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Goodness me...why did Hendo have to move to the left?  He and Matip had one job on that trick set piece, stay in front of the goalie, that's it. Probably cost TAA and Salah owners 15+ pts in the end, it was going top bin, Guaita had no chance of catching that.

Annoying start of the BDGW, with some key players not starting, others blanking...etc. I was kinda forced to use my FH chip this week, likely to end on a small green or grey arrow, still my FH team is projected to outscore my otherwise -8 team by 25 to 35pts, plus i don't have to keep triple Liverpool going forward....Lol

Injuries are a common occurrence in football, and players require time to recover and regain their form. It's also worth noting that even after an injury, players can surprise us with their performances. Instead of focusing on the negatives, consider your team's strengths and weaknesses as you prepare for the upcoming games. And keep in mind that there are still many weeks left in the season for players to make an impact.
I think I will lose a lot of points in the next rounds, I will try to sort things out from here on out.

Firstly, I don't think Nketiah is overrated, he's presence is always felt by all their opponents, and he's work ethic is heavy and he's movement on and off the ball is superb too, he's just kid and he's definitely improving a lot, Arteta probably just wanted to give him a break today, I'm sure he'll be back in the line up for the midweek game.


Firmino isn't Klopp favorite's even when he was fit and and scoring well for them in the early games this season, he was still the third choice, that's why it never even crossed my mind to bring him in for one second.

You're lucky to not have him.

The most valuable team is currently deep in the WO rank. I just need someone available to swap whenever I need to bring in someone. I knew you'd agree with me on this one.


If he misses this one, he will most likely miss the next for match fitness reasons, and Klopp will not risk pushing him back into the lineup when the Jota and Firmino are available for selection.

That was fianlly after being able to come up with a somewhat no so wise decision to bring in Darwin Nunez into my squad and Trippier was the price I had to pay, Initially, I settled for Olie watkins who's been in a red hot but I'd prefer Nunez with two games to play over Olie, and Trippier for Coleman was my sacrifice that I had to make, now I'm having 3 Everton players at my backline, against Aston Villa and Arsenal, very crazy stuff as my backline looks very week, but I think I can live with that for this week simply because I've not been getting much points from my defenses to begin with.

Nunez might be more of just a caution, but if he's indeed out for both games, no one is coming to rescue me because none of my bench players is having a fixture.

@Harko @Ige

I totally get the value of paying attention to price/budget system, as pointed out above, $110m is 10.2M more than my squad value, and that's an entire 2 or 3 players upgrade. I actually think FPL should pay more attention to this aspect. Value increasing/decreasing more.

But anyway, I'm like Ige, I don't care and it doesn't have a single iota of impact on my decision... for now. Then again, penalties don't even change my mind either =)

@harko: Nunez? I can't say for Fantasy, but he'll be worth it (and according to stats on and off the ball, minus actual goals, he is still the value we paid for, haha)

This is only first game in double game week, both Darwin and Nketiah can play in second one and make up for this one with couple of goals. It is just perfect FPL, you go out of your way to bring in player just to see him benched. Will be happening more and more as season comes towards the end and fatigue starts to set in.

Good thing is that most of us have both, so you aren't actually climbing or loosing position on this decision.

didn't saw that he is injured, but it would suit my team well, since I don't have him

but, Nketiah is benched, not sure why I had a trust in this guy, only match where he is delivered he was on my bench and I promoted him to team just to blank every week

at least Saka and Odegaard are starters as always

Darwin is out injured; I should have trusted my instincts; whenever you put a little trust in this Liverpool bum, things like this happen - wasted my wildcard on this bum; I'm not sure about the next game, but he's not going to produce any good returns. Sorry, Liverpool fans, but this guy's injury history suggests he might not perform as well as expected. Right now, I'm envious of Kane owners.

I feel sorry for Buwaytress, who has been watching and hoping for this bum to come up with good games after good games..

It is worth it, because if you sell a player this game week for another, and you can't bring in the same player the following game week because there is already a difference of 0.6m within that week because you sold and need to get him back, if you really want to understand what we mean, whenever you're using your wild card, just transfer out all your current player and save the changes, then try to bring back all the exact players back again after you've saved the changes and see if your budget would be enough to have them back.

It's exhausting, but it's all part of the game and itis very significant because, it will be terrible to see and highly inform player but can afford, those pro FPL players that have been paying attention to the prizes since the beginning will be able afford 4-5 premium right now without stressing too much, and when could be the best time to get all the best players possible, who wouldn't want to have De Bruyne, Saka, Salah, Rashford, and Kane, Haaland, Darwin upfront all together in the squad at once, more so without sacrificing the likes of Tripper, Shaw and Trent at the back line.


For example below is the most expensive squad in FPL right now, Imagine what players like Morvilz7z, Trofo or Icopress would do with that kind of budget at their disposal, especially if they already have the likes of the must have Haaland, Rashford and what have you, They'll practically be unstoppable in this double game weeks, wouldn't you agree?

Am I the only one who doesn't really care about player prices and stats? Only the fixtures are more important to me. If I believe a player will help me win, I will sign him as long as my budget will allow. If I feel I will no longer benefit from the player, I will sell him and move on.

