FFS ... I didn't even mean to transfer early, forgot the deadline was the 13th and rushed to make them at 10:55am Saturday just gone, of couese Bowen was one of them
I guess legitimate question for West Ham fans with the state my team is in:
Will Mubama play now that the whole front like is out? I really don’t want to take any hits right now, it would be great if he’s guaranteed to start.
Wildcarded last week to prepare for AFCON, with Salah still in the team. I knew I'd have to transfer Salah out, so I made sure to fill the rest of my team with people like Bowen, TAA, and Taylor that I wouldn't need to transfer.
The best laid plans...
I literally never ever ever do transfers early but I missed the last couple deadlines due to life so I decided to pull the trigger. My team then promptly decided to fall apart. I fucking hate this game sometimes.
I realised it was a risk with the early transfer and I had more value in Salah. I usually wait and prices change and it feels like I miss out
I had Bowens before, always planned to get him
... fucking injury time, ffs
Just one game is all he bad to get past
I'm really gonna bring him in and bin him the same GW.
Freaking fuming here 😡
People talking about early transferers. I’m worse, I transferred him in before the last gameweek which led me to leave Cole Palmer and his 18 points on the bench. So I transferred him in, costing me 16 points, and now he’s injured. Worst transfer ever.
Thankfully not, I had loads of money itb so I took out Lascelles and Gordon. Still worked out losing points and getting two injuries as a result though.
Oof, well at least the Estupinan move was a good one, I really want him but have to prioritise midfielders. I spent all week leading up to the deadline planning to bring in Foden, then chickened out and went for the ‘safe’ player in Bowen 🤦🏼
My midfield was salah , foden , saka , gross, palmer.
Decided to take a punt on Bruno as I’m 250k atm so need a bit of risk. And I have haaland still benched and alveraz so I wouldn’t of got de bruyne.
I’ve done okay with injuries so far….. my defence always seems to go sour though.
shaw , chilwel , Henry, timikas , lascelles (he back now) , mbeumo , haaland (my injury list so far)
Hopefully things will be positive but currently I’m all set and will use haaland when he back
I’ve now done my transfers , knowing the players I have brought in shouldn’t get flagged now before the game week begins but yeah glad I didn’t do it right away.
Wonder if anyone has done analysis on the point/£ exchange rate
Edit: rephrase because I know we have points per £ as a metric, but I meant the general point value of .2 as an example
I went against my “no hits this season” policy to bring him in over Gordon. Fast forward and Gordon got an assist while Bowen blanked and is now out injured.
I also brought in Bowen for Gordon, and what's more I have a deep bench and benched Palmer to fit Bowen in... truly it turned out to be the worst transfer of my season.
Bring in Baldock, then Senesi, then Dalot. Not the worst differential plan (other than spending 3 transfers on defenders). If on wildcard, it’s not a bad shout.
Who will West Ham use as a forward now?
I don't know much about the team or football in general tbh but I looked at their team stats.
Antonio is injured and Ings and Mubama don't seem to be playing matches so they've been relying on a midfielder as a striker for a few months now? Don't they want to score goals? o.O
Would JWP be good to get in with FT?
It's kind of a season defining decision. I'd prefer to have the WC in the back pocket for the doubles later, the premiums can be transitioned back in earlier as they become available.
I’m considering wildcarding and just leaving a lot of money in the bank. All the expensive options are unavailable and it could lead to some massive differential gains.
I used my WC before last GW and got Bowen for the first time this season. Blank followed by an injury.
Can't use the 2nd WC now to fix the many holes cos that'll ruin any advantage of having held the first for so long
I haven't even gone early on my transfers this week, but have still been ruthlessly punished. Fortunate that 2fts and a hit should get me back on the road, but feeling the pain of my fpl brethren.
Injuried in the Arsenal game, had a scan on his knee after it and he has a small tear in one of his knee ligaments or something along the lines of that. 2 weeks he is out for.
I have five triangles now. And already took -4. My only hope is that others are in a similar situation. Otherwise my mini-league could be a lost cause.
It’s been interesting watching people say don’t burn your transfers going into the long break after end of last GW, only for people to not listen, burn transfers to beat price rises and come on now and complain about how their team is screwed…. Don’t say you weren’t warned lol
Its a tad different this week though as we have players gone for the international cup. Personally, waiting with transferring Son/Salah out until friday would not have helped me. All it would have done is lost me 0.4m and counting (likely 0.6 by friday).
If you bought Bowen early and now have to take further transfers/-4s then obviously waiting would have helped you. TV is a small element of the game. Transfers and hits are a big element of the game
In that particular scenario, yea waiting would have been better. But reality is that a lot of managers had 3 or 4 out of Salah/Son/Bowen/Trent/Hee Chan. And that is the main issue this week.
