BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread

[cryptofrka]

They? Or he did not want to risk himself - Halaand always prefer club football to country games cause nobody give a fuck about him on the international level.

In some cases it's perfectly logical. Look at what happened to Gavi yesterday - ACL tear in a fully irrelevant game vs Georgia.
Odegaard did not play as well for Norway - in some countries the fans even understand these choices. In Croatia everybody would be fuming - all our players constantly play for the national team and the pressure to perform is high, whereas Norway has no such atmosphere/expectation in the national team.

If I was a manager at the club, I'd do all in my power to keep important players from playing in unimportant qualifiers - and 80% of these are really unimportant.

Jarrod Bowen is another player of concern having withdrawn for the England squad due to injury, the same goes for Mitoma (I'm already looking to get him out for a long term or permanently, perhaps), and Rasmus Hojlund too.

Nice to see him as a doubt, I just traded him in this week

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[Igebotz]

They? Or he did not want to risk himself - Halaand always prefer club football to country games cause nobody give a fuck about him on the international level.

In some cases it's perfectly logical. Look at what happened to Gavi yesterday - ACL tear in a fully irrelevant game vs Georgia.
Odegaard did not play as well for Norway - in some countries the fans even understand these choices. In Croatia everybody would be fuming - all our players constantly play for the national team and the pressure to perform is high, whereas Norway has no such atmosphere/expectation in the national team.

If I was a manager at the club, I'd do all in my power to keep important players from playing in unimportant qualifiers - and 80% of these are really unimportant.

Gavi, at the age of 19, has a greater international legacy and is more patriotic to his country than Halaand; it's a greater honour to get fucked up playing for your motherland than it is to play for your club side. Gavi will be remembered for giving his all for the Spain jersey.

Mikel OBi is Nigeria's most decorated player today after sacrificing his Chelsea career for the country.

No international game is unimportant in Africa; every player wants to play.

[Trofo]

They? Or he did not want to risk himself - Halaand always prefer club football to country games cause nobody give a fuck about him on the international level.

In some cases it's perfectly logical. Look at what happened to Gavi yesterday - ACL tear in a fully irrelevant game vs Georgia.
Odegaard did not play as well for Norway - in some countries the fans even understand these choices. In Croatia everybody would be fuming - all our players constantly play for the national team and the pressure to perform is high, whereas Norway has no such atmosphere/expectation in the national team.

If I was a manager at the club, I'd do all in my power to keep important players from playing in unimportant qualifiers - and 80% of these are really unimportant.

Gavi, at the age of 19, has a greater international legacy and is more patriotic to his country than Halaand; it's a greater honour to get fucked up playing for your motherland than it is to play for your club side. Gavi will be remembered for giving his all for the Spain jersey.

Mikel OBi is Nigeria's most decorated player today after sacrificing his Chelsea career for the country.

No international game is unimportant in Africa; every player wants to play.

It is logical that some players are calculating. Haaland is well aware that his trophies and accomplishments will come from club football. His maximum with Norway is to maybe pass a group at some competition. Gavi on the other hand know that some silverware could well come from national team. Players should be always available I agree but national team selectors should also be aware how many minutes their players have in them and then rest them up in unimportant matches. If it is late stages of World Cup of course you play them but if it is a friendly or qualifier game against some week opponent, give a rest to tired ones. Spain could have won that last game with their 4th or 5th choice player on every position.

[Igebotz]

It is logical that some players are calculating. Haaland is well aware that his trophies and accomplishments will come from club football. His maximum with Norway is to maybe pass a group at some competition. Gavi on the other hand know that some silverware could well come from national team. Players should be always available I agree but national team selectors should also be aware how many minutes their players have in them and then rest them up in unimportant matches. If it is late stages of World Cup of course you play them but if it is a friendly or qualifier game against some week opponent, give a rest to tired ones. Spain could have won that last game with their 4th or 5th choice player on every position.

