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FPL Ramblings

FPL Ramblings

FPL Ramblings

I don’t do intros if I can help it and that will not change today.

Here we go.


Team of the Week

David de Gea led all keepers this week in points with 7, a couple of great saves helped United to their first clean sheet of the season.

Varane made his first start and went out and had the highest score for any defender with 12. His assist, three bonus and clean sheet all helped him stand out this GW. Perhaps a little lucky though to get the six extra points. Think most of us would give Greenwood a lot of credit for the goal as he had a ton of work to do after receiving the pass from Rafa.

Seamus Coleman made the team after snagging a clean sheet accompanied by an assist for winning a penalty. The last one on this list

Sergio Reguilon was perhaps the most impressive one as he had no aid from attacking returns and still managed to grab the three bonus to help him make the team of the week.

In midfield we have City’s Ferran Torres with 18 points. That score easily made him the top scorer this week. His movement looked great and he got into some great positions to score, having said that, they won’t be playing Arsenal every week. At his price point though he certainly is intriguing if you are willing to play Pep roulette.

Gallagher from Palace also made the side. He scored a brace and grabbed the 3 bonus. At 5.5 he also seems very interesting for managers, but his fixtures say otherwise. Despite passing the eye test, I still want to see him put in another decent score or two before I contemplate ownership.

Buendia scored a goal and took home the top honours for bonus points. No consideration in buying here as Villa’s fixtures turn cruel and he is joining the Argentinian team so will have to quarantine when he gets back, which means he is definitely out GW4.

Son is the last of the mids. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good. Make a cross and watch the keeper watch it go in. Earn yourself a goal and some bonus for a mistake, life is good. With Palace in his next fixture, Son does seem like a good player to own right now, perhaps a back to back appearance on the team of the week could be in his future.

Gabriel Jesus is once again in the team after scoring, picking up an assist and the 3 bonus. All that despite only playing 60 minutes which is impressive but also a problem as his minutes could get very irritating if you are an owner.

Jamie Vardy matched Jesus with 12 points collecting them in a similar manner in the Leicester 2-1 win over Norwich.

The last man on the team hasn’t left the best XI since the start of fpl. That is three straight weeks for Michail Antonio on here. Just incredible, something we will touch on a bit more later.


Quick Notes

– Adama Traore has become to this article what Giroud is to GABO. He must be mentioned!!

– Traore is top 10 in expected assists, expected goals, shots, expected fpl points and trucking defenders. Yet he is on six points. FFS!

– Last week I showed concern for Ings owners by mentioning he only had 3 shots in 2 games (1.5 spg), well he brought that average down, now he has 4 shots in 3 games (1.3 spg).

– Wolves are extremely unlucky to have zero points so far, Arsenal is extremely lucky they don’t allow teams to have negative points in the standings.

– Richarlison provides great drama.

– Last week I said “Let me repeat, DCL on pens, sign me up please.” assuming he is fit, I am still on this bus, have been since GW1.

– Antonio is leading fpl by 10 points, scoring double digits in all 3 fixtures so far with at least one goal and one assist each game.

– Michail also leads in shots and shots in the box, plus all that XGoals stuff, if you are still holding out, ufff.

– TAA is exactly what we thought he was. His fixtures, underlying stats and fpl points scream keep him at all costs. Figure out a different way to get Ronaldo.

– Gallagher is not just pretty hair, put him on your watch list.

– Last week I made fun of Norwich for only managing one shot vs City, well Arsenal did the same.

– Grealish attempted six assists, the most for GW3, second was TAA with five.

– Matip and Van Dijk both have 7 shots already.

– Laporte had 5 shots vs Arsenal, that was the most on the team.

– Salah is first and Mane is tied with Traore for second in shots taken for mids.

– Newcastle is shocking defensively.

– Leeds defends set-pieces like nothing depended on it.

– Leicester should have probably lost all three games so far, Norwich gifted their game to them.

– Champions League starts between GW4 and 5, keep that in mind.

– Antonio and DCL on their own currently have a higher expected goal rate than 7 teams.

– Defensively Spurs is best in the league with 0 goals allowed; however, I think they are catfishing us, they are not what they appear.

– If you activated your wildcard already, don’t forget to play the market and try and make a little bit of cash before the deadline hits.


Transfers in so far. (Top 10)

Transfers out so far. (Top 10)

It’s a Trap!!

Last week I picked out 2 guys who I didn’t like the trend they were headed in. One was Tsimikas being bought and the other was Luke Shaw being sold. Tsimikas came in for a four minute cameo and got himself a point and Shaw got a clean sheet and grabbed himself 6 points. So looks like I was right on both last week. Let us see if I have the same luck this time.

