General Chat 2021/22

jimmii

Kane probably isn't too happy with that news! I would love to see Messi in England really would even at this stage of his career.

McBain11

I'd genuinely be surprised if Messi isn't at City in a weeks time. Makes perfect sense. They'll give him a 2/3 year contract on similar money to his Barcelona wages, then he'll move onto their sister club in the MLS as part of the deal for another 2/3 years.

Kane absolutely raging now I'd say and probably doing his finest Peter Odemwingie impression over at the Etihad.

If Messi lands at City, be very interesting to see his FPL price and also who City actually move on player wise, players like Jesus would be very interesting at other PL clubs imo.

Ace2007

I reckon he could still end up staying in Barc, there are always ways around money issues - for example he could sign for a MSL team and be "loaned" back to Barc, that way he's not officially their player.

What about the likes of Aguero - how much are his wages and were they able to register him?

Would love to see Kane stuck at Spurs though - too many players demanding big wages and expect the club to always play ball when the want to leave. For all of Kane's money you think when he got the 6 year deal that they would have insisted on a release fee.

jimmii

Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a play from Barca you would think the CVC money would help with their short term financial issues.

Dr. Bre

Grealish at 8 mill is tempting but not If Messi arrives lol

Klonker

Will Danny Rose be a starter for Watford? Always liked owning him when he was a regular starter for Spurs, if he's a regular for Watford could be a decent punt at 4.5m and decent early fixtures.

gammygils

Yep considering Rose myself as a Fofana replacement. Fofana was my Lamptey replacement FS

Cypher_sounds

Looks like Kane staying at Spurs.

Lucas Hood

Be interesting to see how Man United line up tomorrow against Everton.

Scorpion Sting

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117716555#Comment_117716555

If Man City come in with a strong bid, Levy will have to negotiate.

kheb

Kane is a definite for me. If he stays, he will be even more determined than normal. If he goes to City, he could score 40 in the league alone.

Fred Astaire

Managed to get TAA, Salah, Fernandes, Kane in the same team with Grealish in there too.

Very happy with it. Not going to tinker again bar injuries.

dsmythy

Between his sometimes slow starts and the fact he'll be behind in training and having played a lot of football in the summer, I think I'm happy to pass on Kane to start. Think

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117717701#Comment_117717701

He is definitely the type to get his head down if he does end up staying. But the PL scoring record is 32 in a season by Salah, not a hope Kane would get even 30 because of the CL and Pep roulette

nullObjects

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117717786#Comment_117717786

Show your work :)

nullObjects

In the feedback thread they mentioned they'll be deleting PMs older than 30 days, in case you guys had payment details or contact details you needed to backup for running leagues

Lucas Hood

Shaw , Maguire & Martial all start for united today. Lingard out after testing positive for covid. Rest of team should be out shortly.

Lucas Hood

#mufc XI vs Everton: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Matic, Van de Beek; Greenwood, Fernandes, James; Martial.

I think this could be pretty close to how they lineup next week. Maybe Pogba for Vdb.

Sancho and Varane probably on bench next week

nullObjects

4.0 defender Hoever started for Wolves today. Any Wolves fans know if he could make a start in the league?

Fred Astaire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117718581#Comment_117718581

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Obviously to get all the big boys in sacrifices need to be made. That means 4.5 Bissouma in midfield and 4.5 Obafemi in attack. I had Townsend in a draft before I even tried to get them all in so I'm very happy with him and think he will be an early differential.

I'm settled with having Kane, Salah, TAA, Fernandes and Grealish now so there isn't a whole lot of tinkering I can even do. Veltman for Webster is a consideration, as is the Brighton keeper being brought in, but other than that I'm fairly set.

It was Aston Villa signing Ings that caused me to tinker ending up with my original team which led to this. Watkins was in my team but he was a winger for a lot of his career and under Dean Smith at Brentford previously so I wouldn't be surprised to see him shunted wide to accomodate Ings.

Lucas Hood

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117709471#Comment_117709471

Starts in community shield.

Shedite27

Just having a look through it today for the first time.

Obviously everyone has their own favourites, won’t run through the big boys, but some noteables for me….

• Ameraty a nice 4m defender to start, Evans and Fofana out so should get a few weeks out of him (and probably a rose or two). He’ll drop like a stone once he loses his spot tho.
• Brownhill is my favourite 4.5 mid - very attack minded at the end of last season. Gibbs White probably my second choice.
• Smith Rowe looks a banker starter number 10 for Arsenal. If they hit form he’ll be a great budget option.
• Hard to know what to make of City, Torres up front would be great but that’s obviously a B team today.
• I was hoping Cavani started today, I’d love him at 8.5 up front 3 weeks out of 4.

