current draft

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thing is with watkins

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I like ode

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i think gab rash just for coverage

?

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i think diaby is just gonna basically equal him

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but ars fix so good

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basically no serious players have him

so u can gain an edge

and i like bruno over rash rn

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even aft preseason?

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wasnt sure on ode, but he played a lot more advanced than i thought today

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my whole team is to gain an edge or fall off lol

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i dont rly care abt preseason form

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ars fix are okay, slightly overrated

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who has better first 3

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bha

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brighton

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but i was looking until gw7

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think theyre similar

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cry away and eve away are tough, mun and spurs in their too

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well after first 3 u can shift some ars players if u want

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WHU look a mess

luton are shit

wolves meh

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yh

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bha definitely better

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if i get saka mart ode and its tross who comes on for mart to score or eddie starts i will be fucking fuming

[novel nacelle]

cry away maybe hard, dont think everton would be

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ars first fix is good but palace are tough, 4th best def

fulham okay

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think theyve kept a cs in every preseason game tbf

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attacking wise we didnt do too bad against them

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eve that is

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other than eve

defensive wise not the best

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Think this is my favourite off meta draft. Just looks so fun

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i think you win but other than forest theres no 3 goals plus imo

trossard isnt an option

esp after havertz started there

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fulham might do badly

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still came on to score dfkm

[novel nacelle]

i could see multiple goals vs fulham

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yeah it isnt bad

but i think 1 attacker is fine, 3 attackers is also fine

its a weird one

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anyway the competition for arsenal mids is utd mids right

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just which one

ffs

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id back arsenal to score more than utd in opening fix

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saka ode mart tross eddie

even kai

grr

vs bruno rash nacho

plus you have salah on top of that and any other punts as enablers

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ive gone off the salah drafts

if forest get henderson

the drafts just dont work

unless u get pedro

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pedro the goat

i think kudus plays rw

happy to have pedro for first 3

want a bha attacker and think pedro more direct than mitoma

hard to move tho

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.5 isnt that hard to squeeze lol

[vocal dew]

are you rotating 4.0 defs based on fixture?

[novel nacelle]

well this would be my salah draft, and its pedro instead of jackson

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thats so peng

[vocal dew]

that arsenal triple attack is interesting

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yep

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can even get foden for diaby

you know how

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has that worked for you before, or you doing that based on the rule changes this year

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err

[novel nacelle]

problem is id be dropping shaw bruno maddison and jackson to worse players

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usually 4.0 starters are gems

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just to get salah

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think of lund (altho he was oop) and awb

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Baldock is the one IMO

[vocal dew]

tru

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so to have so many 4.0 starters this szn

its basically a 4.5 rotation

but 1M cheaper

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im thinking a baldock/branthwaite rotation if branthwaite is confirmed to start with Tarkowski injury

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branthwaite >

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but also

2 4.0s for 1 spot is 50% chance you need to start the 4M def

3 4.0s is 33% required

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i might join the 4.0 hype

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gems cos they play for bench not to start

[vocal dew]

i already have pau torres starting so

probably get as much from a 4.0

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awb and lund were starters in fpl team

cos of their attacking output tbf but still

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villa are actually decent tho

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Its so wrong to be rotating 4.0m defs, but I am absolutely sold by ayy's convincing argument.

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but yea would you be able to catch their cs

[marble sun]

u either go top 400 or top 4mil with 4.0 def rotation

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no hype bruv just me doing it like a madman

you have to know what you're up against

[vocal dew]

probably medium risk high reward

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basically sacrificing a 5.5M def against the template

i.e. shaw or chilwell

[upbeat mountain]

1100+ replies in this RMT oO

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to fund salah

[vocal dew]

i have salah but i want watkins over jackson/darwizzy on account of him being much more reliable on paper

so it's either double 4.0 or Onana to a 4.5

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rash to salah is an extra 3.5 mil

[vocal dew]

dont wanna miss out on united CS

[novel nacelle]

so you need more sacrifices

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yea but template rn is two 5.5s, with chilwell benched, two 5s and kabore or something

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I have been speaking to a few chelsea fans, all hyping up jackson, moreso than nkunku even

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two 5.5s is wank

[fading spire]

exactly the problem

[vocal dew]

Jackson does look good

[novel nacelle]

if you bench one of them every week

[marble sun]

this would probably be the template salah draft or close to

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i need him to be hyped up by a non chelsea fan

[vocal dew]

and after LIV its great fixtures

[novel nacelle]

hall???

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don't like 2 6.5 mids tho

[marble sun]

hall moving to palace on loan

[novel nacelle]

oh

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rather have ode mart bruno foden etc

if possible

jp does save some funds up top

[static anvil]

Think eze looks good, but still would rather 4/5 mid-high mids

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was hoping eddie would start but oh well

[marble sun]

foden mart xmins

eze mbeumo nailed for 90mins + setpieces and pens

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mart is like 90% nailed to play 65+ mins

90 mins means nothing if no returns from those 90

[novel nacelle]

mart is as good an asset as he was last season

[marble sun]

higher chance for a return innit

[novel nacelle]

and he was great last season

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mart is cooking

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If havertz was good, he would be a fantastic shout playing oop as a striker, but since he sucks, I'd like to see him benched, and trossard starting, making trossard a great option

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the teams they play for too

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yeah trossard probably should have played

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was decent today

maybe should've finished those chances but i bet jesus wouldn't have either lol

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i didnt think he was good

[fading spire]

he was

did everything expected of him

except score

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No way, I thought he was terrible. Missed 2 great chances, albeit one was quite difficult, and didn't seem to have a hunger or desire to get on the ball

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thats how havertz is tho

hes lazy positionally

doesnt mean bad

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you wanted him to press with a lot higher intensity?

