Raoul's RMT

[raoul]

If it was my team I think I'd take the hit, but I'm pretty rubbish at FPL so I'm not sure I should be handing out advice!

honest

My problem is Salah. I am wondering if having him through the difficult run could be a masterstroke, given others may well drop him.

If Martial was guaranteed to be 100% fit then perhaps not, and I would rather avoid a hit at this early stage, but Salah at home to Newcastle...

[Smurphy Paw]

Martial is likely to return (quote in FFFix suggesting that, with Luke Shaw a week or two later) so unless you’re captaining Salah I don’t know that it’s worth a hit.
The defensive switch looks a bit sideways as they play each other. I’d be waiting until after the press conferences to see if there’s news - not sure either side will keep a clean sheet though so I doubt it’ll make a big difference to your GW score

[raoul]

Martial is likely to return (quote in FFFix suggesting that, with Luke Shaw a week or two later) so unless you’re captaining Salah I don’t know that it’s worth a hit.
The defensive switch looks a bit sideways as they play each other. I’d be waiting until after the press conferences to see if there’s news - not sure either side will keep a clean sheet though so I doubt it’ll make a big difference to your GW score

Thinking similar.

Would your view change if AWB is definitely out?

[Smurphy Paw]

Martial is likely to return (quote in FFFix suggesting that, with Luke Shaw a week or two later) so unless you’re captaining Salah I don’t know that it’s worth a hit.
The defensive switch looks a bit sideways as they play each other. I’d be waiting until after the press conferences to see if there’s news - not sure either side will keep a clean sheet though so I doubt it’ll make a big difference to your GW score

Thinking similar.

Would your view change if AWB is definitely out?

If you’re planning on getting rid of AWB in the near future, yes, there’d be no reason to delay

[raoul]

yes I am and ...

[raoul]

Martial is likely to return (quote in FFFix suggesting that, with Luke Shaw a week or two later) so unless you’re captaining Salah I don’t know that it’s worth a hit.
The defensive switch looks a bit sideways as they play each other. I’d be waiting until after the press conferences to see if there’s news - not sure either side will keep a clean sheet though so I doubt it’ll make a big difference to your GW score

Thinking similar.

Would your view change if AWB is definitely out?

If you’re planning on getting rid of AWB in the near future, yes, there’d be no reason to delay

thanks SP for clarifying my thoughts

[raoul]

Salah and Lowton are in, AWB and Martial out, for a -4.

Ederson
VVD, Digne, Lundstram/Lowton
Salah, Sterling, KdB, Mount, McGinn
Abraham, Pukki
(Button, Greenwood, Boly, Lundstram/Lowton)

Lowton or Lundstram as D3, the other likely to be Sub 1.
Salah will captain.

Question is who is D3 - or whether to play Lundstram and Lowton and maybe put McGinn as Sub1.

[Smurphy Paw]

Nooooo!

(Just kidding)

[GoonerShillz]

Very similar to my team accept I have TAA, Guilbert, Cabellos to your VVD, Boly, McGinn.

I'm playing Lundstrum with 3 at the back. Tough choice between him and Guilbert for me tho.

[raoul]

Salah at home to Newcastle. Who do not concede many.

Sterling away at Norwich, who concede tons and have everybody out injured especially in defence.

Hmmm.

[raoul]

So I went Sterling, and vc was KdB. That was a tad fortunate.

Up to around 350k which is my best position so far. A decent 73 pts for the week (although 12 on the bench with Lundstram).

I have 2FT and not really in possession of a plan.

What would you do?

Ederson, Button
VVD, Digne, Lowton, Lundstram, Boly
Salah, Sterling, KdB, Mount, McGinn
Abraham, Pukki,Greenwood

Looks like I have too many starters given I am going 352, so ditch Boly and take the million in the bank for now? Or use a Boly downgrade to move Digne up to TAA?

[Smurphy Paw]

Boly, Digne and Greenwood look to be the weakest links. I can relate. The less said about Boly, the better

Greenwood is fine to keep in a 352. The risk is that if he drops in price it’ll start a run and he’ll drop again. Again, only an issue if you’re not going to keep him for the whole season.

