WC4 Draft Team Talk

[rotund sphinx]

Rate out of 10

[fierce lynx]

Don’t get gvardiol

Also a premium midfielder is also good to have

Ur defense is too expensive imo

[violet haven]

So Salah & Haaland and use wildcard yes? @strong kelp

[brazen lichen]

You missed like 5 price rises today

[fierce lynx]

This is my team

Not too sure on minteh yet tho

I could do this but then I’d have 7 attackers rather than 8

[unreal comet]

Should I make any changes

[fierce lynx]

Who invited traore ☠️

[lavish halo]

i think i’m gonna transfer for mbuemo in week 6

[fierce lynx]

Which one is better?

[runic veldt]

I assume with the right case you're playing rogers every week or something

[fierce lynx]

Yeah and id have to play Mbuemo against city

[runic veldt]

eh

could be worse

[fierce lynx]

But with left I play minteh and Roger’s with 2 favourable fixtures

[runic veldt]

do you have a route to mbeumo in 6 in that case

[fierce lynx]

Yeah

Hold on

Here was the plan

Salah out in 6

And then back in in 9/10

[runic veldt]

I am not thinking that far 😅

but

that works ig

[fierce lynx]

You’ve got to because wc6 is popular

[runic veldt]

I meant beyond 6

[fierce lynx]

I’ve thought a tiny bit ahead because if people wildcard in 6 they’d be looking up to like gw10

[runic veldt]

honestly

I'm just looking to have a stable team

this is when you start to stock transfers

you have a better idea of who's performing and who's not

[fierce lynx]

How many ft do you have

[runic veldt]

none

which is why

begrudgingly

this might be the play.

I hate it so much

[fierce lynx]

Go for saka over palmer too

Can I see your team?

[runic veldt]

nah I'll still want palmer through to 7

[fierce lynx]

But you’re wasting a ft

[runic veldt]

2 transfers in 6 and ideally they're saka and mbeumo

[fierce lynx]

But getting palmer now is waste and saka against Tottenham isn’t bad

It’s just wasting a ft

It’s only the city fix that’s really bad for saka

[tropic saddle]

any changes?

[pearl flint]

What’s your exit plan

[wintry arrow]

Hes on a wc

[pearl flint]

Whoever does wc4 absolutely needs an exit plan gw6 onwards

To keep up with wc6 people

[turbid smelt]

Salah to kdb
Pedro to Wissa

Will be my 2 transfers

I would like Havertz but can’t really

[drowsy citrus]

What do we think for a wc?

[pearl flint]

You’ve missed so many price risers it hurts to see

[turbid smelt]

😂

[pearl flint]

And the 3 5.5M mids are just yikessss

[drowsy citrus]

Long day

[turbid smelt]

Rogers for Onana surely

[pearl flint]

lowkey you might fall behind

[drowsy citrus]

Probs will

But Brighton , Villa and Fullham have a decent set of fixtures

[turbid smelt]

Tbh probs mate I’m still fairly new to the game

[pearl flint]

Good luck then haha

Sometimes even with all the planning one wrong move sets you back

[drowsy citrus]

Icl I don’t like any of the 6-6.5m mids

[pearl flint]

Don’t pick them

[turbid smelt]

I’ll have Wissa/Saka/Haaland/KDB for gw6

KDB for palmer

I’ll keep Salah until after Chelsea game

Not bad right?

[pearl flint]

I’ll have them too

[turbid smelt]

So I’m not doing too bad then lol

[tropic saddle]

trent to saliba
jota to semenyo/mitoma
joao pedro to havertz

[pearl flint]

Flekken Gabriel Porro Lewis Jota mbeumo Havertz my remaining players

[turbid smelt]

I’ll try get an arsenal defender in too

Also I have Flekken

Only players you’ll have on me is Havertz/Mbeumo for that run which isn’t awful

Thx for help anyways didn’t realise about gw6

[wheat cedar]

Thoughts on this draft?

[valid musk]

whats the move for wc6, which arsenal attacker?

[wheat cedar]

Palmer to Saka

[valid musk]

Saka would be best probably but I really want Foden

[wheat cedar]

I'd say saka from 6 to 8 then move to foden

[valid musk]

City fixture run from gw7 is nuts too

yeah probably no way to fit saka/foden/haaland/trent and an arsenal defender

[wheat cedar]

Yeah unless you go cheap in the midfield

Like dirt cheap

[valid musk]

yeah

what do you think about havertz?

[strong kelp]

Hope every got all 5 risers last night

[wheat cedar]

Have them all

Time to make some money

[strong kelp]

Mo rising tonight

And lewis

[gusty mason]

siuuuuuuu

got him in

[valid musk]

I'm thinking could Foden maybe play ST when they rest Haaland?

[wheat cedar]

Nice gonna bring him in

[valid musk]

I don't think he ever has but City had Alvarez as the backup

also idk how much Haaland will be rested anyways

[strong kelp]

Yes or savio maybe

[strong kelp]

You on wc4 now wtf?

[gusty mason]

no

idk why im in here

[valid musk]

those numbers are gonna be crazy if he does

[wheat cedar]

😭

[strong kelp]

Had to sell saka

Won't make any money except on onana or mbeumo

[brazen lichen]

Temp team to get those rises

[strong kelp]

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[valid musk]

dude scores the same amount of points as 5m pickford

[stable olive]

Thoughts on this?

[pearl flint]

why onana

[strong kelp]

More points than rogers

Oh both

[stable olive]

Feel like villa have a good fixture run

Any other options you’d suggest?

[pearl flint]

How’d you get both out after that run ends tho

2 5M mids is like shooting yourself in the foot

usually

[stable olive]

Yeah does feel like the midfield highly dependent on salah and palmer

I wanted to swe if i could fit haaland salah palmer and taa in one draft

[unreal comet]

Any changes ???

[pearl flint]

looks like your defence can break down any time lol

can your three premiums really carry that deadweight

[strong kelp]

Yes

[pearl flint]

Short term maybe

[strong kelp]

Def points are dead

[fierce lynx]

Ayylmao

[pearl flint]

Erm ackshually all the premium defs are showing why they’re premium atm

[fierce lynx]

What is your nickname

[strong kelp]

Konate let's be honest scores same as robbo/vvd in gw4/5

[pearl flint]

fair ig

[fierce lynx]

People still arnt seeing the vision of this wonder team

Ngl Luis Dias tho long term is he really a good potion?