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he sort of drifts around

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thats how we kept getting sucked in to concede last season against city

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i get ur point but in isolation eze/mbeumo + 5.5 def score higher than nelli + 4.0 def

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city play out of the press really well

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lmao this is the worst comparison ive ever heard

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eh

i wouldnt be so sure lol

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but anw this

did you see us press when they were in their own corner

and we still couldn't win the ball

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guys 4.0 keeper that doesnt play and bowen or Maddison and Johnstone

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thats what happened to us last season

press high and intense, city beat it

and we got fucke

d

[marble sun]

its literally 2nd 6.5 mid + 5.5 def or martinelli + playing 4.0 def

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yea and im telling you i back mart + 4M def

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I was more concerned about arsenal on the break. He held the ball up a few times well, but anytime arsenal broke, he was too slow to move the ball, didn't see him take anyone on, wouldn't be surprised if he didn't make a single forward pass all game

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I don't have any 6.5 mids

and I don't have a starting 4.0 defender

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true, but that's the gameplan

he's not perfect by any means

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wasnt replying to you but fairs

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but played to our strengths well enough and didnt let city use theirs

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yeah i mean its city so not gonna look too much into how arsenal played

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I wasn't worried about his counterpress, its always tough to judge that vs city. I just wanted to see does he want to do well, does he want to score, does he have the confidence to take a man on and beat him, and will he gamble and try to get on the end of crosses or pot shots to score, and all evidence pointed at no after today's performance

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? he literally got onto two crosses

and got shots away

he doesnt need to take a man on

he's the one to make the late runs in to score

saka and mart does the taking on

his job is to drag people away

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Yeah but whilst 1 was a really tough chance, how he missed the second is beyond me. He got in his own head.

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had it on target

tross fluffed an even easier one against monaco

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If thats the case, he did a good job, but that makes him a poor fpl asset.

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as what i've been saying about jesus lol

[static anvil]

Wow, is havertz a false 9 now?

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today he played f9, sometimes left 8

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Jesus brings energy to the attack, I feel like havertz sapped the energy out of it

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@fading spire id downgrade 4th def to 4.0 and upgrade eze to trossard i my draft but havertz started at striker

ig thats also an option

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there's still rich at 7 as well (but idk if he started)

[novel nacelle]

dont get arsenal attackers except for saka, mart, ode

[marble sun]

thats for ''if kane goes to bayass''

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tross and eddie are up in the air

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well, I might just get maddison anyway

[fading spire]

do you want to gamble?

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no

if havertz trossard eddie can all play

thats a 33% chance

[marble sun]

if there's a moment to gamble gw1 vs forrest is probs best

[novel nacelle]

not a good idea unless arteta tells us who is starting

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that's what ill tell myself to comfort myself

when either of them start and gigahauls

while ode blanks

it's the right decision

[novel nacelle]

look at udogie's positioning

[marble sun]

tbh i dont think arteta will start rice partey ode v forrest

so trossard is still on the menu

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that is true

might be ode partey kai tho

[novel nacelle]

yeah

[static anvil]

Then who starts up front? Eddie?

[fading spire]

might just gamble on eddie

fuck it

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It's shaktar tho, but yeah he'd be my 4.5 pick

[novel nacelle]

i am pretty sure pedro and another arsenal player is better

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really?

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yep

[marble sun]

trossard striker kai lcm

[fading spire]

is pedro still nailed with kudus

[novel nacelle]

0.8% ownership

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i would think eddie striker

[marble sun]

kudus is march competition

[novel nacelle]

can't say nailed, but i think he will play

kudus on the right

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Kudus is mainly for competition with march it seems, Pedro is first choice 10 for now

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pedro in the 10

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poo then

yikes

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and welbeck/ferguson

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On pens

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eddie if he starts and returns

will definitely be rising

and differential too

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and if he doesnt

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compared to wissa and jp

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uve blocked trip arsenal and ur fucked

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if he doesnt does wissa or jp haul

idk

[marble sun]

could be ... arteta might reward trossard with a start for the goal tho

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covered up with city/united tho

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which city fwd except for haaland

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foden

only one who looked lively lol

[novel nacelle]

well i am pretty sure foden wont start

[fading spire]

really

yikes

[novel nacelle]

well it is pep

[marble sun]

i think foden will start more in the ucl but thats 5 gws away so

[novel nacelle]

but it looks like grealish and bernardo on the wings

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damn

[marble sun]

who played lcm for city

kova ?

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yea

was shite

[marble sun]

yh but v burnley

probs starts foden

but then gw2 v newcastle

kova might start

[fading spire]

united mids defo more nailed

bruno rash

but slightly more ex

[novel nacelle]

or kova can just start both

[marble sun]

i like rash more than bruno

pref goalscorers

[novel nacelle]

pens though

[marble sun]

ycs though

he will get one in 109th min

[novel nacelle]

remember when bruno cost 12 mil

[marble sun]

theyre both good but if u have th choose one id go rash

[novel nacelle]

rashford is probably not playing in his usual position

[novel nacelle]

Btw, who is competing for akanki’s position?

