BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread

[Harkorede]

I decided to pull an early wildcard, wanted to make few transfers an did not want to make -8. Bailey is finished, I don't want to have anybody from united and I need some Chelsea coverage now that their fixtures turn for the beeter. Mostly fringe players in my team but could be a lot of price rises/falls which I wanted to capitalise on. And this season we have that one extra wildcard so I hope I will not regret it.

I guess it might be much needed for you, I don't plan on making any drastic changes to my team yet, perhaps just one or no changes for each game week at least until game week 8 or thereabout since I already had the first game 6 week in consideration when picking my team, my only problem now could be Leandro Trossard whom
I consider transferring out because he's not even getting 90 minutes could be begin dropping to bench in a few weeks if there's no much improvement to his game.

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[Smartvirus]

Come on, bro. I'm currently in 3rd place, I was comfortably leading in GW1 I have 3 mfs with zero points on my team, you picked up and advanced further this week than me, now all my hope is on Salah to hit 13 tomorrow, he's my captain.

WTF! Salah is still on your team!! You are such a dangerous guy to beat, you have N. Williams on the bench with 7 points.

So ambitious of you to wish to lead every other week. You've got to give some of us a chance to taste what it feels like to lead huh, lol... I try not to think of it too much so long as I am in the top 5 but, I do hope to lead some weeks.
Speaking of misfortunes, I guess I haven't been entirely fair to myself on my choice of players to have kept on the bench. Like, I've benched G. Xhaka for GW1 and GW2 now to give J. Murphy some playing time but it's been such a wrong decision with Xhaka haven't accumulated 14points while wasting on the bench and J. Murphy have earned only 2points.
My team haven't been at its best and needs some real shuffling.

[arallmuus]

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I'd be so livid if this is how my team performs after using a wildcard, at least you'd have had more points If you had stick with your game 1 team, with Jesus alone having 19 points, btw are you a Muslim ? because the name Jesus doesn't seem to be working for you, 4 mere points when captained and now 19 when subbed out  

This is actually funny lol. Well not a moslem so I guess Im just not a faithful believer of Jesus after all, gotta start praying more often I would have 38 points from Jesus alone on GW2 if I decided not to change anything from my last lineup because I captained him. I stick with Ronaldo for two weeks and this is what I get from him huh, total of 3 points for two weeks

[casperBGD]

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I stick with Ronaldo for two weeks and this is what I get from him huh, total of 3 points for two weeks

I thought that no one is captaining Ronaldo, with this Manchester form, congrats man, you are a true believer

but yeah, it is a shit that we all want to adjust teams prior to new round, after first round there was a tone of discussion that Haaland is playing easy match, while Kane is sitting against Chelsea, and Kane toned, Haaland rised, but in the end, Kane scored in over(over)time against Chelsea and basically brought all to first stage
I kicked Mbuemo from my team, to get Haaland, and he scored against Manchester

basically, it is better to stick with your team for few rounds before changes, give them a chance

[arallmuus]

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I stick with Ronaldo for two weeks and this is what I get from him huh, total of 3 points for two weeks

I thought that no one is captaining Ronaldo, with this Manchester form, congrats man, you are a true believer

I dont captained him but I have him on my lineup for two weeks already. My other striker on the bench is Sékou Mara from Southampton and he got 4 points from GW2 so Im not sure if Im going to stick around with Ronaldo for GW3 or give Mara a chance

basically, it is better to stick with your team for few rounds before changes, give them a chance

Gotcha, I'll probably stick with this lineup for now (probably change Ramsdale to Pope on GW3) because Im very low on points and cant afford to make any other transfer or else Im going to be left behind lol. My lineup is actually decent though, probably a rough week but pretty sure Im going to get higher than the average point in the upcoming GW

[Trofo]

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I stick with Ronaldo for two weeks and this is what I get from him huh, total of 3 points for two weeks

I thought that no one is captaining Ronaldo, with this Manchester form, congrats man, you are a true believer

I dont captained him but I have him on my lineup for two weeks already. My other striker on the bench is Sékou Mara from Southampton and he got 4 points from GW2 so Im not sure if Im going to stick around with Ronaldo for GW3 or give Mara a chance

Damn man, where are you getting ideas for your strikers and who the hell is Mara? From the top of my head few that should do better then what you have in all price brackets: Kane, Haaland, Jesus, Darwin, Mitrović, Toney, Wilson. If you need a striker cheaper than that better take 4.5 bench filler and invest money in midfield or defense.

