I'm just trying to determine whether to transfer Amad or not really. I've only got the 5m from him to spend if I do hence the hesitation.
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I'm just trying to determine whether to transfer Amad or not really. I've only got the 5m from him to spend if I do hence the hesitation.
There's a chance that Salah goes up again tonight yes. I had a panic last night after realising I hadn't put him in yet but survived as only Semenyo went up it seems. Isak is close to a drop as well.
Salah will rise tonight and there's a big chance of both rising again. A lot of managers will go Son/Saka + Isak to Salah + Pedro the next week, and has made and will make that move against the "no early transfers" prinsiple to avoid getting priced out.
Hmm need to ponder on that. I wanted Palmer for their run coming up so it might be Saka who makes way. Any chance any of their price changes before the deadline? Didn't realise Pedro is already at 5.7m
If ETH had some balls he would start both of them.
Cheers guys, just made the switch. Annoying that Pedro is already at 5.7 but it is what it is.
Also still thinking about moving Gabriel for TAA or VVD/Robertson given their fixtures and Liverpool's two easy-ish home games, but I had previously said to myself that I wouldn't touch the Arsenal defender for an entire season. Guess I can still think on that one for the upcoming two weeks.
If you think you'll gain the -4 and probably another transfer in GW6 it should be worth it. Not worth an early transfer though and can wait till close to deadline.
Saka/Eze/Pedro or Palmer/ Mitoma/Strand Larsen?
First looks better, but Palmer looks like he could take off this season
First looks better, but Palmer looks like he could take off this season
first generally but arsenals next two fixtures tough?
Yeah that is playing on my mind, plus they share everything out over there, whilst Palmer is central to everything at Chelsea. Brighton have had some tough opening games and come through them well so definitley want cover there, and whilst Pedro is flavour of the month, he will eventually be rotated once Ferguson returns, whereas Mitoma is almost guaranteed each week
I think both trios looks good, but:
Pedro vs. Strand Larsen:
Pedro has the fixtures now (and the pens), while JSL should become a nice alternative from GW 9/10.
Eze vs. Mitoma:
Both have a great fixture next GW. Eze is the talisman, Mitoma one of many in that Brighton team.
Saka vs. Palmer:
Both have overachieved their expected assists to an unsustainable level (dependant on team mates finishing their chances)
Saka 3 assists from 0,7 expected assists
Palmer 4 assists from 1,0 expected assists
Palmer has better fixtures the next two, before Saka has a couple of really good ones.
Why not keep Eze and Pedro and move Saka to Palmer as a two week punt?
Funds otherwise that would be ideal
EDIT: Just checked and I can go Saka to Palmer and drop Porro down to Konate keeping Eze and Pedro. Might be the best shout for a couple of weeks actually.
This 5 FTs is a game changer. I had 2 transfers going into the international break and decided to make 8 changes so I played the WC. So my team is pretty set for at least the next 3-4 weeks. I can hopefully roll 3 more transfers and make 5 transfers in 3 weeks when Arsenal and Brentford schedule changes.
Not leapt in to gain price changes.
But main issues are having Rashy, Bartolo and no Salah.
Could get to Salah in 2 freebies sacrificing Saka
But main issues are having Rashy, Bartolo and no Salah.
Could get to Salah in 2 freebies sacrificing Saka
Tough next two matches? Makes sense?
Isak to Pedro frees up more wad but then that still leaves Rashy.
But maybe he can be dealt with after the next game to get a better replacement then 5.3m allows.
@Sandikan I done Rashford to Diaz on Sunday so I’d agree.
Sod it, going with Salah and Pedro in now.
Considered Diaz instead of Salah but 3 big scores for Salah in a row and good fixtures, how many more warnings are needed!
Plus we all know there is no substitute for the main big player at a club, we've all tried to skimp round it before, like with Jota over Salah this year!
Considered Diaz instead of Salah but 3 big scores for Salah in a row and good fixtures, how many more warnings are needed!