[languid burrow]

every CB

at city

[novel nacelle]

if they play 4atb its only him right

[languid burrow]

dias, stones, akanji, ake, laporte

[novel nacelle]

laporte barely plays and ake is injured

so akanki could be an option

hard to know which city def is the most nailed

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akanji played terrible today tho

not that it changes much but still

walker is still there dont forget

[novel nacelle]

is there any way of knowing who is more nailed in dias/stones

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dias

imo

hes their main central cb when they transition to a back 3

[novel nacelle]

yeah i have him rn

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had an injury last year i believe

[novel nacelle]

but idk who ill end up on by deadline

dias/stones/akanki/shaw/james

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dont see james becoming much of an option

becomes more of a cb when they form a back 3

goes up a bit

i think half the reason is to conserve his injuries

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thats strange to me

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chilwell basically playing LW tho

[novel nacelle]

I believe it but hes so good going forward

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but with gusto playing well they might allow it idk

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main reason i would think is injuries

especially since hes captain now

well not yet but might be

[novel nacelle]

i guess but still seems like a waste

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not a waste if you win cos of it

[novel nacelle]

they could play an actual cb

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its not like hes a cb

but if youre expecting him to be bombing down the right like he used to then that wont happen imo

[languid burrow]

low-key all drafts come down to 2 questions

is salah worth?

and is triple chelsea from GW3 worth?

[novel nacelle]

I still can’t find a salah draft that doesn’t look shite

Jackson and chilly look good, don’t know about the 3rd

[languid burrow]

pedro to nkunku

GW3

this probably won’t be what i go for

but 3-4-3 .5 itb to go mart pedro to 6.5 nkunku GW3 or something

[quaint trout]

walker

that defence is on thin ice

[quaint trout]

in response to that

[languid burrow]

could be worse just gotta scroll up fr

got .5 more than that 🗣️

[quaint trout]

yeah i don’t mind cheap keepers

i was on the 4.0s but came to my senses

[novel nacelle]

but akanki is the only one who can play lb currently

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ake?

[quaint trout]

ake gvardiol

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lewis can too pretty sure

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One message removed from a suspended account.

[quaint trout]

lewis probably more in the middle

cancelo been frozen out it seems

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@trail rose

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.5 itb?

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No

[trail rose]

0?

ayy you are getting there

just need a new keeper, replacement for baldock and a new second striker

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Thanks Mr helper

[trail rose]

my duty

[fading spire]

3 4.0s ain’t going anywhere for me tho

Keeper just gonna be Turner

Just need to figure out the combination of last three players

18.5 for one def mid fwd

[trail rose]

wait

how much is pedro

5.5?

[fading spire]

5.5 yea

He’s poo tho

[trail rose]

better than nketiah

[fading spire]

Have to anticipate Arteta

If he starts Eddie against forest

[trail rose]

let me cook

[fading spire]

That’s like 2 goals min surely

You don’t have Salah

How to cook

[trail rose]

dont need him

got that op midfield to cover

[fading spire]

Salah baldock 5.5 vs Bruno gab Jackson

[fading spire]

Actually might run this team

Turner for areola

Maybe jp for eddie

[trail rose]

thats a good team apart from keeper and nketiah

baldock is fine

i think

[fading spire]

Eddie is my punt

Turner well

[trail rose]

ok keeper then

[fading spire]

[trail rose]

turner yeah

[trail rose]

this is gonna fail so bad isnt it

[fading spire]

Pen save merchant

[fading spire]

Yea but I’ll have outs in gw3

Adebayo 5M

[trail rose]

if eddie does not cook

just get pedro if hes starting and banging goals

[fading spire]

Possible

But I will hold fts for gw3

Get chill in

[trail rose]

im too poor to get chilly on my bench

[fading spire]

Maybe shift funds for Jackson

[trail rose]

bench full of 4.0s

[fading spire]

@clever trout

[trail rose]

just swap nketiah for pedro there and that team is cooking

[novel nacelle]

I would be worried about forest getting turner+henderson

[languid burrow]

they won’t

not enough money

[languid burrow]

ayy rate this

triple chelsea from GA3

crap defence

easy life

[trail rose]

id give that a 7.5

[languid burrow]

that’s the best triple chelsea i can come up with

[novel nacelle]

these are my salah vs non salah drafts

currently thinking no salah looks better

[languid burrow]

yeah it’s something like

rash ode stones
vs
salah pedro 4.5

[fading spire]

Can’t know now

Need to see how chelsea perform

[languid burrow]

we were all over jacknku and chilwell in preseason

[fading spire]

Yea until logic hit

[trail rose]

true

thats the best salah team i could do

[fading spire]

Not bad

[trail rose]

yeah i think this is the best one

[hardy vault]

Maddison can be nice instead of Foden as well

[marble sun]

im on something similar but trossard over foden and rash over bruno

[novel nacelle]

Foden enjoy your 1 pointers

[fading spire]

[trail rose]

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[novel nacelle]

i would bet on him not starting gw1

[trail rose]

nah foden will do good i feel it

[novel nacelle]

tbh 343 with salah doesnt look horrible

[languid burrow]

yeah but how u getting pedro out

[languid burrow]

at least this has a clear mart pedro to diaby nkunku

w/ .5 to allow that

[trail rose]

i'll try and make a 3-4-3 with salah

wait

[languid burrow]

okok

[trail rose]

