Yeah he's definitely one I could switch out.
Fantasy Premier League 21/22
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Everyone has pretty much gone for the safer option since people are either injured, not guaranteed to start or could be moving clubs. Waiting 4 weeks for everything to settle is the smart option i think.
People thinking about going without Salah now? Think this is what is called overthinking.
I always try and play to the fixtures.
Norwich and Burnley first up.
Its all fun and games leaving Salah out until Liverpool are 3-0 up against Norwich after 30 minutes.
1 goal in 24 pre-season games.
1st game in Premier League last season = hat-trick.
People who went without him at the start last season were playing catch-up from day 1.
I always try and play to the fixtures.
Norwich and Burnley first up.
Its all fun and games leaving Salah out until Liverpool are 3-0 up against Norwich after 30 minutes.
He hasnt scored a goal in preseason since 2018.
1 goal in 24 pre-season games.
1st game in Premier League last season = hat-trick.
People who went without him at the start last season were playing catch-up from day 1.
I’d keep him he was in good form end of last season and the Euros.
I think he’ll play well this season.
Not really… Salah last season got 231 pts he cost 12 mln which should give you 240 mln 231 was worth 11,5 mln so people Lost the potential of another 10 pts. And if you bought him after that 20 pts 1 st round then he only managed to get 211 pts for 12 mln which is pretty bad.Isn't this exactly how thousands got burnt on GW1 last year?
Fantasy is a marathon not a sprint and all Salah points are only 10% of 2310 pts which could placed you around overall 200 k . I think having your team balanced is more important than having few 12 mln players.
1 mln should give you 20 pts, so this is the main thing you should think about.
We all have seen what happend last season, matches being canceled players being off , lot off time i only had like 6 players.
We have 38 GWs if Salah is having that 240 pts that is 6,3 pts per match.
Having additional 5-6 mln to upgrade your whole squad from 4,0-4,5 players to 5-6 mln ones should give you more then 6,3 pts per match IMO.
this is what have killed me last season having Bruno, KDB, Son, Kane and thin squad around them and i Lost all the time sth was canceled.
Honestly have no idea what my team will be on Friday night. Currently on:
Bachmann
TAA / Chilwell / Shaw / Tsmiskas
Salah / Greenwood / Barnes
Ings / Toney / Martial
Bench: Grealish / Raphinha / Veltman
It's shit and I hate it.
Bachmann
TAA / Chilwell / Shaw / Tsmiskas
Salah / Greenwood / Barnes
Ings / Toney / Martial
Bench: Grealish / Raphinha / Veltman
It's shit and I hate it.
Its not that bad. I wouldn't go with 4 defenders though. Start grealish, he'll deffo start for city. Martial is a worry but he'll more than likely start for us and he can get a goal. Rest is similar to mine bar the keeper
I was talking about GW1. Many had the same thought and started without him and he gave his captainers a nice 30 point start.
I don't give much attention to season totals. Unless you are gonna keep someone for the whole season which is something anyone rarely ever does.
Why do you think he's 100% to start?
Thoughts on Gundogan for 7.5? It's either him or Greenwood
Hes fit, he's come of the bench already and for the amount they paid why wouldn't they start him. Could be wrong, its pep after all. Just of the opinion he'll start.
Utds game is easier, given the way Leeds play we'll be afforded more attacking opportunities. Id take a chance on greenwood.
I bet It was 40 cause i got that
and then get rid of him. Right now i have got Jota Tsimikas and Trent from LFC, 7,5 for midfielder playing ST is good i guess, i do not know how long he is gonna keep his place because of Firmino but then we will see.i am planning for 3GWs and need more players to rotate. Have additional 1 mln in bank to change Mahrez to Son if Kane is sold.
that is my 5/5 post for today
so gonna write sth tommorow.Have a nice day
Yeah you're right and the fixtures are a reason why i currently have no City players in the team.
