| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Sels | NFO | B |
| 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 |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  de Ligt | MUN | B, Inj |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | B |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A, £ |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | B |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| No Change |  Gakpo | LIV | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| Up |  Schade | BRE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | A, £ |
| Down |  Fernández | CHE | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A, Vs |
| Up |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Skonto Rigga Manchester City stole the earliest of marches on likely title rivals Arsenal on Saturday.
The reigning champions were 3-1 winners over West Ham United, while the 10-man Gunners were held to a draw by Brighton and Hove Albion.
The match in east London kicks off our Gameweek 3 Scout Notes.
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Last Man Standing Update (1302 teams)
Current safety score = 19
Top score = 84 by Zicostyle on FH
https://www.livefpl.net/LMS
Bottled it. Forgot to enter this season!
You can enter as long as previous scores above cut off
Plenty of chances to enter, next is 12th Sept.
Where are the cutoff scores and code?
69toy6 code I think
52 and 57
Im 15 think so far tgis gw
Rank 299k
These moves look good for free closer to the deadline? Before GW6 wildcard
1.0 ITB 2FTS
Son > Salah
Odegaard > Mitoma
Cant see how I can get Lewis unless I ditch Robinson or Munoz :/
Is Lewis really a priority? Looks great for sure but I can't see Kyle Walker not playing games.
If he keeps starting he is I think.
If, which is a big if, he keeps starting, he is almost certainly the best value for that price.
I have Robinson and munoz, I like the security of starts and minutes. Keep both. Munoz might be on the chopping block soon tho, Leicester at home is nice tho
The issue is Walker starting and Lewis being subbed in for him. He certainly is a gamble. Perhaps his starts can be guessed in the future.
When has guessing what Guardiola is going to do ever gone wrong?
Agreed he's the best value player in the game if he keeps starting but as you said it's a big if.
A big plus for me as a Lewis owner was seeing Walker come on for Gvardiol instead of Lewis!
Muñoz who plays for CP. Is he really sacrifice?!?
I will ditch Robinson b4 him. But not overly pleased with Palace defence. Can only play 3 each week, and fixtures mean I will bench Munoz a fair bit.
Way too early to write off Palace defence and Munoz in particular just because of two games. With Chalobah and Lacroix coming in I expect they'll be a top half defence again.
Fellow non Haaland owners, thoughts and plans?
Plan is to sit down and cry
Not many left now mate, up to 62% ownership
4 million players then
Factor in the ghost teams tho, probably close to a million of them already
Assessing tomorrow's matches. I feel like it comes down to whether it feels like guys like Palmer + the Newcastle boys can keep pace or if it just has to be bite the bullet and get him in for Brentford
same here. I thought 3 gws are enough to assess if the 2.5m budget (vs Salah) is sufficient for the rest to keep up with robot. I might just wildcard to bring him in to keep up with the shortfall reluctantly
Yep. Realistically b2b hat tricks was harsh and not the likeliest outcome. Can get to him in 3 FTs or WC if necessary - we'll see!
Plan executed. Got Haaland, Pedro, Smith Rowe for Isak, Solanke, Son.
Game week is not over yet
^^^
This
See how the games later go, I always knew there would be rough weeks going without but 2 consecutive hatricks is a bit sickening, nevertheless so far I've easily been able to keep pace or better a lot of Haaland teams, but today was a hammer blow to my rank, I just need to pray that my captain will deliver now, if I can gain back some ground then I'll keep the faith and stick to the plan
Same boat. One more week where Liverpool, Son, Gordon can offset would be really nice. Would feel much less kneejerky!
Maybe today, old friend
You guys need to get him asap
If he scores another hatti in the next GW, your season will be over
Not really!
I'm quite happy having the flexibility without Haaland and his price. Looking at his score in isolation is not a good way to assess the situation. Haaland has 41 points after 3 games, Salah has 24 with a game in hand. If Salah registers his average of 12 points he moves to 36, only 5 behind Haaland, but the saving from owning Salah allowed me to fit Mbeumo in and those 24 points are better than the likes of Gibbs-White (13) or Hudson-Odoi (8) who were being touted in pre season as the enablers in a Haaland set up.