@languid burrow

[languid burrow]

oh i see what u did yeah

gabriel onana mbeumo over my mart 4.5 4.0

still runs the issue of getting pedro out tbh

[hardy vault]

I’ve been contemplating using Kane instead of Haaland to get a better Salah draft. I don’t like any Haaland Salah draft that much tbh

But Kane might yeet, so no bueno

[languid burrow]

if kane dips i’m defo doing a haaland salah

[hardy vault]

With Kane you can get something like this

[languid burrow]

yeah but no haaland

[hardy vault]

Yep. But it looks viable

[fading spire]

No haaland is just not worth the risk to start the season

[languid burrow]

this tbh

[hardy vault]

Feel like tottenham looks stronger which in turn can benefit Kane more. He was 7 points below last year

But ofc, super risky

[trail rose]

this one, or my 3-5-2?

[languid burrow]

the 3-4-3

[trail rose]

[novel nacelle]

like this?

[hardy vault]

That actually looks strong af

[languid burrow]

i mean yeah

but no united cover

and how u getting JP out

[trail rose]

im gonna have jp till gw38

unless he gets injured

[novel nacelle]

well if i wanted a more expensive forward then you drop salah

I am pretty undecided rn

[trail rose]

i think im settled

on my team

[novel nacelle]

its currently odegaard maddison bruno vs salah diaby (or another 6.5) pedro

[languid burrow]

the 3-4-3?

[trail rose]

yessssss

[novel nacelle]

i definitely like 343 over 352 if you want salah

[chrome flint]

Triocta copying me again I see

Diaby or Mbeumo

Is our only difference I think

[trail rose]

@languid burrow what am i hearing

[novel nacelle]

fucks sake now im tempted by eze

[trail rose]

wtf how has eze got you tempted

[languid burrow]

NO WAY

[chrome flint]

Talisman theory ig

[languid burrow]

fuck off classic no SHOT have i changed everything

lmaoooo

[chrome flint]

[trail rose]

also dont get eze, i got him in and capped him in the last gw and he flopped

[novel nacelle]

bcz hes the only good palace attacker

[chrome flint]

Every team is basically the same now anyway

Apart from ayy

[languid burrow]

jokes

[novel nacelle]

so if they score itll probably be him

[languid burrow]

bro ong i changed everything to make sure it wasn’t the same as someone else

[chrome flint]

He's lost it

[languid burrow]

lmaooo

jokes

u starting with mart or a 6.5

[trail rose]

lol wtff

[chrome flint]

Diaby

[chrome flint]

It's my Salah draft from a while ago but I downgraded Foden to diaby and got rashford

[languid burrow]

makes sense - i’m going 4.5 + mart with .5 itb to swap mart to diaby and pedro to nkunku

[trail rose]

chilwell on the bench

[novel nacelle]

well if i get udogie hes better for gw1

[chrome flint]

Bold

All our teams gonna be different gw1 anyway

If we get news Foden starts gw1, who's getting him

[novel nacelle]

probably not

[languid burrow]

nope

alvarez maybe

[trail rose]

me

[novel nacelle]

I cant see alvarez playing much when kdb is fully fit

[trail rose]

i already have him

[novel nacelle]

I think kdb is the best non haaland city attacker tbh

[languid burrow]

narrowed it down to 2 drafts at least

[trail rose]

lets see

the one i pick is the one you have to use for gw1

[languid burrow]

the 3-4-3 salah one earlier

[marble sun]

salah pedro to kdb nkunku in gw3

[novel nacelle]

yh maybe

[languid burrow]

and return to basics with this

no overthinking again

[trail rose]

salah one

[languid burrow]

goat

[trail rose]

🔒 locked for the 10000th time

[languid burrow]

that has .5 itb to go ode pedro to spurs mid jackson

holy shut ur doing 3-4-3 too

[trail rose]

yeee

good balance

[languid burrow]

go completely crazy and find a way to go mbeumo to mart

[trail rose]

have 0 itb

[languid burrow]

onana gabriel to 4.0 4.5

[trail rose]

if i want that .5 itb have to get fernandes instead of rash

[hardy vault]

You guys hate this?

[languid burrow]

no

but u could do better imo

[trail rose]

ye

[languid burrow]

but like how do u get pedro out

looks so good but if pedro stops starting

[novel nacelle]

salah

[trail rose]

[languid burrow]

if ur going salah it has to be a long term hold

[trail rose]

ye ofc

[novel nacelle]

nah

[trail rose]

idk why people thinking of getting him out gw3 or smth

[novel nacelle]

i have no planned transfers

i will do whatever is best

[hardy vault]

Can also do Wissa instead of Pedro and chuck in a 4.5 defender

[trail rose]

@void whale

[void whale]

yes

what

[languid burrow]

this is the thread

[trail rose]

were you in this thread

[languid burrow]

it’s v. nice here

[trail rose]

yes we post our teams every 2 hours

[languid burrow]

[trail rose]

and i think we use this thread for the whole year

[void whale]

lmao

[chrome flint]

its a safe zone for all our fucked ideas

[trail rose]

yes

[void whale]

glad to hear

szobo in?

