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I have a grand total of 15 points from 5 players. Absolutely pathetic

Might bin off Mane (who I captained) but not sure if I go to KDB or Salah. However at other times Mane has been the one to have.
 

Sarni

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Is that a wildcard?
Yeah has become like my tradition to do a knee jerk wildcard second week. I treat WCs differently though because the league I play in with mates allows a bit more freedom with transfers.
 

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Hopefully Auba leaves Arsenal, it would open up a lot of possibilities rather than having to shoe him in and being largely restricted elsewhere
 

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Yeah has become like my tradition to do a knee jerk wildcard second week. I treat WCs differently though because the league I play in with mates allows a bit more freedom with transfers.
How so? Aren’t you still playing within the confines of the PL Fantasy Football platform?
 

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I have a grand total of 15 points from 5 players. Absolutely pathetic

Might bin off Mane (who I captained) but not sure if I go to KDB or Salah. However at other times Mane has been the one to have.
I thought Id be contrarian and go for Mane over Salah as well and obviously regret it massively now - Im dumping him now for Bruno or KDB

At least I managed to pick Vardy and Wilson plus a couple of CSs so not playing catch up immediately
 

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How so? Aren’t you still playing within the confines of the PL Fantasy Football platform?
We are but we have hit allocation each and even if you don't want any paid transfers, you need to do them in order to meet that, for example.
 

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Nobody has mentioned Augero.........Thoughts??
Nah. He's brilliant and will get big scores but I can't justify having a premium player that isn't guaranteed starter and even if he starts, won't play 90 minutes. With premiums, you need the confidence in them to Captain them. You can't do that with the Pep Guardiola is my idol calling the shots.
 

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Is it worth me taking a -4 hit to replace Saliba with another 4.5 or 5.0 defender?

I already planned to bring Martial and KDB in in GWs 2/3 so I don't have the space for another free transfer until after those.

If I wait until GW4;
a) I don't have space for another transfer, if someone else gets injured, dropped or starts the season looking terrible (potentially my risky bets on Werner/ Havertz).
b) I could lose value if Saliba drops. Though on the other hand, I can swap him for a 5.5 defender (e.g. AWB) if he doesn't drop and KDB doesn't rise - probably unlikely.
c) I'm reliant on Vinagre vs. City in GW2 and two of KWP @ Burnley, Vinagre @ West Ham and Ayling @ Shef Utd. Not brilliant.
 

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Is it worth me taking a -4 hit to replace Saliba with another 4.5 or 5.0 defender?

I already planned to bring Martial and KDB in in GWs 2/3 so I don't have the space for another free transfer until after those.

If I wait until GW4;
a) I don't have space for another transfer, if someone else gets injured, dropped or starts the season looking terrible (potentially my risky bets on Werner/ Havertz).
b) I could lose value if Saliba drops. Though on the other hand, I can swap him for a 5.5 defender (e.g. AWB) if he doesn't drop and KDB doesn't rise - probably unlikely.
c) I'm reliant on Vinagre vs. City in GW2 and two of KWP @ Burnley, Vinagre @ West Ham and Ayling @ Shef Utd. Not brilliant.
If you have subs, use them. That's what they're there for. Taking a hit should be the last resort.
 

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Is it worth me taking a -4 hit to replace Saliba with another 4.5 or 5.0 defender?

I already planned to bring Martial and KDB in in GWs 2/3 so I don't have the space for another free transfer until after those.

If I wait until GW4;
a) I don't have space for another transfer, if someone else gets injured, dropped or starts the season looking terrible (potentially my risky bets on Werner/ Havertz).
b) I could lose value if Saliba drops. Though on the other hand, I can swap him for a 5.5 defender (e.g. AWB) if he doesn't drop and KDB doesn't rise - probably unlikely.
c) I'm reliant on Vinagre vs. City in GW2 and two of KWP @ Burnley, Vinagre @ West Ham and Ayling @ Shef Utd. Not brilliant.
Don't take a hit for a defender. Ride it out till you can make a free transfer.
 

