? Do you think he will stay first choice for now or he could be replaced at any moment?
Minteh looked quality, he will stay in my team for sure.
Do you like Garnacho and ESR for now?
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Henderson
TAA Porro Zinchenko
Salah ESR Garnacho Minteh
Haaland(c) Havertz Isak
You must have a monster score already Count, who you cappo?
56 points, nothing major compared to the big scores I have seen so far. Haaland captain and Henderson today with Porro tomorrow.
Hoping Erling can match Salah’s score.
Very decent, what rank is that giving you?
Captained Salah here, but only at 2.5m, so much deadwood already, lol...
I’d WC that lot.
Why?
See comment history for 12 years, if we'd followed each others advice, we'd have activated around 2,714 WC's 😉
😆
1.2m for me, nothing exciting. Scary how much planning in the lead up to GW1 can look bang average before GW2 😆
So much this...
Dude, 37 more GW to go
Too early to put any stock in OR figures. 3 more points would have you up at 883k with me. Remember there's quite a few one week wonder teams out there with 3x Man Utd, and plenty of BB1s this season
Well said, very small margins and at this stage you can gauge much at all. GW1 hasn’t even finished yet 😆
Not sure about the Garnacho situation tbh but looks a solid roll & see how ESR does v LEI ips. I'd expect Zinchenko will become a problem in a couple more weeks
Agreed about Garnacho, seems a waste because he is United’s most effective player in the final 3rd but Ten Hag insists on being difficult and prefers Rashford or even Amad over him.
I bought Zinchenko an hour before the deadline trying to lock in a clean sheet but I do know that will be a transfer waiting to happen. Maybe 2-4 weeks and I will have a better idea who to replace him with.
Yeah ESR in favourable fixtures will be the true test and I can assess. Cheers
I think he's just easing him in. He played a lot of football last year and he was with Argentina until the final.
He'll probably start the next game. He could have had a 12 point haul on Friday even playing for >30mins
That’s what I like about him, even with reduced minutes he is dangerous. Such a direct player and always goes for it. The miss at the end was painful but he looks a threat and I prefer him to MGW, Kudus, Bailey. We will see how Kulu/Nkunku get on.
Yeah, I heard the rumour that he wasn't starting and decided to keep him my 11 cos I knew he was going to be dangerous off the bench in game.
Nice call on Kai 🙂
The pick I am enjoying the most after yesterday. Never dropped him for Solanke at all last week and knew he could deliver.
How is your team doing so far?
Same (Kai). Also really happy with my Salah/Jota double up, but no City for today 😕
59pts 883k (actually +1 when Davis subs on for Barco) Muñoz, Son, Porro to play
Nice call 😎
Thought you might have one City but not surprised you went no Haaland this time 😉
Son is a great pick, could go big against Leicester. Salah and Haaland means I miss out on Son/Saka/Palmer sadly.
It was a very late call after the Bobb injury. Gambling on a slow start for City with so many still to return. Wouldn't have had Salah if I'd stuck with Haaland so I'm happy so far...
Zinchenko was assured of starting the first match.The issue is from gameweek 2,Timber most probably starts because he offers more defensively remember it's Villa
Very good point, Villa away is a different proposition and we know how much Arteta changed personnel last season at LB. At least I have Mosquera to come in if he is dropped.
Non Haaland owner here I'm afraid
Morning Count of Monte Hristo,
Congrats on good start - I would possible look
at alternative as J Timber fit again on plus
new signing Calafiori on bench will be a starter soon,
i feel time will be reduced
I'm a little disappointed with my 45.
Lost 5 points on Quansah being hauled off
Captained Isak who was, I hope not copium, severely limited by the Schar sending off.
I have Porro, Haaland, and Solanke to come though.
Is it possible to have a team with Salah and Haaland and have scored well?
I am on 60 with both. Haaland Hendo and Kamada to come
Nice score. Out of interest, what's the rest of your team? Do you think it's viable moving forward?
