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General FPL Chat 2017/18

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  • #272
    FHFC
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    km79 wrote: »
    Capoue 5.5
    .5 too dear again ?


    laughter.gif


  • #273
    manual_man
    Registered Users Posts: 15,262 ✭✭✭✭manual_man


    km79 wrote: »
    Llorente 7.5

    I'm interested. And with seemingly no way back for Costa at Chelsea, Conté might go back in for Llorente. Probably a bit wishful thinking, but a 7.5m first choice Llorente at Chelsea would be nice :pac:


  • #274
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    McCauley 5ml


  • #275
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users Posts: 42,079 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    manual_man wrote: »
    I'm interested. And with seemingly no way back for Costa at Chelsea, Conté might go back in for Llorente. Probably a bit wishful thinking, but a 7.5m first choice Llorente at Chelsea would be nice :pac:

    Call me cynical, but I'd say there's not a hope in hell of Conte starting the season with Llorente as his first choice striker. If he moves to Chelsea, he'll be a backup option I would wager.


  • #276
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Scorpion Sting wrote: »
    Call me cynical, but I'd say there's not a hope in hell of Conte starting the season with Llorente as his first choice striker. If he moves to Chelsea, he'll be a backup option I would wager.

    If Chelsea start with llorente as first choice striker conte will have resigned by that point


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  • #277
    CSF
    Registered Users Posts: 32,809 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    km79 wrote: »
    Scorpion Sting wrote: »
    Call me cynical, but I'd say there's not a hope in hell of Conte starting the season with Llorente as his first choice striker. If he moves to Chelsea, he'll be a backup option I would wager.

    If Chelsea start with llorente as first choice striker conte will have resigned by that point
    Llorente would be a great backup choice though for if the first choice striker gets injured. Imagine having a starting Chelsea striker at approx 7 mil (he'd most likely drop in the meantime).


  • #278
    FHFC
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    New chip.

    Fuuuuuuuck

    https://www.premierleague.com/news/436425


  • #279
    Cartman78
    Registered Users Posts: 9,591 ✭✭✭Cartman78


    FHFC wrote: »
    New chip.

    Fuuuuuuuck

    https://www.premierleague.com/news/436425

    Jeez....I have a headache after reading that


  • #280
    loadwire
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭loadwire


    FHFC wrote: »
    New chip.

    Fuuuuuuuck

    https://www.premierleague.com/news/436425

    First reaction is that it would be ideal for small double gameweeks, pack your squad with players from 4 or 6 teams or whatever...


  • #281
    KevIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 39,498 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Well the AOA was a waste of time anyway.

    Immediate reaction is that it means I definitely wont be entering any paid competitions that have a knock out element.


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  • #282
    spock.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,502 ✭✭✭spock.


    That chip will be used by many in the big blank gameweek.


  • #283
    Iused2likebusts
    Registered Users Posts: 17,022 ✭✭✭✭Iused2likebusts


    I like that new chip lots of options on when to use it. Good for the blank gw ,dgw or maybe gw38.


  • #284
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    So bring in dgw players without having to take hits in the w!weeks before and not being stuck with scrap the week after
    Lovely stuff

    I will be playing my second wildcard early again now so

    But then can't play BB or TC
    Hhhmmmmm yes it is tricky :D


  • #285
    Paully D
    Registered Users Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    AOA was pointless. Glad that's gone.

    That said, I could be wrong this new chip seems sort of like a get out of jail free card for people who don't plan properly for the DGW's.

    That's an area where a lot of us make up a lot of ground and score highly. We now won't be able to gain as much of an advantage from this and it will likely negate the TC in a DGW too depending on how the fixtures play out.


  • #286
    FHFC
    Registered Users Posts: 11,271 ✭✭✭✭FHFC


    Paully D wrote: »
    AOA was pointless. Glad that's gone.

    That said, I could be wrong this new chip seems sort of like a get out of jail free card for people who don't plan properly for the DGW's.

    That's an area where a lot of us make up a lot of ground and score highly. We now won't be able to gain as much of an advantage from this and it will likely negate the TC in a DGW too depending on how the fixtures play out.

    This. Hate is sooo much.

    Simplifies one of the trickiest elements of the game to paint by numbers.

    Just gonna have to figure out a creative smart way to use the stupid thing to our advantage.

    Chips out.


  • #287
    km79
    Registered Users Posts: 48,132 ✭✭✭✭km79


    The more I think about it the more I think this chip is more suited to a big blank week
    You don't have to have players stinking out your team's for weeks in advance just to see them not play (Phillips, stanislas), don't take a hit for one week players , you don't lose value by selling players you want back AND most of all you can use TC and BB in the doubles


  • #288
    patmac
    Registered Users Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭patmac


    Also cue loads of 'why did I play my 'free hit' chip if I had left it alone I would have had 50 points extra' posts.


  • #289
    ScummyMan
    Registered Users Posts: 7,671 ✭✭✭ScummyMan


    Yeah I'm not too happy with the chip either, negates the weeks of planning befor a BGW.


  • #290
    clairewithani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭clairewithani


    Another wildcard really, is it?


  • #291
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users Posts: 42,079 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    clairewithani wrote: »
    Another wildcard really, is it?

    It's like the wildcard but can only be used for a single gameweek. The following gameweek you go back to the team you had before you deployed the chip.


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  • #292
    -=al=-
    Registered Users Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    It just gets easier every year :/


  • #293
    2nd Row Donkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,636 ✭✭✭2nd Row Donkey


    These chips are great for us casuals.

    *saunters out*


  • #294
    PARlance
    Registered Users Posts: 21,093 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    2nd Row Donkey wrote: »
    These chips are great for us casuals.

    *saunters out*

    *high 5's other casual on his way out*


  • #295
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,200 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Farcical stuff, but unsurprising.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #296
    Cartman78
    Registered Users Posts: 9,591 ✭✭✭Cartman78


    The more I think about it (and as others have said), it probably would be most beneficial for a BGW.....but it takes away the planning/tactical/strategic element around that which is a pity for us obsessives


  • #297
    clairewithani
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭clairewithani


    Scorpion Sting wrote: »
    It's like the wildcard but can only be used for a single gameweek. The following gameweek you go back to the team you had before you deployed the chip.

    Ohhhhhhhhhhh.


  • #298
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,030 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    I thought TC and second wildcard would ruin things when they first came in, as it allowed 'casuals' get lucky and/or fix mistakes.

    It hasn't been the case at all.

    Good players use the chips well most of the time. It'll be the same with this. Let it play out before judging it.


  • #299
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users Posts: 42,079 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Eric Bailly's price looks set to be announced in a few minutes.


  • #300
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,361 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    ScummyMan wrote: »
    Yeah I'm not too happy with the chip either, negates the weeks of planning befor a BGW.
    I'm happy with the chip, negates the weeks of planning befor a BGW.


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  • #301
    Scorpion Sting
    Registered Users Posts: 42,079 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    Eric Bailly 6 million. That was as expected.


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