Just to let you know, Vlachodimos was forced out after falling out with the manager - and Benfica fans didn’t rate him highly (lots were glad to see him go!)
Interesting thanks. Nonetheless same point applies, doubt he'd have left for a club where he was going to be backup GK only. Hope he is though for our FPL benefit!
Playing a free hit this week to take some punts and deal with some injuries/suspensions. Team is quite wild, have Vicario Andersen (had him a while), Cash, Schar (had him) Son, Salah (had), Maddison (had), Eze (punt over Mbuemo this week) Diaby (had) Watkins, Haaland (had) Archer on bench in case there's an injury against Fulham, feel pretty good about it.
Nice video, with Gakpo being out for a month and Jota being suspended I think Darwin starts BHA game, although he also has a tiny issue he got from the IB, I think this would be his chance to go all out and BHA is quite bad defensively
Hoping for a wildcard team this week. I might be forced into pulling the trigger this GW instead of GW9, due to already spending my transfer on Saka to Son last night (to avoid being priced out), but then i still have Botman and Eze and no bench... so either a -4 and play 10 men or do it now and bite it if there's a ton of injuries during the international break.
Love my team atm. No haaland, and going with alvarez instead. Leaves money for a crazy midfield + trippier. Also have Darwin, watkins.. aaaand 2 mill in the bank. Considering going with trent
Had an abysmal week with 36 points so far and only Robinson left to play, captaining Gordon over Haaland is the only thing helping me a bit. I have 2 free transfers so Botman and Chilwell will be moved on for Trippier and TBD
Wonder if the crazy price changes this season is affecting views for FPL content creators. Way more people are going early it seems e.g. For me, as I had Botman injured, Estu (LIV) and Kabore (TOT) I've already got in Cash the night before to catch his price rise - making videos like this "who to buy" purely an academic exercise. To support content creators I like (which obviously includes Oscar 😛) I just click and then let it play out in the background while I do something else. PS. Last season my TV was 103.5 in GW8 w/o ever going early, this season it's 101.8 having gone early almost every week (haven't been bitten yet thankfully) 🤷♂
I have cash diaby watkins. Both play striker. Also have Udogie maddison son. Cuz I like the double pivot in their team. Sacrifice for midfield battle. Make it easier for other front 4. Will make change if they drop performance. For now their price hike up. So waiting to get profit n invest to another rising up team.
@@benhardcastle2305 I had Saka, Eze, Fernandes, Botman, Estupinan, Kabore, Wissa and Haaland along with Flekken who I brought in for Johnstone and it backfired as he has kept 2 clean sheets.
i wanted to roll this week so i would have 2 transfers after the break but i just might do gvardiol to lucas digne so that i could upgrade Robertson to Trent after the international break i bought robertson instead of trippier because i knew trippier would be a trap Newcastle defense is generally good so kudos to the burn owners, he's a great cheap option botman owners like myself were a bit unlucky but i bought robertson as a place holder for trent who i think after the break is great
Is there a case to be made for Cole palmer? Only 4.9 mil currently before a predicted price rise and we could see him become a staple in Chelsea’s team going forward ?
Im thinking of putting Haaland on the bench as against arsenal is no easy. i do think he will blank and someone better like Isak who possibly score more points as the fixture difficulty is quite big. Man city looks weak now
Don't think he's worth the money personally, I'd rather have Trippier if getting a premium defender. Massive differential though, we know what he's capable of
@@TheLegendofRenegade better son. Cuz maddison play at his back. Son 1 by 1 with gk. They can get contribution together but son manage to monopoly more. Just tap in n collect bonus point
@@luqman3722 son is better for goals but Maddison is better for assists with his Freekicks and corners (even open play).. I think he could get a mega haul soon. Both great captain though
@@TheLegendofRenegade son can hattrick easily. That's the differential. Goal scorer can get more bonus point system than assist. That's also influence overall point
Hi focal, your content has been useful. just a question - have u ever thought of not including haaland in ur team? From what i’ve experiment, i could easily get son, salah, trent, trippier, bowen in the team
@@FPLFocalFor sure. I have someone in my mini league that didn't get Haaland, and is slowly catching up. In fact, he's beating some people that have Haaland
Honestly thinking of transferring Botman out for Porro so i have both him and Udogie. Any thoughts? Udogie Burn Cash and Porro or Udogie Cash Burn and Schär?
