BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread

[NotATether]

Will it be a good choice having Alvarez on the bench as against Bowen or perhaps both of them would be better featured and then Solanke gets to hit the bench…

Too late to do something about it but news broke 1 minute before the deadline that Alvarez is not playing.

Get a better source next time! Alvarez starts!!  

I saw the news as well, but my source told me otherwise and gave me some confidence.

Fortunately I did not see the "news". For totally unrelated reasons I had a small PTSD from benching Tsimikas last week that I almost played him + Trippier and benched Alvarez, but I managed to hold on to my nerves and leave Alvarez alone.

So back to the bench Tsimi goes.

@Trofo I heard that Grealish is sick today. Must be why he's not here.

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[Igebotz]

I just hope changing my captaincy from Son to Halaand and from Halaand to Salah at the end won't hurt my rank.

Alison downgrade is not talked about much he's been nothing but a weak link for both Liverpool and Brazil.

Edit.

Bowen not in the squad. Douglas Luiz over to you. ( first sub)

[cryptofrka]

I play with 3 defenders and 3 out of 5 I've got are injured. White is on the bench, I hoped at least he'd be playing.
That means I play with 10 again - the same as last round.

Not sure what the points average is this round, but I'm surely gonna be well below it. Would need a miracle from Son and Watkins to finish otherwise.

[Trofo]

@Trofo I heard that Grealish is sick today. Must be why he's not here.

I read later on that he was supposed to play instead of Alvarez and then got some stomach flu and was considered too sick too play. In other words got stuck on the shitter in the last moments

I play with 3 defenders and 3 out of 5 I've got are injured. White is on the bench, I hoped at least he'd be playing.
That means I play with 10 again - the same as last round.

Not sure what the points average is this round, but I'm surely gonna be well below it. Would need a miracle from Son and Watkins to finish otherwise.

Why don't you make some transfers and remove all those injured players? Estupinan and Stones must go, -4 for transfers isn't that bad if you need to make a change in situations like this. I went even -12 almost every season when squad needed that mini wildcard. Good thing with all those injuries you will at least get 5 points from Semenyo.

[Harkorede]

I play with 3 defenders and 3 out of 5 I've got are injured. White is on the bench, I hoped at least he'd be playing.
That means I play with 10 again - the same as last round.

Not sure what the points average is this round, but I'm surely gonna be well below it. Would need a miracle from Son and Watkins to finish otherwise.

I'll be playing with lesser number of players, my team is just shit after every 2 weeks, no matter how much I set it up, with injuries flying here and there, I always end up with at least one or two players out injured, this time around it's literally ~4 players out, the only positive thing from my game week is that at least Saka as my captain got a couple of points with that late assist, and hopefully a few bonus points would follow suit.

[buwaytress]

Whoops. I knew I forgot something really, really critical after internationals haha... 4 injured players in my team, I had no chance but only myself to blame. Too excited about City game, too busy with real life. Excuses, excuses.

I'll need to move out these injuries at a cut I think. Some seem really serious. Sigh.

[NotATether]

I play with 3 defenders and 3 out of 5 I've got are injured. White is on the bench, I hoped at least he'd be playing.
That means I play with 10 again - the same as last round.

Not sure what the points average is this round, but I'm surely gonna be well below it. Would need a miracle from Son and Watkins to finish otherwise.

Why don't you make some transfers and remove all those injured players? Estupinan and Stones must go, -4 for transfers isn't that bad if you need to make a change in situations like this. I went even -12 almost every season when squad needed that mini wildcard. Good thing with all those injuries you will at least get 5 points from Semenyo.

Probably no longer a good idea to bin Stones now that he made the bench today. Pep will probably ease him into the starting 11.

And speaking of Pep - his reaction to Nunez was priceless   

[Rruchi man]

I just hope changing my captaincy from Son to Halaand and from Halaand to Salah at the end won't hurt my rank.

I vice captained Haaland who scored the only goal, and handed captainship to Son, so I am expecting that he hands me good points tomorrow in their home game against Aston Villa even without the creativity of Maddison.

Who saw Havertz's goal? He won the game for Arsenal with a very good header against Brentford who were a very difficult team for Arsenal to breakdown. Those kind of goals increases a player confidence, something which Havertz really needs.
 

[CLS63]

I was thinking of buying James however he surprised me today by getting a red card. Because he is a player who really has problems with injuries and suspensions it is very risky for you to put him in your squad. Still after his suspension comes to an end I will transfer him most probably.

