General FPL Chat 2018/19

dr.kenneth noisewater

Start one of Keane, Hojberg or Snodgrass? On Snodgrass atm

T-b0n3

Poch asked about Llorente

Will you be giving Fernando Llorente a start on Sunday?

I think it's normal that we are thinking to give him the possibility to start on Sunday. Of course it's in my mind. I've still not decided the starting XI, but it's one of the possibilities that we have in mind.

https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/fixtures-results/pochettino-rossi-transfer-kane-dembele-15698742

kweeveen86

Hi all - possibly a bit off-topic here but thought it was worth a mention as I find it quite interesting,

Reading through posts here, in the Weekly Transfer threads and elsewhere, I'm always amazed by how reluctant people are to 'spend' points on transfers. So many people seem to say things like "I would love to buy x or y...but can't afford the -4 or -8", etc....even when it was a blindingly obvious move like getting Salah, Pogba, Rashford, Robertson, VVD, Doherty, Digne etc in just before they hit a hot streak.

As is surely the case with the majority of players, I try to do a lot of research, watch games/highlights and follow hunches in the hope of striking gold but there are some trends that just can't be ignored and you have to act or you risk getting left behind.

I always hate to spend points on transfers and used to consider myself cautious but I now know that lots of people would never even consider it! As reluctant as I was to do it, I had to go for a mini overhaul in November to get Salah in and it cost me -12 or -16, can't remember, but it more than paid for itself within two weeks. Other -4s here and there haven't worked out hut that's a different story...!

I couldn't help but notice that one of the top gameweek players in one of the dodgy Christmas fixture rounds got 100+ when the average was around 40. I checked his team and he'd done a major overhaul that week at a cost of -28 or something but did it to buy in three Man Utd players and a couple of others who all scored big in that gameweek. Huge penalty points but more than worthwhile - a very ballsy move and he deserved his rewards.

What do others think? Do you always err on the side of caution or have you ever gone for crazy 'penalty point' transfers?

Shedite27

kweeveen86 wrote: »

Hi all - possibly a bit off-topic here but thought it was worth a mention as I find it quite interesting,

Reading through posts here, in the Weekly Transfer threads and elsewhere, I'm always amazed by how reluctant people are to 'spend' points on transfers. So many people seem to say things like "I would love to buy x or y...but can't afford the -4 or -8", etc....even when it was a blindingly obvious move like getting Salah, Pogba, Rashford, Robertson, VVD, Doherty, Digne etc in just before they hit a hot streak.

As is surely the case with the majority of players, I try to do a lot of research, watch games/highlights and follow hunches in the hope of striking gold but there are some trends that just can't be ignored and you have to act or you risk getting left behind.

I always hate to spend points on transfers and used to consider myself cautious but I now know that lots of people would never even consider it! As reluctant as I was to do it, I had to go for a mini overhaul in November to get Salah in and it cost me -12 or -16, can't remember, but it more than paid for itself within two weeks. Other -4s here and there haven't worked out hut that's a different story...!

I couldn't help but notice that one of the top gameweek players in one of the dodgy Christmas fixture rounds got 100+ when the average was around 40. I checked his team and he'd done a major overhaul that week at a cost of -28 or something but did it to buy in three Man Utd players and a couple of others who all scored big in that gameweek. Huge penalty points but more than worthwhile - a very ballsy move and he deserved his rewards.

What do others think? Do you always err on the side of caution or have you ever gone for crazy 'penalty point' transfers?

For every Pogba, Robertson, Digne, Doherty, there's a lot of Manes, Lucas, Neves, Kantes, Pedros, Torreiras, and (shudders) Barkleys. I

The game is easy in hindsight, but knowing when to foloow a hunch and when to ignore it is the skill/luck of the game.

extra gravy

Need to start two of TAA, Digne and Jimenez. Could just start TAA and Digne could sub in but hate benching Digne after missing out on his big haul at Christmas. Doherty and Robertson are my other two defenders.

