GW25 Transfer Thread

The way Man Utd are playing it's hard to know if any of them are worth getting for the double. Bruno and Ronaldo both feel like they are priced about 2mil more than they are worth. Barring injury to someone I think I might bank the transfer.

But I'll probably knew jerk Bruno in 5 min before the deadline.

DDG is my only DGWer, well so is Sanchez but I'll go De Gea.

Was looking at KDB to Bruno solely for the DWG, madness?

Reguilon to Varane perhaps is another shout that feels less risky.

Thinking KDB to Bruno for a one week punt myself considering he has two games haven't made my mind up on it yet though.

Gray to Coutinho is another one I might take a -4 .

Fernandez out for Sanchez as my other keeper is Rambo. Might take a hit to sort out one of my useless forwards Watkins Antonio and Dennis

Tempted to hit the wc button, have a clear out and set myself up for the next few weeks. Want to shift funds from Kane back into midfield, don't like Spurs double and if I did want one of them, I'd go for Son

In the "not sure" camp about United's DGW too. Don't keep clean-sheets to be confident there (happy with Sa/Sanchez GK axis), Ronaldo is too over-priced to be on his longest goal drought in over a decade and I don't fancy Bruno over KDB even with the extra game.

Think I will just bring back Salah for Raphinha ahead of Pool's DGW next time around. Disposing of Antonio for probably Weghorst next in anticipation of Burnley's backlog.

Bachman to Raya to cover for Ramsdale next 2 blanks. Might take a hit to sell Antonio as I'm sick of him

Dunno if I have the mental energy to WC.

Thinking Martinelli to Pogba.

I'm stubbornly refusing to get Bowen 😂

I have both Robbo & Trent. Robbo had 9,12,12,6 in his last 4 games. In the 9 pointer he was also sent off - he’s had a breather with the suspension & the winter break.

Trent on the hand had 7, 10, 2, 6 in those games but has 50 points more then over the season playing 4 games more.

Trent averages 7.14 ppg

Robbo averages 5.76 ppg

With 15 games left & if they continue on this path there’ll be Trent with 20.7 points more then Robbo.

Trent is £1.4m worth more then Robbo. Is £1.4m worth 20.7 points?

I know football is not all about numbers but watching Liverpool (being a fan) .. Robbo was definitely closer to more assists then Trent last night. Both came very close to scoring.

Its a really tough one & that’s why I’m looking at keeping both & dropping Jota for Salah

Didn’t even see Raya came back the other night. Brentford will stay up now, the other keeper was absolutely horrendous.. one of the worst I’ve ever seen in the PL.

Cost Brentford big time

Yep I was looking at Foden/Sterling to Pogba myself.

Alternative plan is Sterling to Bruno & Antonio to Broja or Maupay.

Then the following week Bruno to Salah & Jota to someone in the 7.5 -> 8 bracket. This would be a -4 hit.

So the conundrum of captain again for this week:

Salah

Jota

Kane

Cancelo

Taking a big chance this weekend

KDB out for Fernandes and giving him triple captain....aaah, hate supporting Utd but this week I'm all in.

🤞🤞

The lure of the DGW is sucking me in. I already have Dalot & DDG but want to bring in a Man Utd midfielder for the DGW as a placeholder for Salah. So probably Bruno. Maybe Pogba but don't trust him. I think KDB will be rested.

I need to move around funds a bit and Antonio is finally gonna leave my time. But who is the best replacement?

Edouard surely starts this nice GW and has DGW upcoming followed by a nice fixture again. But then Wegworst has the double DGW after a tough game this week. Broja has a longer run of single game weeks with nice fixtures.

Edouard / Wegworst / Broja?

Yeah Im getting DGW-itis as well and thinking of bringing in (c) Bruno instead of Salah, surely Brunos 2 games can outscore Salahs 1?

