road to 200k messages

[slim bane]

I was looking at shifting to wolves

[cerulean cape]

Would have wc by then when wolves are good

[cedar hull]

Mbeumo could be an option

[slim bane]

Hwang beckons

[cerulean cape]

Mbeumo is in for me if toney leaves before

But he won't

[cedar hull]

From gw6

[slim bane]

Hwang cunha

[cerulean cape]

Strand larsen

[frank mulch]

[lavish parcel]

rak-sak got loaned out

[lavish parcel]

the 4.5 with the best name is gone

[frank mulch]

is anyone on bruno here

[lavish parcel]

at least cannon fodder still exists

[slim bane]

Everton too

Myko surely tempting here

[cedar hull]

Again, only smart people are here, hope this helps 👍

[cerulean cape]

Are we on winks? That's a nailed 4.4m

Unless he somehow scores early

[cedar hull]

Winks/ bergvall

[lavish parcel]

no cleans for everton in the first 4 imo

[slim bane]

yea I was thinking about that

[cedar hull]

Cant see anyone else really

[frank mulch]

Sangare?

[cerulean cape]

Might get sangare to avoid the 0.1m ye

[lavish parcel]

not even bournemouth

[cedar hull]

Sangare isnt bad true

[cerulean cape]

We don't need 3rd bench likely

The 4.0m def are better than winks

[slim bane]

I’m not sure if doing that protects anyway

the fodders always slowly but surely drop in price

[cerulean cape]

Guess check ownership

[slim bane]

it’s annoying for late wcers

[cerulean cape]

Not if low owned

[slim bane]

You want to hope it’s not ur 4.5 that drops

Then on wc get the one who dropped

[cerulean cape]

I have poulsen in gk, he won't drop

Since he left

[slim bane]

Smart

I didn’t

[frank mulch]

I sold poulsen by accident

[slim bane]

I got the Everton duo

[slim bane]

[cerulean cape]

By yea saving 0.1m seems better than a 3rd bench

[slim bane]

he’s the only player that won’t drop into negative points unless he gets sent off tho

the 4.0 defs are at risk of that

[cerulean cape]

Are you ever playing winks 1st or 2nd bench?

If you are fair

[slim bane]

yea

althooooo

might switch for barco

THB last surely

Winks is to block any negative points from coming off bench

[cerulean cape]

I legit will play barco over arsenal def gw4-5 I think

[slim bane]

If he still starts by then

[cerulean cape]

Should be fine

[frank mulch]

gw4 isn’t the worst for arsenal def

[slim bane]

u rly think we stand a chance against spurs A??

[cerulean cape]

Yes but brighton vs Ipswich is top 2 best fixture

[slim bane]

check again

[cerulean cape]

That's the issue

If barco had mid table team it's close

But Ipswich it's feee

Free

[slim bane]

[frank mulch]

Brighton have Ipswich gw4

Then yeah

Maybe even get dunk

[cerulean cape]

I dont hate dunk tbh

But 4.5m

New manager is hot on set pieces

Van hecke and dunk could farm

[lavish parcel]

even if estu comes back fit

he'll have to win over the manager

assuming barco hasn't been dogdirt

we are over 10% of the way to the message target!

[acoustic edge]

fodder dropping is lowkey not that deep

you lose .1 if you switch positions but even then

[frank mulch]

it’s never ideal

[acoustic edge]

yeah fair enough

if you’re smart enough with your picks the effectiveness of TV is generally overstated

imo at least

[slim bane]

nah towards the end

if you build up a solid 1.5-2M gap

thats the difference between a punt and a continuous relaible stream of points

e.g. while people are switching around the 7.5M mids you chill with foden

[latent depot]

Wouldn't bother chasing price gains, would bother to avoid drops as the 0.1 loss is hard to make back. If you just pay attention, it's pretty hard to actually be left behind on team value

You'll be owning the big gainers before the crowd catches on, albeit not necessarily from the start

That said, there's some EV to owning players who can haul early as engagement is so high e.g. Murphy is banking +0.2 if he hauls GW1, especially with the inevitable transfers to Haaland GW2

This is partly in my decision to go without Salah as he/Watkins is the obv route to Haaland. There are timelines where Salah gets a 6 pointer GW1 with hauls elsewhere in the Liverpool front 4 and people realise he's not him anymore

[cedar hull]

Its a lot easier to prevent losing value than it is to gain value

[frank mulch]

Watkins 0 mins in pre season

[lavish parcel]

murphy 1-2, sub in rogers for 3, buy minteh for 4-5

[frank mulch]

Putting me off Salah

[lavish parcel]

5.5 stonks

[slim bane]

hows that related

[frank mulch]

Watkins Salah / Haaland 6.5

[slim bane]

could be havertz salah haaland 5.5

[frank mulch]

I would end up doing Havertz to Watkins

In like gw3

[slim bane]

why tho

[frank mulch]

Fixs

[slim bane]

ok tbf we dont know how gw1 and 2 plays out

[frank mulch]

What do we think about gvardiol

[violet temple]

Surely just start with solanke instead?

Over havertz

Better first 2

[frank mulch]

Solanke isn’t even guaranteed to start

[lone glade]

good

[slim bane]

decent if sam role

[violet temple]

ange will play him no doubt

[latent depot]

Dunno how you don't pick Gvardiol. Defence is a dead position and 5.0/4.5 are a wasteland

[lone glade]

don't like jota

[slim bane]

ars def

[violet temple]

What we saying? Sorry for shit asthetics

[latent depot]

Yes but you're Arsenal biased and intend to keep forever

[lone glade]

he leaked

[frank mulch]

It’s him or porro and 4.5 (konsa) rotation for me

[cerulean cape]

quansah for myko

[lone glade]

no buh

[cerulean cape]

nkunku for gordon, solanke to another 6m

ez

[violet temple]

myko better long term + I expect konate to start a few

[violet temple]

nah solanke got that dawg in him

[cerulean cape]

say hello to 4m again please

[latent depot]

WC6 so clear for getting Arsenal defence but Ayy wants to hodl them from GW1

[violet temple]

can't wait for one pick to put me at 4m

[cerulean cape]

2 cs and one attacking return is all it's needed

[lone glade]

i like this apart from porro

[violet temple]

Jazzy hows ur team looking?

