Fantasy Premier League 23/24

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troylocker said:
Alvarez became a no brain pick because KDB was out injured, he then became an even better pick when Haaland too got injured. Now they're both back and minutes will not come to him as easy as before. The mistake I made when I brought Haaland in for Alvarez ahead of this GW was that I thought he would come in for Alvarez -> reducing his minutes already yesterday. That gamble went wrong.

Alvarez had 5 returns (2 goals and 3 assists) in his last 11 matches, so he's not exactly been pulling up trees, while Haaland had 6 goals and 4 assists in his last 7 before the injury. He also scored 5 goals in the 142 minutes he's played against Burnley and will take pens from Alvarez.

In hindsight I wish I rolled the transfer and waited a week of course, but I was aware it was high risk so it's one of those. Saved me 0,1M and lost me 20'ish points (I would have captained Richarlison). Alvarez scoring a brace was not in the cards at all though. He isn't a double digit points kind of player (this was his 4th double digit game in 52 games) compared to Haaland (14 in 50)

At 6,9 he was a good pick and there's a reason I had him, but with Haaland and KDB back he is not that good a pick anymore. If you want tripple City attack now, I think most will go with KDB, Foden and Haaland. There is also so many to choose from in the non premium forward bracket now: Solanke, Watkins, Darwin, Toney as the obvious ones and some diff picks like Jackson, Cunha, Pedro, Jesus, Hojlund, Adebayo, Wood, Nkunku, Isak etc.
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Did you make the move before or after the team news came out? Even before the news which was I think 30 mins before deadline no one expected Haaland to start which meant Alvarez was nailed to start up front with KDB likely behind. So you transferred out a starting no. 9 vs Burnley vs a benched player.

So I can't agree that Alvarez wasnt the highest ceiling pick this GW especially once it was confirmed by Toni that Haaland is benched and KDB is starting. In that case you are talking about the City pen taker with KDB behind him, so regardless of his past double digit games that made him better than all other captain options this week on paper. It's not hindsight really because people who captained him or held him did so with the above in mind and the fact that he was playing Burnley. A lot of times this wouldn't have worked out but as a decision it was the most logical call and this time things just happened as they were expected to.
 
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Did you make the move before or after the team news came out? Even before the news which was I think 30 mins before deadline no one expected Haaland to start which meant Alvarez was nailed to start up front with KDB likely behind. So you transferred out a starting no. 9 vs Burnley vs a benched player.

So I can't agree that Alvarez wasnt the highest ceiling pick this GW especially once it was confirmed by Toni that Haaland is benched and KDB is starting. In that case you are talking about the City pen taker with KDB behind him, so regardless of his past double digit games that made him better than all other captain options this week on paper. It's not hindsight really because people who captained him or held him did so with the above in mind and the fact that he was playing Burnley. A lot of times this wouldn't have worked out but as a decision it was the most logical call and this time things just happened as they were expected to.
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I had to make the decision in 3 hours before the deadline, if I had been available I might have rolled, but I was aware Haaland most likely were starting on the bench.
I genuinely believed he would come in for Alvarez and hoped it would be around the 60 min mark. Had I known for sure Alvarez would play 90 and Haaland play 20 I think it may have tipped the other way.
Remember the stat I posted here on tuesday regarding Haaland stats vs. Burnley (a goal every 28 minutes) and his stats for first app after returning from injury? Scary stats. Alvarez had only 5 returns in the last 11 before yesterday, so....

Tough one, and I got on the wrong side of it this time.
 
troylocker said:
I had to make the decision in 3 hours before the deadline, if I had been available I might have rolled, but I was aware Haaland most likely were starting on the bench.
I genuinely believed he would come in for Alvarez and hoped it would be around the 60 min mark. Had I known for sure Alvarez would play 90 and Haaland play 20 I think it may have tipped the other way.
Remember the stat I posted here on tuesday regarding Haaland stats vs. Burnley (a goal every 28 minutes) and his stats for first app after returning from injury? Scary stats. Alvarez had only 5 returns in the last 11 before yesterday, so....

Tough one, and I got on the wrong side of it this time.
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Yeah I think you got wrongly influenced by past stats and overlooked what was in front of us. Alvarez scored both his goals in first half and in games like these you need to players who are starting as often floodgates open early. For me it was pretty obvious that Alvarez in the absence of Haaland will go in this game with a huge ceiling. Should have actually been a hat trick. :p
 
Dubravka Flekken
Doughty Porro Estu Saliba Branthwaite
Bowen Foden Richarlison Palmer Barkley
Haaland Watkins Solanke

A combination of not bringing in some players while benching others means I have missed out on hauls from several key players in last 2 weeks.
I am doing terrible in all my MLs.

I don't think the GK could be touched till the WC. Any suggestions? And when is everyone planning to use 2nd WC if available?
 
RedDevil@84 said:
Dubravka Flekken
Doughty Porro Estu Saliba Branthwaite
Bowen Foden Richarlison Palmer Barkley
Haaland Watkins Solanke

A combination of not bringing in some players while benching others means I have missed out on hauls from several key players in last 2 weeks.
I am doing terrible in all my MLs.

I don't think the GK could be touched till the WC. Any suggestions? And when is everyone planning to use 2nd WC if available?
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Probably use the wildcard after GW29 which I might dead end my team into i.e after GW25 start bringing in players who will play then rather than use my FH. Toney, Maddison, Son, Rich all good shouts.
 
Is there a chance of a DGW other than the predicted GW25? Thinking playing my WC to plan that and the shrunken GW29 as I stupidly used my FH accidentally
 
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Is there a chance of a DGW other than the predicted GW25? Thinking playing my WC to plan that and the shrunken GW29 as I stupidly used my FH accidentally
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Yeah there will be dgw's in 34/37 as usual. Maybe the odd mini one as well.

Also 25 is confirmed for City and Brentford. Liverpool and Luton are expected to be added to the mix but the longer they go without announcing it ... who knows.
 
Anyone else in the Solanke to Haaland club? The inevitability of that goal doesn't lessen the pain.
 
Great goal for me. Kills the Areola CS and gets me a nice differential.
 
Hojlund would actually be a decent bench striker but like anything United he's wildly overpriced
 
Can this prick just not score for a change. Sick of him being a differential for my ML opponent.
 
Bowen is getting ejected, especially with us not looking terrible. I'll still wait to see if South Korea win because based on the draw, that means they're making the final.
 
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I have Haaland-Watkins-Toney. Toney is my lucky charm in FPL, Haaland is a must but i am becoming tempted to switch Watkins to Hojlund.
 
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