More than 22 ACL injuries have occurred this season; there is no way you can blame the coaches and not FIFA for arranging these fixtures and increasing game minutes.

[Trofo]

More than 22 ACL injuries have occurred this season; there is no way you can blame the coaches and not FIFA for arranging these fixtures and increasing game minutes.

I am blaming FIFA, they are the main problem. And to make it worse they are making both EURO and WC even bigger and less appealing. It is all about the money and we will enter into place when football will start loosing its audience.

Few years ago I was still watching every CL game, every big derby in Spain or Italy, every game on every EURO or WC. Now there is so much football that I am basically watching just Premier League, and some big matches in CL. Other leagues are ignored and it never crosses my mind to watch some stupid national team game, unless it is again a duel between top teams, Croatia or I have a shitload of money on it.

[cryptofrka]

More than 22 ACL injuries have occurred this season; there is no way you can blame the coaches and not FIFA for arranging these fixtures and increasing game minutes.

Yep, it's FIFA's fault for sure. More and more managers are being vocal about it - but money machine won't care.

No international game is unimportant in Africa; every player wants to play.

Africa has crazy qualifiers. I just read an article today on how difficult it is to qualify.
Long distance travel on bumpy roads, often without airplanes, constant hostile environments away from home and no margin for error. I will follow it more this time around - now more teams have a chance, right?

[Igebotz]

I am blaming FIFA, they are the main problem. And to make it worse they are making both EURO and WC even bigger and less appealing. It is all about the money and we will enter into place when football will start loosing its audience.

Few years ago I was still watching every CL game, every big derby in Spain or Italy, every game on every EURO or WC. Now there is so much football that I am basically watching just Premier League, and some big matches in CL. Other leagues are ignored and it never crosses my mind to watch some stupid national team game, unless it is again a duel between top teams, Croatia or I have a shitload of money on it.

If these players are not protected in the same way that referees are, we may have to revisit the Super League discussion because they provided a solution to what we currently have. Reduced match time and more

Africa has crazy qualifiers. I just read an article today on how difficult it is to qualify.
Long distance travel on bumpy roads, often without airplanes, constant hostile environments away from home and no margin for error. I will follow it more this time around - now more teams have a chance, right?

Lol Some fields are intentionally left in poor condition for home advantage, but no country I know uses the road owing to border insecurity. Nigeria may fail to qualify for the next World Cup for the second time in a row. Our strikers are the best in Africa, but our midfield and defence are abysmal.

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Jarrod Bowen is another player of concern having withdrawn for the England squad due to injury, the same goes for Mitoma (I'm already looking to get him out for a long term or permanently, perhaps), and Rasmus Hojlund too.

Nice to see him as a doubt, I just traded him in this week

Looks like you are not the only one who had traded him in prior to that injury news. I am going to totally avoiding transferring players in until each International Break passes. It sucks. I am not sure why it's even called an International Break any more 

[Mr.suevie]

. Nigeria may fail to qualify for the next World Cup for the second time in a row. Our strikers are the best in Africa, but our midfield and defence are abysmal.

Sometimes I wonder why this is happening, I mean Nigeria houses an impressive number of strikers and these strikers are all doing well which we know a team doesn't just need the strike force as the defense and midfield are most vital as the strike.
I don't know but looking on home base midfielder in the Nigerian premier league can be of some kind of solution as these players are desperately hungry to showcase their talent but we obviously know how the team selection is done.

[Igebotz]

. Nigeria may fail to qualify for the next World Cup for the second time in a row. Our strikers are the best in Africa, but our midfield and defence are abysmal.

Sometimes I wonder why this is happening, I mean Nigeria houses an impressive number of strikers and these strikers are all doing well which we know a team doesn't just need the strike force as the defense and midfield are most vital as the strike.
I don't know but looking on home base midfielder in the Nigerian premier league can be of some kind of solution as these players are desperately hungry to showcase their talent but we obviously know how the team selection is done.

