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Have you changed Lukaku yet?

I had to use an unscheduled transfer today ... Chelsea won the CL round but lost two of their forwards, which is very sad since they have some pretty easy games ahead of them that could have earned a lot of points. I took Vardy and Armstrong and I will hope that Alonso and Rudiger will not miss the next matches.

I attempted this some years back but, really didn't pick up with the vibe to keep it up but, its quite an interesting and enticing way to take up sports and gambling. Using actual football records and transfer statistics to assemble a team, place them on the pitch and predict results or anticipate there performance, get scores and then a rating of rating of sort. I see no reason why it's not suited for a discussion discussion the gambling board. As tips could be collected for those who fantasies on the game amongst others. It's a nice one @Trofo, good thinking.

@buwaytress
Tagging you here since I know you are playing, so I guess you missed the thread and it could use some love Congrats on same great points in last game week but that one was easy for you with Liverpool winning 5:0

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Lukaku just got subbed in minute 20 due to injury in CL match. There goes my plan for the next game week since my captain and most expensive player (apart from Salah) just got hit. And I was doing so well before the wildcard. Better to not have chips sometimes.

It may be worth doing some "experiments" and start switching players and styles. I am not sure of the underlying logic, but there has to be a factor of penalty on repeating too often. This strategy would require preparing a team that has some wildcard players that may be less effective for an specific task, but can in exchange be adapted to the opponent better.

I took a break from Fantasy during international break. There is no point in looking at players when they can get injured playing for their countries. Just what happened with Rudiger threw a spanner in my works. Had to change him to another premium defender and use extra transfer (-4) to make the money for Dias. Just hope City keeps a clean sheet against Burnley.

I feel it will be hard for me to catch up with the leader of the table in the first season ... at the moment the difference between me and the top 1 is 225 points.

• GW6 - 194
• GW7 - 225

I looked for your name in the list but did not find it, I came across Marko but it was hardly you since he turned out to be a Latvian.  

I can't keep up with your answers ... it feels like you're here around the clock.  

And I see that you picked the Wolverhampton striker and from what I saw it is a great choice as the team is gaining momentum. Speaking of "saw" I meant what I saw and noticed that the guys from the top 10 chose three players from this club at once. In any case, I'm torn because I can only make one choice before the coming game week. ^{[Okay, it's time for me to rest, have a great weekend and some more points!]}

He is useful as a player who saves you a lot of money but Livramento was even cheaper when I exchanged Tsimikas (4.3M, now back to 4) for him and Livramento (4.1M, now 4.2) plays 90 minutes every game for Southampton. Much better option for me.

If you need money savers you also have Brownhil from Burnley, only 90 min playing midfielder for 4.4M. But I prefer to pay a bit more and get somebody more creative

I made a reservation, honestly speaking, I meant three defenders .... although, by and large, there is no difference, since three defenders still provide an extended opportunity in the attack. As for Bamford, as far as I know, he will be active next week. By the way, speaking of unforeseen circumstances, each of us has 3 reserve players, so even if you don't put Tsimikas on, he is still very useful as a player who saves you a lot of money. Or am I wrong?

Here is what I ended up with:


I screwed big time with Alonso, I actually realized my mistake yesterday but both Alonso and Azpilicueta went up in price for 0.1 and I did not have spare money to exchange them. I am happy with the rest of the team for a long time. Probably will have to do something with Alonso immediately.

I am playing with 3 forwards almost always. Bamford is on my shortlist since Leeds has great fixtures but he is injured. I am not considering Vardy since he is way to expensive for what he brings. Antonio is cheapest fixture proof attacking player in the game. I am ok with playing him against any opponent and I am sure he will bring some points. Almost on the level of Salah, Lukaku and Ronaldo but significantly cheaper. Also he is now worth 8.0M and I took him when he was just 7.5, meaning if I took him out I would not have money to bring him in again. He is staying there until season ends unless he gets lengthy injury.

I like to have squad where every player plays 90 minutes every single game, including bench players - you can see how this week Duffy will enter for Alonso and get me points. In case Cancelo gets rested Livramento will enter and give me more points. Tsimikas will play maybe one game in 5 and probably in Europe unless Robertson gets injured so no points in case of unexpected. Believe me unexpected happens quite often in FPL, who thought Ronaldo will start from the bench today?

Okay, what if you play with three forwards in the future? At the same time, take Tsimikas as a permanent reserve player, because he really seems to me to be a good defender on whom you can save money. I also have no doubt that Antonio is an excellent striker and a good candidate for the captain's position, but he is unlikely to keep that pace for a long time. In addition, today I turned my eyes to the standings, I see that some teams that did not start the season as well as we would like, sooner or later will start winning, (we will still see a long streak of victories from Leeds or Leicester, so I'm thinking of taking Vardy and Bamford).

Tsimikas is a trap, I had him from week one and sold him for Liveramento immediately after Robertson recovered. He is great player but he will not get minutes while Robertson is healthy. That is good example of staying ahead of the curve and casual players.

