As we close out the
#FPL
season, a popular observation is that Erling Haaland only outscored Harry Kane by 9 points.
With them putting up 13 and 2 in GW1 respectively, that means Kane outscored Haaland from GW2 onwards.
Is the wrong player getting our plaudits and attention?
As someone that did not captain Salah (sold, in fact), I do think it's important we recognise that going against him this week, and captaining say Son or Foden, has yielded a lucky outcome rather than a skilful one.
#FPL
Frank Lampard set to be appointed as new Everton manager. Full agreement reached now. It’s done and sealed. 🔵🏴
#EFC
Club decision made tonight after conversations with Frankie, Vitor Pereira and Duncan Ferguson.
Confirmed as
@SamWallaceTel
@ElBobble
also reported tonight.
This weekend, in order to do his ex-club a favour, Steven Gerrard is going to instruct his Aston Villa players to win a match instead of what he usually tells them, which is to win a match.
Allow me to make the case for Jadon Sancho in
#FPL
🧵
This does not mean you have to pick him, player selections don't happen in isolation, but he should be given due and fair consideration 👇
I've worked on Football Manager since 2015 and I genuinely believe
#FM24
is the best one we've made.
If you choose to, I hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoy making it! 💜
Haaland narrative tracker:
❌ CS v Liverpool - No goals, still adjusting to City
✅ GW1 v West Ham - Two goals, City adjusted to him
❌ GW2 v Bournemouth - No goals, denied by low block
Reality tracker:
✅ 2 G from ~3.4 xG
✅ 1 A from 0.30 xA
✅ City beat the low block 4-0
"I feel betrayed."
EXCLUSIVE: Cristiano Ronaldo tells Piers Morgan he feels like he's being forced out of Manchester United in an explosive interview.
90 Minutes with Ronaldo. Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm on TalkTV.
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@TalkTV
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#PMU
I wasn't considering Marcus Rashford as a triple captain candidate, but after two goals in added time against a mid-table League One team, well...
#FPL
Watford Football Club confirms the departure of Head Coach Claudio Ranieri.
The Hornets' Board recognises Claudio as a man of great integrity and honour, who will always be respected here at Vicarage Road for his efforts in leading the team with dignity.
Genuinely asking -
Why is there so much seemingly real, indiscriminate dislike for those that approach
#FPL
analytically, specifically via the use of modelling?
When did 'play your own game' not apply to playing in that way?
I'd like to try running a community
#FPL
team next season. Effectively 100% democratic, crowd-sourced decision making.
This may have been done before but I have some thoughts on how to make it an interesting, engaging, consistent experience.
What do people think?
#FPLCommunity
🗣 "I don't play it I live in the real world not the fantasy world." 🤣
Dean Smith's response to Aston Villa staff playing Fantasy Football and leaking team news
The whole 'Carragher cannot speak about Ronaldo because he didn't score goals' or 'Carragher cannot speak about Man United because he never won a title' is so unbelievably flawed that I'm convinced anyone repeating it has to be being sarcastic.
Get good players before they play bad teams not after.
Get good players before they play bad teams not after.
Get good players before they play bad teams not after.
Get good players before they play bad teams not after.
Get good players before they play bad teams not after.
#FPL
The least useful
#FPL
, nay football, metric is a player's past performance against a team.
You're either dealing with a tiny sample or entirely irrelevant data.
I don't think I've ever swung this hard in this short a space of time (😏)
For anything it's worth, hopefully this illustrates how we're still early and ranks are super fluid. Also added ~£1m of squad value, which can help to resist chasing those rises/falls. Also, ego.
#FPL
A little look at why Gabriel sat out
#GW1
v Forest and if we should expect that to continue
#FPL
👇
Arsenal lined up in their 433 shape, which during possessional build-up becomes the popular 3241.
A FB inverts to form the "2", leaving the other to join the CBs in the "3".
The best part of
#FPL
is that brief period of hope between making a move and the crushing realisation that it was a bad move.
90 minutes of pure Schrödinger-esque bliss.
Believing that any woman at any moment may, on a whim, decide to falsely accuse a prominent man of rape for her own gain betrays an awful lot about how that person views women, rape and prominent men.
Darwin Nunez (22/23) v Timo Werner (21/22) v Timo Werner (20/21)
⏱️ Mins per
⚽️ Goal: 𝟏𝟓𝟖.𝟒 v 323.5 v 435.8
👟 Attempt: 𝟏𝟓.𝟐 v 28.8 v 33.1
⚔️ xG: 𝟭𝟮𝟬.𝟳 v 182.5 v 228.4
📊 Efficiency
🏹 Shot Accuracy: 𝟰𝟮.𝟯 v 35.6 v 39.2
🎯 Goal Conversion: 𝟗.𝟔 v 8.9 v 7.6
#FPL
I really like Phil Foden as an
#FPL
option, but optimal entry points are important, and I think it's fair to say that was two weeks ago.
There may be another solid opportunity to enter in 2-4 weeks, but between then and now is he the best use of a transfer?
(Asking not telling)