Long rambling post alert
For me It always comes back to 3 mid priced 10-15 goal nailed to start when fit strikers and Son and Salah in midfield. At least 6 points almost guaranteed in the 3 cheap starting strikers every week and more more non captain chances in the mix to haul on any given weekend. You could captain Salah in this form most weeks and be safe enough. That should be 70ish goals between the midfield and forwards.
As
@Sarni was saying a few weeks back, the only way a premium striker is worth it for points per million is if they can hit 20 and up/be a better captain choice than Salah/will save you future transfers.
Liverpool are on form and creating a lot. We aren’t creating clear chances for Ron and the defenders in this league when they raise their game and play it tight are no joke. Lukaku is a good player in his prime but there is still a big question mark as to whether he can step it up in the big games and you probably wouldn’t be captaining him in those fixtures either…
The extra points for midfield goals and clean sheets add up. For 10.1 million and 10-15 goals plus assists Son is guaranteed to be one of the top scoring players in the game. He also means you don’t need to rush straight for Kane when he starts playing well again as Son will most likely be the main provider and benefactor.
Antonio Bamford Jiminez DCL Toney should all get at least 10 more this season and only Antonio has European commitments. Ronaldo and Lukaku may go on to hit 20 but if they don’t holding onto them for too long will slowly see you fall behind. If you don’t captain them the weekends they majorly haul you've probably been holding onto them in vain.
If you don’t have a premium forward you can get Son Salah Taa and 1 city and 1 Chelsea defender and 3 mid priced strikers. Seems to me to be the best way to spread the value of points per million spent this year.
My dream/wildcard team (not my actual team) at this point would probably be something like.
Raya
Taa Cancelo Rudi (livra Duffy)
Salah Son Raph Saka (gray or Mbuemo)
DCL Bamford Edouard (or Toney )
that pretty much covers most teams I rate apart from Leicester and Utd and avoids the worst of Pep and Ole rotation.