Option

[pearl flint]

Wood on wc really?

[fierce lynx]

He gets subbed of within 60-70mins every game

[fierce lynx]

I had 6m spare

[pearl flint]

Upgrade konsa bruh

Or keep it ITB to upgrade konsa later

[fierce lynx]

I kinda want 8 attackers tho

[fierce lynx]

Okay then what do I do

I could do minteh > Mbuemo but that would mean playing him against city this gw

[pearl flint]

.

or minteh

whatever

[fierce lynx]

Thanks for the very inspiring help

[strong kelp]

Still the best wc draft in this thread

[wheat cedar]

2nd best you mean @strong kelp

[strong kelp]

No haaland, didn't see the rest of the team

[wheat cedar]

Haaland is gonna flop over the next 3 fixtures

[strong kelp]

Might raw dog digne over konsa

[fierce lynx]

Idk why you’d want JP and Welbeck

[strong kelp]

I've only said like 6 times

Getting both let's me get wissa gw6

[fierce lynx]

Yeah but why does it

Tell me again jazzy

[strong kelp]

No welbeck means rogers

Rogers is 5.1m, winks is 4.5m

Basically it's an extra move needed

So starting with welbeck over Rogers saves 1 move

[fierce lynx]

So you need winks for wissa

Do you really need wissa in the long run?

[strong kelp]

Gw6-13 yea

[fierce lynx]

Why

Rogers is also good

[wintry arrow]

Wheres haaland

[wheat cedar]

In the reserves

[wintry arrow]

Cold

[silk moon]

Is this a good draft

[fervent socket]

how does this look?

@strong kelp

[wintry arrow]

Eze 6.9 is crazy

Hes cheap asf

[strong kelp]

don't like it but fine

[strong kelp]

good if no fts

[fervent socket]

this is the current team

[strong kelp]

huge waste of wc

[wintry arrow]

Benching rogers

[strong kelp]

isak salah to salah/welbeck

[wintry arrow]

Is crazy

Against everton at home

[strong kelp]

saka to diaz/isak to watkins

or what i said above

waste of wc

team is worse lmao

[stable jacinth]

anyone wildcarding tonight?

[strong kelp]

2 days ago

you lose out on some rises already

diaz/pedro

welbeck

[stable jacinth]

some dropping tonight like isak and gordon

any changes/ideas?

[sleek hornet]

how much in the bank?

[stable jacinth]

5.5 but i need to change some players

any ideas for change?

[sleek hornet]

lmao fair enough

[naive kayak]

wild haha

[sleek hornet]

I think going in with a Salah-Haaland-Saka-TAA draft is always gonna require either going 4-5ms for the rest or dropping one of them

[naive kayak]

yeah im just not going saka

[sleek hornet]

yea

[naive kayak]

maybe even dropping taa to robbo

[stable jacinth]

do i go for salah or nah?

[sleek hornet]

I've just WC'd to bring in Haaland (already had Salah)

keep Salah I reckon

he's in good form and Liverpool have some easy fixtures the next while lmao

[stable jacinth]

do i have jota aswell?

[sleek hornet]

i'm going for Diaz at same pricepoint

if you need a bargain bucket defender you're prepared to take a chance on: Bogarde may start for Villa the next while and he's 4m

[naive kayak]

did you wc after diaz rise?

[sleek hornet]

thought it'd be Nedeljkovic at first but Emery seems to only want to play him off bench lmao

[sleek hornet]

yea

[stable jacinth]

so do i have haaland, saka and salah?

[naive kayak]

ouch

[naive kayak]

I dunno, do you?

[strong kelp]

diaz lower ownership, but do reckon jota more mins next two

[stable jacinth]

yes but u think i keep all three?

[strong kelp]

on wc ye

long term no

[naive kayak]

is salah to saka in 6 a bad call?

[sleek hornet]

ended up going for this as my wc, definitely a bit templatey but I have faith in Pau Torres at 1.9%

[stable jacinth]

you reckon welbeck is good long term?

[strong kelp]

no

[naive kayak]

not a fan of madueke on wc

[sleek hornet]

could end up swapping Keane back out for Mosquera since Everton are a little bit dreadful but it's a much of a muchness since it's a 4m defender pick lmao

[sleek hornet]

idk I'm torn on it

he's in decent form and Chelsea have a few easy fixtures up but the price rise is eh

[naive kayak]

by decent form you mean one good game?

[sleek hornet]

yea with some shit teams to replicate that against lmao

since I can't afford Palmer w this team and not getting bitten by Nkunku I'm giving it a punt for now

[desert solstice]

cooking up a semenyo and leif davis rotation

[unreal comet]

Why should I do then

[stable jacinth]

is villa's rodgers a good option?

[desert solstice]

i wced

getting triple arsenal early

as long as arsenal win the derby it should work out fine

[stable jacinth]

im going triple liverpool

[desert solstice]

i think triple liverpool and no arsenal is a mistake

unless you have fts stored up

[stable jacinth]

i got gabriel and raya from arsenal

have u got havertz by any chance?

[stable jacinth]

you reckon rogers is a good option?

[desert solstice]

best 5 mil mid

[stable jacinth]

im going with salah, jota and diaz in mid u reckon i should change one?

[pearl flint]

It’s a risk you’d have to live with if you want all three premium attackers

Unless h drop one to afford more in defence

[past horizon]

Road to 10k messages dead?

[fierce lynx]

The journey was never on

But it can be on

[viscid coral]

Excluding the non-wc4 from respectable fpl discussion, unacceptable imo

[pearl flint]

no, but wanted to check out what wc4 peeps are doing

[pearl flint]

We ain’t winning

It’s away and we don’t have rice

Havertz gonna have to play LCM (so he’ll be a bad pick)

and our last few losses have been pretty much every game Havertz didn’t play at CF

[viscid coral]

you dont think jorg partey ode?

