BGW and DGW 20/21 Discussion thread

Tandey · 15-01-2021 10:30PM

keane2097 wrote: »

Has there been any update on Charlie Taylor?

Dyche said “he’s a doubt, a maybe”.

caviardreams · 15-01-2021 10:39PM

Anyone weary of starting villa players? I am starting Dallas with a single game over Grealish as I think Av will surely be at less than 100% even for the players who are now fit - I imagine they'll still be a bit fatigued etc.

Dr. Bre · 15-01-2021 10:43PM

Which players villa got covid that’s what we need to know

Mr.Prodston · 15-01-2021 11:12PM

I genuinely have no idea what to do :pac:

Man city and KdB are a trap! We all know it... and yet I can't not rip up my team for Kevin, just in case!

Ace2007 · 16-01-2021 12:00AM

All week was going to get Soucek, but now i just feel like he's a transfer waiting to happen so I may just do some boring transfers and upgrade my defence for 2 more playing DGW players who also have decent fixtures in future games.

Lascelles and Holding to Wan Bissaka and Coufoul.

May also take a punt on Lacazette out for Werner. While Arsenal do have Newcastle next, Lacazette just didn't do much against Palace, and my hunch was right when I brought him in a while ago hence now feeling to Werner punt. Assuming Lacezette blanks, Werner has to get 6 to breakeven, and he's averaging 4 points a game. so think it's worth it.

Rikand · 16-01-2021 01:18AM

I thought i read somewhere that Villa Newcastle was off ? Is that still the case ? Just wondering whether im benching Martinez or playing him

-edit-

nevermind,I searched the thread and saw it was put back on

Rikand · 16-01-2021 01:42AM

Thinking about bench boost again....

Current Team

Martinez (meslier)
Robertson Justin Coufal (Dallas Bednarek)
Salah Bruno Soucek Grealish (Zaha)
Antonio Kane Bamford

Thinking about a -4
Bednarek to Cancelo/Dias

or a -8
Zaha to [anyone with a DGW, but maybe a leicester midfeilder, Barnes or Maddison]

With the -4 my Bench would be
Meslier Bamford Dallas Zaha

With the -8 my bench would be
Meslier Kane Bamford Dallas ?

Question

Do I bench boost if I only take the -4 ?

And I definitely have to bench boost if I take the -8, dont I ?

Benimar · 16-01-2021 09:57AM

Tandey wrote: »

Dyche said “he’s a doubt, a maybe”.

Thanks for nothing...Dychey :cool:

thomasm · 16-01-2021 10:16AM

Just seen Balbuena red flagged. That’s a dose

Ginger n Lemon · 16-01-2021 10:18AM

Robertson.

Why isnt Robertson discussed?

Potential captain option also?

CSF · 16-01-2021 10:30AM

Ginger n Lemon wrote: »

Robertson.

Why isnt Robertson discussed?

Potential captain option also?

Very punty. He has explosive potential but more than 50% of his returns have been 4 points or less. Only 3 double digit scores.

Salah from the same team, only has 5 returns of 4 or less from 16 games and has 4 double digit hauls.

Or put simpler, Robertson is 4.7 points per game, Salah is 7.8 points per game. So it would be very punty.

Shedite27 · 16-01-2021 10:31AM

Ace2007 wrote: »

All week was going to get Soucek, but now i just feel like he's a transfer waiting to happen so I may just do some boring transfers and upgrade my defence for 2 more playing DGW players who also have decent fixtures in future games.

why is he a transfer waiting to happen. In a season that we need a squad more than every I can't understand why anyone wouldn't have him

Shedite27 · 16-01-2021 10:31AM

Ginger n Lemon wrote: »

Robertson.

Why isnt Robertson discussed?

Potential captain option also?

Think most people already have him so it not discussed much.

Yeah, thought abotu him as a captain too, I'd go Salah tho if I'm goign for Liverpool

CSF · 16-01-2021 10:33AM

Shedite27 wrote: »

why is he a transfer waiting to happen. In a season that we need a squad more than every I can't understand why anyone wouldn't have him

The main reason one would choose not to have him, is the superior quality options in midfield compared to any other position.

Would I like to have Soucek as a 6th midfielder, rather than a 5th defender or 3rd striker? For sure. But I feel the way to go at the moment for the medium term is having 5 of the great midfield options and cheapening out elsewhere to fund it.

thomasm · 16-01-2021 10:49AM

Is Castsgne likely to be back as a permanent fixture for Leicester now he’s recovered from injury

Ginger n Lemon · 16-01-2021 10:52AM

thomasm wrote: »

Is Castsgne likely to be back as a permanent fixture for Leicester now he’s recovered from injury

Yes. Rumour has it ricardo is very close to being back, so Ricardo on the right and castagne on the left - make Jamie Vardy very deadly. Wonder if that ll be the case vs Chelsea

CSF · 16-01-2021 10:52AM

thomasm wrote: »

Is Castsgne likely to be back as a permanent fixture for Leicester now he’s recovered from injury

Yes. Justin the one most likely to fall victim to whenever Ricardo is fit enough to be a regular.

remoteboy · 16-01-2021 11:03AM

Currently on a -4 with this team.

