BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread

[Renato297]

This week has been terrible for those of us who choose captains like me for Salah and others for Haaland, I made a last minute change from choosing Mitchell to Udogie because he was in doubt and it was the best thing I did, with 15 points and I saved -4 points because He was expelled, and I am one of the few who has Palmer plus 10 points. I hope they give him 2 bonus points. I scored 47 points, not bad for a strange week.

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[CLS63]

I was able to collect only 27 points this week. I assume that this has become the week on which I collected the least amount of points since the game started. If Tottenham didn't start to play with 9 players I was sure that I would win a lot of points from Son-Maddison duo. If I kept Jackson in my squad he was going to make me win all the points he made me lose this week. He can be a very good player in the future. But now I don't think he is a player at Chelsea's level.

[nelson4lov]

We are handling them the first L of the season, they are our noisy neighbors and we do know how to beat them. Palmer and Sterling to be on score sheet.

So Chelsea delivered as you you said although Sterling didn't make the scoresheet nut he has made some returns this gw regardless. I'm sure no one aside Chelsea fans expected this match to turn out this way. Tottenham get their first loss in a disappointing fashion. Even more surprising is Jackson being the star forward for game week 11.


Congratulations to everyone who performed well this gw. It's officially my worse week yet with Salah, Watkins, Maddison, Haaland blanking and Romero conceding 4+ goals and a red card to go along with it  

[ajiz138]

I was able to collect only 27 points this week. I assume that this has become the week on which I collected the least amount of points since the game started. If Tottenham didn't start to play with 9 players I was sure that I would win a lot of points from Son-Maddison duo. If I kept Jackson in my squad he was going to make me win all the points he made me lose this week. He can be a very good player in the future. But now I don't think he is a player at Chelsea's level.

Only 29 points after two Spurs players were red-carded and -4 points each...

Damn...

Maybe it would have been different if the Spur's defense hadn't been red-carded, but I think that's what happened Jackson led the goals in this match.
I think it's just the ease of 9 players, if it wasn't like this I think Jackson would have had a hard time getting his goal.

[Igebotz]

We are handling them the first L of the season, they are our noisy neighbors and we do know how to beat them. Palmer and Sterling to be on score sheet.

So Chelsea delivered as you you said although Sterling didn't make the scoresheet nut he has made some returns this gw regardless. I'm sure no one aside Chelsea fans expected this match to turn out this way. Tottenham get their first loss in a disappointing fashion. Even more surprising is Jackson being the star forward for game week 11.


Congratulations to everyone who performed well this gw. It's officially my worse week yet with Salah, Watkins, Maddison, Haaland blanking and Romero conceding 4+ goals and a red card to go along with it 

Sterling had another humiliating performance; despite being the most experienced player on the attacking line, he continues to waste possession and make poor passes in the final third of the pitch. I'm still surprised he didn't score a single goal.

I'm sure Tottenham fans didn't go into the game with full confidence, knowing how bad ass we can be whenever we face them.

Fat red arrow for.me + losing Maddison.

[ralle14]

Somehow, my best results are always during these low-scoring rounds but I might struggle in the next few weeks as four of my players are in a questionable spot.

Also, I was on pace to win another free bet until things ended unexpectedly in the Tottenham match, pushing me back by a few points. 

[NotATether]

We could be having a real selection problem on our hands

Haaland, Cash, Burn, Maddison, Van de Ven all injured (Did I miss someone?)

Udogie and Romero straight red cards

Some people's squads have turned into emergency rooms overnight, that's not even counting players who were already injured

(Thanks Palmer for saving my gameweek  )

[icopress]

Can someone explain why my missing midfielder was replaced by a defender? (and not the attackers, as expected). This also means that the player lineup has changed automatically.

[NotATether]

Can someone explain why my missing midfielder was replaced by a defender? (and not the attackers, as expected). This also means that the player lineup has changed automatically.

If your first bench player is a defender, then that person is going to come on even if he is injured. FPL does not sub according to line-up formations.