As for who to bring in...you need someone with greater potential than Digne or why bother? TAA would be on my radar.

[raoul]

Boly, Digne and Greenwood look to be the weakest links. I can relate. The less said about Boly, the better

Greenwood is fine to keep in a 352. The risk is that if he drops in price it’ll start a run and he’ll drop again. Again, only an issue if you’re not going to keep him for the whole season.

As for who to bring in...you need someone with greater potential than Digne or why bother? TAA would be on my radar.

Yep that's what I am thinking. Digne and Boly out, TAA and Kelly in.

[Smurphy Paw]

Boly, Digne and Greenwood look to be the weakest links. I can relate. The less said about Boly, the better

Greenwood is fine to keep in a 352. The risk is that if he drops in price it’ll start a run and he’ll drop again. Again, only an issue if you’re not going to keep him for the whole season.

As for who to bring in...you need someone with greater potential than Digne or why bother? TAA would be on my radar.

Yep that's what I am thinking. Digne and Boly out, TAA and Kelly in.

I’ve not researched it, just parroting that I read on here that Kelly may not be first choice anymore. Back to Greenwood as well, would you want two non starters on your bench?

[raoul]

Boly, Digne and Greenwood look to be the weakest links. I can relate. The less said about Boly, the better

Greenwood is fine to keep in a 352. The risk is that if he drops in price it’ll start a run and he’ll drop again. Again, only an issue if you’re not going to keep him for the whole season.

As for who to bring in...you need someone with greater potential than Digne or why bother? TAA would be on my radar.

Yep that's what I am thinking. Digne and Boly out, TAA and Kelly in.

I’ve not researched it, just parroting that I read on here that Kelly may not be first choice anymore. Back to Greenwood as well, would you want two non starters on your bench?

Really not sure about Digne. I think I should probably stick, but then again Man City next so now would be as good a time as any if I am going to bail.

TAA + Rico/Kelly seems a good swap for Digne + Boly. Yes I risk a non-starter and yes Greenwood is already one of those, so really not sure.

I see a lot of chat about taking out Sterling. If I did that and downgraded to say Son, I could have TAA + Son for Boly + Sterling. Taking out Sterling feels a little suicidal but Son was in my pre-season plans and his ppg so far are pretty decent. Hmmmmmmm.

[baganboy]

We have the same team literally. Your McGinn and Boly | My Matip and Zinchenko

I tell you something - I keep on trying to change my team, and keep on coming back to the status quo. And stick.

My suggestion too, would be to stick, I believe, for a bit. Let the move play out.

[raoul]

We have the same team literally. Your McGinn and Boly | My Matip and Zinchenko

I tell you something - I keep on trying to change my team, and keep on coming back to the status quo. And stick.

My suggestion too, would be to stick, I believe, for a bit. Let the move play out.

It's the Boly spot that bothers me most. I can have a Leicester defender for less money and that seems a better solution. I brought him in as a temporary place filler while I had Kane not Salah as I could afford a 5m Sub 1, and have ended up retaining him while I dealt with other issues. Now I have a TF I will otherwise lose, I think he has to go.

Maybe Wolves will sort themselves out, but I think it might take a while. Leicester look a far more sorted lot.

[baganboy]

Yes, good one. That is a move perhaps I would make too. Either Soyuncu from LEI, or Tomori from CHE, are both cheaper than Boly, and play for better defences. Chelsea has delightful fixtures, and well, they have Kante. Kante + Jorginho is the best deeper midfield two in the league IMHO. Ndidi and Choudhury, the Leicester DMs are very good - but Kante is a different plane altogether.

BTW - in that case, can you upgrade VVD to one of the LIV fullbacks?

[raoul]

Yes, good one. That is a move perhaps I would make too. Either Soyuncu from LEI, or Tomori from CHE, are both cheaper than Boly, and play for better defences. Chelsea has delightful fixtures, and well, they have Kante. Kante + Jorginho is the best deeper midfield two in the league IMHO. Ndidi and Choudhury, the Leicester DMs are very good - but Kante is a different plane altogether.

