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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**GABO Questions**
If you have any questions you want asked please let me know right here and I will do my best to include them.
I have a wildcard question
Big hitters question
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Cheap options question
so far and a couple of others, but please do include any specific ones you hope we can address. Thanks all!
How many “big hitters” before your team is “unbalanced”?
Did Pep/City mess up by targeting Grealish before Kane, or another 9?
Is TAA still a “must-have” with all these expensive attacking players? Or would you advocate a cheap defense to perhaps get all of CR, Romelu, Salah?
What are your thoughts on Jimenez? Surely is shooting a lot (albeit not on target thus far
), and has a great fixture run, if he captures a bit of his magic from before the injury, he could be a shrewd pick!
Thoughts on Jota, Torres and Greenwood as options?
Bruno keep or sell?
Bruno out. Ronaldo in. Cant have both.
I have jota and Greenwood and they have served me well. Torres still reluctant with rotations and subs.
But if u don’t have Greenwood already i ll probably not get him in now with ronaldo there. If u have keep him to see if he gets starts
Thoughts on Arsenal bounce back and who to target (or are they really trying to beat Derby County’s record…)
Big money choices, CR7, Lukaku, Kane, Salah, Bruno and Son (KdB too I suppose but…). How many does one go for and who is preferred.
Who will be this year’s topscorer (I guess both points and/or goals)
Off topic perhaps, but which EPL teams do you see performing beat in the UCL?
LFC looks like a challenging group, but for me LFC vs AC Milan in the UCL is just something else – even if it is just group play
*beat = best
Does one jump on Wolves’ promising fixtures or shy away, much like their shots shy away from the opposing teams’ goal?
Daniel James joins Leeds, who will he replace and should one take a gamble on Leeds’ upcoming run of fixtures? (post GW4)
What is the best 5.5ish mid option? For me I am trying to accommodate 1 more big money player (Hello CR) and feel Greenwood to a 5.5ish is the best way to do it. Thoughts?
What would you use to fill the gaping hole in Manchester United’s defensive midfield?
Arsenal – Wenger + (Emery + Arteta) = what?
Best of the new transfers?
Under the radar players?
Great read! Bruno is the only place I can draw big funds from. Barnes needs to go for me and Traore is tempting.
With Bruno, lets wait until the NEW game in my opinion. Even if Ronaldo is available, I don’t think he would start right away in the game. Maybe a subs appearance in my opinion around the 60 min mark. So Bruno would have great chances to score. Also, with Ronaldo coming in I think he would be even more potent especially for assists. He can put the ball 3 meters high and Rona would still score. (famous words of KDB (ahem, City :-D))
If Rona is nailed then he can come in for Bruno for sure. I think its’ risky to have 2 big hitters from the same team. With Captaincy and all.
There’s no real reason for him to start on the bench in my opinion so I see him going straight in. He’s been back training early after the early exit of Portugal, in squad for Juve and will play for Portugal over the break, so where is the benefit in benching him?
+1 I can’t see CR7 not having a big homecoming start vs Newcastle but stranger things have happened
Can someone confirm how Demerai Gray has been for Everton? Haven’t watched the last couple of EVE matches so have no idea as to the positions he takes up in the field. Is he more like a CDM or CAM?
He’s been great one of their best players. Left wing basically
He’s always been an attacking winger/striker and looks likely to continue to be one. I doubt his scoring will see him through the season and feel like Townsend whipping assist to DCL might be better longer term.
Some talk of a Salah, Lukaku, CR7 triple up approach. But with Lukaku not on pens, is Kane a better option? With the fixture swing there could be an argument for Kane, Salah, CR7 switching to Kane, Salah, Lukaku from GW7?
I think this is the approach I’m likely to take. Salah nailed and always 2 of the 3 premium strikers depending on form/fixtures. A lot to be seen with how CR7 starts, positioning on the pitch, set pieces etc. We know Rom doesn’t get set pieces so already at a disadvantage but a free scoring chelsea striker vs 1-0 and keep tight at the back Spurs striker might leave things up in the air.
I can’t have all 3 without jeopardizing rest of now. Outside penalties, salah doesn’t look absolute essential. I could either go salah and gray for eg. Or son and jota who i have now. The latter appeals to me
Also feel kane is not fully happy. Unless his head in the game 100%, lukaku. But if u don’t have kane, son better value.
Hi all. Sorry to say but the double league has lots of teams in it who aren’t double managers. Why would people do this?
I am going have to set up a new doubles league. If you want to join please, email me as harryhorse@rocketmail.com stating your team name and which two managers are in the team and I will email you the code. No one will be disadvantaged by this. In fact Brooky and myself were the top of the league.
Can you not just boot anyone whose name doesn’t clearly lend itself to being a doubles team/recognisable to a regular user on here in the first instance?
Anyone who feels they’ve been booted or queries what’s happened will hopefully come out of the woodwork and can rejoin later (or is it once you’ve been booted you can’t rejoin?)
I have kicked most people out who Elle and me don’t recognise. There’s one or two I am not sure about.
Nothing can be done with the Head to head league for some reason I can’t delete it. Has anyone had any luck with deleting H2H leagues?
The classic league scoring will start including the scores from GW1 so there will be no change from the original league just no chancers in it.
Looking to wildcard and trying to find some solid 4.5m def options. Taganaga/Sanchez of spurs? Or are these likely to get dropped / rotated out?
Spurs have just signed a RB. I’d expect Romero to come in for Sanchez at some point but could be Dier
Thank you