[nelson4lov]

It looks like I'm good this week. I came into the gameweek with no transfers left and about 4 players (including Haaland) were marked as unlikely to feature but compared to the average points earned across the board, I think I'm doing pretty good for this gw. Definitely not the highest but I expected lower points than I currently have and I'm thankful.

I was thinking of buying James however he surprised me today by getting a red card. Because he is a player who really has problems with injuries and suspensions it is very risky for you to put him in your squad. Still after his suspension comes to an end I will transfer him most probably.

James has never come off to me as a player worthy of being in my team. Those frequent injuries amd suspension is a big turn off for me. Similar to how I'm planning to offload Botman. He's been out for far too long do I'll probably do it in the coming gameweek.

[Trofo]

I play with 3 defenders and 3 out of 5 I've got are injured. White is on the bench, I hoped at least he'd be playing.
That means I play with 10 again - the same as last round.

Not sure what the points average is this round, but I'm surely gonna be well below it. Would need a miracle from Son and Watkins to finish otherwise.

Why don't you make some transfers and remove all those injured players? Estupinan and Stones must go, -4 for transfers isn't that bad if you need to make a change in situations like this. I went even -12 almost every season when squad needed that mini wildcard. Good thing with all those injuries you will at least get 5 points from Semenyo.

Probably no longer a good idea to bin Stones now that he made the bench today. Pep will probably ease him into the starting 11.

Yeah he will, but is it good enough for you if your defender plays 2/3 games at best and has a blank in GW18? We have a game every 3 days during holidays in PL and unless some injuries happen, Pep will rotate his defenders. They will all play good minutes but nobody will play close to 90. What is worse, Pep often makes subs on half time or 55th minute. Then you have Brentford - City game in GW 18 postponed, I presume most of us will have Haaland and Mbuemo at that moment. Do we really need another player that needs to be benched?

[cryptofrka]

Why don't you make some transfers and remove all those injured players? Estupinan and Stones must go, -4 for transfers isn't that bad if you need to make a change in situations like this. I went even -12 almost every season when squad needed that mini wildcard. Good thing with all those injuries you will at least get 5 points from Semenyo.

I waited to use the wildcard after the City-LFC game.
Call me stupid, but I hate getting penalty points.

I'm changing my team now, I hope I won't feel sorry for getting rid of Watkins. Villa's got a horrible run of games coming.
BTW - I had a team in place in which I keep Saka - didn't click Submit yesterday, Palmer's price rose by 0.1 so no Saka anymore. This game is so punishing sometimes.

[Igebotz]

Why don't you make some transfers and remove all those injured players? Estupinan and Stones must go, -4 for transfers isn't that bad if you need to make a change in situations like this. I went even -12 almost every season when squad needed that mini wildcard. Good thing with all those injuries you will at least get 5 points from Semenyo.

I waited to use the wildcard after the City-LFC game.
Call me stupid, but I hate getting penalty points.

I'm changing my team now, I hope I won't feel sorry for getting rid of Watkins. Villa's got a horrible run of games coming.
BTW - I had a team in place in which I keep Saka - didn't click Submit yesterday, Palmer's price rose by 0.1 so no Saka anymore. This game is so punishing sometimes.

I'm not sure about Saka since he's been having a bad run of games. I'm using my wildcard to get Son and Alvarez off the team; Son is toothless without Maddison, and Alvarez hasn't played well since the first international break.

I'm not sure why you're dropping Watkins, but I can't think of a better Alvarez replacement. Overall, the forthcoming schedule makes things more difficult. Since yesterday, I've had three drafts

[NotATether]

I'm not sure why you're dropping Watkins, but I can't think of a better Alvarez replacement. Overall, the forthcoming schedule makes things more difficult. Since yesterday, I've had three drafts

If you got both then there is no suitable Alvarez replacement at the moment. Darwin keeps scoring offsides, Højlund is a statue, Nkunku hasn't returned from injury yet and Solanke, well you saw how he went.

[Igebotz]

I'm not sure why you're dropping Watkins, but I can't think of a better Alvarez replacement. Overall, the forthcoming schedule makes things more difficult. Since yesterday, I've had three drafts

If you got both then there is no suitable Alvarez replacement at the moment. Darwin keeps scoring offsides, Højlund is a statue, Nkunku hasn't returned from injury yet and Solanke, well you saw how he went.

I don't have both, which is why getting Watkins is a better option; we all know how deadly the Aston Villa attackers are, and Watkins is constantly getting involved.

With the quantity of goal scoring chances he got every game, Darwin may have been the closest thing to Halaand in terms of attacking returns if only his finishing touches were as good as Halaand's. 