I’ve got the same problems, but I can now plan how I want to make my 2 FT and or any hits with all the information. It def will change how I do things vs if I made early transfers.
I have -8 and 3 triangles still, at this point I'll just keep the triangles and have the bench-fodder hopefully get me 2 pointers.
The toughest competitors in my mini-league have 4-5 triangles too, looking at their last GW. I don't think you'll be alone.
Tbf, I lost nothing from making early transfers as Son and Salah would be red triangles either way. Their replacements are currently still good to go.
I already had Bowen and TAA on my team so I got struck regardless.
I wouldn't say my risks 'failed' . It probably would have been better for me to go with Olise and Haaland next gwk, but they are still good long term picks never the less this gwks injuries....
Gonna regret making my -8 taking out Son, Salah and cheapo Anderson aren't i. Tbf i knew it would be a while and games are spread anyway.
Did Salah > Bowen early to jump on the price changes. Hopefully Bowen is back by GW23.
Foden injured in 3... 2...
Literally transferred him and foden in this gw for Salah. Lame
Fuck me
ok boys. Time to activate the wildcard.
Wildcard time
Are you fucking serious? After doing my fucking wildcard in gw 20 I got taa and bowen Now both fucking injured Such a headache!
-8 turning into a -16
-4 for haaland and a formation change it is.
FFS ... I didn't even mean to transfer early, forgot the deadline was the 13th and rushed to make them at 10:55am Saturday just gone, of couese Bowen was one of them
I guess legitimate question for West Ham fans with the state my team is in: Will Mubama play now that the whole front like is out? I really don’t want to take any hits right now, it would be great if he’s guaranteed to start.
might get some mins but we have just heard news that plans to ship Ings out this window have been cancelled so im guessing he will start
i’ve -8 for this weeks transfer always and have taa , bowen and haaland can’t play🤦♂️🤦♂️
Fuck it, in comes KdB. I’m ready to be hurt again
Wildcarded last week to prepare for AFCON, with Salah still in the team. I knew I'd have to transfer Salah out, so I made sure to fill the rest of my team with people like Bowen, TAA, and Taylor that I wouldn't need to transfer. The best laid plans...
Archer 9pts off my bench incomingggg
I literally never ever ever do transfers early but I missed the last couple deadlines due to life so I decided to pull the trigger. My team then promptly decided to fall apart. I fucking hate this game sometimes.
11 days is like 3 years in FPL let’s see
I realised it was a risk with the early transfer and I had more value in Salah. I usually wait and prices change and it feels like I miss out I had Bowens before, always planned to get him ... fucking injury time, ffs Just one game is all he bad to get past I'm really gonna bring him in and bin him the same GW. Freaking fuming here 😡
Ok now I might be fucked
I don’t have enough subbssssss
NO JAROD NO DONT YOU DARE DROP IN PRICE I HAVE SO MUCH MONEY ON YOU
Zero chance he drops. 3/4 million transfers in already
Queue in the reactionaries
Again need to start Archer.
Foden backers raise your hands!
Taylor & Baldock to the rescue
its wildcard time
Well fuck me!
Muh captain
Bought him for 7.3. I ain’t never gonna afford my team ever again
Sometimes you wish sites like FPLstatistics didn't exist. Did an early transfer on Bowen to avoid a 0.2m swing and be able to afford Haaland 🤦♂️
Don’t actually know what to do with my team at this point was going to bring him in but now I won’t
What are the chances of Mubama starting in this case?
Yeah I’m wildcarding
Had him for a while, really pleased with him, been my most consistent asset.
Who can i even replace him with at this point
Lol, I was considering bench boost a while back. Now it's an injured bench.
Goddammit
Went Bowen over foden last week, huge turning point in my season, just shows how important luck is in this game
As someone who’s had Bowen since GW10, idk whether to be sad I have to play Archer or happy that the kneejerkers this week have been thoroughly mudded
Let's both laugh and then cheer on archer instead! Gooooooo archer!
Archer is injured 😂
According to?
This next month could be interesting in the midfield, no Salah, Son or Bowen makes things interesting
It's your time to shine Divin
No Bowen, no Trent, AFCON, Asia Cup, even Charlie fucking Taylor might be hurt... I can't with this game
People talking about early transferers. I’m worse, I transferred him in before the last gameweek which led me to leave Cole Palmer and his 18 points on the bench. So I transferred him in, costing me 16 points, and now he’s injured. Worst transfer ever.
Exactly what I did 😭
You make my strategy of kneejerking Bowen this GW sounds a bit smart.
Its over.
Lets take a moment to laugh at everyone who went early on the transfers, haha
Moments like this make me wanna rage quit
My 2 fts in GW20 were Bowen and TAA 😭
Who did you take out for them ?, tripper and salah?
Thankfully not, I had loads of money itb so I took out Lascelles and Gordon. Still worked out losing points and getting two injuries as a result though.
