current draft

[chrome flint]

Iraola is a great coach

[novel nacelle]

dunno what id even do with the money from ortega

[chrome flint]

And they made smart signings

[novel nacelle]

dont think i need it

[languid burrow]

sorry but shakhtar are not worse than the bottom 6 this szn

[novel nacelle]

bcz i like watkins

[languid burrow]

post team

[novel nacelle]

i did earlier

i can post again

[languid burrow]

let me find it

[languid burrow]

duck it’s 1;30am

[novel nacelle]

ik u will say watkins to bruno

[languid burrow]

how did that happen

[chrome flint]

No imo

[languid burrow]

i like that

[chrome flint]

Id rather Watkins united mid than double mun mid

[languid burrow]

i disagree but that’s the fun of fpl

[novel nacelle]

i could do gabriel to a 5.5

but if kepa gets sold

id probaby just go sanchez

sanchez for 4.5 seems like a season keeper

[chrome flint]

Jackson Maddison Estu Fernandes Vs Watkins Eze Udogie Rash

[novel nacelle]

yh

[chrome flint]

I prefer mine

You prefer yours

That's cool

[novel nacelle]

well im not sure

just have my issues with jackson

[chrome flint]

Yeah I don't blame you

[novel nacelle]

i like maddison

[chrome flint]

Not what I think tho

But we didn't even know how good Che would be with nkunku so we don't know anything

[novel nacelle]

my kane draft had maddison

i actually rly like it

[chrome flint]

But he's passed both the eye test and stats test

I loved his movement

Smart player too

If he's on pens then at 7.0 he's insane imo

[chrome flint]

I like that a lot

[novel nacelle]

probably wont go with it but yeah

[chrome flint]

Id do that if I went kane over Salah pretty much

Seems so weird having one ars and mun tho when most going triple

But I don't think you're wrong

[novel nacelle]

mm i just went off martinelli a bit

[chrome flint]

Same

[novel nacelle]

but he can still do well in 60 mins

[chrome flint]

Just don't think ars and mun do that great in attack

Like good fs

But more rotation for ars

And mun not good enough to double

[languid burrow]

i’m happy with 2 arsenal

[languid burrow]

disagree

wolves home GW1 could be a rout

[fading spire]

Are you fr

[quaint trout]

jackson or maddison?

[novel nacelle]

mart vs watkins vs madders all close

[chrome flint]

Not saying it's a bad thing to double, but having single is fine

[languid burrow]

legitimately no defence, manager started 2 days ago

[novel nacelle]

ode as well

lots of viable picks

[chrome flint]

One game bro, course they do well against wol

Like triple ars mid is great, and only going one is fine too

[novel nacelle]

yeah

i have a feeling ode could bang

but i dont have him

[languid burrow]

ode is only possible if no salah

ughhh

[chrome flint]

Great fs, but I don't think too 3 attack maybe, it's hard to say

[novel nacelle]

well id have to sell rash

[chrome flint]

If spurs can keep this gung ho style up they top 3 attack with city and pool imo

They will have shit def

But I'm prepared to be wrong

[novel nacelle]

well

[chrome flint]

Think arsenal will be title contenders obv so

[novel nacelle]

i think kane might to to bayern

in the next few days

[static anvil]

The temptation to go without haaland is becoming ever more enticing if kane stays

[chrome flint]

It doesnt

[fading spire]

City 94 arsenal 88

[novel nacelle]

liverpool might score more than arsenal, but i think arsenal get more points

[fading spire]

Salah on fire again inject it

[novel nacelle]

liverpool might line up gw1 with 7 attackers or something

[static anvil]

Kane is 43 goals off the top scorer in PL history, he has 1 season left to do it, he is gonna score 43 goals in 1 season, haaland is irrelevant

[chrome flint]

Goal totals for last season doesn't mean thats gonna happen this season at all?

I'm not saying they're gonna have a bad attack

They could decimate forest

[novel nacelle]

this lineup is mental

how many attackers? klopp: yes

[chrome flint]

Pool and spurs just gonna be scoring more than the opponent to win

No cs

6-3 scorelines

[novel nacelle]

yeah

lol

[fading spire]

Spurs and win don’t go into the same sentence

[chrome flint]

The only games they win are against prime city tbf

[languid burrow]

udogie is cooking guys trust

[novel nacelle]

tbf if kane leaves id change my mind

[languid burrow]

yeah bc then everyone is on rich

like instantly

[novel nacelle]

not sure

[languid burrow]

really?

[fading spire]

Yea I’d like to see a few games first

[novel nacelle]

he was so bad last season

[chrome flint]

He fits ange system

If it's Brazil richarlison we in

[languid burrow]

anyway bruno to rich pedro to jackson GW3 it’s all the same anyways

[novel nacelle]

did city actually sign ortega from some non league german club

[chrome flint]

I CBA to plan transfer really, teams gonna be red flagged by gw2

[novel nacelle]

oh

they used to be in the bundesliga

[quaint trout]

how’s your team atm?

and yeah planning moves seems silly

[lament bough]

Why

[lament bough]

Wow you’re a stupid arsenal fan

[fading spire]

[acoustic locust]

I heard this is a universal thread or something?

For messing around with possible drafts

[quaint trout]

yeah for kind of salah drafts

cheap atb essentially

i’ve not put mine in here recently because i’m not cheap at the back

am on salah but

[acoustic locust]

I messed around with a possible threemium draft

Yeah its very questionable

[quaint trout]

yeah that’s overkill

kdb not worth 10.5

think players like saka and rash outscore him

[acoustic locust]

Yeah just wanted to see how a threemium team without going the ayy route might look like

There is no way I'm rotating between 4m def

[quaint trout]

yeah i can’t do 3 4.0 defenders

luton and sheff u are weak

and we’ve got shit fixtures

[static anvil]

More of a "rotate 4.0m defenders" thread

[acoustic locust]

Well then this is not the thread for me

[quaint trout]

are you on maddison or jackson?

