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General Chat 2020/21

Shanotheslayer

Not sure if this is too early but here it is!

Potentially an early wildcard depending on how far teams go in Europe.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12037381/premier-league-clubs-still-in-european-competitions-set-for-extended-break-before-new-season

Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Wolves are expected to be given extra time off by the Premier League and start next season late, should they go into the latter stages of their respective European competitions.

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Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Depending on his price, I feel like Callum Wilson could be a trap..... and a trap I could fall right into immediately!

Not you too.

That record against West Hamis just the kind if trap I'd fall for.

And it would just seem weird not starting a season without one of Wilson or Josh King stinking up the team after you've inevitably chosen the wrong one.

manual_man

Marcal 5m Fabio Silva 5.5m

https://twitter.com/Wolves/status/1302964195194003461?s=19

Irishphotodesk

Mike Ehrmantraut wrote: »

Anyone considering using Bench boost gw1 this season?

Could you guarantee all your players will play...nevermind get points ? At least later in the season you will have a better idea as to when to play your chips.

Ps. Some people keep bench boost for when there's a double gameweek (usually around gameweek 30 or so)

Irishphotodesk

https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/soccer/phil-foden-and-mason-greenwood-sent-home-from-england-duty-over-covid-breach-1016193.html

Will be interesting to see how their clubs view their attitudes, if they are in breach of covid rules, do they need to isolate? Or will they just be tested and if negative put into the team anyway ?

With Mahrez and laporte testing positive man city might need to review player protocols and testing schedules.

Mr.Prodston

Depending on his price, I feel like Callum Wilson could be a trap..... and a trap I could fall right into immediately!

Mike Ehrmantraut

Anyone considering using Bench boost gw1 this season?

Green&Red

Shedite27 wrote: »

I think it just makes the game so much easier if you have 2/3 players who you leave alone. Just buy TAA/KDB/Salah, don't touch them, don't think about them. You won't miss any of their hauls, and you're fairly guaranteed 200+ points from each of them. There's 8 other spots then you can tamper around with.

In the post Covid I did the opposite of this, made one defensive transfer (Leno out for Martinez for a hit), just juggled the bigger hitters. Small sample size but it worked out great for me. It’s something I’ll try and do more of this year.

For that reason I’m steering clear of Vinagre, Justin, Ferguson etc. I want a playing defender sub not some punt there doing nothing

patmac

https://twitter.com/timspiers/status/1302900465458393088?s=21

As if things aren’t awkward enough, Vinagre rumoured to be leaving.

[Deleted User]

Shedite27 wrote: »

I think it just makes the game so much easier if you have 2/3 players who you leave alone. Just buy TAA/KDB/Salah, don't touch them, don't think about them. You won't miss any of their hauls, and you're fairly guaranteed 200+ points from each of them. There's 8 other spots then you can tamper around with.

I agree with what you’re saying, to a degree, but many have jumped off Salah before a haul.

Some did the same last year with Liverpool defence before they went on a clean sheet run.

It’s easy to say get them and don’t sell them but the weekly ‘pressure’ is huge if they’re not returning because it’s a lot of money for no return.

People jump around. If Liverpool concede in their opening 3 games, likely to concede in 2, then there’ll be very few owning double Liverpool defence.

We have all been stung by selling premium players before a haul. It’s inevitable because of how intensely we play the game.

Trimm Trabb

There is one place left in our €50 H2H draft just in case anyone is interested and hasn’t spotted the thread. We’re doing it tonight though so you will have to be quick.

Shedite27

Deleted User wrote: »

I never get the ‘must haves’ conversation.

You’re limited to how many premium players you can get.

And I know it’s probably a boring thing to say but I can never get away from the fact that Ben Crabtree won FPL outright without owning any Liverpool player, all season, as he is a Everton fan.

I think that was the season Firmino, Coutinho and Mane did well.

He also had a top 500 finish before he won it.

The truth is not one player is a must have.

Any combo of 2-3 from a pool of 7–10 players can help you do well. It’s all about the timing.

You could go the whole season without TAA or Salah and win it.

