Hahaha bro I did exactly this! It KILLED me bro. Killed me. I’m top in 4 of my 5 leagues but league has been reduced by all those Palmer-having nice people. Wish I’d thought about Brighton’s high-line. I also went for Saka as he had Leicester and Southampton. I have to say, what I’m taking from this season so far is trust yourself and don’t make panic moves. Still have my wildcard to play at least.
@@FPLRaptor tbh i only wanted him for 2 game weeks then thought about swapping out with Foden if he was starting to start... thats prob changed now after 4 goals LOL
A note on defenders; there’s actually a great case to be made for wanting defenders that don’t play the full 90 min. If they at least get the first 60 min. Many goals are scored towards the end of a match when players are getting tired and fresh subs are put on. As long as the defender has a clean sheet when subbed off after 60 min, they get the points for it. So playing the last 30 min of the match can often hurt their score more than help it.
Ross, been watching for years. Wished you good luck for the differentials this week because I wasn’t on wildcard either and we had similar differentials like Watkins and Rogers. The season begins now, let’s get this 💪🏼❤️
Love your videos as always Ross. Gwk6 was painful for me. I wildcarded to bring in Haaland and am 40 points down on my non wildcard team which had the likes of Watkins, Gvardiol, Salah and Robinson. Got a 1.4 million red arrow to 2.5m overall. I need some fpl therapy rn.
When it comes to the wildcard, personally I think selling Saka for Palmer in GW9 is the move. I'd be very surprised if Palmer hauls against either Nottingham Forest or Liverpool. Players hardly haul against them. After that he has Newcastle, which is a great fixture since Newcastle are away from home, and then Man Utd, who look shambolic. From GW12 onwards Chelsea's fixtures get really good and that's where I'd consider a double up on attack with N. Jackson. Saka on the other hand has 2 good fixtures now, before 3 pretty tough ones. I really think we need to differentiate between Newcastle at home or away. So if you sell Palmer for someone like Dibling, you can upgrade Chiwome to Havertz if you wanna have an Arsenal attacker once you sell Saka for Palmer. That also gives you enough money to upgrade Gvardiol or even Lewis to TAA. If you go with Watkins over Havertz, you'd have to sell Gvardiol to get TAA. I like the Johnson shout and I'm more sold on Spurs assets than most right now, starting to look good under Ange. That's why I was kinda surprised to not see you include Pedro Porro. Great fixtures and he's looked good all season. Otherwise I really like the WC draft. Pretty similar to me. Finding a good goalkeeper is the hardest. I landed on Sanchez and I'm not too happy about it. I'd love to see a deep dive on Gvardiol vs Lewis. I landed on Lewis myself on WC6 after the leaks and looking into the playing time for Lewis last season when Rodri was out (Spoilers: it's very good). There's certainly an argument to go for both like you have, especially with the fixtures, but I feel like Gvardiol will be limited if Lewis plays a lot.
I believe that McNeil, over the next handful of Game Weeks can deliver as many points as Johnson. This would free up 0.9M. Going from Mykolenko to a Faes or Greaves frees up another 0.2-0.3M. I would use that extra 1.1-1.2 to do a straight upgrade from Gvardiol to Trent. Alternatively I would rather have Pedro Porro + McNeil + Delap/Welbeck over Gvardiol+Johnson+Chiwome. Lastly, I'd rather have McNeil+Watkins over Palmer+Chiwome. That would ALSO free up more cash to inject into your defence.
Had Goal Palmer since the start of the season, from what I saw of him last season he was my No.1 in the squad. His ability can get returns in any match regardless of the opposition. Honestly I think there's more value overall in a non-Haaland team. I would much prefer Salah + Palmer than Haaland + sub€8M You could fit in TAA + Salah or TAA + Watkins + Diaz/Maddison without Haaland.... Saying all that I do get your reasoning for Haaland, with the Captain default, upcoming fixtures etc.