[acoustic locust]

One is injured and the other is not

Lol

I'm more on madders rn

[quaint trout]

yeah same predicament

on jackson though

[acoustic locust]

Generally speaking I need to access our team for a few GWs before thinking of moving any of them in

We look kinda in a mess rn

[quaint trout]

i’m on 2 of your players

[acoustic locust]

Chilly?

[quaint trout]

yeah

[acoustic locust]

Yeah not a bad choice

[quaint trout]

had the same logic as you but could say the same for maddison

[acoustic locust]

The only issue is we are facing Pool in GW1

[quaint trout]

tough first 2

yeah accepting defeat there like game after that though

chilwell could maybe exploit space behind trent

[acoustic locust]

My club bias wants me to go without Salah lol
But i feel its not worth it risking that

[uneven saffron]

Has this turned into a general rmt area ? 😂

[acoustic locust]

[quaint trout]

think i’m pretty settled on my team

lack of pen takes may bite me but

[uneven saffron]

I'm sorted minus my 4th defender & gk

Debating Onana/Chilwell & Kepa/Shaw

[quaint trout]

onana chilly for me but

[acoustic locust]

Shaw and Pickford

[uneven saffron]

Think I'll stick with Kepa pairing

[acoustic locust]

I'm on a 442 rn

[quaint trout]

i’m between rashford or bruno jackson or maddison and mbuemo or wissa

[uneven saffron]

So you're not settled ? 😂

[quaint trout]

not completely but on rashford jackson wissa

and pretty sure atleast 2 of the 3 will stick

[uneven saffron]

Icl, I'm still not getting the Estupinan hype

[quaint trout]

i can cover his gw5

so he’s in for me

[acoustic locust]

We need an EO shield

[uneven saffron]

I just think the Brighton defence is too weak to bother

[quaint trout]

my thinking with united

[acoustic locust]

When brighton fix turn and they have europe we can just downgrade him

[quaint trout]

and their fix

[uneven saffron]

With longer-term quality fixtures he'll be in

But I'd be selling him for GW4

[quaint trout]

brighton had a better defence than united pool and chelsea last season

[uneven saffron]

Not under RDZ

[quaint trout]

i haven’t looked it to that detail

they normally have low XGC to my knowledge

[uneven saffron]

Lemme check

Under RDZ, they're ranked 9th on xGA

[quaint trout]

[uneven saffron]

Chelsea in 10th by about 0.35 xG

[quaint trout]

yeah chelsea defence is putting me off slightly

new manager though

and he’s competent

[uneven saffron]

Why do you think I like Kepa ? 😉

[quaint trout]

would go for a city defender but not dealing with benchings

and little attacking threat

[uneven saffron]

They overperformed their xGA bc of him

In terms of actual GA under RDZ, Brighton are 13th

Decent enough underperformance on their xGA

About 3.5

[quaint trout]

who’s your defence?

[uneven saffron]

My back 3 ?

Actually

I'll say my back 5

Shaw, Dias, Henry, Gabriel, Baldock

Might switch to Kabore

Like the CS odds of Luton once we hit their decent fixtures

[quaint trout]

interesting

your argument about estu could be applied to shaw

united defence saved alot last season by de gea

and first 5 on the whole are tricky

[uneven saffron]

If you believe that you're a mug

[quaint trout]

he’s a good shot stopper

[uneven saffron]

De Gea cost them more goals

[quaint trout]

even past gw5 it’s not amazing

i’m not saying onana isn’t an upgrade

but think he helps them going forward more than going backward

with build up

don’t think he’s as good a shot stopper

[uneven saffron]

De Gea per 90 had a PSxG/90 of -0.02

I imagine Onana does better than that

Bc he's a better keeper

Actually

You're right

Onana is weaker at outright shotstopping

[quaint trout]

yeah not many at all are better than DDG at that he’s just shit with the ball at his feet

[uneven saffron]

However, I only like the United defence whilst both Varane & Martinez are fit anyway

[quaint trout]

it’s more the midfield concerning me

and onana but not to the same extent

mount bruno

not balanced at all

[uneven saffron]

He was barely in the top 10 in the PL...

[modest zenith]

ederson growing on me

just a nailed city defender isnt he

[quaint trout]

might not be

[uneven saffron]

Wishful thinking mate

[modest zenith]

with a year where money is not a problem for onemium

ortega is a cup keeper

[quaint trout]

saw a tweet earlier saying he may take over

well saw it in here

[uneven saffron]

Copium icl

[modest zenith]

its not its literally what he is lol

[uneven saffron]

Ederson's benchings last season say otherwise

[modest zenith]

end of last

when theyd won the league

[uneven saffron]

Actually

Stats say Ortega is a miles better keeper

Small sample size

But it's one to keep an eye on

[quaint trout]

https://twitter.com/4lex_mcfc/status/1688917171655884801?s=20

4lex (@4lex_mcfc)

Here's @SamLee's direct quote from the latest episode of the @LMTPod:

"Earlier in the summer, I was told that if Ederson hadn't have had such a big end to the season... Pep may have gone into this season - and maybe he still is - with Ederson on the bench and Ortega starting."

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Twitter · Aug 8, 2023, 2:16 PM

it’s just a minor worry

not saying it happens but if he already doesn’t put you off then

that might

[lament bough]

Ederson is the best passer in the team I am surprised that he might get dropped

[quaint trout]

not the best passer in that team at all

but very good passer yes

[modest zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/kevin-de-bruyne-kdb-ii-brro1-albaraa-alhamed-ديبروين-gif-25742635

[acoustic locust]

Attempt 2 at a threemium team

Still looks too sketchy

[trail rose]

akanji

https://tenor.com/view/oopsies-ohno-gif-25793283

[acoustic locust]

There weren't any good City def choices at 5m

[trail rose]

gvardiol

bruh

[acoustic locust]

He just got here

[trail rose]

hes gonna start

trust the process

[acoustic locust]

Not soon enough

Otherwise I'm handicapping myself playing 2-4-2

[patent moon]

Looks more like a 332 to me.