Once Pep roulette starts, I suspect Haaland will come back to the field, and those players not involved in Europe will benefit greatly in FPL.
Just buy haaland bro
It's a fairly simple plan for me at this point I think.
Hendo 4.0
TAA Gabriel Robinson Barco Johnson
Saka Jota Eze Rogers Sangara
Haaland Isak Havertz
2 FTs.
GW4 - Saka + Isak > Salah + JP
GW5 - Roll
GW6 - Eze/Jota > Mbeumo
My team is in generally nice shape this way. But I don't have a way back to Saka in GW6 for LEI, SOU which bothers me. Is there a reasonable line where I can bring Saka back in GW6 or else keep him and fund Salah another way?
It looks solid, are you trying to hold onto the wildcard after GW6? Could be a good play
Yes. I've been lucky to avoid most of the GW1 traps which could have prompted an earlier WC. Didn't go for any of Solanke, Nkunku, Quansah.
Going Havertz over Solanke has been so good because it also means I didn't jump off the Solanke wagon straight onto Muniz like lots of other people so I'm up a transfer and the points.
Yeah you've had a great start then mate, I went Son over Solanke as a spurs fan, avoided Quansah but I did fall into the Nkunku trap
Not a trap if he gets hurt..
Do you expect a Saka hat trick in his easy games?
I find it hard to fear him because of this
He's a great asset, but I'll take Havertz with any other top premium over him. In a world without Haaland, Salah and Palmer, Saka would make an exceptional perma-/regular cap
Famous last words anyway. I like your plan
You're right I don't fear it. But he's a genuine heavy hitter for the long term. I expect 220+ points this season. I think this could be his best ever season.
It's just really hard to fit more than 2 premiums in when one of them is Haaland who looks essential so getting Saka in for LEI, SOU looks kind of a no-brainer.
Wouldn't be surprised to see Salah and Palmer outscore him with their fixtures in GWs 6 and 7, because they're (usually) more explosive. That's why I wouldn't lose either of them to get/keep him, so I don't see a route for ya
Unless you kill the defence and lose Havertz... Which doesn't make sense 😀
Cheers yep. Agree. Let's see tmrw. Thanks for your thoughts. I see you WC'd to something quite similar to what I'm working towards for free so I think I'm on the right track.
Cheers! 🙂
Doesn't make sense to plan ahead like this with 3 games left and possible Palmer haul again
I don't think it changes much at all really. If I want Salah this is the way and I'm pretty sure I do. Only way I crumple the plan up and throw it away is if Salah gets injured.
I have Jota and TAA. Not sure still if I need Salah as well vs other premiums like Palmer
I think I prefer Salah over Palmer. But yeah let's see tomorrow. If Palmer somehow manages to match Haaland and put in another insane display I could be swayed I suppose. I'd still need to fund the move though since I'm now 0.1m short after he went up last GW.
If Isak scores hardly going to sell with upcoming fixtures
Newcastle fixtures are not great over the next few weeks
Wolves Fulham Everton 3 of next 4 says they are
You are missing the key letters H and A. Look at their home games
I'm aware of Newcastle home vs away. Isak scored 7 away goals last season, a third of his total
ok mate, cheers
Too much being made of Newcastle away from home imo. This is based on last season when they were in the Champions League. Gordon's away record was awful but he just got 10 points on the road last week.
Excellent shape. I'm not seeing the money to get back to Saka. Maybe in your case the 3rd Arsenal's another defender and no Saka isn't the end of the world.
Trust your instincts but I don't like selling Saka (tot) and Isak (wol). It could work out obviously but I just don't like selling good players when they have good fixtures.
Saka seems like a season keeper.
