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Introduction
It’s worth noting that the teams shown may not necessarily end up being the final teams or the transfers may have been made in the days prior to the posting . It’s an informal situation to give you an idea of trends.
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Andy Jones
Andy Jones last 3 seasons overall ranks are 14k, 12k and 12k
GW10 points: 88 (20 Top managers average 82 ) Total points: 652, Overall Rank: 160k, green arrow 155k: Team Value: £102.0m
Andy has used his Wildcard
GW10
A very good week with a near halving of my rank from 315k to 160k.
It is a nice change that the list of returners is longer than the list of blankers.
The defence, once again, performed well with the Gabriel getting yet another double digit return meaning a clean sheet for Raya as well. Andersen was back for Fulham who also kept a clean sheet and Keane got his DC points in the first half.
In midfield Bruno Fernandes got 5 points and always seem to tick along in the 4-8 point range. Whether that’s enough for a nearly 9m asset is debatable but he is quite low down my list of possible transfers for this GW. Semenyo again without a return with just 4,3 and 2 points in his last three games. Once again, a player, low down the list of possible transfers. Enzo has also been a disappointment so far with 2 x 2 pointers since I bought him. I will definitely be keeping for Wolves at home though. Ndiaye scored a great goal but was taken off injured in the second half so I am hoping he is fit enough to start at the weekend.
Up front it was a pleasant surprise to see all three returning. The inevitable Haaland got a brace. Mateta with a goal in the first game since I bought him and Gyokeres with a goal, although I had to wait four games for that. Gyokeres looks like he has sustained an injury and his fitness or otherwise will be a big factor in any move I make this week.
GW11
If Gyokeres was passed fit I’d be tempted to roll to 5 FT’s after the international break, however, I think that is unlikely from the reports I have read. I would almost certainly have sold Gyokeres over the next few GW’s so it’s not a massive problem to bring that forward. Things get more complicated when deciding who to bring in and what changes to make in MF as a result. I have seen a lot of people downgrading Gyokeres to Marc Guiu to be able to upgrade a MF player to Saka. As much as I’d like Saka I’m not sure I want to ‘dead spot’ my 8th attacker especially as I haven’t played my BB yet. Even without that I think I’d feel happier with a bit more squad depth.
If I sell Gyokeres, which I will definitely do if he is confirmed out for GW11 then it would be most likely be to Thiago of Brentford. He is a 90 minute man on penalties. The upcoming fixtures aren’t great but do include Burnley at home. This would give me £3m in the bank and I could use that to upgrade Semenyo or Bruno F to Saka but I would quite like to sell Reijnders. I could sell him for Declan Rice to take the third Arsenal spot. He is the second highest scoring MF this season. Other options are Sarr or Szoboszlai.
Arsenal have a good run of fixtures and Rice is hitting DC fairly consistently. With the added clean sheet point that would be a 5 point return without any attacking returns if things carry on as they are. Crystal Palace also have a good run with Wolves and Burnley in the next 4 and I think Sarr is more attacking and therefore a potential higher ceiling than Rice. Szoboszlai has played 90 minutes every week and has been arguably their best player. Liverpool after this weeks fixture against City have a really good run. I am afraid this isn’t of much help but I am very undecided which to go with in MF. I will wait until after the European matches before making any moves. I think the move from Gyokeres to Thiago is highly likely and then a move from Reijnders to Rice, Sarr or Szoboszlai.
If it looks like Ndiaye is fit to play at the weekend then I will probably play my BB if I make the Gyokeres and Reijnders moves meaning a bench of Dubravka, Rodon, Senesi and Thiago.
Captain is on Haaland again this week despite the fixture. I think his EO will make it difficult for me to bet against.
Transfer summary: Likely Gyokeres OUT to Thiago. Possibly Reijnders to Ismaila Sarr
Here’s the FPL transfer Tab view showing those transfers in place
Rob Reid
Rob’s last 10 seasons overall ranks were 47k, 122k, 29k, 66k, 12k, 148k, 94k, 22k, 4k and 7k
GW10 points: 82 (20 Top managers average 82 ) Total points: 615, Overall Rank: 862k, green arrow 316k: Team Value: £100.8m
Rob has used his TC and FH
GW10 Review
A much better week. A nice surprise as I was expecting a bit of pain again but I had 7 returners in the end cutting my overall ranking by around a third. After moaning about my forward line last week, they all delivered points. I got the Gyokeres vs Mateta call correct and with the Swede now a major doubt for GW11 this looks to have been a move that’s gone well (provided Mateta doesn’t get injured in Europe this week.) Haaland also got back on the goal train but more surprisingly Joao Pedro actually decided to take some shots on goal this week. Indeed, there was some epic points dodging from him near the end and his 9 points could have easily been doubled.
