The Rounded Keeper - FPL Pub Talk & Matchday Banter 2019/20

[Pirlo's Beard]

Rashford is a complete failure - has to go.

Think I might hold him, he'll practically be a differential by next GW.

[math!]

Pogba flew past Bruno and Greenwood into the 3 BP. Bruno will probably get a winning goal boost and push Greenwood down to 1 BP

[Kris_fiso]

Pogba flew past Bruno and Greenwood into the 3 BP. Bruno will probably get a winning goal boost and push Greenwood down to 1 BP

He done this thing before

[Lucky]

Rashford is a complete failure - has to go.

Think I might hold him, he'll practically be a differential by next GW.

I will have Kane and Son as differentials against Arsenal

[math!]

Bruno 3
Pogba 2
Greenwood 1

Wish I never removed Bruno.

[Kris_fiso]

Rashford is a complete failure - has to go.

Think I might hold him, he'll practically be a differential by next GW.

I will have Kane and Son as differentials against Arsenal

I can see Tottenham scoring five goals against Arsenal. But at least four of them being ruled out by VAR

[Turd Ferguson]

I went with Martial, Rashford and Greenwood. Now I'm stuck without an easy way to get Rashford out and Bruno in. I may just sit and pray to the FPL gods that Bruno blanks a couple of times.

Wow, not having Greenwood is annoying but not having Fernandes would be terrifying!

Indeed it’s been painful. But my current midfield is Salah, KdB, Martial and Pulisic who are all scoring well. I may switch to a strong front 8 but I don’t see many good cheap striker options with DCL struggling. I may punt on Giroud.

[From4corners]

BBC News - VAR: Premier League confirms wrong penalty decisions in all Thursday games
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53357841

Kane owners have had an unlucky spell alright.. Perhaps I should keep him after reading that, with Oliver perhaps willing to make amends..

[senorjoeyo]

I think it's more likely they're corrupt as opposed to incompetent though.... How do you fix that?

[Joccki_10]

Just seen the Kane incident. How, as a Video Assistant Referee, can you decide to not give a penalty for that?

[blahblah]

Just seen the Kane incident. How, as a Video Assistant Referee, can you decide to not give a penalty for that?

Apparently he tripped over the Spurs bods leg before the push.

The worst decision was the Pen Soton got, imho.

[Stu255]

VAR is bad. I thought it would be a good thing that would take away a distraction, but it has done the complete opposite.

It's one of those things that in theory sounds like a really good idea. As everyone imagines it being perfectly implemented.
But then in reality it's horrible, because its staffed by exactly the same people who make all the mistakes in the first place and the technology is insufficient.

The technology doesn't do the most basic things that it promises to do.
Current VAR can't even accurately timestamp when the ball is struck. To do that you need cameras running at 1,000 fps or more. Instead we use Sky TV footage shot at 20 fps with 50ms between frames. A professional athlete can sprint 60cm in that time. So all offside reviews are nothing but tedious theatre. Why even bother with it?

"We have the technology to do it" was objectively not true. If they do, it's not what they are using now.


But what's 10x worse than it being technically insufficient is that it interrupts the emotional narrative. Football as a product is effectively a "loot box" of euphoric moments.

VAR blunts the euphoria by interrupting the dopamine and adrenaline signals. You only have to have it interrupted a few times and your brain quickly learns not to trust the signal of 'seeing the ball hit the net with your own eyes'. Once that pattern is learnt by your brain, you can never enjoy football in quite the same way.

"The goal" which was previously a euphoric moment is now just a gateway into a VAR review, and humans don't have the endocrinology processes to handle that 10 second+ review process with the same emotional value as the instant goal.



Give each team just 2 or 3 VAR reviews per game (like tennis) and only the manager can request them. OR get rid of it until the technology improves a lot.

[Stevieste]

*BREAKING NEWS:* Pep leaves City by mutual consent with immediate effect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53343410

[hayesag]

*BREAKING NEWS:* Pep leaves City by mutual consent with immediate effect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53343410

nice play , and certainly not FAKE news

[Stevieste]

*BREAKING NEWS:* Pep leaves City by mutual consent with immediate effect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53343410

nice play , and certainly not FAKE news

Im never one to provide fake information

[blahblah]

*BREAKING NEWS:* Pep leaves City by mutual consent with immediate effect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53343410

nice play , and certainly not FAKE news

Im never one to provide fake information

Liar

[math!]

*BREAKING NEWS:* Pep leaves City by mutual consent with immediate effect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53343410

nice play , and certainly not FAKE news

Im never one to provide fake information

Liar

He's actually right though. Pep's gone.

[Stevieste]

Math

[blahblah]

*BREAKING NEWS:* Pep leaves City by mutual consent with immediate effect.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53343410

nice play , and certainly not FAKE news

Im never one to provide fake information

Liar

He's actually right though. Pep's gone.

Seriously, Prick Assley?

[Kris_fiso]

I can see Pep staying at Man City for life

[germainelefoe]

Vardy not in any of the training pics or videos from today

https://twitter.com/LCFC/status/1281675055378857988

https://twitter.com/RotationFPL/status/ ... 1194639361

Probably just a day off but everybody losing their minds on twitter

[Stevieste]

Vardy not in any of the training pics or videos from today

https://twitter.com/LCFC/status/1281675055378857988

https://twitter.com/RotationFPL/status/ ... 1194639361

Probably just a day off but everybody losing their minds on twitter

So you thought you would do the same on Fiso

[germainelefoe]

So you thought you would do the same on Fiso

It gets worse. As well as the fact Vardy didn't train, Klopp might rest Salah or TAA, Jimenez's wife is heavily pregnant and there is major Pep roulette to contend with.

[Stevieste]

So you thought you would do the same on Fiso

It gets worse. As well as the fact Vardy didn't train, Klopp might rest Salah or TAA, Jimenez's wife is heavily pregnant and there is major Pep roulette to contend with.

This is why we have a bench

[Stevieste]

Roberto Firminho has 8 League goals for 94 shots

If he’d shot Tupac, Tupac would be 49 today

[S_sutton87]

Roberto Firminho has 8 League goals for 94 shots

If he’d shot Tupac, Tupac would be 49 today

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[Owsler]

Vardy not in any of the training pics or videos from today

https://twitter.com/LCFC/status/1281675055378857988

https://twitter.com/RotationFPL/status/ ... 1194639361

Probably just a day off but everybody losing their minds on twitter

I just brought him in for Jimenez so looks like I'm the jinx this week

[blahblah]

Vardy not in any of the training pics or videos from today

https://twitter.com/LCFC/status/1281675055378857988

https://twitter.com/RotationFPL/status/ ... 1194639361

Probably just a day off but everybody losing their minds on twitter

I just brought him in for Jimenez so looks like I'm the jinx this week

Vardy might be too old to train ie rest and recuperation is better for him with 2 matches a week....

[murf]

So you thought you would do the same on Fiso

It gets worse. As well as the fact Vardy didn't train, Klopp might rest Salah or TAA, Jimenez's wife is heavily pregnant and there is major Pep roulette to contend with.

2 matches ago Firminho was rested
Last match Mane was rested
Today, murf predicts, Salah will be rested

(although Klopp has commented previously how Salah is naturally fitter than the other 2 so maybe he'll start. 60/40 I reckon)

[From4corners]

Some news from FPL Rockstar
https://twitter.com/FPL_Rockstar

Lascelles ASM Ritchie Almiron Deeney Welbeck and Sarr start too

Noble, Soucek, Bowen, Antonio start

Yarmo, Lanzini, Haller benched

Buendia, Hernandez, Pukki start

Cantwell on bench