10 of you starting WC team is in my WC from GW6. By fluke I captained Palmer on a whim so currently 83 points with Semanyo to go ...... Seeing your starting 11 I made right decisions last week and I went against the masses by including Palmer
I usually ignore price changes, but crumbled and used my 4 FT to remove Palmer, Robinson, Salah and J Pedro to get in Diaz, Gabriel, Saka and Havertz. Those transfers netted me a -30 loss as opposed to my ore transfer team. I was planning to hold my team for another week to reach 5 FT, and beacuse I bought Palmer and Jackson for their fixtures up untill next week. Just a reminder to stick to your plan, and ignore the noise
I'm glad it worked out for you. 😊 Gvardiol, Salah, Jota, and Gordon all returned, which is frustrating as I would have had an 80 point week if I hadn't wildcarded. Looking forward, I pocketed some nice price rises, so hopefully next week is better. 😅
If I was wildcarding this week I would go for: Raya, Fabianski, Gabriel, Gvardiol, Colwill, Faes, Greaves, Palmer, Saka, Mbeumo, Rogers, Adama Traore, Haaland, Solanke, Delap You may have the team value to do similar as you've moved on Palmer, Solanke before price rises and already had a few of the other players who have risen. Traore obviously not the best but minutes are good and just need someone to alternate with Delap until you have the funds to move to a Semenyo for GW11 maybe for the good run of fixtures for Bournemouth. Love the content as always Ross - best of luck! :)
Also on WC this week, the difference between our drafts is that I'm selling Saka and Chiwome for Havertz and Dibling which allows me to have a defense of Raya, Trent, Porro and Lewis which I absolutely love. Spurs is 2nd this season for xGC and Porro very attacking, really would consider him for only 5.5M with the Spurs fixture run. Your version is looking good as well!
My first season of fpl has been a joke, not looking for sympathy i just want to rant a little. GW1 I had a 50/50 decision and i picked Bailey, Sangare and Muniz over Semenyo, Smith Rowe and Wood. GW2 i had three players shortlisted to replace Solanke. Instead of Picking Jackson or J. Pedro, I picked Armstrong as a differential. GW3 tried to switch captaincy from Son to Salah and forgot to click confirm, lost out on his 17-pointer for a Son blank. GW4 wildcarded and got 32 points, and for GW6 I had another 50/50 choice of either keeping Palmer and selling Eze for Trossard or keeping Eze and selling Palmer for Saka, of course I picked the latter. Finally same week, another 50/50 to replace J. Pedro, I picked Wood as a safe option over a differential of Delap just because of the Villa fixture (for some reason). Currently ranked around 6mil. Sorry for ranting!
Follow your gut and belief in your own judgement.. so true for FPL. I am happy for you that you sticked with your decision not to wc! Before gw5 I was very confident about not wildcarding in gw6 either because I thought my team could have some great differentials in gw6 compared to the template. Another Haaland haul and the constant disbelief from others that I didn't own him so far this season (I actually did pretty ok without him), perceived "pressure" from social media where everyone was on wc, and increasing price changes made me change my mind. The outcome? My pre-wc team with the previously planned transfer would have scored 79 points, and my wc team is on 30 with Semenyo to play. Feels really harsh.
Tempted by WC too because I had no Arsenal in my team and no Palmer, Diaz etc. Scored 62 and WC activated now, I already have Pickford from GW1, hopefully now is his time to deliver.
Ignore the haters, Ross. There are far more giving love for the work you put in each week. ❤. That said, 35 pts off the WC this week, and i look at the tram i have, and i still love it 😂😂 Mad season so far.
Got 62 points but kicking myself not biting the bullet on palmer captain and bringing in McNeil this week but sadly was my Bench option over Calvert lewin
Congratulations on holding off on the QW6 WC. This team looks very strong. Love your attitude to fpl, the fact you don’t just play based on spread sheet data. You bring enjoyment to the game by picking players based on gut feeling and the good old eye test. Respect ❤❤❤
Nice to see you have your mojo back Ross! Great energy in this video! I Got 80 points this GW. But am playing with a no-Haaland, no-Salah team, so I will be hiding behind my couch again for the coming GW's. ;)
Can’t believe I wildcarded and transferred out Porro, Salah, Delap and Palmer. Plus I put Rogers on the bench. So annoying as I was aiming to go in GW7 until I saw the price changes start
37:38 Im deciding on a cheap forward on a free transfer and I think I’m gonna go for cunha too! I think I may have commented on one of your posts on twitter about him yesterday, I think he looks like a really good option with him most likely being on pens with Sarabia and Hwang not starting. Also, congrats on the great gameweek Ross you definitely deserve it after all those weeks with haaland hauling😂.
