Premier League Fantasy

[Trofo]

Here is what I ended up with:


I screwed big time with Alonso, I actually realized my mistake yesterday but both Alonso and Azpilicueta went up in price for 0.1 and I did not have spare money to exchange them. I am happy with the rest of the team for a long time. Probably will have to do something with Alonso immediately.

Okay, what if you play with three forwards in the future? At the same time, take Tsimikas as a permanent reserve player, because he really seems to me to be a good defender on whom you can save money. I also have no doubt that Antonio is an excellent striker and a good candidate for the captain's position, but he is unlikely to keep that pace for a long time. In addition, today I turned my eyes to the standings, I see that some teams that did not start the season as well as we would like, sooner or later will start winning, (we will still see a long streak of victories from Leeds or Leicester, so I'm thinking of taking Vardy and Bamford).

I am playing with 3 forwards almost always. Bamford is on my shortlist since Leeds has great fixtures but he is injured. I am not considering Vardy since he is way to expensive for what he brings. Antonio is cheapest fixture proof attacking player in the game. I am ok with playing him against any opponent and I am sure he will bring some points. Almost on the level of Salah, Lukaku and Ronaldo but significantly cheaper. Also he is now worth 8.0M and I took him when he was just 7.5, meaning if I took him out I would not have money to bring him in again. He is staying there until season ends unless he gets lengthy injury.

I like to have squad where every player plays 90 minutes every single game, including bench players - you can see how this week Duffy will enter for Alonso and get me points. In case Cancelo gets rested Livramento will enter and give me more points. Tsimikas will play maybe one game in 5 and probably in Europe unless Robertson gets injured so no points in case of unexpected. Believe me unexpected happens quite often in FPL, who thought Ronaldo will start from the bench today?

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[icopress]

I made a reservation, honestly speaking, I meant three defenders .... although, by and large, there is no difference, since three defenders still provide an extended opportunity in the attack. As for Bamford, as far as I know, he will be active next week. By the way, speaking of unforeseen circumstances, each of us has 3 reserve players, so even if you don't put Tsimikas on, he is still very useful as a player who saves you a lot of money. Or am I wrong?

[Trofo]

By the way, speaking of unforeseen circumstances, each of us has 3 reserve players, so even if you don't put Tsimikas on, he is still very useful as a player who saves you a lot of money. Or am I wrong?

He is useful as a player who saves you a lot of money but Livramento was even cheaper when I exchanged Tsimikas (4.3M, now back to 4) for him and Livramento (4.1M, now 4.2) plays 90 minutes every game for Southampton. Much better option for me.

If you need money savers you also have Brownhil from Burnley, only 90 min playing midfielder for 4.4M. But I prefer to pay a bit more and get somebody more creative

[icopress]

I can't keep up with your answers ... it feels like you're here around the clock.  

And I see that you picked the Wolverhampton striker and from what I saw it is a great choice as the team is gaining momentum. Speaking of "saw" I meant what I saw and noticed that the guys from the top 10 chose three players from this club at once. In any case, I'm torn because I can only make one choice before the coming game week. ^{[Okay, it's time for me to rest, have a great weekend and some more points!]}

[icopress]

I feel it will be hard for me to catch up with the leader of the table in the first season ... at the moment the difference between me and the top 1 is 225 points.

• GW6 - 194
• GW7 - 225

I looked for your name in the list but did not find it, I came across Marko but it was hardly you since he turned out to be a Latvian.  

[Trofo]

I feel it will be hard for me to catch up with the leader of the table in the first season ... at the moment the difference between me and the top 1 is 225 points.

• GW6 - 194
• GW7 - 225

I looked for your name in the list but did not find it, I came across Marko but it was hardly you since he turned out to be a Latvian.  

I took a break from Fantasy during international break. There is no point in looking at players when they can get injured playing for their countries. Just what happened with Rudiger threw a spanner in my works. Had to change him to another premium defender and use extra transfer (-4) to make the money for Dias. Just hope City keeps a clean sheet against Burnley.

[paxmao]

Here is what I ended up with:
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I screwed big time with Alonso, I actually realized my mistake yesterday but both Alonso and Azpilicueta went up in price for 0.1 and I did not have spare money to exchange them. I am happy with the rest of the team for a long time. Probably will have to do something with Alonso immediately.