Currently looking at something like

Martinez

TAA Shaw Stones Digne (Ait Nouri)

Salah Son Mahrez Smith-Rowe (Brownhill)

Ings DCL (Obafemi)

Not mad on the forwards yet, going off fixtures really. If Kane goes to City I’d be happy to downgrade Mahrez to get him in up front

nullObjects

Toney not in the squad today

https://twitter.com/BrentfordFC/status/1424030259121430532?s=19

👀

Edit: looks like he'll play gw1:

https://twitter.com/jaydmharris/status/1424085113382612992?s=21

CSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655100#Comment_117655100

There is still one spot left in this and the draft night is on Tuesday. Genuinely one of the best leagues on here and the related thread on here is usually quite active.

remoteboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722894#Comment_117722894

Tuesday! Better do my research.

Trimm Trabb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117722894#Comment_117722894

I second that - draft night itself is really enjoyable and gives you a bunch of different players to look out for over the weekend too.

munster87

First time back here on fpl boards. Things have changed :(

I’m stuck on Havertz and Toney or Barnes and DCL, any advice there?

extra gravy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117723080#Comment_117723080

DCL seems to have a minor injury. Everton are a wait and see for me now. They were shocking against United yesterday. I like Barnes, have him in myself now. Might be a bit of worry for minutes though with Leicester being stacked with forward options now but Rodgers seems to love him. If Lukaku signs, he will likely be the number one Chelsea asset to own but maybe when their difficult opening run ends.

remoteboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117723080#Comment_117723080

Barnes and Toney for me

Cartman78

I don't see an injuries thread yet but according to the LFC thread on here Robbo went off with a reasonably serious injury a few mins ago

HenrysLeftHand

Tsimikas is 4 million......

nullObjects

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117724411#Comment_117724411

Looked pretty bad from the clip I've seen on Twitter

Green&Red

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117724637#Comment_117724637

Takes up a Liverpool spot though

Amartey is also 4m, could be in line for a run in the team, Evans is out until after the first international break

Manquillo also started v Norwich yesterday

The real mccoy 91

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725279#Comment_117725279

I read Rodgers was in the market for a cb before fofana got injured so I would imagine amartey won't last long and could be 3.9 pretty quick

munster87

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725704#Comment_117725704

Played well yesterday

Ace2007

Whose position will Tuanzebe take now that he's been loaned to Villa - would have thought Konsa/Mings would have been solid??

remoteboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725889#Comment_117725889

He’s a squad player. Konsa and Mings will start.

Ace2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725937#Comment_117725937

Hardly left untied on loan to sit on the bench at Villa sure? Could have went somewhere else and started

Also does anyone notice that their post times are out by an hour - how is that fixed?

castletownman

I currently have no funds in the bank and have Godfrey and Grealish in my squad, but am contemplating downgrading Godfrey to Amartey and upgrading Grealish to Mahrez. Thoughts?

What's the boards league code?

Green&Red

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725704#Comment_117725704

I think the risk of him dropping is negligible. Low ownership and who is going to be sorting out their 4m bench fodder in the first few weeks?

remoteboy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725976#Comment_117725976

Himself and Hause are our backup CB pairing. He was signed to replace Engels who we sold in the summer. He’ll play cup matches.

CSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117725976#Comment_117725976

Only way he starts really is Villa change system or someone performs poorly and gets dropped. I'd expect Martinez, Targett, Mings, Konsa and Cash are our very settled back 5. Not sure if Tuanzebe can play DM, there is something of a space to be competed for there.

razorblunt

Is there an FSA qualifying league?

CSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117726593#Comment_117726593

There will be. That never opens up until the 4 leagues have actually filled, which is still in process at the moment with the eligible qualifiers.

razorblunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117726645#Comment_117726645

Ok, thanks!

steve_r

I generally get my GW1 team fairly wrong and I have to make changes quite quickly.

This is how I've allocated my budget so far - does it look reasonable?

GK - 8.5m

D - 27.5m

M - 42m

A - 22m

My fear is that there's an early rush for a Kane/Lukaku premium - I don't see a way of making that work without sacrificing the likes of Bruno/Salah/TAA

CSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117726998#Comment_117726998

While I would pay a little bit of attention to team structure and flexibility (it is obviously a thing), I would still be prioritising the focus on who the options are rather than their pricepoints. No use having flexibility to move to whoever you need to, if you've already lost points in doing so.

qwabercd

Anyone know if there's an updated version of the ffscout set piece takers list? The version I can see hasn't been updated since May. Or any alternative if not?

greedygoblin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117729974#Comment_117729974

This tweet might be of use:

https://mobile.twitter.com/FPL_Swe/status/1424699681242816515