Solanke was shit yesterday, don't wanna talk about it. 

[Rruchi man]

I don't have both, which is why getting Watkins is a better option; we all know how deadly the Aston Villa attackers are, and Watkins is constantly getting involved.

Watkins is a choice to consider, he is having the best season of his career, and very involved in Aston Villa games. His goal against Tottenham was spectacular and too quick for Guglielmo Vicario who is not easy to beat from a distance. Watkins would have even had two goals had one goal not been cancelled.

Another Aston villa player who even earned me better points than Watkins despite his goal is Douglas Luiz.

With the quantity of goal scoring chances he got every game, Darwin may have been the closest thing to Halaand in terms of attacking returns if only his finishing touches were as good as Halaand's. 

Darwin and Mudyrk are so similar, so much potentials, but still so much to learn. I hope the best for them both in the future.

[Igebotz]

Watkins is a choice to consider, he is having the best season of his career, and very involved in Aston Villa games. His goal against Tottenham was spectacular and too quick for Guglielmo Vicario who is not easy to beat from a distance. Watkins would have even had two goals had one goal not been cancelled.

Another Aston villa player who even earned me better points than Watkins despite his goal is Douglas Luiz.

7 goals and 8 assists in 13 games is a great start, but I can't agree with you until he outscored his previous season record of double digits.

Had Douglas Luiz as my Auto sub for Bowen, I'm currently with red arrow but could move up with Douglas Luiz 7 points.

Darwin and Mudyrk are so similar, so much potentials, but still so much to learn. I hope the best for them both in the future.

Darwin is already up there I can't say the same for Mudryk.

[Smartvirus]

Had Douglas Luiz as my Auto sub for Bowen, I'm currently with red arrow but could move up with Douglas Luiz 7 points.

Noted that, lucky you.
Just when we all thought it was safe having Bowen on and there he was, on the bench. I took a wrong gamble with him but, can’t say I had better on my sub. Might get 3points off the bench with two players off my team for the GW @Bowen @Gusto but, that still isn’t taking my team anywhere I wanna be.
I had high expectations on Solanke but, he underperformed.

Darwin and Mudyrk are so similar, so much potentials, but still so much to learn. I hope the best for them both in the future.

Darwin is already up there I can't say the same for Mudryk.

Am I getting that right?
Maybe Mudryk is in the wrong team. Same feelings I had about J. Felix before he joined Barcelona and now we could all attest to his potent. Mudryk is doing so much but, he isn’t shining like he ought to.

Can’t say the same for Darwin. Like, his been trying to create something with Salah lately but, his so inconsistent and always missing the target. Just imagine him before the international break, he literally sent a ball flying in front of goal. What sort of a player is that. Yeah, before you say it happens, it tells a lot about his quality of play as a player. Haaland can’t miss that!

[CLS63]

I managed to collect 58 points this week with Hwang Hee-chan's scoring a goal tonight. Even though 58 points isn't very high I assume that I still managed to become the person who collected the most points in our league this week.Still I think that I'm quite unlucky this week. I chose Son as the captain but all of his 3 goals in the Aston Villa match were disallowed due to offside. It was painful for me to watch.

[Igebotz]

Noted that, lucky you.
Just when we all thought it was safe having Bowen on and there he was, on the bench. I took a wrong gamble with him but, can’t say I had better on my sub. Might get 3points off the bench with two players off my team for the GW @Bowen @Gusto but, that still isn’t taking my team anywhere I wanna be.
I had high expectations on Solanke but, he underperformed.

Alvarez will Auto sub for Bowen in your team and give you a fat red arrow cause I'm moving back to your position in few hours from now.

Am I getting that right?
Maybe Mudryk is in the wrong team. Same feelings I had about J. Felix before he joined Barcelona and now we could all attest to his potent. Mudryk is doing so much but, he isn’t shining like he ought to.

Can’t say the same for Darwin. Like, his been trying to create something with Salah lately but, his so inconsistent and always missing the target. Just imagine him before the international break, he literally sent a ball flying in front of goal. What sort of a player is that. Yeah, before you say it happens, it tells a lot about his quality of play as a player. Haaland can’t miss that!

Players like Mudryk need experienced players around them to excel, which we currently lack at Chelsea.

If Liverpool wants to get the most out of Darwin, they must let go of Salah. The current Liverpool attack is centred around Salah rather than Darwin. I just have a feeling things will change if Darwin becomes the target guy and everything revolves around him.