Plus we all know there is no substitute for the main big player at a club, we've all tried to skimp round it before, like with Jota over Salah this year!
Deleted that post and gone back to the original. Just can't do without Salah any more I think.
Salah didn't go up in the end, so there wasn't the rush there appeared!
Should have remembered wildcards warp the figures. Oh well, can forget about it for a week and a half.
Should have remembered wildcards warp the figures. Oh well, can forget about it for a week and a half.
Thinking something like
£4.5m £4m
TAA Gabriel £4.5m £4.5m £4m
Salah Saka Eze Minteh Rogers
Haaland J.Pedro £4.5m
Eze and Minteh to Mbeumo and Semenyo in GW6
£4.5m £4m
TAA Gabriel £4.5m £4.5m £4m
Salah Saka Eze Minteh Rogers
Haaland J.Pedro £4.5m
Eze and Minteh to Mbeumo and Semenyo in GW6
I like the balance in terms of finances there, the 5 legit midfielders and a 4.5 third choice forward.
Only my 2nd season playing and I was doing well in the first half of the season with that sort of squad setup last year. Might just have been coincedence, but around Christmas time I ended up making bad decisions then my 2nd wildcard saw me shift away from that too and I dropped off.
It was a lot easier last season though with Cameron Archer a regular at 4.5 up front even if he was crap. Semenyo was classed as a forward last season too and he emerged to help things out.
Would love to get back to that again even though I'm doing ok so far this season with a different look. Shame there's no 4.5m starting forwards around yet, I think it's a good way to go.
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WC draft 2:
Henderson
Robertson - Digne - Robinson
Salah - Adama - Eze - Palmer - L.Diaz
Haaland - Pedro
After 2-3 game weeks,
Palmer —>Saka
Diaz—> Mbuemo
Adama —> Semenyo and
Robertson —> Saliba
Thoughts people?
Henderson
Robertson - Digne - Robinson
Salah - Adama - Eze - Palmer - L.Diaz
Haaland - Pedro
After 2-3 game weeks,
Palmer —>Saka
Diaz—> Mbuemo
Adama —> Semenyo and
Robertson —> Saliba
Thoughts people?
Looks good, but I would consider these points:
I guess Pedro is a two week punt? He's now called up to join the Brazil squad, which means he'll play 01:30 AM Wednesday (16 hours flight back - 7/8 hours time difference) He has got two goals, but underlying stats suggests he's not as attacking as we like our striker picks to be. He's playing in a hydrid 8/10 role and has only had 3 shots (all from outside the box) besides his goals so far this season which were a late rebound agaisnt 10 men and absolute shambles defending from us.
Palmer is flagged. Might be nothing, but might also be something. Probably means there's at least some minutes risk there.
Adama. Fun pick. Will he outscore Rogers?
Diaz: Great start to the season (has he suddenly transformed into twice the player he was or will it end in the end?). Will return late from international duties with jet lag and little recovery time. Gakpo, Chiesa and Nunez all screaming for minutes.
Might be an absolute bomb of a team too of course, but anyway....
Is it worth getting Semenyo in early? His stats are crazy good and probably not sustainable but he certainly passed the eye test when I watched him v Newcastle. Also has those juicy OOP points this season being classed as a mid. Could probably start him against Chelsea as their defence aint exactly all that either.
I got him in before last GW, and like you said the eyetest and stats support eachother. He's defo taken over the stick as main man after Solanke left the club. 90 min man at 5,6M being talisman for a midtable team should be the obvious enabler in most teams.
Players in similar clubs in similar roles:
Semenyo (5,6M):
90 minutes per game
5,67 shots per game
1,27 xGi/90
Mbeumo (7,1M):
90 minutes per game
2,00 shots per game
0,80 xGi/90
Eze (6,9M):
90 minutes per game
5,00 shots per game
0,47 xGi/90
MGW (6,5M)
90 minutes per game
3,00 shots per game
0,64 xGi/90
Bowen (7,5M)
85 minutes per game
1,04 shots per game
0,45 xGi/90
Anyone stand out?
