General Chat 2020/21

What i mean is that his overall low numbers last season could possibly be explained by a settling in period at the start. The tail end of the season could be a sign of where he'll be at now.

Similar thinking has me staying away from Leicester bar Justin despite their juicy fixtures- think they're overpriced based on how good they were pre-lockdown

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Can you really say he is finding form with a six week break to the last game?

No but I think the point is that he has adjusted to the league now. He was decent before the corona break too, I saw him win a fa cup match by himself. He should be 1 of the best 5.5 midfielders.

Happy4all wrote: »

probably a silly question, I've picked a team, but the home page says "pick team" and not "my team". is it always the same before week one?

Yeah that'll change after the first deadline. And then you'll have the "points" tab for the current week. With "My Team" for the upcoming GW.

FHFC wrote: »

Is Doherty worth 1m over Ben Davies??

One of my biggest conundrums. Unless you badly need the 1 million elsewhere, it might be better to assume he is, and trade down if Doherty doesn’t become a huge attacking option.

Porthallian wrote: »

This was my question earlier.
Alli/Doherty or Son/Bavies?
Personally I'm such a fan of Son and think his ceiling is higher than Allis. So I'd prefer the latter. But I'd be in the minority on that choice I imagine.

Based on nothing but opinion, but I can't see Doherty attacking as freely as he did with Wolves. Spurs have a different style of play to Wolves.

Plus he's in a back 4 compared to a back 5 and he doesn't look as good in a back four when playing for ireland

Is Gomez an option for Liverpool defence? Regular starter?

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

What are peoples thoughts on the TAA/Robbo double up, have been on it since the first draft but its the only place I can get money to upgrade elsewhere.

I'm 100% doing it. And considering adding VVD to compete the set

patmac wrote: »

This is a very awkward start with only the 8 matches and the quick turnaround and COVID-19. You either plan for an early Wildcard or you have to bench at least one Utd or City player and try and have cover everywhere including goalkeeper. I’m still undecided which.

United are getting overrated due to no game. Poor form and no rest.

But yeah it's a messy messy start

Shedite27 wrote: »

I'm 100% doing it. And considering adding VVD to compete the set

Yeah going to do it now and finally on a team I'm happy with.

My only worry is I'll be very tempted by 5 at the back which never seems to provide the points.

TAA, Robbo, Davies, James, Taylor

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

I have robbo, mane and salah ... Someone mentioned Salah has scored on opening day for past 3 seasons - so that has to be figured in when picking your team.

Liverpool 4 opening days under Klopp:

Liverpool 4 Norwich 1 (Goals: VVD, Origi, Salah, OG) (Assists: Origi, Firmino, Salah, TAA)
Liverpool 4 West Ham (Goals: Salah x 2, Mane, Sturridge) (Assists: Robbo, Milner, Firmino)
Watford 3 Liverpool 3 (Goals: Salah, Mane, Firmino ) (Assists: Salah, Firmino, Can)
Arsenal 3 Liverpool 4 (Goals: Coutinho X 2, Mane, Lallana) (Assists: Lallana, Gini, Clyne)

Main takeaway is the front 3 like the opening day in previous seasons.

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

On average both pull approx 200points a season each, if you are happy to set and forget,it could be a shrewd investment.

There was talk on one of the threads about a treble Liverpool defence - average 600points through the season, for 20ish million that's a fair trade. It's a tough concept to accept when they concede a goal - all CS points wiped, which can be heartbreaking.

I have robbo, mane and salah ... Someone mentioned Salah has scored on opening day for past 3 seasons - so that has to be figured in when picking your team.

Very good point & when you look at it like that, captain armband will equal 800 points for £21million + captain.

Can you get 1,500 points elsewhere from £79 million?

Shedite27 wrote: »

I'm 100% doing it. And considering adding VVD to compete the set

I'm almost certainly doing Robbo & TAA. My only concern is it's a little inflexible.

If some of the big hitters in midfield and up front are on form and you want to go for an extra premium there it's a bit hard to get that 2 or 3m out of the defence.

I don't think the Maguire and Greenwood incidents would have helped much. Initial run of fixtures isn't great either. I wouldn't be advising going with more than 1 United initially.

Ace2007 wrote: »

Do they have poor form though? in the 9 games post lock down they won 6 and drew 3.

Now compared that with Liverpool - won 5, drew 2 and lost 2 - and more importantly conceded 12 goals - only 3 clean sheets - but that hasn't stopped people jumping of double/triple pool defense. Will the pool players still have the hunger - only time will tell.

I share your Liverpool concerns.

But why exclude Europe for United? In their last 5 games they have scored 2 non penalty goals, and one of those was a keeping error. That combined with the lack of rest/pre season has me a bit worried (aa they looked knackered)

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

I think there are a lot of hearts ruling heads when it comes to ManU. I am happy to go without them in GW2, if the team generally and any player specifically shows they are worth having, I will bring in then. Things like leaving one of their players on the bench or a wedge itb are crazy too me, shortchanging yourself on GW1 and praying to make it back next week. There are still deficiencies in the team, a manager who is not totally convincing and recent incidents causing disruption. Maybe they hammer CP, then I can make an informed decision on who from them is worth having, before that there are too many unanswered questions for me.

I see it differently. I want Martial, feel like he has the potential to be a season keeper. So I either play one of my benched players in GW1, or plan a transfer before a ball is even kicked. And in planning that transfer, ensure that I can do it in one move so I'm not committing to two transfers, which means keeping money ITB or getting a player of the same value as a placeholder.

Given there are so many question marks about various players' playing time, so many new faces we haven't seen kick a ball in the PL, transfers are going to be all the more precious in the early weeks. I don't want to commit to any before a ball has been kicked.