Reasoning was sound. Palmer had huge xGI and the team scored 5 vs Southampton.

Don't you mean 75 points? Where does 88 come from?

Captaining Palmer was fine, just this is the purplest purple patch ever by Salah in terms of fantasy points. By the time I adjust and perma-captain him like its 2021 again, he'll probably be cursed by a Zambian witch doctor and blank five running.

Cool, noted.

There's more to the game than captains.

Agree!

Classic Neale.

Glad you dont scrutinise me at work the way you do Neale ffs...

Right call on Rico too, who was at something like 66% on jump the wave and who that City expert Luke was sure would play. Didn’t cost me any points in the end, but still, fair play

Glad you acknowledge that, after crying about a prediction on a 4.0m defender at Ipswich the other day being off.

I think you need to understand the nature of a "prediction", instead of micormanaging Neale on this all the time

If you want a player that'll only play 1 in 4 games.

looking at kdb as well. his impact when on the pitch this season has been incredible, shots, chances created everything amazing

just the injury, city have been vague about what it is. being in training for weeks, almost a month and not starting is not a great sign. the risk doesnt seem worth it, not at this time of the season. second half of the season think he'll be a great option January onwards once he's fully got over whatever is restricting his playing time atm

Nope, like it.
Gomez minutes safe though? Subbed early today.

Quansah could get the nod. Gomez had a stinker against Newcastle

Trent with 2 assists off the bench. He seems the best pick from the Liverpool defence if you can get there.

Anyone??

Probably 1 - think 2pts most likely outcome either way, but 1 has more upside of attacking potential

I’d give Davis the home game

No

It was a shot that rebounded to Mangala so is an assist. Rogers crosses it to Watkins but it's deflected significantly to Cash so no assist. Bit like Wissa's 1-2 with Mbeumo deflected backwards to Schade on Saturday.

I don't think it was a bad decision, your comment is confusing the outcome with the decision making process

Isak was an injury doubt, team unperforming, against one of the best defences in the league.

It was a shot that rebounded to Mangala so is an assist. Rogers crosses it to Watkins but it's deflected significantly to Cash so no assist. Bit like Wissa's 1-2 with Mbeumo deflected backwards to Schade on Saturday.

see how semenyo gets on vs spurs

No clear cut alternatives and that’s the main reason I’m still keeping mbeumo
Brentford are great at home and he’s due a good game you feel.
I’ll be moving him irrespective after the Newcastle fixture though

Any of Rashford, Mitoma, Bowen, Johnson will most likely get you steady points without lighting the world on fire

Looking at Mitoma personally, not a lot else going.

Gordon under the radar I think
bre, LEI, ips, AVL, mun, tot, WOL, BOU, sou, FUL is a decent run from here

salah could get 3 points for the rest of the season and still end with over 200 - what a player

Not Maddison
Bowen would be my preferred pick still

The latter mid may prove as infuriating as the former.

TAA has never left my team but for most he's been a luxury not worth affording.

I feel he will have 2-3 games without an attacking return and be considered a waste of cash again by the template.

So I'd just consider whether this is a reactionary decision or a team structure you actually want

Big game, final league derby at Goodison? Nah, they need him.

salah looked genuinely pissed off at FT today, cant see Slot doing anything other than unleashing him again on Saturday

I play this game being fully aware that I can never win. My luck isn't that strong.

I don't care about rank, I just want a green Arrow every week to keep moving forward

Stupid question. Always look for a green arrow and a mini-league margin widening. Thats it and all. An OR now or come GW38 is meaningless per se - it does nof influence my transfer, formafion or captain plans.

62 points a GW average outside of DGWs and chip GWs. im quite abit under that this season already sadly, but do it and should be top 50k guaranteed, in around 10-30k at least. dont really care about players who i dont own getting points, its annoying but not affecting my target really. makes the game feel less frustrating and lessens the want to take hit(s), silly use of FTs etc for the latest hotshot asset whose points ive likely missed anyways.

As long as we all remain humble, that's all that matters in the end.

This is a great question, despite some of the critical replies.

I definitely think people focus too much on outcome than process, and it muddles thinking for sure.

Especially when variance/luck is such an enormous factor.

Why would you target green arrows week to week - is that really the best way to maximise season points? Similarly EO is the most overrated thing to consider ever - pick the players that you think score the most point and it takes care of itself, yeah?

I've come 25th once 4 years ago, was quite casual as the season started and after a decent start got pretty serious and rank kept climbing and climbing.

Since then 121k, 19k, 59k. There were some dodgy calls in the 121k because I became fixated on the outcome. The last 2 years I reckon is just variance compared to the 25th. That's how little control I feel people actually have on the result..

No I don’t think people worry much about it. I personally play for rank with the outside chance of winning it.

It’s hard to find an unserious fpl manager who signed up on this forum playing the game for fun but maybe you’re the first.

Incredible. Many jumped on DCL, which I admit I thought was a good idea, but their defence was fantastic over that fixture run

When did Ashley Young sign for Everton and play in defence? Its bonkers mad how his career has evolved. Fair play if you brought him in this GW.

Is Coleman injured or not first choice anymore? He was club captain before.

Do shiznitz

I think he's just playing a more advanced role, not a fluke. Whether he stays there or not is another question. But for that price, does I matter?

depends if lavia/caicedo double pivot is used. with enzo in there and only lavia/caicedo they seem abit more vulnerable.

dont think the returns are flukey though, he has decent stats to back them up and is definitely getting in and around the box atm

I had a pretty tight budget, so options were pretty limited. Came across this quote from manager:

Maresca said: "I'm trying to convince Enzo in the same way as I did last year with (Wilfred) Ndidi and Kiernan (Dewsbury-Hall) that attacking midfielders need to arrive in the box. The reason why he scored today was because he was inside the box and if he was outside of the box, he wouldn't have scored the goal. We are happy in the way Enzo is doing."

This was enough to take the risk for next few GWs. Can switch to Amad later.

It’s a decent idea and he is an attractive option now. Having Salah Saka and Palmer, alongside Rogers and Enzo for example, can leave a lot of wiggle room to have an even greater defence and forward line (that is if going without Haaland like myself of course)

I’m tempted.

I'd be wary, you may want Jackson, Palmer and a def/gk. I wouldn't block a spot for him when others can do a similar job around 5m.

I’m a fan, I am debating whether Lewis + Mbeumo > TAA + Mitoma/Gordon/Enzo is worth a -4

Would just check you're comfortable riding the inevitable period where TAA has a run of no attacking returns and still is 7m of your budget

I’ll be the first and hold my hands up haha!
Rogers subbing in for Jackson has softened the blow but still annoying

I did. Luckily got Rogers off the bench

Yeah I would consider Palmer ➡️ KDB in 16 since I have Jackson

VVD
still prefer Trent to both.

Mbeumo a dud. Get rid for a hit even!

I think you have it right. Also holding Boom, could get something at home although the eye-test/stats have been dire. Just not convinced by any replacements right now

TAA

Probably could wait for free but I get it. VVD's ceiling's usually 6, so TAA for me if you do it

I didnt see the match
Was it a tighter ship without the energizer rabbbit?

I'm a spurs fan we concede at least 2 more tomorrow

It still won’t stop me from selling Porro when I should.