The stats are definitely there. Personally I just really feel it's hard to tell whether 3 games is enough to put any trust in him or his numbers. Who's really to say this is not just overperformance and he'll regress to the mean, meaning the next 3 or 6 fixtures will be mediocre.I got him in before last GW, and like you said the eyetest and stats support eachother. He's defo taken over the stick as main man after Solanke left the club. 90 min man at 5,6M being talisman for a midtable team should be the obvious enabler in most teams.
Players in similar clubs in similar roles:
Semenyo (5,6M):
90 minutes per game
5,67 shots per game
1,27 xGi/90
Mbeumo (7,1M):
90 minutes per game
2,00 shots per game
0,80 xGi/90
Eze (6,9M):
90 minutes per game
5,00 shots per game
0,47 xGi/90
MGW (6,5M)
90 minutes per game
3,00 shots per game
0,64 xGi/90
Bowen (7,5M)
85 minutes per game
1,04 shots per game
0,45 xGi/90
Anyone stand out?
The con of thinking like me is that I'll never get on the cheap performing players early enough to make a difference, but I think I'll be conservative on Semenyo a couple of games more.
Henderson and Robertson
or
Alisson and Muñoz?
or
Alisson and Muñoz?
Initially I also wildcarded and mostly to get Luiz Diaz back in, but I have my worries he'll be back late from the internationals and Gakpo will start instead of him next game. Then you got AC Milan squeezed in, where I think Slot will play Luiz Diaz as he's the preferred guy - I have my doubts he'll get more than 60-70 minutes or even worse 30 minutes at times, so I think I'll go for Trent+Salah and a third Liverpool defender or Allison
The charm with Semenyo though is that he is 5,6M in contrast to the other similar profiles. If he's not your 8th attacker you can easily rotate him. The risk is minimal. Don't be surprised if he outscores Mbeumo, Eze and the entire 6,5 bracket this season.
I also think Rogers still is a good pick and will start ticking points soon (not like Semenyo, but still good for a 5,1 enabler)
Both Eze and Mbeumo is on penalties and some set pieces, so it’s tough to make the same numbers, but yeah he’s great value if he just gets to anything close.
Mbeumo I feel you can count on. Always happens theough him with Brentford.
Considering Verbruggen, but who’d you pick for the next 6 gws? I dont want to sub my gk basically.
I think the best £4.5m keepers are comfortably Verbruggen and Flekken, given the number of saves likely made and their role in build-up meaning more BPS accumulated.
Yeah I've got Flekken, Brentford only have 1 other gk and he's 4m so means even with an injury to him I don't need to make a transfer
I'm 0.1 short of this, which I really like:
Allison
Gabriel, Porro, Lewis
Eze, Mbuemo, Salah, Semenyo
Haaland, Joao Pedro, Havertz
Subs: Vald, Rogers, Robinson, Bednarek
Anyone think of how I can find that extra 0.1?
Also, is Havertz/Mbuemo enough cover for Saka/Jackson? That's the only way I can get a balanced team like this...
Allison
Gabriel, Porro, Lewis
Eze, Mbuemo, Salah, Semenyo
Haaland, Joao Pedro, Havertz
Subs: Vald, Rogers, Robinson, Bednarek
Anyone think of how I can find that extra 0.1?
Also, is Havertz/Mbuemo enough cover for Saka/Jackson? That's the only way I can get a balanced team like this...
Adingra instead of Semenyo?
Maybe, maybe not but I wouldn’t say it’s a mile away
I kind of want Semenyo.
My realistic way is to drop Lewis to Maza...
Good point about Pedro. Palmer not worried at all. Diaz maybe. I still think he starts. But Adama outscoring Rogers? He has already out scored him and can see him being more effective as well in the next 2-3 weeks.