FPL Wildcard Thread 2019/20

20-08-2019 2:31pm

dahat wrote: »

As a Utd fan I don't get why people are doubling up in attack, surely Martial is the call there.

Two penos is two games. Rashford will be on them, exclusively, until he misses.

That and the fact he is quite trigger happy anyway. Untied look good attacking too.

You’d imagine those two will have a very high combined goal involvement percentage for all the goals United will score.

Two very good options for only 16m.

PARlance · 20-08-2019 2:34pm

dahat wrote: »

As a Utd fan I don't get why people are doubling up in attack, surely Martial is the call there.

As a fellow fan, our potential...less than positive outlook after recent years... may be clouding that.

Rashford is 8.6, the third highest scorer in the game over 2 weeks and there's a high likelihood imo that he'll be given penalties(for a team that gets lots of them). Added to that, I think most of United's goals will/have to come from either Rashford or Martial. Very little attacking competition from James, Mata, Lingard etc etc.

I hadn't really considered him until I questioned your post.

Edit: What Klopp said.

dahat · 20-08-2019 2:42pm

Both good points above and quite likely I'm confusing fan & fpl views.

extra gravy · 20-08-2019 2:42pm

dahat wrote: »

As a Utd fan I don't get why people are doubling up in attack, surely Martial is the call there.

I think it makes sense if you're on wildcard. Good fixtures, in form and make some money. Easy to downgrade later if his performances decline.

ThunbergsAreGo · 20-08-2019 2:48pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Two penos is two games. Rashford will be on them, exclusively, until he misses.

That and the fact he is quite trigger happy anyway. Untied look good attacking too.

You’d imagine those two will have a very high combined goal involvement percentage for all the goals United will score.

Two very good options for only 16m.

I only saw the second half last night but they didnt create anything bar the penalty.

Agree with the other points though

extra gravy · 20-08-2019 2:51pm

tomwaits48 wrote: »

lads, i'd really caution against playing the WC now. I see it every year, a scramble to get the early starters on a WC in weeks 2/3 only for those players to have shot their load by weeks 7/8 when the true season keepers have emerged.

There's no right or wrong time to play it imo, it's depends on each individual squad. I played it after gameweek 2 last season and had my third best finish ever. There's very few players that will turn out to be season keepers, it's about getting on the right players at the right times.

ThunbergsAreGo · 20-08-2019 3:05pm

extra gravy wrote: »

There's no right or wrong time to play it imo, it's depends on each individual squad. I played it after gameweek 2 last season and had my third best finish ever. There's very few players that will turn out to be season keepers, it's about getting on the right players at the right times.

..and if you play it early you likely have another .6 in the bank to play with when the season keepers emerge

NoviGlitzko · 20-08-2019 3:15pm

PARlance wrote:

I think you need Salah or Mane tbh and then to make a call on Sterling or KDB + money. Personally I'd sit and monitor KDB, he was excellent in the Community Shield and vs Spurs but I think a big factor was having the less direct Bilva ahead of him in both games. Throw in Mahrez or Jesus ahead of Bilva and I think they take some of KDBs attacking away.

Thanks for the tip. Has this been done much? Wouldn't you imagine though, that the likes of Mahrez would be taking up Sane's position who's injured? Granted I know no-one is safe from the Pep wheel/formation clusterf.

naughtb4 wrote: »

I only saw the second half last night but they didnt create anything bar the penalty.

They were away to Wolves - a team that have 11 in the box and then counter attack. Rashford should have taken the penalty, or should from now on you'd imagine. A goal, assist, and 3 bonus was on the cards there in one of the toughest fixtures of the season. And an OOP Martial is incredible value. For their price point and the fact that a large chunk of United's goals will come from them two, has them down as a no-brainer for me.

elefant · 20-08-2019 3:16pm

Not playing my wildcard yet and after a stinker of a week, I really, really hope the initial big Liverpool trio (Robertson, TAA, Salah) have the season we were expecting them to have.

From the teams on this thread they're all starting to look like differentials!

elefant · 20-08-2019 3:19pm

eh i dunno wrote: »

Would you wildcard this lot or persist?

Ryan Pope
Digne taa dunk Zouma targett
Salah siggy martial bilva mcginn
Kane King greenwood

eh i dunno wrote: »

Looks alright but not delivering the points unfortunately. Had a bad start last season and same again this year

You just needed Sterling in there to have had a very good start. Definitely no hard need to wildcard imo.

Iused2likebusts · 20-08-2019 3:32pm

I'm probably going to wildcard now already on a -4 and I still don't have sterling. My two worst seasons are the last two seasons . They are the only two seasons I held my wildcard past gw4.

