Fantasy Premier League 18/19
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I'm in the same situation actually and I'm keeping Bernardo. Like I said I'm trying to take less hits this season and would prefer doing double transfers rather than chase points that might not materialise.
I'm also going to attempt minimising hits this season. They never paid off for me, no matter how much I talked myself into each one 
I'm keeping my eye on Ryan Bennett for wolves (4m), played 90 mins first two games. Most experienced in the PL of their defenders. It's still Wolves but for 4m it's worth it.
Yes.
I'm also going to attempt minimising hits this season. They never paid off for me, no matter how much I talked myself into each one
I think they're worth it if it's something that's obviously going to benefit you i.e. replacing an injured/suspended player but stuff like Silva to Mhki for -4 is an unnecessary gamble imo.
Worth taking the hit and doing both?
What do you think about Maddison,Chilwel and Fraser?
Bookies have Salah as best captain this week. Still prefer the look of Ageuro at the moment though.
Gonna be a headache all season.
https://www.oddsonfpl.com/the-bookies-captain-gameweek-3/
Gonna be a headache all season.
https://www.oddsonfpl.com/the-bookies-captain-gameweek-3/
Maddison and Chilwell are both good tbf. I want to wait a bit before judging Maddison on his step up to the PL.
So, my team has turned into the most standard team I could possibly have. No chance of climbing the standings, but no chance of falling vastly behind either. Boring. The only semi-different player I've got is Mitrovic ffs.
What's your rank? It's only second game week of the season - I really see no issue with going rather template at this point, especially if "template" players keep delivering. And also, if you started with Mendy, Richarlison, Mane, Robertson, Kun etc. early on, you're making a very nice profit on price rises, which will come handy later in the season.
I'm relatively happy to be rather template at this stage of the season with, as mentioned, Mendy, Robertson, Mane, Salah, Aguero, Alonso and Richarlison in my team. As long as they keep delivering, I will be happy. For the differentials though I would love to have Hazard, Kane or Auba, who I think will score a lot of points, but I'm not dropping my assets before they lose their charm.
I used a mini wildcard this week, turning De Gea, Sanchez and Jota into Ederson, Mkhi and Mané.
My rank is about 100k, so I'm still happy. Haven't had a better start in years.
For the next round my team is:
Ederson (Stekelenburg)
Mendy - Robertson - Tomkins (Obi Wan, Bednarek)
Salah - Mané - Mkhi - Richarlison (Stephens)
Aguero - Arnautovic - Mitrovic
Got 0.6 in the bank. After this round, I'm probably looking at upgrading Tomkins or Bednarek.
My rank is about 100k, so I'm still happy. Haven't had a better start in years.
For the next round my team is:
Ederson (Stekelenburg)
Mendy - Robertson - Tomkins (Obi Wan, Bednarek)
Salah - Mané - Mkhi - Richarlison (Stephens)
Aguero - Arnautovic - Mitrovic
Got 0.6 in the bank. After this round, I'm probably looking at upgrading Tomkins or Bednarek.
Doubt it. Think he is only covering for Zanka.
I actually have the finances to upgrade Silva to Mane but I already have Salah and no Arsenal players...
Upgrade Bernardo Silva to Mane or Mhiki? Bear in mind I have no Arsenal players and already have Salah.
----------------------Foster------------------------
Mendy----Robertson------Shaw
Salah------B.Silva------Neves-----Richarlison
Firmino------Wilson-----Aguero
----------------------Foster------------------------
Mendy----Robertson------Shaw
Salah------B.Silva------Neves-----Richarlison
Firmino------Wilson-----Aguero
Probably going to hit wildcard.
From
Ederson
Bennett, Robertson, Mendy, Trippier, Duffy
Neves, Sanchez, b.Silva, Salah, Jorginho
Zaha, Arnautovic, Rashford
To
Hart,
Bennett, Robertson, Trippier, Mendy, Alonso
Neves, Pedro, b.Silva, Salah, Richarlison
Aguero, Ings, Zaha
Thoughts?
From
Ederson
Bennett, Robertson, Mendy, Trippier, Duffy
Neves, Sanchez, b.Silva, Salah, Jorginho
Zaha, Arnautovic, Rashford
To
Hart,
Bennett, Robertson, Trippier, Mendy, Alonso
Neves, Pedro, b.Silva, Salah, Richarlison
Aguero, Ings, Zaha
Thoughts?
