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If I didn't have Haaland then my team would probably look like this, and I would feel very comfortable as I could change 2 players per round.

So, im the worst player on the pool right now,come on, i know im gonna do bad, but that bad? Only for not having Halaand and his 26 points.?

Are you gonna make me angry?, the good thing its i cant go lower, so now the way its all the way up.

Logically, Goalkeepers that faces the most shots on goal, which often leads to saves are the best to have, Because if you look at the amount of players that gets relegation probable keepers, and the difference between keeps that concedes the most clean don't often end up with most by goalkeepers, why do you think it's like that.

Ederson wasn't in the top 5 goalkeepers with the most points last season, despite Man City conceding the least amount of goals, joint with Nick Pope but had faced more shots and save than Ederson, with how awful Chelsea and below par Liverpool were last season, Allision had more points than De Gea that had at least 3 or was it 4 clean sheets more, while Raya who finished as the number 1 GK with most points last season had 11 clean sheets. Ederson finished as the no. 10th GK with most points at the end of the season despite not conceding many goals, because if City keeps a clean sheet the most you're likely to get from Ederson is just 6 base points, because he doesn't get to make more than one or two shorts on target.

That's was why Kepa was the best choice for the second half of the season for nay player because of the number of saves he get to make, and if that comes with clean, you'd be sure that some bonus points would follow suit.

If Onana were to be 4.0-4.5m I'd be locked in on him already, because I'm sure he'll  make a lot of saves, due to the Man United defence, because why else would Thomas Kaminski of Luton despite conceding 4 goals still gets 3 points, but Jose Sa that conceded just one and get 2 points.

@all fpl participants who have KDB in their squad.
it is now certain and the belgian international and midfielder of manchester city will be out for several (3-4) months
in my case, i have already reacted and removed KDB from my squad and brought in a new player.

Rafael Varane ftw!

You can sell Martinez and put him in your squad right now. He even scored more points this week than Haaland. When he's not out injured of course.

And before his price goes up of course 

Very helpful explanation especially for first timers like myself.

The biggest disappointment for me in the Manchester United game yesterday was Martinez. I had high hopes for him based on his aggressiveness in the preseason fixtures for Manchester United that he will be a defensive block against wolves and be able to stop most of their attempts. He was not very impressive in the first half, and in the second half he was taken off before he could even put up a show. Maybe it was the yellow card he picked up, or Ten Hag considered him a weak link. He earned me zero points.

I finished in top five for GW1. I'm sure it won't be long until I finish a GW in the top spot.
Maybe GW2!!

Using the below as an example bench ... ^{[the most accurate description I could find]}.


"If you are playing 3 at the back and one of your defenders doesn't play it will skip Bailey because that will leave you with 2 defenders". Also

"It will then put Kabore in as the first defender on your bench. If Kabore didn't play either it will move to your next defender. If that defender also didn't play it will just leave your original defender in the team and you'll score 0. If you are playing 4 at the back and one of your defenders doesn't play it will change your team to 3 at that back and put Bailey in as he's your first sub".

It will change your formation if it is to valid formation. You can't play with 2 defenders so if you start with 3 and one misses out you can't get an attacker for him. If you start with 4-4-2, your first sub will always be able to enter.

I just assumed that the "1" spot on your bench would be the first sub no matter what (even to the point of changing your formation).

No, the conclusion is to optimise first 11 and order them in best possible formation for you. That is 3-5-2 for me. Then you order bench to maximize points if something unexpected happens. In my case that is one world class extra defender. Due to my formation he will enter no matter which position in first 11 drops out.

So the conclusion is that every manager should leave at least 1 player from each position on the bench for effective substitutions.  Isn't it?

You switch these however you want - but as Trofo explained, in order for it to work, some formation rules have to be met.
In his situation, if a midfielder or striker in the first 11 would not play, a midfielder would be the 1st sub. But in case a defender does not play, it has to take the defender from the bench because 253 isn't a valid formation.

RE Odegaard - I expect a lot of points from him this season.

I think he was referring to the numbers next to the positions, i.e. the 1., 2., and 3.

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Anyway, I wonder if Saka will have a scoring spree and for how long it will last.

It's too early to regret anything but hopefully I get a few penalties and assists out of Odegaard.

Nope, bench is made of players not in your initial lineup. Initially you choose 2 GK, 5 DEF, 5 MID and 3 ST players, and then put them in the desired formation.

Based on your benched players, you're playing in a 343 formation - leaving 1 GK, 2 DEF and 1 MID on the bench.
I'm playing in 352, meaning that I have 1 GK, 2 DEF and 1 ST on mine.

If somebody is playing 451, he'll have 1 GK, 1 DEF and 2 ST on the bench, etc.

Aren't you all seeing the same on your bench as I am?

It makes more sense now, but the FPL rules never really clarified which bench player is your "first sub" which is what caused all the confusion I guess, but at least it's clear to me now.

So this post I made yesterday was not enough for you guys or you did not read it? It really is quite simple, your subs are going into the game by the order they are sitting on the bench, only thing when some player will get skipped is if it breaks formation. You must have at least 3 def, 3 mid and 1 striker at all times, so if you play with 3 defenders, your sub will be defender even if he is not first placed.

Logical that's how it works because Kabori was placed before Cash on my bench. This substitutions rule is something I need to know how it works so that I may know how to place my players on the bench.

Price rises! Isn't this too early?

After watching Manchester united defense last night I'm convinced that Onana will not last in my team.

So that means the substitutions are applied from left to right of the bench? That would explain why Darwin didn't come up for me.

I think (and I'm not 100% sure) I had Mings placed right next to the backup goalkeeper, on the second-left, so that must explain why he got swapped in on my squad LOL.

Lol That's because Cash was his first substitution choice; I had Cash as well, but Kabori with 1 point replaced Stone instead.

I remember hitting under 30 in my first season last year. Lol It's gotten better since then.