Dithering between Watkins and King to start next week. Also looking for a Saint Maximin replacement but there are literally none. I would go 5-5-0 if I could.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Not sure he's a must, as unless you captain him, even a 2 goal outing is a 13 pointer that can possibly be covered with other value in your team.
Would have to see what it leaves elsewhere in the team.
Especially as the cheaper defender marvels have dried up a bit. Duffy, Livra etc.
Keeping Antonio at this stage is based on nothing beyond the gut feel that West Ham are fairly decent, and he's a nailed on starter.
But my big failure this season has been not moving people on quicker.
The only forwards I rather have for sure are Lacazette, Ronaldo and Kane (just for 3 doubles) and the last two are far too expensive.
I think Salah, Son, Ronaldo is impossible to get without having a wildcard and sacrificing TAA, Jota or Cancelo.
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Should be everyones 3rd forward I reckon. Broja, King/Dennis and anyone but Antonio (who I somehow still own)
Ended with 49(-4), not a disaster but my -4 for cash and Foden didn't work at all
He is just not fully nailed though. Southampton rotates a lot. Still fine as a bench option, but not ideal.
Yeah. I'll downgrade laca to him soon. Still can't believe it's come down to us owning fecking Lacazette in FPL.
There's that risk but he's so much better than a Keinan Davis at slightly cheaper. The only player that slightly interests me at the 4.5m price is Gelhardt but Leeds are so bad
Ended up with 5 atb because of the circumstances rather than by design, thrilled that it worked. Might keep it going the next 2 GWs (providing no covid) but after that the Chelsea boys need to go. Bad fixtures and then multiple blanks (Chilwell also back soon in Alonso's case).
You are one jammy git.
Yeah he is the cheapest player that can realistically start and score goals. Gelhardt only works up to Bamford gets back as a starter.
Jammy? Still waiting for the Laca assist I was robbed of.
Fair point in the short term. But with those fixtures until March it would take a very brave man to go without Ronaldo. He really has to come in sooner rather than later.
When does Salah feck off btw? Are the squads announced? Is the competition even going ahead? So many conflicting reports all the time.
I can’t see that competition going ahead
I owned Ronaldo before covid and I ended up questioning his value. I stuck with and argued for the premium striker slot but have to accept that the results weren't great. Lukaku getting injured before his run. Vardy being shit. Kane being shit. Then covid hitting United.
Overall for me 12+ should be for a guy who is a certain to haul. That is someone in great form, playing for a strong team with great attacking starts and good fixtures. Just having one of these things isn't very reliable. Based on the season so far I can't really justify that money for anyone apart from Salah.
What’s the rest of the squad?
Ended up with 5 atb because of the circumstances rather than by design, thrilled that it worked. Might keep it going the next 2 GWs (providing no covid) but after that the Chelsea boys need to go. Bad fixtures and then multiple blanks (Chilwell also back soon in Alonso's case).
Personally I have said from the beginning that it’s hard for a striker to justify 12m+ as you would need them to score or assist almost every game to put together a good enough return by the end, especially when you will hardly ever captain them (Salah takes that 90% of time). Back then I thought though that forwards like Antonio, Bamford and DCL would be returning on a regular basis. Currently there are basically no options rather than Dennis, playing for a poor side, that are getting points on a regular basis so that would maybe justify Ronaldo a little more but on the other hand his chances of getting armband in a week where Salah is alive and breathing are even lower now.
I was considering him but then I’ll have £2.2m in the bank and nothing to do with it as I literally cannot see any other spot in my team I’d want to improve with significant cost increase involved (I will be making moves like getting Gallagher back etc but that’s it for now). But then again that gives me flexibility.
I agree the premium forward slot has been a curse. But trends change quickly in FPL and a big part of the game is finding those trends early before the masses jump on. Ronaldo is that kind of trend imo. A lot of Ronaldo's early season problems were down to a non-functional team. Tactics weren't there, confidence wasn't there, it was just sad. There's good reason to believe that will change now. He's a notorious minnow basher (playing lots of those in the next couple of months) and we're bound to blow away a few teams when we get the pressing style going. We have 3 wins in 3, he has 3 goals in 3. His form is obviously there. He has 19 shots on target, only Salah with 30 has more. But crucially, Salah has 600 more minutes. The difference is non-existent if you go by minutes per SOT (54 Ronaldo vs 53 Salah).