-=al=-

Just start TAA and Doherty. Jiminez sub 1

Good chance Trent won't start, but you never know.

As for transfers, I'm usually quite aggressive at the start for the hits and points but chill out a bit as it goes on.Value pretty important too. I've pulled off a -8 at 5k earlier on in the season and managed a green so sometimes you gota just go with it and trust yourself. Sometimes the prices dictate transfers too but it's about knowing when to take the hits, and not.

I never bother with the top weekly rank scorers as they're usually pure luck anomalies

Also the Neves, Kantes, Pedros, Torreiras, and Barkleys are mostly cms/dms. Perfect bandwagon trap players!

Pete_Cavan

I'd never do anything as drastic as take a -16 but I would take -4 fairly regularly and the very rare -8 to get the players I want and I feel they will cover the hit.

scotchy

Have taken a -12 for this week, much happier with my team now.

Will be interesting to see how I fare. Already about 0.5 Mil better off in value than if I had stuck with old team.

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AidoEirE

Have a monthly pontoon in work, one of the lads is bottom of the janurary table.....

He's made 29 transfers this week alone before a ball has been kicked lol, cracked us up, to be fair to the lad he's won a month and lost december by 2 points. Already planning for feburary

Cantona's Collars

Sky saying Fulham and Chelsea have reached agreement for the transfer of Gary Cahill.

The real mccoy 91

scotchy wrote: »

Have taken a -12 for this week, much happier with my team now.

Will be interesting to see how I fare. Already about 0.5 Mil better off in value than if I had stuck with old team.

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I'm hovering over a -12 and considering bb to cover it.

Hamer-->etheridge
Lovren-->jonny
Arnie-->rashford
Zaha-->Chicarito

Would set me up with

Fab etheridge
Robbo digne holebas awb jonny
Salah sane sterling Ricky pogba
Jimenez Chicarito rashford

I've been cautious all year sitting at 60k I'm really tempted but think I will sleep on it

ThunbergsAreGo

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

scotchy wrote: »

Have taken a -12 for this week, much happier with my team now.

Will be interesting to see how I fare. Already about 0.5 Mil better off in value than if I had stuck with old team.

.

I'm hovering over a -12 and considering bb to cover it.

Hamer-->etheridge
Lovren-->jonny
Arnie-->rashford
Zaha-->Chicarito

Would set me up with

Fab etheridge
Robbo digne holebas awb jonny
Salah sane sterling Ricky pogba
Jimenez Chicarito rashford

I've been cautious all year sitting at 60k I'm really tempted but think I will sleep on it

Two of those are madness, ethridge in particular

ThunbergsAreGo

Dearg81 wrote: »

naughtb4 wrote: »

[TBC Keeper] - Currently Guaita

Shaw, Robbo, Digne, Doherty

Salah, Hazard, Pogba, Dela/Richy

Jiminez, Rashford

Dela/Richy, Hamer, Wan B, Kamara

Good team, it's close but I think I'd play Deulofeu over Digne this week, I dont see a clean sheet for Everton and Deulofeu has a better chance of attacking returns playing upfront, he's been unlucky lately.

I feel it's a good team every week but it's a slow slide down the rankings:)

I think I'll go delafeou over Richy. Feel like Digne is as likely for attacking returns

dulux99

Schmeichel
Alonso luiz Bennett
Hazard Salah pogba b-silva
Rashford giminez

Top heavy?

kweeveen86

AidoEirE wrote: »

Have a monthly pontoon in work, one of the lads is bottom of the janurary table.....

He's made 29 transfers this week alone before a ball has been kicked lol, cracked us up, to be fair to the lad he's won a month and lost december by 2 points. Already planning for feburary

Haha, holy Jesus! I hope he was on a WC this week. A bit extreme otherwise! :pac:

SteelyDanJalapeno

kweeveen86 wrote: »

Haha, holy Jesus! I hope he was on a WC this week. A bit extreme otherwise! :pac:

Canny really, prepping for Feb as he is already out of the running for Jan

The real mccoy 91

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

I'm hovering over a -12 and considering bb to cover it.