NoviGlitzko · 20-08-2019 4:00pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'm probably going to wildcard now already on a -4 and I still don't have sterling. My two worst seasons are the last two seasons . They are the only two seasons I held my wildcard past gw4.

I always wildcard early. Served me better more times than not. If you know who you want now and have a strategy in place, why make your OR suffer any longer.

Dearg81 · 20-08-2019 4:21pm

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

I always wildcard early. Served me better more times than not. If you know who you want now and have a strategy in place, why make your OR suffer any longer.

Yea I'm the same. I think I've always used it in GW 3 or 4 and this year I'm no different. I'm on this at the moment:

Pope
Van Djik Zinchenko Wan Bissaka Digne
Sterling De Bruyne Mane Martial
Barnes Pukki

Subs - Ceballos Lundstrum Wickham

I'm going back to a strong defence and midfield and cheap forwards with 1 good sub who'll I'll rotate as it worked well last season for me.

The Phantom Jipper · 20-08-2019 5:43pm

Dearg81 wrote: »

Yea I'm the same. I think I've always used it in GW 3 or 4 and this year I'm no different. I'm on this at the moment:

Pope
Van Djik Zinchenko Wan Bissaka Digne
Sterling De Bruyne Mane Martial
Barnes Pukki

Subs - Ceballos Lundstrum Wickham

I'm going back to a strong defence and midfield and cheap forwards with 1 good sub who'll I'll rotate as it worked well last season for me.

My wildcard team is basically the same except with Son, Dunk, Walker-Peters and Suyuncu for Ceballos, Van-Dijk, Zinchenko and Digne. I'm in two minds whether Son is worth all those downgrades to defence.

c.p.w.g.w · 20-08-2019 6:17pm

tomwaits48 wrote: »

lads, i'd really caution against playing the WC now. I see it every year, a scramble to get the early starters on a WC in weeks 2/3 only for those players to have shot their load by weeks 7/8 when the true season keepers have emerged.

For me it's down to taking a few too many punts and if I hadn't wildcarded I'd be stuck with a few guys losing value and not Guaranteed starts despite medium values. Also built the team with planned transfers in mind which in hindsight was foolish

Dearg81 · 20-08-2019 6:55pm

The Phantom Jipper wrote: »

My wildcard team is basically the same except with Son, Dunk, Walker-Peters and Suyuncu for Ceballos, Van-Dijk, Zinchenko and Digne. I'm in two minds whether Son is worth all those downgrades to defence.

I think you have the best 4.5 defenders there but they definitely won't outscore the likes of Digne and Van Djik. It all comes down to what you expect Son to do. Personally I think 1 of Ceballos, Trossard or Mount will prove better value over the season.

Trimm Trabb · 20-08-2019 7:37pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

The 1 striker doesn’t just sit well with me. It’s 2 transfers or more to get a striker who hits form.

Is Mount more valuable then Pukki,King, Barnes etc... I’m not so sure

I’d go with a Utd defender over Zinchenko.

All said though I like the midfielder 4 & striker

Thanks for feedback. Downgraded Salah to Mane originally. Now looking at downgrading Mane to Firmino which would give me a more balanced team:

Pope

Laporte AWB Digne (Lundstrum Kelly)

Sterling KDB Martial Mount McGinn

Kane Firmino (Greenwood)

I’m just gonna drive myself crazy tinkering for next 3 days I think.

eh i dunno · 20-08-2019 8:23pm

Dearg81 wrote: »

Yea I'm the same. I think I've always used it in GW 3 or 4 and this year I'm no different. I'm on this at the moment:

Pope
Van Djik Zinchenko Wan Bissaka Digne
Sterling De Bruyne Mane Martial
Barnes Pukki

Subs - Ceballos Lundstrum Wickham

I'm going back to a strong defence and midfield and cheap forwards with 1 good sub who'll I'll rotate as it worked well last season for me.

Really like the look of that team.

eh i dunno · 20-08-2019 9:33pm

Pope Ryan

Digne taa dunk awb Lundstram

Sterling Mane martial cebellos Cantwell

Rashford Pukki Barnes

Amy views on this team?

Scorpion Sting · 20-08-2019 9:42pm

eh i dunno wrote: »

Pope Ryan

Digne taa dunk awb Lundstram

Sterling Mane martial cebellos Cantwell

Rashford Pukki Barnes

Amy views on this team?

Very nice. How about ditching Ryan and TAA for Button and VVD to allow an upgrade of Dunk to Zinchenko?

eh i dunno · 20-08-2019 9:49pm

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Very nice. How about ditching Ryan and TAA for Button and VVD to allow an upgrade of Dunk to Zinchenko?

I can switch dunk and awb to Zinchenko and maitland niles?

