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Quote from: Harkorede on September 13, 2024, 11:05:05 AM

Speaking of Hall and Barco, those are supposed to be your bench players, aren't they ? Is taking points hit if you have 11 players that would be playing any better from taking point hit from one healthy player to another ?

It is all about future, they can get me points while these two can't.

Switching between healthy Saka/Palmner/Son is probably luxury which has much higher chance to backfire. Especially since they are all on penalties.

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Quote from: Trofo on September 13, 2024, 10:27:04 AM

Quote from: NotATether on September 13, 2024, 09:58:31 AM

If you take hits now you'll be taking hits the whole season. Haven't you seen my last season?

Hits are bad, everyone knows that but I feel like everyone is a bit to afraid to take them. Maybe because all the content creators are dead set against them.

I look at it in a different way, hits just to switch some player that is perfectly fine like Eze to Madueke are plain stupid. But if you made a wrong call like I did when I went with Hall and Barco are justified. I am missing squad depth and that -4 for Hall to Dunk should pay off themselves in next two games.

Also I am always more inclined to make hits early in the season to catch price rises and rectify mistakes. Later on we have more info and it is easier to plan ahead.

I took a shit load of points hit last season and I don't think it's the way to go but you are right majority of mine last season was from one healthy player to another simply because I believe the other he's having a way better fixture, I don't recall any of those transfers ever justifying the 4 points hit.

Speaking of Hall and Barco, those are supposed to be your bench players, aren't they ? Is taking points hit if you have 11 players that would be playing any better from taking point hit from one healthy player to another ?

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Quote from: NotATether on September 13, 2024, 09:58:31 AM

Bro you can't be serious.

If you take hits now you'll be taking hits the whole season. Haven't you seen my last season?

Indirectly talking to those managers under the rain thinking wether to WC or not- when in doubt take a hit.

Quote from: Igebotz on September 13, 2024, 05:41:19 AM

If you have any premium MID or FWD then they are all better captaincy options than Bruno or Isak.

I do not have Palmer and can't trust Saka without ERS- Bruno against weak Southampton ticks the boxes for me.

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Quote from: NotATether on September 13, 2024, 09:58:31 AM

If you take hits now you'll be taking hits the whole season. Haven't you seen my last season?

Hits are bad, everyone knows that but I feel like everyone is a bit to afraid to take them. Maybe because all the content creators are dead set against them.

I look at it in a different way, hits just to switch some player that is perfectly fine like Eze to Madueke are plain stupid. But if you made a wrong call like I did when I went with Hall and Barco are justified. I am missing squad depth and that -4 for Hall to Dunk should pay off themselves in next two games.

Also I am always more inclined to make hits early in the season to catch price rises and rectify mistakes. Later on we have more info and it is easier to plan ahead.

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Quote from: Igebotz on September 13, 2024, 05:41:19 AM

Hit taking at this stage is probably the best strategy, no pressure, the league table is still wide open. If there are no injuries and I'm able to accumulate my FT till GW6 I might not need to use my wildcard.

Bro you can't be serious.

If you take hits now you'll be taking hits the whole season. Haven't you seen my last season?

Quote from: Igebotz on September 13, 2024, 05:41:19 AM

I'm thinking towards Captaining Bruno or Isak against Halaand and Salah options this weekend.

....don't

If you have any premium MID or FWD then they are all better captaincy options than Bruno or Isak.

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Quote from: Igebotz on September 13, 2024, 05:41:19 AM

Quote from: Trofo on September 12, 2024, 12:52:19 PM

Quote from: Igebotz on September 12, 2024, 12:00:03 PM

Not saying it's bad choice, but I've seen managers hit the WC in the first week of the international break; why not wait until the second week or after all of the games? I'm not obsessed with player prices, and I don't enjoy trading players for profit; I just afford what I can and deal with that.

Because you are only gaining by hitting it as early as possible if you are 100% certain you are gonna wildcard.

If you are not, than by all means wait and see what injury situation will be like at the end of int. break. Or do it like me, make few early transfers and then decide on deadline day if you are gonna wildcard or not. Currently standing at -8 and 50:50 chances to use it. I sort of think 0.5M gained is worth -4, -8 not so much. But then I want to keep WC for GW6 or GW7.