I was thinking about that too three but of course the only way to do that is if I give up on trying to fit Salah in my team. Is that ok? I am wild carding!!!!
i could have bought cash + son for -4, but i fucked up and didnt check for a hit and bought maddison in, now i have to play estu against pool unless botman magically reappears
What do you think about Anderson from Crystal Palace on a wildcard? 4.7 defender playing in a good defence with two attacking returns already this season. Rotates with Burn very well.
In a double bb we would have a floor of around 8 points more but in previous seasons it has become too much of a focus for me that I miss out on form players in favour of getting 15 doublers. I am going to play mine in 10 or 12 and hope getting it out of the way helps me to get more points later in the season.
@@MB0519x similar thought. There will be better weeks to bench boost but it means building value for the bench. Doing it now means I can quickly get the value back into 1st 11.
Hi, since a lot of my players have very difficult games this gameweek and I don't want to use my wildcard because their next games are good, is that a good time to use my free hit?
I'm having think if I can fit one in, probably gonna use my Limitless but have another 4 FPL videos planned for this week so it'd mean a double upload if I find time
My team definitely needs a wildcard. However, I have 11 players that are fit but they do not have the best fixtures for this GW. However, I wonder if I should wait one more week with the wildcard. There’s a break after GW 8 and a lot of stuff can happen during this period. That’d be my reason to hold. Could you share what’s your advice?
Now it seems clear that Man Utd midfielders & Raheem Sterling aren't worth the pricetags & Alvarez (gonna be £10m next season) Haaland both essential... shouldn't you be playing 3-4-3 not sticking with 3-5-2 significantly limiting your options ?
Selecting Mbeumo + Archer over eg. Neto/Gordon/Rodri when back + DCL/Eduoard when fit seems illogical since Mbeumo doesn't even play striker + Archer plays for the worse t am in the league !?
I'm on the fence about doing what you did can I ask what's your team as I'm going to make my final decision tonight. I have a feeling Nunez v Brighton could be a haul and gone under radar
Good to see you didn’t go with the Wildcard frenzy all the other content creators have gone for….Andersen at Palace is top defender at the minute and is under the radar…let’s not make Watkins the number one transfer this week as he won’t score 🤔
@@FPLFocalI send mine too Oscar. Climbed to 2bd in my mini league. Left cash to bring in Watkins for Morris GW8😂, bit late.... Hope 🍀 Dublin was a blast 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Watkins is so annoying, I had him from the start of the season until Gw5 and he scored 0 goals. Then I sell him and he goes and gets a goal against Chelsea then a hat trick 😤
The kneejerks this season have been so funny, Sterling/Gusto, Son, and now Watkins.. People need to get better at predicting hauls and not reacting to them
Predicting a haul ≠ predicting who will do better. Villa finally have their 3 main starting attackers so Watkins isn’t forced to play as wide anymore, meaning when he’s playing for a threatening team like Villa he’s more than capable of picking up multiple goals, assists and earned penalties (with none of the risk of actually missing a pen). Plus, the other big standout striker Alvarez has debatably his hardest game of the season next with a couple of still pretty difficult games afterwards. But if you’re looking for someone a bit different with haul potential I’d say Nunez, Bowen and maybe Diaz
Prolly Saka + Rashford. If Salah messes up in a GW, you've lost those points, but if Saka messes up, you have the chance that Rashford can carry you, and vice versa
Just to let you know, Vlachodimos was forced out after falling out with the manager - and Benfica fans didn’t rate him highly (lots were glad to see him go!)
Interesting thanks. Nonetheless same point applies, doubt he'd have left for a club where he was going to be backup GK only. Hope he is though for our FPL benefit!
Hey Oscar what about Leno and areola as a combo
@@ABC-wq7dn It's my fav combo personally. Sticking with that for a long time likely. They rotate really well with each other.
@@ABC-wq7dn Leno x Areola is great 👍
I'm taking a -8(the mildcard) this week. In comes Burn(Botman), Watkins(Morris) and Son(Bruno F). Saving my wildcard for later.
Hope u have a Crazy team to compensate the -8 . the burn -botman is not worth it if you have a good bench at least go for a -4
Worth noting, I think Digne is on 4 yellows
Playing a free hit this week to take some punts and deal with some injuries/suspensions.