Martinez
Robbo Coufal Stones
Salah Foden Maddison Bruno Soucek
Kane Antonio

Ryan James Bednarek Bamford

Conflicted right now. If I bench boost I need to take a hit to do something about Ryan. He needs to go anyway so taking a -4 to switch him for Johnstone seems like it will balance itself out. But worried if James doesn’t play the bench looks weak. Maybe 10 - 12 points if Bamford grabs an assist.

Ginger n Lemon · 16-01-2021 11:05AM

remoteboy wrote: »

Currently on a -4 with this team.

Martinez
Robbo Coufal Stones
Salah Foden Maddison Bruno Soucek
Kane Antonio

Ryan James Bednarek Bamford

Conflicted right now. If I bench boost I need to take a hit to do something about Ryan. He needs to go anyway so taking a -4 to switch him for Johnstone seems like it will balance itself out. But worried if James doesn’t play the bench looks weak. Maybe 10 - 12 points if Bamford grabs an assist.

Bednarek has a tough game vs Leicester, i'd say 2 points likely if not less.

I would keep BB to fight another day

GetWithIt · 16-01-2021 11:15AM

Bench boost?
Sanchez, Targett, Taylor, Lookman

CSF · 16-01-2021 11:17AM

GetWithIt wrote: »

Bench boost?
Sanchez, Targett, Taylor, Lookman

Nah, I don’t think so

Shedite27 · 16-01-2021 06:39PM

CSF wrote: »

Yes. Justin the one most likely to fall victim to whenever Ricardo is fit enough to be a regular.

I'm not so sure it'll be that simple. Ricardo was about to leave Leicester when he had his injury (Barcelona being touted), Justin being great this year has made that decision even easier, so I can see Ricardo playing a bit to prove he's fit, but Justin playing plenty too as it's his spot for the next 3/4 years.

CSF · 16-01-2021 07:02PM

Shedite27 wrote: »

I'm not so sure it'll be that simple. Ricardo was about to leave Leicester when he had his injury (Barcelona being touted), Justin being great this year has made that decision even easier, so I can see Ricardo playing a bit to prove he's fit, but Justin playing plenty too as it's his spot for the next 3/4 years.

The problem is that Justin isn’t nearly as good as Ricardo. In the world where a bad run of 6 games would see a manager sacked, it’s hard to justify playing the inferior player just because your star man will leave at some point. When Ricardo is fit, he surely becomes the starter.

However, I doubt Ricardo is fit to start tonight just yet, but if he was to come on for 20-30 minutes even, I would start to grow increasingly worried as a Justin owner about his future.

shineon23 · 16-01-2021 08:57PM

am i the only one secretly hoping that if the season gets paused like last year that the brains at fpl towers would give everyone unlimited transfers again as a cop out for having a terrible website?

or should i not mention the war?:p

joeyboy11 · 16-01-2021 09:14PM

shineon23 wrote: »

am i the only one secretly hoping that if the season gets paused like last year that the brains at fpl towers would give everyone unlimited transfers again as a cop out for having a terrible website?

or should i not mention the war?:p

Ha your bringing back bad memories!
It was such a huge advantage with managers who didn’t play their wildcard or BB. They could ultimately play two chips in one gw (unlimited transfers and bb) then wildcard out of it.
I managed to get 80 something points that gw and still lost 30-50 points on mini league leaders!!

joeyboy11 · 18-01-2021 11:14PM

joeyboy11 wrote: »

Current team is

Martinez
Cancelo, Dias, Robertson
Salah (c), Bruno, Son, Grealish, Soucek
Bamford, Martial

Subs: Johnstone, Dallas, KWP, Adams

Would the below minus 8 be worth it to play BB?

KWP to Stones (triple city defence)
Adams to Antonio (fun punt)
Martial to Wilson (not sure on this, I have 8.1 ITB for this spot)

Or just play that 11 with Salah triple captain?

In the end I went for a -4 to bring in Vardy and fodder for martial and Adams and TC Salah

Thank god Wilson blanked tonight because if he hauled I would of been raging!

ballyargus · 19-01-2021 01:41AM

when are we likely to see the next largeish DGW?

CSF · 19-01-2021 10:01AM

ballyargus wrote: »

when are we likely to see the next largeish DGW?

26

FHFC · 19-01-2021 12:19PM

CSF wrote: »

26

Any indication of likely fixtures for it yet?

CSF · 19-01-2021 12:54PM

FHFC wrote: »

Any indication of likely fixtures for it yet?

Gotta see who gets through in the FA Cup really. After that you will know who needs their Week 29 game rescheduled, and after that you'll know if the other outstanding games can be scheduled then instead, or in a more likely event those have to find another week, meaning we get more DGWs (which I will pretty much need having used none of my currently available chips).

Depending on how the fixtures get scheduled and how my team is fixed for the DGW 26, my chip strategy might be

Wildcard: 25
Bench Boost: 26
FH: 29
TC: The best possible DGW outside of 26.

Assuming City get through the FA Cup and have their 29 game postponed, they should have a couple of DGWs to choose from considering they have both the Everton game and the League Cup Final game to reschedule aswell as their FA Cup weekend game.

Impressed with myself that I managed to recite all that without even browsing Ben Crellin's Twitter page.

BGW and DGW 20/21 Discussion thread

Comments