Hamer-->etheridge
Lovren-->jonny
Arnie-->rashford
Zaha-->Chicarito

Would set me up with

Fab etheridge
Robbo digne holebas awb jonny
Salah sane sterling Ricky pogba
Jimenez Chicarito rashford

I've been cautious all year sitting at 60k I'm really tempted but think I will sleep on it

Bottled it lovren and arnie to rashford and jonny for a -4 done

Shedite27

Anyone able to tell me the correlation between Net Transfers and Selected By?

I always thought if a player is owned by 20,000 and in the next week, 3,000 buy him and 500 sell him, then the next week...
Net Transfers would be 2,500
Teams Selected by would be 22,500

Having a look at Nasri for example, he obviously came into the game and had 0 Net Transfers and 0 Selected By.
End of his first GW, Net Transfers = 9973; Selected by = 10571

Any idea?

Ace2007

Shedite27 wrote: »

Anyone able to tell me the correlation between Net Transfers and Selected By?

I always thought if a player is owned by 20,000 and in the next week, 3,000 buy him and 500 sell him, then the next week...
Net Transfers would be 2,500
Teams Selected by would be 22,500

Having a look at Nasri for example, he obviously came into the game and had 0 Net Transfers and 0 Selected By.
End of his first GW, Net Transfers = 9973; Selected by = 10571

Any idea?

At a guess, if you set up a new team from scratch, and select him, perhaps it's not treated as at transfer in.

Gaillimh1976

Shedite27 wrote: »

Anyone able to tell me the correlation between Net Transfers and Selected By?

I always thought if a player is owned by 20,000 and in the next week, 3,000 buy him and 500 sell him, then the next week...
Net Transfers would be 2,500
Teams Selected by would be 22,500

Having a look at Nasri for example, he obviously came into the game and had 0 Net Transfers and 0 Selected By.
End of his first GW, Net Transfers = 9973; Selected by = 10571

Any idea?

Guessing either those 500 odd transferred him back out after 1 week or wildcards don’t count, but no idea which

Scorpion Sting

Wildcards and new teams don't count in Net Transfers.

Paully D

Any point in bringing Sane in now or has the boat been missed with their upcoming fixtures and Mendy’s pending reintroduction?

Green&Red

Mendy would stop me bringing him in

Chesty08

On January 1st I made a -8 move

Sane --> Hazard
Son ---> Pogba
Rashford ----> Jimenez

In the gameweeks since that move, there was a 46 point swing. I knew there was a risk but didn't expect it to be anything of that sort. My main rival in a ML is 45 points ahead and sits in 4.4k.

dr.kenneth noisewater

why does everyone think Mendy will affect Sane's gametime?

Invincible

Paully D wrote: »

Any point in bringing Sane in now or has the boat been missed with their upcoming fixtures and Mendy’s pending reintroduction?

In in the sane boat as you, was going to swap for D.silva, but with memories of Mendy's early form stopping me.

Invincible

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

why does everyone think Mendy will affect Sane's gametime?

Going by previous formation when Mendy was fit.

Chesty08

I wouldn't be swapping Sane at all. He is defintiely going to be playing more, City have a nice rhythm and can't see Pep changing too much. More than enough cover for Mendy & defensively & disciplinary wise Mendy doesn't deserve to auto go back into team

Iused2likebusts

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

why does everyone think Mendy will affect Sane's gametime?

Because delph and danilo are right footed when playing LB. To play mahrez or sterling ahead of either makes city a bit more predictable as they dont have a left footer on the left hand side. When mendy plays he offers that so sane isnt as essential to their set up.

Invincible

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Because delph and danilo are right footed when playing LB. To play mahrez or sterling ahead of either makes city a bit more predictable as they dont have a left footer on the left hand side. When mendy plays he offers that so sane isnt as essential to their set up.

Well said, there's the tactical reason!