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Loads, and you can ride a Rich drop.

Can you get anywhere near 2 9m Fwds with PvA to W-B and Rich to Schurrle?

On the flip side Kamara\Rondon in more of a 5-3-2 would work?

I'm still finding my way in this backloaded thing, (and admittedly took a few too many punts for GW1) - but it is really clean and simple....

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The plan for this week was to go Richarlison to Walcott and Gray to Zaha with my 2 free transfers. I did the first one and hadn't realised that Zaha was so close to a rise and now I can't afford him. Basic mistake and review of plans coming up.

One priority is to upgrade my S1. With CL beginning and some of my defenders facing tricky fixtures where having the potential to bench them occasionally would be nice, I think I need at least one substitute that has better prospects than 2 pts per game (my 3 bench players have scored 9,8 & 6 pts so far this season).

So the current plan is over the next two GWs to transfer out Firmino, Gray, and one of Ralls/Cairney/Stephens (probably Cairney as it sounds like he has picked up an injury) and to bring in Ramsey and two of Mitrovic/Ings/King/Wilson/Zaha. At the moment I'm leaning towards Mitrovic and King. Zaha has a limited window due to his fixtures post GW8 and Wilson might be a better bet than King but having owned him for a string of 2's last season I can't bring myself to trust him in the medium term. I really don't like Southampton's fixtures either.

One final option would be Vardy, Frazer and King/Wilson but I think Mitrovic and Ramsey outscore them.

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king just for penalties. His threat and SIB has been very poor so far

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Do you think Ramsey is always going to start if fit?

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Joccki_10 wrote: 30 Aug 2018, 23:52 Do you think Ramsey is always going to start if fit?
I'm hoping so ;)
I really don't know but when he does play he always scores very good points. I spent chunks of last year never quite getting him in and I don't want to do the same again this year.

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Dont over look Kante would be my suggestion, I think hes going to be the pick of the 5m MIDS this term :D
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Beerfuelledman wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 10:37 Dont over look Kante would be my suggestion, I think hes going to be the pick of the 5m MIDS this term :D
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Kante is an interesting suggestion. I suspect Fraser at 0.5m more is probably worth it assuming my first sub may well start regularly once the CL start and fixtures toughen up.
Will certainly be on my list when I WC or need to change my S2/S3.

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I always remover Fraser's stats being good when he played. I always thought he was a little rotation prone. If he's featuring regularly he will return points for sure :D

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Beerfuelledman wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 10:37 Dont over look Kante would be my suggestion, I think hes going to be the pick of the 5m MIDS this term :D
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But quite a few Chelsea look attractive - Alonso Pedro and hazard. Agree kante is good value but I would not want him over Pedro, Alonso is a must and wouldn’t want to be ruling out Hazard.

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OK, has anyone seen much Spurs this season. I've barely seen anything but Alli seems to have decent stats. Does he pass the eye test as well?

If so, Alli & Wilson for Cairney and Firmino is something I would seriously consider.

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Wait and see with Spurs until their fixtures improve?

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Beerfuelledman wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 21:20 IMG_0266.JPG
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!

Hazard is not Salah, not Mane and not even Alli. Less consistant than Walcott. Overrated!

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Float around the Hazard, sting like Alli

Something like that

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That’s very interesting

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Ironfist wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 22:05
Beerfuelledman wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 21:20 IMG_0266.JPG
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!

Hazard is not Salah, not Mane and not even Alli. Less consistant than Walcott. Overrated!
Calm down there President Trump.

Hazard was a key player in a team that won the league and the cup in that period. Alli won no trophies but had a fun time. Hazard also drove Belgium to third place in the WC. Alli did nothing. Hazard is playing in a system that now suits him while Alli was playing in a system that suited him.

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math! wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 22:40
Ironfist wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 22:05
Beerfuelledman wrote: 31 Aug 2018, 21:20 IMG_0266.JPG
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!

Hazard is not Salah, not Mane and not even Alli. Less consistant than Walcott. Overrated!
Calm down there President Trump.

Hazard was a key player in a team that won the league and the cup in that period. Alli won no trophies but had a fun time. Hazard also drove Belgium to third place in the WC. Alli did nothing. Hazard is playing in a system that now suits him while Alli was playing in a system that suited him.
Surely if Hazard was in such a successful team he should have better stats than Ali, thus making your point irrelevant? Fun time for Ali = a better FPL prospect ? Be interesting to take out Hazards penalties from that too.
But after saying that all to the eye Hazard does look alive this season so could well improve.

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I really like the Alli option but given that it involves taking a hit, I think I'll stick with my side as it is and rollover my second transfer to next week. Given I am very unclear about the best sub 6.5m forward, another week's information will be useful as well. I have learned along the way that when you are often unsure about a transfer it is some times best to do nothing. There is always a temptation to tamper with your side and to try and improve it and after only 2 transfers so far this season, that is probably what has happened. Hopefully Firmino will also reward my patience.

So my team is:

Fabianski
Mendy Laporte Robertson Van Aanholt Alonso
Salah (vc) Walcott
Agüero (c) Gray Firmino

Foster Ralls Cairney Stephens

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This is a good arguement, Hazard V Alli! Hazard has been great in FPL with three >200 point seasons but has also been hamstrung by a heavily defensive coach ... their past two seasons are similar and perhaps it would be wise to look at both... I just sold Salah for Hazard though throwing caution to the wind and hoping for past glories and the promise of a more attacking Chelsea.