[trail rose]

[chrome flint]

[languid burrow]

bet

[trail rose]

[chrome flint]

didnt even realise theres more than 20 people in here

draft league anyone

[trail rose]

26 people in here wtf

so we use this every gw

[void whale]

lmao

say less

[novel nacelle]

pro section of the FPL discord

[hardy vault]

KdB tho. What can be cooked with KdB instead of Salah?

[chrome flint]

salah might get twice kdbs minutes this season

[hardy vault]

He looked fresh af yesterday

A short term KdB can be nice?

[void whale]

since this is a safe space

how about

kdb salah draft

no haaland

[hardy vault]

Wouldnt Kane + Salah be better?

If this is a safe space

[trail rose]

kane haaland better

[void whale]

then no city attacker

concerning

plus kane will leave i think

[hardy vault]

You can get foden tho

[void whale]

[hardy vault]

Has Martinelli suddenly become risky now btw?

[languid burrow]

just get haaland bro

like cmon

[trail rose]

innit

[hardy vault]

Ye ofc. Just safespacing. Actually might just drop Salah and go Vanilla 🤷‍♂️

[chrome flint]

bro went from salah and kane to template in a matter of seconds

[quaint trout]

smooth you’ve come to your senses

[trail rose]

is it good?

[quaint trout]

yeah i really like it

[trail rose]

sewy only took 500 drafts

[quaint trout]

we have a couple personnel differences but the structure of it is nice

[trail rose]

yeah lock this team in for gw1

[hardy vault]

Matt Turner to Nottingham. Johnstone/Turner rotation looking juicy

[quaint trout]

what i’ve got

[chrome flint]

Since this is a safespace

[quaint trout]

my salah team

[chrome flint]

im considering no estu

[glacial dove]

what does jackson cost? hes gonna be a monster this season, just worried about him for week 1

[chrome flint]

why

[quaint trout]

7

[glacial dove]

oooof

[quaint trout]

i’ve considered it at points

[chrome flint]

acting like Pool have a good defence

[quaint trout]

i just think his first 6 on the whole are very nice

then i can move him

[hardy vault]

Thats a sexy ass team Dooby

[glacial dove]

we definately dont, this i know thats why i have no pool DEF in my team, i need to see this new look chelsea before my daith is restored in having them in my team

[glacial dove]

agreed

[chrome flint]

then get him gw3

but with lack of fwd options no reason not to get him gw1 either

[glacial dove]

probably will bro

[hardy vault]

Still 100% at drawing board. Mount is sus I know

[chrome flint]

mount is the worst pick ive seen

just go 343 jackson

[hardy vault]

Ye prob

[quaint trout]

cheers boss

[glacial dove]

lmao ur team looks like mine now after our chat, i also was iffy about mount

[quaint trout]

is mount 7.0?

[hardy vault]

Ye

[glacial dove]

yeah

[hardy vault]

Only reason I’m contemplating him. He does get a couple scoring chances each game

[glacial dove]

he does, thats why i figured ill take him, but i think madders fernandes is a better option

[trail rose]

can i suggest a change?

[chrome flint]

not allowed

[quaint trout]

go on

[trail rose]

wissa to pedro?

[chrome flint]

thats my team tbh

he likes wissa

[hardy vault]

I like his Wissa too

[trail rose]

fair enough

[chrome flint]

i dont tbh

[quaint trout]

yeah i’m quite keen on wissa

did well at the end of last year with toney out

tough fix with it

also i’ll kick myself he’s been sat there for a few weeks now lmao

[hardy vault]

Hojlund will be 7m

[novel nacelle]

Considering the city defence double up

[silver forum]

yeah think he’s a decent pick

[novel nacelle]

pedro seems more appealing

[silver forum]

joao?

yeah got him in my draft atm

[novel nacelle]

yep

cant believe im on 343

after saying how shit all the fwds are

[void whale]

2 up front>

[novel nacelle]

well pedro enables salah

[novel nacelle]

is Jackson still a good pick if nkunku is out long term

[languid burrow]

will he be out long term?

thought it was a knock

[quaint trout]

2 months i’ve seen

[chrome flint]

yes and no

[languid burrow]

2 months?

[chrome flint]

he gets pens i think, but less support

apparently

[languid burrow]

as in will he be out for luton

GW3

[novel nacelle]

i might move funds to maddison

if chuk is playing the 10

he might get bad service

[chrome flint]

if reports are true then yes

thing is with jackson is hes clinical

and its not like nkunku was providing all the service anyway that came from the wingers

so its up to you ig

[languid burrow]

ouchh

[novel nacelle]

nkunku vs chuk is so much of a difference though

[languid burrow]

yeah i’ll stick with jackson GW3 but that’s my draft decision made for me

[slim beacon]

Things I hate about this draft: 4.5m GKs are a headache. Things I am 50/50 on: Martinelli's minutes, Bruno vs Odegaard, Mitoma vs Mbuemo

I know Flekken fails the eye test but Brentford are traditionally hard to beat and it is hard to see them not being resilient again, especially with their easy start to the season

[novel nacelle]

i have johnstone rn

i havent got bruno though

i have more money in defence

[slim beacon]

I think if I get confirmation on Mbeumo I will go him over Mitoma

[novel nacelle]

i have eze currently

[chrome flint]

Johnstone/Flekken are both fine imo

[slim beacon]

What's Palaces fixtures looking like? I'll have a look

[novel nacelle]

decent

[chrome flint]

and you need mbeumo over mitoma there

[surreal monolith]

Mixed but better than others

[chrome flint]

cant be going triple BHA

[languid burrow]

really need jota to play full 90

so i can justify going him as a punt

[novel nacelle]

isnt diaz-gakpo-salah the most likely

[surreal monolith]

The first 3 fixtures might be worthy tho

[chrome flint]

youre forcing yourself for 3 transfers by gw3

[languid burrow]

wdym?