Team is quite wild, have
Vicario
Andersen (had him a while), Cash, Schar (had him)
Son, Salah (had), Maddison (had), Eze (punt over Mbuemo this week) Diaby (had)
Watkins, Haaland (had)
Archer on bench in case there's an injury against Fulham, feel pretty good about it.
What's the projected points for Bowen and JWP?
Nice one Oscar 👍 Hope you had a great weekend over here 🍻🇮🇪
Nice video, with Gakpo being out for a month and Jota being suspended I think Darwin starts BHA game, although he also has a tiny issue he got from the IB, I think this would be his chance to go all out and BHA is quite bad defensively
Hoping for a wildcard team this week. I might be forced into pulling the trigger this GW instead of GW9, due to already spending my transfer on Saka to Son last night (to avoid being priced out), but then i still have Botman and Eze and no bench... so either a -4 and play 10 men or do it now and bite it if there's a ton of injuries during the international break.
Love my team atm. No haaland, and going with alvarez instead. Leaves money for a crazy midfield + trippier. Also have Darwin, watkins.. aaaand 2 mill in the bank. Considering going with trent
Currently top 100k
Used my wc. Removing haaland to fit in salah, watkins, avarez, son ,etc
Crazy boy
Had an abysmal week with 36 points so far and only Robinson left to play, captaining Gordon over Haaland is the only thing helping me a bit. I have 2 free transfers so Botman and Chilwell will be moved on for Trippier and TBD
I got 18 with a -4, your week is double mine 😭
@@othorl ☠
Wonder if the crazy price changes this season is affecting views for FPL content creators. Way more people are going early it seems e.g. For me, as I had Botman injured, Estu (LIV) and Kabore (TOT) I've already got in Cash the night before to catch his price rise - making videos like this "who to buy" purely an academic exercise. To support content creators I like (which obviously includes Oscar 😛) I just click and then let it play out in the background while I do something else.
PS. Last season my TV was 103.5 in GW8 w/o ever going early, this season it's 101.8 having gone early almost every week (haven't been bitten yet thankfully) 🤷♂
Very possible if people are making early moves! So I appreciate you watching nonetheless 🙂
Took a -4 for Chillwell, Rashford out and Cash, Son in after a good week with 58 points and kabore still to play
I have cash diaby watkins. Both play striker. Also have Udogie maddison son. Cuz I like the double pivot in their team. Sacrifice for midfield battle. Make it easier for other front 4. Will make change if they drop performance. For now their price hike up. So waiting to get profit n invest to another rising up team.
32 points this week with Saliba replacing Botman. I'm looking at Out: Botman, Wissa and Fernandes for in: Burn, Watkins and Diaby.
Rough 😂
@@benhardcastle2305 that's out of my hands and the disallowed Diaz goal cost me points from Diaz and my captain Mo Salah
@@petarradovic8110 I had salah in my team but still got 68 with morris still to play
@@benhardcastle2305 I had Saka, Eze, Fernandes, Botman, Estupinan, Kabore, Wissa and Haaland along with Flekken who I brought in for Johnstone and it backfired as he has kept 2 clean sheets.
Finished haha
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What's your transfer plans?
Sterling to Son this week, I already have Alvarez, Watkins & Haaland.
i wanted to roll this week so i would have 2 transfers after the break but i just might do gvardiol to lucas digne so that i could upgrade Robertson to Trent after the international break i bought robertson instead of trippier because i knew trippier would be a trap Newcastle defense is generally good so kudos to the burn owners, he's a great cheap option botman owners like myself were a bit unlucky but i bought robertson as a place holder for trent who i think after the break is great
Probably Diaby and Watkins in for Rashford and Morris. Depends on Diaby's fitness but seems reasonable if a bit template?
Already done lol
Mbeumo out for Diaby
Next will be rashford out for either Bowen/Maddison
Roll for 2 free over internationals 😎👍
Is there a case to be made for Cole palmer? Only 4.9 mil currently before a predicted price rise and we could see him become a staple in Chelsea’s team going forward ?