[violet temple]

I like u apart from ur name same thing eh

[latent depot]

Yeah, so Gvardiol clear

[cerulean cape]

https://gyazo.com/705836b3498bce54d1c4c411a3bd6241

gordon could be diaz

[violet temple]

I don't rate going so heavy on defence should downgrade one and upgrade murphy to eze

[frank mulch]

Are you high on his xMins

[cerulean cape]

eze first 3 are mid

but

saliba to quansah, murphy to eze 🤔

[latent depot]

I think Gvardiol's "rest" is playing CB instead of LB

[violet temple]

I quite like them on an attack point of view

[lone glade]

thoughts on porro

[slim bane]

yea but also perhaps taa to gvar

[violet temple]

Works too I think due to xmins id prefer saliba to gvardiol

[frank mulch]

2 gw punt

Can rotate him

He’s fine

[lone glade]

need a 5.5 def tho

or 5

[violet temple]

Then get porro he's the best 5.5 I'd say

[frank mulch]

There’s no other viable 5.5 lol

[lone glade]

munoz is there tbh

[latent depot]

Porro has his best chances to haul all season GW1-2. Leicester look like they're already relegated and Everton have been shite

[violet temple]

Precisely

[frank mulch]

Porro Konsa gives you
lei, EVE, lei, EVE, WOL/BRE

First 5

[latent depot]

Leicester scored twice vs Shrewsbury and haven't scored in their 3 preseason games since

[latent depot]

Hoping for Maatsen to be viable by GW3 tbh

[acoustic edge]

arsenal def exists

[violet temple]

Idk how u have money to keep on ur bench ngl

[frank mulch]

It’s just .5

[acoustic edge]

i like porro

[cerulean cape]

i don't this actually

don't hate

if wc6

[acoustic edge]

just get a 6.0 def imstead

[violet temple]

Yea I don't rate gvardiol xmins now cancelo and ake can both play there too

[acoustic edge]

cancelo doesn’t exists

[lone glade]

goon worthy

[acoustic edge]

but yes i don’t rate gvar

[acoustic edge]

odegaard omg

[violet temple]

How do I do porro to saliba in this

[frank mulch]

Gw6 you get Ipswich away

[latent depot]

Konsa is a dead pick at CB tho. I've got their 4.0 RB on my bench, hoping that he plays

[cerulean cape]

might pick pau

[lone glade]

oh no

[frank mulch]

Get rid of Solanke

Make him a sub 6m

[acoustic edge]

ode flekken vs solanke raya cba

[violet temple]

ehhhh unless ange says something I don't think I get rid of him

[acoustic edge]

you don’t

[latent depot]

Pau almost as dead tbh, slightly better goal threat, slightly more YCs, worse pass completion for bps

[violet temple]

why

[lone glade]

solanke raya

[acoustic edge]

anyway i think solanke is genuinely a slightly worse pick at spurs for copium

[lone glade]

goonfest

[frank mulch]

It’s impossible

[violet temple]

tbf I could downgrade nkunku to a 5.5

[latent depot]

I think Solanke makes Son better, not saying that cos I have Son

[acoustic edge]

he makes him worse

check spread markets

coopdawg !!

[latent depot]

Why would an upgrade at CF make Son worse

[frank mulch]

Vs Gvardiol who has Chelsea and Arsenal in the first 5

[acoustic edge]

pens

[frank mulch]

It’s very close

[acoustic edge]

just hodl saliba imo but i don’t hate the rotation

[frank mulch]

I have Saliba already

Big at the back

[latent depot]

Actually, just looked at Son's stats by position, he was significantly worse in 11 games at LW than the 23 at CF

[acoustic edge]

if we knew solanke had pens i’d go there instantly

but i also have armstrong so

[slim bane]

likes porro but not gvar

strange

[frank mulch]

who

what

[slim bane]

tri

[latent depot]

Ugh I don't want to own Saka, bro didn't look sharp

[acoustic edge]

yes

[latent depot]

KDB

[acoustic edge]

i don’t like gvardiol at 6.0, he’s not nailed, too much uncertainty RE position (LW or not LW), city def is 😔😔😔 compared to arsenal, and the fixtures aren’t THAT kind before gw7

[frank mulch]

Why wouldn’t he be nailed

[latent depot]

Chelsea is a green fix

[acoustic edge]

ake no?

idk i think the mins decline / uncertainty is high enough that i cba to start with him

my 11 is entirely nailed players

[latent depot]

Might as well never own him then UCL MD1-3 coincides with GW4-9

[acoustic edge]

yeah lol exactly

[slim bane]

i agree

wouldnt be surprised if he returned but atm i dont see him being worth 10M

[latent depot]

How many mins did he play

[slim bane]

saka?

75 iirc

[cerulean cape]

saw highlights and he had a few chances?

albeit headers

[slim bane]

yea

but taking men on for a dribble he didnt get past much

[cerulean cape]

what do you reckon with the porro/4.5m over saliba

[latent depot]

4.5 so dead

[slim bane]

not for me

the only 4.5 id want to start with is quansah

but i want taa and two attackers

[cerulean cape]

more so porro first 2 are insane

[latent depot]

Yeah Porro haul, take the 0.1 gain, move on

[lavish parcel]

porro mentioned

:O

[slim bane]

are we forgetting its spurs

[cerulean cape]

i actually think leicester are that bad

that's the main thing

[frank mulch]

question is over gvardiol

[latent depot]

Are we forgetting Spurs were cooking at the beginning of last season with everyone fit?

[lavish parcel]

only thing that sucks is you gotta bench porro and barco gw3

[cerulean cape]

i'm scared of gvardiol

[lavish parcel]

so you’re already a little hard pressed

I mean

[acoustic edge]

i’ve seen some quansah + konsa/myko as backup teams

that look okay

[lavish parcel]

if he’s playing out of his skin maybe you keep him in

[slim bane]

?

[acoustic edge]

both can play over porro gw3

[lavish parcel]

I originally really wanted maatsen

maybe I still do

[latent depot]

Spurs were top of the league end of October 26 points from 10 games Son already had 8G 1A

[lavish parcel]

to be fair

look at that fixture run

[cerulean cape]

but first 2 games are basically that

[lavish parcel]

I’m not judging (I have triple spurs)

[slim bane]

still doesnt explain porro

son maybe

[cerulean cape]

i think it's fine to discuss

[latent depot]

Wow can't believe I'm going back to Salah cos the 10M MIDs are ass from GW1

[slim bane]

is son that bad

[cerulean cape]

assuming quansah plays same mins as taa, how much more does taa need to get

i think son xMins is closer to 70 mins

that's a bigger issue

[slim bane]

.4 VAPM x 7M = 2.8 i.e. TAA 4.8PPG

[lavish parcel]

son has never been a 90 minute player I feel

[slim bane]

.4 VAPM x 4.5M = 1.8 i.e. Quansah 3.8 PPG

[cerulean cape]

less so with werner and rich as subs

or mroe so i guess

[slim bane]

1 bps

lol

[cerulean cape]

so one pointer per gw?

