Gameweek 6 Transfers

2 FT and after watching Motd I can say Alonso will be one of them.....he could have had a hat trick today.

Might dump Torres as well for either Gray or Sarr

Jesus to Bamford

Issues: Neves and Dallas tempted to bring in Douglas Luiz and either Trossard/Benrahma/Gray

Gray is at home and playing Norwich so that should be a home win.

Benrahma up against Leeds, with Antonio back - that will be an open game - bound to be goals.

Trossard - return in last two games and Brighton flying high.

Sarr is another option - but scoring two against Norwich doesn't really tell us much.

Alternatively could leave as is for another week and swap steer for Foster as he's getting his game.

Yeah watching MOTD too and it was incredible how many times Alonso wandering into the box, he is getting even more further forward that Trent and he shoots on sight. I wonder is Chilwell frozen out because Alonso is playing so well. Will be interesting to see who starts v City.

yeah you're right, the City Chelsea could well be 0-0 and thats on my mind becasue Rudiger is likely to rise 0.1m and it was always my plan to get him in GW7 anyway. I didnt see enough from Shaw today to suggest these assists are coming and United arent keeping many clean sheets. Whereas that Chelsea defence seems elite, 5 games in and they have conceded only one goal and that was a Salah penalty so they have yet to concede from open play.

Playing home to City next?

I’m raging I never went with him earlier. Kept saying.. ah he’ll be rotated with Chilwell now

Darn I've Gray (LW) for next week.

Anyway, bigger problems. Can no longer count on Mount. Amartey isn't at the party. And Jota is too hard to rhyme but on borrowed time.

Raphina is currently yellow but likely to be bringing him in for his run of fixtures for Mount or Jota. Then, wouldn't rule out a -4 later.

yeah watching Shaw get 1 clean sheet out of 5 has been frustrating. There was a stat going around that 7 different Chelsea defenders now have more points than him so that shows the extent of the chasm. Ive no doubt Shaws assists will come because he is on set pieces but without a foundation of clean sheets I dont think he is worth holding.

Rudiger is the obvious shout but I am tempted by Alonso becasue when Chelsea are in possession he is like a striker who has the license to wander anywhere he likes That of course comes with a rotation risk but Im thinking the way to offset that risk is to also finally get rid of Tsmikas and get in Livarmento as first sub who would then cover Alonso if Chilwell gets a start. Livarmento has to be nailed, he gets forward and that Soton defense now has a clean sheet against both Man City and West Ham which is pretty decent for such a cheap player.

Yea I've gone with Alonso and Christensen, and if they don't play - I have two playing defenders on the bench, would be terrible luck for both of them to be dropped, especially given how well Alonso is doing this season. Alonso was popping up in the box a few time and got a couple of shots away - very lively.

If you knew that Alonso was going to start every game in the way that say TAA does, i think then that people might view Alonso either as under priced, or TAA as overpriced.

Have exact money for Reguilon to Alonso, so don’t think I’ll have much time to decide. Annoying that Chelsea have City up next but given where he’s playing on the pitch defensive points seem like a bonus

I've gone with Rudiger from the start as I feel he will be rotated the least - famous last words because Tommy will no doubt rotate him at some point. I have Livramento and Williams on the bench though to sub in when a defender is missing.

Are many people going for Lukaku?

My team is:

Sanchez

Livramento, Rudiger, TAA (Ayling, Williams)

Salah, Gray (transfer in this week for Mount), Torres, Benrahama (Gilmour)

Ings, Antonio, Ronaldo

I have enough at the minute to be able to go Ings to Lukaku and Torres to a mid 5.5 or below next week for -4. In my thoughts are Emile Smith Rowe, Odegaard or Kovavic - any other recommendations?

I had thought about wildcarding but I'm fairly happy with the team.

I really don't think you can sell Ronaldo - everything goes through him. He's already gone up 0.2m, you could be priced out of getting him back in if you sell imo.

Actually, just looking at it a bit closer, I might try to leave Ronaldo where he is and sacrifice TAA for Chelsea's easy run.

While Chelsea have..... Southampton (h), Brentford (a), Norwich (h), Newcastle (a), Burnley (h) - you'd fancy 5 wins there

....Liverpool have..... Man City (h), Watford (a), Man Utd (a), Brighton (h), Arsenal (a) - could still see them winning 3/4 but not as emphatically.

I'm slow to ditch Ronaldo (even though their fixtures are tough), so maybe getting Lukaku for Bamford by sacrificing TAA and Jota for Alonso and Gallagher/Smith-Rowe for a few weeks is an easier way to get the Chelsea run.

Had a WC Torres/Raphinha Problem. Went with Torres for GW5, burnt! Stick or Twist on Raphinha with one card from a ban or is there a better option in that range?

Surely with how toothless Pep saw his charges were in their previous game, his only recognised striker Torres has got to play the next game ?

Surely? Surely ??? Bueller ????

Sterling hasn't really done it in a City shirt in a good long time, If anyone should be scoring is should be Grealish - he reckons he's good enough etc, but the only time he contributes is when the rest of the team is on fire. He got 1 goal against Norwich, and an assist in a 5-0 win against Arsenal, and was AWOL against Spurs, Leicester and Southampton when he was really needed.

I may be incorrect, as my memory may be letting me down, but City can tend to start seasons slowly. I remember captaining Aguero in what looked like bankers for them to score a truckload and the game would end 0-0. Their strength tends to be like last season where they go on amazing runs and pick up consecutive wins.

Did the same. We had a good run, but I reckon its time to free up that third pool slot.

yeah plus its nice to have good cheap defensive cover that will start, especially as Im playing a 3-4-3. Livarmento offers a good way of mitigating the risk of one of the three not starting like we saw with TAA last weekend. He also should get the odd clean sheet too so for 4.1m it was a no brainer to sell Tsimikas for him.

Looking to replace Toney but not sure who, maybe ASM but dont rate Newcastle at all. Might bank and move him out with Bruno next week to get Lukaku in

I have Trincao who I’d like to replace and Gallagher is a long term target I want so could do that this week.

Slight complication is that I’ll be looking to downgrade Jota next week and Gray is the only other around that price range I’m interested in. So maybe Gray in this week v Norwich and replace Jota with Gallagher next week….

Ugh... 4 players on yellows (TAA/Digne/Bamford/Raphinha) and a weak bench.

Might have to hit the WC button a week early

2 FT and a few flags floating around like most people.

Looking at Livramento and Sarr in for the ailing Ayling and Torres.

Will then probably get rid of Shaw for Chelsea cover.

Im keeping an eye on Gallagher too, from what Vierra has been saying he is a very important part of Palaces attack and his stats back that up, everything seems to go through him. For 5.6m he is not going to haul every game but if he keeps his points ticking over the way he has been he could be one of this seasons best midfield bargains.

I think you've a good plan, as frustrating as Jota has been to own if you sold him this week and he hauled v Brentford that would be really annoying. Getting Gray for Norwich this week is attractive as well.

Due to them having Norwich i'm looking at Townsend, at least he'll keep his place when Ricky/DCL are back. Rondon could be decent buy, but is that a transfer waiting to happen. Someone like Maupay i think could be good shout if you can stretch to that.