Im thinking of putting Haaland on the bench as against arsenal is no easy. i do think he will blank and someone better like Isak who possibly score more points as the fixture difficulty is quite big. Man city looks weak now
Is it worth it to transfer out mbuemo to get trippier in
Benched Porro for Ashely young last gw as Everton had the "easier" on paper.. thats the last time I ever trust an Everton defender this season lol
Relegation club & promotion club are the most stupid defensive. So wasteful
I hope Leno’s hand will grow back, in time for the Sheffield United home game 🤩
Haha well spotted
@@FPLFocal I think it was only me 😁
Luckily this week I had Areola in goal
Took wildcard at gw2 and get 101.8m team value. Also have surplus 1.3m at bank. Only get 412 overall point. Just average
Hi Oscar, its not often i join the ask about players club, but here i am, thoughts on Darwin for this weekend?
What do you think about TAA as Liverpool cover? I'm not loving my team with Salah so looking for alternatives.
Don't think he's worth the money personally, I'd rather have Trippier if getting a premium defender. Massive differential though, we know what he's capable of
thoughts on solanke for a few weeks?
Brought him and Watkins last week for Haaland and Alvarez to free up funds .. great fixtures and pens he will definitely deliver soon
Great stuff my man. Son will be my captain for this GW. Even if he only gets 70 mins, it's Luton.
Promotion club & relegation club are huge chance
Maddison for me .. giving him another chance after Sheffield UTD blank lpl
@@TheLegendofRenegade better son. Cuz maddison play at his back. Son 1 by 1 with gk. They can get contribution together but son manage to monopoly more. Just tap in n collect bonus point
@@luqman3722 son is better for goals but Maddison is better for assists with his Freekicks and corners (even open play).. I think he could get a mega haul soon.
Both great captain though
@@TheLegendofRenegade son can hattrick easily. That's the differential. Goal scorer can get more bonus point system than assist. That's also influence overall point
villas fixtures are great from an attacking point of view but dont expect alot of CS in this run
Hi focal, your content has been useful. just a question - have u ever thought of not including haaland in ur team? From what i’ve experiment, i could easily get son, salah, trent, trippier, bowen in the team
I have but unlikely to go without unless injured obviously. Can definitely see the merit though, you can build an unbelievable team without him
@@FPLFocalFor sure. I have someone in my mini league that didn't get Haaland, and is slowly catching up. In fact, he's beating some people that have Haaland
Honestly thinking of transferring Botman out for Porro so i have both him and Udogie. Any thoughts? Udogie Burn Cash and Porro or Udogie Cash Burn and Schär?
Is it worth using my free hit this week when I have 3 city and 3 arsenal and 2 Newcastle players?
went for the wild card this week and i had a stinker i chose gibbs white and maddison over son
I was thinking about that too three but of course the only way to do that is if I give up on trying to fit Salah in my team. Is that ok? I am wild carding!!!!
Is Botman a sell or can I go put out other fires in my team (like Gvardiol) so I actually have a playable defence for GW8?
Should I start Areola vs Newcastle or Flekken vs united
i could have bought cash + son for -4, but i fucked up and didnt check for a hit and bought maddison in, now i have to play estu against pool unless botman magically reappears
Are you going to MD2 UCL team episode ?
Thanks for the upload! Would the free hit be a good idea this week since the popular players are playing the big teams?
I think you'll gain more from it in a DGW/BGW (it's uncertain but likely to be more beneficial)
You will need free hit later. A week where your players have no game is a way bigger problem than one with a tough game
What do you think about Anderson from Crystal Palace on a wildcard? 4.7 defender playing in a good defence with two attacking returns already this season. Rotates with Burn very well.
He's a good shout
Good pick but is he worth 0.2m over Guehi? 🤔
I had him since GW1, he's pretty good
Not a great week for me to sell Watkins for Alvarez 😅
Also had Cash and Porro on my bench and Estupinian and Taylor starting! Only positive is a Bowen captain.
Watkins was about to run into good fixtures and alvarez were on the decline? Seems you were punished for stupidity?
I sold watkins for morris
Any value in setting WC up for a GW9 bench boost? Neto and Dalot on the bench before a GW10 switch to Estupinian and Mitoma.
In a double bb we would have a floor of around 8 points more but in previous seasons it has become too much of a focus for me that I miss out on form players in favour of getting 15 doublers. I am going to play mine in 10 or 12 and hope getting it out of the way helps me to get more points later in the season.
@@MB0519x similar thought. There will be better weeks to bench boost but it means building value for the bench. Doing it now means I can quickly get the value back into 1st 11.
What do u think about Neto?
Thank you Oscar.