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Is it worth me taking a -4 hit to replace Saliba with another 4.5 or 5.0 defender?

I already planned to bring Martial and KDB in in GWs 2/3 so I don't have the space for another free transfer until after those.

If I wait until GW4;
a) I don't have space for another transfer, if someone else gets injured, dropped or starts the season looking terrible (potentially my risky bets on Werner/ Havertz).
b) I could lose value if Saliba drops. Though on the other hand, I can swap him for a 5.5 defender (e.g. AWB) if he doesn't drop and KDB doesn't rise - probably unlikely.
c) I'm reliant on Vinagre vs. City in GW2 and two of KWP @ Burnley, Vinagre @ West Ham and Ayling @ Shef Utd. Not brilliant.
Scenes when Vinagre doesn't play tonight....
 

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Any idea when does the price goes up ? Does it happen tonight or it already happened?
 

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I have a grand total of 15 points from 5 players. Absolutely pathetic

Might bin off Mane (who I captained) but not sure if I go to KDB or Salah. However at other times Mane has been the one to have.
Mane was cheaper last year. Now he is on par with Salah ,means Salah is always a better choice since he takes penalties as well.
 

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Feels like there is a big risk for price drops for all your players now even the big boys. Going to make transfers harder to do before you wildcard.
Also annoying to get lower team value.
 

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McCarthy / Nyland
Digne / Tierney / Taylor / Dallas / Mitchell
Auba / KDB / Fernandes / J. Rodriguez / Grealish
Wilson / DCL / Davis

With 0.5m in the bank. Don't feel particularly good about that team though, something seems off (no it's not the lack of Liverpool players). Midfield is fine, defence is shaky, attack is boring.
You can try taking Tierney out and try Liverpool ones
 

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I thought Id be contrarian and go for Mane over Salah as well and obviously regret it massively now - Im dumping him now for Bruno or KDB
Obviously it didn't pay off in gw1 but he's still almost certain to be a big point winner going forward.
 

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You can try taking Tierney out and try Liverpool ones
Only one for that price is Gomez and he hardly does anything except clean sheets. I could do Digne to Robertson if I downgrade Tierney to Vinagre or Justin but as cumulative this will probably end up being less.
 

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Traore at right wingback as expected. There’s very little value in Wolves team this year.
 

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I thought Id be contrarian and go for Mane over Salah as well and obviously regret it massively now - Im dumping him now for Bruno or KDB

At least I managed to pick Vardy and Wilson plus a couple of CSs so not playing catch up immediately
Mane was cheaper last year. Now he is on par with Salah ,means Salah is always a better choice since he takes penalties as well.

I've binned Mane and put in Salah, most of the people seem to have him so it will at least cover that

Cue Mane hattrick incoming!

Im conflicted over TAA as he seems to leak a goal quite often, though the points he gets from goals tends to outweigh it and so many people have him. He is so expensive though, if he keeps losing points he will have to be binned and ill upgrade in mid field
 
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Im not for sure but after reading reddit they said not to include Buur. Don't trust me on that though.
I was close to bringing in but removed. Don't like too many risks.

Scenes when Vinagre doesn't play tonight....
Don't have him was another one I avoided luckily.

Have no money to play with but Salah captain probably gives me the luxury to sit and roll the transfer.

Gives the likes of Ings and Mitrovic a second go and avoids any unnecessary knee jerking. Although Ings to Richarlison is quite tempting me at the moment. Means another week without United and City though. Hmmmm...
I have 69 point and I was sort of dissapointed thinking oh I want this player and that player but then I realised listen calm down you've got a good set of points. No point making a transfer based off 1 week.

I'll give Son, Ings another chance. I do want an Everton asset but I can hold off another week.
 

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Grealish or Greenwood as the fifth midfielder? Or Saint Maximin and improve elsewhere?