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I was only talking about getting a low-value GK at this stage and strengthening the attack instead, because none of these GKs can keep clean sheets for three games in a row. ( things could change soon though). The cheapest GK is Everton second choice at £3.9m

With only three players on the pitch today, I already have 15 points from Halaand and Alvarez (Lol), and I'm waiting for Onana clean sheets.


No doubt - just bad fixtures at the moment,.I'm keeping him for long.

And you get that for just 4m, I think I'd rate Areola over Leno, that's a personal choice though...

Quite a silent day and trouble in paradise for the expectation that was required of Brentford, you'd expect an easy day in the office for Mbuemo and Yoane Wissa, or at least them keeping it tidy defensively, but rather it was a cold day in hell for them.

Great. I took off Leno for Onana for this game week because I felt he was going to concede against Palace but man kept a clean sheet and extra bonus points for >3 saves. I hope Onana can repay me with a cleansheet against Burnley otherwise - > bench till further notice. I hope UCL mistakes is enough to make him learn and impress fans today.

There isn't a Gk in game that started with price lower then 4.0. Otherwise everybody would have him.

"Perfect" FPL day, everybody brings in Alvarez he gets one pointer. Now it is time for Jackson to haul. My transfers Edouard, Botman and Mbuemo also look like total miss. Botman is probably even injured and that also means Chilwell will haul tomorrow.

Areola is one of the best FPL goalkeepers because he makes up for his lack of clean sheets with lots of saves. He even saved a penalty once.

Only Leno is better IMO

No way man, this round i transfer Rodri for Almiron..... And rodri took a red card, what a luck. I made the move to make space (money) to try to reach Haaland.

Luton town with one more man still can not win. They are gonna suffer so much this season.

Oh well, things worked out so perfectly with the Foden and Halaand goals. Saka is vital to the Arsenal team and will not be away for long. If things improve, I will simply switch Rashford for Saka.


Ah! What happened? Now Pep will have to sacrifice one attacker for a defender or one DM so it's either Alvarez or Doku getting the hammer.

CLS63 almost got him. Lol

Watching the game and seeing the ref show Rodri a Red just reminded me of you wanting to bring him into your team..btw was the physical confrontation really necessary when the second half just started and his team was 2 nil up
Now with Rodri out he makes it awkward for Manchester city assets to score more points as Nottingham forest will try to make something out of this...

Alvarez won't be getting a goal this afternoon with Rodri out & tempers high, but fingers crossed...

Aye!

I've got 3 of them too, I ditched Saka, Foden looked like must have asset for the time being for me, and Saka points have not been huge haul too, but I'm sure I might not be long on him or Rashford for maybe Maddison or back to Saka, depending on how the trend goes.

I haven't yet downgraded my backline, but it's the best spot for anyone trying to improve any part of the offensive line. I have no hope of Onana and Areola keeping a clean sheet, but GK is the least important position to focus on right now. It's even better to have a backup GK at £3.0m and upgrade the offence with the move.


I didn't think it was important for me to hit the wildcard at this point in the season, so I took my first hit of the season instead, selling Saka and Bruno to get both Salah and Luiz, who are both on the PK role.

Foden, Alvarez and Halaand Starts!! Time for trofo to feast. Who else has the 3 attackers.

Looking at the season so far defenses have not been the best point earning mechanism so far, because even the teams haven't been consistently keeping clean sheets. So downgrading your defense for a better attacking prospect in the midfield or forward line isn't necessarily a bad move to be honest.

I've decided to call in my wildcard for some really strange moves and reasons, but then it's a risk reward and/or logic or aggressive or conservation whichever one it is, I believe each of this criteria is needed at some point in the season to get the maximum benefit at the end of the day.