I'll go with Mason and potentially look at Grealish for .5 more when he settles.
The logic would make sense if there were no transfers. The thing is you're allowed transfers, and add to that there is the captaincy chip as well. In the 1st 6 GWs, Salah is the best captain in 4 if not 5 GWs, and once you account for this, the theory you're suggesting doesn't hold as much value.
For example, Salah and Raphinha cost 18.5m, which is the same as Sancho and Mahrez or Son and Havertz. However, of the latter 4, Son aside, I don't think anyone of them will feature in captaincy debate in the 1st 6 GWs. The question then becomes, do you fancy 2xSalah + Raphinha or 2x Mahrez+Sancho, etc. And for me, it's a pretty simple answer as Salah is one of the must-haves in FPL
Guys, i'm changing the team around every few hours.. but i'm close to my ideal line up!
Pickford
Coufal Shaw Tsimikas
Greenwood Salah Bruno Barnes
Ings Antonio Toney
Sanchez, Amartey, Raphinha, Veltman
Coufal Shaw Tsimikas
Greenwood Salah Bruno Barnes
Ings Antonio Toney
Sanchez, Amartey, Raphinha, Veltman
Good to be back playing FPL with the Caf crew. I had participated in the fantasy league here for the first decade of the Red Cafe, but got distracted with life over the past 10|+ years
So, here are my picks so far
Sanchez
Shaw/Stones/Tsimikas
Salas/Fernandes/Greenwood/Bailey
Inges/Antonio/Muapay
Subs
Foster, Ayling, Raphino, Phillips
Back in the day, I used to hang within the top 10% with a bit of gambling on less commonly used players, but I'm newly back. This is why I'm going with the more popular choices.
I believe i'm finally done tinkering after about 12 hours on this team
So, here are my picks so far
Sanchez
Shaw/Stones/Tsimikas
Salas/Fernandes/Greenwood/Bailey
Inges/Antonio/Muapay
Subs
Foster, Ayling, Raphino, Phillips
Back in the day, I used to hang within the top 10% with a bit of gambling on less commonly used players, but I'm newly back. This is why I'm going with the more popular choices.
I believe i'm finally done tinkering after about 12 hours on this team
Solid squad. Your problem will be to bench people.
With the fixtures that Everton and Brighton got it will be tricky to know if you should bench Sanchez or Pickford.
Is it not better to get Digne as Everton guy since I feel Pickford is not amazing for saves or bonus?
Although I personally like rotating goalkeepers to be fair. It is far more fun and have much higher ceiling.
Thats the forward line i went with as well. Also if and when Lukaku (chelsea) and Kane (city) come in i will ty to fit one of them into the lineup.
Is Tsimikas better value than TAA.
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Thanks! It's a bit of a headache and that's with two 4.0 players who are in the squad short term. I was actually considering putting Amartey in for GW1.
I'd have to downgrade Coufal or Shaw for Digne which i dont want to do.
It will allow you to bring more firepower to your attack, i reckon Tsimikas is a good option for the first 3 weeks (Attacks well, will have opportunities to assist)
Cue Milner and Firmino starting, Liverpool conceding in first 5 minutes with Salah scoring a hat trick after that.
No as Robertson returns just before or just after the international break, then you need to find 3-3.5m to bring in Robertson or TAA.
Had it been a 6+ month injury then it may have been good value to go Tsimikas over TAA.
I think it would be difficult for him not to be better value while they're both starting. They get the same clean sheet points so you'd be paying 3.5m just for whatever extra attacking returns TAA gets over for him.
"While they're both starting" carries a lot of weight in that sentence though.
Thoughts?
Martinez
TAA Shaw Tsimikas Coufal
Bruno Salah Greenwood
Antonio Ings Toney
Foster Brownhill Dallas White
Martinez
TAA Shaw Tsimikas Coufal
Bruno Salah Greenwood
Antonio Ings Toney
Foster Brownhill Dallas White
Until week 2 when about 5 players we'd all totally overlooked smash 16 pointers, and then Kane/Lukaku and all the Euro crew re-emerge
Good call on the Foster thing. Do we know if he is actually their number 1?
