BGW and DGW 20/21 Discussion thread

shmeee wrote: »

Same, you couldn't have asked for better fixtures for 4 of the "big teams" this GW against Brighton, Fulham, Burnley and Palace. Like seriously!

When FHing you are going into the best possible players with the best possible fixtures and the FPL god's have delivered with this GW18.

Don't beat around the bush lads!

I dunno - it's not has if the big players at these teams are returning and scoring goals like they should be for their prices.

Fulham pre covid weren't as bad as people are making out here - they had 2 CS out of their last 3 games and Kane hasn't really set the world on light recently, if you take his penalties away he only has 7 goals in 17 games. He's supposed to be their main man and at 11m is he worth it? Son on the other hand has 12 goals.

KdB has 1 goal from open play this season - and that was when Sterling took a shot their hit the bar and fell to him. Sterling is actually in better form - but very few will go with him over KdB.

Auba - I don't think anything is really needed to be said about him. I have Lacazette and he is the form striker in the league atm, but there is no guarantee he'll start. In which case for being a "big team" who would you pick??

Everyone will probably have KdB - but he's just as likely to blank as he's done for most of the season.

The flip side of all this is instead maybe of looking at the big guns, would 5 at the back me a better option, with attacking minded defenders, for example, Cancelo, Tierney?

If you took Kane out for instance you could probably get a very solid set up playing a 5-4-1.

Colking wrote: »

The Villa Spurs game killed me the same as many here (lost my 3 villa) so will most likely go with FH. If I didn't go with it I'd field 7 players (including free hit) so I think the FH is worth it to get another 4 players on the pitch. Of course I could be regretting it big time in a few weeks.

Leno (Steele)
Dias, Stones, Shaw (Dunne, Mitchell)
KDB, Bruno, Son, Rashford, Saka
Kane, Lacazete (Brewster)


With the reports that circa 40 more players have tested positive (and we don't seem to know which teams they are from) I wonder if I shouldn't hold till tomorrow to make the call. The players in bold are the ones I'd be bringing in and there is a prediction that many of them will rise tonight so I might not be able to afford that team tomorrow.

I'm not happy having effectively 2 non players in defense (Dunne won't start and Mitchell is a coin toss) It would leave me with one bench player in Brewster for his customary 1-2 points

Laca has always been a trap for me so don't know why I'm looking at him now. Smith Rowe might be a better shout than Saka.

Shaw is also a doubt but he trained for the full session today apparently.

Any advice ?

Go with FH now.
Unless you want to BB19 I don't see enough upside to waiting and you need a goalie transfer and Salah? out and -8 minimum over next two weeks to make saving it worthwhile.
Ace2007 suggestion could improve your bench. Dunne to Douglas in case he drops tonight.

Having said that I've 2 FTs and am itching to get the BB out of the way.
A -8 gets me

Leno
Stones Cancelo Holding
KDB Bruno Son Burke
Martial

Then 10 DGWs with FT
and boosting
Leno Holding 5.7 mid Bamford

Or -4
Salah/Werner/Dunne to Rash/Kane/Cancelo
No BB

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

The Villa postponement has fecked me. I have 7 players and 1 FT. Includes KDB (c), Kane, Son, Bruno, Holding, 2 city defense, and Stephens who would be lucky to get a 1 pointer. I feel I have the big hitters needed for this gameweek. Would holding here be crazy? Would like to know what others think. Thanks.

I'd hold the FH.
My head is melted atm going through options.
Your post and Colkings represent the majority well

howareyakid wrote: »

Anyone considering Auba? Or is Bruno untouchable?

Yes. I had him in my team until Spurs got fixtured with Fulham.

Now I’m considering PEA & Cavani over Bruno & Laca

wanderer100 wrote: »

Any thoughts / advice on my FH team would be much appreciated !! Currently got 0 ITB at the moment

Leno (Norris)
Dias, Stones, Dier (Mitchell, Kilman)
KDB, Bruno, Son, Rashford, Saka
Kane, Wilson (Davis)

I’ve the same except Cancello (stones), Loris (Leno), Tierney (Dier) so looks good to me.
It is very template or safe but I don’t mind I just want the players I think will score the most points!

Conflicted about whether or not to play the free hit.

With a - 4 (which would swap KDB for Salah which I’d want & give me an extra player for the double next week) I’d have 7 players:

Dias
Maguire
KDB
Bruno
Son
Foden
Wilson
(plus Mitchell and Brewster)

Free hit would be something like like:

Leno

Tierney
Cancelo
Saiss
Maguire

KDB
Son
Bruno
Rashford
Foden

Kane

Are Leno, Cancelo, Tierney, Saiss, Rashford and Kane (versus Dias & Wilson) worth the free hit chip?

At the moment I have

Lloris (4.0 GK)
Cancelo AWB Tierney (3.9 Bryan)
KDB Auba Son Gündogan Smith Rowe
Martial Kane (Brewster)

One part of me wouldn’t mind having one other player from one of the other fixtures. I’m not sure how comfortable with all the double/triple ups, and I think there could be players from the other fixtures then end up getting good points - just that type of GW. What are people’s thoughts on having some Wolves/Everton/Newcastle players?