[low jasper]

.

[pearl flint]

possible but idk

[wintry arrow]

How did salah robinson esr snd lewis price not go up

[runic veldt]

#fpl_chat message

[drowsy citrus]

Guys which would be a better trio to own
Diaz + porro + eze
Or
Palmer + dunk + rodgers

[lavish halo]

diaz porro eze

spurs fixtures are kinda mid rn tho

[drowsy citrus]

Yh I ended up
Doing that

But changed a few up

[drowsy citrus]

More for gw5+

That’s why he’s benched for the Arsenal game

Same with mbeumo

[lavish halo]

ur team looks good

[drowsy citrus]

Cheers
What’s your looking like?

[lavish halo]

I used wildcard this week so i can make more changes

with this i can change out palmer later if needed or smth

1.2 ITB

[drowsy citrus]

Yh same

Palmer , haaland and salah is just

[plucky quest]

cant believe how dire the 5.0 and below forwards are

[drowsy citrus]

Insane

[drowsy citrus]

Archers probs the best tbf

But yh

Same with 6m mids

[lavish halo]

yeah

[plucky quest]

i wish they made delap 5.0

[lavish halo]

now thinking about it i could upgrade robertson to taa for example but prob not

[plucky quest]

lowkey i feel like gw4 wildcard is much harder to manage than gw6 because you ideally want salah haaland and palmer/son/saka whereas gw6 you can avoid salah

[manic inlet]

Is it worth dropping palmer down for Jackson to strengthen the rest of midfield?

These are the two I'm debating between

[naive kayak]

Do you need a third 4.5m defender considering you’ll be playing a 343/352 formation every week?

[manic inlet]

I wanted to keep Robinson in case Lewis is out when Walker comes back

Do u see another place the .5 would be better?

[naive kayak]

Yeah to be fair I don’t really see it being immediately used to upgrade somewhere else

[manic inlet]

I think the 2nds more balanced I'll probably go for that

[drowsy citrus]

Guys

I need help

Got this wildcard rn

But I can do that

Idk if it’s worth it tho

[naive kayak]

If you’ve activated wildcard just now, just focus on taking advantage of price changes just now

[drowsy citrus]

…

[naive kayak]

Kind of thinking my wc4 is going to look something like this, with the idea of getting arsenal in gw6 using my 4 free transfers

[fierce lynx]

Here’s my team with 1.9m itb

[naive kayak]

How you getting to arsenal in 6?

[fierce lynx]

Salah out I think

[naive kayak]

Hmmm, liverpools fixtures aren’t even too bad gw6 onwards

What prices did you get palmer and pedro in at?

Because I think you can do palmer - saka, then pedro to havertz if you got them in at their current prices

[fierce lynx]

Money

[naive kayak]

#1279526626601730131 message

[fierce lynx]

?

[strong kelp]

I went cold on palmer today

The difference between him and watkins let's me upgrade 3 spots

[storm timber]

For what it’s worth the models have gone cold on palmer too

[strong kelp]

Next 10?

[storm timber]

12

[strong kelp]

What's next 4

Is that an option

[storm timber]

24.1 Saka 24.7 Palmer - Son nowhere

[strong kelp]

Fairs ty

Watkins?

[storm timber]

Yeah you can even exclude certain GWs if you want

Watkins 20.0

[strong kelp]

xMins in the mud I guess

[storm timber]

No not really. 76/77/77/76

Which is probably reasonable given Duran

[strong kelp]

Too high imo

[storm timber]

Well yeah arguably

[strong kelp]

With CL

For sure

[storm timber]

Can modify it if you give me values

[strong kelp]

65?

[storm timber]

The xMins decay, so let’s see

[strong kelp]

Expecting like 17.3

[storm timber]

That goes 65/63/61/60

16.8

[strong kelp]

Right cool ty

[junior oyster]

taa and mitoma or robertson/vvf and diaz

[runic veldt]

bayern in between 6 and 7

that's probably the single biggest game of villa's season

unless they reach the knockouts somehow

[strong kelp]

can i see watkins start all 6 games between gw4-7

yes

do i see duran starting some

yes

could end up lw maybe if that happens

[junior oyster]

thoughts?

an alternative is robertson for trent then diaz/jota for mitoma

[strong kelp]

bad

442

[drowsy citrus]

Palmer to saka
Flekken to raya
Romero/lewis to a 4m def in gw6

W or L

[strong kelp]

5 def is L, amad and adama are Ls

[drowsy citrus]

Wdym 5 def

Also Adama and amad is just I needed budget mids who are decent

Who’s the best 4.5 def in your opinion @strong kelp

[desert solstice]

idt so

[strong kelp]

You reckon watkins starts all or rested for a couple

[wintry arrow]

To many useable defenders

Yu need only 3 icl

[wintry arrow]

Rest should be fodder

[drowsy citrus]

That doesn’t look too bad

[strong kelp]

Konsa, van hecke, guehi, lewis

[drowsy citrus]

Lewis 4.6

[strong kelp]

If you ignore arsenal, Liverpool and City

There been 6 clean sheets in 51 possible

[drowsy citrus]

Is it worth getting raya now to be ahead for gw6 ?

If not that is what I could do for gw6

To get saka and Arsenal defender in

[wheat cedar]

I'd say keep raya could get lots of saves over the next 2 gws and we are pretty good defensively

[drowsy citrus]

If I get raya now I’d have to sacrifice esr

And have to go to a 4.6

Unless I go mazraoui -> 4m
Esr-> Roger’s

[naive kayak]

yeah you are fine with 3 4.5+ defenders

[drowsy citrus]

The bench would be hella stinky tho

Which is my only worry

[naive kayak]

you're playing a 442 here though which is stinkier than a bad bench

[drowsy citrus]

How

[naive kayak]

any formation with more than 3 defenders is not good for fpl

[drowsy citrus]

Not much I can rlly do with 0.6m tho

This would be my squad till gw6 where I palmer -> saka

[naive kayak]

means you can make sangare a rogers/traore/onana

much better pick than sangare

[drowsy citrus]

Rogers stinks imo

Like adama tho

[naive kayak]

yeah im not a fan until he starts getting points

[drowsy citrus]

Especially as a guaranteed starter aswell for Fulham

Then just hold the 0.1?