Hey Ross, I think a good idea could be to have Saka for the next 2 and then switch to palmer in gw9. Let’s your spread some more funds around/keep some in the bank if needed, and avoids Forest/Liverpool games for palmer
I'm still on the salah draft and sticking with it this week. I'll likely wildcard next week as haaland seems impossible to keep out. for now though with... martinez, trent, gvardiol, gabriel saka, salah, martinelli, mbeumo Watkins, solanke, calvert-lewin let the game week begin. don't know if I'll regret a price increase in haaland though.
I like your wc draft. It's totally fine to go with 2 Arsenal with their fixtures already turning again soon. Van den Berg and Mykolenko are the best budget defenders imo. VDB played well in each game and I am quite confident he keeps his place whether they play 5 atb or 4atb. Mykolenko is cheap + defense improving + good fixtures. I would personally not want to go without any Liverpool players, they are top class and the fixtures aren't as bad as people say they are. So for me, Trent would have to be in there.
Shame your transfers won't contribute to the price change algorithm. Would've helped price rises if you had taken the hit first and activated the wildcard closer to the deadline (and get your hits back)
Trent Watkins Preferred - Nice draft either way - Question 2 City defenders with no clean sheet since wk 1 holding Konate instead of Gvardiol if focused on CS though Gvardiol does have better goal threat going forward now that losing Rodri means that left side attack brings Gvardiol into a more forward position
Activated the wildcard last night😬 top of my mini league since the last international break, hoping to stay top for the next one! It’s a biiiiiiiig week
Hey Ross, I don't think you'll end up reading this but I can't help but want to tell you this. Please go against Haaland. Now is the time where everyone looks at his fixtures and realizes they can't go against him anymore. It's when everyone's teams start looking the same. This is where you can go against the crowd and stick out. It's so much more fun to play FPL against the majority and I just wanna tell you that you always look so enthusiastic when you go against him. It's why I subscribed last season and I think you'll have so much more fun doing it, even if it ends up being a terrible choice. Watkins and Salah will outscore Haaland + Cheap Midfielder. BELIEVE IN IT. let's go against the Norwegian robot and play our way. But honestly just do whatever you want to back. Just do the thing where you have less regrets and don't need your FPL Therapy. ( Brilliant pod btw) I'll understand your decision no matter what anyway, but this game is for fun so just enjoy it. ( I had 84 points this week btw could be higher but Madisson didn't deliver sadly )
I wildcarded for GW6 and I got 58 points this week, was very brave and captained Salah instead of Haaland! Back 2 Back Green Arrows, which is nice! Glad this week went well for you Raptor! 😁
Ive yet to use a chip, and im so thankful i decided my team didn't need a wildcard as ive smashed it in both GW where wildcarding was popular. 75 points this week and up to top 7k
I am also looking at Johnson. He seems to be the one who's getting the chances even more than Solanke. I might even sell Luis Diaz for him if his minutes continues to be strong.
I have similar defence Lewis ,Gvardial ,but I have Trent . I do have a stronger bench though, but glad someone is thinking the same about the city pair
Hello mate, 80 points in GW6, just around 30k so far this season. I made some good decisions from beginning with Haaland and Salah. What do you think about my team to go to GW7. Henderson - TAA, Aina, Gvardiol - Mbeumo, Salah, Rogers, McNeil - Vardy, Haaland C, Watkins. On my bench Robinson and Smith-Rowe. Who do you think I could get to make my team better? Keep going Raptor, you do great content.