Hit taking at this stage is probably the best strategy, no pressure, the league table is still wide open. If there are no injuries and I'm able to accumulate my FT till GW6 I might not need to use my wildcard.

I'm thinking towards Captaining Bruno or Isak against Halaand and Salah options this weekend.

I didn't think I'd be faced with such a heavy indecisive mindset after the international break, I'm really so caught up in between using the wildcard and playing with transfers as passively as possible, and while it's seeming like a moot point to use the wildcard given the uncertainty with a number of players for this week, the need to structure my team for the next 3-4 game weeks is paramount and 2-3 transfers for this game week would not help as I might still need to pull the WC trigger next week.

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Quote from: Trofo on September 12, 2024, 12:52:19 PM

Quote from: Igebotz on September 12, 2024, 12:00:03 PM

Not saying it's bad choice, but I've seen managers hit the WC in the first week of the international break; why not wait until the second week or after all of the games? I'm not obsessed with player prices, and I don't enjoy trading players for profit; I just afford what I can and deal with that.

Because you are only gaining by hitting it as early as possible if you are 100% certain you are gonna wildcard.

If you are not, than by all means wait and see what injury situation will be like at the end of int. break. Or do it like me, make few early transfers and then decide on deadline day if you are gonna wildcard or not. Currently standing at -8 and 50:50 chances to use it. I sort of think 0.5M gained is worth -4, -8 not so much. But then I want to keep WC for GW6 or GW7.

Hit taking at this stage is probably the best strategy, no pressure, the league table is still wide open. If there are no injuries and I'm able to accumulate my FT till GW6 I might not need to use my wildcard.

I'm thinking towards Captaining Bruno or Isak against Halaand and Salah options this weekend.

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Quote from: Trofo on September 12, 2024, 02:20:19 PM

Quote from: Harkorede on September 12, 2024, 02:10:50 PM

perhaps in the future there should be a little allocation for the most expensive squad at the end of the season, at least there will be something else to fight for that doesn't require

That is actually quite counter productive. Could work only if we make it some totally low reward amount. Maybe max what the buy in is for that season.

Otherwise you will get people just looking price predictions and making money without any regard to the game. When you check most valuable squads they are always from the players way down the ranks that are taking hits every week to catch those changes.

You got a point on that since a player would just take all the points hit in the world to get certain players in each week, but If the prize is set just at let say the buy-in fee, it's going not to make any sense to play the entire season monitoring and just making transfer with zero interest on the primary goal of the game.

Quote from: darbitmobilerecovery on September 12, 2024, 02:42:31 PM

My actual mood:

I dont really want to open fantasy to not see some exclamation signs in the head above of my players after the international break.

One really bad is.... Haaland again playing home and against not a super team... So another weekend of sorrow for us the people who doesnt have him.

Exclamation mark could even be blessing in disguise for the week because some players would be rested or playing ~ 30 minutes having just returned from the international break.

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My actual mood:

I dont really want to open fantasy to not see some exclamation signs in the head above of my players after the international break.

One really bad is.... Haaland again playing home and against not a super team... So another weekend of sorrow for us the people who doesnt have him.

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Quote from: Harkorede on September 12, 2024, 02:10:50 PM

perhaps in the future there should be a little allocation for the most expensive squad at the end of the season, at least there will be something else to fight for that doesn't require

That is actually quite counter productive. Could work only if we make it some totally low reward amount. Maybe max what the buy in is for that season.

Otherwise you will get people just looking price predictions and making money without any regard to the game. When you check most valuable squads they are always from the players way down the ranks that are taking hits every week to catch those changes.

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Oh, with the amount of knowledge that is also at play with keeping the books here, perhaps in the future there should be a little allocation for the most expensive squad at the end of the season, at least there will be something else to fight for that doesn't require getting when Haaland or Salah is going wreck havoc right.

With the European fixtures also getting underway next during the next midweek, might we see a couple of tweaks in the lineups we have for this week ?

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Quote from: Igebotz on September 12, 2024, 12:00:03 PM

Not saying it's bad choice, but I've seen managers hit the WC in the first week of the international break; why not wait until the second week or after all of the games? I'm not obsessed with player prices, and I don't enjoy trading players for profit; I just afford what I can and deal with that.