That’s how it’ll look

Greaves and bellis start so ig it ain’t terrible

[naive kayak]

yeah just hold it probably

[naive kayak]

you got any value tied up in mbuemo?

[drowsy citrus]

Could be good vs spurs , like his gw6-13 personally

And feel it’s a waste to wait for him just to transfer him in for gw5-6

If there’s a better option could think about replacing him

If I were to switch to mitoma

In gw6 when I get Saka I could upgrade Guehi to Porros

Dk about Mitoma and Pedro tho

[strong kelp]

Palmer watkins foden all withdraw from England squad, wc is dead

[desert solstice]

dont have any of them anyway

[desert solstice]

i was gonna say duran deserves a start but probably wont because it would be bad for watkins confidence, but if watkins is actually carrying an injury then he could be rested

dunno but i dont think id pick him on wc

this is mine

[strong kelp]

genuinely not sure why you want triple arsenal in gw4, coulf have waited til gw6 wc

they spurs away, atalanta away, city away

sunday, thursday, sunday

city have 3 home games saturday, wednesday, sunday

[desert solstice]

sets me up long term

just need salah to be worth it long term when others dont have him

[strong kelp]

fairs

i stopped tinkering now until we get news on those now tho

palmer and/or watkins were in my drafts

got digne in tho

[desert solstice]

digne could be dropped at any minute couldnt he

[strong kelp]

he's rising tonight

if maatsen gets injured in the two weeks

digne easy pick

[desert solstice]

maybe i go davis > 4.0 and upgrade pedro to wissa

[fervent socket]

should i do this or put isak in?

[desert solstice]

probably isak for rogers

[junior oyster]

Thoughts?

[desert solstice]

now ive put triple brentford in my team lol

[naive kayak]

442 = bad

[junior oyster]

what should i change

[naive kayak]

probably raya + robinson out, winks upgraded

[junior oyster]

who do i get in goal

also that’s gonna leave me with no arsenal defence

[naive kayak]

you dont really need any arsenal defence next two game

[junior oyster]

it’s just a set and forget team

[naive kayak]

any 4.5, probably flekken for gw6 onwards

[naive kayak]

then why you asking in here lol

[junior oyster]

I won’t be constantly checking fixtures and news

[junior oyster]

because i still want it to be good

[naive kayak]

just google best set and forget wildcard team lol

[plucky quest]

If areola is injured then Fabianski flekken is the play

[lavish halo]

flekken>henderson?

[wheat cedar]

Thoughts on my latest draft?

[runic veldt]

too early for bowen imoo

[sleek onyx]

initial draft going towards this tbh

Will most likely get Lewis in for Robinson though

[naive kayak]

Reckon you could save 0.5m on a gk and use those funds elsewhere

[lavish halo]

What changes should i make

[naive kayak]

Looks pretty solid… what’s your plans to get arsenal in for gw6? And semenyo’s next two fixtures aren’t great

[lavish halo]

oh ye forgot about semenyo

uhhhhh

idk cuz i feel like palmer and salah have good fixtures

but then again palmer’s fixtures from 8 to 11 aren’t very good

[naive kayak]

Just spotted wissa so you probably don’t need havertz in 6

But palmer to saka would be my move for 6 onwards

Unless palmer is in incredible form

[fierce lynx]

I think salah > saka and JP to havertz is a better play

My transfers for gw6

[naive kayak]

Really? Liverpools fixtures aren’t that bad gw6 onwards

Although those moves are pretty good

[fierce lynx]

Targeting arsenal for the better fix

And ill still have Luis diaz

[lavish halo]

what’s ur current wc?

[fierce lynx]

+1.9 itb

[naive kayak]

I got 2.0m in the bank making that exact same team 😎😎

[lavish halo]

i’d rather have dunk than lewis

walker is probably back

[naive kayak]

Depends how walker is going to fit into the side, they both played at the same time at the weekend

It’s definitely a risk going for Lewis but it’s easy to move away from him if he doesn’t start

[lavish halo]

mhm

[pearl flint]

Lewis was practically a CAM at times

should’ve gotten attacking returns

[lavish halo]

1.5 itb with that team im cooked 💀

[naive kayak]

Team from gw6 onwards after I’ve used 4 free transfers… looks a lot stronger when you do salah to saka but I’m not sure I want to risk not having Salah

[naive kayak]

It’s also a benching headache so may as well do traore to winks

[lavish halo]

🤩

the team looks nice

[tropic saddle]

why traore to winks?

[lavish halo]

he isnt needed

[tropic saddle]

wildcard active, replace palmer with son/saka?

[lavish halo]

cuz doing 5 midfielders would mean 2 forwards

3-4-3 is nice

[lavish halo]

too much money spent on defence imo

[naive kayak]

Extra 0.5m to use in the future

[tropic saddle]

so would you say drop lewis/robinson to a 4m and then get another forward?

[lavish halo]

u could

[naive kayak]

Probably would just use it to upgrade elsewhere

[lavish halo]

u could also downgrade TAA to robertson

2 forwards is fine if u have 5 good midfielders

[grave dock]

Worth activating the WC? Thinking if I don't I'm gonna get locked out of the possibility soon. On 99.8 squad value

Original plan was to hold out til 5 transfers and do a mini WC but with quansah/barco still in the squad I don't think it'd be enough

[naive kayak]

Quansah, barco and solanke all still in the squad 😬

Ouch

Definitely should have got them out already

[grave dock]

Yeah, I'd been trying to play it more hands off and build transfers for a more drastic remodel further down the line

[naive kayak]

If you think you’re going to get priced out of the moves you want, I’d suggest just going for the wildcard

[naive kayak]

Would probably work better later in the season when prices etc are less volatile

[grave dock]

Yeah, I'm seeing that now 😆

Considering this to maybe give me a little more depth at the back

Porro to lewis, greaves to konate

Then if lewis gets rotated robinson steps in

Think it looks an alright template?