[trail rose]

yeah i see more of a 332

[acoustic locust]

Why just 3 mids?

Thought that team can play 4 mids bar Anderson

[trail rose]

@random gorge @void whale @acoustic locust heres my draft with salah and haaland

[void whale]

u traitor

gvardiol where

[random gorge]

dam thats hot

mines similiar

[trail rose]

yeah fuck gvardiol, i have stoness

[random gorge]

can i show mine if u guys dont mind?

[acoustic locust]

Rashford over Bruno hmm

[trail rose]

jk gvardiol is good

[void whale]

same team but i have
gvardiol over stones
bruno over rashy
eze over mbeumo
madders over jackson

[trail rose]

not thinking of having him gw1 as i dont think he starts

[void whale]

why rashy

hes gonna play up front

[void whale]

fair

hes dog up front

bruno clear atm imo

[trail rose]

meh idk

maybe bruno

[trail rose]

🥵

[void whale]

u can go bruno madders over rashy jackson

[acoustic locust]

Smooth redirect gec here so he can show his team

[void whale]

man why is mohi here

[trail rose]

you do it

[trail rose]

gotta follow the crowd

skill issue

i sleep within 10 mins

[void whale]

same

[acoustic locust]

He asked you if you want to see his team

[trail rose]

just saw

@jade meteor here

[jade meteor]

im not posting it in this public copium forum

!

[trail rose]

[random gorge]

valid'

[trail rose]

shush mohi

[jade meteor]

one sec smooth i will summon you in the chosen channel

[acoustic locust]

Guess we'll see post deadline then

[lament bough]

This is my draft with salah and haaland but am not using it

[trail rose]

"you"

[acoustic locust]

Fair

[marsh basin]

yeah but it takes a lot of thought too

[lament bough]

This is my current team

[autumn wave]

It’s good

I just think I may want Salah

I’m not sure if it’s worth

But idk

That’s mine

[patent moon]

Mine’s pretty similar except for Watkins and mitoma over Jackson and Maddison. Still don’t feel like starting Jackson. I mean, a Chelsea striker, really?

[autumn wave]

He looks good tho

Maybe I have too much faith

Looking to me like 20+ ga

Just the way he plays I think really fits + guaranteed minutes

[slim beacon]

I'm off Salah again ffs

[trail rose]

wtf

[slim beacon]

I'm going full boring template

[chrome flint]

im sure many people are doing this tbh, dont blame them

[slim beacon]

So scary without a Liverpool asset though

I guess not so scary that none of them have high ownership though

I have 0.5m in the bank, need to decide if I want Ode instead of Martinelli

I tried to cook, but in the end I am going for full template

[novel nacelle]

boring

[void whale]

fr

[slim beacon]

So boring

[next temple]

Ye me too

[pale talon]

No way 3339 messages

[next temple]

Idk what I can change tho

[void whale]

this fpl chat from alibaba express

[novel nacelle]

If ortega is starting i could do johnstone gabriel > ortega dias

[quaint trout]

two luton players

[next temple]

How is everyone good in ur team

How u got the money for that

[languid burrow]

ortega starts

[novel nacelle]

do you think the servers will crash haha

[next temple]

Who is udogie

[novel nacelle]

I hope turner is still an arsenal player by the deadline

So I can get him

But people with trip arsenal can’t

[next temple]

What to upgrade ?

[acoustic locust]

Think this should be my final team going into the deadline bar any last min adjustments

[ancient temple]

think im locked

[languid burrow]

he says he’s locked

[novel nacelle]

wait till carson starts in goal

bro u dont even have eze

and i do

and ur name is eze szn

[ancient temple]

true

[novel nacelle]

shit

LTFPL moved to salah

salah ownership doubles today

[languid burrow]

no he didn’t

[novel nacelle]

oh i skipped to the end

ok

[languid burrow]

guarantee it

didn’t even watch but no way he did

[novel nacelle]

btw the template is so dumb

how can u have no salah

and 2 6.5 mids

[trail rose]

Lock now

[novel nacelle]

where are u spending the money

[slim beacon]

Template is 1 6.5m mid

[novel nacelle]

nah, mitoma and mbeumo

[slim beacon]

Double Ars double Utd and a 6.5m is the template

[static anvil]

Bruh thats super differential

[slim beacon]

With Haaland and Watkins

With Onana, Stones, Estu and Gabriel

[static anvil]

Think I'm gonna go with eze over mitoma

[slim beacon]

That's as template as you get

So 1 6.5m mid

[languid burrow]

he thinks he’s locked

[novel nacelle]

not carson, im too used to saying him 😆

ortega

[languid burrow]

how u gonna get spurs mid smh

[novel nacelle]

what if theres no leaks

[acoustic locust]

Yo smooth you changed your pfp?

[languid burrow]

now this is fr

[novel nacelle]

i actually think he will start

[ancient temple]

ortega...

[languid burrow]

like i’m not getting triple city anyway lmao

[novel nacelle]

might as well put turner in now

[languid burrow]

may as well go for him

[languid burrow]

yeah i did that was from a. couple hours ago

[novel nacelle]

yeah pretty similar to mine

[static anvil]

Whats all this ortega hype? Is he new #1 or is ederson injured?

