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Quote from: cryptofrka on December 23, 2023, 04:44:44 AM

I was considering Watkins for captain as well, decided to go with Salah considering that I expect a high-scoring game tonight.
Raya's benched, so is Tsimikas, White's the only one I couldn't remove.

Villa was really was done hard by VAR yesterday though.

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It seems Gordon will be cleared to start, I hope he does because in this GW I'm thin with substitutions. From next one onwards, my team looks great.

I really would have said I also have Watkins as my captain for the gameweek too, because I kept tweaking between him and Callum Wilson, but I somehow ended up settling for Wilson, it's not as though that is paying off right now either, it even spells double trouble because that's two of my strikers going blank for the week.

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Quote from: Igebotz on December 23, 2023, 09:16:08 AM

Quote from: NotATether on December 10, 2023, 02:27:57 AM

I bet $50 that Ten Hag is going to be sacked within the next three gameweeks.

Anyone want to open a side bet?

Today is the third game, if he doesn't get sacked on monday or before boxing day you're sending $50 BTC to my Wallet right?

Yeah, before Boxing day.

I'm pretty sure he's not risking a sack regardless of how the Aston Villa match goes, so he might actually be safe.

Cc @Hhampuz

I'll pass the open bet Igebotz, because as soon as Ratcliffe get some real control over that club, he's going to bin Ten Hag at the earliest opportunity.

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Quote from: NotATether on December 10, 2023, 02:27:57 AM

I bet $50 that Ten Hag is going to be sacked within the next three gameweeks.

Anyone want to open a side bet?

Today is the third game, if he doesn't get sacked on monday or before boxing day you're sending $50 BTC to my Wallet right?

Open bet: he stays till the end of the season $100.

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I was considering Watkins for captain as well, decided to go with Salah considering that I expect a high-scoring game tonight.
Raya's benched, so is Tsimikas, White's the only one I couldn't remove.

Villa was really was done hard by VAR yesterday though.

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It seems Gordon will be cleared to start, I hope he does because in this GW I'm thin with substitutions. From next one onwards, my team looks great.

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Quote from: nelson4lov on December 22, 2023, 05:47:10 PM

Quote from: Igebotz on December 22, 2023, 05:12:29 PM

Back to the topic; Watkins Captaincy our week is over.

Watkins captaincy should've rewarded us with a goal and an assist but VAR didn't allow either. I expected more from Villa and Watkins but Sheffield put up a very strong defensive performance.

I might just have a rough week after all, don’t know how I managed to miss the Crystal Palace vs Brighton Hove Albion of yesterday. Just like that, I missed the chance of making any good changes to my team, having Trippier, Taylor and Solanke on my bench while Kabore is left on the pitch, along with Branthwaite in a GW I’m expecting Son to score with either a brace or at least get a goal and 2 assist. He ought yo have got my captaincy instead of M. Salah for the game week as Liverpool wouldn’t be finding any easy game with Arsenal.

Watkins for a captain, well, it’s wasn’t an out of place option for a home side game and against a team like Sheffield but, I’m sure it’s a regrettable option right now.

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Quote from: Harkorede on December 22, 2023, 03:56:32 PM

Shouldn't Aston Villla have had at least one penalty kick in the first 45 minutes of this game ? I really don't understand what VAR does in the EPL or when it gets to suggest that the referee should take a look at the monitor on the sideline ? I mean the referee clearly would given one of those calls if was asked or allowed to see the replay, but VAR gets to decide what should and shouldn't be looked at again for a second opinion ??!

Even if any other situations didn't warrant a penalty, I'm of the opinion that the penalty should've been given for that push of Watkins by the Sheffield defense in the first half. All calls to VAR checks often returned with "no further actions" even in the second half. I'm not a Villa fan but it seemed unfair from my POV.

Quote from: Igebotz on December 22, 2023, 05:12:29 PM

Back to the topic; Watkins Captaincy our week is over.

Watkins captaincy should've rewarded us with a goal and an assist but VAR didn't allow either. I expected more from Villa and Watkins but Sheffield put up a very strong defensive performance.

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Quote from: Trofo on December 22, 2023, 04:32:48 PM

Quote from: Harkorede on December 22, 2023, 03:56:32 PM

Shouldn't Aston Villla have had at least one penalty kick in the first 45 minutes of this game ? I really don't understand what VAR does in the EPL or when it gets to suggest that the referee should take a look at the monitor on the sideline ? I mean the referee clearly would given one of those calls if was asked or allowed to see the replay, but VAR gets to decide what should and shouldn't be looked at again for a second opinion ??!

Really hard done by VAR so far. They scored in second half and then VAR called ref to check contact on GK and of course that one got disallowed. I am not saying there wasn't contact but it is really though to judge contact from still picture.