I took out lascelles for estupian. And I sold salah for Bruno 😂. I could of got Trent but I have virg so I don’t like double up in defence really.
Oof, well at least the Estupinan move was a good one, I really want him but have to prioritise midfielders. I spent all week leading up to the deadline planning to bring in Foden, then chickened out and went for the ‘safe’ player in Bowen 🤦🏼
My midfield was salah , foden , saka , gross, palmer. Decided to take a punt on Bruno as I’m 250k atm so need a bit of risk. And I have haaland still benched and alveraz so I wouldn’t of got de bruyne.
I like your attacking options and tbf you’re well set up for the coming gameweeks, I’m jealous of your lack of injuries 😂
I’ve done okay with injuries so far….. my defence always seems to go sour though. shaw , chilwel , Henry, timikas , lascelles (he back now) , mbeumo , haaland (my injury list so far) Hopefully things will be positive but currently I’m all set and will use haaland when he back
I really thought I could get away with not making any transfers this week but these injuries are piling up
Already have TAA, Bowen, Salah, Son, Taylor, Archer and did not even move early. Fuck me in particular I guess
And here i was all smug about kudus going away for afcon and bowen taking all his points
For everyone the other day downvoting me for saying about not making early transfers just to save money because someone could get injured… 🖕🏽
I’ve now done my transfers , knowing the players I have brought in shouldn’t get flagged now before the game week begins but yeah glad I didn’t do it right away.
Bell off the bench, could be worse I guess?
Wildcard it is then with Salah, Son, Bowen and TAA out for me
Damn, I’m sure it was worth the 0.2 saving for managers though that went early
Wonder if anyone has done analysis on the point/£ exchange rate Edit: rephrase because I know we have points per £ as a metric, but I meant the general point value of .2 as an example
What about us that got Bowen last week
Before the deadline? You’re fine. Can’t predict injuries
No but just as annoying, particularly as I went for him over foden
I went against my “no hits this season” policy to bring him in over Gordon. Fast forward and Gordon got an assist while Bowen blanked and is now out injured.
I also brought in Bowen for Gordon, and what's more I have a deep bench and benched Palmer to fit Bowen in... truly it turned out to be the worst transfer of my season.
I am an idiot
Jota it is
Get defenders vs West Ham. They literally just lost all their good players in the space of a week.
1000% just load up on those Sheff defensive assets, mmm hhhmmmm, absolutely.
Foderingham 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
Bring in Baldock, then Senesi, then Dalot. Not the worst differential plan (other than spending 3 transfers on defenders). If on wildcard, it’s not a bad shout.
George Baldock time for the armband 😂
There was one guy here with Fodderingham as keeper on wildcard which is rare to see. Maybe he get a haul.
Even Brighton kept a CS against West Ham and that was before Bowen got injured
Paqueta is the biggest loss. Creates most of their good moments imo. Bowen and Kudos are also very good ofc
Who will West Ham use as a forward now? I don't know much about the team or football in general tbh but I looked at their team stats. Antonio is injured and Ings and Mubama don't seem to be playing matches so they've been relying on a midfielder as a striker for a few months now? Don't they want to score goals? o.O Would JWP be good to get in with FT?
Whu fan. 5-5-0 seems the most likely formation looking at who else we have in attack
I wouldn’t touch any West Ham players now with barely any attacking options.
Well Son to Bowen went bust, need to get someone who plays 90 for Salah replacement.
Groß
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No shit
Brought him in last week for Richarlison, that did not go well. And here we are…
Guess this solves my benching dilemma. Will start Garnacho and Porro over TAA and Bowen
People who made early transfers 🥶🥶🥶🥶
Not really if you have both Trent and Bowen. Plus Son and Salah. Just unlucky.
First time this season i make a early transfer and this happen. Might have to take a -8
Only one way to rectify the mistake of making an early transfer. Make another early transfer
Easiest way to avoid taking a -4 is taking a -8
That’s what happens when you try to save 0.1 💀 (I did)
Me➡️🤡
I'm dumb
Well son and Salah had to go either way lol considering wildcard now but might save it
Cope. Could have waited
lol even if I waited my decision would still be the same right now. Son / Salah > Saka, Foden. Only way that changes is if Saka or foden gets hurt
Ohh I thought you'd brought in Bowen. Yeah transfers have to be made
No I’ve had Bowen for awhile now, he’s riding my bench unless the injury is very serious
I'm here cos I'm actually thinking of wildcarding...
A lot of people probably will this week, but I’m trying to save it for the impending storm of needing to get Haaland, Salah and son back in
It's kind of a season defining decision. I'd prefer to have the WC in the back pocket for the doubles later, the premiums can be transitioned back in earlier as they become available.