My defence also all returned. A welcome double clean sheet from my Palace duo and yet another dual return plus DefCon from the irrepressible Gabriel. The only other return was the usual DefCon from Anderson in midfield, but elsewhere it was a disappointing midfield week as Saka dodged points, Semenyo was kept quiet and Reijnders only had a cameo from the bench.
A welcome shot in the arm for my team then as we head towards the last international break of the year and the window where I’m planning to deploy my first Wildcard. It might be a nice distraction from the Scotland qualifiers for me (it could go very right or very wrong and I fear the latter seeing at who are goalkeeper options are.) But for this week, we still have a GW11 team to consider, let’s see how things look…
GW11 Team
1 free transfer, £3.0m in the bank.
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Alex Ball
Alex’s last 5 seasons overall ranks were 60k, 6k, 60k, 27k, 3k
GW10 points: 88 on BB (20 Top managers average 82 ) Total points: 610, Overall Rank: 1,020k, green arrow 641k: Team Value: £101.7m
Alex has used his TC, WC and BB
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Andrew Whitfield
Andrew’s best overall ranks are 6k and 19k
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GW10 points: 72 (20 Top managers average 82 ) Total points: 601, Overall Rank: 1,378k, red arrow 25k: Team Value: £101.9m
Andrew has played his BB, WC & TC
Gameweek 10 review:
An eventful extended weekend, with Arsenal going six points clear, Liverpool ending their losing streak, a brace for Haaland, 1.6M bought Mbeumo for his blank, 1.6M sold Jao Pedro for his goal, and Pereira was inevitably sacked at Wolves.
Arsenal recorded their ninth successive win in all competitions, with Gyokeres grabbing his first goal since GW4 and Rice keeping up his great run of form in a 2-0 win at Burnley. Man City are up to 2nd after the relentless robot scored twice in a 3-1 win over Bournemouth. And Mo Salah scored his 250th Liverpool goal in a 2-0 win over Villa.
Jao Pedro ended a ten game goal drought with the winner in a 1-0 win at dismal Spurs and could have had a few more too. A thriller at the City Ground as a late Diallo equaliser helped Man Utd draw 2-2 at Forest. And Mateta’s 1M new owners were happy as he scored in a 2-0 Palace win over Brentford.
Elsewhere, Danny Welbeck scored for the third successive game as Brighton beat Leeds 3-0. Fulham comfortably beat struggling Wolves 3-0, whose task was made even harder with a first half red card. A deserved first home win of the season for West Ham who beat Newcastle 3-1. And the action concluded on Monday as an Ndiaye goal was equalised by Xhaka for a 1-1 draw between Sunderland and Everton.
My GW10 score and rank:
I had 5/11 “returners” in a score of 72 points, which was 6 points above the overall average, but 5 points behind the benchmark elite manager average.
A Haaland captain haul, a Mateta goal and a full set of clean sheets from my back three. But a frustrating week ultimately, with a mix of bad luck and a couple of key decisions going the wrong way for me.
It was the tiniest of red arrows, my rank remaining pretty much unchanged at 1.3M. So the positive is that despite a few things conspiring against me this week, I’ve held my position at least.
My GW10 significant moments:
Erling Haaland’s 26 pointer as captain is a timely reminder, after his blank last week, not to play with fire. With an effective ownership of 180%, his points do little to help your rank, even with the armband and owning 200% of him, but going against him as captain is high risk, it means he’s the equivalent of an 80% owned player that you don’t have. And a pretty good one at that !! Enough said.
The double Arsenal defence continues to come in. Gabriel is churning out big scores every week. Another 12 pointer for him on an “EO” of 58% for me, is easy points. And Timber is holding down his place to chip in with steady 6 pointers. I correctly played Richards over Rodon and Senesi for a full house at the back.
It might seem like every manager has the double Arsenal defence, but outside the FPL community bubble, they really don’t. The double clean sheet is a decent rank booster, however you cover it.
My disappointment is that on wildcard in GW8, I took on the safer Gabriel and Raya, with a riskier but higher upside pairing of Gabriel and Timber. But whilst Timber is a regular starter so far, the higher upside has not come through. It seems inevitable that Timber will miss the odd game. So I need him to bring in some double figure attacking returns to offset that, and he’s not done that in the last three games.
That puts pressure on Pope to keep up with Raya and deliver plenty of clean sheets, which he hasn’t done in three games since my wildcard. And it also means by playing Timber with Gabriel, I’m missing out on playing a solid “Defcon defender rotation” in that Timber position. I need regular Pope shutouts and Timber attacking returns. I’ve had neither in the last three games.