While I was writing this there was another penalty check for Villa and again ref wasn't called

I guess it is not profitable enough to have Villa on top of PL. Better make it one of the big clubs.

Another reason why Everton received a ten-point deduction whereas City and other major teams remain safe as eggs is because they generate more money to the league. The FA will not allow anything that will ruin the image of the league and World champions.

Back to the topic; Watkins Captaincy our week is over.

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Quote from: Trofo on December 22, 2023, 04:32:48 PM

Quote from: Harkorede on December 22, 2023, 03:56:32 PM

Shouldn't Aston Villla have had at least one penalty kick in the first 45 minutes of this game ? I really don't understand what VAR does in the EPL or when it gets to suggest that the referee should take a look at the monitor on the sideline ? I mean the referee clearly would given one of those calls if was asked or allowed to see the replay, but VAR gets to decide what should and shouldn't be looked at again for a second opinion ??!

Really hard done by VAR so far. They scored in second half and then VAR called ref to check contact on GK and of course that one got disallowed. I am not saying there wasn't contact but it is really though to judge contact from still picture.

While I was writing this there was another penalty check for Villa and again ref wasn't called

I guess it is not profitable enough to have Villa on top of PL. Better make it one of the big clubs.

It's was a really stupid decision to have disalllowed that goal, play had continued, of course I agree there was grabbing of the goalkeeper's arm by a Villa player, but a Sheffield United is clearly pulling the same Aston Villa player, it was just a case of 3 players being entangled, I understand that the goalkeeper in that case should have been awarded a foul, but play had continued and Sheffield United were breaking away on a counterattack and advanatge if not for the clean interception by Watkins, so that Sheffield Uniited having the ball for while after that supposed foul should literally have been ruled as ball advantage because, If Watkins hadn't intercepted that break away pass and it leads to Sheffield United goal, the goal would have stood right ?

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Quote from: Harkorede on December 22, 2023, 03:56:32 PM

Shouldn't Aston Villla have had at least one penalty kick in the first 45 minutes of this game ? I really don't understand what VAR does in the EPL or when it gets to suggest that the referee should take a look at the monitor on the sideline ? I mean the referee clearly would given one of those calls if was asked or allowed to see the replay, but VAR gets to decide what should and shouldn't be looked at again for a second opinion ??!

Really hard done by VAR so far. They scored in second half and then VAR called ref to check contact on GK and of course that one got disallowed. I am not saying there wasn't contact but it is really though to judge contact from still picture.

While I was writing this there was another penalty check for Villa and again ref wasn't called

I guess it is not profitable enough to have Villa on top of PL. Better make it one of the big clubs.

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Shouldn't Aston Villla have had at least one penalty kick in the first 45 minutes of this game ? I really don't understand what VAR does in the EPL or when it gets to suggest that the referee should take a look at the monitor on the sideline ? I mean the referee clearly would given one of those calls if was asked or allowed to see the replay, but VAR gets to decide what should and shouldn't be looked at again for a second opinion ??!

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I forgot to change my captain as I forgot there was a match in the Premier League on Thursday. I was expecting much more contribution from Sterling last week however Mauricio Pochettino subbed him off from the match early. I think the cost of forgetting about changing the captain will be heavy for me.

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Quote from: Igebotz on December 21, 2023, 03:43:11 PM

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PS. Solanke points have been officially voided, and now that donkey Isak replaces him with a 0 pointer from the bench Angry

A crazy harsh decision if those managers who use chips on him aren't getting those back, the FPL has some weird unacceptable rules.

I don't think it voids chips:

My free hit benched Neto, Senesi, and Solanke and put Dubravka, Walker and Colwill on the XI (it skipped Isak for some reason who was 1st sub).

My cup opponent who had Solanke captained had the captaincy transferred to Palmer who he vice-captained (!).

I still defeated him by a single point Grin

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Quote from: Igebotz on December 21, 2023, 05:56:17 PM

Alvarez owners- KDB is back, time to sell.

I don't think I'll be considering having KDB anytime soon, he's been out for quite a while and Guardiola will be very cautious with his playing minutes for the time being, and having KDB without Haaland in my team would seem like an invalid formation, because I'd expect Haaland to be back to his best form with KDB at the helm of the supply line, it's just going to take a while before their duo would work it out perfectly again in my opinion.

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Quote from: cryptofrka on December 21, 2023, 05:27:15 PM

Haaland's back for GW19 (although still a doubt), finally getting rid of Nunez. One of the worst moves I've made all season, and in retrospective I'd do the same again. I can't believe how bad he was in the last few league games.

I managed to keep Watkins as well - Tsimikas was the victim but Robertson will be back soon anyway. I really like how my team looks now, but it will have to be torn apart in a few weeks again.