Scorpion Sting · 20-08-2019 9:53pm

eh i dunno wrote: »

I can switch dunk and awb to Zinchenko and maitland niles?

Not sure about Arsenal’s defence. And Maitland-Niles could lose his spot eventually so could be a transfer waiting to happen.

Do you usually rotate keepers? I would just go with Pope and avoid the headache of choosing which one to pick.

macraignil · 20-08-2019 9:53pm

eh i dunno wrote: »

Pope Ryan

Digne taa dunk awb Lundstram

Sterling Mane martial cebellos Cantwell

Rashford Pukki Barnes

Amy views on this team?

My wildcard team is currently very similar. We have identical midfield and also gone for Digne, Dunk and Lundstram at the back and Pukki and Barnes up front.

I've picked Kane over Rashford as I think he is worth the extra money and wanted to bring him in over the first few weeks anyway. He is likely to be captain some weeks and my main league rival has him so it's good to keep pace there as well. Not sure I would ever captain Rashford.

I've dropped TAA as I think the Liverpool defense is not as good as it was last season. As I have put more money elsewhere in the team I only have 4.8mill for this position and it is currently on Pieters but this could change.

Also going for Zinchenko over Wan Bissaka as I think City will have more clean sheets.
I'm sticking with set and forget Ederson as first choice goalkeeper as he has gone up in value and I still think he will be one of the top scoring goalkeepers over the full season. Only have Button on the goalkeeping bench because he is 4mill.

Chesty08 · 20-08-2019 10:11pm

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Thanks for feedback. Downgraded Salah to Mane originally. Now looking at downgrading Mane to Firmino which would give me a more balanced team:

Pope

Laporte AWB Digne (Lundstrum Kelly)

Sterling KDB Martial Mount McGinn

Kane Firmino (Greenwood)

I’m just gonna drive myself crazy tinkering for next 3 days I think.

It’s a tough one. I like your double up of City mids, I like Kane, the only thing I don’t like is Firmino.

He just isn’t explosive enough FF wise (I could be wrong). But the way I see it, Mane outscores him by 70 points last year & is 2mill more. That’s a lot of points for 2mil IMO.

I think there is value in the budget defenders pre Xmas so I think you should make a call on only 2 premium defenders and utilize the cash up further.

That’s what I would do personally

eh i dunno · 20-08-2019 10:12pm

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Not sure about Arsenal’s defence. And Maitland-Niles could lose his spot eventually so could be a transfer waiting to happen.

Do you usually rotate keepers? I would just go with Pope and avoid the headache of choosing which one to pick.

Yep I like to rotate keepers. Pope and Ryan give me a keeper with a home match every week

eh i dunno · 20-08-2019 10:18pm

macraignil wrote: »

My wildcard team is currently very similar. We have identical midfield and also gone for Digne, Dunk and Lundstram at the back and Pukki and Barnes up front.

I've picked Kane over Rashford as I think he is worth the extra money and wanted to bring him in over the first few weeks anyway. He is likely to be captain some weeks and my main league rival has him so it's good to keep pace there as well. Not sure I would ever captain Rashford.

I've dropped TAA as I think the Liverpool defense is not as good as it was last season. As I have put more money elsewhere in the team I only have 4.8mill for this position and it is currently on Pieters but this could change.

Also going for Zinchenko over Wan Bissaka as I think City will have more clean sheets.
I'm sticking with set and forget Ederson as first choice goalkeeper as he has gone up in value and I still think he will be one of the top scoring goalkeepers over the full season. Only have Button on the goalkeeping bench because he is 4mill.

Agree ré kane só I've swapped taa and rashford out for dunk and kane

Pope Ryan

Digne dunk Zinchenko Maitland-Niles Lundstram

Sterling Mane martial cebellos Cantwell

Kane Pukki Barnes

Happy with that myself

Scorpion Sting · 20-08-2019 10:22pm

eh i dunno wrote: »

Yep I like to rotate keepers. Pope and Ryan give me a keeper with a home match every week

Fair enough so. At least you have security if one of your keepers gets injured.

c.p.w.g.w · 20-08-2019 10:38pm

Considering this with my WC

Green&Red · 20-08-2019 11:53pm

The Phantom Jipper wrote: »

My wildcard team is basically the same except with Son, Dunk, Walker-Peters and Suyuncu for Ceballos, Van-Dijk, Zinchenko and Digne. I'm in two minds whether Son is worth all those downgrades to defence.