[chrome flint]

if any other problems happen youre stuck

[languid burrow]

oh brighton

yeah GW4

[chrome flint]

2 max

[slim beacon]

Mitoma is currently in cause of the question mark over Mbeumo

[surreal monolith]

Ooh not 3,only 1

[chrome flint]

even 1

[languid burrow]

i’d take brighton for WH at home

[surreal monolith]

Estu is a stayy

[novel nacelle]

is this too much money in defence

[slim beacon]

Estu stays for everyone probs

And JP at 5.5 is a no brainer for me

[surreal monolith]

Im currently on this

[cosmic mesa]

Thoughts? Btw I do want holjuund c Ik he’ll be gd

[surreal monolith]

Pedro has passed the eye test too

[surreal monolith]

Zinch and akanji bit risky

Love the kdb pick

[cosmic mesa]

I do want trips in the team but it might be a bit risky c they face Aston Villa

[gleaming cipher]

1 or 2

[languid burrow]

make ur own rmt

ffs

[slim beacon]

Double City defence I can see the appeal definitely

Do we not go Ederson if we go double City defence though

[cosmic mesa]

Btw it’s kinda risky to put a Chelsea defender on ur team especially c they facing Liverpool first

[surreal monolith]

Chilwel will be good seeing the liverpool defence

[novel nacelle]

ffs this chat has been killed

[surreal monolith]

Come to my rmt lads

[chrome flint]

its not even a safe space anymore ffs

need to gatekeep this thread fr

[languid burrow]

this is v. sad

[novel nacelle]

i do think jackson is prolly a bad pick now

[languid burrow]

chelsea’s fixtures are good enough to make up for it GW3+

[slim beacon]

How can you honestly pick Jackson at 7m when JP is 5.5m

[novel nacelle]

well i just dunno if their team can play well with chuk

[novel nacelle]

i had both before

[slim beacon]

JP should be 50% ownership

[languid burrow]

ur gonna jinx

[slim beacon]

343 bezzo? Did it have Salah?

[chrome flint]

both

[novel nacelle]

do you think my draft is reasonable

or is bruno way better than maddison + strong defence

like

bruno/udogie vs maddison/stones

[slim beacon]

I think double City defence is more than reasonable

[novel nacelle]

yeah its just

[chrome flint]

not sure to start

[novel nacelle]

whether i want bruno or not

[chrome flint]

i think estu to gvardiol gw3 is very much on the cards

[slim beacon]

Double Arsenal defence should be talked about more I think, Gabriel and Saliba are nailed AF and we looked solid vs City yesterday

[novel nacelle]

seems like a bit of a wasted move

[novel nacelle]

rather have no arsenal defence

[slim beacon]

There's definitely something to be said about more goals being scored and less clean sheets this year though

100 minute games

I dunno about x3 5.5 defenders in that case

[novel nacelle]

maybe

[chrome flint]

i wouldnt double on any def

rn at least

so much uncertainty

no idea how the rules affect things too

literally saw it yesterday

that goal wouldnt exist without the new rules

[languid burrow]

if ur going no salah the money is easily spent there

[languid burrow]

bruno is arsenal cover i don’t get this point

[slim beacon]

Expect 7+ minutes added on each game

[fading spire]

I was gonna ask is this non pen

[languid burrow]

just get both

[fading spire]

But then I remembered United didn’t get pens

[novel nacelle]

just comparing the 2

[languid burrow]

get both

where did u get the stats?

[novel nacelle]

not with salah

understat

theres probably some better paid thing

but i dont have any paid fpl stuff

[languid burrow]

yeah probably going no salah bc of nkunku injury

[languid burrow]

good

[slim beacon]

Odegaard is probably worth the .5 more than Martinelli just based on him likely playing 100 mins vs Marts 70 or so. Makes the likes of Ode and Bruno more valuable I think.

[novel nacelle]

pedro enables salah though

[slim beacon]

Saka, Ode, Bruno gonna play 100 mins each GW.

[fading spire]

Ode?

He’s always off for vieira or esr or something

[novel nacelle]

man its too hard to pick

[fading spire]

Or is that me playing efootball and confusing it

[languid burrow]

yea but how are u getting pedro out in that case

[novel nacelle]

ayy are you off jackson now

[fading spire]

Uh

Have I been on

[novel nacelle]

if he is a starter i can just keep him, if hes not then i can sell salah

[fading spire]

Like maybe for 4 days

[languid burrow]

like onana stones rash ode vs johnstone gabriel salah diaby

[novel nacelle]

fair enough

[chrome flint]

more imo

[fading spire]

Then I realised I was going against my principles

And chelsea surely haven’t turned the corner overnight

[languid burrow]

is pretty even - but then how do u get JP out

then it falls apart

[fading spire]