Stuck to my guns and didn't wildcard this week even though I was terrified of Haaland. Would've taken out palmer who almost single handedly got me the green. Finished on 70 all out despite having Fernandes for the red card and saliba for a 0 pointer. Already activated the wildcard this week for price changes thanks Raptor for the great content
Great decision Ross. Could’ve been another disaster if you had have WC’ed. My GW3 WC is still paying off with players like Palmer, Watkins, Havertz, Mbeumo, Salah and Rogers paying off. 83 points with Semenyo still to play and on a fat c.500k green arrow to 58k ITW. I think this week is the one I’ll finally get Haaland in and swap out Salah because he really hasn’t played well in the 3 recent matches I’ve watched and was lucky to return. 3FTs and we go again 💪👏
I’d personally definitely go for TAA and Watkins over Saka and Gvardiol. ManC defense has been a bit shaky, Saka has played more of a supporting role. Watkins is looking amazing in front of goal, and TAA with both the high clean sheet chances and his involvement in offense just makes him a perfect defender asset.
Hey Ross, what would you prefer, smith Rowe + solanke or madders + raul Jimenez (I think he is massively overlooked, being a part of Fulham, now the main striker, only 5,5 and on penalty’s).
Mykolenko down to another 4M defender Stewart as an 8th attacker, gives you more depth and given the Brentford fixtures how much would you use the Everton defender ? But can see why you took the route you have, looks good:)
Wildcarders were captaining Haaland anyway, so it was easy to save the WC and bet against them with captain Salah/Palmer. Glad you had a better week Raptor. The mojo's coming back.
My honest opinion: great forward choice, love the midfield although i wouldnt want to take the gamble on Johnson, there are allot of other players around that price point that can produce points more consistenly like Barnes (bps system favours him allot) and MGB (still on corners and pen share). The defence feels to shaky for me, especially taking on all those minute risks with a poor bench (who are also potential minute risks). I’d just keep porro, go for the punt on Lewis (if he is rested in midweek and upgrade van den berg to Mazraui/Aina. Maybe look into Faes as a 4m backup, great fixtures and already set for a price rise, if 1 in the next gws he returns you’ll be sure of a price rise again which gives you 0.1m
There are so many great players in the EPL e.g Haaland, Salah, Saka, Palmer, Son, Watkins, Trent, etc. and it would be tough to get them all in. So, this season I just target fixtures. I don't own Palmer and I have no will to get him in based off his upcoming fixtures. Because what Palmer just did, all the players I listed above have and are capable of doing. It's just that Palmer did his THIS GW. I feel there's no need to rush to get Palmer in when there are premiums with better run of fixtures. End of rant!
70 points with a GW6 wildcard. I went no haaland or salah. I knew haaland’s returns would eventually drop. 2 goals a game was unsustainable as he was on track to double the existing goal record. Raya Gabriel Trent Porro Saka Palmer Mbeumo Maddison Solanke Watkins Wood Bench: Flekken, Rogers, Greaves, Keane Squad feels so balanced and I’ve got 3 free transfers, planning on rolling this week ☺️ Never owned haaland and sitting just outside the top million, I genuinely might go all season without him, his price is too much for me.
@@joshduff007 I think he’d be a no brainer if he wasn’t £15.3m, I just prefer to spread the money around. Plus top goal scorer doesn’t mean he’ll end up on the highest points. (Palmer 4 goals behind but only 4 points behind, while being £4.6m cheaper)
@@TheDogbert123 trust me, spread the money around elsewhere. And yes obviously being top goal scorer isn’t the only contribution towards Haalands points, he is also very consistent which to be fair this early on cannot be said about many players. Haaland is a no brainer, everybody in the top spots of the world have him in their squads
I like your team. My only suggestion would be to carry on with only 2 strikers for now so downgrade your 3rd striker and use the funds for your defense. I know you weren't happy earlier with only 2 strikers but you can always sell palmer later to fund another striker if you want
You should try being at around 8 million rank - everything that could have gone wrong has done and all my decisions have been bad - this week I played the wildcard and got rid of Salah and Palmer as a result - those two alone outscored my entire replacement team
I again think the better data could be driving a narrative still ultimately backed by personal opinion for a lot of FPL Managers and fans. If I looked at the data for Brennan Johnson and Kulusevski I could say Johnson has returned in the last couple games and the data is good so why wouldn't I pick him. Or you could say that the data for Kulusevski isn't as good but he has returned a similar amount of points so far. So if the data gets stronger won't he have a higher ceiling than Johnson as he is already passing the eye test. It all depends on what spin you put on it and how adventurous you are as an FPL Manager
Unpopular opinion : I genuinely think you can go another week without wildcard with a pretty solid team actually, considering you have 2 FT personally I'd take a risk on 2 punts before wildcarding them out in GW8: Eze ➡️ Trossard DCL ➡️ Evanilson
I think transfers to come is gonna be difficult, I don’t see many under the radar differentials with banker fixtures. Was gonna go Porro next week but now after the Man United game people are gonna be on him again, he probably concedes if Bruno stays on.