Far too early to make such a prediction
Remember that Palmer was still a City bench warmer by this time last season
Kamada could be a delightful little differential.
Nice, I'm on 62 with Haaland (c) to come and Nkunku to play. Don't have Isak or TAA though.
If anyone cares:
Raya 4.0
Saliba | Hall | Quansah | Robinson | 4.0
Salah | Garnacho | Nkunku | Rogers | Gordon
Haaland (c) | Wood | Havertz
Nice one having Kamada, I really wanted to get him in as a 5.5, but could not make it happen for season start. Has been great in all our pre season games, goals and assists.
On 34 with Flekken, Anderson, Eze and Haaland to come. It's tough, mate.
This was my suspicion. Ginkapo managed to do really well with it though. Are you going to stick with it? Which one did you captain?
Yes without going far off template. I was close going with the on Friday which would be on 84 with Haaland, Munoz and Flekken to play.
Flekken
Gabreail, Hall, Munoz (Robinson, Barco)
Salah (c), Saka, ESR, Minteh (Sangare)
Haaland, Isak, Wood
I've got Salah and Haaland and I'm on 44 with 5 to play...
Isak copy
yes it is possible to have both Salah & Haaland in the same team,
dilemma whom to captain each week
I have to risk and start one of Quansah/Barco in gw2, do you think they are both gonna be benched?
Otherwise I will move Quansah to Tete(2nd ful def) or Andersen
We need more info on Barco and why he didn't start.
Quansah is a difficult one as Slot was clear on why he was subbed off (tactical)
They could bo easily be benched tbh. Nice fixture for Quansah but with Slot referring to not winning enough physical duals I would bet on Konate starting v Toney.
*duels
Quansah least likely. He started, Slot felt they needed to adapt to Ipswich play so brought Konate. At home I don’t think that happens.
Haaland + jota > havertz + salah?
Sidey Ways
Do it right away, Haaland is shocking
Yeah did poor
Looked really horrible when he blanked vs Chelsea later today
😆
He wasn’t even trying!
Chasing points after 1 week?
Haaland price tag is too much
Was this particular bit of info unavailable to you before GW1?
This.
Nice to see peoples reaction here. Too serious
You asked for opinions.
*woosh*
Upgrade Haaland to Wood?
58 with Hendo, Porro, Gvardiol, Eze, and Solanke to go. Feels good right now but expecting Haaland to put a dampener on things this week or next.
Ok
No need for salt, just sharing in the same way many others are….
And people mostly dislike.
Ok
I'm just seeing greyed out headshots in my team rather than kits. Anyone else got this? Know how to fix?
Clear cache?
Tried that - still seeing grey headshots 🙁
Took the punt on Quansah and hate my life. Do I sell him for Robinson at home to Leicester or just roll the transfer with this defence?
Trent vs Brentford (H)
Gvardiol vs Ipswich (H)
Hall vs Bournemouth (A)
Quansah vs Brentford (H)
Greaves vs City (A)
Roll
Not quite sure why so many people are convinced that Fulham's defence is the answer
If you're playing a back 3 here, this is an easy roll to get one more GW of data, imo
Yup, one match sample but xGC wasn't good against United
I don't disagree, I just don't wanna lose value on Quansah with lots of people probably selling. Saving the transfer may be more important though
He got one point and there hasn't been a screaming standout 4.5/4.0 bandwagon yet. Sales have been slow-ish so far on https://www.fplstatistics.com/
Could pick up the pace closer to the deadline or if a 4.5 scores today, of course
Easy roll, start TAA/Gvardiol/Hall
Was I the only one not overly impressed with Newcastle yesterday? Red card obviously not ideal but they were up against it a bit before then in fairness to Southampton. I'd expect Arsenal/City/Liverpool to have coped much better at home with 10 men against a promoted side. Early days obviously, Southampton could actually be quite decent for all we know.
Last sentence sums it up. Drawing up too many conclusions after just one game is using too small a sample.