This the current draft

[novel nacelle]

idc about the fixtures

[languid burrow]

yeah but if ur going salah it’s to hold long term

[novel nacelle]

if hes 5.5 and hes starting for brighton

thats a fine hold

[languid burrow]

care more abt rotation lmao

[chrome flint]

tbf its a new manager and literally whole new team

[novel nacelle]

i dont see why

things change

u can adapt

[fading spire]

Exactly why you shouldn’t start with them yet

[chrome flint]

yeah but youre point is that they have previous problems

the problems dont exist anymore

doesnt mean the solutions are here yet tho

its fine to get them but also completely logical to wait

[novel nacelle]

chilly still looks good

basically playing as a winger

[languid burrow]

yes but if ur going salah as a short term hold there are better ways of planned transfers imo

[novel nacelle]

but i dont have a plan to hold or sell him

i can just do whatever is optimal

[languid burrow]

literally the only thing in a salah 3-5-2 draft out would be a third 8.0 mid to 6.5 and pedro to jackson

but newcastles fixtures don’t get good until like GW5 (for barnes)

and there’s not many other good 6.5s

[novel nacelle]

i think pedro will play the 10

[thorn vine]

Imo they beat villa at home so Barnes could be a shout

[chrome flint]

if they had good fix id 100% be on barnes

[thorn vine]

Damn Barnes 6.5

[novel nacelle]

i could also just back watkins

but then id only have 1 arsenal player

or drop fernandes

ahhhhhh

[languid burrow]

ig from GW3 ur looking at pool home brighton away

until things look good

which is

[thorn vine]

Unrealistic but I hope its a city draw again

That 3 3 last season was

[novel nacelle]

why do i have watkins in my team now

i must be thinking too much

[chrome flint]

nothing wrong with watkins

[novel nacelle]

looks good except for no bruno

[novel nacelle]

Ode vs mart is so tough

[languid burrow]

going for mart myself

or both

[novel nacelle]

Does ode get subbed

[slim beacon]

He does for Vieira and ESR

[novel nacelle]

so are his mins basically the same as mart

[quaint trout]

bit more

[slim beacon]

A little more I would say

[quaint trout]

but bruno will play more

[novel nacelle]

pretty similar

[chrome flint]

[languid burrow]

onana stones rash ode or johnstone gabriel salah diaby

[chrome flint]

Maddison >

[quaint trout]

second

[languid burrow]

how u gonna get pedro out?

[languid burrow]

[chrome flint]

Not gonna get him out

Idk

Wissa/DCL on the cards

Bha 2nd best attack itl last season

So wouldn't mind holding him

[languid burrow]

yeah but rotation y’know

[chrome flint]

Doubt it

Only competition is enciso

Who I don't think would start over him

Long term yeah maybe but not short term

[languid burrow]

kudus

[chrome flint]

Kudus is likely for RW

March has no competition really rn

[cosmic mesa]

Ok say what u want abt holjuund but I’m keeping him just c ik hell be gd and will get me pts once he’s back from injury

[languid burrow]

could see a ferguson/welbeck at st over him and gross etc in cam

[chrome flint]

Gross won't play cam it's more lallana but it's just unlikely

Plausible but unlikely

Like I said I'll move him out if he starts looking like he's out of favour

But rn seems nailed

They wouldn't let him take pens if he wasn't gonna play

[novel nacelle]

enciso could

but yeah i am not worried

rn im thinking between watkins and maddison

[chrome flint]

In a salah draft?

Ig Watkins is safer

[novel nacelle]

yep

my salah drafts look good now i think

watkins and estu/gabriel or maddison and city def double up

i'm not sure about estu being essentially a planned transfer

[hardy vault]

Is Darwin too risky here?

[marsh basin]

don’t think he will

spurs keep declining their bids

[novel nacelle]

if he does stay, anyone here considering him

[chrome flint]

nah

just makes maddison more attractive

maddison + Salah is better than Kane + Pool mid

[novel nacelle]

more like straight swap salah for kane

or in my team, watkins and salah vs kane and bruno

[chrome flint]

if kanes doing that good I can just go haaland to kane

and still have salah

but hes still great ofc

[quaint trout]

yeah considering maddison now

just don’t like the first 2 so may just wait and see

[chrome flint]

saves a transfer really

a lot of gw2/3 fix swings cant move out everyone

[quaint trout]

yeah well for me i’ve got 2 chelsea so can look at spurs if they are doing well

[chrome flint]

i got 2 che and maddison so ready to get absolutely shafted

[versed cargo]

Why doesn't anyone care to think about this

[fading spire]

There’s morris and adebayo

2 fts away from Jackson too if needed

Or wissa

[versed cargo]

Is Salah that essential

Even in 2023

[fading spire]

No

Not essential

But he’s consistent

[versed cargo]

Onemium 🙂

[fading spire]

Salah for 12.5 in most recent seasons is a no brainer

Everyone’s also assuming haaland gonna put up the same numbers as he did early on

[versed cargo]

Goddammit haaland

I'm stickin with onemium I think

More Avenues

[fading spire]

As long as you have a plan to get a second premium in

[versed cargo]

I mean, I don't

Because I don't plan to sell haaland saka mart rash and watkins

[cunning jackal]

@fading spire how do u feel about this

I could definitely upgrade the midfield but I’m not a huge fan of Pedro nor more than 1 4.0 def

[stable scaffold]

There are 1900 messages in this damn thread lol

[versed cargo]

I swear these Salah haaland teams are missing something

[void whale]

jackson/nkunku

money itb

ez

[marble sun]

ayy's rmt thread turned into fpl_chat where ppl post their teams

[stable scaffold]

The greatest thread of all time

[void whale]

ayy= 🐐

[fading spire]

Interesting

I like the nacho punt but it also means you miss out on rash/bruno

Also no way will I go with ramsdale

If he’s not nailed

[cunning jackal]

I really tried to fit in Bruno but I would have to go for flekken and then another 4.0 def and I think what I have now scores more points

overall

[trail rose]

@languid burrow considering Trossard

as a punt

[slim beacon]

I don't like the Ramsdale pick and I don't understand the James or Botman picks at all. Foden is a big mystery, Stones we don't know whether he is a CB or a CDM.