I think it just makes the game so much easier if you have 2/3 players who you leave alone. Just buy TAA/KDB/Salah, don't touch them, don't think about them. You won't miss any of their hauls, and you're fairly guaranteed 200+ points from each of them. There's 8 other spots then you can tamper around with.

yourdeadwright

What's everyone thoughts on the opening weekend
Should I add United and City players or avoid them till the second week when there actually playing ,

Very hard to tell who will be starting games and who won't at the start of this season ,

[Deleted User]

I never get the ‘must haves’ conversation.

You’re limited to how many premium players you can get.

And I know it’s probably a boring thing to say but I can never get away from the fact that Ben Crabtree won FPL outright without owning any Liverpool player, all season, as he is a Everton fan.

I think that was the season Firmino, Coutinho and Mane did well.

He also had a top 500 finish before he won it.

The truth is not one player is a must have.

Any combo of 2-3 from a pool of 7–10 players can help you do well. It’s all about the timing.

You could go the whole season without TAA or Salah and win it.

DJIMI TRARORE

Have to agree with minime2.5,the more I look the harder it gets only 100% are TAA, KDB and ROBBO Mo or Mane

CSF

Ace2007 wrote: »

it's all relative as well - like they probably wouldn't be bother playing $100 games. No different than people who bet that amount in a casino really - if you are wealthy or know you have an edge you probably won't be playing for $50

The wealthy bit I can get, but the knowing you have an edge bit I'm not so sure with. I assume there is no fish whatsoever in these leagues. The luck variance in FPL feels so much higher than in poker.

Ace2007

CSF wrote: »

Jaysus, entering a grand into an FPL league is serious business indeed.

it's all relative as well - like they probably wouldn't be bother playing $100 games. No different than people who bet that amount in a casino really - if you are wealthy or know you have an edge you probably won't be playing for $50

GetWithIt

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

He looks like he's competing with Robin Koch for the starting berth. Wikipedia also says he started the last few games for Leeds last season but that may be because Bielsa was rotating as their promotion was sewn up then I think.

Cartman78 wrote: »

So you're saying he'll be Koch fighting to get into the team?

More a Koch blocker.

CSF

jimmii wrote: »

Its been going for years the level is incredibly high for being mostly US players.

But, the problem with leagues of that buyin, everyone you're competing against will be elite level. Hard to have any advantage there. Almost like entering a lottery.

jimmii

CSF wrote: »

Jaysus, entering a grand into an FPL league is serious business indeed.

Its been going for years the level is incredibly high for being mostly US players. Nothing compared to some of the amounts on the US sports game though!

Father Hernandez

Worth posting in here too.

https://twitter.com/City_Xtra/status/1302894657337253888?s=20

2 week quarantine/self isolation from today perhaps.

Doubtful to start that Wolves game on the 21st.

CSF

jimmii wrote: »

The $1k and $500 ones I've mentioned here before have gone underground it's all by email and even harder to get into now guessing a lot are going that way. Doubt many will be that easy to get into would actually be a bit suspicious if they were!

Jaysus, entering a grand into an FPL league is serious business indeed.

Cartman78

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

He looks like he's competing with Robin Koch for the starting berth.

So you're saying he'll be Koch fighting to get into the team?

jimmii

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I’m not big in to hoop jumping so having looked at fplmanagerindia I’ll pass. Do this. Tweet that. Tag this.

Life is getting too complicated for me.

What ever happened to email. Just pay up and receive the code.

The $1k and $500 ones I've mentioned here before have gone underground it's all by email and even harder to get into now guessing a lot are going that way. Doubt many will be that easy to get into would actually be a bit suspicious if they were!

Scorpion Sting

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah. I hear what you’re saying but I’m trying to avoid definite transfers out. With a blank GW 1 it’s just more transfers waiting to happen. Like who hasn’t planned their first 3-4 transfers already ? Very different to any other season when your GW 1 team is your first ‘wildcard’.

It’s not like AWB or Lundstram when it looked like their place to lose.

Johnson is the only possibility I see but I’ve zero confidence in him also.

So that guy at Leeds may be the option but I know nothing about him. Time to call my Leeds supporting brother-in-law I suppose.