Promotion adrenaline is a known occurrence
See Ipswich's first half vs Liverpool
Things usually die down a bit as they get tired, but the RC didn't allow that to play out
Southampton failed to score. Suspect it’ll be their problem this year.
Anybody else think ESR looked slow and off the pace...one to stay clear off imo.
He did, but it's not a surprise. Once he gels and gets match fitness I would expect him to be better.
I know it obviously early days for fitness etc. but I do think the ex-Arsenal connection is blinding a few punters...he hardly got a look in last two seasons.
However, I do hope the lad gets form back.
Don't buy don't sell, owners give him the next 2 which is the main reason why folks got him
Match fitness, imo. Wouldn't judge Watkins' season based on how he played yesterday either
His pace naturally is slow bro
He is my starting team, I have to wait for him! 3 points is not bad a lot of more expensive players are with same points..
You're not selling before LEI ips.
But yeah there was nothing I saw from that performance that said 'buy now' to me. So I'll let the good fixtures float on by and reassess later.
After away to Leicester, my 4 spurs players got Everton at home as their gw 2 fixture.
Yummy.
No transfers all season FTW!
yes mate you will feast and have transfers in the bank yes!!!!
Do we know how long Luke Shaw is expected to be out injured for?
GW4 is far sooner than I had in mind. I'll stay away from Mazraoui until we know which 2 full backs are regular starters out of Shaw, Dalot and Maz
GW8 looks like a good entry point, if they prove themselves reliable
Guy only fit when it come to national team
Should be fine after the IB but might be eased in now with Mazraoui doing well
thanks everyone 🙂
So getting Mazraoui isn't worthwhile as only 2 x GMs until Shaw due back and one of them is against Liverpool.
I don't expect a CS at the Amex before that, even
correct, although Mazraoui is gonna be hard to drop, he's quality
for
ever
With no Haaland or Salah in my team, who's the best captain next week? I'm currently on Son
A) Son vs Eve (H)
B) Palmer vs Wol (A)
C) Jota vs Bre (H)
D) Solanke vs Eve (H)
E) Isak vs Bou (A)
Probably Solanke
Do we reckon he takes pens away from Son? Cause if so then maybe
Not bothered about pens. The regular open play threat of an Ange striker is the reason I'll go Solanke here
Thanks I needed this question too
Son or Palmer
They're my two favourites atm also. On Son cause he's at home but I've been punished by ignoring the away fixture for captaincy many times...
This
Son
Will be a much easier decision after Monday , but also on Son for now as Everton did not look good
Still not sure if any good this week. Have 35 with Haaland (c) Eze Son and Munoz to go. Could end up great or terrible!
you'll have 70 points. let me know if I guess correct tomorrow.
Ok ):-
79 points 3 to go.
Hope Gordon to do something next game because don't want to be pushed for removing him...
Leave him be, he's fine.
Sending off with Schar would not have helped
Brilliant score todate what is your OR at the moment?
40к
Sill can’t see a way of working TAA or Raya into my team?
Isak gets one more week to prove himself but I’m very keen on Havertz.
Henderson
Hall Robinson VdV
Salah(C) Saka Nkunku ESR
Haaland(VC) Isak Solanke
Premium defence not worth it with BPS changes and clean sheets now a thing of the past, and all that...
Not sure how much more Isak has to do after his last two seasons and rescuing an assist out of a ten-man game, but okay
This team probably scores 80+ points in GW2, so I wouldn't tweak it just yet
"clean sheets now a thing of the past"...how so?
Defence mainly affected by bps changes when they concede...no?
I was referring to WVA's previous comments, sorry. I've got Trent, Gvardiol, Munoz and Pope because I quite strongly disagree with that sentiment from those squeezing in Haaland + Salah
I had Quansah, Barco and Sean Longstaff/Rogers rotating. I also had a bloody good team.
