Recent content by Gawge

Eh, they are both just spending a lot more money than most of their rivals. They are both using their owners advantages to let them spend more than their rivals by means of questionable fairness (sponsorships which are possible due to their ownership etc...). Different rules in different...

117 (FH) all done. Happy with that, even though it could/should have gone even better, with the bad pick of Salah as (C) even against my gut, and Neto in goal. My mini-league rival Bench Boosted and is on 1pt from the bench (after taking a -8), like 60pts all played, so made a huge gain and...

Replays aren't the only reason for blanks/doubles are they? I'm not confident but isn't it also if teams go out of the FA Cup early and/or stay in the League Cup a long time.

Need some good scores today, with most of my players still to come. Only Saliba, Saka and Isak have so far played for me, which is fine - but I'm 22pts off a green arrow so that feels a bit rubbish. Also chasing down a mini league rival and I'm still 60pts off but he used all his chips much...

My Wildcard GW31 team went fairly well. Foden over Haaland a nice early win on that gamble, though definitely lucky. Also a bit torn on captaincy this week. Not making any transfers, and will make a double transfer next week before FH34. It's Salah or Palmer for me. Still torn. Palmer feels...

I do think it's an interesting question though. Recently Newcastle fans have been kicking off because the club have been doing 'spot checks' at away games to check that the people in the seat matches the name on the ticket. On the face of it, it's easy to say greedy club, these are long time...

I'm looking at 7 (no hits) or 8 with a hit. I could take a -8 but I'm not convinced there is value there, especially in defence. Below is my likely 7. Martinez Porro Bowen Son Luiz Watkins Toney I don't see any likely clean sheets, so -4's have very little appeal to me in defence. If I do...

Wondering whether to go for a couple of Luton players this week, as it's essentially 6 fixtures (but Luton) vs 2 fixtures for a -4. Current plan with chips is: Wildcard 30/31 Free Hit 34 (I think there is more to be gained than there is lost in 29) Bench Boost 37 For GW29 I have Martinez...

I just don't think the comparison is relevant in modern football. Managers just don't stay in jobs for that long any more. Giving someone 'a few seasons' to find their feet isn't really an option, as they won't be staying for 20 years. Klopp and Pep are some of the longest serving managers...

Bit of a loss at what to do. I feel like I'm just treading water until I Wildcard next week (or the GW after). I have fires to fight GK (Johnstone and Turner), Schar, Gordon, Nunez but... taking any hits seems silly the week before a wildcard. There feels like too much uncertainty to...

I think that it is reasonable for players, many would not be in the right state of mind. For supporters in the crowd, this does seem to have come a bit from nowhere in the last 5 years or so. Like, I'm pretty sure I was at football games pre-2010 where people were taken ill in the crowd and...

I still have my wildcard, thinking of doing: Haaland + Hwang (or Gordon) >> Darwin + Son Then sort everything out GW19/20 with the WC.

I think this is mostly it. Plus whilst he does have an embarrassingly expensive squad, it is largely (if not all) outside of his control in terms of recruitment, and there is a bit of a narrative (probably fairly) that just spending silly money on every 22yo star is a very foolish strategy and...

Going to roll my transfer this week I think. I sort of need to get Cash out, but I can bench him this week, and just makes more sense to get him out in a double transfer because I don't know how much £ I need for whatever other move I do yet. Johnstone Schar Trippier Saliba Hwang Bowen Salah...

Johnstone Tripper Saliba Cash Bowen Chan Saka Salah Gordon Haaland Watkins Both transfers made already. Think I will stick even if there are doubts about Bowen, got Baldock and Schar on the bench, who I would take coming in for him - unless he is ruled out for a long time. Got my Wildcard...