[lavish parcel]

oh well

[cerulean cape]

that's free

[latent depot]

Has similar xGI90 from CF and LW, but it's about .5 xG .25 xA from CF, reversed from LW, and I ain't banking on his assists for Johnson

[lavish parcel]

at least in early season, if he comes off he's probably already done the damage

[cerulean cape]

son is fine tbh

he's low owned too

hauls hit better

[latent depot]

Trent is likely to earn an extra point per clean sheet than Quansah on bps alone

[lavish parcel]

spurs' fix depends on where you draw the line

if you say first 5, it's pretty good

first 7, less so

[latent depot]

Yes I'm still leaning towards Son

Ange 2nd season

[cerulean cape]

first 2 are good

first 5 are meh

first 7 are dog

[slim bane]

how u fitting in son?

no gordon?

[violet temple]

For saka simples

[cerulean cape]

he has no saka

[slim bane]

or 6M fwd?

[lavish parcel]

spurs will score in the derby

[slim bane]

i dont have saka either

my funds disappeared into haaland smh

[violet temple]

I think son over saka might be the play differential wise

[cerulean cape]

we have the same team though i thought and i have saka

[slim bane]

someone help me find my funds

went from 3 premiums to haaland smh

[violet temple]

Ur defence

Is double arsenal defence really necessary

[slim bane]

but its a necessary defence

[cerulean cape]

oh yea, we're diaz/havertz to saka/wood

[slim bane]

6M fwd then yea

[slim bane]

EO is 89% rn, you wont gain from CS

and if you make the wrong gamble ur cooked

6 point swing just off a headed goal

[violet temple]

u can bet against it if u want

[slim bane]

[cerulean cape]

what is gvard though

[slim bane]

33

[cerulean cape]

only a -6 if he hauls

[slim bane]

made up with a CS

[lavish parcel]

@latent depot you support Ipswich right?

I have muric as my gk coz I wanna avoid triple palace defence

No expecting any cs but just hoping for saves points

[fleet oracle]

don't ipswitch play liverppol city first 2 gws?

[violet temple]

Get flekken instead

[lavish parcel]

He was solid for Burnley whenever they played

[violet temple]

Yes

[lavish parcel]

No thanks

[slim bane]

plenty of saves

oh yea 352

makes sense

[fleet oracle]

that could be negative points both games. saves mean diddily squat when you conceed 5 goals in each game

[slim bane]

i did that swap the other day to fit son

[latent depot]

Err, I clicked Ipswich and dunno how to remove the flair. I don't mind it tho. I'm curious to see how they adapt

[slim bane]

cos of the value in budget mids over forwards

really strong team that

[lavish parcel]

Muric is the only one I could think of, their fix are not that bad after gw2, Davis getting points is kinda rare

All the other 4.5m gks are dead coz I have double palace wbs

Muric's stats per 90 were so surprisingly good

80% saves

[latent depot]

For promoted teams, every fix is a minimum 3 and most are 4-5 if we're going by FPL ratings

Muric is a dead pick, his main route to value was bonus points from farming saves

[lavish parcel]

I referred fbref too

[latent depot]

Those bps have been taken from him

For conceding

[lavish parcel]

His saves % was the best in the league but he only played 10 games

Saved a pen

[latent depot]

Yeah, he averages like 4.7? Without a clean sheet

Got like 10 bonus? Might have been more

He's getting almost no bonus now when he concedes

[lavish parcel]

Even without bonus he would've had 35 points

Which is as same as 3.5ppm

[cedar hull]

Havertz underlyings at cf are pretty damn good

[lavish parcel]

Not bad for a 4.5m gk

And he did play some good opposition too

[cedar hull]

Better than sons easily

Tho finishing quality of course

[latent depot]

Includes a pen save in that though, which is just random and unpredictable. He's not averaging a pen save every 10 games

[lavish parcel]

True

[latent depot]

Just avoid promoted defences, it's not genius

[lavish parcel]

It was either him or McCarthy

That meslier season made me think of getting them

[cedar hull]

Keepers from promoted teams used to be the choice but thats not the case anymore

@latent depot get havertz

(understat is shit i know)

[cerulean cape]

muric lost all twelve bonus points with the bps changes lol

[lavish parcel]

I can't get Dean

None of the other 4.5m stand out

[cedar hull]

Just get dean

[lavish parcel]

Brentford are bad, Wolves got bad fix

[lavish parcel]

I have Mitchell and Munoz

[cerulean cape]

tbf just choose one, there's at most like 6-8 pointd difference at most between them all

[cedar hull]

Why

[lavish parcel]

Passed eye test

For attacking threat

[latent depot]

Son has 131 goals from 97.4 career Understat xG he's the reverse Jesus. Bro has 121 goals from 86.8 Understat xG excluding last season when he played through pain for months

Son scored 10 from 9.6 xG while in chronic pain

South Korea man

Couldn't score that 1v1 vs City to win Arsenal the league tho

[cedar hull]

I just cant see son at cf this season

The stats above were comparing both at cf

LW is even worse

Jesus is dogshit tho

[zenith jolt]

Son is considerably worse at lw for fpl

[latent depot]

Not with Kane

Think a lot of it has to do with Rich not being good enough

[zenith jolt]

Not sure why anyone would go there when solanke is 7.5

[zenith jolt]

kinda

[fleet oracle]

Will solanke drop deep the way Kane did to allow son the chance to attack those holes? Doubtful

[lavish parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/thank-you-por-que-no-gif-23322568

[lavish parcel]

solanke has that in his game but I don't think ange wants that

[zenith jolt]

Solanke will mainly just be pressing and hanging around the box for crosses

[lavish parcel]

I cannot wait to be ranked 6m going into monday after salah hauled

but then I catch up with triple spurs

[cerulean cape]

is it worth taa to quansah and murphy to diaz

[violet temple]

No

[cerulean cape]

i actually don't hate

[violet temple]

I don't like it

Besides can't like gakpo take lw some games?