[novel nacelle]

i have dias, eze, watkins you have gabriel, diaby, bruno

[novel nacelle]

reports he might start

[flint crag]

Goddam 3400 messages in here

[novel nacelle]

[flint crag]

I thought I was cooking with 300

[novel nacelle]

this is where it's at

[acoustic locust]

Welcome to the universal rmt thread

[flint crag]

Thanks for having me

[novel nacelle]

ortega/turner

is the new hype

[next temple]

What do I do with this

[novel nacelle]

get off triple brighton

[acoustic locust]

2.5 itb lol

Might as well spend 8m on watkins

[next temple]

Oka

??

[acoustic locust]

Yeah much better

I think

[novel nacelle]

you could get salah easily but yeah it's ok

[next temple]

What differentials should I do tho

[next temple]

How ?

[novel nacelle]

fernandes martinelli > pedro and salah

and downgrade onana

but like

thats my team so thats my opinion not necessarily right or wrong

[rough sundial]

What is the Onana hype to be honest
I thought Shaw is better

[novel nacelle]

onana is just if you have money lying around

[static anvil]

Looking at this, I could do gapko and salah, to kane and jota, or any 7.5 mid, or even down to a 6.5m, and with that 1m upgrade maddison to saka

Fuck, I thought I was done tinkering, alas, I am not

[rough sundial]

I like your Martinez pick
Easily the most nailed def for Villa backline

[novel nacelle]

saka should be in any draft

[next temple]

What can I do

[rough sundial]

Not sure about Isak but would prefer someone like Watkins to begin with
Jackson without Nkuku not sure if he is a tempting asset

I would favor Mitoma for 6.5 because of his opening fixtures

[static anvil]

Ty, think he will be the highest scoring gk this season, with lots of cs's and saves.

[novel nacelle]

moreno probably best defender pick for villa when he's fit

[rough sundial]

I am backing Johnstone under Roy
Defensive minded and they dont play as attacking as a team

[next temple]

Then my team becomes template

[static anvil]

Yeah, but objectively, I think that the highest scoring gk will be martinez, hence why I have went with him

[novel nacelle]

might be sanchez

[rough sundial]

Usually a 4.5 would pop off out of nowhere as a high scoring GK..so I am just gambling on that

[static anvil]

Is johnstone definitely first choice ahead of guita?

[rough sundial]

Up to you to decide

[rough sundial]

More or less
Guaita wants to leave according to Fabrizio

[novel nacelle]

yes

if kepa leaves

[static anvil]

Ughhhh

[novel nacelle]

surely sanchez best 4.5

[rough sundial]

Doubt Kepa leaves because Poch started him lately though

[static anvil]

Sanchez doesn't make a lot of saves though

[novel nacelle]

linked with bayern

[autumn wave]

100%

[static anvil]

He is notorious for 2 saves and a goal conceeded

[autumn wave]

Guiata said he doesn’t want to play for palace anymore

[flint crag]

More of a Brighton thing than Sanchez, can't say how it will be at Chelsea

[rough sundial]

But I dont like Sanchez
He dipped badly as a player

[novel nacelle]

sure but 4.5 gk for chelsea

kepa was good last season

[flint crag]

I didn't know there were any rumours about kepa leaving?

[novel nacelle]

even when chelsea were shit

[static anvil]

Didn't see this

[rough sundial]

Colwill is better if he is nailed down at 4.5

[flint crag]

With those fixtures too... It's a must

[novel nacelle]

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1689170143937540096

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)

Bayern have added Kepa to their shortlist for the new goalkeeper, confirmed. He's concrete name suggested by Thomas Tuchel, as @kerry_hau reported 🔴

Chelsea and Bayern will speak soon to understand if possible to agree on formula.

Geronimo Rulli and Bounou remain candidates.

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Twitter · Aug 9, 2023, 7:02 AM

[flint crag]

Damn

[novel nacelle]

might not know before the deadline though

[autumn wave]

So Sanchez would start?

[novel nacelle]

yes

[uneven saffron]

That may be Kepa out of my drats... maybe Chelsea entirely

[trail rose]

Ye how is it

[autumn wave]

Tempting

[trail rose]

[static anvil]

As a chelsea asset:yes, but objectively just looking at gks:different

[autumn wave]

Will eze or mitoma or mbeumo outscore jackson on points

[novel nacelle]

probably 1 of them

[autumn wave]

Looking for unbiased perspective

[rough sundial]

Yeah understand
But Sanchez ball distribution and saves arent that great as compare to he used to be at Brighton though

[autumn wave]

Cause midfielders get too much of a benefit

[static anvil]

Fuck, I want martinez so bad, but if I drop him to a 4.5, I can get in saka for martinelli.

[flint crag]

Question

Are we overlooking flekken?

[rough sundial]

Feel that Emi/Johnstone/Onana will outscore Sanchez tho

[static anvil]

Fuck, I could be in for an earlllllly wildcard

[rough sundial]

He is not really gel with the team
So not too keen with him

[autumn wave]

He’s kinda just a worse johnstone

[static anvil]

Apparently flekken has been really poor with his individual performances

[flint crag]

We were all so hot on him before preseason

[novel nacelle]

flekken is alright, but johnstone/turner rotation is good

[flint crag]

Few howlers shouldn't kill that off completely

[rough sundial]

We thought Brentford defence were nice
It was Raya carrying their def

[flint crag]

Yeah Raya is a beast tbf

[rough sundial]

Beef hows your team coming along

[novel nacelle]

nice

[trail rose]

this is really similar to mine

[rough sundial]

Johnstone GANG

[autumn wave]

Yeh it’s same as mine

[novel nacelle]

i have watkins/eze over jackson/maddison

[acoustic locust]

Uncognisable due to me being used to your old pfp
But yeah I like it

[autumn wave]

Except I back Eze over jackson

[static anvil]

Beef almost on the 4.0m defender rotation gang

[rough sundial]

6/11 from Beef's team

[trail rose]

[trail rose]

8/11

[trail rose]

needed a new change tbh

[rough sundial]

Beef not going for Shaw?