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ricardo68 wrote: 01 Sep 2018, 10:38 This is a good arguement, Hazard V Alli! Hazard has been great in FPL with three >200 point seasons but has also been hamstrung by a heavily defensive coach ... their past two seasons are similar and perhaps it would be wise to look at both... I just sold Salah for Hazard though throwing caution to the wind and hoping for past glories and the promise of a more attacking Chelsea.
Salah to Hazard certainly has its attractions. I would need to see a bit more consistency of returns from Hazard though. Last season he scored 5 or more points in only 13 games out of 34 (38%); by compariosn

Salah delivered in 25/36 (69%)
Stirling 22/33 (67%)
Aguero 15/24 (62%)
Kane 18/37 (49%)

Ideally for a captain (and at his price you have to be willing to captain him), I'd like a hit rate of over 50%, when it goes below 40% it begins to feel punty.

If Hazard can up his consistency then he becomes hard to resist and there may be an advantage in being on him early but at the moment Salah feels much safer.

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I'm strongly considering Salah to Hazard now. He is in a totally new system with a much much stronger midfield behind him. I would be afraid of waiting too long and missing out on returns while waiting for Salah to fire again. I would keep my WC and just WC Salah back in when their fixtures turn better, should it be necessary.

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math! wrote: 01 Sep 2018, 22:35 I'm strongly considering Salah to Hazard now. He is in a totally new system with a much much stronger midfield behind him. I would be afraid of waiting too long and missing out on returns while waiting for Salah to fire again. I would keep my WC and just WC Salah back in when their fixtures turn better, should it be necessary.
Not sure on this although I can see the temptation. I watched a stream of the game today and didn't get the feeling that Hazard was about to score big, in fact when it came the goal was something of a surprise. Salah was off colour today but still could/should have scored. Mane on the other hand seems to be taking just about every opportunity. Are you sure going this way is worth using your WC for?

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This year I was planning to WC later than usual anyway. I tend to use it during the international break and then later feel like it was too soon. I haven't seen the Chelsea game yet due to work. Mane seems to be proving what was said about his season haul being close to Salah's had he not gone to Africa.

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To be honest at the moment I have less idea where to go next than I did a week ago. And now I have two weeks to go round and round in circles.

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Added to which Stephens looks like becoming the third of my bench players to fall in price and Firmino is on the brink despite his goal today.

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Aldershot Rejects wrote: 01 Sep 2018, 23:47 To be honest at the moment I have less idea where to go next than I did a week ago. And now I have two weeks to go round and round in circles.
+1 I’m definitely in this boat and not sure where to move. I like my team but it’s not delivering

As a connoisseur of premium defenders, who would you trade TAA to for the next 4 GWs before a GW9WC?

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No Way Jose wrote: 02 Sep 2018, 07:11
Aldershot Rejects wrote: 01 Sep 2018, 23:47 To be honest at the moment I have less idea where to go next than I did a week ago. And now I have two weeks to go round and round in circles.
+1 I’m definitely in this boat and not sure where to move. I like my team but it’s not delivering

As a connoisseur of premium defenders, who would you trade TAA to for the next 4 GWs before a GW9WC?
I'm thinking of benching Robertson next week, playing him against Southampton and then either benching or selling, but I haven't ruled out selling him for all 4 weeks; quite fancy doubling up on Robertson and TAA after that. If I keep him this week it is difficult to justify transferring him out and in again for just 2 weeks, having said that I am not sure my bench is strong enough to cover him for 3 weeks in 4. It may depend in part on Walcott's fitness.

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Good to see the wildcard discussion on STC; I'm at the point where I am happy with about half of my squad but the other half needs some work doing on it. Normally, I would be thinking of a wildcard with those numbers involved, but the main issue is with my subs and cheaper starting players. It doesn't feel worth doing a wc on that basis but I do need to freshen it up so am thinking about 4 transfers for -8.

This is my starting line up this weekend.

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Mendy Laporte Robertson Van Aanholt Alonso
Salah (vc) Walcott
Agüero (c) Gray Firmino

Foster Ralls Cairney Stephens


Those in dark red are those I have major issues with at the moment. The orange are those who I would probably like to shift at some point in next 2-3 weeks.

The GK rotation hasn't really worked out and fixtures for both stiffen up - plus Fabianksi is 60% towards a fall. This is probably a lower priority than some others.
In defence I've thought about dropping Robertson to the bench for three of the next four but that feels like an awful lot of money to bench plus my bench is rubbish. Will stick with PVA until GW8 when the fixtures stiffen up but he (and Palace) have been a disappointment so far.
Walcott depends on injury news.
Firmino rewarded my patience this week but he still feels over-priced at the moment and is due to fall any day. Fixtures hardening up as well.
My subs bench is a disaster - Cairney and Ralls have already cost me money and Stephens is about to fall.

SO WC or tidy-up when I potentially take out four from Cairney, Stephens, Robertson, Walcott (depending on fitness news), Gray and Firmino?

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Oh, and 49 points last week which is my worst of the season but not too disastrous. Dumped out of the top 10k though.

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6 you have "major issues" with + 4 you'd like to get rid of soon = WC for me.

Sure you could -8 and change 4 of those but that still leaves 6. A WC fixes all 10. Down the line you can still -8 if you have to.

I think the value of the WC gets over sold a little, it's for using when you feel you have to. But you see a better way of playing it down the line keep it by all means :D

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