We have this mentality of fielding only players who play outside of the country, and these rich players offer their match bonuses to managers in order to be selected. In Africa, this is a common practise.

FIFA will pay Barcelona £20,000 per day until Gavi recovers from injury next year. That's a lot of cash.

[Harkorede]

Gavi, at the age of 19, has a greater international legacy and is more patriotic to his country than Halaand; it's a greater honour to get fucked up playing for your motherland than it is to play for your club side. Gavi will be remembered for giving his all for the Spain jersey.

Mikel OBi is Nigeria's most decorated player today after sacrificing his Chelsea career for the country.

No international game is unimportant in Africa; every player wants to play.

There is an absolute difference between being patriotic enough to represent your country on every level, even in Africa there matches considered to less important and those are the best time to give some other players playing time as well, playing for your country while not being fully fit or with a minor injury isn’t what I’d refer to as patriotism, rather is just negligence. 

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I believe Jarred Bowen would also be available for the weekend too, it’s just some publicity facade and more over, the FPL injury chat can’t be solely relied upon too, except for the red ones and long term injuries.

[NotATether]

Anyone else thinking if it's a good idea to bench Trippier for the next match against Chelsea?

I do not think he will get a return this week.

[Igebotz]

Anyone else thinking if it's a good idea to bench Trippier for the next match against Chelsea?

I do not think he will get a return this week.

Newcastle United's next four games are against Chelsea, Manchester United, Everton, and Tottenham Hotspur, with about 9 first-team players injured. That equals zero 4 clean sheets. Sell him and invest in your midfield and attack; there are always plenty of goals after international holidays.

@Harkorede Pep's mind games is destroying Halaand's international career. The Norwegian team is on the same level as the current Scottish team; they have everything it took to qualify for the Euros. They currently have a far superior squad than the Walse squad Bale brought to the Euros and World Cup.

In Nigeria nobody cares about your club achievements, the citizens are only interested in your national team career/achievements. If you don't have National team legendary status no appointment for you. Lol

[cryptofrka]

Yup, Trippier looks like a player to get rid of considering Newcastle's schedule and injury list.

I'm finally wildcarding after the LFC-City game, my team is generally okayish but my defence is in shambles. Looking forward to freshening it up.

[Igebotz]

Yup, Trippier looks like a player to get rid of considering Newcastle's schedule and injury list.

I'm finally wildcarding after the LFC-City game, my team is generally okayish but my defence is in shambles. Looking forward to freshening it up.

Stones, Etsu, White, and Coufai as options? You definitely need to wildcard it at this point. I have yet to reach the point where I must use my wildcard.

Trippier price will fall within this week.

[Trofo]

Yup, Trippier looks like a player to get rid of considering Newcastle's schedule and injury list.

I'm finally wildcarding after the LFC-City game, my team is generally okayish but my defence is in shambles. Looking forward to freshening it up.

Stones, Etsu, White, and Coufai as options? You definitely need to wildcard it at this point. I have yet to reach the point where I must use my wildcard.

Trippier price will fall within this week.

Why are people so eager to get rid of Trippier? He is absolute magnet for bonus points and best scoring defender in the game currently. I get it he is expensive and Newcastle has a couple of though fixtures but Trippier can get something from them as well.

Don't get me wrong, if transfers were free or if I had wildcard every few weeks I would get rid of him as well but as it stands he is in my team until season's end. There is very little players I can tell that about and maybe only Gabriel/Saliba, Son, Haaland, Mbuemo and Trippier could be season holds for me. Maddison was another one but his injury stopped that unfortunately.

[Igebotz]

Yup, Trippier looks like a player to get rid of considering Newcastle's schedule and injury list.

I'm finally wildcarding after the LFC-City game, my team is generally okayish but my defence is in shambles. Looking forward to freshening it up.

Stones, Etsu, White, and Coufai as options? You definitely need to wildcard it at this point. I have yet to reach the point where I must use my wildcard.