Not sure if I’d keep Bernardo on my wildcard and I’d be tempted to have Mane for another 4 gw3, but other than that looks class. 4 premium defenders is quite an interesting concept, would you play them every week? Would be a bit of a waste to bench one of them...
Thoughts please, can't decide at all!
It's a strong team but unsure how much Mahrez and Lacazette will play straight off the bat.
Yeah was considering upgrading Laca to Auba and swapping out Mahrez for Mkhi?
Yeah that makes your side a lot better I feel.
I'd focus on teams that are liable to be spanked and load up on key players from the opposition.
I also need help,is this good, what do i need to change?
This is just for one gameweek, right? Mahrez, Laca -> Mkhi, Auba for -4 could be a good call I believe then, and just hope Arsenal score few goals, which I think will happen.
Very good team, although I personally wouldn't go without Salah. If you feel like Kane will start firing soon, then this might be a good idea. Hazard is a high risk high reward pick I believe, although he gets less and less risky every week and I'm quite sure we'll all wonder how to fit him in the team soon...
How much is Schneiderlin? Any chance you could downgrade him and try to upgrade TAA to Robertson, who should face much less rotation?
Other than that, I like it a lot and it could pay off very nicely, if both Hazard and Kane run riot soon.
Schneiderlin is 4.5, he is for bench, he wont be in my first team, i plan to rotate hennessy/hamer , hughes/ings/wan bissaka but Schneiderlin and Bennett are only for bench.
Then you'd have 4 Liverpool players so its a double transfer to get Mane in. Get Miki.
I'd never go for Kane over Salah. I expect Kane to have over 20 goals easily, probably 28 is the benchmark for him which is worth 112 points. He won't get many assits. Salah can get to 112 points with 14 goals and 10 assists as he's also compensated for clean sheets which they will have 10 of minimum.
I think there will be time of the season when we'll need both of them, again. I'm on Aguero from GW1 and not planning to ship him anytime soon, but I can still imagine I'll own Kane for a larger part of the season compared to Kun. Not today, though, and hopefully we give Harry a very tough time this Monday.
Nah Kane isn't worth 12.5m for me, I'm never bringing him back. Aubameyang I think will also score more points per pound than him throughout the season.
Hamer is at risk of Lossl taking back the number 1.
A lot depends on the state of Spurs I think, and I personally expect them to be slightly worse than last season. If that's the case and if Kane is not able to bag two-three goals every other weekend, it might be the case he's not worth his price tag. Then again, he excels in the latter stage of the season when money becomes a bit less relevant and binding with increased team value. Also, it's not only about points per pound, but also about captaincy potential and how reliable certain player is - not saying Auba won't turn out to be a great pick, but Kane has proven us that he can deliver week in week out. And at this point, there are only two players I would probably trust with triple captain armband - Kane and Salah. I am pretty sure Harry will end up in my team sooner than later.
Idea would be to play all of them. Can't get Mane in without taking Salah out
If you meddled with your defence then you probably could...we have a very similar team except I don't have Robertson and Trippier at the back in order to fit Mane in, so depends whether you're set on playing 4 defenders.
Interesting, never thought of it like that. Makes me think getting Hazard in as well should take higher priority.
Possibly could WC from
Foster
Mendy Azpi Bellerin
Richarlison Sessegnon Salah Pedro
King Aguero Tosun
Bench - Wan-Bissaka, Doherty, Kenedy
To this?
Foster
Mendy Alonso Bellerin
Richarlison Hazard Salah Fraser Pedro
Aguero Ings
Hamad, Jimenez, Bennett, Wan-Bissaka
£1m in the bank , could upgrade the strikers
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Hazard is on my radar, was thinking about upgrading from Alli to him but it would cost £2m and I would need to downgrade elsewhere and I have no wildcard anymore. I’m lying low for now, think the time to upgrade will be later.
Might drop De Gea for someone though. Thinking about Lloris.
I’m thinking of doing Mane to Hazard next week, will see how this weekend goes
How much squad-value do people have in here? Mine is up to 101.1, not bad.
101.2 I think. Very happy I had Mane and Mendy from the very beginning and that I got Richarlison for Jota right after GW1 still at 6.5
£101m after Davies dropped today, the gimp.