Because you are only gaining by hitting it as early as possible if you are 100% certain you are gonna wildcard.

If you are not, than by all means wait and see what injury situation will be like at the end of int. break. Or do it like me, make few early transfers and then decide on deadline day if you are gonna wildcard or not. Currently standing at -8 and 50:50 chances to use it. I sort of think 0.5M gained is worth -4, -8 not so much. But then I want to keep WC for GW6 or GW7.

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Quote from: Trofo on September 11, 2024, 01:15:54 PM

Now I am getting confused. What you are talking about is absolutely correct for regular transfers, don't do them early in international breaks or CL weeks. WC is different beast and international break is actually quite nice spot to use it. You have 2 weeks to earn money on price changes, you can actually bring players before they rise and then on last day decide to keep them or not. Maybe even actually make some money. For instance during this break you could have sold Watkins for Joao Pedro and then back to Watkins and earn 0.1M in the process. Probably few defenders as well.

I made early moves to Joao Pedro and Salah before price rises and falls for the guys I had in my team, saving myself 0.3M. In case some other injury happened I would have used WC since I would like to sort my defense anyway. Have Barco and Hall on the bench who are at this point basically non factors in FPL but as it stands I will have to look at them for few more GWs.

Not saying it's bad choice, but I've seen managers hit the WC in the first week of the international break; why not wait until the second week or after all of the games? I'm not obsessed with player prices, and I don't enjoy trading players for profit; I just afford what I can and deal with that.

I have 80% of the WC drafts I've seen; the only part lacking from my team is Salah. I have a solid team for GW4, so I'm rolling my FT and hoping to grab Salah in GW6, or use my WC if necessary. Captaincy delema this weekend.

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Quote from: Stablexcoin on September 11, 2024, 04:35:48 PM

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Quote from: NotATether on September 10, 2024, 01:15:53 AM

You all still think it's a good idea to bring in an Arsenal defender for GW6+?

Our defenders will probably have more work to do in GW4 (North London derby) with our midfield challenges with Rice suspended and Odegaard with the sprained ankle, Caliofori not likely to play too, and some uncertainty with Timber. Tottenham have all the advantage, even the advantage of playing at home. We can still win them though, but I doubt we will do it with a clean sheet.

Then in GW5 against Manchester City, they are a very good attacking side; even better this season, I am not sure that we will be able to stop them from scoring. Our GW6 fixture is against Leicester, GW7 against Southampton, GW8 against Bournemouth. Arsenal defenders will be able to keep clean sheets in these games.

Good comment. Arsenal defends are having a little shaking right now. They are certain of Rice being able to hold his position and return when the ball is against Arsenal but Timber has never held that position before. Caliofiri has yet to sync with the team, it will be a difficult task at first for him unless otherwise. With Odegard on injury and no information yet if he will play in GW4. Don't forget North London Derby has never been an easy one for Arsenal. They (Tottenham) kept identifying as a rival to Arsenal for years now.

In GW5 against Manchester City, I see them wining the game. Manchester City has a better performance than last season. The team is balanced but Arsenal is yet to maintain balance. That will be the advantage of Manchester City over Arenal that day.

I don't know if I'd agree about Man City been better than Arsenal, I know it's all going in a positive direction for Man City right now but their usually heavy squad depth have taken a significant hit offensively mostly, Rico Lewis is doing the heavy lifting of Kyle Walker alone, Foden hasn't been fit, Julian Alvarez is gone, what happens should Haaland pick up a knock or need a rest, Gundongan as a false 9 would then be their best bet ?

Man City might be having it all go their way right now, but I don't think they're far from becoming really vulnerable in the blink of an eye.

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Quote from: Rruchi man on September 11, 2024, 05:32:41 AM

Quote from: NotATether on September 10, 2024, 01:15:53 AM

You all still think it's a good idea to bring in an Arsenal defender for GW6+?

Our defenders will probably have more work to do in GW4 (North London derby) with our midfield challenges with Rice suspended and Odegaard with the sprained ankle, Caliofori not likely to play too, and some uncertainty with Timber. Tottenham have all the advantage, even the advantage of playing at home. We can still win them though, but I doubt we will do it with a clean sheet.