That's why you should always shove injured players to the last place (right side) of the bench.

[Trofo]

Can someone explain why my missing midfielder was replaced by a defender? (and not the attackers, as expected). This also means that the player lineup has changed automatically.

If your first bench player is a defender, then that person is going to come on even if he is injured. FPL does not sub according to line-up formations.

That's why you should always shove injured players to the last place (right side) of the bench.

That is partly correct. Injured player will never enter from bench. By injured I mean really injured not just flagged in FPL. Those flags are just info and plain wrong often.

Subs are always the same, first player on the bench that played at least few seconds in the match that does not break formation rules. That means it will change your formation unless changing it would mean you are switching to the formation that does not exist. Your team must at all times have 1gk, 3 def, 3 mid, 1 att. Everything else goes.

[casperBGD]

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Haaland, Cash, Burn, Maddison, Van de Ven all injured (Did I miss someone?)

Udogie and Romero straight red cards

Some people's squads have turned into emergency rooms overnight, that's not even counting players who were already injured

have non of all mentioned
seems that I don't play this game right

late goal by Mitoma, and Newcastle having cleansheet ruined my decisions this weeky and costed me a lot of points
but it seems that this was an unusual week for everyone, when I thought that my game is over and hitting bottom, it is not that bad after all

[buwaytress]

@Igebotz To close the chapter on refereeing, I like what Ange said post match about 26 years of accepting referee's decisions, good or bad. I'm the same, both playing and watching and even FPL "managing". It's VAR tinkering and theatre forcing everyone to wait, is what I can't stand. Football is sacred because of flow and refereeing -- human, mistake-prone, but we accept it. VAR is actually borne out of people whining (which is why I didn't like Klopp whining) and not being able to move on. Now people must sleep in the bed they make.

By injured I mean really injured not just flagged in FPL. Those flags are just info and plain wrong often.

Something I learnt last season. I used to even sell players when I saw many flags. Saka has been on a flag several games, and still played (I benched him but didn't matter he subbd).

[cryptofrka]

My first week below average so far. Considering that Salah and Watkins played against Forest and Luton, that's definitely not something I expected.

I feel confident with my team for the next few rounds though - City's got a tough patch so I won't switch for Haaland yet. Might maybe replace Maddison - how serious was the injury?

[NotATether]

I feel confident with my team for the next few rounds though - City's got a tough patch so I won't switch for Haaland yet. Might maybe replace Maddison - how serious was the injury?

Nobody knows for sure yet but Agne did not even comment on the issue. Hasn't stopped lots of blokes from selling him though (I haven't - the int'l break is only a week away).

But you should captain Haaland against Spurs though, now that they are without 3 2 (Udogie has a 1-match ban) of their back four for that match, they have reverted to traditional spurs. I might even bring in Foden or some other attacker by that point, but a blank GW18 makes that complicated.

[Igebotz]

@Igebotz To close the chapter on refereeing, I like what Ange said post match about 26 years of accepting referee's decisions, good or bad. I'm the same, both playing and watching and even FPL "managing". It's VAR tinkering and theatre forcing everyone to wait, is what I can't stand. Football is sacred because of flow and refereeing -- human, mistake-prone, but we accept it. VAR is actually borne out of people whining (which is why I didn't like Klopp whining) and not being able to move on. Now people must sleep in the bed they make.

Ange made a lot of sense there, but there was nothing he could have said about those actions; he has a lot of dirty players on his side, which could cost him a lot of points this season. Poch additionally addresses coaches openly lamenting terrible decisions and the need for them to remain calm and follow proper process so that they do not generate or convey the wrong message about the league. He was talking about Arteta and Klopp without mentioning names.

Holy shit Anthony Taylor will officiate out game against Manchester city this weekend! So the bald head was only demoted one weekend. Lol

My first week below average so far. Considering that Salah and Watkins played against Forest and Luton, that's definitely not something I expected.