[lavish parcel]

is diaz back

wait

[cerulean cape]

https://gyazo.com/ce68ba2cab949ea9d14711964cc14fa0

[lavish parcel]

now you kinda make me want to try and fit trent in

[cerulean cape]

yes

[lavish parcel]

aaaaaa I hate 6.5s

they all kinda suck

[cerulean cape]

agreed

i like it, double pool attack, double newcastle attack

rather than single, triple

[lavish parcel]

many options at the price but the only one I could justify starting with now is nkunku and even then

[cerulean cape]

price points are better like this too

you should cook with us

[lavish parcel]

why is bruno guimaraes 6.5

wtf

[cerulean cape]

bps changes benefits him

[lavish parcel]

not that I want him just scrolling through the game

[cerulean cape]

most fouled player in the league

he should 6m though

cos he does get around 7 goals ish

would take rice and rodri over bruno anyday

[lavish parcel]

soooooo

if I get trent

the last mid slot is 6.5

in other words, I have to work out 13.5 on a def and mid

[cerulean cape]

murphy

and use the extra m

[lavish parcel]

chat are we going with eze?

I'm leaning no myself

[violet temple]

I'm going with it looks amazing medium/long term

[slim bane]

double triple

[cerulean cape]

kek

[lavish parcel]

triple double

🏀

[slim bane]

triple pool attack is insane

[cerulean cape]

taa is basically attack tbf

[violet temple]

Taa is both defence and attack

[cerulean cape]

but yea i like that more?

maybe

[violet temple]

Off our

Of course*

[empty glen]

Nice team

[cerulean cape]

ty

[empty glen]

I'm going with something similar actually

[cedar hull]

Clear your app cache for new kits 👍

[empty glen]

Ohh ty, will do

[earnest torrent]

i like that city kit

[slim bane]

not similar at all

we load on the strong teams and you've loaded on forest smh

[empty glen]

They've looked good pre season tbh

I just wasn't sure about other 5.5m options apart from ESR which I didn't wanna get

[slim bane]

against dubious opps

[empty glen]

They're worth a punt for the first few weeks I guess, Elangs has good underlying stats considering his price

He will be the first to replace if I do find a good replacement though

[latent depot]

Actually quite difficult to spend the Salah money if you don't like any of the 9.5-10.5 MIDs

[cerulean cape]

What's the issue with them

[latent depot]

Lack of sharpness/match fitness, Son playing LW

[slim bane]

spend it on haaland

easy

no premium mids (yet)

only problem is diaz and murphy's mins, to an extent gordon and jota too

captialise on their collective good fix before binning

@cedar pine did you see my current team yet

[acoustic edge]

why did bro go havertz gordon over saka 5.5 forward cba

[slim bane]

what

its the obvious choice

kai as a CF is insane value

and gordon's fix

[acoustic edge]

kai will play LCM

and newc fixtures are overrated

[slim bane]

sure you know arsenal best

well done you

[acoustic edge]

jesus in preseason yeah

[acoustic edge]

ty !!

[broken patio]

I actually think I'm set

[slim bane]

did you like completely ignore our final game

[broken patio]

I want to challenge myself not to change my team now

[slim bane]

thats not healthy

keep ur mind open lol

[broken patio]

Okay challenge myself not to tinker unnecessarily

[slim bane]

ok sure

[latent depot]

CF Havertz

[empty glen]

Wow

[latent depot]

🪵 under Nuno

[frank mulch]

Standout 6m

Booked in transfer tho

[latent depot]

how did Ben White look

[slim bane]

the usual, didnt notice much overlaps until after saka went off but i also wasnt paying close attention

[latent depot]

might just spend the spare 0.5 on Dunk, play him over Gabriel GW4-5

Hurzeler is supposedly a set piece merchant

or I could rotate GKs

[cedar pine]

Wonderful color coding

[slim bane]

defo

jota and diaz from the bench can cover salah

[cerulean cape]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1823043007014445316?t=ws4atS31Uzx0y2vWCJvUlw&s=19

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) on X

🚨🔵 EXCL: Charlotte FC executive now in London start talks for ambitious move to bring Miguel Almirón back to MLS.

Initial approach already made with Newcastle, not an easy deal but Charlotte FC trying.

⚠️ Two days left before end of transfer window in MLS.

Twitter · Aug 12, 2024, 5:04 PM

Is this good or bad?

Think bad right?

[earnest torrent]

noooo my goat

[cerulean cape]

Saying that, even if they sign a new rw, they won't be ready til gw4

So actually almiron can go

[cedar hull]

Can always play livramento rw

[latent depot]

ugh, if I'm starting with 2 Arsenal players, no point in WC6

[cedar hull]

Start with 3 then

[latent depot]

when Jesus was subbed on last season while Havertz was playing CF, did Jesus play CF or LW?

[slim bane]

either

very fluid

also dependent on if mart/tross was there

[frank mulch]

Barco can cover that

[fleet oracle]

Fabian Schar yellow flagged

For anyone considering New def

[latent depot]

he seems intermittently yellow flagged

[fleet oracle]

Sprained ankle it would seem

[latent depot]

fuck it, think I'm done tinkering for today, reverting back to the squad that I was happy with before I started question Son at LW

Cash is getting loaned out it seems, Villa looking to buy a RB, so the 4.0 dude might play GW3 at RB if they don't get it done until deadline day

they don't have the CB depth for Konsa to play there

[latent depot]

nobody else is a good GW1 pick, don't @ me

[frank mulch]

Salah is S tier

[acoustic edge]

armstrong exists bro

[cedar hull]

Anyone considering pope over Pickford?

No triple Newcastle attack tho

[cerulean cape]

@cedar pine supports this

[cedar hull]

Yeah I know he's a big fan

The only problem is who you take out, Murphy or Gordon and then who to replace them with

[cedar pine]

yes was before Murphy became an option tho

think its unclear now

[cerulean cape]

My new draft dropped triple Newcastle attack

[cedar pine]

sure but what if you've gone ESR, Murphy drops a brace and ESR gets subbed off at 59

Just think you want the option now

[cerulean cape]

Nah I dropped taa to quansah and went murphy to diaz

That's a thought only

If I missed the murphy brace though, I won't buy either cos I missed the plum fixture anyway in Southampton

[oak furnace]

You either gotta start Murphy or commit to not owning

If he hauls gw1 then you just gotta cop it

[cedar pine]

thats what some people did with palmer last year

[oak furnace]

Idk I never really concentrated last year

[cedar pine]

sure, soton is the best fixture

but bournemouth spurs wolves aint bad either

[oak furnace]

I sort of took a year off from fpl

Yeh but after his pre season if you didn't want him for the Southampton game gw1 what has changed?