Man, everyone who picked him last season said the same thing: he was the reason why Buwatress almost finished last; he left the captaincy on the dude for much too long, expecting he would turn things around, but he never did. He committed the same mistake earlier into the season. Do buwaytresses ever learn?

I had no idea there was a game today, so I'm glad I was able to set up my team for the week ahead of my regular Friday transfers..

Alvarez owners- KDB is back, time to sell.

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Haaland's back for GW19 (although still a doubt), finally getting rid of Nunez. One of the worst moves I've made all season, and in retrospective I'd do the same again. I can't believe how bad he was in the last few league games.

I managed to keep Watkins as well - Tsimikas was the victim but Robertson will be back soon anyway. I really like how my team looks now, but it will have to be torn apart in a few weeks again.

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Quote from: NotATether on December 20, 2023, 09:27:01 PM

PS. Solanke points have been officially voided, and now that donkey Isak replaces him with a 0 pointer from the bench Angry

A crazy harsh decision if those managers who use chips on him aren't getting those back, the FPL has some weird unacceptable rules.

The FA's decision to replay the match from the beginning was yet another example of mismanagement and corrupt practice; the same thing happened in the match Granada - A. Bilbeo in HT when someone in the stands suffered a heart attack and the match was abandoned and resumed the next day with the same scoreline, for what reason was the match cancelled when the player was already responding to treatment?

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I chose Watkins as my captain for this game week. I think that he has a potential to score more than 1 goal against Sheffield United. If I didn't choose Watkins my choice would have been Son. Roll Eyes

Quote from: Trofo on December 20, 2023, 04:28:21 PM

But this is something out of our hands, only important thing is that Tom Lockyer is ok as much as he can be, this is just the game in the end and shouldn't be taken that seriously.

You are absolutely right. Health comes before everything. I'm really very happy that Tom is okay. I hope that he recovers as soon as possible.

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Quote from: Rruchi man on December 20, 2023, 02:44:18 PM

I should have kicked Trippier out by now, but I still have Trippier in my team, and will keep him this week against Luton before I even consider subbing him out for another better option. I expect him to redeem himself from the mistakes against Chelsea and deliver good points for me against Luton who cannot be compared to them. It should also be a clean sheet for Martin Dubravka.

I am keeping him until the end of the season. Now that I got Porro, soon I will have triple Trent - Porro - Trippier defense.

Quote from: nelson4lov on December 20, 2023, 05:40:27 PM

Darwin Nunez against Arsenal, Who thinks he is going to blank?

He might blank, but I don't fancy a clean sheet for anyone here. After all, we got the second-best defense in the league.

PS. Solanke points have been officially voided, and now that donkey Isak replaces him with a 0 pointer from the bench Angry

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Quote from: Rruchi man on December 20, 2023, 02:44:18 PM

I should have kicked Trippier out by now, but I still have Trippier in my team, and will keep him this week against Luton before I even consider subbing him out for another better option. I expect him to redeem himself from the mistakes against Chelsea and deliver good points for me against Luton who cannot be compared to them. It should also be a clean sheet for Martin Dubravka.

Darwin Nunez against Arsenal, Who thinks he is going to blank?

Newcastle's next two games is against Luton Town (away) and Nottingham Forest (home) respectively — until then, I'm good with Trippier. I know he'd want to redeem himself for his shortcomings in recent games. As for Darwin, there's a good chance that he might blank because Arsenal has the best defense in the EPL this season with 7 clean sheets so far and Nunez is not the kind of player that gets 3 shots in and can manage to score at least 2. As a matter of fact, there's a chance that he might even lose all 3 chances to due his ill-luck.

Just to add, Nunez did hit the woodwork today against West ham. It was an EFL game - just thought to mention it because he might end up blanking.

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Quote from: Trofo on December 20, 2023, 04:28:21 PM

I am not sure he even plays, he played a lot of minutes today but so did Gakpo. Tsimikas also played a lot of minutes and I am a bit worried about him as well. Need to get rid of either him or Lascelles and can't decide who to ditch. Lascelles has better fixture but bigger chance of loosing first team place sooner.

He'll play. Jota's still out, Gakpo had a decent game today but I expect Nunez to be given the advantage.
Tsimikas was subbed, meaning he'll probably start ahead of Gomez. Still, I'll sit him on the bench - Arsenal isn't the game where I feel he'll excel.

Quote from: CLS63 on December 20, 2023, 02:18:47 PM

As the AFC Bournemouth-Luton Town FC match has been decided to be played again at the end of the season FPL board have decided to remove the points of the players who played in the match. This means a 4 points loss for me. I don't think it is fair that the points are taken back after the day ends. But there is nothing that could be done about it.

Yeah, luckily it was 1-1 at the time and not 3-0 so neither team will feel bad about the decision. Imagine being 2-0 up and having to replay it all over again, starting from scratch.

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