Captained Palmer, was always fading Haaland captaincy, on 89 with Semenyo still to play! Went from 1.4 mil to top 100k might be the highest I’ll get all season 😂
Captained Palmer when Haaland hit a hat trick against West Ham, Captained Haaland when Palmer smacked four against Brighton 🫡
Same here 😂
Snap 🤷🏻♂️
@@BowensOnFirei dont know what made you write this comment here but pass whatever you smoking brother
@@kun1756 😂😂😂😂
same 😭
Raptor masterclass
it's a roller coaster right now 😅
Long overdue! 😂
Papa Peli!
woah peli does fpl?
I feel like Raptor doesn’t hydrate
Thank god I done Palmer out to Saka last GW - if I could sum up my season in one transfer, it’s that 😂😂😭😭
I've done palmer and soucek out for mbuemo and maddison before this gw for a -4 :)
Oh I so nearly did the same , that’s FPL. Toss of a coin.🤞
So painful 😭
we all did that move 😂
Hahaha bro I did exactly this! It KILLED me bro. Killed me.
I’m top in 4 of my 5 leagues but league has been reduced by all those Palmer-having nice people.
Wish I’d thought about Brighton’s high-line. I also went for Saka as he had Leicester and Southampton.
I have to say, what I’m taking from this season so far is trust yourself and don’t make panic moves.
Still have my wildcard to play at least.
called it on creator videos last week that i couldnt believe Palmer wasnt in anyones wild card gw6 teams. Went with gut and brung him in thankfully
Smashed it, I was proved wrong!
@@FPLRaptor tbh i only wanted him for 2 game weeks then thought about swapping out with Foden if he was starting to start... thats prob changed now after 4 goals LOL
Brung ? 😂
@@SayfTheDeenis it genuinely important to point that out? We know what he means
@@SayfTheDeenthats how some northerners say brought
A note on defenders; there’s actually a great case to be made for wanting defenders that don’t play the full 90 min. If they at least get the first 60 min. Many goals are scored towards the end of a match when players are getting tired and fresh subs are put on. As long as the defender has a clean sheet when subbed off after 60 min, they get the points for it. So playing the last 30 min of the match can often hurt their score more than help it.
60pts without Palmer this week is decent this week.
How
You did say GW7 wildcard could look very different to GW6!!! You’ve owned Harry here haha your comment has aged perfectly
Ross, been watching for years. Wished you good luck for the differentials this week because I wasn’t on wildcard either and we had similar differentials like Watkins and Rogers. The season begins now, let’s get this 💪🏼❤️
Big love! ❤️
Trent & Watkins is way better than Saka & Gvaurdiol they have more upside in my opinion
I've got both and till now it went great
Got 91 palmer salah watkins rogers mbeumo havertz finally did me good
Ditto...got 90
@@FPL_Drago nice
Stop lying mate
@@adnannaemaz1989 I can send a screenshot about it if you want 🤣
That's shit tbh. Keep trying though.
Love your videos as always Ross.
Gwk6 was painful for me. I wildcarded to bring in Haaland and am 40 points down on my non wildcard team which had the likes of Watkins, Gvardiol, Salah and Robinson. Got a 1.4 million red arrow to 2.5m overall.
I need some fpl therapy rn.