If you're willing to drop Eze and take on a couple bad fixtures in order to have both Salah and Saka, could you do:
Isak —> J. Pedro
Eze —> Semenyo (3 straight returns, but dodgy fixtures)
Jota —> Salah
Not sure if the money works, and this would
also close the door on Mbeumo/Eze.
But you'd have Saka, Salah, TAA, Haaland, Havertz, Pedro
Anyone have any thoughts on Welbeck vs Pedro?
Go Pedro for the pens.
Both playing well. Pedro is more than 10 years younger than his teammate.
Pedro all day long.
Smallbone v Longstaff. Quality v Quantity.
Pedro
I'm on Welbeck because he's the tip of the spear in open play. Most will say Pedro, and I see why. I only want my Brighton striker for GWs 4 and 5 before switching to Solanke, so I've got different priorities
Yea, for sure. I’m in the (un)lucky position to already have Solanke, so this is my third striker spot for the long-term. Welbeck for the next couple of weeks seems great
Vote for Pedro and he will make your wildest dreams come true
Your mom goes to college
VT in the house?
Indeed. Represent!
Thanks y’all, pulled the trigger on Pedro. He definitely seems like the more prudent option, was having some FOMO over Welbeck.
Cheers!
Pedro long-term, definitely
Welbeck is usually form-based
Both. Take the rise
Areola (Fabianski)
TAA, Munoz, Hall (THB, Barco)
Salah, Saka, Son, Jota, Gordon
Isak, Pedro (Armstrong)
3FTs. Obviously a lot hinges on tomorrow but appreciate early thoughts on either of:
A. Saka, Son, Isak -> Haaland, Mbeumo, Semenyo (don't love the entry point but seems like Mbeumo can get something vs. City)
B. Son, Armstrong, Hall -> Palmer, Lewis, Stewart
Why not WC?
You keep the 3FTs for after and can restructure the team properly around Haaland. Not having him next week if he hits a 3rd hat-trick would be season ruining.
Could very well be the play, thanks. I think I was always eyeing WC6 so hadn't given a draft much thought, but maybe now avoids the awkward entry points and three moves to get Haaland. Don't need Saka for the next two. It's been permacap Salah so the rank's been fine until today, hopeful bounce back tomorrow. I legislated for a couple less Haaland goals!
I'd strongly consider WC here. Sorts out Haaland combinations + the bench early enough, and gives you 3 FTs for GW5
Thanks mate - there's definitely sense to this approach
Haaland probably rises tonight, fwiw
Of course! I think I need to see tomorrow's games before I seriously consider clicking the button, will just have to eat a few price rises.
Understood. Good luck 🙂
Agree with the lads above probably wildcard material over the international break, activate it tonight and try and catch a few price rises
Cheers mate - fair point too that a lot of targets are rising
Sorry to disagree with the knowlgeable commenters. But your midfield is almost perfect, plus 1 strong defender and 2 good strikers. There will be occasions in the next 15 weeks where your team is worse than this, so i say dont WC., But who knows. Good luck
I normally advise exercising caution but the defence was risky and hasn't gone to plan and the team structure is way off. Pedro and Armstrong is a step too far i think
Cheers. Yeah it's been a decent enough start, could've done with just two braces for Haaland but Son helped last week and ideally the mids step up again tomorrow. NLD seems like a logical jumping off point for Son/Saka (Son in particular); there tend to be goals in that one but have to move off somewhere. Suppose it's just a question of whether that's in the form of FTs or a WC
I naturally avoid an early wildcard and have done so in 14 of my 15 years. I desperately wanted Palmer over Nkunku this week so did some risky moves and a 4 point hit to achieve this. Many would call that madness. Personally anything up to 8 point is preferable to an early wildcard for me, but most disagree. No right answer which is the beauty of the game x
Good discussion. FWIW, if I had 0.5 I would've done Son to Palmer this week.
What's your perfect midfield? Because that one isn't it for me.
I think if I were on WC and for some reason decided to continue going without Haaland.