Liverpool loosing once again, looks like my defensive double up on Robbo & Trent failed miserably. Probably gonna get rid of Robbo for some Chelsea defender.

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Damn man, where are you getting ideas for your strikers and who the hell is Mara? From the top of my head few that should do better then what you have in all price brackets: Kane, Haaland, Jesus, Darwin, Mitrović, Toney, Wilson. If you need a striker cheaper than that better take 4.5 bench filler and invest money in midfield or defense.

Random strikers to bench because I though I wouldnt need because Im putting Haaland and Ronaldo up there. Well its not really random though as I thought that he has decent chance to actually play as a starter ( probably in upcoming weeks ) and score. I should have probably keep Jesus and removed some of my expensive defender lol

[icopress]

Lol. I haven't been so lucky for a long time. I was going to use a wildcard to get Darwin Núñez, but since he was sent off for 3 games, I can do it with free transfers! In addition, Diaz scored a goal!!! Not to mention the fact that Salah did not score points (joy for me since my captain is Haaland).

[Trofo]

Noy only that, I am quite sure there was a lot of managers who transfered out Jesus to bring in Nunez after GW1 which resulted with probably -4 for transfer to free the funds and then more than 20 points of difernce on the pitch. Just rember that if you are trigger happy and think about changing a good fantasy asset after one bad game week.

That being said I am getting rid of Robertson for sure, he even got subbed in minute 60. Can't justify that much money tied up in Liverpool defence at the moment. Probably gonna backfire and Robbo hauls 20 points against United.

[tomahawk9]

That being said I am getting rid of Robertson for sure

same, but, right now i can't think of any other top defender that can guarantee as much influence on the attack as Robertson... Zichenko in Arsenal maybe but they also have Tierney. If Liverpool underperforms again then i'm pulling the wildcard and revamp my team (i want De Bruyne so bad, his price keeps going up)

Not to mention the fact that Salah did not score points (joy for me since my captain is Haaland).

blank Salah, strange eh? i'm not sure if i should captain Salah for GW3, especially with Gabriel Jesus in great form, and Arsenal will face newly promoted Bournemouth, game could be a cakewalk, but salah's record vs United is remarkable (last season, 5 goals, 2 assists) 🤔

[Smartvirus]

Not to mention the fact that Salah did not score points (joy for me since my captain is Haaland).

blank Salah, strange eh? i'm not sure if i should captain Salah for GW3, especially with Gabriel Jesus in great form, and Arsenal will face newly promoted Bournemouth, game could be a cakewalk, but salah's record vs United is remarkable (last season, 5 goals, 2 assists) 🤔

After yesterday's poor performance against Crystal Palace, I would be looking at my stands with the team captain M. Salah now holds on my squad. Yeah, his sneaky and fast but, that didn't work so well for him with Crystal Palace in yesterday's game. They recognise him to be a star player and with S. Mane out from the squad, it was easy to concentrate on him and not leave him much space to express himself with the ball. His always managing pretty fast to get his shot and its mostly off target. More of the credit went to the Crystal Palace defence though.

Manchester United's defence isn't that good but, haven't played 2 games with zero (0) point to show for it, they are sure to take there chances with Liverpool and won't be giving them any space to attempt something dangerous. This makes the performance of M. Salah questionable and I've got to be getting points off my captain. G. Jesus seems like the guy and I'll be looking at letting Kane out of my team for some other proactive striker and possibly get in De Bruyne for GW3.

[CLS63]

I was very indecisive between Martinelli and Ødegaard and I preferred Ødegaard. Unfortunately this choice cost me a lot for now. After Trofo's article also effected me this week I added Cucurella to my defense line. Salah's low performance this week and Liverpool's condition still make me think about if I should make a change.

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That being said I am getting rid of Robertson for sure, he even got subbed in minute 60. Can't justify that much money tied up in Liverpool defence at the moment. Probably gonna backfire and Robbo hauls 20 points against United.

agree, changing players between rounds will get you hammered eventually
I have put in Haaland, and even had to use wildcard, because he scored in first round, and it was a matter of number of goals that City will score in second round, so he replaced Son (and two players from Tottenham were too much in my team), and he blew

and Salah proved his "second round curse", he actually never scored in second round, what a statistics

[Trofo]

and Salah proved his "second round curse", he actually never scored in second round, what a statistics

I have a feeling Salah will more than make up for that blank against United. I am actually having very though time deciding what to do with 3rd Liverpool player. Trent and Salah are in and will be probably for the whole season but that 3rd spot is killing me. Had Robertson in first two GW and now I feel Liverpool double in defense is too much but I still believe Robbo is gonna do better than Dias come end of the season. Maybe even to try and play with just 2 Liverpool players? Never thought I would even consider it.