[trail rose]

i dont have shaw

[flint crag]

Chilwell too stronk

[acoustic locust]

8/11
Respect with the Madders pick

[rough sundial]

My team is stinks but whatever..shall I post in here

[flint crag]

I've had madders in my team since day 1, he's my fave lil punt

[trail rose]

yes optimus

lets have a look

[void whale]

[rough sundial]

Same as what I show you few days back I guess

[novel nacelle]

im just worried about jackson's service

[trail rose]

[novel nacelle]

chelsea's midfield is a mess

[trail rose]

oh

[void whale]

why do ppl have jackson gw 1

[acoustic locust]

Gonna be lurking in this thread for quite a long period due to me being stuck on a bus travelling soon

[flint crag]

Sterling/madueke, mudryk, Gallagher/chuk, chilwell, James. I think he'll be fine

[rough sundial]

Current team
Might still need some tweaks in it

[novel nacelle]

ur not worried about chuk playing 10?

[acoustic locust]

A no Salah team

[flint crag]

Why would that be a worry

[void whale]

ah so we are still pretending galla sterling and mudryk are good

[novel nacelle]

bcz hes not that good

[flint crag]

He's decent, and that's 1 player out of 11 lol

[rough sundial]

Yessir
If I were to get Salad in I would sell Bruno and probably Watkins or Mart out

[novel nacelle]

i dont think hed start for any top half team

[static anvil]

Heres a question, saka bruno or martinelli rashford?

[void whale]

1

[static anvil]

Surely the later

[rough sundial]

Saka Bruno

[void whale]

saka>mart bruno>rash

couldnt have been simpler

[acoustic locust]

I'm unconvinced on Mart tbh
Prefer to shell out an extra 0.5m for Saka or Ode for the Arsenal mid

[void whale]

rash up front is garbage

with hojlund injured he will play up front

[rough sundial]

Already got Saka in it

[acoustic locust]

Then ignore Saka just Ode

[static anvil]

But won't bruno be playing a lot deeper? And when is hoij due to be fit again?

[chrome flint]

Have you considered City Def over chilwell? Really on the fence rn, seems weird considering city's fix

[rough sundial]

Pretty sure he will still start because Tross might play at other position?

[void whale]

not a lot+pens and fks

mart will get subbed at around sixty or 70 mins

[static anvil]

I think mart could be arsenals top scorer over the first 3 gws

[void whale]

if u think he will return before that

go on and get him

[rough sundial]

They got Mount to play deeper I guess

[acoustic locust]

Thought people said Tross is his competition?

[static anvil]

Mount and bruno seem to be rotating going forward, with bruno being the more defensive of the 2

[flint crag]

I like how you spelt out sixty and then typed 70

[void whale]

six on my keyboard is broken

lmao

[flint crag]

Lmao

[rough sundial]

But I dont really think Tross will start over Mart imo

[static anvil]

The main question for arsenal now, I think, is does havertz play as a striker or midfielder, in which case it would allow nketiah or trossard to come in the the staring 11

[rough sundial]

In odd games yes like in between UCL or cup games

[static anvil]

Cause they won't use 2 cdms against weaker opposition

[rough sundial]

Havertz plays as false 9 was kinda like what he did at Chelsea
Heard he got plenty of chances

[flint crag]

I'm just not worrying about a 2nd arsenal mid, Salah Bruno saka is the way

[void whale]

2 chances

1 he shouldve scored

[void whale]

this.

[static anvil]

I'm sitting in salah bruno mart eze maddison with .5 itb

[flint crag]

That .5 turns eze into Jackson

[static anvil]

😂

[flint crag]

Wait no

Mart to Saka surely??

[static anvil]

I have plans for jackson in gw3. Gakpo is a placeholder for him

Being strongly considered, vs bruno to rashford

[flint crag]

Bruno > rashford
Saka > martinelli

It's easy

[ancient temple]

Martinelli > Bruno

[rough sundial]

I might try to fit Salad into my team

But might need to sacrifice Rashford

And probably Mart

[flint crag]

Yeah maybe, easy swap though

[static anvil]

Mentally marking this moment as the moment I went off martinelli for saka, when martinelli now inevitably outscores him for the first 3

[rough sundial]

Thats what happen to me when I pick Saka over Mart last season

It was BS

[lyric pagoda]

Is this good?

[chrome flint]

Basically template

[ancient temple]

template

[chrome flint]

So yeah obviously

[rough sundial]

Double Ars def isnt that good

Rams to Onana is good

[chrome flint]

Remove Mee tho, I'm not that good at football

[rough sundial]

For template

[lyric pagoda]

Got easy games

[ancient temple]

guys stones or gabriel

[lyric pagoda]

Utd defence is shite tho

[rough sundial]

1 is good enough

[ancient temple]

so city defence or arsenal defence

[trail rose]

both

[chrome flint]

You're gonna have then a lot more than 3 gws

[rough sundial]

[ancient temple]

dont wanna play a back 4

[lyric pagoda]

Still

[chrome flint]

Still what

[static anvil]

I could be wildcarding in gw 4 or 5 lol. Fuckkkkkk

[chrome flint]

Double ars defence

[trail rose]

play a back 3 with estu stones gabriel

[lyric pagoda]

What keeper should i go for then

[ancient temple]

chillwell estu timber

or chilwell estu gvardiol

[chrome flint]

Johnstone/flekken/onana

[rough sundial]

Johnstone Onana Martinez or Kepa/Sanchez

[lyric pagoda]

Martinez looks the best

Onana doesnt seem promising at all

[ancient temple]

same, if Jacksom pops off, idk how im gonna be able to get him

[rough sundial]

Yeah I ditch him and got Shaw instead

[ancient temple]

so i might have to wc

[novel nacelle]

watkins is an easy route to jackson

[lyric pagoda]

Villa looks scary under Emery

Eager to watch them

[novel nacelle]

villa vs newcastle gonna be v interesting

[lyric pagoda]

Yeah for sure

[chrome flint]

Don't like not having villa assets

But want madders

[novel nacelle]

well, its sacrifices

[lyric pagoda]

Watkins is my fpl goat

[novel nacelle]

i have watkins, but no jackson, maddison or bruno

[ancient temple]

what about chilwell stones Gabriel

and not estu

[lyric pagoda]

I dont like chilwell ngl

Estu stones and Gabriel is prob the best back 3

[trail rose]

thats fine as well

[novel nacelle]

its basically pick 2 of rashford, bruno, martinelli, jackson, odegaard, maddison...