But as usual, I kneejerked for Salah over Jota, welcome, my shiny new team:
Henderson. (Slicker. Hell yeah, he HAD to say with a name like that)
Trent. Mazz. HB. (Fae. Greaves.)
Salah. Saka. Amad. Souchek.(Irogctcdsfycfwhgv)
Haaland. Isak. Solanke.
Some none to pretty. But I got transplant man!
I...
Wait. Is this a parody?
I hope so
You should really keep your jerking private! We don’t want to hear about it!
I know. I know. You hate my moves Hall. We've established that over the years. I'd laugh if you were a mad 80-YO Harley riding grandma.
…
What was the previous team
Main dif is my previous team had Son. But I downgraded him for Solanke.
Anyway, I can always tinker around after today's games. But Salah stays. Period.
My previous team was on course for around 80 points
You're starting a promoted 4.0 defender every GW
Then a DM and Garnacho's backup in midfield every GW
Mazraoui vs Brighton and Liverpool before we find out if he's nailed over Shaw/Dalot
...see why this looks like a parody?
I can see Amad being the new sensation. I told my mate Kane would be when he was 4.5 and he laughed and said. Sure. I still have ANOTHER WEEK TO TINKER. Salah, Haaland stays. Even Issak may lose his place, but he's cheap and Murphy sucks
Are you basing some WC decisions on a game with an early red card?
No Salah stealing my point off Trent if you must know. It was kinda Russian Roulette and my finger sorta slipped
Hey. You pay the price for Salah as we all know. Palmer will probably hat trick today. Dems ze brekz
My team was fairly last minute, have 1.0ITB and my cheap differentials been dreadful but probably looking good for next GW?
Henderson
TAA/Gabriel/Robinson
Saka/Jota/Nkunku/ESR
Haaland/Isak/Wood
Bentley/Murphy/Quansah/Johnson
no outstanding transfers for next week... apart from Quansah I guess (to preserve transfer value)
Yeah that still looks good for next week , roll on!
u made ur team for the first 6 gwks, unless injuries/gambling problems, save transfers till then and u can have a shiny new mini wildcard
"gambling problems" caught me off guard
i dont discriminate
Thanks guys, thinking I could handle the GW3 as well, hope price changes won’t force my hand
Team looks ok
Planning to roll this week so delighted with the 72 so far, won’t even consider any moves.
Raya
Gabriel TAA Robinson
Saka Gordon Jota Smith Rowe
Haaland (c) Isak Wood
Fabianski, Hall, Barco, Winks
Gvadiol is the only player I want but I’ll just wait for WC.
Good stuff 🙂
Thanks, a couple of things disappointed me but they were off set by others.
Wanted Havertz and had him in drafts but went for Wood and Trent (who both returned) had Quansah nailed in to many drafts & swerved him right at the last day.
Barco is annoying but I never planned to use him, think this is the most satisfying GW1 re selection for a long time.
Yeah. My only annoyance so far is with Schar, as he spoiled that game before Soton's players tired out. Had (C)Isak and Gordon. Balanced out a lot by Pope's 9 points, as he was my last change over Pickford
Still early days for my no-Haaland team in this GW. I can't take my GW rank seriously until that bot has played
Isn't that 63 points with Haaland© to play?
It’s definitely 72 with Haaland to play.
Raya 8, Trent 8, Gab 6, Hall 5, Saka 12, ESR 3, Gordon 3, Saka 12, Isak 10, Wood 9
Jota 8 not two Saka’s (sadly)
OK you have Isak captain but it looked like Haaland (c), and you count Hall but have him on your bench.
Ah sorry, that’s for GW2.
My bad, should have realised that was for the upcoming week.
Gordon is really annoying, he might cause me to wobble but I’m standing firm.
The Southampton game for him was the big appeal & he didn’t nothing, in hindsight, should have gone for Eze but I thought they’d batter Southampton.
He started doing better away from home end of the season. I'm happy to hold Gordon.
Remember Liverpool's first half vs Ipswich?