BTW - in that case, can you upgrade VVD to one of the LIV fullbacks?

Chelsea do not look like a CS waiting to happen to me. I like Tomori but need to see Chelsea settle down first. They have conceded 2 goals to Norwich, Sheff Utd and Wolves, which is hardly reassuring.

Leicester just keep conceding a single goal. They do look like a CS waiting to happen, and have Newcastle at home. So I think Boly Soyuncu is just too good to be true, especially with a transfer that could in theory otherwise be dead.

Digne is my difficult one. I would be tempted to sit him for this week's fixture. But I think Everton will sort things out at least a bit and he remains a decent attacking threat. His price fall has killed off the Boly+Digne TAA+Rico move, which perhaps is a good thing.

VVD up to TAA ... yes that can happen if I do Boly Soyuncu.

But then I could also do Sterling Son, and then have VVD and TAA.

And now Greenwood probably means I have 8 playing forwards.

Oh too many options ...

[baganboy]

Digne - but you would have to let that plan play out, non? Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. But a plan deserves being played out, methinks.
Especially since he has not done really poorly - 4ppg is only very slightly under par for a 6M defender.

I am benching Digne this week, but only because of Greenwood.

[raoul]

Digne - but you would have to let that plan play out, non? Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. But a plan deserves being played out, methinks.
Especially since he has not done really poorly - 4ppg is only very slightly under par for a 6M defender.

I am benching Digne this week, but only because of Greenwood.

have gone Boly to Soyuncu. Thinking that holding 2 FT next week could be handy so will leave it at that for now.

Greenwood is my first sub at present. Tempted to play him and bench Pukki given Norwich seem to be a home team only.

[baganboy]

Good one!

[Smurphy Paw]

Yes, solid move

[raoul]

Yes, solid move

Let's hope so

[raoul]

Might do same n Fanteam (wrong thread I know) where I am doing a lot better with a similar squad

[raoul]

It feels like we are at an important junction. Key decisions to be made.

Given imminent fixtures, wondering if moving funds from midfield makes sense for a while.

Salah Jorginho and Greenwood Auba

Discuss?

Jorginho would rotate with Pukki, which seems to work fairly well for a few weeks.

Leave a little itb to allow Sterling back to Salah from GW13 for the Liverpool run.

[Sutter Kane]

Discuss?

Jorginho would rotate with Pukki, which seems to work fairly well for a few weeks.

I'd just play Pukki every week. Jorginho pens may be difficult to predict. That said, I much prefer Auba to Salah short term, until Laca pushes him out wide again.

[raoul]

Discuss?

Jorginho would rotate with Pukki, which seems to work fairly well for a few weeks.

I'd just play Pukki every week. Jorginho pens may be difficult to predict. That said, I much prefer Auba to Salah short term, until Laca pushes him out wide again.

Thanks SK.

To be fair, it does not have to be Jorginho. If I move Greenwood to Auba I then have 8 playing forwards all of whom are very playable, so the Salah replacement can be a base. But I have up to 6.4m available for that midfielder, so if it could be someone who plays who has good fixtures in weeks when Pukki is not at Carrow Road, then Pukki and replacement can rotate the 11th man/Sub role.

I know it is early days, but Pukki averages 13.3 pts at home and 3.3 away.

[raoul]

Of course, if KdB is now out (and with the IB coming it would seem sane to rest him) I might need to rethink the rethink.

[Spreadsheet]

I’ve already done a similar move and moved out Salah + Greenwood for Yarmolenko + Aubameyang (did it early to avoid the Yarmolenko rise), so you have enough to do similar (or, with up to 6.4m, someone like McGinn, Ndombele (good fixtures), Tielemans or Perez (again, good fixtures)). I may need to ride out the KDB injury and hope he only misses Wolves plus the IB, or I may be looking at a -4 for Son or Martial.