[trail rose]

yeah cause its template

[lyric pagoda]

Yep

[novel nacelle]

estu is overhyped IMO

[trail rose]

possible

[ancient temple]

i might start with estu and then in gw2 transfer chilwell in, it doesnt make sense playing salah/diaz against chilwell

[lyric pagoda]

Insane player

[novel nacelle]

they lost their best CB and likely DM

[ancient temple]

best cb?

who

[novel nacelle]

colwill

[ancient temple]

oh colwill

right

[lyric pagoda]

Hmmm

Ur right

I need a fullback tho

Go trippier?

[ancient temple]

pre season they didnt look that good defensively

[lyric pagoda]

Newcastle doesnt concede much and trippier gets many assists

[novel nacelle]

rn i have chilwell, udogie, dias

but that only works if ortega starts

[lyric pagoda]

Hmmm i dont rate dias so much in fpl tbh

Stones seems like the better defender

[novel nacelle]

i am pretty sure dias is more nailed

[lyric pagoda]

Now that he plays dm sometimes

[novel nacelle]

stones has not been playing in midfield in preseason

[lyric pagoda]

Still he does sometimes

Those defender assists looks juicy

Made changes

[chrome flint]

I thought this thread was spicy now it's just template

[trail rose]

its not template template

[lyric pagoda]

Thats What gets u points

Haaland C and Saka V is a must

[acoustic locust]

People who go full spicy gets dunked on being called idiots and kekwed at

[lyric pagoda]

Its true

[trail rose]

look what this guy said

blud is gonna start guehi

[acoustic locust]

Erm....

[trail rose]

yes...

[lyric pagoda]

Believe in martinez

Pau and Mings will cook

[ancient temple]

what

[trail rose]

just gonna say

you have to have some template players

[ancient temple]

lol

[trail rose]

not all of it

[ancient temple]

onana saka haaland

[trail rose]

i understand that you wanna have some punts in there

[ancient temple]

is chilwell template

[trail rose]

ye would count that

[ancient temple]

what abt pedro

[trail rose]

ye

[trail rose]

the thing is idk about gvardiol and if hes gonna start

its your call on that one

[ancient temple]

if u look at my team, i basically have the template but instead of gabriel stones Martinelli and bruno, i have timber gvardiol havertz and Diaz

[lyric pagoda]

Gvardiol is risky

Just go stones

[trail rose]

luis diaz?

[novel nacelle]

might just start with this draft

and if i want i can do watkins/eze to jackson and a liverpool mid

after 2 gws or something

[lyric pagoda]

Bezzo what do u think abt the new villa badge?

[ancient temple]

ye

[novel nacelle]

uh

havent put that much thought into it

[trail rose]

he is not nailed

[novel nacelle]

its ok

[lyric pagoda]

I mean its a pretty big change ngl

[trail rose]

so he might be benched half the time tbh

[lyric pagoda]

I like the old one better

[novel nacelle]

I would go jota over diaz tbh

[trail rose]

yeah jota is better

[ancient temple]

first choice lw no?

[novel nacelle]

my problem with jota is does he play if darwin starts

[ancient temple]

i have 0.5m, i can either do diaz to jota or gvardiol to stones

[novel nacelle]

arent they both 7.5?

[ancient temple]

jota 8

[novel nacelle]

oh, didnt know that

[trail rose]

jota 8 ye

[ancient temple]

wait nvm i have 1m itb

[novel nacelle]

I am pretty sure another liverpool attacker will be a bandwagon

[trail rose]

gvardiol to stones

[novel nacelle]

dias IMO

[ancient temple]

i had diaz and jota in my last draft

instead of diaby i had jota

and i had estu instead of chilwell

[novel nacelle]

probably too risky to start the season with them

also, if ur bullish on pool attack, why not just get salah

[ancient temple]

didnt gakpo play in midfield during pre season

[novel nacelle]

yes

if they sign a DM itll change i expect

[ancient temple]

maybe

[ancient temple]

if they dont get lavia, darwin jota diaz will be fighting for 2 spots

the front 3 will likely be diaz jota salah

[novel nacelle]

yes but

they will surely sign a DM

itd be mental not to

[chrome flint]

Surely

[ancient temple]

they bidded like 4 times for lavia

[static anvil]

I think all of Liverpools att will play every game. Just some will get 60-70mins, and some will get 20--30

I think I'm locked

[trail rose]

[acoustic locust]

Generally speaking I don't understand teams starting a 4m def tbh
Thought they are just good enough to be bench fodders

[trail rose]

new pfp

nice

[acoustic locust]

😐

[ancient temple]

30 is decent for jota, he's good off the bench

[languid burrow]

u do know what persons rmt thread we’re in?

[chrome flint]

NGL it looks like you should have 2m itb

[acoustic locust]

Yeah the man who says he's rotating 3 4m def

[novel nacelle]

the rotating defenders is just uncessary imo

you can make a good team without it

like just use 0.5

to get udogie

[static anvil]

I am gonna be chasing points early. Salah cap gw2, then a WC in gw3 -5. See how the land lies

[static anvil]

A 4m starting defender is a gem. Allows you so much more money to spent on the rest of your team

[void whale]

except he has?