I wasn't so surprised by Soton's energy levels. Expected them to burn out in the second half
But the red card threw that away
Let's see Newcastle's attack of the last two seasons play with 11 men vs Bournemouth, Spurs, Wolves and Fulham defences
I have Nkunku instead of ESR in an otherwise identical front seven which I plan not to change before the IB. Couple of my cheap defenders who failed to get 60 minutes aren't worth the transfers so can sit on the end of my bench until then.
this attitude right here is what you need. Just plonk the Quansah's, Johnson's and Barco's on the bench and don't worry about then. Save transfers!
Congrats on GW1 score todate
Wonder what the combined value of the Chelsea v Man City BENCHES is?
enough
> all other 18 premier team squads over the existence of their history in football accounting for inflation??
Will Arsenal fans be sad with their title asterisk when Man City win the league and then are subsequently relegated?!
no big upsets so far, city to fall to chelsea and leicester to rip up a new one with spursy on the cards? i know where im gon be placin my moneh
Chelsea 1-1 Man City is my prediction with two random goalscorers like Fernandez and Kovacic.
haaland non owner? need a chelsea 3-3, nkunku+ palmer red card and a haaland hatty. too much to ask for?
Haaland captainer?
I'm a expecting low scoring aswell
I need a City win for gambling reasons.
Dang ... didn't set my captain after the last changes.
First time I have ever picked a captain against Man City
Palmer or Nkunku?
Palmer
could do well...
No Rodri, captain (highest points scorer last season) playing at home, Could do worse.
Which Man City £5.5m defender is most nailed? Ruben Dias?
Probably Walker from GW2
Go Ederson
Worth keeping Bruno F for one more week?
A GW1 punt that failed
he looked good up front, scuffed a few but will get chances + on pens. im hodling
Cheers, GL!
Looks like he’ll tick along nicely, in my opinion (non-owner).
Cheers! Might change Quansah or Barco.
Otherwise, team ok for next GW
Hendo
Porro, Robinson, Quansah
Saka, Bruno F, Gordon, Jota
Haaland (C), Solanke, Isak
I would keep too, he even apologised to fantasy managers lol.
Lol
I’d hold everything went through him & pens
Cheers!
I’m anticipating Zirkzee starts, so would mean Bruno back to 10, but we actually saw him swap roles a lot with Zirkzee coming deep. The goal in fact was Zirkzee in a 10, passing it and running into box from deep.
Roundabout way of saying I think Bruno will be involved and a good pick but probably won’t have quite as many chances as vs Fulham.
Cheers, thanks for your input. Will see if my heavy attack strategy will work better next GW 🙂
I thought Bruno looks closer to first season Bruno than ever before, that touch and finish disallowed vs City was magic.
Good to hear!
Easier once everyone’s stopped playing.
I have him too, definitely keeping.
Cheers
Yes
Raya
Trent Porro Gabriel
Jota Diaz Gordon Son (c)
Havertz Solanke Isak
Onana De Ligt Hall Amad
leave it for next week? I have the irrational idea that Man Utd will low block counter Brighton in the early kick off next week and subsequently have a better chance of clean sheet than Arsenal away at Villa Park.
So it's:
1) Raya and Gabriel
2) Onana and De Ligt.
United low block everyone. Think Brighton far more likely to break it. Team is fine though.
After watching Villa be quite impressive yesterday I can see them scoring vs Arsenal, therefore I'd rather take a punt on Man Utd (as a supporter.) I guess I was just looking for overwhelming 'No's' to that decision ha.
Villa 0-1 Arsenal
It’ll be tight.
that's the sort of doubt I was looking for. thanks.
Arteta going to roll out the human wall, Zinchenko benched, Timber to join Gabriel, Saliba & White.
That defence will not be penetrated.
Also if Merino gets done with enough time for him to train, don’t be surprised to see Merino, Rice & Odegaard in MF, this set up will hard to break down.