[slim beacon]

Apart from that I like it

[cunning jackal]

ye there’s a lot of 5.0 goalies so I have the option to switch

Botman is a nailed 4.5m defender for one the best defences in the league so he’s guaranteed points

and then James has so much attacking upside and I think Chelsea will massively improve this season but I can swap him if need be

[slim beacon]

Yo do I get Jota in for Bruno?

[languid burrow]

i’m considering jota as a pool cover

[slim beacon]

Ye Pool are gonna score shit loads of goals this season. I don't think owning Salah is enough. So I am on Jota as well.

[trail rose]

👀

[rough sundial]

4.0 GK might not play
Not sure about Foden pick but Nketiah is juicy.

[rough sundial]

He is good if he nailed down the CF spot. I dont think Nunez will start as a Pool fan perspective imo.

And a steal at 7.5M I suppose if he bangs those goals in
Look at what he did towards the end of last season. He was quite good.

[slim beacon]

I'm on a double City defence now

[hardy vault]

How you guys feel about this?

[slim beacon]

I feel like it gives me a boner tbh

[chrome flint]

KDB is just gonna get rotated a lot this season

[hardy vault]

He looke fresh af at Shield

[chrome flint]

?

he literally said in an interview after how fatigued he is

[slim beacon]

This is my new massive differential huge IQ big brain 4D chess draft

[chrome flint]

and how much the 100min games will affect him

hes not even fit for gw1

[slim beacon]

Double Liverpool

[languid burrow]

looks so good until u realise no united

[hardy vault]

It looks kinda pog Dean. But I hate putting JP into my draft

[slim beacon]

No Utd sucks yes

[hardy vault]

Stones -> Shaw

See no downside to that imo

[trail rose]

[slim beacon]

I genuinely do like double City defence

Jota > Maddison and then Gabriel > Shaw maybe

I dunno anymore I give up.

I don't think I like Martinelli much, wish I could find a way to replace him with Bruno. Once Gvardiol is nailed I would go 5.5m City > Gvardiol and then Martinelli > Bruno

[hardy vault]

:0

Don’t hate it tbh

[trail rose]

[slim beacon]

I do like it, can't really argue with any of the picks. Udogie could be a good differential for this draft.

[hardy vault]

Nkunku got a kneesurgery, yikes. Hes gone for some time

[fading spire]

Turner going to forest

[hardy vault]

Johnstone / Turner rotation looks juicy 🙂

[novel nacelle]

Why not start with kane

[static anvil]

Still think martinelli is arsenals best attacker if he gets the mins. Can see him outscoring saka over the first 3 gws tbh

[autumn wave]

Yeh maybe

[rough sundial]

Turner for 4.0GK here we go

[static anvil]

I still like this, might ditch maddison, but idk who for yet

[rough sundial]

Why Gakpo though

[trail rose]

lol im thinking of getting maddo

and ditching foden

[rough sundial]

People are saying Mart might not be nailed because of Trossard
Just for your info

[novel nacelle]

Why is salah better than kane

[void whale]

W move

[trail rose]

for foden

[void whale]

i know

still W move

[trail rose]

[void whale]

foden rotation risk

[chrome flint]

Because he doesn't have a huge transfer uncertainty over his head, also Salah and Maddison is 100% nailed compared to kane and diaz let's say

[novel nacelle]

The reports are he will either leave this week and stay

And that’s a false dichotomy

Owning kane isn’t related to maddison and diaz

[static anvil]

Salah always scores on the first gw, and has Bournemouth gw2, great captaincy option

[novel nacelle]

Haaland might still be a better captain

[static anvil]

Think he is the most nailed attacker of him and nunez, and he is also a placeholder for jackson gw3

[static anvil]

100% could outscore him, but for once, I'm gonna let my liverpool bias swing me

[static anvil]

Yeah, but with jesus out, it bodes better for martinelli pre-CL, and every arsenal fan I have spoken to says they think he will/want to see him start over trossard every gw

[novel nacelle]

I might just start with gvardiol

[static anvil]

Ballsy.

[novel nacelle]

I think he starts gw1 and if he doesn’t baldock comes in which is fine

We might get leaks as well

Penalty taker FC

[chrome flint]

That's not what I was saying tho

I know you can't cover other attacking players

[languid burrow]

issue i feel like we’re all going to have is u can’t really do salah + maddison + jackson

[chrome flint]

Literally my team

[novel nacelle]

Not worried about jackson

[languid burrow]

so do u have other spurs cover if u go 2mium (essentially impossible) w/o kane

[languid burrow]

cap