It would be Salah, Palmer, Saka, Mbeumo, Rogers (best price enabler)
I meant on quality not balance. I have ESR and Winks which is balanced but not good haha. I meant a premium midfield allows weaknesses elsewhere. If i was him i would try to get Haaland in but that can be done with a 4-8 point hit which for me (but not many others) is preferable to an early WC
I think I'm similar with a: Salah, Palmer, Mbeumo, Semenyo, maybe still Jota/Diaz?
Saka's the most challenging thing for me. Don't love the next two fixtures. Probably want him in GW6. I could WC (and keep him I guess) or WC him out and bring back in GW6 (but that may mean bringing in Mbeumo/Semenyo early). Might just need to map it out! I might be stubbornly wedded to the 3-5-2 for the cs and +1 goal point and that's stopping me from fully conceptualizing Haaland, JP, Wood/Wissa/Havertz.
A- stick with this
B- WC
No extra transfers, capt watkins this week in an attempt to get an edge. Mistake! Around 900k at the mo but will be worse after 2moro.
Areola/Fab
Porro/Burn/Gvardiol/Barco/Saliba
Mo/Garnacho/Winks/McNeil/ESR
Haaland/Watkins/Muniz
WC.
WC
Love that username, btw 🙂
Haha cheers mate, actually came up with it myself somehow
Think it's The World's End the Simon pegg and Nick Frost film, I put a spin on it
Failed punt on GW3 WC: Nedeljkovic at 4.0
I'm considering Greaves from Ipswich as my replacement. Ipswich didn't look like a defensive mess vs Fulham, stats-wise at least. My other nailed 4.0 options are Mosquera (Wolves fixtures are horrible) and the other two promoted sides. Mosquera will be the long-term solution if I park Ned at third sub and ignore him until Wolves fixtures turn, but I'm considering getting Greaves for GW5, to maybe start him for his set-piece threat vs the pretty leaky Soton
What do you think?
He's 4.0. Leave him alone at 3rd bench slot.
Fair enough 😀
this, I have him on bench too.
Greaves looks the pick at 4.0. Mosquera got minus points last week didn't he? He also pinch an arsenal player's arse
Yeah. I wanted to have Ned for 3/4 GWs while assessing the rest of the 4.0s, and sold Mosquera on said WC. Ah well
Guess I'll roll my GW4 FT and see how Ipswich defend again vs Brighton. Will also monitor Southampton's next performance to know if switching my 3rd sub is worth it to target them
Yeah I can't own Mosquera after what he did to Jesus. It was more than a pinch and should've been negative FPL points.
Bogarde was at fault for the Leicester goal. Nedel looked better when he replaced him. wouldnt be surprised if Nedel starts next match.
That'll be awesome if it happens 🙂
And then Cash could be back the week after
I have greaves & Mosq as guaranteed starters at 4.0, Ned also let me down on WC. Started Robinson Ned and VDV . Needed the 0.1 for Lewis. Or 0.6. Would’ve involved Raya downgrade.
But I’ve been eyeing Leif last few weeks due to his assist record, albeit the championship
Ooof! FF Fix has 38 players dropping tonight with loads more close
Markets wild, way more fallers than risers this year
Effect of a strong template. Most transfers are to get popular players. Transfers out are mostly the less popular players. This means the rate of change in ownership (not the raw numbers transfers in/out) will be higher for those punts, leading to more players dropping
Popular players who've dropped have dropped fast and hard themselves
I have Cravalho on bench who's dropped even tho he had less than 2% ownership
Hopefully ESR rises so I can bank the profit & get rid ASAP.
Him & Rogers man.
Our currency is Goals & Assists.
Can’t just look good.
ESR currently has 0.02 XA per90’. Horrible.
ESR's stats have been horrible since GW1
Rogers has been unlucky
Who are you selling ESR for, then? I guess Semenyo?