Know it's not an ideal time fixture swing wise, but I don't mind a couple weeks of iffy fixtures if it means I can get the players I want vs not being able to in gw6

[naive kayak]

How about mbuemo to eze or minted for two weeks?

Then get mbuemo in gw6

[grave dock]

If mbeumo rises .1 I'm locked out

Suppose I could just keep eze and hope he matches mbeumo

Wouldnt want to transfer eze out vs leicester at home ideally 😄

Just activated it, fingers crossed it works out 😄

[fierce lynx]

Yeah I have 99.8m

[naive kayak]

Keep an eye on the price movements over the next week, you could try take advantage of people’s price fixes so that you can bank 0.1m

[grave dock]

Will try to

[naive kayak]

That’s what I’m doing and that’s why my current draft is not good 😂

[grave dock]

I usually play FPL pretty meticulously but it ends up taking over my life so I'm trying to be more hands off this year 😂

Already a bad sign when I'm in here discussing it

[naive kayak]

I can relate to that 😂 but I’m getting more and more addicted each year

[grave dock]

I had a year off last year

Finally won my mini league and had a nice overall rank the year before and needed the time off badly 😂

[tropic saddle]

what to do about palmer?
switch to saka/son until i can bring palmer back in on a free
or sell palmer for mbeumo and use the funds elsewhere?

[naive kayak]

Why would you need to get rid of palmer?

[tropic saddle]

just thought i’m putting too much into my midfield, and should save a bit

[naive kayak]

It only saves you 0.5 dropping down to saka

If you want him back in later just keep him now

[tropic saddle]

yeah you’re right, probably should keep with chelsea’s next fixtures, maybe the switch to saka after gw6 or something

[lavish torrent]

What's template wc 4 looking like?

[runic veldt]

there doesn't seem to be a clear 3rd forward on wc4

unless you think watkins will bang

[lavish torrent]

oh

semi u on wc4?

[runic veldt]

yup

[lavish torrent]

what's ur draft looking like

[strong kelp]

It's wissa on the bench

Welbeck

Watkins or 4.5m

Some havertz too

[lavish torrent]

Over joao or is he alr locked

[strong kelp]

Locked

[eternal anvil]

Van hecke over dunk or is it same same?

[unreal comet]

Who should I transfer

[strong kelp]

prefer van hecke but same

[naive kayak]

Bernardo

[strong kelp]

https://x.com/FPLProfessor_/status/1831114599598551234?t=w2cr7uGqDFKmX0IEUmOvOw&s=19

FP(EL) Professor 👨‍🍳 (@FPLProfessor_) on X

Most wildcard teams I’m seeing come across as a FH for GW4 with further issues over the coming weeks 🧐

Twitter · Sep 3, 2024, 11:38 PM

[viscid coral]

why

[runic veldt]

really need to get this wc right

[pearl flint]

theres always wc2

anddddd theres always hits

[runic veldt]

I am slowly edging to no palmer

was hoping he'd get another rise but seems unlikely with the flag

[unreal comet]

Who for

[lavish halo]

same

i don’t have much free transfers so i’m trying to include more arsenal and less brighton

[runic veldt]

the one thing to consider is that chelsea get to play against bournemouth's second keeper

due to loan rules

[lavish halo]

oh

[lavish halo]

thinking of something like this rn

a good bench so i can have good rotations

[naive kayak]

Or when you starting hating life when you get the rotation wrong

[lavish halo]

lol true

[runic veldt]

this team feels cheap

then I see havertz on the bench

[lavish halo]

i’m only gonna have 3 ft for gw6

i’m thinking salah to saka, minteh to mbuemo

[plucky quest]

Why TF would you bench havertz

[runic veldt]

if you want to get a fwd early and bench him

it’s wissa

[plucky quest]

Salah to saka gw6 feels dumb
Can't wait for Salah vs wolves to outscore saka

[brazen lichen]

Rather have Palmer now and switch to Saka in gw6, play havertz anyday over Rogers

[plucky quest]

Rogers Xlively merchant

[lavish halo]

k i’ll play havertz

[lavish halo]

luis diaz covers and opens money to improve team

[plucky quest]

Does he?

I have jota not diaz

Can't even get Diaz now

[naive kayak]

He’s not Salah though

[viscid coral]

If i was on wc4 i’d probably run something like this

[naive kayak]

Very close to what I’ll be having probably

Although I’m keeping Watkins in and a 4.5 striker

Although the defence in yours is a bit of a waste

[runic veldt]

there’s a case to not have pedro or welbeck

[wheat cedar]

Thoughts on this draft?

[naive kayak]

Pretty solid, would change Paulson to another 4.0 like fabianski though. Not sure I’d be picking Bowen or semenyo just yet either

Assuming Jackson - havertz and Robertson - saliba/gabriel in gw6?

[runic veldt]

I don’t even hate bowen

if you’re looking super long term

he’s a great hold

but I think eze has more immediate gain

[wheat cedar]

Looking more at doing salah to saka and Jackson to Havertz

[wheat cedar]

Yeah for me it's 50/50 between the two just going for bowen as he plays for a better team and is reliable for points

[wheat cedar]

Semenyo is kinda like my Rogers tryna fit both salah and haaland

[naive kayak]

Not sure how I feel about that

Maybe if Salah blanks for the next 2

But liverpools fixtures are still pretty good gw6 onwards and arsenals are quite bad 9-11 or something like that

[runic veldt]

obviously the best teams in the league will have good fixtures

[wheat cedar]

That's why I don't want to triple up on arsenal, get saka and havertz for 3 gws and then offload them

[runic veldt]

no one serious is doing that

those fix aren’t even that bad

liverpool at home you’ll score

st james is nasty but something feels off about newcastle rn

and chelsea who knows

[wheat cedar]

I just feel like there's teams with way easier fixtures around that time period like city who have Southampton Bournemouth and Brighton

[naive kayak]

They probably both rise in price during gws 6-8 so you’d be losing value if you transfer them out

[viscid coral]

Bowen is a solid pick on wc4

[outer goblet]

Wouldnt take advice from a guy with triple spurs ICL

[naive kayak]

If you didn’t have an ass team prior to gw4 wc, you should have 3/4 free transfers after gw5 to use for the fixture swing

Gw4 wildcard into gw6 team… thoughts?