[cedar pine]

your pick (ESR) got subbed off at 59

its a hypothetical scenario

[oak furnace]

Esr hardest match is gw1

Surely owners know that

[latent depot]

Double Liverpool Def? Fwiw Liverpool conceded more shots than they created during preseason. There might be growing pains not dissimilar to Chelsea as Slot insists on playing out

Oh I misread that

I think Trent is worth the 2.5 premium

He'll easily exceed the extra 1ppm needed to justify that

[cedar hull]

I know it's eredivise but feyenoord did have the best defence there fwiw

[latent depot]

I'm sure once it's clockwork they'll be solid, but Feyenord took a couple of seasons to reach their final form

[cedar hull]

Yeah I guess it's gonna take time

[latent depot]

Also no Zubimendi

[cedar hull]

This is very much a stupid question and , but is there any chance havertz would be on pens @slim bane , havertz record is 19 and 1 compared to saka 12 and 2

[latent depot]

YouTubers cancelling their Zubimendi at Liverpool analyses as we type

[cedar hull]

Obviously doubt it cos saka

Zubi wouldn't really improve their defence tho

Maybe indirectly

[latent depot]

Improves their control and Slot is all about control

[cedar hull]

But he was more for in posession

More posession less chances ig

[cerulean cape]

I agree, murphy to Diaz gives me 2nd pool attack though

And Diaz price point better to get eze for example gw4

[latent depot]

Next time Saka limps from a hard foul in the box, he should just take the ball like in the Euros with Gundogan

[latent depot]

Branthwaite injured, Newcastle buying Guehi, Fulham bidding for Andersen, Palace/Everton defence

[oak furnace]

Henderson gonna get saves

I'm considering sels for keeper but worried Miguel could take over

[lavish parcel]

Palace have kossonou and Lacroix are on their radar if guehi and Andersen leave

Palace kept good amount of CS without Guehi so I am not too worried about it

[oak furnace]

If Fulham get Andersen I like Robinson even more

[lavish parcel]

Source: Fab Rom

Also Zubimendi to Liverpool is off

[cerulean cape]

Cannot see palace selling olise, guehi and andersen surely?

But if they get 40m for andersen it's a good sell

[oak furnace]

Palace always been a selling club

[lavish parcel]

If they have replacement lined up, palace are cash grabbers ngl

[oak furnace]

Ye they clearly are

It's a business

[lavish parcel]

They got Sarr and kamada from Olise's deal

Guehi is getting sold for 60m

[oak furnace]

Kamada great pick up

Where is all this money going

[lavish parcel]

Even if Andersen gets sold under 30m, it won't affect them that much

They would have someone waiting to join them

[cerulean cape]

Chalobah tbh

Will happen

[lavish parcel]

He was the first choice to replace guehi

It should happen once Guehi is sold

[oak furnace]

They won't sign a replacement before the sale happens

Imagine being a player and you have to uproot your life a week before the season starts

[cedar hull]

Pope

[cedar pine]

They get paid enough to buy a house every week

[cerulean cape]

Not the houses they live in

Maybe for us peasants

[oak furnace]

You never hear much about that

Like if Liverpool signed zubimendi a day before the season where does he live

You can't just instantly buy a house

[cerulean cape]

They have agents for all that

They would give them a house

Or hotel

To live in

[oak furnace]

So Liverpool just have houses sitting around

I guess a hotel makes sense

[cerulean cape]

They actually do

Exactly for this reason

[oak furnace]

That's insane to think about

[cerulean cape]

Maybe not Liverpool specifically but some clubs do

[oak furnace]

I mean they do make insane bank

But imagine living in beautiful Spain and you have to move to Liverpool

[cerulean cape]

Yea lmao

Northern England sucks too

At least London you have all the razz

[slim bane]

No

[cerulean cape]

If saka subbed maybe

Ode I guess should

[slim bane]

Yea

[lavish parcel]

Is it a bad idea to go with no Liverpool assets until gw4?

[slim bane]

uh

have you seen their fixtures

[lavish parcel]

ipswich, Brentford and utd

Salah isn't their main man by the looks of the final game

[slim bane]

are you going to hold their assets for how long?

[lavish parcel]

My thought process was bring them in gw4 after having some idea on how are things looking for their lw and st

[slim bane]

It’s always going to be a rotation risk for all of them

[lavish parcel]

Brentford at Home is the only fix that gives me worry for not having Liverpool assets for first 3*

But the only positive to that is that I will have Son, Saka, Gordon, Murphy for first 3 games which don't sound that bad with the fixtures they have

[slim bane]

Go for it then

[cedar pine]

No but they have people who know people and the market

[oak furnace]

Still takes time to buy a house surely

I guess they just go into a hotel until that?

[cedar pine]

Or rents

[cedar pine]

Yea a couple weeks minimum but money talks

They can also just rent forever

[oak furnace]

Rent surely takes some time to settle as well?
Maybe it's different when you're rich 🤑

[cerulean cape]

Slot is in the same house that klopp lived in cos its owned by the club

[oak furnace]

Nice

[lavish parcel]

ok here we go my turn

I was high on maatsen all preseason but

his lack of mins is concerning

want to do him to trent and ode down to a 6.5

[cerulean cape]

Is this 100m?

Not trolling

With digne and moreno there for now, maatsen is hard to buy

One of the two will leave before summer I guess though

[lavish parcel]

yeah but

even still he started only once

I think emery still rates digne

[cerulean cape]

Digne was the one he tried to sell

But who knows I guess

Not worth

[oak furnace]

What's the sell for odegaard

[lavish parcel]

just put him in to get all 100m

[oak furnace]

I just wanted to put this in here for safe keeping
5 4.0 defence is low-key funny

[lavish parcel]

I don’t like eze

but

[oak furnace]

I don't either

That's why I got Diaz

[lavish parcel]

suddenly all the 6.5s are eh

[oak furnace]

This is my actual team

[lavish parcel]

hall oooooh

love that

[oak furnace]

Wait actually that's a lie

I changed Solanke Gabriel to porro havertz

I think Arsenal attack will dominate

Defence will concede at least until gw6 then I'll get one of them

[lavish parcel]

prefer ode to kai

don’t think I can fit saka

[oak furnace]

Why?