I don't own ESR. He scored 1 goal from only SOT in 2 games. I'm confident Rogers will be worth it over time and benched him this week anyway
Rogers is 5.0 and unlucky to have no returns so far. ESR I thought was overhyped from the start. At the end of the day you usually get what you pay for. I've heard people say x could be the next Palmer. There will not be another Palmer.
Palmer was an alien, your right, Rogers could be on two assists if watkins could finish, dunno what's up with him. Maybe a confidence/purple patch player like Muniz and Rashford
True he's a clinical finisher tho I'd hold him for now, don't think he's fully fit yet
Wont rise 0.2 so will be no profit to bank. Personally think he is class and is a keeper but clearly i am in the minority looking at the comments! Good luck either way.
Bought him at 5.5. So will gain profit if he rises which he is predicted to.
Needs to go up 0.2 to get a profit from sale
He's already up to 5.6, so needs one more rise
He’s currently 5.6 predicted to rise to 5.7. That’s profit.
Yup 🙂
Lewis was going to rise 4 days in a row before he finally did
Yep, sorry, as i said below, i had no idea he was going to rise 0.2 in 2 days.
OK, sorry. I got him at 5.5 yesterday. Didnt realise he was close to a 0.2 rise in 2 days.
Was going to get the A-Train instead of ESR. Wish I had now. That extra 0.5 could’ve gone in Defence to upgrade Ned to Leif.
I see Wood had 2nd goal ruled out for offside. Shame
It was a great turn and finish. A few inches late dropping out with the defenders
Damn, I didn't know that, i need every point i can get 🙁
Henderson, 4.0
TAA, Gabriel, Mazraoui
Saka, Jota, Bruno F, Rogers
Haaland, Isak, Wood
4.0, 4.5, 4.0, 4.0
2FT, 1.0 ITB
Only way i see to get Salah is: Saka, Isak -> Salah, J. Pedro
Any other suggestions?
I suggest see what happens tomorrow before you start buying and selling players that haven't played yet
Wait abit international break. The moves look good tho
I see Onana flying towards a rise. Wasn't he subbed off injured?
Just saw Pereira and Semedo were subbed off injured too. They're racking up...
Yes hurt his foot and game was stopped twice before subbed off but he posted see you at VP in 2 weeks but certainly wouldn't rush to get him
FPL could have helped folks out with a quick yellow flag there, but oh well
And thanks for the info! 🙂
FFHub has Solanke as price locked, but I thought the flag meant he needed a lot of sales to fall. Anyone know?
If you watch FPL Blackbox Mark said he could be price locked and if he doesn't drop again I'd said he probably definitely is. Nor sure on the exact rules on it tho
...
Fewer than yesterday, at least
😆
whats up? I will go to bed after price changes
Price Changes 1st September
Rises: Madueke (6.6), Amadou Onana (5.1)
Falls: Martinelli (6.9), Trippier (5.8), De Cordova-Reid (5.4), Mainoo (5.4), R.Gomes (5.4), Brereton Díaz (5.4), Barkley (5.3), Maatsen (4.9), Reed (4.9), Hickey (4.4), Andersen (4.4), Ward (4.4), Toffolo (4.4)
Wooooo Madueke double rise I wanted and no Isak drop
Cheers. 0-0
Why Mad lol. If the rumours are true, he is benched tomorrow. Don't quote me on it though, just heard a random creator say that.
Felix, Neto, Palmer, Jackson starting
Great outcome for Madueke early kneejerkers that - 0.1m profit when selling after he inevitably gets benched/doesn’t score a hattrick every week etc.
Two transfers for 0.1 is a great outcome
It's great for FT that he's made profit and is 0.2 more expensive if goes big again
Also sold a player before they dropped 0.1m for Madueke
Cheers rainy
I wanted that 6.4m madness but couldn't justify ha
How can I build a good team value if wildcarding right now?
Might as well wait until tomorrow now price changes have happened
It’s already tomorrow
Not in NZ. It was already tomorrow here
time machine
Pick players who score lots of points.