Regarding Rodri, I’m sure you Guardiola well enough, Rodri isn’t what Rodri usually was in previous years, he’s being deployed in more forward center role now, he had 2 goals and 6 assist in the PL last season meanwhile, he’s already scored 3 goals and 2 assists in just 8 games in all tournament this season, the only counter argument imo is wouldn’t you rather another City player instead due to max 3 players per team, if it were more then Rodri would likely be on my team, he more like the new Gundogan for City, so imo it’s not about where we think he plays, that’s the same reason why almost no one have Walker on the team despite being wing back, because he’s less concerned with the attack according to Guardiola’s tactics.

Are you willing to take the risk of owning a player whose price is likely to fall and who may only score 3-4 goals this season? It isn't worth it.


If you wish to have Salah and Halaand at this rate, you must use your wildcard or risk burning -12 hits. Having both Salah and Halaand means you'll have to downgrade your defence or midfield to make room for both.

Edit

Took -12 hits to have a dream team! What's stopping this team from 80 points this weekend?

Bernando Silva out for Manchester City due to injuries, Jack Grealish returns from injury and may play against Nottingham Forest.

Manchester City where doing well even with out him, and now that he is back, he will have to struggle to keep his place in Pep's team. Alvarez will still keep starting.

You are right. However I think that Rodri is thinking about scoring goals much more this season. And I don't think it would be a surprise in case he reaches 7-8 goals.


I'm a little comfortable about this topic because of buying Bryan Mbeumo for only 6.5 million at the beginning of the season. However this isn't enough only by itself. I might need to give up on Ederson and Trippier as well.

Not a bad asset to own, but with Pep in the driving  seat, the cost of missing out on valuable points is high because this team is known for non stop rotations regardless of splendid performances by a player.

If you are going to have Salah and probably Erling Haaland,  then you are likely going to have to compensate with some cheap midfield to work within your budget.

Things could change, but he's most likely the man of the moment, and I don't see Pep destroying that, but we can't be sure. Pep plays FPL and understands how things operate. I hope Alvarez is on his team since that's the only way we'll see more of him.


Do not include a DM in your team; they are the worst type of player to have since they do not receive points for clean sheets and have no attacking threat.

We'll never really know which players are going to shine and which are going to do poorly. I bet on Trippier and Burn earlier but they kept conceding goals and losing me points. After a couple of 0-1 average points return from both of them, I transferred them out and right now, it seems they're doing well with 3-4 good fixtures coming. This is the reason why I'm still betting on Martineli (when he's back from injury) and Rashford because they might have poor returns now, and good times later.

For Salah, I knew he was always going to shine. Just didn't have enough money to get him. If I can shave enough money off from selling priced players, I'll go back for Salah. Good bargain to me. Always been.

I know that Rodri is a defensive midfielder however he is playing closer to scoring goals this season. When we think his price as well I'm thinking of adding Rodri to my squad to add Salah as well. I'm really very regretful so far for not starting the season with Salah and for selling Son a short time before he surged in.

I don't think Alvarez is still trying to secure his place in the Manchester City's squad he's already got his place already, and with Bernardo Silva out injured, Alvarez is probably Man City best chance creator, perhaps along side Rodri, and De Bruyne is out for the rest of the year, so aside Haaland, Rodri and Ederson, there is no one else with a guaranteed spot that Alvarez. It's just all about what Guardiola does so very often, which rotate his squad but he doesn't quite have that luxury for now btw.

Well, it’s an edge to have those seasons of experience on your belt but, it plays out more in your use of them wildcards, Tripple captain, free point hits, bench boost and how you maximize the double game weeks. The rest is just how familiar and up to date you are with the league and players.
Can’t say your doing any badly. Last season was my first, stayed close to the prices positions as could be, won fee game weeks but that was it. Don’t thinking your doing any badly but, you still have to watch it.

Alvarez is trying to seal his place on the team and be very relevant and you can agree that his being doing just that perfectly. Either creating assists or scoring goals and you can agree that, his by far going to be futures more this season with the network his constantly building with E. Haaland on the pitch. We see that and Peps is leveraging it as only him could, a perfect game so far for his team.