I feel confident with my team for the next few rounds though - City's got a tough patch so I won't switch for Haaland yet. Might maybe replace Maddison - how serious was the injury?

Nothing serious, he wanted to continue playing, it was the coach decision to save him from potential hamstring. He will be available this weekend. The best sub this weekend should be Halaand.

[KTChampions]

Somehow, my best results are always during these low-scoring rounds but I might struggle in the next few weeks as four of my players are in a questionable spot.

Also, I was on pace to win another free bet until things ended unexpectedly in the Tottenham match, pushing me back by a few points. 

As far as I understand it was in my favor 
I don’t really expect to win any prizes in this poll, so I’ve already started thinking about what strategy to come up with to win at least a few yellow caps. And then, quite by accident, I won one right now (by the way, it would be nice if this was officially announced by someone, since I still doubt it haha).

[Trofo]

Somehow, my best results are always during these low-scoring rounds but I might struggle in the next few weeks as four of my players are in a questionable spot.

Also, I was on pace to win another free bet until things ended unexpectedly in the Tottenham match, pushing me back by a few points. 

As far as I understand it was in my favor 
I don’t really expect to win any prizes in this poll, so I’ve already started thinking about what strategy to come up with to win at least a few yellow caps. And then, quite by accident, I won one right now (by the way, it would be nice if this was officially announced by someone, since I still doubt it haha).

Don't worry, will be official when I get home and check it all properly. No hurry since winner of this GW must wait until Monday to receive free bet anyway.

Don't remember a week like this ever in my 7 years old FPL career. There is a guy out there with tripple captain on Haaland and 9 points total. Laughing my ass off.

[Rruchi man]

Sterling had another humiliating performance; despite being the most experienced player on the attacking line, he continues to waste possession and make poor passes in the final third of the pitch. I'm still surprised he didn't score a single goal.

Sterling could not find the goal, but no doubts about his influence in the game. Tottenham tried to keep a high line, but it did not work because of the likes of Sterling that has the pace to take advantage of long balls behind the Tottenham backline. He was just unfortunate not to score.

I'm sure Tottenham fans didn't go into the game with full confidence, knowing how bad ass we can be whenever we face them.

Chelsea had a good game against Arsenal, so I also expected a good performance against Tottenham too who are very good this season. After Tottenham's first goal I thought Chelsea will not be able to recover, but after the first red card and the goal, I knew that the advantage had been handed to Chelsea and they just need to win this game without any excuses. 

49 points for me this GW, thanks to Palmer, Bruno Fernandes and Trippier. I expect a better result in the coming GW.

[Trofo]

Somehow, my best results are always during these low-scoring rounds but I might struggle in the next few weeks as four of my players are in a questionable spot.

Also, I was on pace to win another free bet until things ended unexpectedly in the Tottenham match, pushing me back by a few points. 

As far as I understand it was in my favor 
I don’t really expect to win any prizes in this poll, so I’ve already started thinking about what strategy to come up with to win at least a few yellow caps. And then, quite by accident, I won one right now (by the way, it would be nice if this was officially announced by someone, since I still doubt it haha).

Official congratulations to this GW champion - KTChampions

Getting 51 points in a GW like this is a real feet, Pope and Archer really helped you there. As I said before, expect 1 mBTC free bet in your account on Monday.

[KTChampions]

As far as I understand it was in my favor 
I don’t really expect to win any prizes in this poll, so I’ve already started thinking about what strategy to come up with to win at least a few yellow caps. And then, quite by accident, I won one right now (by the way, it would be nice if this was officially announced by someone, since I still doubt it haha).

Official congratulations to this GW champion - KTChampions

Getting 51 points in a GW like this is a real feet, Pope and Archer really helped you there. As I said before, expect 1 mBTC free bet in your account on Monday.

Thank you!
In fact, I really doubted it because, due to problems that I’ve already written about many times, I didn’t even fully understand the functionality of fantasy football, haha. I'm just used to getting an average of about 50 points and seeing the leaders go ahead, but this round I got 51 points and a yellow cap lol.