Currently on the below team but will likely change before the deadline. Trying to have a strong bench and spread players across matches as much as possible incase of any late cancellations. I'd also like to have a punt or 2 in my time like Zaha or Siggy just to have a differential as all teams seem to be at least 10 from Arsenal Spurs Man City and Man Utd (including my own!)

Lloris (Pickford)
Cancelo Tierney Maguire (Clark Saiss)
Bruno Son KDB Saka Gundogan
Kane Wilson (McGoldrick)

Klonker wrote: »

Currently on the below team but will likely change before the deadline. Trying to have a strong bench and spread players across matches as much as possible incase of any late cancellations. I'd also like to have a punt or 2 in my time like Zaha or Siggy just to have a differential as all teams seem to be at least 10 from Arsenal Spurs Man City and Man Utd (including my own!)

Lloris (Pickford)
Cancelo Tierney Maguire (Clark Saiss)
Bruno Son KDB Saka Gundogan
Kane Wilson (McGoldrick)

I had a strong bench but have decided to go all in now. If a game get cancelled it gets cancelled, absolutely nothing I can do about it, will go for max scores vs mitigating.

Lloris (Forster)
Cancelo, Dias, AWB, Tierney (Mitchell)
Bruno, Son, KDB, Saka, Rashford
Kane (Davies, Vassilev)

Will probably chicken out of it before the deadline but thats the current thinking

shmeee wrote: »

Same, you couldn't have asked for better fixtures for 4 of the "big teams" this GW against Brighton, Fulham, Burnley and Palace. Like seriously!

When FHing you are going into the best possible players with the best possible fixtures and the FPL god's have delivered with this GW18.

Don't beat around the bush lads!

I don’t know.

You have Pep Roulette with a double game week following
United also with a double following and reliant on Fernandes having a good day.
Spurs-yeah you would hope would fill their boots but Son and Kane are such high ownership its hard to get a differential.
And arsenal.........well........I would consider loading up on Crystal Palace personally. Can see a big 0-0 there.

I held the FH personally. There will be a lot more opps to use it.

elefant wrote: »

I don't really buy this line of thinking. Why would you take away his penalties? He has been playing brilliantly, and has 10 goals and 11 assists in 17 games. That's 21 of the 29 goals scored by a team 4 points off top with a game in hand.

Yes, he's easily been worth 11 million.

Playing brilliantly as anything but a striker - Son plays higher up that him in most games - and hence Son has more goals that him.

Yea he does have 10 goals and 11 assists in 17 games, but he also only has 1 goal (penalty) and 1 assist in last 4 games. 3 goals and 3 assists in the last 8 games - Is that worth 11m in funds compared to other players over the same timeline. At some point you have to discard what he's done in his early games.

Ultimately you want your striker scoring goals - it's how they have the best chance of getting bps. An assist for a striker is the same in bps as an assist for a defender.

Tomorrow against Fulham - how many points do you want him to get? 11m v bottom 3 team - is less than 13 points considered a fail?

Is it far too punty to go without KdB and Kane tonight?

ThunbergsAreGo wrote: »

I had a strong bench but have decided to go all in now. If a game get cancelled it gets cancelled, absolutely nothing I can do about it, will go for max scores vs mitigating.

Lloris (Forster)
Cancelo, Dias, AWB, Tierney (Mitchell)
Bruno, Son, KDB, Saka, Rashford
Kane (Davies, Vassilev)

Will probably chicken out of it before the deadline but thats the current thinking

Nice, I haven’t seen many teams going 4-5-1. Looks strong. Many of us going with Lacazette-I’m starting to wonder if he might be the flop of the week

ElTel wrote: »

Having said that I've 2 FTs and am itching to get the BB out of the way.
A -8 gets me

Leno
Stones Cancelo Holding
KDB Bruno Son Burke
Martial

Then 10 DGWs with FT
and boosting
Leno Holding 5.7 mid Bamford

Or -4
Salah/Werner/Dunne to Rash/Kane/Cancelo
No BB

That -8 takes you to a a very decent team of 9. There seems to be some suggestions though that Cavani will get the nod over Martial so that could be a sickener if it happened. Burke is meh, could get you some points but most likely to get 2 points.

I like your -4 option of getting in Rash/Kane/Cancello. Rashford is a move that I am pondering as a normal transfer and not as part of a FH. They have a very nice run of games apart from Liverpool over the next 9.

I didn't FH last night and if I don't today I'll likely change Salah to Rash and upgrade DCL to Kane for a -4 and 8 players.

Hopefully the pressers will give us a bit more info to play with.

I have seen everyone with almost the same team on Free Hit

I think it's a good opportunity for a differential or two, otherwise it's quite a boring use of a chip

I'm considering the likes of Auba and Cavani

Taxuser1 wrote: »

Is it far too punty to go without KdB and Kane tonight?

If your FH-ing, you would need to go with 3 of the big 4; Son, Kane, Bruo and KDB.

Could take a risk in 1, leaving 2 out would be a hide behind the couch job.

Don't try and be too smart on a FH. Load into the the big guns.