FPL Live Match Chat Gameweek 8
Welcome to FPL Live Match Chat Gameweek 8
GW8 is condensed into just two days, with a 60/40 split in favour of Saturday over Sunday.
We begin with the 12.30pm lunchtime game being Luton welcoming Spurs.
We then have four 3pm games with Chelsea at Burnley, Everton hosting Bournemouth, Sheffield Utd at Fulham and Man Utd at home (gulp…) to Brentford.
The late one, at 5.30pm is Palace v Forest (exciting!).
That leaves four on Sunday and three at 2pm – Brighton v Liverpool, West Ham v Newcastle and Wolves v Villa.
Our quick-fire GW ends with Man City going to Arsenal at 4.30pm.
The games in full…
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
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I knew what’s gonna happen and still went to take a hit to bring Watkins. Could have waited for the next GW but hey ho….
I’m my own biggest troll.. yeah, I could blame the players.. and It might be more satisfying to pass the buck to the likes of Sterling, Son, Isak, Joao Pedro, Gusto (any more you can think of?). But I am my own worst enemy. and I’ve only myself to blame.
New mantra: Identify the players you like and stick with them.
That’s what I have resolved to do this season, and it’s working much better. Sterling is the prime example this week, would have been easy to throw out after a benching (albeit illness) and an annoying blank.
Same with Son for next week, after this, he stays, etc.
I’ve just seen your results for this week mate. Congrats on playing it your own way!
Thanks, I’m not boasting about any results, that’s not my style, simply suggesting that a more patient and measured approach may work for some others too.
Likewise with the cricket! Chips have been played at a pace, to give some people an early lead, but as Jos Buttler said, ‘it’s a marathon, not a sprint’.
Very wise words there from Butler indeed! Don’t worry mate, there’s not even a hint of you boasting here. I just clicked on your link to check your progress and was pleasantly surprised to see that you had gone further on last week’s good result. Keep going there!!
Good luck gaffer!
Will give son and dias next week too.. after that both of them out for Salah and Soucek? Son seemed essential with Luton and Fulham..
Hey Reg you got any tips on how to play this ICC game? The rolling trades and oscillating captains are quite destabilizing! I’ve got off to a slow start, just like my compatriots Marsh and Maxwell!
Cheers mate, it must be a buzz being over there! 
You have to chose a c and vc for each single game.
C gets u double points and vc 1.5 points. So u need to have atleast 2 players each game atleast.
U have 135 transfers for 45 group matches. So on average 3 transfers each game though how u use transfers depends on u.. u can make 5-6 transfers or just 1 transfer..have to see how many u already got in ur team for next game. I try to have around 4-6 players each game.
Apart from that u have 7 boosters including a WC. For eg if u use batsmen booster, all batters in ur team get double pts, ur c gets double double or quadruple pts and ur vc gets triple.. so put 6 batters in 1 game and use it.
Likewise for bowlers, wk and all rounders plus a full team booster and a triple c booster similar to fpl but u still have a regular c and vc.
Hope this info has helped.
It’s quite a bit of strategy actually.
Remember to c and vc each game and when u use boosters, make sure u have maximum players for that position. For eg. Use the full team booster on semifinal 1 and put 11 players from sf1.
It is completely different to other fantasy games i’ve played. i was caught out in the T20 world cup and had a slow start but came home strong once i worked it out.
its all about using the trades wisely. 135 seems like a lot, but over 46 games they go fast.
as a minimum, you need to have at least two players each game (to collect the 2x & 1.5x for the C & VC).
The boosters are important. I’ll probably save my 2x team boost for one of the semis or the final.
Already used my Wicket keeper boost match 1, and i’ll target a few games during the rounds for my bats/bowler/AR boosts, making sure i have the max players in that position when i use them. You get the multiplier boost with the C & VC (C = x2, plus x2 boost = x4).
The hard part is to ‘carry’ players from one game to the next. Some have a shorter period to wait (India only have 3 game break to their next followed by a 2 game break to the next) so they can be held, Where some teams have a longer break (NED has an 8 game break after their next).
good start by the Bunnies
Thanks so much fellas. I understand the.basics but the C & VC in each match I couldn’t believe was true, so I think I must have changed it to the highest scoring Pakistan player…. ffor thé 2nd and 3rd matches, thinking in some stupid way that it might have been retrospective! Plus I may have vice-captained Maxwell. Oh well, you live and learn.
That’s so nice of you both to have gone into so much depth. Very generous and much appreciated. See you round guys.
The headline of this article just about sums up my start to the whole thing too! See yahs!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2023/oct/09/australia-cricket-team-world-cup-2023-start-vs-india-game-loss
The good news is that Haaland failed to hurt us for not captain him.
Yeah but Salah caused some severe damage!! Oh well, you can’t get it right all the time!
AJW, only 7.8% have captained him. At least I am glad that he arrived in my team with the WC.
You can tell the players in my league who had C on Salah just looking at their score, without looking at their players.
City had just 4 shots against Arsenal, the fewest since 2010.
Still, a surprising result considering their previous visits to the Emirates.
No kdb. No rodri. No gundogan. No mahrez.
No one really to supply haaland and without supply he can’t do anything though he has also missed sitters recently. Foden is still young.
I didn’t c haaland last 2 gws but this week c son failed too unfortunately.
when is KDB back?
Not this calendar year I think. Maybe December, probably January.
It’s definitely a situation to monitor. 14 million is a lot of money for someone to go too much longer without a return.
City’s run of games from week 10 to 15 isn’t the greatest.
From week 16 to week 24 is looking sweet.
Hello, had to activate the wildcard button this to cover up the gap vs the leaders. Please suggest on this wilcard team
Amazing what you can do when you don’t have Haaland in your team!
Beware a wounded City beast though! He’s going to want to be the main man in front of goal though! Nice midfield (I’ve got got the other 4 myself apart from Salah!). I suppose a team with Haaland in it would mean huge sacrifices in the mids and defence, wouldn’t it?
I kind of like it, but do not think myself brave enough to go without him! 😉
+1. I wouldn’t dare to go w/o Haaland on a WC draft, irrespective of the fixtures ahead.
Hi all, quick question, which site do you use to look at potential price rise/fallers? I’m on a WC and have very low team value so want to get rid of any potential fallers and hang on to any risers for the momeht. Cheers, Claire
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+1
Hi there – I always use this site – it gives you a good idea of things, but is not 100% accurate (I don’t know if there are any that are!). You go into ‘Prices’ menu and you get onto the probable rises first. Then click on the word ‘Target’ on the top right hand side and it gives you the probable falls.
https://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/
Good luck with your Wildcard!
Thanks all, I’ll have a look. Good luck to you too!