[Harkorede]

I was very indecisive between Martinelli and Ødegaard and I preferred Ødegaard. Unfortunately this choice cost me a lot for now. After Trofo's article also effected me this week I added Cucurella to my defense line. Salah's low performance this week and Liverpool's condition still make me think about if I should make a change.

I never even thought about Ødegaard, neither would I have chosen him ahead of Martinelli, but I'm not gonna lie, Bukayo Saka was my first choice and I only had to settle for Martinelli because of my budget restriction and it's turned out to be a blessing in disguise so far.

I can't say much about Salah even when he's underperforming, you know you're not alone and almost every other guys is there with you, the only difference might be when they opt for other people as captain, I was very sure of Salah as my captain in game 2, I didn't even flinch having him there, but then It would have been more devasting if Haaland as most people settled for produced great numbers.

[CLS63]

It is literally like I have Bailey on my hands. I needed to sell him before his value decreased. However I was too late to do that. Frankly, I want to add Sterling to my squad somehow despite his high cost. However I don't know how to do this without using wildcard.

[arallmuus]

I never even thought about Ødegaard

Had odeegard for two weeks already, not really getting many points from him despite that he played for full 90 minutes. Decided to transfer him out because I had to replace Ronaldo with Jesus lol but I got too many Arsenal's players already so that cost me 4 points for this week. Getting absolute no choice I guess because I dont think Ronaldo / Manchester United will score against Liverpool in such a 'sorry' state

I can't say much about Salah even when he's underperforming, you know you're not alone and almost every other guys is there with you, the only difference might be when they opt for other people as captain,

Its Salah though, he always bounce back eventually. Keeping him around seems to be the best strategy for now I guess.

[Trofo]

I never even thought about Ødegaard

Had odeegard for two weeks already, not really getting many points from him despite that he played for full 90 minutes. Decided to transfer him out because I had to replace Ronaldo with Jesus lol but I got too many Arsenal's players already so that cost me 4 points for this week. Getting absolute no choice I guess because I dont think Ronaldo / Manchester United will score against Liverpool in such a 'sorry' state

I can't say much about Salah even when he's underperforming, you know you're not alone and almost every other guys is there with you, the only difference might be when they opt for other people as captain,

Its Salah though, he always bounce back eventually. Keeping him around seems to be the best strategy for now I guess.

Odegaard is terrible choice from fantasy point of view. He gets you minutes but very low number of assists/goals. Almost like defensive midfielder. It is no coincidence that even top players on DM position cost about 6M. They are just not worth it.

Maybe even better example is Firminho in his prime, another great player, very important to the club and even classified as forward but you just know that both wings and wing backs in Liverpool will outscore him when tallying points come end of season.

[casperBGD]

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Odegaard is terrible choice from fantasy point of view. He gets you minutes but very low number of assists/goals. Almost like defensive midfielder. It is no coincidence that even top players on DM position cost about 6M. They are just not worth it.

that is telling you a lot about the game
it is just considering to small part of football matches, and basically force players to have more attackers and goal-scorers in their team, since all other aspects are not qualified toward points

can't say that it is bad, but it requires certain modification toward that mode when you picking players, you should have formation with three attackers, otherwise you are mocked

[Igebotz]

With Tanganga and Soumaré on my team, what should I do? Triple 0's in the previous 3 games. I was hoping to get rid of Soumare without losing any points when he moved to Monaco, but the mf is still not going, so I'm stuck with him! Soumare is not in Rodgers' plan for the year, and his move to Monaco has been delayed for 2 weeks now. Tanganga was a key player for Conte last season and appeared in almost every game; therefore, it is puzzling why he has been sitting on the bench for the past three games without playing a single minute.


What do you guys think about trading Harry Kane for Jesus to save my team, I need Jesus to do that. I expect Jesus to score more points than Harry Kane this season because the Arsenal team is centered around him, but my gut keeps telling me to wait until GW5 and evaluate both points. Please give me some advice! (Only incorrect ones)

Can Salah succeed on a chilly Monday night at Old Trafford without Firmino, Nunez, and Jota? Will Halaand be a successful captain in GW4? Only incorrect answers.