Okay, what if you play with three forwards in the future? At the same time, take Tsimikas as a permanent reserve player, because he really seems to me to be a good defender on whom you can save money. I also have no doubt that Antonio is an excellent striker and a good candidate for the captain's position, but he is unlikely to keep that pace for a long time. In addition, today I turned my eyes to the standings, I see that some teams that did not start the season as well as we would like, sooner or later will start winning, (we will still see a long streak of victories from Leeds or Leicester, so I'm thinking of taking Vardy and Bamford).

I am playing with 3 forwards almost always. Bamford is on my shortlist since Leeds has great fixtures but he is injured. I am not considering Vardy since he is way to expensive for what he brings. Antonio is cheapest fixture proof attacking player in the game. I am ok with playing him against any opponent and I am sure he will bring some points. Almost on the level of Salah, Lukaku and Ronaldo but significantly cheaper. Also he is now worth 8.0M and I took him when he was just 7.5, meaning if I took him out I would not have money to bring him in again. He is staying there until season ends unless he gets lengthy injury.

I like to have squad where every player plays 90 minutes every single game, including bench players - you can see how this week Duffy will enter for Alonso and get me points. In case Cancelo gets rested Livramento will enter and give me more points. Tsimikas will play maybe one game in 5 and probably in Europe unless Robertson gets injured so no points in case of unexpected. Believe me unexpected happens quite often in FPL, who thought Ronaldo will start from the bench today?

It may be worth doing some "experiments" and start switching players and styles. I am not sure of the underlying logic, but there has to be a factor of penalty on repeating too often. This strategy would require preparing a team that has some wildcard players that may be less effective for an specific task, but can in exchange be adapted to the opponent better.

[Trofo]

@buwaytress
Tagging you here since I know you are playing, so I guess you missed the thread and it could use some love Congrats on same great points in last game week but that one was easy for you with Liverpool winning 5:0


Lukaku just got subbed in minute 20 due to injury in CL match. There goes my plan for the next game week since my captain and most expensive player (apart from Salah) just got hit. And I was doing so well before the wildcard. Better to not have chips sometimes.

[Smartvirus]

I attempted this some years back but, really didn't pick up with the vibe to keep it up but, its quite an interesting and enticing way to take up sports and gambling. Using actual football records and transfer statistics to assemble a team, place them on the pitch and predict results or anticipate there performance, get scores and then a rating of rating of sort. I see no reason why it's not suited for a discussion discussion the gambling board. As tips could be collected for those who fantasies on the game amongst others. It's a nice one @Trofo, good thinking.

[icopress]

Lukaku just got subbed in minute 20 due to injury in CL match. There goes my plan for the next game week since my captain and most expensive player (apart from Salah) just got hit. And I was doing so well before the wildcard. Better to not have chips sometimes.

Have you changed Lukaku yet?

I had to use an unscheduled transfer today ... Chelsea won the CL round but lost two of their forwards, which is very sad since they have some pretty easy games ahead of them that could have earned a lot of points. I took Vardy and Armstrong and I will hope that Alonso and Rudiger will not miss the next matches.

[Trofo]

Lukaku just got subbed in minute 20 due to injury in CL match. There goes my plan for the next game week since my captain and most expensive player (apart from Salah) just got hit. And I was doing so well before the wildcard. Better to not have chips sometimes.

Have you changed Lukaku yet?

I had to use an unscheduled transfer today ... Chelsea won the CL round but lost two of their forwards, which is very sad since they have some pretty easy games ahead of them that could have earned a lot of points. I took Vardy and Armstrong and I will hope that Alonso and Rudiger will not miss the next matches.

Yes I dropped him for Vardy just now. Too bad since Lukaku was my most nailed pick for next couple of games. Chelsea has some great fixtures and I wanted 3 Chelsea players in my team and now i have just Alonso who is rotation risk. Hopefully he will play against Norwich since Chilwell got full 90 in last 2 games. Havertz should be golden for next game but I am not taking Chelsea mid, too much rotation there.

[buwaytress]

@buwaytress
Tagging you here since I know you are playing, so I guess you missed the thread and it could use some love Congrats on same great points in last game week but that one was easy for you with Liverpool winning 5:0


Lukaku just got subbed in minute 20 due to injury in CL match. There goes my plan for the next game week since my captain and most expensive player (apart from Salah) just got hit. And I was doing so well before the wildcard. Better to not have chips sometimes.

Hey buddy, sorry! I get so many tags I miss some, and yes, I played the EPL fantasy for the first 2 weeks, and then got really really lazy and didn't make changes for a while. I just saw my team and I actually had Richarlison and Bamford still there, and even Firmino who was injured for a while. Surprised I'm actually still 20th position after all that (in the SB pool) and I see you right behind me

Finally transferred out the injured guys -- I actually still haven't explored the Prem League fantasy so need to spend some time, but I don't mind just keeping my team mostly as is.