I made a rare double change up front. I took out Pedro and Bowen who scored one combined goal. And brought in Mateta and Woltemade who also scored one combined goal. So I was level on that double deal. But it might have badly backfired. Pedro ended a long goal drought and could well have had a hat trick. And Bowen was very unlucky not to haul too. They also both have great GW11 fixtures.
I think Mateta is the pick of them though and duly got his goal. But Woltemade was anonymous and was hooked at half time, which was a huge disappointment in a great fixture, where he was coming up against the leakiest defence in the league who can’t defend corners, free kicks and crosses. I expected much better from the big man having brought him in with such a nice entry point.
I consider myself very unlucky, with Saka missing two big chances, and Sarr hitting the post. Both big differentials with an EO of 31% and 18% for me. Saka is expensive and many will be put off with his price tag when he’s not scoring, but if he’d put those two chances away v Burnley, the narrative would have been very different this week and he’d almost have been tagged as essential.
I’m taking on the popular template somewhat, and have what is now widely regarded as the better Arsenal trio with Timber and Saka instead of Raya and Gyokeres. But I was four points down this week on that particular battle.
Reijnders was also unlucky with a late effort straight at the keeper, so my luck was definitely out. If just one of those Saka, Sarr or Reijnders efforts had gone in, I’d have banked a decent green arrow.
I had two decisions to make during the week and both outcomes went against me, even though I think I made the right calls.
I played Reijnders over Caicedo, who hauled at first sub. Reijnders had the home fixture, he’d started every game previously, with Caicedo away to Spurs. Reijnders was surprisingly benched. Pep said afterwards he’d had fitness issues and not trained fully. I’d have probably gone Caicedo if we’d known that. There was some hope that Reijnders might stay on the bench and i’d get the 10 point Caicedo bench jam, but no, it was a 1 point cameo instead.
The popular move was Pedro to Mateta. I was 0.1M short so did Bowen to Mateta which worked out. I thought long and hard all week whether to keep an out of form Pedro or move him to in form Woltemade, which I did. Pedro had been truly dreadful for weeks so I’m happy with the call. But it was certainly a bad outcome with Pedro bouncing back to form and Waltemade hooked off early.
So plenty of bad luck with Saka, Sarr and Reijnders near misses, not getting the 10 point bench jam that teased me for 70 minutes. And my two decisions of the week both blowing up in my face too with a combined swing of a huge 17 points, if I’d kept Pedro and started Caicedo. I feel like I’m making good decisions, but really not getting the rub of the green right now. It’s very frustrating for sure.
But despite all that negative variance this week, no real damage was done to my rank. And that just goes to show, that when that variance swings round in my favour, the opportunities for big gains are absolutely right there for me. Let’s cling to that thought and look forward with positivity.
So what next ??
One more gameweek and we’re into another international break !! Love them or loathe them, they’re part of the calendar. At least it’s a chance to take stock and have a breather. This can be an intense game at times.
If you only have one free transfer, then this is a good time to roll the transfer. Carrying at least two into any international break is always a good idea, with the potential for injuries high, with plenty of our players being involved in two international games.
We now have a midweek of European action ahead of us, so unless you risk being priced out of a move you deem “essential” then it’s definitely better to avoid making any moves at all before the weekend. Or at least until those European games are played out.
We’ve just had confirmation this week that there will be no “blank gameweeks” or “double gameweeks” in the first half of the season. The possibility was real due to Crystal Palace having a fixture log jam caused by them progressing in both the League Cup and Europa Conference League. But there’s no GW17 postponement of league fixtures. Arsenal and Palace will have to play their league cup quarter final just TWO days after they both play in the league though.
So no need to hold back your free hits and triple captains for “blanks and doubles” before they expire in GW19 and we get another complete set of chips for the second half of the season. It does raise questions now for those with free hits intact, like me, where to play them. It will largely be team dependent but there are opportunities to triple up on some nice Liverpool and Man City fixtures amongst others.
It’s still a little way off, but remember we all get topped up to FIVE free transfers in GW16 when the “Afcon” tournament begins. We have to use any banked transfers before then too to gain the full benefit of an extra five, as you can’t have more than five. When they do arrive, you don’t have to use them all at once, which means we also need to guard against owning too many players from the qualified African nations now, or face unnecessarily using those extra free ones when they arrive.
Looking at early transfer activity, Mateta is attracting plenty of buys after his latest goal and fixtures looking good. Declan Rice has 40 points in his last five games at a great price, Gabriel is an obvious buy for those that don’t have him, with Caicedo and Mbeumo also well up the buy list.
Kudus is being sold after four blanks in five, Reijnders too after a worrying eight blanks in nine, with Woltemade, Gyokeres and Ekitike all losing owners too.
My GW11 plans:
I have ONE free transfer and just 0.1M in the bank, so not much flexibility for moves.
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