Merino is quality, I just hope Arsenal sign Toney on deadline day so they win the league outright no asterisk.
Toney doesn’t get into this team ahead of Havertz so I doubt that happens unless Arteta looks to move Havertz to the left (which is where the upgrade could be seen to be needed)
Arsenal are quite welcome to Rashford, you can even have him for 60-75m, give them a ring for me?
That’s a hard pass although he would be better at Arsenal in a functioning team.
He would. You made Havertz great again I reckon you'd do the same to Rashford and England would benefit.
Its also one week. Long term Arsenal defense is worth three Uniteds.
it would be a 1 week punt from me too, Arsenal lads back in for Brighton game in gw3 whilst United play Liverpool.
team looks solid. hold till GW 5 then mini wildcard if u will
reply fail to join DZ league
got ya
This
don't ya think it looks horrible for gw3 when it's Man Utd vs Liverpool and Newcastle vs Spurs?
Why? Take the attacking points!
No, all attackers can do well and the defs can get attacking returns, never mind the cs in this match
Ah sweet happy days
Hilarious all the talk of ripping apart team chasing this weeks scorers.
NewC down to 10 ruined it for Gordon & Isak C, Hall looked excellent.
Ars got two if anything will probably get a defender or Havertz
Jota was gold & glad i didn’t listen to the not regular starter, Quanash is probably a wait & see.
Robinson has some engine & looks to cross, holding verdict on ESR but looks good.
Rogers again looked good & Watkins was as rusty af.
Still got Hendo, Porro, Solanke & Haaland to go so weeks not done, if Robot gets a couple the chatter might change again
We all chose a path & there were 3 that most followed,
Salah/Haaland,
No Haaland
No Salah, me
Now is not the time to rip up your team 🙂
Nope. Happy to be through two days without a red flag or a benched player. After five solid weeks of red flags last season I want to save some transfers!
Agreed.
Quansah and Murphy owner here and it was sickening to see them subbed for tactical reasons but I'm not to concerned for the moment.
Going no Salah was completely vindicated if you went for Saka & Jota as a pair.
Unless you captained Salah
Not really because you still have a captain in play, the point was always Salah v a 10m & change to upgrade elsewhere, that was proved right.
This
I would just love to be able to roll my transfers for the first two weeks. Just for the novelty of having 3FTs!
So far, no red flags. No real gametime concerns other than Ben johnson
100% agree - welcome back to usual sheep/following each other.
I have promised myself this year to really enjoy/embrace it.
if possible for the first time try to carry FT forward
Wishing you a good 2024/24 FPL season G40Steve
Just a few observations on Salah's performance yesterday. I know he got his point's but I'm not that confident of another 20+ goal season.
In the last third of last season it was apparant to me that he appeared to have lost his pace and the ability to take players on and get past them and his finishing wasn't clinical like it once was.
I wanted to put that down to his fasting/ramadan together with it being the end of a long season however I felt the same things were again apparent yesterday.
He should have scored again when he was put through centrally but produced another tame, weak shot hit straight at the keeper very reminiscent of the finishing he was producing at the end of last season.
It was the poor finishing of him and the other Liverpool forwards that lost Liverpool the league and the FA Cup last season and there was some poor finishing on display again from Diaz yesterday. Liverpool really need to find a world class clinical forward as Jota doesn't stay fit.
That tame, weak shot has happened multiple times even when he was in his prime. He has never been the most effective finisher, just someone who takes a large number of shots that they eventually go in, and we benefit.
Yes agree to an extent but I feel it's now happening more often.
Nothing to see here. Liverpool ran out of gas last year ; they didn’t have a squad able to compete on four fronts. Same this year tbh ; but it Jota stays fit at least they have options to rotate.
Jota never can stay fit though thats the issue
The Salah goal was typical Salah. He will sniff out plenty of those.
Why is no-one talking about Colwill as Quansah replacement with those Chelsea fixtures from GW2?
Maresca doesn't know his team yet
Chelsea are a mess