I also had Benhrama from week 1 but got rid of him when they bought Vlasic. I feel like he has enough competition on his spot to start losing minutes. Antonio is also on penalties which is always great and he is much better captain option since he always plays 90 minutes.

Cash is legit option and he could end in my squad. I am just not sure if I want any player from villa. Don't like them this season.

How about the ratio of price to minutes played? Thinking about how I can save a little, I stumbled upon a Liverpool defender who is surprisingly often on the field and earns a lot of points while costing only 4m. To that I would add Cash, Aston Villa's defender who is surprisingly consistent in his high scores, (and of course a couple of Chelsea defenders).


As for the midfielders ... I would think about changing Antonio to Benrahma as he has the same potential as Antonio (in this case you will make room for either Vardy or another top striker). In this case, hypothetically, in attack, you will receive points from Liverpool, West Ham, Leicester, Leeds, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City (if you choose Jesus).

Definitely good choice to cancel bench boost, there will be much better opportunities.

I would change Maguire for another top defender like Rudiger for -4 without regrets. United has awful fixtures and I would not like to keep their defenders.

Arnold is another story and I would keep him without problems until he gets better. Origi is dead weight and I would change him first chance I get for some cheap 90 min player.

I am on wildcard this week and still not set on final squad. I know my 2 big hitters are Lukaku and Salah, Ramsdale on goal and Raphina in first 11. Rest is still up to change but I will probably take 2x Chelsea defense, Saka and Antonio. I want some City exposure but I am afraid of Pep Roulette.

Tomorrow starts a new game week, but the temptation is so great to change a couple of players to the detriment of points. In general, this week will pass unchanged for me, I also canceled the activation of the function "bench boost". After all, it is unlikely that Manchester United will not score a single goal against Everton, Origi is one of those substitutes who never enter the field, and Alexander-A and Maguire are injured and will return to duty in at least two weeks.

Wildcard is the chip that gives you unlimited free transfers and they stay for the rest of the season. Never crossed my mind you could use free hit. It is fairly new chip, introduced just last season and the least useful one for me. I used it in last game week in previous season just to change 3 players instead of 1

You used free hit in this game week. You also already used your wildcard in game week 3 and you used your triple captain in game week 1. I guess you activated your bench boost chip for next game week but that I can only see from your screen shot. I can check only past game weeks in actual game, would not be fair otherwise.

That means you already used all your chips which is very bad from strategic point of view. Now you are stuck with changing one player every week or paying 4 points per transfer. You will get another wildcard chip in second part of the season but those other chips are gone for good. Too bad since bench boost and triple captain chips should always be used on double game weeks. They will happen towards the end of the season and there will be game week where half of the teams will play 2 games. That means more points and better usage of the chips. This is your first season so now is the time to learn and then conquer in the next one

Thank you for explaining, your answer has put everything in its place. For some reason I thought that the use of "unlimited transfers" implies a change in the composition of the team for all subsequent rounds. As for the "bench boost", I've already figured it out, but as they say, you won't know until you check it.  

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But I confess what you said came as a surprise to me because when you explained that it is worth choosing players for the next 5-6 rounds, I definitely thought that "unlimited transfers" was intended for this (change of the entire team).

@icopress
It is difficult for me to properly check your screen shots while I am on mobile but even without that it sounds like you used free hit chip.

Free hit means that you have unlimited transfers, but your new squad is only available for one game week. After that it goes back to what you had before using the chip.

But on the last screen I see that you have bench boost active which is another chip that gives you points from players on the bench.

Don't know if you are using your real name in FPL but if that is not a security risk for you, let me know your team name and position in Sportsbet league and I'll check what you have done and explain properly. You can do it over PM if that has less impact on your security.

Trofo I will answer you a little later ... after I have dealt with one incomprehensible situation. The fact is that on the "Point GW6" tab I see one thing, and on the other tabs "transfers and pick team" I see something completely different. It is not entirely clear to me what is happening, because at the beginning of the week I completely changed the composition of my team and at the end of today's matches I got 35 points. But at the same time, it seems that everything has rolled back, since the erroneous tabs show the composition of my team, which I chose the week before last. I will be very grateful if you explain what the matter is.
 

So what is your strategy guys for this week and future, made my research and I agree with most FPL "experts" that for next 2 weeks Sarr is excellent option and that Antonio is essential. I made just one transfer Torres -> Sarr since Torres played in the cup and City is against Chelsea. That should be enough to get me trough this week and then I am planing on wildcarding and getting at least 2 Chelsea players maybe even 3. Lukaku and Alonso are must have for me after City game. I am also looking to ditch Coufal, Jota, Greenwood, Jimenez and Toney. Grey looks like great option to cover Everton attack at the moment but it will have to wait for that wild card or next free transfer.

Here is my team, as it stands at the moment. Maybe I'll give the band to Antonio, still brainstorming on that one. Leeds is without whole defense, Bamford and Raphinha. This one could be walk in the park for Hammers. That will be my main bet this week as well.