What do you expect to make as I think you may disappointed. You can have a 2 week window WC and only get 1 double riser who you may want to keep anyway. Could be like 0.3-0.4 increase and not realised value. Also you can't buy all the 0.1 risers that you want to keep in team so no profit when finalising
Just get in all the players that are set to rise over the international break, players like Wellbeck, Pedro, Smith Rowe, Raya, Jota etc... and pray they keep rising over the break, Fpl statistics website will help U out. Then pick the team U want B4 the deadline
Anyone watch astonvilla game ytd? How did rogers fare?
Good, again. Watkins not so much
Not his best game in giving the ball away a fare bit but nothing to put anyone off owning long term
I thought he was crap to be honest, not really sure why everyone got him in. I thought winks was better tbh in the Ipswich game
He won possession back high up and put it on a plate for Watkins who should have scored. Guy should have at least 2 assists already if Watkins was any good at finishing his dinner
He looks a good player. Expect he will be good value at 5.0 but he is 5.0. We can't expect too many returns at that price.
*£5.1m 😉
Went Palmer c over Haaland. A brace would be nice
No Palmer so hoping for blank and Hendo CS
TAA and Palmer are the only people who can hurt me :l
Yeap same here. All we need is two goals from palmer to be back in the game!
Haaland is getting annoying now, maybe I should get him.
Need one goal from both Salah and Son to be on top of my decision to go without tomorrow!
Aye are you could have Haaland and also those players
Not Palmer and Saka too though
Score predictions for today’s games?
Che 3 - cpl 1
New 1 - 1 tot
Mun 1 - 2 liv
I think
Che 1 - cpl 1
New 1 - 3 tot
Mun 2 - 2 liv
3-1
2-2
1-2
che 1 - cpl 2
new 1 - tot 3
mun 0 - liv 2
Do you think the below team can make it to GW6, or should I wildcard now?
Hendersen
Gabriel / Munoz / Johnson
Saka / Palmer / Jota / Rogers / Eze
Isak / Haaland
Fab | Quansah | Barco | Cannon
Really need to wait until after Sundays games. Ask again on Monday, you have 2 weeks to figure it out.
I don't understand these questions in the middle of a game week with no price changes until after remaining games
Wissa or Wood? Who would you pick?
I own Wood and he's probably a sell with fixtures. I thought about Wood to Wissa actually
Wissa with two away matches at City and Spurs next.
Spurs doesn't worry me
Which implies City up next does worry you. Q.E.D.
Wouldn't stop me buying a player for long term. City have conceded last 2
After Liverpool, Wood has nice fixs.
Hey villian, keep our kiwi bro in ya team, chur!
First time owning and he hasn't disappointed
You do make a good point
Look at fixtures, then decide.
A) palmer, Trent, jota
B) Mitoma, Robertson, salah
Send help
Everton are so terrible, my word.
Duran should start next GW. It will be good motivation for Watkins.
Duran starting hasn't been good before. He's better as impact sub. Worked for OGS and Man U
Hurts knowing Sol Bamba passed on. What a proper defender but more importantly what a man! Watched him analyze a football game as a pundit & he was so honest with his analysis. Good man!
We love you, till we see again Sol
Henderson
Gabriel, Pedro Porro, Robinson
B.Fernandes, Diogo J., Gordon, Rogers
Haaland, Isak, Havertz
Sels; Amad, Hall, Barco.
1 FT 1.5 ITB
Happy with this lot at 448k. What's the priority here boys? The plan is WC GW6 so thinking Trent or Robbo for the next two.
So is Bogarde in favour over Nedeljković?
I need a playing 4.0M - 4.3M defender.
Thanks
No. Avoid both
Would only spend at max 0.5 m for "few GWs" player. Let alone 4m.
Cash have more recovery time now that IB is coming.
Well a playing 4.0 defender is prob rarely going to get you a cleanie. Mosq (wolves) Greaves (IPs) my 2 I know will start. Ned was the gamble. See who emerges
Mostly likely neither. Cash might only miss one more game