I thought your team looked pretty strong, and wondered who you were missing. But Bruno of course, which may or may not pay off.
Just not sure about the intentional planning to wildcard so early, but I suppose you have to with 2x4m defenders and a non playing 3rd striker.
Not sure anyone is going to be bothering to switch their 4m facilitator keeper out?Can you kindly keep such information to yourself, I've noticed the same thing but let them make this mistake
Yeah I’ve gone off targett, but think I may do bring in Coufal and a 4.5. Then maybe Raphinha to Mason.
Sorry if this has been asked but is there a Caf league?
EDIT: Found it:
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EDIT: Found it:
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Think Bachmann is the current number 1. If so a fair few may jump off Foster early on.
Yeah I was looking at the Bruno pick there.
Is a choice of:
Son + Greenwood or Barnes
v
Bruno + Raphinha
Son has 3 goals and 4 assists all of pre-season. Man City/Wolves/Watford up first.
Greenwood has played most (?) minutes pre-season and should play with Cavani/Rashford/Lingard out. Might cover some of Brunos points.
Barnes has been good in pre-season and should get 80 minutes most weeks. + Wolves (new manager) + West Ham + Norwich (whipping boys ?) up first.
v
Bruno, obviously a top player but has played 60 minutes pre-season so may be managed at the start of the season?
Raphinha - Really good player but some difficult fixtures to begin. Though he got 2 assists v Man Utd in same game last season.
Its a quandary.
The early wildcard is with a view to Kane/Lukaku etc coming in and settling. Not sure though.
I have 0.5m in the bank to play with too, just put Ayling in for Amartey who might not last long starting for Leicester now they're bidding for Vestergaard.
Just about to do my 327th draft and the site seems to be dead. Literally locked in.
Are any of the Chelsea defenders worth picking? Apart from Azpi, Chilwell
I'm extremely disenchanted with the striker options generally. Once Lukaku arrives I'd like him in but until then I'm happy enough with a combination of 7-8m punts from midtable. I've currently got Antonio - Rodrigo - Deeney, which looks pretty poor on paper but I'm struggling to upgrade it while keeping value for money. I'd like to try Bamford and Toney but will they fire any more than the guys I have? I wanted Watkins but am worried about his injury situation and Ings coming in.
I'm happier elsewhere: a MF of Bruno, Salah, Mount, Jorginho (pens) and Greenwood looks like it has points in it, Shaw is joined at the back by Chelsea, Arsenal and Wolves players and I've departed from my normal game by going big on a starting GK (Ederson).
It could all change many times between now and Friday evening but that's where I am so far.
The best bit during GW1 will be when someone you had in draft 97 bangs and you go "oh ffs I took him out!"
Rudiger is the most nailed for GW1. They play the Super Cup first though don't they? Maybe have a better idea after that.
I'm not sold on Toney either and the main reason for including him for me would be to have some involvement in that opening Friday night game. His expected ownership is pretty high as well so it won't be a good feeling on the Saturday morning looking at your rank if he's bagged anything. Seems a confident chap as well.
Its always a gamble for the first few games anyway. Apart from the usual big players, you cant see who's going to start well. There's always a surprise package that starts racking up points too. Leagues aren't won or lost in the first few weeks so just set it, leave it and see what happens.
Yeah I'd like Deeney out for Toney, but you know as soon as I sell him the former will once again bang goals in despite nobody rating him whatsoever
At least until Sancho and Cavani are up to speed I think Greenwood will play a key role for us, and as a midfielder 7.5m looks a steal. My cursor has hovered over Martial a few times for the same reason; if he gets a chance and takes it early doors he could be a brilliant signing, or a complete waste of 8m if he continues last season's form.