[Trofo]

Just read a great tweet for FPL enthusiasts. It went something like "You think you got problems? There is 2000 FPL managers who just transfered Lukaku into their team"

I was laughing for a good minute. If you don't find it funny you will after a couple of seasons full of disappointments and Pep roulette.

[icopress]

[...] Surprised I'm actually still 20th position after all that (in the SB pool) and I see you right behind me

How the hell is that possible?  

Before each round, I look through the news to decide who to choose in the main squad, and I look a few rounds ahead of who will play with whom, but still I stay far behind in the table. Nevertheless, you, with a bunch of injured players, are in the TOP20, in general, I'm at a loss! ^{[Damn, Alonso is letting me down again].}

I was laughing for a good minute.

Of course, I laughed a little less, but the joke is really sophisticated!

[buwaytress]

[...] Surprised I'm actually still 20th position after all that (in the SB pool) and I see you right behind me

How the hell is that possible?  

Before each round, I look through the news to decide who to choose in the main squad, and I look a few rounds ahead of who will play with whom, but still I stay far behind in the table. Nevertheless, you, with a bunch of injured players, are in the TOP20, in general, I'm at a loss!

I did really well in the first two rounds, actually, was in the top 5 or something, and then well, just got lazy. Salah being my captain probably kept me alive all that while, scoring every damned game and assisting. I guess I'm just not so inclined to do fantasy so much, so I'll try to keep it active but I suspect I'll drop off again for a while at some other point.

Mount would have been a great transfer for me but as I had to replace 2 forwards I opted for new Foxes boy Daka... and Jimenez, who I feel must be getting close to his pre-injury form.

Funny thing though I transferred out Richarlison as they said 50% chance not playing... and he scored heh.

[Trofo]

Mount would have been a great transfer for me but as I had to replace 2 forwards I opted for new Foxes boy Daka... and Jimenez, who I feel must be getting close to his pre-injury form.

Funny thing though I transferred out Richarlison as they said 50% chance not playing... and he scored heh.

But who could have known about Mount? This were his first goals of the season everyone who wanted to bring in Chelsea mid and had money went for Havertz, only logical choice with Lukaku and Werner out. I don't think Daka will get many minutes in PL, it is only Vardy or nobody for me in Leicester.

Jimenez is great choice since he is playing 90 minutes every week. He started assisting more and scoring less this season which dropped his point a bit.

Never trust those injury percents inside Fantasy game. I lost so many point over the years benching players that were playing in the end.

[buwaytress]

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Never trust those injury percents inside Fantasy game. I lost so many point over the years benching players that were playing in the end.

Great points and thanks, yeah Daka will be playing as a sub for sure, but I had to make quick transfers and I could be guilty of playing into the Daka hype but sometimes you get the fire going and it's like buying DOGE on the temporary way up haha.
 
Jimenez yeah I think is a wasted talent at Wolves (as Jota was). Not sure where they're going but I'll play around.
 
First time trying Premier League fantasy, so thanks for letting me know not to trust their injury percents. 50% seemed so high for me I believed them.

[icopress]

Damn it ... bad news for me, as I had to make more than three substitutions in this transfer window.

Just before the start of week 9, I added Vardy to the main lineup ^{[I also made him a captain, lol]}, but he did not bring any points and, moreover, was injured. As a result, I deleted him, and of course I deleted Pogba and Dennis. But the irony is that after I got rid of him, he will definitely play against Arsenal. Now some of my points accumulated this week will go towards paying transfer debts. 

[Trofo]

Hey guys, free tip for those of you having free transfers and wanting some cheep options.

Load up on Brentford players. They are starting unbelievable run of good fixtures from this weekend onward and they have two very good options. Toney in attack, and Mbuemo who is classified as mid but plays as striker. Both are cheap and can be used for quite some time. I just switched Antonio to Toney, was heartbroken to let go of Antonio since i have a lot of money invested in him but WestHam started a terrible run of fixtures so I pulled a trigger. That also gave me enough money to upgrade defense back to TAA.

[tokeweed]

Missed this one but just curious...  How many of you guys are playing and who’s playing?  I think it was hilarious who started a free one a couple of years ago but nobody showed up except for two people.  Him and me.    Fantasy EPL could pick up in the forum tho, with lots of guys in here who are fans of football.

How much was the entry fee?