A possibly controversial one, Marcos Alonso being bought feels very iffy to me. Ben Chilwell is going to get minutes, Champions League is on the way and we don’t know who will start what, plus once Alonso gets torched by some winger he might lose the confidence of Tuchel. Short term (GW4) it might work, but fixtures in gameweek 5 and 6 are not great and midweek CL could mean some frustration for new owners, for me, IT’S A TRAP!

I have been in the non-Bruno camp this season as I have not owned him. Still, if I did own him, I absolutely would not be selling him before a game versus Newcastle at home. Toon have been terrible in conceding chances, just one right after the other. Long term I can see why people might try and sell, but surely it be a lot safer to wait a week at the very least. So if you selling Bruno this week, for me, IT”S A TRAP!


D’oh trophy
Once again there are many candidates/teams that could win this. Harvey Barnes sucking the life out of owners, Antonio deniers still about, the double down on Bruno for captain after watching him score one point in GW2, taking hits for Kane or Lukaku, we can go on and on.

But, my D’oh of the week has to be Arsenal. As mentioned before they only had one shot on City. They had less than 20% possession for the game and in the second half they had less than 10%. It got so bad that their own fans cheered a City goal. It came close to being the first time I have ever felt sorry for them.

 

Thanks for reading FPL Ramblings. This article was written by Mito21

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  1. 73

    **There is a decent chance that we will post a GABO today, just watch for it a little later.

  2. 74
    MrMajeika says:

    Can decide to take a hit for gw4 and bring on Torres and Ronaldo for Bruno and ings. Sensible thing would prob be to wait until gw5 and use 2ft. Salah would be a good captain pick this week but on the other hand it’s Ronaldo and might be too intense to not go with him this week!

  3. 75
    Smash says:

    On his way back to Manchester already

  4. 76

    What about this WC draft?
    Bruno stays smile

    • 76.1
      Smash says:

      Salah and Ronaldo your favourites laugh1

      • laugh
        Smash, not sure if we should worry about Benrahma after the arrival of Vlasic in WHU. Do you think his time could be affected?

        • Smash says:

          Nah I think he should be ok. Think Vlasic is more a threat to Fournals as he’s more central. Also think he will play more the Ruropean games. As for the team I really like it. Bruno I’m not sure is worth the price tag, Dennis is a bit of an awkward price point of that don’t work out and I’d probably change Veltman personally. On a wildcard I’d prob Jane a Chelsea defender now

        • Wandering if I should take a punt with Vlasic, that is 0.4 savings. I know he will be great. 33 goals and 21 assists for CSKA Moscow in 108 games is not bad.
          Veltman can be Duffy, that’s another 0.2, and Coufal down to a cheepo might bring the cash to sort out Dennis the Menace laugh

    • 76.2
      Chipster says:

      Looks good Ivan, but how about Son instead of Bruno and use the extra cash to upgrade Dennis and Veltman?

      • Chips, Bruno stays by hook or by crook. I am getting new ideas to downgrade Salah to Jota. If Firmino is out for a while he will be a sure starter. I know more than a half of a million already ditched Bruno but they will be bitterly regretting this very soon. The greatest Bruno&CR7 tandem will be around soon.

  5. 77
    • 77.1
      AJW says:

      Haha – the term ‘behind closed doors’, always gives things a bit of a sordid tone, doesn’t it? You can imagine Arsenal getting revenge for their recent defeat by using all types of dirty tricks in this meaningless encounter. Was it like a game of park football, where the referee is a member of one of the 2 teams (we can imagine it being young Granit or perhaps Auba, awarding silly penalties, and there being a lot of unseen elbowing, and unheeded complaints from the various victims!).
      Also the term (Behind closed doors) triggers off this gem of a 70’s C&W song in my mind (fear not reader, for I was but a mere infant at the time of its release!) – it’s a whizz!
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZvIm5IgVg
      Cheerio – more pertinent comments coming later! smile

  6. 78
    ODT says:

    Some of my rambling thoughts regarding my team. Current team is below. Some transfer thoughts. I have 2FT

    A. Bruno>Ben and Ings>CR7 leaves me with 1.2 ITB
    B. Bruno>Torres and IngsCR7 leaves me with .5 ITB
    C. Bruno>Jota and Ings>CR7 0 ITB

    Is Ronaldo all that at his age? Abandoning Bruno could be costly. Is Benrahma’s first two gameweeks a fluke? Obvious Pep rotation concern with Torres. Maybe Jota is the best option? Thoughts folks?

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