I never really considered ode

If there was a nailed 4.5 striker I would go 352 I reckon

[lavish parcel]

maybe I go two 4.0s instead of jedi

[oak furnace]

Why do you prefer Ode to havertz? @lavish parcel

I'm struggling to decide my final attacker slot tbh

[lavish parcel]

a bit more nailed

Can I post my team here so I can get honest opinions from experienced FPL managers?

[oak furnace]

That's what it's for

[lavish parcel]

[oak furnace]

Yeh I guess so
Havertz porro winks
Odegaard Munoz jebbison
Who you taking

[oak furnace]

Send it bro

[lavish parcel]

Wait let me get my notes out

Captain picks (Isak,Saka,Haaland and Son) Focusing more on home games compared to away games unless there is a clear case of Haaland hauling like 2022.
Minimal early transfers, long term wc plan unless shit goes down. For now it is only porro to robbo (0.5itb) coz we don't know if robbo starts gw1, willing to switch late Friday night if slot gives clear indication that he starts gw1.

Liverpool assets, hard to get Jota so Szobo is my next second choice to start the season, Gordon to Jota would be a move I could think of for gw4 -5 after we get a clear indication of how slot wants to use the LW and ST.

Defence and GK, Double palace defence is a risk I am willing to take after both wbs passed my eye test in the last friendly vs Nantes.
Muric is my gk because of the lack of options, he stands out after his performance for Burnley (62 saves from 78 shots on target) and Brentford (Good fix) were Not a good defence at home. Chelsea are struggling. Forest are still a question mark to me with their gks and set pieces issue.

double palace wbs is saucy

Thank you semi

maybe I just go there

from maatsen

it does feel like mitchell is doing better than munoz in preseason

He is making those runs like a LW late in the box

I’m just trying to fit in trent in some way

I am not worried about trent tbh

going both palace wbs would have to lock me into flekken

Liverpool did not use Trent higher than Tsimikas

Robbo meanwhile was overlapping crazy

thought if I go there

I probably don’t want robinson

Brentford were somehow better defence away than home

because there’s no way you bench one

and start the other

surely it’s all or nothing

It's hard to predict who is gonna come out with more points

Better to not worry about rotating

I was on 4.5m def rotation not that long ago but palace wbs cleared up that issue

aaaaa I’m 1m off saka

I am 0.5m off Jota and I hate it

honestly the one thing I’m scared of is

newcastle signing a winger

it’s not impossible

but perhaps guehi is a priority

Hard to say if they are going to sign a right winger before gw1-2

murphy to minteh in 4 😍

That is one of options I am opting for

Gordon to Jota and Murphy to Minteh

In gw4

[cerulean cape]

almiron might go back to mls

2 days left in their window

but even if they signed a winger, doubt it will be from prem and will need time to start

[lavish parcel]

This

[cerulean cape]

so murphy good for first 3

[lavish parcel]

Strongest transfer link is guehi atm

in an ideal world I’d do sonlanke to watkins+1 in 3

Weird to say this but villa haven't been good since gw35

All preszn they looked vulnerable

Don't think Watkins is the only missing piece

To me, villa feel like a fix trap

that was down to kamara’s injury

They lost Luiz

lots of expectation that onana can step up

Onana will take his time to settle

They are close to losing diego Carlos

Which leads them to use konsa as a CB

Emery second season

ode kinda feels like an excuse to cover arsenal

rather than genuinely being a good pick

I would pick Havertz over Odegaard

[oak furnace]

That's why I'm running this
Porro is the only slot I'm not sure on
Could get Munoz there and get Robinson for the 4.0

Also Diaz and hall vs gordon and quansah

[lavish parcel]

Hard to tell which one outscores the other

On paper, Gordon seems to be better than Diaz in terms of minutes but we can't predict who will score more points

Same for hall and quansah

If only Liverpool didn't have 2 different friendly games, we could have had the starting XI figured out

[oak furnace]

Yeh that's why it's so tough

Diaz also scored 2 times

[slim bane]

fr

[lavish parcel]

Elliot got 2 assists and he wasn't played in the first game on Sunday

So we don't know what is going to happen

[oak furnace]

Yeh I know it sucks

I want triple pool so have to gamble either way

Or settle for szobo

[slim bane]

palace defence ain’t the one to be doubling on

[lavish parcel]

Trust the process

[oak furnace]

I hate the fact that I like Henderson the best for keeper but also Munoz best 5.0 defender

[lavish parcel]

Weird people out there with Dean and Munoz/Mitchell

So it's not too bad

[oak furnace]

That's what I'm trying to avoid

Dean and Munoz doesn't seem right

Sels doesn't seem nailed enough

Areola and flekken shit fixtures

[lavish parcel]

Areola clear of flekken imo

[slim bane]

crazy

[oak furnace]

Chelsea are also shambles

[oak furnace]

Yeh Areola and Fabianski is like my second choice

[slim bane]

Nice

Porro hall Saka vs Gabriel Saliba Gordon

Saving funds in defence does wonders can afford premium mids

[oak furnace]

Yeh legit

[slim bane]

I want myko in to double eve defence like gw7 onwards

then we can see what I can afford

In the meantime after opening few games it’ll be Gordon Murphy isak out for others lol

[oak furnace]

Are Everton actually good?

[slim bane]

Dycheball

[lavish parcel]

Need to see how O'Brien does

He seems a good strong tall defender for an ideal Dycheball

Braithwaite is out

Keane played more minutes than O'Brien and Holgate

[oak furnace]

What happened

[lavish parcel]

He had a minor groin surgery

During the preszn

[oak furnace]

Ooft

[lavish parcel]

Some say he isn't fit for the Brighton game

https://www.goodisonnews.com/2024/08/12/jarrad-branthwaite-injury-update-emerges-at-everton-ahead-of-brighton-clash/

Plus United are looking to submit a bid for him

[oak furnace]

There's too many question marks around Everton defence for me to start them

[slim bane]

by the time their fixtures turn hopefully we will know

[oak furnace]

I'll probably wildcard Pickford in at that stage

[lavish parcel]

planet james thinks johnson doeesn’t start now

[oak furnace]

Which Johnson?