[pearl flint]

Traore

[naive kayak]

Tbf he can be any 5/5.1

[pearl flint]

Who are all shite tbf

[naive kayak]

True lol

[outer goblet]

Thats why they are 5m. Rogers aint shite tho

[pearl flint]

That team has TWO 5M mids which is arguably two too many

[naive kayak]

Easy enough to drop taa and turn one or both into a 5.5

But I don’t mind the two 5s

My worry is no arsenal defence

[outer goblet]

Bin watkins for Havertz maybe?

Tottenham away is fine

[naive kayak]

I’m fine to keep Watkins until 6, havertz comes in anyway

[runic veldt]

if he finds his feet he’s a really long term hold

that’s the gamble you have to make though

and just watching him he didn’t seem at the races at all

[outer goblet]

I think youll regret having 2 5.0 mids

Watkins minutes and fitness are a worry

hes had chances tho

[runic veldt]

if he’s fitter he buries that chance against arsenal

[naive kayak]

It’s 2 5.0 mids or no saka tbh

Unless I go down to Robertson but taa seems like the play to me

And if Watkins is ass again, I just downgrade to havertz next week, not a huge issue

[outer goblet]

Maybe just go down from Havertz to Wissa etc then you can get an ARS defender

Use the rest to upgrade a mid

Havertz is great but its too much with Haaland, Saka, Salah and Trent

[signal bough]

personally going Havertz over Saka is the play if you want to keep Salah, Haaland, and Trent

makes your team a lot more balanced

otherwise go with a Haaland 6 fwd team and so you can have Salah + one more premium mid from Palmer/Saka/Son/Foden depending on fixtures

[outer goblet]

I agree but I dont have the balls to go without Saka

[signal bough]

but this takes more from your team

[naive kayak]

No saka and I end up with something like this gw6 onwards

[signal bough]

that looks v spicy

actually could you keep jp and get winks for minteh?

[naive kayak]

Wissa instead of havertz ends up at this

[naive kayak]

0.1 off 😬

[signal bough]

rip

[naive kayak]

My team is currently set up to try get some price rises

If esr goes up 0.1m again I can make the team

Or if I go a 4.5 over rico Lewis

[naive kayak]

If winks was the 4.4 midfielder I could also do it

[grave dock]

Who do we think is the best 5.0 mid option if you were wanting to make them a part of your preferred 11? Know that's arguably a flawed premise to begin with 😂 looking at the likes of rogers, traore, sinisterra

[naive kayak]

Any of the more attacking players there tbh… sorted by points so far

[lavish halo]

send the team i need some money 🙏

[naive kayak]

Bit late now 😅 already got one price rise from most

[grave dock]

Looking at something like this... can see the argument for it being too unbalanced 😄

[naive kayak]

Think I might need to keep mbuemo though since he went up in price and I want him back gw6

[grave dock]

Also poor for the next couple weeks with the brentford picks, but I pretty much locked myself into this position so may as well commit to the longer term

[naive kayak]

I don’t hate it tbf 😂 how do you get arsenal in? Palmer to saka?

[grave dock]

Yup

[runic veldt]

if you're getting palmer

you gotta keep him to 8

imo

[grave dock]

Feel like it's got enough big hitters to offset the poor balance

[runic veldt]

6 and 7 are prime home fix

[grave dock]

Yeah I'd play it by ear with palmer

Can't own everyone

[lavish halo]

gimme ma money

[grave dock]

Tempted by digne over dunk but maatsen worries me a bit

[desert solstice]

take a second look at dunk's fixtures

[grave dock]

Yeah, I can see he's a bit fucked after the next 2 weeks

Considering colwill for chelseas fixture run but I'm not sure how many clean sheets they're gonna keep

Tough call with the 4.5s

[lavish halo]

(none)

[runic veldt]

idm brighton defense

real dearth of standouts at 4.5

unless you want to take the chance that everton improve (which they should)

[grave dock]

Konsa looks alright fixture wise

[lavish halo]

aston villa don’t look alright form wise

[grave dock]

Can't win em all at 4.5

Don't mind that Everton shout actually looking at their fixtures

[lavish halo]

pickford is conceding more goals than shot attempts from the other team

don’t like the everton shout at all

at this point i don’t like any shout 😭

[grave dock]

Could do with Branthwaite and Patterson making it back soon after the intl break

Saw they're not playing in a behind closed doors friendly over the break so they're not imminently close, but hopefully not long after

[runic veldt]

I'm probably going konsa and van hecke fwiw

[grave dock]

Konsa definitely looking a safer bet

Could always switch to mykolenko if everton look like solidifying

[runic veldt]

think down the road if I've got money and a spare transfer lying around

I get porro back

[grave dock]

Yeah, I'm not liking losing porro with his ownership in my ML

But looking like a necessary evil

[runic veldt]

they concede all of the next 4

I can guarantee it

[grave dock]

Yup

Just annoying cos he genuinely plays like a winger half the time

If he returned like a winger then his CS pts aren't that important

[desert solstice]

i kinda like ait-nouri rn

[runic veldt]

not yet

[strong kelp]

Bezzo with wc10 picks on wc4

[runic veldt]

I read bezzo as barco omg

😭

[strong kelp]

These fake injuries are dead

Can't even tinker til press conferences now

[fierce lynx]

I wouldn’t get wolves def

They’ve been shit defensively

[naive kayak]

Yeah no wolves defence until much later on

And even then, only if ait-nouri is getting attacking returns

[desert solstice]

i dont want a 4.5 with no attacking threat

[naive kayak]

But you surely want one with at least a slim chance of a clean sheet?

[runic veldt]

it's not like clean sheets are suddenly impossible

last season was historically bad

[pearl flint]

Wolves are fucking shite rn

[late flare]

I mean trend continued into last gameweek

[winged nymph]

Just hit the wildcard

I can’t take it anymore without Haaland or Salah

My team is built around them

[viscid coral]

Buy salah now before he rises tonight

[pearl flint]

He’s been on the verge of rising for like 6 days

[winged nymph]

Done

[fierce lynx]

Do I start with minteh or do I just save myself a transfer by getting Mbuemo now, but having to play him against city and Tottenham?