It was a really swingy and unfortunate week for wildcarders, but your team likely still looks very strong for GW7 and beyond
I went -8 and got rid of Salah, Palmer and watkins just to get in Haaland, Mbeumo, Luis diaz and gabriel
You clearly shouldn't have wildcards when you had all those good players..
@edvinfranzon6954 that's just stupid to be honest
When it comes to the wildcard, personally I think selling Saka for Palmer in GW9 is the move. I'd be very surprised if Palmer hauls against either Nottingham Forest or Liverpool. Players hardly haul against them. After that he has Newcastle, which is a great fixture since Newcastle are away from home, and then Man Utd, who look shambolic. From GW12 onwards Chelsea's fixtures get really good and that's where I'd consider a double up on attack with N. Jackson. Saka on the other hand has 2 good fixtures now, before 3 pretty tough ones. I really think we need to differentiate between Newcastle at home or away.
So if you sell Palmer for someone like Dibling, you can upgrade Chiwome to Havertz if you wanna have an Arsenal attacker once you sell Saka for Palmer. That also gives you enough money to upgrade Gvardiol or even Lewis to TAA. If you go with Watkins over Havertz, you'd have to sell Gvardiol to get TAA.
I like the Johnson shout and I'm more sold on Spurs assets than most right now, starting to look good under Ange. That's why I was kinda surprised to not see you include Pedro Porro. Great fixtures and he's looked good all season.
Otherwise I really like the WC draft. Pretty similar to me. Finding a good goalkeeper is the hardest. I landed on Sanchez and I'm not too happy about it.
I'd love to see a deep dive on Gvardiol vs Lewis. I landed on Lewis myself on WC6 after the leaks and looking into the playing time for Lewis last season when Rodri was out (Spoilers: it's very good). There's certainly an argument to go for both like you have, especially with the fixtures, but I feel like Gvardiol will be limited if Lewis plays a lot.
I believe that McNeil, over the next handful of Game Weeks can deliver as many points as Johnson. This would free up 0.9M. Going from Mykolenko to a Faes or Greaves frees up another 0.2-0.3M. I would use that extra 1.1-1.2 to do a straight upgrade from Gvardiol to Trent. Alternatively I would rather have Pedro Porro + McNeil + Delap/Welbeck over Gvardiol+Johnson+Chiwome. Lastly, I'd rather have McNeil+Watkins over Palmer+Chiwome. That would ALSO free up more cash to inject into your defence.
101 points. CP cap, and salah, martinelli, rogers, Mbem is my other mid.
Expensive
Cap
My little brother has just overtaken me, he makes almost no transfers and started in GW2…
Which trio is better on WC7:
a) Calvert-Lewin, Saka, Lewis
b) Havertz, McNeil, Trent
Both lead to 0.0 ITB
Had Goal Palmer since the start of the season, from what I saw of him last season he was my No.1 in the squad. His ability can get returns in any match regardless of the opposition.
Honestly I think there's more value overall in a non-Haaland team. I would much prefer Salah + Palmer than Haaland + sub€8M
You could fit in TAA + Salah or TAA + Watkins + Diaz/Maddison without Haaland....
Saying all that I do get your reasoning for Haaland, with the Captain default, upcoming fixtures etc.
Thankfully i managed to get Raya, TAA, Palmer, Salah, Jota and Haaland in early wildcard. Sold Jota in GW5 for Mbuemo.
10 of you starting WC team is in my WC from GW6. By fluke I captained Palmer on a whim so currently 83 points with Semanyo to go ...... Seeing your starting 11 I made right decisions last week and I went against the masses by including Palmer
I usually ignore price changes, but crumbled and used my 4 FT to remove Palmer, Robinson, Salah and J Pedro to get in Diaz, Gabriel, Saka and Havertz. Those transfers netted me a -30 loss as opposed to my ore transfer team. I was planning to hold my team for another week to reach 5 FT, and beacuse I bought Palmer and Jackson for their fixtures up untill next week. Just a reminder to stick to your plan, and ignore the noise
34 points, played the wild-card 😭
Blame haland
Don't be too disappointed, I only got 30
Exactly the same here… benched Rogers, captained Saka, double Arsenal defence wipe out, no palmer
What was your team?
