Gameweek 6 Transfers

yeah I saw a bit of Grealish in the first few games and v Arsenal I considered bringing him in at some point, maybe as a Greenwood replacement when its needed but Im staying away for now. He seemed lively and was getting into the box a bit but his stats suggest his output has dropped since his Villa days, plus he is dearer now.

I think if I risk City players it will be Dias or Cancelo but their price of 6.1m is a bit off putting, it would likely mean losing TAA.

City definitely started last season slowly, I think they were around 8 points behind Liverpool at Christmas.

Anyway I did Tsimikas to Livarmento last night. Was intending to bank but figuered I would be doing it anyway next week so got on the Livarmento price rise while it was available last night. Tsimikas was a great own, 23 points from 3 starts and I felt lucky to get his 5 points last weekend with that late rumour that he would start. But I think thats the end of my luck with him, he will probably get the odd start into the future but Livaramento is nailed on and will be good bench cover if I go with Alonso next week.

Some Villa fans here aren't there? What's the take on Douglas Luiz, I was bit surprised to see that he is 4.5m - is he worth getting or is he another TPT?

Tempted to go Lukaku>Ronaldo for a one game punt.

Why would you want to replace him?

Onyl reason you'd to Toney to ASM is the fixtures, Newcastle have a nicer run in the next month. But I agree with the other poster, sideways move

Hold off. TAA only had a sickness so should be alright. The others may also be fine.

Id be surprised if TAA isnt alright, it just sounded like he had a stomach bug or something. Bamford was opening a cycle lane in Leeds yesterday and told someone there he is fine for the weekend. Its Raphinha that is more the worry as its a hip injury, hoping he is okay myself but who knows.

Anyone looking at Rondon???

DCL and Richarlison are out for a few games it seems and they have Norwich so seems like a low risk punt.

Considering a -8. First hits of season.

Jota , Greenwood & Bamford out

Ronaldo , Townsend & Gallagher.

if I went for this I’d also be captaining Ron over Salah so I think I could make some of the 8 up there.

Jota & Greenwood are just too much of rotation risk & 50/70 minute players. I’m looking to move them on anyway. The alternative is a -4 & go for 2 other mid priced midfielders

I think when he got rotated v Villa that was just Tuchels usual pattern of rotation, theres a good few Chelsea players you can expect to get rotated one in every 5 or 6 games. It didnt help that they won against Villa 3-0 without him on the pitch though.

But the more worrying thing was him being subbed off at half time v Spurs. It was 0-0 at half time, Tuchel took Mount off and put Kante on and changed formation. Chelsea dominated that second half and again scored 3 goals without Mount on the pitch. From what I read Mount didnt play at all well v Spurs so thats a worry going forward.

I had a plan in GW1 to go triple Chelsea in GW7 with Lukaku, Mount + defender. But he hasnt established the relationship with Lukaku that I thought he would so that plan is gone. If anything I would be taking a look at Kovacic, he is so cheap at 5.1m that if he doesnt start its not a major panic if your bench is okay. He has started 4 out of 5 games and came on for 45 minutes v Liverpool. In that time he has accumulated 29 points from 3 assists and 4 clean sheets, i.e. the exact type of output that you would have been expecting Mount to deliver. He also had a shot on target v Spurs so he is getting in the box the odd time too.

It's -8 plus whatever your other players gets, so if they all just get 2 points, you need to get 14 points to break even.

I don't have any of these players, so it's hard to say should you sell them, there are good reasons not too, but equally good reason to sell. But one thing I would feel is that you need Ronaldo in your team. He's 12.7m atm and won't be getting cheaper, and everything is going through him. I would probably try to keep Jota over Greenwood if you could.

Yeah I think Gallagher is a key part of the picture that enables more premiums. Looked good even against Liverpool, and looks like they have a proper goalscorer now too so more chances of assists

I really wouldn't consider a Chelseas midfielder at the moment, you should be looking to get 2 of their defenders in. They look rock solid and are all chipping in with attacking returns apart from Christensen.

Is Mount worth hanging onto to? Subbed off at half time last week and missed the prior one completely.