[novel nacelle]

when

[acoustic locust]

Yes but shouldn't they be used as bench fillers instead?

[void whale]

yoko and bayern

against arsenal it was kova and rodri

[novel nacelle]

thought that was a back 4 with lewis in midfield

[autumn wave]

Who’s the 4m starting defender

[novel nacelle]

baldock, kabore, bell and beyer

and possibly branthwaite but not sure

[autumn wave]

They aren’t getting points tho

Like 2 a week

Maybe

[chrome flint]

Not bell

Well yeah but don't get him

[autumn wave]

Whereas u got 5 for someone like stones

[void whale]

the point of starting a 4m defender is u can upgrade elsewhere and hopefully outscore the expensive defenders

not a hard concept mate

[autumn wave]

It’s a stupid concept?

[void whale]

[autumn wave]

Name me one consistent top performer that has ever done that

[void whale]

i dont do it lol

i dont fucking know

[autumn wave]

Exactly 😭

[void whale]

i dont research top fpl players

u made it seem like u think people think beyer>stones or sumn

[void whale]

.

[autumn wave]

I’m saying that the upgrade from 1m in midfield is not as much as 1m in defence if ur defence is weak

[void whale]

i agree

[quaint trout]

very similar

i’ve gone johnstone mitoma and wissa over onana mbuemo pedro

[trail rose]

Mbuemo is now Eze actually

but yeah similar

[void whale]

smooth why jackson

[trail rose]

why not

[void whale]

wait lemme copypaste what i sent in fpl chat lmao

jackson is not prem proven+ is probably worse with nkunku gone+ chelsea came 12th last season+ chelsea have a shit midfield

[trail rose]

didnt gec say this

[void whale]

i just typed it

idk if he did too

[trail rose]

one thing that convinces me jackson is good

[void whale]

?

[trail rose]

preseason

[void whale]

cmon bro

[quaint trout]

last season had nothing to do with jackson

[void whale]

what

[quaint trout]

he wasn’t at chelsea

using the chelsea we’re 12th is abit unfair on a new signing

[void whale]

talking abt the quality of the rest of the side

[autumn wave]

Chelsea are on the up, great fixtures, great pre season against prem teams and showed promise. Chelsea new midfield acc looks not too bad

[void whale]

so he has no support

[autumn wave]

Although sounds uknown

[novel nacelle]

yeah i agree rn

[autumn wave]

Andrey santos low key baller

[void whale]

whats chelsea midfield

enzo and?

[quaint trout]

he’s going to be the focal point

new manager

[novel nacelle]

nkunku injured changes so much for me

[quaint trout]

poch likes to play attacking

jackson should get chances

[novel nacelle]

morriss is the focal point at luton

[quaint trout]

cheers for that

[autumn wave]

There’s a lot of class at chelsea just 0 chemistry and not a proper system

[void whale]

preseason against prem teams doesnt rlly mean much

[autumn wave]

Which poch should change

[void whale]

not like it was a competitive game where they played their best lineups

[autumn wave]

I mean bette r than pre season against non prem no?

[void whale]

i guess

[quaint trout]

jackson looked sharp

[void whale]

but not really convincing

[void whale]

he did

[autumn wave]

If u watched the games fully

He looked good

Good pressing

[void whale]

im not saying he didnt bro

he simply isnt prem proven

[autumn wave]

Everything bar aerial ability that I’d want in a peek strikes

And he’s 7m

[quaint trout]

his argument is basically chelsea support is shit which i disagree with but hey

[autumn wave]

For Chelsea

[void whale]

you do you ig

[novel nacelle]

they are 2 midfielders short

[autumn wave]

I think mudryk chukwu maatsrn etc etc are all solid support tbh. Although again unproven but there’s something about this chelsea team that I haven’t seen in years

[novel nacelle]

and also relying on mudryk and sterling

i think villas attack is better than chelsea's rn

[quaint trout]

no shit

[autumn wave]

Idk

I disagree but yk

Is what it is

[novel nacelle]

their midfield is chuk and gallagher

[quaint trout]

yeah creative minded players

they’re unproven

sure

[autumn wave]

Enzo?

[novel nacelle]

our midfield is luiz, mcginn, tielemans, kamara

[quaint trout]

i think jackson could be the talisman off a chelsea attack for 7 million with those fixtures

and he looks a player

[novel nacelle]

but even if he is good, the rest of chelsea's attack is not

[quaint trout]

we don’t know that

poch teams tend to score goals

[novel nacelle]

you can look at the players

[autumn wave]

Icl

[novel nacelle]

and decide for yourself

[autumn wave]

Player for player chelsea sweeps villa imo

[upbeat mountain]

Chelsea and talisman does not go well together 😛

[autumn wave]

Part from a few

[novel nacelle]

i disagree when nkunku is out

[autumn wave]

Tbf only thing I’m worried about

Is Chelsea striker

[novel nacelle]

only chelsea's fullbacks are better really

[autumn wave]

😭

[quaint trout]

for all the love in the world how good villa are is irrelevant rn

[autumn wave]

I don’t have a good history with them lol

[novel nacelle]

we have better striker, better midfield, better gk, better winger

[autumn wave]

Had morata for wayyyy too long

[autumn wave]

Gk yes

Striker we will see

Wingers defo not

[upbeat mountain]

Watkins >>>> Any Chelsea asset

[novel nacelle]

i think watkins scores more than jackson

[autumn wave]

Idk

I think it will be close

[novel nacelle]

and diaby is better than mudryk rn

[uneven saffron]

Honestly I'm looking back at him

[novel nacelle]

unless mudryk proves himself

[quaint trout]

let me pull a million out my arse

[autumn wave]

What u saying rn?