Then in GW5 against Manchester City, they are a very good attacking side; even better this season, I am not sure that we will be able to stop them from scoring. Our GW6 fixture is against Leicester, GW7 against Southampton, GW8 against Bournemouth. Arsenal defenders will be able to keep clean sheets in these games.

Good comment. Arsenal defends are having a little shaking right now. They are certain of Rice being able to hold his position and return when the ball is against Arsenal but Timber has never held that position before. Caliofiri has yet to sync with the team, it will be a difficult task at first for him unless otherwise. With Odegard on injury and no information yet if he will play in GW4. Don't forget North London Derby has never been an easy one for Arsenal. They (Tottenham) kept identifying as a rival to Arsenal for years now.

In GW5 against Manchester City, I see them wining the game. Manchester City has a better performance than last season. The team is balanced but Arsenal is yet to maintain balance. That will be the advantage of Manchester City over Arenal that day.

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Quote from: B1g4udge on September 11, 2024, 01:25:11 PM

Rice is suspended, Odegaard is injured
It looks like an open match is coming with a lot of yellows, goals and corners.

And coming from the international break,players are just never the same and am expecting these games to produce goals just like you have said!!

Goals galore indeed, both teams to score, yellow cards for fatigue...just not sure if the red cards can land because English league has some disciplined players.. otherwise seen alot of FPL targeting this game week for the wild card which I see to be a gamble.

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Decided I won't be wildcarding. Not really needed for me at this point - my team can be better but I'm sure there will be a time in the season where I'll really need the change.

The only question now is who to captain. Both Haaland and Salah have easy home fixtures.

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Rice is suspended, Odegaard is injured
It looks like an open match is coming with a lot of yellows, goals and corners.

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Quote from: Igebotz on September 11, 2024, 07:26:34 AM

Quote from: NotATether on September 11, 2024, 03:34:05 AM

Quote from: Igebotz on September 11, 2024, 03:13:59 AM

FPL lesson 101: Never WC during international break - I will wait till Friday to see those back to full training.

That sounds a bit counter-intuitive, no? You wildcard only if you have to, and with that in mind, it makes sense that during the international breaks is better for getting shielded from all these injuries than in between gameweeks.

No- These are not just international friendly games; they are qualifiers, and for the past two seasons, the majority of injuries have occurred during international games and less in-between league games. Using a wildcard during a qualifiers international break is risky and not worth it.. Imo.

Injuries are unpredictable and also part of the game but making late decisions saves you 90% of the time..

Those managers who added Ode are probably going to take a hit or spend their accumulative FT to get him out

Now I am getting confused. What you are talking about is absolutely correct for regular transfers, don't do them early in international breaks or CL weeks. WC is different beast and international break is actually quite nice spot to use it. You have 2 weeks to earn money on price changes, you can actually bring players before they rise and then on last day decide to keep them or not. Maybe even actually make some money. For instance during this break you could have sold Watkins for Joao Pedro and then back to Watkins and earn 0.1M in the process. Probably few defenders as well.

I made early moves to Joao Pedro and Salah before price rises and falls for the guys I had in my team, saving myself 0.3M. In case some other injury happened I would have used WC since I would like to sort my defense anyway. Have Barco and Hall on the bench who are at this point basically non factors in FPL but as it stands I will have to look at them for few more GWs.

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Quote from: NotATether on September 11, 2024, 03:34:05 AM

Quote from: Igebotz on September 11, 2024, 03:13:59 AM

FPL lesson 101: Never WC during international break - I will wait till Friday to see those back to full training.

That sounds a bit counter-intuitive, no? You wildcard only if you have to, and with that in mind, it makes sense that during the international breaks is better for getting shielded from all these injuries than in between gameweeks.

No- These are not just international friendly games; they are qualifiers, and for the past two seasons, the majority of injuries have occurred during international games and less in-between league games. Using a wildcard during a qualifiers international break is risky and not worth it.. Imo.

Injuries are unpredictable and also part of the game but making late decisions saves you 90% of the time..

Those managers who added Ode are probably going to take a hit or spend their accumulative FT to get him out

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