[earnest torrent]

I think I'm settled on this team now

Its either gonna be Son cap or Jota cap by then

[lavish parcel]

Bro

Isak

[earnest torrent]

What?

[lavish parcel]

Son is unpredictable

Jota is a good shout but he plays away game

[earnest torrent]

Yes but its a leaky Leicester

They haven't been convincing in preseason

[lavish parcel]

Once again, son is unpredictable

[lavish parcel]

Who Newcastle?

Or Leicester?

[earnest torrent]

Leicester

[lavish parcel]

Oh got it

Fair

[earnest torrent]

Last 3 friendly games, 5 goals conceded, 0 scored

[lavish parcel]

Yeah but spurs don't score that many goals often

But I respect the idea

Son is the main point of the attack

[earnest torrent]

If its someone to outperform his xG its Son

[lavish parcel]

True

I have him but I don't have the balls to captain him

[earnest torrent]

Leicester haven't even got anyone new in

[lavish parcel]

Maybe son gw1 cap is how you win FPL

[oak furnace]

I'm tempted to start son but then I don't know what to do with him in gw3

[lavish parcel]

spurs

kulu had a good preseason and apparently maddo has built some partnership with solanke already

[oak furnace]

I'm currently on saka havertz in wondering whether I change one to son or Solanke

Havertz to Solanke gives me 0.5 to use on a bench defender

[broken patio]

It's so symmetrical

[lone glade]

this might be the one

[broken patio]

It can't be done BC it's not aesthetically pleasing

[lone glade]

fffs

[broken patio]

I like it though

[lone glade]

whats with the aesthetics

[oak furnace]

The colours

[fleet oracle]

Move him to Saka/foden?

[oak furnace]

I didn't think about foden

But yeh that's an option

Getting saka before Newcastle and city doesn't make sense

[cerulean cape]

https://x.com/FPL_Salah/status/1823247460698829105?t=v_hEG0qrVMJdHsMaUJfwyQ&s=19

Abdul Rehman (@FPL_Salah) on X

GW1 clean sheet probability % 🧤🥅

ARS: 56%
LIV: 41%
NEW: 40%
MUN: 34%
TOT: 34%
MCI: 29%
BRE: 28%
EVE: 27%
NOT: 27%
BHA: 25%
BOU: 24%
CPL: 24%
WHU: 23%
AVL: 22%
CHE: 15%
LEI: 13%
FUL: 12%
IPS: 9%
SOU: 9%
WOL: 8%

Twitter · Aug 13, 2024, 6:37 AM

[slim bane]

No way 56% for Arsenal

[cerulean cape]

Bookie odds over adjusting

18 clean sheets last year so they will have to make 50% each gw

[latent depot]

Lean pickings

Might as well play Barco

[slim bane]

That’s why 3x 4.0 rotation is possible

2M ITB to get Foden/kdb when they’re back

Honestlyyyyyy not a bad idea

[latent depot]

I do like the balance of 3rd defender being a dead spot. Barco/Robinson rotation looks great on paper for 2 returns GW1-5 (if Estu stays out). HB bullet header vs Ipswich GW5 if Estu is back

[oak furnace]

Do Ipswich even have anyone to score goals?

[latent depot]

Delap

Back on Salah because I don't like any of the 9.5-10.5 MIDs for GW1. If my logic for picking Son is that he's had a full preseason, I may as well pick Salah look what I cooked up

[frank mulch]

[latent depot]

Jota/Bobb vs Szobo/Wood

[slim bane]

Spicy

[latent depot]

Jota/Szobo both getting subbed at 70-75 let's be honest, but does Szobo start every game GW1-5

Jota prob doesn't

[slim bane]

Gabriel Diaz Havertz vs Barco Bobb Salah

tough

[latent depot]

Diaz's main position has competition from Gakpo/Jota/Nunez

[slim bane]

[cerulean cape]

add taa to that

[latent depot]

But TAA banking a clean is great

[cerulean cape]

i did look back at slot's subs last year

65th mins happened a lot with his wingers

[latent depot]

RIP

[cerulean cape]

less so rb but it will happen with bradley being a great sub i think

[latent depot]

Elliot is a capable sub for Szobo too, but I think he's further away from start XI than the comp at CF/LW

[cerulean cape]

yea

[latent depot]

So after all that I'm back to my old Wood draft from Saturday

I don't mind the Bobb punt, I think he gets mins what I don't think he necessarily gets is points. It's so weird seeing the hype over him. Doku/Grealish/Bilva haven't exactly provided a lot of points at LW/RW when starting

[cerulean cape]

is this basically the double/triple newcastle support group

[latent depot]

It's a safe space for VAPM

[slim bane]

only owning isak and gordon from top 10 vapm scorers smh

[latent depot]

I've got Wood as a pure VAPM pick

[cerulean cape]

diaz benched gw4 after late international return? 👀

same for nunez

[frank mulch]

Salah 😭

[latent depot]

Locked fr this time

[cerulean cape]

oof

[frank mulch]

How many gws you planning on having wood?

[cerulean cape]

3 is the correct answer

i'm down to these two drafts i think

[fleet oracle]

Am I the only person who thinks Murphy is gonna do nothing ? He might even get bench in a few games 1-5

[cerulean cape]

selling in gw4 anyway

but yes, that's why i kinda prefer not having murphy

maybe

but 5.5m great option

double pool/newcastle attack for me vs taa/jota and triple newcastle attack

[fleet oracle]

Gvad saka Murph and Wood could be porro Diaz Havertz and nkunku

[latent depot]

3 of course, Pedro GW4-5 then WC6

[fleet oracle]

I’d rather ESR at 5.5m. I could be proven wrong but I see that being likely

[fleet oracle]

You comfortable having 0 chelsea 2-7?

[cerulean cape]

better if you want to do it over 5-7 gws ye for sure

[latent depot]

Extremely, that fix run is fraudulent

[fleet oracle]

I suppose if you don’t make committing to a gw4 transfer then it’s fine as a cheap punt.