Trippier price will fall within this week.

Why are people so eager to get rid of Trippier? He is absolute magnet for bonus points and best scoring defender in the game currently. I get it he is expensive and Newcastle has a couple of though fixtures but Trippier can get something from them as well.

Don't get me wrong, if transfers were free or if I had wildcard every few weeks I would get rid of him as well but as it stands he is in my team until season's end. There is very little players I can tell that about and maybe only Gabriel/Saliba, Son, Haaland, Mbuemo and Trippier could be season holds for me. Maddison was another one but his injury stopped that unfortunately.

Getting him off for a few GWs isn't a horrible idea given the club's present circumstances and the amount of money he sit on. With Burns and Shar out for a long period, he'll be playing a much deeper role. If he's getting anything out of those fixtures, it's a slew of yellow cards and getting into heated argument with home fans like last time.

[Trofo]

Yup, Trippier looks like a player to get rid of considering Newcastle's schedule and injury list.

I'm finally wildcarding after the LFC-City game, my team is generally okayish but my defence is in shambles. Looking forward to freshening it up.

Stones, Etsu, White, and Coufai as options? You definitely need to wildcard it at this point. I have yet to reach the point where I must use my wildcard.

Trippier price will fall within this week.

Why are people so eager to get rid of Trippier? He is absolute magnet for bonus points and best scoring defender in the game currently. I get it he is expensive and Newcastle has a couple of though fixtures but Trippier can get something from them as well.

Don't get me wrong, if transfers were free or if I had wildcard every few weeks I would get rid of him as well but as it stands he is in my team until season's end. There is very little players I can tell that about and maybe only Gabriel/Saliba, Son, Haaland, Mbuemo and Trippier could be season holds for me. Maddison was another one but his injury stopped that unfortunately.

Getting him off for a few GWs isn't a horrible idea given the club's present circumstances and the amount of money he sit on. With Burns and Shar out for a long period, he'll be playing a much deeper role. If he's getting anything out of those fixtures, it's a slew of yellow cards and getting into heated argument with home fans like last time.

Tell me one defender except from Arsenal defenders that you are would be willing to bet that he outscores Trippier in next 5 GW with 8 points difference. I don't think that he exists. City is always rotating, I already have Tsimikas to cover good Liverpool fixtures, Gabriel to cover Arsenal and thinking of getting Saliba as well. Maybe James after Chelsea gets on better run and if he stays fit. And that is always a big if, with James.

I want to get rid of Cash and I have nobody to bring. If I did not have Trippier I would probably go for him actually, at least he gets attacking returns and bonus points.

[CLS63]

Why are people so eager to get rid of Trippier?

Trippier is a very good player and he is scoring so many goals and making so many assists for a defensive player. However I can understand why people removed him from their teams as Newcastle have been showing a very bad performance in the recent times. I want to add James to my squad but this is a very risky move as he gets injured very frequently.

[Igebotz]

Tell me one defender except from Arsenal defenders that you are would be willing to bet that he outscores Trippier in next 5 GW with 8 points difference. I don't think that he exists. City is always rotating, I already have Tsimikas to cover good Liverpool fixtures, Gabriel to cover Arsenal and thinking of getting Saliba as well. Maybe James after Chelsea gets on better run and if he stays fit. And that is always a big if, with James.

I want to get rid of Cash and I have nobody to bring. If I did not have Trippier I would probably go for him actually, at least he gets attacking returns and bonus points.

I can't discern the point difference, but James and Pedro would outperform Trippier in the following five games. Trippier was able to play high line to create goal scoring chances thanks to Botman and Burn, and he's just returned from therapy.

Trippier===> James/Zouma

Cash =====> Zouma/James

Pedro=====> Silva/Zouma

I can't have Pedro and Cash facing each other this weekend so I'm likely going to get Zouma for Pedro and keep Cash.