I have the same except I have Kane instead of Son.
Adrian instead of Pope

irishrepeat2 · 21-08-2019 1:44am

Pope (button)
Mina, Dunk, Pieters (Kelly, Lundstram)
Salah, Sterling, Martial, Ceballos (Cantwell)
Kane, Rashford, Pukki

Thoughts guys?

galwaylad14 · 21-08-2019 5:10pm

Surely if ye're going rotating keepers one of them has to be Adrian? 4.5 and playing for the best defence in the league from last season.

galwaylad14 · 21-08-2019 5:13pm

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Considering this with my WC

Love the midfield, don't think there's much need for Rashford though when you have Martial.

Maybe Barnes there and an extra premium defender ahead of Pieters or Dunk?

ThunbergsAreGo · 21-08-2019 5:18pm

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Surely if ye're going rotating keepers one of them has to be Adrian? 4.5 and playing for the best defence in the league from last season.

Depends if you have 3 Liverpool earmarked

Green&Red · 21-08-2019 6:29pm

Haven’t changed in a day

Chesty08 · 21-08-2019 9:34pm

Green&Red wrote: »

Haven’t changed in a day

Chelsea defender. That’s a punt

c.p.w.g.w · 21-08-2019 9:38pm

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Love the midfield, don't think there's much need for Rashford though when you have Martial.

Maybe Barnes there and an extra premium defender ahead of Pieters or Dunk?

Rashers was just a filler as his price was looking like rising...

Would love to get Kane in the team for rashers, but would require some defensive downgrades

Green&Red · 21-08-2019 10:37pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Chelsea defender. That’s a punt

I’m torn on him
Pieters is the other option, would give me another 0.5m

c.p.w.g.w · 21-08-2019 10:39pm

Green&Red wrote: »

I’m torn on him
Pieters is the other option, would give me another 0.5m

Pieters due to rise tonight i think

jay0109 · 21-08-2019 10:42pm

How much longer will Pieters hold that place?

c.p.w.g.w · 21-08-2019 10:47pm

jay0109 wrote: »

How much longer will Pieters hold that place?

Have heard from someone based in/around Burnley that Pieters was pushing Taylor before the season and his started strong. Dysch seems to value form and his loyal to his players.

Chesty08 · 21-08-2019 10:47pm

Green&Red wrote: »

I’m torn on him
Pieters is the other option, would give me another 0.5m

Pieters will lose his place. Taylor is No.1 there.

Chelsea are just not defensively sound.

I noticed you have no Everton defenders. I’d be trying to fit one of them in.

Green&Red · 21-08-2019 11:00pm

Chesty08 wrote: »

Pieters will lose his place. Taylor is No.1 there.

Chelsea are just not defensively sound.

I noticed you have no Everton defenders. I’d be trying to fit one of them in.

I’ve had double Everton up to now. I’m struggling to get the money to fit one in

Chesty08 · 21-08-2019 11:02pm

Green&Red wrote: »

I’ve had double Everton up to now. I’m struggling to get the money to fit one in

Strange to switch from 2 to 0.

I’d switch KWP & Christensen, Get Mina and a 4.5 defender.

Every week you will be playing

Mina and then 2 of Dunk,Soyuncu, Lundy & 4.5 choice.

That’s good options to be fair

Green&Red · 21-08-2019 11:43pm

Will do that actually
But then do you go for Mina over Zinkco?

extra gravy · 22-08-2019 1:39am

Pope Button
Laporte AWB Digne Kelly Lundstram
Mané Sterling KDB Martial Cantwell
Rashford Pukki Wickham

Can rotate between 3-5-2 and 4-4-2.

Laporte & Rashford could become Kane & Montoya...

NoviGlitzko · 22-08-2019 4:15pm

Who would you choose lads:

Adrian - Walkers-Peters - Soyuncu - Rashford

or

De Gea - Rose - TAA - 4.5

The first draft has a more than capable defense. I think the latter is more reliable, however I'm afraid of missing the boat with Rashford. What do you guys think?

Cartman78 · 22-08-2019 6:03pm

I'd be saying no to any team involving Adrian tbh

carnie · 22-08-2019 7:31pm

Thinking

Salah, Pérez, Siggy, Wood, Wilson, Jota

To

Mané, Trossard, McGinn, Barnes, Kane, Pukki

Is it too reactionary?

CSF · 22-08-2019 8:48pm

carnie wrote: »

Thinking

Salah, Pérez, Siggy, Wood, Wilson, Jota

To

Mané, Trossard, McGinn, Barnes, Kane, Pukki

Is it too reactionary?

A question I asked in another thread, what is the basis of McGinn ahead of Ceballos?

carnie · 22-08-2019 9:09pm

CSF wrote: »

A question I asked in another thread, what is the basis of McGinn ahead of Ceballos?

Honestly, I have barely paid attention to the PL so far this season and McGinn was a name I was toying with at the start.

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