Like preseason

[novel nacelle]

mudryk did nothing last season

[autumn wave]

Yeh chelsea did nothing last season?

[quaint trout]

why are we waffling about villa ffs lmao

[novel nacelle]

so right now, i would take diaby

[autumn wave]

Lol

[uneven saffron]

Have fun

[autumn wave]

Uve never watched a leverkusen game 😭

Watching highlights then sayibg he’s that good

Idk

[novel nacelle]

its jackson/maddison vs 6.5 and watkins

[autumn wave]

He’s solid

But bundesliga has a hit or miss relationshio with Orem

[quaint trout]

what

[autumn wave]

Lol

😭

[novel nacelle]

you said how do you affrord watkins

[autumn wave]

And an extra 0 elsewhere

Oh wait

Peak

[quaint trout]

would be .5 short

[autumn wave]

Am I being brain dead

[novel nacelle]

watkins/6.5 and jackson/maddison are same price

[autumn wave]

Yeh

[quaint trout]

maddison is 7.5

[autumn wave]

Yeh

[slim beacon]

Check my anti template differential draft, what do you think?

[autumn wave]

I like the differentials

[upbeat mountain]

Never seen this before. Incredible!

[chrome flint]

Template rating of a fully charge battery

[hardy vault]

Drop Martinelli for Eze to upgrade defense or send it?

[next temple]

🥵

[novel nacelle]

i think im actually happy with my team rn

defence/gk might change a bit

[next temple]

I’m keeping that team

[static anvil]

@autumn wave , the concept between 4m defenders is a comparison, basically, which combo will outscore the other? Gvardial and Bailey, or Beyer and mbuemo?
Or gvardial and mbuemo or Beyer and maddison.

[next temple]

Idc about having different team

[static anvil]

Hmmmm, needs more template I think

[novel nacelle]

most template team ive seen

[next temple]

I’ve tried differentials then ask how the team is

Then ppl just say to put back in template players

[novel nacelle]

i mean it depends if u have some crazy picks

[chrome flint]

Asking the wrong people fr

[static anvil]

Josh, at the end of the day, you pick the players you think will score the most points. If they are template or differential doesn't really matter

[novel nacelle]

my team isnt crazy

i just have salah and pedro

and eze and udogie

[next temple]

I need like the best my league is doing a forfeit

[hardy vault]

You got Bruno or Rash?

[novel nacelle]

rash

[hardy vault]

Fucking hate the utd choice between em

[static anvil]

I'd say this has potential to be a template buster

[static anvil]

Lmao so is mine. Winner gets a prize, loser has a forfeit

[novel nacelle]

gakpo playing POO

[hardy vault]

Outside of Salah I’d say Jota is the most interesting to me

[chrome flint]

Just wouldn't touch any pool that isn't Salah tbh

[novel nacelle]

yeah they have good potential but i probably won't start with them

[static anvil]

Man, against Bournemouth we are gonna cook, plus gakpo is a placeholder for jackson gw3

[hardy vault]

Anyone captaining Saka? 👀

[novel nacelle]

no

[storm gyro]

Is it Eze over Mbeumo?

[novel nacelle]

@storm gyro do you think villa will actually play cash as a wingback

not that it matters for my fpl but im just interested

[novel nacelle]

@languid burrow

basically same as yours but i have watkins over bruno

[languid burrow]

yeah makes sense

u not thought abt stones ortega vs gabriel johnstone?

[novel nacelle]

yeah if ortega isnt starting

ill do something like that

[chrome flint]

Anyone want some data graphs from all positions

[novel nacelle]

sure

[languid burrow]

yes please

[chrome flint]

I have somewhat of a life believe it or not so got these from twitter

@fplfrasier

[next temple]

#fpl_polls message anyone ?

[quaint trout]

might go pedro mbuemo maddison over wissa jackson mitoma

what i’m on

[novel nacelle]

Hard to pick between jackson, maddison, watkins and bruno

[chrome flint]

Bruno Watkins template and safe

If you want

Can always wait for gw3 for madders/jackson

[novel nacelle]

can’t afford both

[chrome flint]

Depends on the team then

Send it through

[novel nacelle]

.

[lyric pagoda]

You think sheffield are gonna hold many cs?

[chrome flint]

Not huge on eze really

But don't think you need Bruno if you have rash per se

[lyric pagoda]

Mbeumo is a better choice

[novel nacelle]

well eze is whatever 6.5 you want

i like him

[lyric pagoda]

Mitoma and Mbeumo the best mids for 6.5m

[chrome flint]

Diaby

[novel nacelle]

well, i almost guarentee you someone will outscore the template picks

[chrome flint]

Diaby Watkins double up is spicy

[lyric pagoda]

First szn in the prem it would be a massive risk

[novel nacelle]

every year some left field option outscores the template picks

[chrome flint]

Ah good thing I didn't get haaland last season then

[lyric pagoda]

Bruh Haaland is Haaland lmao

He was great alr at bvb

Diaby has still lots to show

[chrome flint]

Could say that about anyone

It's not an uneducated risk

Diaby has been in the CL

Only 6.5 mid playing OOP

[lyric pagoda]

Id rather play mitoma icl

[chrome flint]

Yeah but that's short term

Depends on your other picks

[lyric pagoda]

My whole midfield is stacked

[chrome flint]

Considering he already has JP you don't want more than that

Except Salah

[lyric pagoda]

Salah too expensive man

Its insane

[chrome flint]

It's not like he's the highest scoring asset past 5 season or anything

Wyd if he goes nuts like every other season

[lyric pagoda]

Rashford type of szn This one

[chrome flint]

You can fit both fyi

[lyric pagoda]

Yh ik

Dont feel like splurging that much on one player tho

[chrome flint]

You literally have the most expensive player in the game

[lyric pagoda]

Haaland is a must