GW22 transfer thread - We need to talk about Kevin

Kdb in and captain most likely , whose likely to be dropped for kdb - foden , alavarez?

Thoughts on salah and Watkins out for kdb and ebh for a -4?

Thinking Salah/Alverez to KDB/EBH for -4 as have 3 city already. Otherwise Salah to Maddison/Jota

Correct.

0.3m is the most a player can move between gameweeks.

Pretty sure KDB has been bought by just over a million managers since last gameweek.

I considered it for a minute but when I realised that Salah’s price wasn’t going to drop and keep dropping I gave up on it.

I seen a geezer on a podcast today (rare time I’ve watched a podcast pre gameweek) and he (it was pras or lateriser) talked about how it was now very likely that KDB would play as a 10 or at least very close to the striker. Talked about him not being needed deeper now with him having ‘less legs’ as he gets older and Pep with good options for engine type players in the middle.

if it’s true then he could be very hard to go without but I’m going with Doku as he’s the player that has impressed me the most and KDB will be susceptible to an injury in the next few weeks.

There’s a lot of speculation in their analysis, right? With guys like Alvarez, Foden, Doku, Grealish, Bernardo (even Bobb staking a claim now), minutes will be much harder to come by, in any attacking role at City (yes De Bruyne and Doku aren’t competing for the same position in the team, but Doku playing would impact the position Foden or Bernardo might play)

Yes agreed. Of course he could haul he’s a brilliant player but even at his best there was often games when city scored 4 or 5 goals and he might just get an assist or something. Obviously that’s applicable to any player but I feel that situation is far more likely for him than Salah, Haaland, Son.

Overall I’ve always felt he’s almost always over priced in FPL although no question he’s a good asset and is a good captain shout for this week but he’s very risky due to his potential to not start or play much deeper etc.

Someone asked for an alternate captain, I fancy Darwin this week. Maybe not as much as I’d fancy KDB but overall I prefer captaining Darwin and rolling the transfer I think.

Yeah, agree. KDB is always capable of the spectacular, but at 10.6 and questions over both his mins and capability for explosive returns, I’ll just have to take the risk of looking silly if he does indeed go wild.

Is that Liverpool DGW confirmed for GW25? It would be pretty unfair for Liverpool to have a midweek game before the LC final, and Chelsea to not have one.

Keeping Salah is a massive risk IMO. Huge chunk of your budget sitting on the bench missing for at least 2 GW's and possibility he won't make it for Burnley in 11 days time - we'll want 90 mins and him back to form for that. I can't see it myself given he's had to pull out of the national team in a major tournament with a hamstring injury that are difficult to heal quickly.

Would have to move Chelsea-Spurs to the midweek, and have those teams have a DGW too, for integrity purposes then IMO. But Spurs & Chelsea are not in European competitions and Spurs are out of the cup so there is no pressure to move that game to that midweek, other than for integrity reasons. IIRC in 2022 when Liverpool & Chelsea played in the LC Final, both teams had a rearranged COVID game moved to the midweek before the final.

But yeah, there are limited options for the game to be moved to. TGW??!!

I don’t think there’s much consideration given to integrity so I’d expect the Chelsea game to be rearranged for later in the season.

I'd like to roll my transfer this week, but my defense is very depleted - TAA, Porro, Gabriel*, Gusto*, Taylor (*=all yellow flagged!). Do I risk it, and hope one of those injured three play?

The only transfer that tempts me is Gabriel to Estupinan. But can Brighton be trusted, and is it mad to get rid of Gabriel.

Having 2FTs next week, with Salah and Haaland returning soon at some stage, could be useful.

Haaland will be in the squad tomorrow. I've him in since a few days ago when had to catch a few price drops / rises so went with it on a -4. I'm going to start Haaland. He could do damage in 20 mins vs a Burnley team in garbage time.

I am starting him but armband won't be on him. Captain this week is a risk either way, likes of Foden, Alvarez or Jota could be rested also. At present it's on Jota. Its a midweek game so we are guaranteed some rotation. But Liverpools game is big so Klopp has to go strong.

Haaland returning isn’t great for De Bruyne either, as it moves Alvarez into competition for that position.

Would the logical thing be that Pep starts KDB & Alvarez, before finishing the game with Alvarez & Haaland?

KDB gets his first start, and doesn't need 90 mins after returning from injury but builds his fitness up. Haaland can ease back into it with 20/30 mins.

Alvarez hasnt been particularly great in the 10 and since the haaland injury as fallen behind foden for that role. I think his minutes will dwindle massively once kdb and haaland are fit.

my guess for tomo will be

rodri bernardo

foden KDB Doku/Grealish(maybe even bobb)

Alvarez

I think that is a very possible lineup, but lots of uncertainty in it aswell.

I’m not saying Alvarez is going to be the 90 minute a game number 10 either; but he’s gonna play plenty of minutes over the remainder of the season, and it’s less likely to be at Haaland’s expense imo.

I think he will start, but if you've a FT, a move to Walker is solid.

This is the latest we know.

- Gabriel and Declan Rice aren’t decided on yet.

Arteta: “We have got some late decisions to make. Thomas won’t be one of those, but we have a few that obviously had some issues at the end of the last game and we are still uncertain with a few players.” He confirmed both Gabriel and Rice fit under the category

Whose expense then, KDB? You've got Bernardo Silva, Doku, Grealish, Bobb and Foden all fighting with him for minutes. Bernardo Silva, Doku and Haaland are most likely to get a lot of starts I think.

So unless you think KDB will get limited minutes then Alvarez won't get that much time.

Would you not just bring in TAA this week and haaland next? Don’t get the point in holding off on TAA

I think you know the answer to that