GW4 transfer thread - Madd to go without any longer.

Maddison down to 1 bonus point, annoying

Brought in Gusto before his price rise last night with my free transfer but think its time to deploy my usual early wildcard to shake up the team and get in who looks to be playing well.

Too late now, already pushed the button on the wildcard. Will be keeping a reasonably strong bench as cash seems to be OK since I sold Salah last week so hopefully will have some protection from injuries over the international break. Only made the price sensitive moves now but have a few ideas of other transfers to do during the coming week.

2 FT's to shake up the team.

Team in bold for GW4 is currently

Onana, Turner

Chilwell, Estupinan, Colwill, Gabriel, Beyer

Martinelli, Saka, Rashford, Fernandes, Mitoma

Haaland (C), Jackson, Archer

Current thoughts are:

Martinelli out anyway, most likely Foden in. Minutes a worry but those fixtures look good and City desperately need to fill the KDB hole. Foden's the man for that really, sick today so should be nailed next week.

Also looking at Rashford or Mitoma out, Maddison or Mbeumo in. The latter has been on fire in GW1/2 and his fixtures continue to be nice (BOU, new, EVE, nfo, mun, BUR). Maddison looks shít hot too at the centre of everything Spurs. Tough one, could return in equal amounts.

If I go Rashford out, it'll allow me to get to Trippier in for Gabriel for their nice run from GW5 onwards. If Mitoma out, I'll go Botman.

Yeah getting the right 5 in midfield is very tough.

I currently have Salah, Rashford, Mitoma, Saka and Martinelli, no screaming sells.

I like Sterling, Foden, Luis Diaz, Maddison (and to a lesser extend Mbueno, Bowen and Diaby).

There's 9 that I'd be very happy with in my team

I've been debating it myself, thinking of holding for now, he's returned in every game, and two of the games Liverpool were down to 10 men.

I also have the players you mention and Rashford seems the one I'm most likely to move.

Pulled the trigger early for price rises

March & Rashford -> Madison & Sterling

Firstly, I'd say don't take a -4 this week as we're going into the international break and injuries could play havoc on your team meaning you need to WC and don't see a return on the -4. Who's your bench?

Secondly while I think Sterling looked great, it's still only a small enough sample size v a very poor Luton side. Forest will probably be a tougher test as they've shown v Man United & Arsenal.

I'd be inclined to do Saliba to Chilwell for his attacking output and potential CS's. Re assess then.

That said, Sterling does have a high ceiling so if you're going to WC soon, he could be a great gamble short term.

Just on the Sterling / Luton thing.

Is it a case of Luton being really poor down their LHS (attackers RHS), or is a case of Sterling being really good and just about to hit a big run of form in terms of returns? If it is Luton being poor as the RWs do well in those games, Bowen might be the play. If it was Sterling, then he is the play.

Solly March was the RW against Luton, but posted some good numbers in a couple games.

• GW1 - Luton (h) 0.4 xG & 0.0 xA
• GW2 - Wolves (a) 0.9 xG & 0.1 xA
• GW3 - West Ham (h) 0.1 xG & 0.1 xA

Jarrod Bowen plays RW against Luton in GW4 and has some good form going into this GW.

• GW1 - Bournemouth (a) 0.2 xG & 0.5 xA
• GW2 - Chelsea (h) 0.4 xG & 0.0 xA
• GW3 - Brighton (a) 1.2 xG & 0.1 xA

Sterling so far this season. The Luton game was a real outlier here. He plays Notts Forest in GW4 and the only RW to return against them so far this season was the Saka cracker in GW1.

• GW1 - Liverpool (h) 0.0 xG & 0.1 xA
• GW2 - West Ham (a) 0.1 xG & 0.1 xA
• GW3 - Luton (h) 0.9 xG & 0.3 xA

Sounds more and more likely that Salah will leave Liverpool this week for those of us still trying to figure out what midfielder to sell for Maddison/Sterling. Might be worth holding off till Friday

Where are you getting this from?

Yeah it’s all over the tabloids, lots of reports on Twitter. Nothing concrete but I’m holding off my 2FTs for the week just in case

Nothing credible

Went for Sterling - love a short term gamble, but if he becomes one of the main men in a good Chelsea side he could become vital.

Will mull over whether Chilwell is worth the -4, most of my main competitors have him so will lose ground if he gets a haul.

Team is in pretty decent shape, aside from having Pickford and needing to change my 4.5 striker who has gone on loan. May WC early enough all the same!!

Bowen an option if you feel the need to bench him in harder fixtures then just have a decent bench option.

M City the only difficult fixture in his next 6.

I wouldn’t be in a mad rush to sell a defender for a Newcastle defender and especially with their CL involvement. Eddie Howe had a lot of things go right for him last season.

Sterling v Bowen is tough but I’d probably go with Sterling because they don’t have Europe and he wasn’t called up for England. It’s also a safer EO pick even though I try not to pay attention to that myself.

My final thought on that Fitz is that Luton are playing their first game at home, on a Friday night, so the atmosphere will be rocking. It may not make a big difference but it could easily provoke a big effort.

Chelsea are at home.

Is Mbuemo really a decent option? He’s not going to be getting pens every week. I feel that he’s someone where the train has left and it’s too late to get on him.

Sterling has something to prove if he wants to make England squad and Chelsea don’t have Europe to worry about and has nice fixtures. Bowen probably to a similar extent might want to push on to force an England call but probably has more to do than Sterling and they also have Europe. Luton first game at home - who knows that that atmosphere will do for the players.

maddisson had the form and is in a team under transition and seems to be the main guy now as Son gone off the boil.

finally if you have a free transfer you could always get a back up keeper or a bench player sorted if needed than waste one especially going into international break anything can happen or anyone can join league post deadline.

an interesting thought I had is if that Fati lad ended up at Brighton what price point would he comE in at, would FF towers stick with the model of cheapish as it’s Brighton? He could be decent option.

Martinelli to Sterling my likely transfer... already have Kulu so not keen on a Spurs double up, had a look at Bowen as well but not convinced Luton will roll over tonight (or leave West Ham with massive counterattacking opportunities).

Also have Salah 😬 so things could yet go royally t1ts up if he moves

Is Palmer an option now that his transfer to Chelsea is complete? Could be a bargain if he gets minutes