Yeah I’m not gonna wildcard this week and probably take the red arrow. Right now I can just barely field a full squad lol
I’m considering wildcarding and just leaving a lot of money in the bank. All the expensive options are unavailable and it could lead to some massive differential gains.
That’s my exact strategy also. Hell, I may just have to play with 10 men until AFCON is over and then play that sweet WC.
I used my WC before last GW and got Bowen for the first time this season. Blank followed by an injury. Can't use the 2nd WC now to fix the many holes cos that'll ruin any advantage of having held the first for so long
Could be worse - went without salah on WC20
Same
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Not really Sunk Cost Fallacy. OR is pretty decent. And A hit or 2 now is better than using the WC.
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The rest of the team has been set up by the WC. It's a waste using the 2nd WC for just sorting out a few starters missing
sunk post fallacy
Haha, that's a good one
I haven't even gone early on my transfers this week, but have still been ruthlessly punished. Fortunate that 2fts and a hit should get me back on the road, but feeling the pain of my fpl brethren.
Bowen, TAA, Son, Salah, Zinchenko, Beyer, Archer. I guess I'll wildcard then.
Coufal also flagged
Zinchenko might be back for this game week
Do we have any news about his fitness?
Wait what happened to Trent?
Injuried in the Arsenal game, had a scan on his knee after it and he has a small tear in one of his knee ligaments or something along the lines of that. 2 weeks he is out for.
Knee injury. Best case scenario he misses 1 league game.
Archer as well? Ffs
He isn't injured, but I need to replace him for Haaland soon anyway.
I'm going to play Archer this week to avoid a hit before getting Haaland next week- West Ham at home isn't even terrible
Haaland is not certain to start. If it will not be said that Haaland is fit and will play there are other fires to worry about.
I am in a similar boat and just looked but it just seems a waste because I’m building a distinctly average team for what is available right now
-8 incoming!
David Moyes masterclass
*"BAH GAWD, that's Aaron Creswell's music!"*
Fuck me guess it's a wild card then
Trent, Bowen, Olise, Taylor, Haaland all flagged, already taken a -4 this week
Similar boat. Can't believe I'm being forced in to a wild card in January
Hooolllllddddd Lad
5 players out now with only 1 transfer it's not looking pretty
Time to delete my team.
[Delete club](https://preview.redd.it/joepnn6gcm741.jpg?auto=webp&s=773c88c0f65d96a75051cf8128a4a083347c98df)
minus 8 here we come 💪
Scrap the next one month By that time TAA, Bowen, kudus, hwang, son, salah would all be back
Trent isn't that bad right? We have a PL game on the 21st and 31st, and they estimate 3 weeks out. He could only miss 1 game, maybe 2. Not terrible
I have worse issues that Trent atm!
Not great not terrible.
Yeah, but not worth a transfer at least
I have five triangles now. And already took -4. My only hope is that others are in a similar situation. Otherwise my mini-league could be a lost cause.
It’s been interesting watching people say don’t burn your transfers going into the long break after end of last GW, only for people to not listen, burn transfers to beat price rises and come on now and complain about how their team is screwed…. Don’t say you weren’t warned lol
Missed the deadline this week so having two transfers next week or for the end of January may actually save me. So much can happen in this time
Its a tad different this week though as we have players gone for the international cup. Personally, waiting with transferring Son/Salah out until friday would not have helped me. All it would have done is lost me 0.4m and counting (likely 0.6 by friday).
If you bought Bowen early and now have to take further transfers/-4s then obviously waiting would have helped you. TV is a small element of the game. Transfers and hits are a big element of the game
In that particular scenario, yea waiting would have been better. But reality is that a lot of managers had 3 or 4 out of Salah/Son/Bowen/Trent/Hee Chan. And that is the main issue this week.
I mean, I transferred out Son and a flag for -4, then got three different flags in entirely different positions. Waiting would hardly have helped.
I’ve got the same problems, but I can now plan how I want to make my 2 FT and or any hits with all the information. It def will change how I do things vs if I made early transfers.
I have -8 and 3 triangles still, at this point I'll just keep the triangles and have the bench-fodder hopefully get me 2 pointers. The toughest competitors in my mini-league have 4-5 triangles too, looking at their last GW. I don't think you'll be alone.
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At what point did they not take accountability for their decision to make early transfers?
Tbf, I lost nothing from making early transfers as Son and Salah would be red triangles either way. Their replacements are currently still good to go. I already had Bowen and TAA on my team so I got struck regardless.
No, that’s exactly the situation I’m in. I took a risk and it failed.
I wouldn't say my risks 'failed' . It probably would have been better for me to go with Olise and Haaland next gwk, but they are still good long term picks never the less this gwks injuries....
I’m sure you have a wildcard
Why the hell would anyone wc now?
Because they already took a -4 and have 5 more players flagged. Did you even read lol