I do wanna punt but don't wanna be in a "Gabriel" situation, especially with the internationals coming up. Never a good idea to also be booking in transfers after WC I guess. I'll have to think about it.Take a punt! Take a punt! Take a punt!
I want to punt on a West Ham attacker so either Bowen or Antonio. I want 5 of these for my midfield...
Saka / Maddison / Sterling / Mbuemo / Bowen / Foden / Bruno
First 3 are locked so it's 1 or 2 from 4 depending on what formation I'm playing (most likely 3-5-2). If it's 3-5-2 then Jackson and Haaland are locked in to play.
Mbuemo - good short term fixtures, usually gets 90 but might need benching next week away at Newcastle. Good placeholder for Diaby until GW8/9.
Bowen - great fixture this week but tough ones against City and Liverpool after.
Foden - great fixture but always a rotation risk with him.
Bruno - 90 min man every game, talisman but I don't think we're anywhere near clicking at the moment so could well be a wait until we do.
But now I'm starting to wonder if 3 x Chelsea is overkill and who would I rather lose from Jackson and Sterling? Gah! Hate this.
So looking at my WC team, I will 90% go ahead with this:
Ederson
Udogie, Estupinian, Chilwell
Saka, Maddison, Bruno, Mbeumo, Sterling
Haaland, Jackson
Subs: Areola, Trippier, Kabore, Archer
(£1.1 in the bank)
I can go in with this and I have no plans to do any transfers for at least the next 2 GW's (unless injuries etc).
So do I do that and leave myself with flexibility, especially due to international break upcoming? Or Take a punt on my WC and reverse that transfer next week?
Punts I have considered are:
Foden for Bruno (I know I know
Bowen for Bruno
Gvardiol for Trippier (bench Estupinian vs. Newcastle)
Yeah the realistic "punt" is Gvardiol really because even if he gets stuck in my team, it's not the end of the world but the upside is so low that it's probably not worth it.
The thing with Bowen is you need to be absolutely sure he will bang in the next game because although he can do well against City and Liverpool, they're not exactly fixtures you would target.
Trippier will be essential in a couple of GWs mate
Mate, he will break his leg jumping over my mates garden fence trying to get into the away end
Mate, he will break his leg jumping over my mates garden fence trying to get into the away end
Yep, for Salah to justify the 5m he needs to outscore him almost 2:1 every game and he ain't doing that
Trippier can play on the left if Livra needs to play.
Maybe but I'll wait to see him getting benched before worrying about that.
Big man Antonio didn't last 24 hours in your team, just like in real life.
Don’t like the Leno pick, Fulham have looked really poor defensively.
Get rid of Onana for a 4.5/4m GK and you're set.
Any recommendations ? Pickford.
Nah. There's better options out there. I'll probably go for Flekken or Sanchez. Other than that you can look at Palace's GK but need to hold on until we see whether Henderson is going to be their first choice GK.
Yup. Fecking De Zerbi out here thinking he's Pep constantly rotating everyone, including their GK's. Got his arse rightly handed to him by West Ham. I'm going to take out every Brighton player from my team now. No one is nailed on in their team.
So this is my current team. As you can see, lots of fire to put out already. And, if Baldock leaves, I won't have a bench at all. I'm still umming and ahhing on WC. Do I do it? Or just the 2 free transfers for now and delay the WC until after the international break.
None. Problems of trying to accomodate both Salah and Haaland in my team.
Big man Antonio didn't last 24 hours in your team, just like in real life.