I know nothing about Struijk either in truth. It's just that I've seen him in a few predicted lineups for Leeds and a few prediction models have Struijk as one of the best 4m options as he's either the 2nd or 3rd-choice Leeds CB it seems.

He looks like he's competing with Robin Koch for the starting berth. Wikipedia also says he started the last few games for Leeds last season but that may be because Bielsa was rotating as their promotion was sewn up then I think.

[Deleted User]

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Well there's Oriol Romeu who currently looks the best option for 4.5 midfielders over the opening six gameweeks. But yeah I get you, no real standout option there.

For 4m defenders, there is Tyrick Mitchell of Palace or Pascal Struijk of Leeds. Mitchell looks like starting the first few games because PVA is only just back to training after a few months out with an injury.

Struijk looks like he could start alongside Cooper in Leeds' central defence.

Yeah. I hear what you’re saying but I’m trying to avoid definite transfers out. With a blank GW 1 it’s just more transfers waiting to happen. Like who hasn’t planned their first 3-4 transfers already ? Very different to any other season when your GW 1 team is your first ‘wildcard’.

It’s not like AWB or Lundstram when it looked like their place to lose.

Johnson is the only possibility I see but I’ve zero confidence in him also.

So that guy at Leeds may be the option but I know nothing about him. Time to call my Leeds supporting brother-in-law I suppose.

Scorpion Sting

Deleted User wrote: »

An absolute dearth of cheap starting options.

4.0m starting defenders or a 4.5m starting midfielder are the absolute basis of teams I’ve picked in the past.

Nada this season. Not even a gamble like TPT who may start AND score points.

Looks like I’ll be starting with a boring ‘no gamble’ 15 which is weird for me.

It’s a weird one for me. Means I’ll have weekly options on the bench which I don’t like.

Feel like the only hope now is Brewster moving to a team that will guarantee him minutes but it won’t happen in time for GW 1 so is of little interest right now anyway.

Going to be a boring/safe team for me, early doors, but that may actually work out if Covid really does add to the randomness or injuries/availability.

Well there's Oriol Romeu who currently looks the best option for 4.5 midfielders over the opening six gameweeks. But yeah I get you, no real standout option there.

For 4m defenders, there is Tyrick Mitchell of Palace or Pascal Struijk of Leeds. Mitchell looks like starting the first few games because PVA is only just back to training after a few months out with an injury.

Struijk looks like he could start alongside Cooper in Leeds' central defence.

[Deleted User]

An absolute dearth of cheap starting options.

4.0m starting defenders or a 4.5m starting midfielder are the absolute basis of teams I’ve picked in the past.

Nada this season. Not even a gamble like TPT who may start AND score points.

Looks like I’ll be starting with a boring ‘no gamble’ 15 which is weird for me.

It’s a weird one for me. Means I’ll have weekly options on the bench which I don’t like.

Feel like the only hope now is Brewster moving to a team that will guarantee him minutes but it won’t happen in time for GW 1 so is of little interest right now anyway.

Going to be a boring/safe team for me, early doors, but that may actually work out if Covid really does add to the randomness or injuries/availability.

FHFC

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I’m not big in to hoop jumping so having looked at fplmanagerindia I’ll pass. Do this. Tweet that. Tag this.

Life is getting too complicated for me.

What ever happened to email. Just pay up and receive the code.

Yeah they didn't used to do that. I was in their regular league a few years ago, and it was just email communication!

[Deleted User]

I’m not big in to hoop jumping so having looked at fplmanagerindia I’ll pass. Do this. Tweet that. Tag this.

Life is getting too complicated for me.

What ever happened to email. Just pay up and receive the code.

FHFC

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Anyone know of any trustworthy bigger money leagues that are run elsewhere ?

I’m guessing twitter might be the place to find them.

Thinking of entry fees between 100-500

Most would be keeping well underground this year I'd say.

I know a guy on twitter that used to run a few bigger stakes leagues.

I'll PM you his handle.

Edit: also these guys have a high stakes one at about €230 buy in.

https://twitter.com/FPLManagerIndia/status/1292457770508120069?s=19