[cerulean cape]

wood/murphy to minteh/pedro is an option gw4

i want watkins but will figure that one

and eze

tbh i can see wc4 lmao

[fleet oracle]

Wolves Bournemouth Wham NFO? Surely you expect a few goals and maybe a CS or two in those games at least

[cerulean cape]

they're all solid teams there

[fleet oracle]

I’m completely anti-Eze

[cerulean cape]

fine safe pick

if you wanna auto play fpl

best 7m

set and forget

i get it

[fleet oracle]

Probably because he was my 6.5m last season and mbuemo mitoma and diaby all got hauls early season and Eze got 1 assist in 6 or 7 gws. But I mean hey. It it what it is

[cerulean cape]

most importnat thing about chelsea, it's hard to see maresca do well

the club are a mess

[latent depot]

Wolves/Bournemouth have good managers, West Ham just improved significantly, Forest are better under Nuno. I see a bunch of mid table teams where a Chelsea going through growing pains aren't likely to trounce. There are no promoted opponents in that run

[frank mulch]

What do we think about solanke for the first 2

Then move onto Watkins gw3

[latent depot]

Decent punt

[fleet oracle]

The thing is, all Chelsea players are very affordable, so if they do well to start, I can see a lot of people jumping on them. I’m hoping to beat the price rises and maybe get some extra points off them before bandwagoners. The alternative is they do nothing those gws and then I dump them. If you’re going to own a chelsea asset at all this season, I feel like 2-7 is as good a time as any

Maybe my chelsea mate is just gaslighting me into thinking they are going to be good this year

[latent depot]

I don't hate Chelsea attack. They were a top 7 attack. I think their defence is a hard avoid

I say top 7 because there's a big drop off after

[cerulean cape]

porro/solanke to 4.0m/watkins ez

[frank mulch]

I’ll just have money itb cba

[latent depot]

Yeah I looked at this. The 4.0 might even be that Villa RB. Not fond of 2 booked FTs tho, I'm intending to only book Wood to Pedro and stack the rest GW1-5

[frank mulch]

1.5 itb straight swap

[fleet oracle]

You planning on gaining interest on those 3week savings?

[latent depot]

FPL should add interest into the game, would be interesting. 0.1 gain (rounded down) per GW for every 0.5 ITB

Keeping 2.5 ITB to have 3.0 next GW

[cerulean cape]

are you ignoring watkins?

[latent depot]

Bro played 0 mins pre and as soon as their fix improve, they've got UCL MD1-3 between GW4-9

[cerulean cape]

meant for later

don't think it's a huge issue

they have loads of conference games last year

albeit they'd have more control in those games

but minutes wise, he was able to play them all

[latent depot]

He's on my radar, but I'm not making plans to bring him in

Villa have looked shite in pre

And Onana is such a mid purchase

[lavish parcel]

eh they’ll still be fine

I have them 6th in preds

[latent depot]

It's hard to ever want Watkins when the 9.5-10.5 MIDs are going to outscore him by 30+ points across the season

To be clear, City, Pool, Arsenal, Newcastle (no Europe) are the best attacks. There's a gap to Chelsea, Spurs, then Villa, then a big gap to the rest

So Watkins at 9.0 is solidly "meh" to me

[cerulean cape]

arsenal are too high

good to lay

[cedar hull]

Think wolves are being underrated tbh

[cerulean cape]

would put it persaonally around 2.2/2.3

man utd should be 0.5 lower too

[latent depot]

United have a huge fan base, odds will be skewed, just like how England's odds are always skewed at tournaments

[cerulean cape]

Ye I know

[latent depot]

Newcastle 36% for arguably their best defensive fixture all season and people want their defenders

[slim bane]

Licking my lips

[latent depot]

"next year is our year" after GW5

[slim bane]

post this in fpl chat

see how people react

[fleet oracle]

Lmao

[cerulean cape]

They won't care

[fleet oracle]

Ayy trying to bait the general public of FPLcord

[cerulean cape]

Gonna plan a wc4 and see

[slim bane]

Wc4 is iffy cos window would’ve just ended

u have no context as to how new signings do

[latent depot]

WC6 so clear

[cedar hull]

Already did and it was just United fans saying they now want rashford

[cerulean cape]

Wood/Murphy to JP/Minteh will have to do then

[slim bane]

lowkey I want him too but not to start with

[fleet oracle]

Surely rashford is a worse asset than bruno, nacho and diallo?

[cerulean cape]

i had rashford for like 4 hours

then i watched him play football

hear me out, if wc6

is leno the best gk pick?

i know cb issues, palinha etc...

[slim bane]

Gks are hard to pick this year

[cerulean cape]

fuck it tbh, just gonna pick the best gw1-3 and see where we are gw4

still between the 2 drafts then

[oak furnace]

Arsenal vs villa isn't bad for Arsenal attackers is it?

[cedar hull]

Arsenal are a top 3 attack, other than city there isn't really bad

[slim bane]

it kinda was last season

emi and Leno turn into goats against us

[oak furnace]

Lmao

I think I'm just gonna start saka havertz

Got too many question marks around son and Solanke

And they only got 2 good fixtures to start the season

[latent depot]

I don't hate it, feel like every 4.5-5 GK most likely gets 1 CS GW1-5, but obv someone is getting 2

[slim bane]

honestly it’s the pen save that makes a difference

which we can’t predict

[cerulean cape]

pen save got nerfed

pen save and conceding no longer guarantees 3 bonus now

[slim bane]

pen save itself is goated tho

it’s like an extra CS

[cerulean cape]

i genuinely don't remember my last pen save from gk

i benched pope vs brentford away when he got his

[latent depot]

Basic WC6 plan Saka/Havertz/6.0 Def/Haaland/Foden/Gvardiol, 9.0 Everton GKs, Brentford 4.5/Harwood Bellis, Mbeumo, that's 11 picks and 4 TBC 6.0 FOR, 2x 5.5 MIDs, 4.0 DEF

[slim bane]

6/15

[latent depot]

Look at Brentford's Def fix GW6-13, HB covers GW8 with Leicester at home

[slim bane]

Players I need to sell during GW5-8

[cerulean cape]

https://gyazo.com/48bbfcc30cb5da2d6aad91d8b32ff2bc gw4 moves with 25m here

[cerulean cape]

wc6 i guess makes sense ye

[slim bane]

Yea but by GW8 you have 7FTs

With a few hits to chase bandwagons it’s possible

[latent depot]

Calafiori might be clear by GW6

[cerulean cape]

not if i use 3 gw4

[slim bane]

Fair

[cerulean cape]

3fts is chill gw8

save gw5,7,8