BOF Posted August 16, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2022 Three transfers made for -4. Had to get James in and upgraded Bailey to Gundogan. Did get rid of Robertson though, so cue a Man Utd mauling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 1 hour ago, BOF said: Three transfers made for -4. Had to get James in and upgraded Bailey to Gundogan. Did get rid of Robertson though, so cue a Man Utd mauling. good that you banked the two transfers then you basically had a mini wildcard for -4. really don't know what i can do at this stage. i'm stubbornly hanging on to perisic and mahrez which could end up as my downfall. neto might be binned off this week if he's looking like he might lose 0.1m value but i'd rather not use the transfer ideally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 16, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 Seeing debates on twitter about what players to get is fine. Seeing the comments spammed by people gloating that they used a tool pre-GW1 to get the right players because it told them too is just depressing. No complaints about looking at stats sites to do your own research or scout sites suggesting something you might have missed (they'll recommend loads of players and you still have decisions to make). But things like predicted points sites etc just ruin it for me. Where's the decision making? It's like only playing a game using the walk through. What's the point? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 16, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, tomav84 said: good that you banked the two transfers then you basically had a mini wildcard for -4. really don't know what i can do at this stage. i'm stubbornly hanging on to perisic and mahrez which could end up as my downfall. neto might be binned off this week if he's looking like he might lose 0.1m value but i'd rather not use the transfer ideally For me, Mahrez is almost guaranteed to be more out than in. He's explosive so he can haul, but he's 3rd choice winger behind Foden & Grealish, and at that price where you can have a Kulusevski, Diaz, or a Foden/Grealish (the latter saving £1m) I just wouldn't be going for Mahrez. It's actually why I went for Gundogan who has just been made club captain. I know he has Bilva looking over his shoulder but I think the captaincy thing and the season so far means I at least have the starter. Perisic is slightly different. I think he's about to come in. I'd wait 'til later this week for news on him. But yeah, don't suffer ownership bias. I always think re- players I already own - 'Would I buy him if I didn't have him already'. If the answer is 'no' then ask why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 16, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, BOF said: For me, Mahrez is almost guaranteed to be more out than in. He's explosive so he can haul, but he's 3rd choice winger behind Foden & Grealish, and at that price where you can have a Kulusevski, Diaz, or a Foden/Grealish (the latter saving £1m) I just wouldn't be going for Mahrez. It's actually why I went for Gundogan who has just been made club captain. I know he has Bilva looking over his shoulder but I think the captaincy thing and the season so far means I at least have the starter. Perisic is slightly different. I think he's about to come in. I'd wait 'til later this week for news on him. But yeah, don't suffer ownership bias. I always think re- players I already own - 'Would I buy him if I didn't have him already'. If the answer is 'no' then ask why. Id be tempted by Mahrez as a potential set and forget if I had a strong first sub. However, with 5 subs I feel he'll be likely to come on for 10/15 minutes and just 1 point too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 16, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2022 Just now, Rds1983 said: Id be tempted by Mahrez as a potential set and forget if I had a strong first sub. However, with 5 subs I feel he'll be likely to come on for 10/15 minutes and just 1 point too often. Definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 16, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2022 The game is ridiculously close so far. Guy in my money league is 13pts ahead of me and that's as near as damn 900,000 places ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, BOF said: For me, Mahrez is almost guaranteed to be more out than in. He's explosive so he can haul, but he's 3rd choice winger behind Foden & Grealish, and at that price where you can have a Kulusevski, Diaz, or a Foden/Grealish (the latter saving £1m) I just wouldn't be going for Mahrez. It's actually why I went for Gundogan who has just been made club captain. I know he has Bilva looking over his shoulder but I think the captaincy thing and the season so far means I at least have the starter. Perisic is slightly different. I think he's about to come in. I'd wait 'til later this week for news on him. But yeah, don't suffer ownership bias. I always think re- players I already own - 'Would I buy him if I didn't have him already'. If the answer is 'no' then ask why. annoyingly i can no longer have the first 3 of those players you mentioned for the price as he's down to 7.9 now and just isnt anyone else i fancy for that price. this weekend will be make or break. he's been benched once, and started the next. i really think he might start saturday but if he's benched and then comes on to blank, i'll look to cut my losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 16, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, BOF said: The game is ridiculously close so far. Guy in my money league is 13pts ahead of me and that's as near as damn 900,000 places ahead. You're 26 points ahead of me and ranked 3.5m places higher. 110 points after 2 weeks shouldn't really be rank 4.7m. Either there's been a ridiculous amount of chips played or the template is ridiculous at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 16, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: You're 26 points ahead of me and ranked 3.5m places higher. 110 points after 2 weeks shouldn't really be rank 4.7m. Either there's been a ridiculous amount of chips played or the template is ridiculous at the moment. I think it's the template. And with Sky now putting FPL graphics and info front and centre in a lot of their football coverage you'll get more and more people playing the game than ever before and a fair share of those looking to content creators online to figure out what's what. It'll be tricky this year We already have over 9 million players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I don’t normally pay too much attention to the FDR but just noticed it currently has Leicester away as a 4, same as Arsenal away. Seems a bit outdated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 All aboard the Cuckoorella train. -4 this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 17, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 17, 2022 11 hours ago, chappy said: I don’t normally pay too much attention to the FDR but just noticed it currently has Leicester away as a 4, same as Arsenal away. Seems a bit outdated. Yeah official FPL FDR can be really weird at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2022 52 minutes ago, AshVilla said: All aboard the Cuckoorella train. -4 this week. definitely worth it short term. longer term is a rotation risk with chilwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 20 hours ago, tomav84 said: definitely worth it short term. longer term is a rotation risk with chilwell It was either him or Walker/Ake and i think they will also be rotation risks when they start the european games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 18, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, AshVilla said: It was either him or Walker/Ake and i think they will also be rotation risks when they start the european games. i think walker might be fairly safe for minutes throughout the season. little chance of attacking returns though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Should I take a -4 to get Toney in? It's either Saka or Robbo down to afford him and I'm leaning towards Saka out. Already got Martinelli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 13/08/2022 at 16:31, a-k said: Every year the same bloody s*** from Digne I was waiting until the pressers today and he just dropped overnight. I hate (the fantasy) him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Should I take a -4 to get Toney in? It's either Saka or Robbo down to afford him and I'm leaning towards Saka out. Already got Martinelli. it depends if you buy into the brentford hype. i'm still not at all...even with their decent run of games coming up but that's a total personal preference as i tipped them to go down this season and i still think they're going to struggle. de gea gifted 2 goals to them last week and utd crumbled i certainly wouldn't be trading in saka for him who plays bournemouth, fulham and us in his next 3. and why is everyone (not just you) trying to get rid of robertson? he's trending towards a price drop despite being home to bournemouth next week and favourable fixtures after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 not massively happy with my team this week. think it needs a bit of surgery. best case is that mahrez has a blinder on sunday and everyone jumps on to bring his price back to 8m so i can trade him for luiz. im not convinced about perisic either. sounds like he's also going to be a rotation risk throughout the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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