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Gameweek 19 Match day Thread.
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Iused2likebusts wrote: »That ffs poll has been a disaster for a lot of the season. A lot of the time the main captain choice hasn't delivered. Theo was a bit of a risk but having watched motd I'm totally at ease with the choice and more than happy to have him for the Newcastle game. I think it was futureguy that nailed it with his comparison of what you could expect from captaining theo anything from 2 to 20. Whereas Ozil was likely to be consistent. People went with Walcott to try get a big jump in rankings due to his low ownership. We all had Ozil and lukaku anyway so the downside wasn't so bad.
Eh yeah......we all had Ozil alright.
Yessireebob!
Ahem
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Some of these scores being posted are insane. No wonder I've had 8, soon to be 9, red arrows in a row.
32 for me. And the worst thing is I don't even think I'm making that many bad decisions. Even if I'd captained Ozil or Lukaku I'd still only be scraping 50 points.
Exactly how I feel.
I readily admit that I've made foolish moves over the course of the season (i.e. not getting Vardy or a Spurs defender in), but decisions that have felt like 50/50 decision seem to have had brutal consequences.
I still think the biggest issue this year has been adaptability. Some 'seasoned' FPL players have held staunchly to the MO of previous seasons that has worked so well. This is the idea that you get the most explosive, expensive, guaranteed point-scoring attackers in your team, captain them most weeks, you get one or 2 of the defenders from the best teams, then you fill out the rest with a mixture of mid table reliability, and a punt or 2.
Usually this will have meant a guaranteed top 100k finish at least, and probably top 10k.
the thing is, this year is different. form has never meant more. Vardy, Mahrez, Ighalo and Deeney, for instance, haven't dropped off. You can even captain them most weeks and be ok. this is new, and something good players should've adapted to. some of us haven't.
also, Sanchez and Aguero being injured has thrown a lot of people.
I feel like I've not done anything too different to most years. I haven't jumped on every bandwagon. I've made a few early calls that have come off (like Kane; or Shaw at the start of the season). but lack of certain players who I assumed wouldn't have remained explosive, have remained so.
it's also interesting to note the teams that have done well above me. they've barely changed anything. from the start of the season (i.e from around GW3), a few still have Cech, Bellerin, Vardy, Ozil, Utd defender, Mahrez, Lukaku. Those who had form have remained in form.
there's a lesson to be learned here, especially with teams in the Premier League improving - go with form over class most of the time. don't wait too long to jump on a bandwagon. If it doesn't work, you can rectify it. it's worse to miss out than have to hop off. there's no point hoping players will just tail off badly; at least this season.
the game has changed. fair play to those who have adapted. it's what good players should do.
however, it's still frustrating that a guy who has been last in our league every season for 6 years is now 200 points ahead of me because he thinks City players are too expensive, and he had Mahrez, Lukaku and Vardy from the start, captaining them all at various intervals from early on while I was trying to captain Aguero!0 -
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