On Broja/Weghorst/Edouard the double double GW is sucking me into Weghorst. I hold Broja but benched him for his goal and nearly bought Edourad but lucily didnt as I wasnt aware he wasnt nailed. He has a DGW coming up but it could be a trap in that he only starts one of them. Also since read Viera always refreshes his attack around about 60 minutes so when he does start every chance he gets subbed. Ive read there is a chance that Weghorst might now get a double-double-double, 6 games in 3 GWs. Also his underlying stats have been good , 0.48xGI, albeit from a small sample size of two games, one where he got an assist. Its very punty but I think Im going to do it having not punted on Coutinho early and now regretting it

Love this, thanks for sharing. Will help make my mind up.

Well dont blame me if it goes tits up 😂 Though if I held KdB I wouldnt fancy the risk of Pep roulette and I recall him getting rested before a CL game last season too. Im actually jealous of KdB owners becasue ultimately he was the best Salah replacement but I went to Son who got injured and then Kane. But if I held him now Id be thinking that Norwich fixture is too risky, as there is a chance he gets 20 minutes, it could be a serious rank buster over Bruno or Salah on the pitch for the full game(s).

Whats your thoughts on Bruno (c) for the double? Im really tempted but it would mean getting Salah back next week likely costs a bit more which I can absorb. One side of me is thinking 2 home games are tasty, the other side thinking United arent firing, though I believe they created a lot in the first half v Burnley?

Thats a tricky one if it wrecks a solid transfer plan as Salah is certain to rise tonight, he is at 95% right now. You could go to the cheaper Robertson instead who has been outperforming Trent this last few games but we know Salah being back means Trents output should now go up and with Trent that can often mean bonus points.

Fwiw the XG/XA stats say that Bruno should outscore Salah over two games but it is marginal enough. Were Bruno to go wild in even one of the games like he did in the last DGW it would be a feast. iirc he clocked 48 points as captain in the last DGW, obviously that means nothing for this one but Soton and Brighton both at home is attractive. Small negative is the Soton game is a 12.30pm kick off and sometimes teams can be lethargic in those early kick offs.

Fred & Matic both missing tomorrow so that means that McTominay & Pogba will have to be the CM pairing. Doesn't exactly scream clean sheet potential.

Yeah the Ronaldo situation is a slight negative as you'd prefer him not start v Soton over Brighton to give Bruno more chances to get forward.But having been benched v Burnley its highly likely Ronaldo starts this one.

Is it known which of them is actually on penalties?

I think I might do it, if Bruno blanks in both games it would be-

No CS points -total 8

1 CS point- total 10

2 CS points- total 12

Assuming Salah gets a goal or assist v Burnley it would be level enough with maybe Salah just edging it. If Salah gets two returns though all bets are off, then you would need a Bruno return from one of the two games just to stay close to him. Its a real coin toss but if Bruno were to return twice in two games and Salah doesnt return twice v Burnley it would pay off nicely. Its either a rank builder but equally it could go totally tits up. United also back in the Cl v Atletico but I dont think Rangwick can rest Bruno when battling for 4th place.

Looks like a very good plan.

I'd consider an Arsenal defender next week. As a fellow Reguilon owner I get the impression Conte thinks he's brittle and too excitable.

Seems to be the case.

He's a RB only. According to transfermarket Roberts has played LB sometimes, so perhaps Lowton gets some games if Pieters is rested during the 4 condensed fixtures. This assumes Charlie Taylor will still be out but I'm unsure how close he is to a return.

I’d disagree on that, I think Robbo has had his rest (suspension & winter break).. I don’t think he’ll be rested as much. Jota will probably see more sub & non starting games now with Diaz & Firmino there.

Im think I’m holding off this week on transferring out Jota , so will see know more

Actually thinking about it more, Tsimikas will probably get the FA Cup game, directly after League cup final. There will be a week off for Robbo there too. Maybe 20 mins at the end of the Leeds game as rest for pre-League Cup final.