Hi, since a lot of my players have very difficult games this gameweek and I don't want to use my wildcard because their next games are good, is that a good time to use my free hit?
The disrespect against Luton is immense tripling on spurs at your peril
Do i need go for Salah? I already wildcarded
Afternoon Focal! Will there be any more Fantasy Champions League content? 😊
I'm having think if I can fit one in, probably gonna use my Limitless but have another 4 FPL videos planned for this week so it'd mean a double upload if I find time
@@FPLFocal No problem, your FPL content is good enough for us anyway!
My team definitely needs a wildcard. However, I have 11 players that are fit but they do not have the best fixtures for this GW. However, I wonder if I should wait one more week with the wildcard. There’s a break after GW 8 and a lot of stuff can happen during this period. That’d be my reason to hold. Could you share what’s your advice?
Pls do a fantasy ucl video
Start 2 players between trippier burn , digne , cash
Thanks Oscar
Used a wildcard last week and took saka, oodegard and Watkins out. Please send thoughts and prayers.
Should Mbuemo be in a wildcard team?
Now it seems clear that Man Utd midfielders & Raheem Sterling aren't worth the pricetags & Alvarez (gonna be £10m next season) Haaland both essential... shouldn't you be playing 3-4-3 not sticking with 3-5-2 significantly limiting your options ?
Selecting Mbeumo + Archer over eg. Neto/Gordon/Rodri when back + DCL/Eduoard when fit seems illogical since Mbeumo doesn't even play striker + Archer plays for the worse t am in the league !?
Appreciate you don't have Archer but you don't have a third FWD plus high chance Pep rests Alvarez for a match post international trek
Would u consider selling Haaland on a wildcard
Is a GW 8 Wildcard without Haaland a crazy idea?
I'm thinking about it too mate and the team would look incredible so just mayyybe I'll do it
I went for a wildcard without Haaland, allowed me to get absolutely everyone else
I'm on the fence about doing what you did can I ask what's your team as I'm going to make my final decision tonight. I have a feeling Nunez v Brighton could be a haul and gone under radar
Siiiiiiiuuuuuuu 🗿
Why hasn't my Botman to Gabriel auto sub happened, yet the game has updated?
Gameweek isn’t over until tonight!
Good to see you didn’t go with the Wildcard frenzy all the other content creators have gone for….Andersen at Palace is top defender at the minute and is under the radar…let’s not make Watkins the number one transfer this week as he won’t score 🤔
I actually used mine last minute last gameweek, so far looking like a good decision. I see a lot of wildcards are active this week!
@@FPLFocalI send mine too Oscar. Climbed to 2bd in my mini league.
Left cash to bring in Watkins for Morris GW8😂, bit late....
Hope 🍀 Dublin was a blast 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Used not send 🤣
You know it's a good day when Focal uploads❤️
Stop begging for likes
@@AdamOBrien29 Says the guy who's last comment on the channel was Smash the like button folks 😂😂😂😂😂 go cry mate so dum of you
alvarez or nunez for the next few gameweeks ?
Alvarez
Mbuemo or another £6.8 mil mid?
Watkins is so annoying, I had him from the start of the season until Gw5 and he scored 0 goals. Then I sell him and he goes and gets a goal against Chelsea then a hat trick 😤
The kneejerks this season have been so funny, Sterling/Gusto, Son, and now Watkins..
People need to get better at predicting hauls and not reacting to them
Predicting a haul ≠ predicting who will do better. Villa finally have their 3 main starting attackers so Watkins isn’t forced to play as wide anymore, meaning when he’s playing for a threatening team like Villa he’s more than capable of picking up multiple goals, assists and earned penalties (with none of the risk of actually missing a pen). Plus, the other big standout striker Alvarez has debatably his hardest game of the season next with a couple of still pretty difficult games afterwards. But if you’re looking for someone a bit different with haul potential I’d say Nunez, Bowen and maybe Diaz
Watkins will do fuck all next few weeks like u say kneejerk
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Who needs balance when Trippier is killing it every week. Just sayin
Salah or Saka+Rashford?
I am between Salah or Saka+Son so i would like to hear answer too
Prolly Saka + Rashford. If Salah messes up in a GW, you've lost those points, but if Saka messes up, you have the chance that Rashford can carry you, and vice versa
U knew colwill was due an assist
Sterling...🤣🤣🤣
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Have you thought of going Haalandless??