[pearl flint]

is double villa def really worth it

[winged nymph]

Idk but I like having a double up on def

With gk and def

[pearl flint]

on the Villa defence though???

[junior oyster]

is it worth getting haaland salah saka diaz

[junior oyster]

watkins was unlucky af

[signal bough]

I'd get Trent for Robbo, do Dibu to a 4.5 and Bilva to Semenyo or another 5.5

[worthy veldt]

ramsdale fabianski in goal is actually fire asl

but rly ballsy

[naive kayak]

Most likely won’t be sticking with ramsdale, was just to free up 0.1m for other potential players

Not fully against just keeping him though

[tropic saddle]

which

[naive kayak]

Probably 2

Not sure id go for vicario though

[tropic saddle]

who’s a better option for 5m

[naive kayak]

Martinez at 5m but I’d probably just go for a 4.5 instead

Then Adama can be upgraded

[tropic saddle]

vicario to flekken, and adama to semenyo?

[naive kayak]

I like that, or minteh

Can change from minteh in 6

I’m looking at the second one btw, where you’d already have seem to

Probably too many playing players, your bench would give you headaches

[fervent socket]

thoughts? potenital wc

[coral finch]

Good team but personally TAA is indispensable

[runic veldt]

[fervent socket]

after gw 5 ill get saka and saliba to cover arsenal good fixtures

[naive kayak]

Mbuemo on wc4? Surely waiting until 6 is better?

[fierce lynx]

Do I start with minteh or do I just save myself a transfer by getting Mbuemo now, but having to play him against city and Tottenham?

[naive kayak]

Personally I’d do minteh because that’s what I’m doing lol

[fierce lynx]

It wastes a transfer tho

Playing Mbuemo vs tot isn’t bad

[runic veldt]

rather wissa now and mbeumo in 6

it's less money

though I worry about him in tougher games

[naive kayak]

Depends what you need the transfer for in the future

[fierce lynx]

Less points too tho

[fierce lynx]

Nothing much but it just saves it

[runic veldt]

never know what you could need a transfer for

[fierce lynx]

Exactly

[naive kayak]

If you don’t know what you’d use it for, using it for minteh - mbuemo (or a different player to mbuemo) would be my play

[sonic python]

anyone recommend any changes?

[winged nymph]

Bro ur using a fh , why u doing wildcard picks

[sonic python]

it was a accident 😭😭

[fervent socket]

lads

i accudentaly did a -32

can i wildcard so it doesnt take away the points

[runic veldt]

press wc

yes it'll get canceled

[fervent socket]

wait

how

do i get a transfer

then press play wildcard

@runic veldt

[runic veldt]

make another transfer and it will ask if you want to paly

[coral finch]

What do you guys think ?

[outer goblet]

1 or 2? 2 has 0.5 in the bank.

[naive kayak]

1 probably

[outer goblet]

I was thinking of downgrading TAA to Robbo and getting Raya/Alison. As I'll be bring Saliba in gw6.

[naive kayak]

Not a huge fan of doubling up in defence which I’m assuming you will be doing in 6?

[outer goblet]

Double Arsenal defense is a cheatcode tho

[lavish halo]

infinite money glitch

21.6 itb 🫢

[naive kayak]

Stick it in an isa

[lavish halo]

week 6: salah to palmer, minteh to mbuemo and like lewis to porro works

kinda works 🤔

don’t have to be palmer

[viscid coral]

has to be saka in gw6

[fierce lynx]

Saka would be good but are we overhypingnhim

Palmer has good fixtures too and would it be worth a transfer just to transfer saka Back out because he has bad fix in gw9 onwards

You could just I with havertz instead

[flint zodiac]

not exactly bad fix, dont just look at FDR

Pool the only bad one

can hold til the rest of the season arguably

[fierce lynx]

This is my team

[lavish halo]

i’d rather have havertz

[lavish halo]

if so i really like the team i made

[flint zodiac]

Both is ideal

[lavish halo]

idk if i can fit em both in

[flint zodiac]

Saka and havertz should arguably be the first names in your team on wc

Gw6 that is

[fierce lynx]

Nah

[flint zodiac]

Not necessarily gw4

[fierce lynx]

Yeah gw6

But ngl

I don’t like their fix gw8+

[lavish halo]

liver pool is bad but chelsea and newcastle is good

[lavish halo]

ig saka instead of palmer

[fierce lynx]

I think palmer is a hold tbh

[lavish halo]

so saka or palmer? 💀

[sonic python]

foden when hes back 😎

[lavish halo]

foden is the reason im doubting haaland

[strong kelp]

New ideas this morning

Rogers over palmer

Upgrades 5 spots in the team lmao

Then with 4 fts, gw6 team is basically same as wc6

Fucking love this

[pearl flint]

same

cos i compare my teams

i have a kdb over your eze

siuuuu

[strong kelp]

Not even kidding, without factoring price, I still prefer eze lmao

Also you took a -28 to get to that team

But you keep wc I guess

[pearl flint]

no wayyyy

[pearl flint]

couldve been less obv

but i fucked myself up

[strong kelp]

I do wonder tho, with porro,taa, saliba I should go lewis

Answer is yes

But I can't fucking afford

I didnt get semenyo before his rise cos I didn't think I want him early

I have onana in my team trying to farm a fucking rise instead

[pearl flint]

cope

[brazen lichen]

Mbeumo Welbeck rise pls

Meanwhile I'm going with dud defense and Bench to get enough money for Palmer

Gw6 Palmer Pedro to Saka Wissa

[lavish torrent]

Looks nice

[strong kelp]

Wish I had 0.1 more fuck

[lavish halo]

ooooh yeah that’s nice i like it

[lavish halo]

how much is ur total money rn

[strong kelp]

101

I misses the semenyo rise

Cos I didn't know I wanted him

[lavish halo]

oh ye there’s no way i’m affording that

wait what how am i at 99.8

[lavish torrent]

Did u just say 101 wtf

[lavish halo]

i swear i was 100 a bit ago

[strong kelp]

101 value

Not selling value

Like 8 of those players rose in price this gw

[lavish halo]

like ur bank + team value?

