Cheers bro, I think I'm gonna just do the transfers. Haaland might bite me but I think overall Salah, Bruno and Isak can outscore Haaland, Semenyo and ESR.
TAA has already been dropped to Hall. Even if fit, he is not worth the £7m.
They really should, they cost 2,4M more. So it's not apple and apples.
That said, a lot of players does the same move these days.
Note on Salah: He's overperformed his numbers to an unsustainable level so far this season: 8 goals from 6,5 xG and 6 assists from 2,0 xA isn't sustainable, especially the assists. (16 returns from 8,5 xGi - from FPL site) If Salah's overperformance doesn't drop off, he's on his way to 28 goals 21 assists season, which I really can't see happening. His expected numbers this season is pretty average for his time at Liverpool, which the last 6 seasons has resulted in 27-36 returns. It'll be very interesting to see what 12 games in 5 weeks will do to his 32 year old body as well. After the Southampton game Liverpool face Real Madrid, City, Newcastle (A), Everton (A) and Girona (A) in the next 14 days. I guess Salah wants to play all 5 games.
Note on Haaland: He's has massively underperformed his xGi the last 6 gameweeks: 2 returns from 5,52 xGi, which really isn't sustainable for him either. He scored 4 and assisted 1 in 2 games in the international break....he might have found his shooting boots again. If Haaland keeps up his numbers and equals them, he's on route to 42 goals this season.
For the people who likes some underlying numbers. Here's some numbers from understat:
Top 15 players for xG/90 for players with more than 500 minutes this season:
#1 Haaland 1,11
Wissa 0,76
Watkins 0,75
Jimenez 0,72
Solanke 0,70
Jota 0,68
Archer 0,67
Jackson 0,64
#9 Salah 0,63
Schmodicz 0,56
Isak 0,55
Evanilson, Johnson, Havertz 0,54
Wood 0,53
Take away the pens:
#1 Haaland 1,04
Wissa 0,76
Watkins 0,75
Solanke 0,70
Jota 0,68
Jackson 0,64
Jimenez 0,61
Schmodicz, Archer 0,56
Isak 0,55
Johnson, Havertz 0,54
Garnacho , Welbeck 0,52
#15 Salah, Diaz 0,49
Semenyo 0,48
Adama at 5,0M - 0,47
For assists:
Saka 0,69
Palmer 0,53
Son 0,45
Savio 0,43
Digne 0,41
#6 Salah, Jimenez 0,38
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Adama 0,36
For total expected non penalty goals and assists per 90 (npxGi/90):
#1 Haaland 1,11
Saka 1,03
Jimenez 1,00
Watkins 0,90
Palmer 0,88
#6 Salah 0,87
Adama 0,83
Jota 0,82
Wissa 0,81
Jackson 0,78
It's a bit funny that Salah (12,9M and rising) has produced 0,87npxGi/90 compared to Adama's (5,0M and stable) 0,83 npxGi/90. Tells you a thing or two about over- and underperformers.
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