@@theinvisibleman3920 Flekken, Trent, Gabriel, Lewis, Saka, Mbeumo, Semenyo, Diaz, Wood, Haaland captain, Havertz. Bench: Fabianski, Aina, Greaves, Rogers
Fantastic! Love to see someone attempting to counter pep roulette. Looks like it could work.
I'm glad it worked out for you. 😊 Gvardiol, Salah, Jota, and Gordon all returned, which is frustrating as I would have had an 80 point week if I hadn't wildcarded.
Looking forward, I pocketed some nice price rises, so hopefully next week is better. 😅
If I was wildcarding this week I would go for:
Raya, Fabianski,
Gabriel, Gvardiol, Colwill, Faes, Greaves,
Palmer, Saka, Mbeumo, Rogers, Adama Traore,
Haaland, Solanke, Delap
You may have the team value to do similar as you've moved on Palmer, Solanke before price rises and already had a few of the other players who have risen. Traore obviously not the best but minutes are good and just need someone to alternate with Delap until you have the funds to move to a Semenyo for GW11 maybe for the good run of fixtures for Bournemouth.
Love the content as always Ross - best of luck! :)
Did you watch the City vs Newcastle game? Why go 2x City defenders with Rodri out when they looked that bad (to City's standards)?
Well done Ross. My favourite FPL creator because you try to play it your own way, despite the pressure! Tbh I do like Trent and Watkins.
Also on WC this week, the difference between our drafts is that I'm selling Saka and Chiwome for Havertz and Dibling which allows me to have a defense of Raya, Trent, Porro and Lewis which I absolutely love. Spurs is 2nd this season for xGC and Porro very attacking, really would consider him for only 5.5M with the Spurs fixture run. Your version is looking good as well!
I also hit wildcard on saturday, it's amazing just how similar our drafts are completely independantly
My first season of fpl has been a joke, not looking for sympathy i just want to rant a little.
GW1 I had a 50/50 decision and i picked Bailey, Sangare and Muniz over Semenyo, Smith Rowe and Wood. GW2 i had three players shortlisted to replace Solanke. Instead of Picking Jackson or J. Pedro, I picked Armstrong as a differential. GW3 tried to switch captaincy from Son to Salah and forgot to click confirm, lost out on his 17-pointer for a Son blank. GW4 wildcarded and got 32 points, and for GW6 I had another 50/50 choice of either keeping Palmer and selling Eze for Trossard or keeping Eze and selling Palmer for Saka, of course I picked the latter. Finally same week, another 50/50 to replace J. Pedro, I picked Wood as a safe option over a differential of Delap just because of the Villa fixture (for some reason).
Currently ranked around 6mil. Sorry for ranting!
Dude this is exactly my story too, I'm also ranked 6mil. Ive previous finish top 1k and top 10k 3 times
what’s your next transfer? i’m just curious…
@@m21real_i don’t even know man - ID : 466841
@@JitteryCheeseFPL bro what's your FPL ID, I would like to follow your season since we are both in the same boat
@@vEcTeRbl00d466841 i think, remember it’s only my first season!
37 points with Semenyo to go. Not the best start to WC 6
no worries semenyo hatrick here we land
@@ariellavender5348im hoping so too
My Ghana boy gonna come thru for us 🙏🏽
@@Dubplatespecial I'll take a goal
I love the rambling. Saka and Gvardiol
Nice vid Ross!
Would you do:
A) Watkins, Salah, Dunk -> Haaland, Maddison, Mykolenko
B) Watkins, Salah, Robertson -> Haaland, Johnson, Lewis
83 points no wild card no halaand no palmer 😋😋😋 went from top 1.2m to top 300k
It’s a marathon though, not a sprint, you have too rely on lower level players especially for captain, it’s a good job so far but can swing quick
@@JohnSnow-gb5gb yeah going against halaand isn’t fun lol
Who do you have?