[lavish torrent]

Oh yeah fair cuz of wc

[brazen lichen]

This week rises made the difference

[runic veldt]

ngl don't think I do either

(yet, at least)

2 great fix, 1 good one, then all of last year's top 4

[lavish halo]

this one works for eveyone tho porro for gabriel/saliba if u can afford, only 3 transfers in gw6

pedro for wissa if u have another ft

[strong kelp]

Tbh, if Rogers is an option then gw4,5,8,9 is playable

I might get minteh tho

[strong kelp]

With rice out of nld, expect havertz maybe cdm

CM*

And I think im on board with premium def with taa

That's just this for me

[viscid coral]

2nd is literally my wc6

Konsa mosquera over digne greaves

Also for 0.1

Go myko over digne if branth is back around that time

[strong kelp]

Need digne for gw4,5

Honestly it could be guehi or konsa

Or lewis if I get onana price rise

The others spots are good

[viscid coral]

I don’t trust digne even as a wc6 gw4,5 deadend punt

[strong kelp]

But yea, if my gw6 team is the same as wc6, then it's good I think

[viscid coral]

Not sure why youd go for him long term

[strong kelp]

Guess the idea is taa, porro, saliba play every game

I can see guehi tbh

Hope for 1 cs vs Leicester

Or konsa

[viscid coral]

but after the ars fix swing

digne could be dropped

or whatever

[strong kelp]

The idea I wouldn't need him but this will last 20+ gws

So yea digne is meh

[viscid coral]

i prefer eze mbeumo over mbeumo + semenyo and split funds

rn

i guess we will see how he does next 2

[strong kelp]

I have eze

And mbeum9

And semeny9

[lavish halo]

i don’t like semenyo’s fixtures till gw11

southampton then leicester is nice but bad apart from those

[strong kelp]

I might actually bench him gw4,5,8,9,10,11

You're right tho

[lavish halo]

people are overlooking spurs fixtures

they look really nice

[strong kelp]

Ye no attackers til gw8

And by then you want foden

[pearl flint]

Kdb rogers vs eze semenyo

[viscid coral]

There might be a slight budget imbalance in that comparison

[pearl flint]

idk why you aren’t going for kdb rogers tho

if ur team is “exactly” like jazzys

[viscid coral]

wdym

[strong kelp]

Cos he recognises the 🐐

He saw the light

[viscid coral]

kdb rogers is 14.5

eze semenyo is 12.5

[pearl flint]

this might be what I’m aiming for

Yea and jazzy has like 1.6 ITB

[strong kelp]

No

[pearl flint]

oh you don’t

[pearl flint]

Where’s the money gone wtf

Right 1.6 on the bench

[strong kelp]

Ye

[viscid coral]

Could u find a way to start with wissa

i guess you dont need the fts

[strong kelp]

Can't go wissa

[viscid coral]

ye

[strong kelp]

2nd pic is wrong too wtf. I'm 0.1m off that but will be able to afford

Salah, Diaz, pedro or welbeck will rise again tho

So can afford

Arsenal boys could drop after 2 blanks too

👀

[viscid coral]

rogers bench is annoying

[strong kelp]

Fine tbh

With Rogers

No semenyo if Rogers is 7th attacker

[pearl flint]

The difference between ur team and mine is literally kdb v eze

Assuming u bench semenyo for rogers

[strong kelp]

Kdb vs eze is like comparing the best cam in the prem with the ginger kid from home alone

Eze is my 🐐

[viscid coral]

Please explain

[pearl flint]

.

you have more flexibility

but essentially you’re pitting eze v kdb in the long run

[viscid coral]

is yours a wildcard

[pearl flint]

ie do you value the flexibility and potential points gained from it or do you value kdb potential points over Eze

[pearl flint]

no but it could be

It’s a -8 away on gw6

[viscid coral]

depends what you think

init

[pearl flint]

so what do you think

[viscid coral]

personally think you struggle to survive until second wc

if you wc in gw6

with 0 bench

[pearl flint]

Fair

[strong kelp]

I agree

But the nkunku thing is important here

[lavish torrent]

Hopefully the best cam creates some chances for my striker mateta

[strong kelp]

Despite having 8 attackers, people still sold nkunku cos he was dropping

If someone is injured, people are gonna sell anyway

So strong bench only important if there are rotations rather than injury

[viscid coral]

he was a walking 6.1 before wc

[strong kelp]

Ofc, but this will be the same

In future

[viscid coral]

nah

[strong kelp]

Unless they're price locked

[viscid coral]

more casuals at the start copying creators

sell mass selling

[outer goblet]

I’m tempted to try and keep salah long term and fit haaland saka and salah long term instead of taking salah out in gw6. Thoughts?

[strong kelp]

No one is keeping an inured eze for example despite having Rogers off the bench

[viscid coral]

people wont drop that much that fast as people quit the game

[strong kelp]

Podcast made a very good point

It's hard to make bad decisions in fpl now

(Unless ayy)

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[runic veldt]

I bought muniz ama

[strong kelp]

The bad players are getting better

Good players are still good

But the bad are getting better

Going off a tangent now, but yea my wc is best, please like and subscribe

[viscid coral]

I just think if rogers solidifies himself in the 11 he has to be there season long

[outer goblet]

You happy losing salah tho?

[viscid coral]

if you bought at 5.0

[strong kelp]

Yes

[runic veldt]

the most recent one you sent? I like that template yeah

[strong kelp]

Saka, foden and Co won't be outscored by salah by that much

Especially I'm getting 10m mids when they have good fixtures

[viscid coral]

people think haaland and salah are going to keep up 14ppg

[strong kelp]

They may avg 200 points a season, but I'm getting 50 points from them a 5 game period

[outer goblet]

Good point

[strong kelp]

If I buy them with good fixtures

So salah to saka

Gw6

Will own foden gw8/9 ish too

[outer goblet]

Has foden dropped again?

I saw he was close

[runic veldt]

there's like one week here where salah (top) is a strictly better captain than haaland (bottom)

and even that's debatable

this is 6 to like 18