It can be exhausting to simultaneously analyze fixtures and price metrics, but is it worth it?


I don't give a damn about the team as long as my guys get me what I want. Lol.

That's because Salah, was barely/never high in demand, and you most likely would have even lost some budget for having him all through this while, but it's not going to be a very important factor to consider for anyone that barely have a player for more than 3 game weeks, they'd hardly ever be caught in between those heavy fluctuations.

I'm still caught up with the sacrifice needed from me to be able to afford Darwin Nunez, but would he be worth that risk at the end of the day ?

Actually just realised even Wolves have a DGW so if you think Liverpool will misstep, might actually be a good idea to put a player in from there as a hedge (which I just did haha, not because of a misstep possibility, just to put someone on the bench in case of worst case scenario).

I tried understanding about this budget system (sell price) but I probably only will pay attention later on. I cleared out my team drastically some weeks back, don't remember getting much more for Salah who'd been in it forever...

Very nice explanation of something I tried to explain many times to many people. Maybe I will copy yours next time I need it 

By the way, those 3 players you mentioned above are my exact bench for this GW since I have a lot invested in them and I know I will want them after the blank.

Went a bit crazy this week and made 4 transfers, even though 2 were a bit sideways. I know i had to do Fernadez to Salah and Kane to Nunez but I could have skipped on Mahrez to Saka and White to Trent. Made this one just because I wanted Saka and then needed to remove White to make space.

this rule is basically the one that sets me back early in the game, didn't know about that one, if I knew that, I would never let in/out Haaland early in the season, losing free transfers and money to try to catch Pep thoughts

back to new GW, made three changes into my team, took a hit points, but will leave Free Hit for some other week
my bench is almost consisted just from players with blank game weeks, so need everyone in team this week, and have Chelsea and City players, which is always a mystery this season

what will Liverpool show on weekend, after being humiliated in CL, can they win both matches?

There are just too many ifs and but surrounding my team that have prevented me from making drastic sales, and the first if is the issue of budget, I would have loved to get rid of Tripier, Rashford and Shaw just for the next 2-3 games weeks and I would gladly taken the -8 points hit for that, but with my current budget and these players prizes, I would be needing an extra 1.1m to bring them back in at that point provided they don't have another prize fluctuation before then, it is as explained below;

Player            Current Selling prize** - Current Buying Prize
Shaw                      5.1m                               5.4m
Rashford                 6.9m                               7.3m
Trippier                   5.6m                               6.0m
           

**It varies with each team, depending on how long you've had a player and the increment is value had acquire since you had them.
So, regardless of how difficult their fixtures are can I afford 1.1m deficit and have a decent squad for the final run of the season, because I'm sure none of the players I'll bring in will return the same squad value even if I get some points advantage at the end of the day, and the fact that both Man United and Newcastle are bound to also have their dgw soon  is another indication that I'll probably need to bring in these said players again sooner rather than later, but then there is also strong case of emphasizing on the fixture at hand rather than some 4 weeks in advance because even all these said players could get injured or whatnot before then, so it's really a delicate situation that must be thread with caution, and however it might have been easier to stay conservative if you have a huge lead over your peers, but this is also one of the best chances to chase points aggressively to bridge gaps. So, damn trick situation, it is much more easier to just decide to go with a 2-0, 2-1 prediction than making decisions in this brain wrecking maze.

You guys would be disappointed in me for shamelessly bringing back Darwin in to my team after I dumped him into the bin a few weeks ago, but I couldn't ignore the fact that he's a better option than Kane and Halaand at the moment with a DGW advantage. I activated wildcard, and yes, I was bold enough to sign three Liverpool players into my team. (Trent, Darwin and Salah )

3 Liverpool, 3 Arsenal, 2 Brighton (blank week but looking forward to DGW 27), 2, Everton players, 1 Wolves player, 1Leicester player, 1 City player, 1, Aston villa and 1 Chelsea.

I'm aware that Klopp is out of his element right now, but it doesn't appear that he will be fired any time soon as I had hoped. All I need is for Salah and Darwin to work their magic.


The name "silent killer" suits you more. Nice Jacket anyways.

Don't forget there is already a double game schedule for weeks 27-29 (in case you want to use Wildcard)


But if you're planning on using a Wildcard, then in my opinion, an ideal 25 GW would look like this.

@Trofo @Harkorede Thanks for clearing that up. Obviously, much better to ask here than take the trouble to dig up rulebook pages

Semi kidding of course, I knew the hit couldn't be cancelled -- but I now understand I can keep changing my mind and making changes even after saving the team (until MD begins of course).

Seems an amazing way to throw out Rashford and others just for this gameweek and get them all back again next!

Since I'm free to do so, any great tips, oh magnificent FPL overlords?

I got rid of all the Manchester United players except Rashford... I recently took away pillows and blankets that were donated to those in need and in doing so, made a mental analogy with Manchester United's 25th and 26th game weeks (that's how often I think of the FPL).

Sorry for going off topic but I can't help but share this photo