The way he moves ft. Magnus Carlsen

[Pirlo's Beard]

Guess who doesn't own Kevin De Bruyne?

I mean, apart from me.

[blahblah]

Guess who doesn't own Kevin De Bruyne?

I mean, apart from me.

Me

[SirMattBugsby]

I'm thinking one of the Pool mids will go for KdB or Sterling. Which one though?

[Pirlo's Beard]

I'm thinking one of the Pool mids will go for KdB or Sterling. Which one though?

Yep, that seems likely. City's decent run covers Liverpool's tricky run quite nicely (GW18 to GW25). Salah historically struggles against the better teams (although perhaps only Leicester and Tottenham of their upcoming opponents fall into that bracket). Might he be more expendable than Mané through this sticky spell?

Will be interesting to see what he does.

[Smurphy Paw]

This is now being reported on the mainstream national news!

[Pirlo's Beard]

This is now being reported on the mainstream national news!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... ier-league

More or less the same article from last week, updated to include his rise to the top of the rankings this weekend.

Something else I learned from that article: current world no.2 (and likely world no.1 after tonight's game) is former Liverpool and Bristol Rovers player Nick Tanner! Although it should be noted that Tanner used literally all of his available chips in the first seven gameweeks.

It seems the top of the FPL rankings is full of famous names these days.

[forestfan]

What is a FIDE Score?

Basically, a chess world ranking points total.

[Smurphy Paw]

This is now being reported on the mainstream national news!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... ier-league

More or less the same article from last week, updated to include his rise to the top of the rankings this weekend.

Something else I learned from that article: current world no.2 (and likely world no.1 after tonight's game) is former Liverpool and Bristol Rovers player Nick Tanner! Although it should be noted that Tanner used literally all of his available chips in the first seven gameweeks.

It seems the top of the FPL rankings is full of famous names these days.

No way, Andrea’s Beard. Third place could be yours

[Pirlo's Beard]

Third place could be yours

Yes, if I play my cards right (or make the right chess moves, perhaps), I think I have a real chance of finishing third in my mini-league.

[Tall Paul]

This is now being reported on the mainstream national news!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... ier-league

More or less the same article from last week, updated to include his rise to the top of the rankings this weekend.

Something else I learned from that article: current world no.2 (and likely world no.1 after tonight's game) is former Liverpool and Bristol Rovers player Nick Tanner! Although it should be noted that Tanner used literally all of his available chips in the first seven gameweeks.

It seems the top of the FPL rankings is full of famous names these days.

Nick Tanner has already been number one, back in October and the BBC ran an article about it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49983351

[Sutter Kane]

Magnus has somehow contrived to do worse than my 36 this week!

[baganboy]

What happens when your boss rebukes you for doing FPL stuff while at work? Why?

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wesley ... ZNRubMzg_0

This is why.


(Got the link from FB)

And then you listen to the rebuke and get back to work

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/ ... rsial-game

And as a result,
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1908330/history

This happens.

[Beerfuelledman]

Mini WC for GW22

8 Jan 20:46 Abraham Calvert-Lewin
8 Jan 20:46 Maguire Alexander-Arnold
3 Jan 12:34 Alli Richarlison

[hancockjr]

Dropping Abraham prior to Burnley at home - not something I'd do, especially for a hit (accepting it is to fund the other transfers, but TAA doesn't seem pressing this week so could have just done Alli to Rich?).

[Sutter Kane]

Yeah the other 2 seem mis-timed. Maguire was a small doubt but has Norwich at home. Perhaps he has other transfer plans imminent.

[hancockjr]

Yeah the other 2 seem mis-timed. Maguire was a small doubt but has Norwich at home. Perhaps he has other transfer plans imminent.

It's not going well so far.

[Smurphy Paw]

With four/six having played it’s looking like a poor set of transfers

[Pirlo's Beard]

A -4 to bring in Alexander-Arnold three weeks after his 24-pointer, he's really ahead of the game there.

[blahblah]

blah blahsen will close the gap this GW

[Pirlo's Beard]

blah blahsen will close the gap this GW

A mere 200 points behind him. Poor old Magnus must be quaking in his boots.

[blahblah]

blah blahsen will close the gap this GW

A mere 200 points behind him. Poor old Magnus must be quaking in his boots.

Yep

[blahblah]

blah blahsen will close the gap this GW

A mere 200 points behind him. Poor old Magnus must be quaking in his boots.

That's 20% of the gap closed

[hancockjr]

Dropping Abraham prior to Burnley at home - not something I'd do, especially for a hit (accepting it is to fund the other transfers, but TAA doesn't seem pressing this week so could have just done Alli to Rich?).

Cost him 9 points.

[Pirlo's Beard]

Carlsen just broke the record for longest unbeaten run in chess, extending his unbeaten run to 111 successive classical games with a draw in a tournament in the Netherlands on Tuesday.

And with five red arrows in a row, he could be heading for the longest streak of red arrows in the history of FPL if he doesn't get a green one soon.

[Stu255]

And with five red arrows in a row, he could be heading for the longest streak of red arrows in the history of FPL if he doesn't get a green one soon.

Hold my beer.

[MHiggi]

He’s back into the top 50 with 85 points this week thanks to bringing in Jota and Doherty for a hit.

And he’s happy about it:
https://twitter.com/magnuscarlsen/statu ... 79040?s=21

[SirMattBugsby]

He’s back into the top 50 with 85 points this week thanks to bringing in Jota and Doherty for a hit.

And he’s happy about it:
https://twitter.com/magnuscarlsen/statu ... 79040?s=21

Nice. Sexy moves he definitely pays some attention to eye test: Jota and Doherty have become more prominent in the absence of Traore.

In contrast, I brought Traore in even after watching the EL game, mainly because the move was 'planned' and 'made sense' for my team. He should do well against Spurs, mind.

He's been in support of Salah+Mane since quite early. Let's see how that works out.

[From4corners]

Where's my credit, I beat him to it with those sexy moves.

[Smurphy Paw]

Where's my credit, I beat him to it with those sexy moves.

How’s your chess?

[From4corners]

Awful/nonexistent