Let's assume Salah goes to Afcon. City, Chelsea, Spurs have tricky fixtures in that period. Captaincy wise you're only really left with Ronaldo. If you then don't own him and he gets a brace you'll be trailing by 26 points and it's hard to close that kind of gap.
It just seems like the perfect storm for Ronaldo. I really want to get him in while he still is a differential. He's Ronaldo, he scores goals, he won't stay differential for long.
Ramsdale, Salah, Jota, Foden, ESR, Laca. Bench: Gallagher, Benteke (lol), Villa cheap fodder striker
There’s no way you can have strong defence, good bench and still afford to have both Ronaldo and Salah. I think with games being postponed it’s essential to maintain maximum level of flexibility and if you want to have Salah, Ronaldo and then have TAA and Cancelo in defense + inevitably at least one of Jota or Foden, you are either going for mediocre deep team or decent team with no bench.
Eg my current team:
Ramsdale De Gea
TAA Cancelo Rudiger Reguilon Cash
Salah Foden Jota Saka Bowen
Watkins ASM King
+ £0.6m in the bank.
Let’s assume I keep just one of goalkeepers, move Cash on to a cheap 4.0 defender that doesn’t play, move Jota to a 4.5 midfielder that doesn’t play or gets 2 points every week, I can then afford to get Ronaldo in for my best forward Watkins. It’s not good business at all and I am screwed each time a game is cancelled, and probably won’t stand to profit much from double gameweeks either.
I think the way the game has shaped this year is that so much resources are consumed by having Salah, TAA, Cancelo that it leaves very little flexibility to get Ronaldo in and still have a good and deep team. And I would risk going into rest of season without a deep team.
Is that wouldn’t?
When is the WC should be available again? I have to buy back Ronaldo hopefully we will start play from next GW.
59 points from 8 players. If only this happened every week
One more gameweek I believe and then it's back in play. With a lot of teams going to have early doubles then I think an early wildcard will prove popular too.
Getting Ronaldo back and getting Son in definitely high up on the agenda. Just need to see how the ACON plays out first.
I was leaving a slot/money for ronaldo but with all the Covid stuff, I made so many transfers that the only realistic way to get him back is WC or loads of transfers.
The easiest way for me to get Ronaldo back is Sterling and Watkins/Antonio out for Ron and Gray/Martinelli. I don't dislike it but I won't be doing anything until Sunday morning.
Chances are Sterling sits out the next game and I really want a City mid but seems like you'd have to be switching them weekly to maximise your chances of a return.
Chances are Sterling sits out the next game and I really want a City mid but seems like you'd have to be switching them weekly to maximise your chances of a return.
I think it will be on decided dates, January 9th as far as I hear from the media here in Egypt that Mo Salah will join the national team on time as well.
Me the same IMO we should wait until the WC is available to be able to get him back again and offload others.
Hmmm. Salah out for Son in GW21 maybe then. Will need to keep the £0.3m needed to buy him back as well.
Also, Vardy > Ronaldo from GW21 looks a decent shout as well. Leicester play Norwich, Burnley, Brighton and we play Wolves, Villa and West Ham.
My other option is to do it slowly without hits.
So Gallagher to Brownhill
James to White
Antonio to Ronaldo
The good thing about that is I lose James for when Chelsea fixtures turn but I also would miss Ronaldo for Newcastle and Burnley.
Just me who finds it crazy Robertson still gets 9pts despite being sent off. Feel the punishment should be harsher.
Yeah. He got a goal and an assist before that.
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Interesting comments from Pep today re: team selection from the weekend...
I mean we know Grealish is a 'lad'. Is he dragging Foden along with him?
I mean we know Grealish is a 'lad'. Is he dragging Foden along with him?
Can these guys keep their dicks in their pants and think about people's FPL points ffs.
Yep, a red card should be a -5 or something.
Brownhill again