Live Match Chat Gameweek 38 FPL News
Welcome to Live Match Chat Gameweek 38 FPL News: And there it was gone! 37 weeks have flashed before your eyes once more. And 38 will do the same as well because all 10 games happen on the same day at the same time. It always seems a bit cruel to have all your FPL hopes and expectations finally decided for you in such a swift fashion. Especially since we’ve all agonised over relatively minor points in game-weeks which have sometimes dragged on for as much as 7 days, as GW37 did. But that’s the way it is. Strap yourself in for a smidgen over 90 minutes. It’ll be agony or ecstasy for many. We hope it works out for you all. It wont. Not for everyone anyway. If it does then feel free to share and celebrate your success. If it doesn’t then know you have friends to share that with too. We’ve all been there and seen both sides of the coin. In a nutshell that is what has made this community great over the years, there’s a mutual understanding and respect and an empathy for whichever way it works out.
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Sunday 21st May
15:00pm
Arsenal vs Everton
Burnley vs West Ham
Chelsea vs Sunderland
Hull vs Spurs
Leicester vs Bournemouth
Liverpool vs Middlesbrough
Man United vs Crystal Palace
Southampton vs Stoke
Swansea vs West Brom
Watford vs Man City
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David Moyes has resigned as manager of Sunderland.
Beware Watford supporters
Ahhh poor Sunderland…..
Haha I didn’t think he’d leave this early.
Maybe they can get ‘The Lord’ I hear he’s free, or John Carver as he’s the best manager to have worked in the prem! haha
ah I do feel sorry for their fans though as I work with a few and they’ve had to suffer some dross of late.
Good news for Sunderland, I’d say they’ve got a fighting chance of staying in the Championship now!
I find it an odd decision all round. Had he not been in charge he’d have probably been a prime candidate for the post given his previous experience in that league. He just looks like he’s had the stuffing knocked out of him. Proclaiming in August that they were crap and would probably get relegated possibly wasn’t the wisest move though!
Yeah, those comments were really strange Init. To be honest, he’s looked pretty shattered to me ever since the United job went tits up. You’ve gotta respect the guy for grinding it out at Everton all those years without loads of money to spend on players, but I’ll never understand why Ferguson hand-picked him as his successor. There’s the Scottish connection, and the rivalry with LFC connection, but other than that I’m not really sure. I also don’t understand why in the world he’d go into United and start messing with one of the most winning formulas/systems in the world by chopping and changing so many things from the off.
Part of me thinks Ferguson knew it wouldn’t end well and wanted someone to struggle, rather than bringing in Mourinho or one of the ‘bigger name’ managers and watching them succeed, as that might take some gloss of his own legend or something. But who knows? In Moyes’ defense it hasn’t gone easy for anyone else who’s taken charge either though!
That’s one way to put it. The other is that he managed to make 24 top flight pts with ‘that’ sunderland team. #Legend
Red I think you’ve nailed his downfall right there – go in and take over but don’t touch anything else. The second he did that the writing was on the wall. Surprised they (SAF) let him do it.
Evening guys
Just wanted to say a big thankyou to all the writers on here,
Without your fab tips articles God knows where I’d be.
Having started the season well reaching the top 5k I went in to free fall, dropping like a stone to 456k.
You guys and our fab community helped me finish 50k overall and win my ML buy 70 odd points.
Thanks.
That’s big, popz! Well done mate.
Great news Bigz, ML is king!
Topped all my private leagues comfortably, except one. Jumped from 3 to 1 in one of my ML on the last day. Also got one pesky H2H ML on the last day; just that one guy remained elusive to the end.
One that got away, Wenger style.
Due to this being only my second season, I panicked a lot. Made some stupid moves in hindsight because I either overthought it or listened to advice that went against my gut.
However, the two big decisions I took towards the end redeemed me. One was my unshakable trust in Sanchez; and the other was believing Kane’s promise; I took him at his words and capped him. Both paid off big. It’s important to listen to your gut. Lesson learned.
My best season; however this being only my second season, it’s not saying much. Everyone has a poor first season. Finished around 480k last year. 18k this year. Raring to go for the next season.
Nike – congrats on that rank mate. Well done. And that’s a brutal TV you got going there, especially considering the hits vs OR. Am I right if I say all or almost all of your hits imediatly paid off?
I’ll have to do an analysis to check that, but off my head, they weren’t overwhelmingly good or bad for the most part. I guess I just had my share of “When they fire, they explode” moves, and not too many of “When it rains, it pours” mishaps. And I had both Sanchez and Kane in the end stretch.
But yes, to answer your question, being a cautious player, I did put some thinking behind each hit – mostly – so most of them gave me something, and like I said, there were no ‘Gabbiadinis’.
The exception to that was the Palace contingent I picked up around GW 34. Those really sucked.
Damn it DMC I finished just behind you in FF247 Regulars league
You finished 3 points above me 😛
Big Sam has resigned from Palace
Bit of a shock that, can’t see him getting much of a bigger job.
China?
Can we see Mitro’s face when Arsene announces him as his replacement?!
Hahaha imagine that!!!
Breaking news:
I didn’t think he resigned I thought he just wants to resign??
That’s usually the same thing Matt
Not always, don’t some contracts have clauses to prevent getting out of them early?? I thought that’s why he asked to resign rather than just leaving.
Well he’s gone now! Retired too supposedly
Is that what they call Sunderland now
Unless him or his Mrs are ill or something unfortunate like that I can’t see that ‘retirement’ lasting long.
It’ll last until Swansea or Palace get into a relegation battle next season
Thanks a lot to FF247 team for all the articles and prep works and to the community for sharing opinions and information! See you all fairly soon
How did you end up Derek?
2nd in Mauritius.. 1143rd in the world. I knew my opponent would captain Kane so I had to gamble on someone else although I wanted Kane. Would have ended up 900 if I played overall ranking.. will try to improve that next season!!
Ah mate, what a shame you didn’t catch him but then not having Kane in those last two weeks was always going to make it tough.
Never mind, that’s a fantastic season mate, been great getting to know you this season and here’s to August!!