@@dariuspalmer2829 raya, Trent, Gabriel, gvardiol, saka, Salah, Roger’s, McNeil, mbuemo, Watkins, solanke and the bench is shite
@@Do27gg Really strong team shows you don't need one player to make your team good
Follow your gut and belief in your own judgement.. so true for FPL. I am happy for you that you sticked with your decision not to wc!
Before gw5 I was very confident about not wildcarding in gw6 either because I thought my team could have some great differentials in gw6 compared to the template. Another Haaland haul and the constant disbelief from others that I didn't own him so far this season (I actually did pretty ok without him), perceived "pressure" from social media where everyone was on wc, and increasing price changes made me change my mind. The outcome? My pre-wc team with the previously planned transfer would have scored 79 points, and my wc team is on 30 with Semenyo to play.
Feels really harsh.
With how the weekend shook out, your team was front of mind. Well played to hold out m8
best fol content creator out there in my opinion
even your wildcard isnt particularly same to others or template
Thank you so much 🫡
Had Palmer from the start of the season. 86 point week! No Halaand in my team and still got my wildcard. Looking healthy
Tempted by WC too because I had no Arsenal in my team and no Palmer, Diaz etc. Scored 62 and WC activated now, I already have Pickford from GW1, hopefully now is his time to deliver.
Ignore the haters, Ross. There are far more giving love for the work you put in each week. ❤.
That said, 35 pts off the WC this week, and i look at the tram i have, and i still love it 😂😂
Mad season so far.
Good reasoning around City double defence. When City plays against quick attacking teams they concede. Fulham, Wolves both in that category.
Got 62 points but kicking myself not biting the bullet on palmer captain and bringing in McNeil this week but sadly was my Bench option over Calvert lewin
Congratulations on holding off on the QW6 WC. This team looks very strong. Love your attitude to fpl, the fact you don’t just play based on spread sheet data. You bring enjoyment to the game by picking players based on gut feeling and the good old eye test. Respect ❤❤❤
Thank you mate, glad you enjoy the approach I have! 🙏🏼❤️
❤@@FPLRaptor
Nice to see you have your mojo back Ross! Great energy in this video! I Got 80 points this GW. But am playing with a no-Haaland, no-Salah team, so I will be hiding behind my couch again for the coming GW's. ;)
Amazing work mate, keep it up!
I’ve gone from 4 million rank to 500k last 2 weeks. Scores are so tight with a few good weeks you’ll be in the mix
Can’t believe I wildcarded and transferred out Porro, Salah, Delap and Palmer. Plus I put Rogers on the bench. So annoying as I was aiming to go in GW7 until I saw the price changes start
37:38 Im deciding on a cheap forward on a free transfer and I think I’m gonna go for cunha too! I think I may have commented on one of your posts on twitter about him yesterday, I think he looks like a really good option with him most likely being on pens with Sarabia and Hwang not starting. Also, congrats on the great gameweek Ross you definitely deserve it after all those weeks with haaland hauling😂.
Cunha is in my latest draft, you’ll see it on Therapy tomorrow!
Hey Ross, I think a good idea could be to have Saka for the next 2 and then switch to palmer in gw9. Let’s your spread some more funds around/keep some in the bank if needed, and avoids Forest/Liverpool games for palmer
I'm still on the salah draft and sticking with it this week. I'll likely wildcard next week as haaland seems impossible to keep out. for now though with...
martinez, trent, gvardiol, gabriel
saka, salah, martinelli, mbeumo
Watkins, solanke, calvert-lewin
let the game week begin.
don't know if I'll regret a price increase in haaland though.
Is ederson a good option on a wildcard?
I like your wc draft. It's totally fine to go with 2 Arsenal with their fixtures already turning again soon. Van den Berg and Mykolenko are the best budget defenders imo. VDB played well in each game and I am quite confident he keeps his place whether they play 5 atb or 4atb. Mykolenko is cheap + defense improving + good fixtures.
I would personally not want to go without any Liverpool players, they are top class and the fixtures aren't as bad as people say they are. So for me, Trent would have to be in there.
Shame your transfers won't contribute to the price change algorithm. Would've helped price rises if you had taken the hit first and activated the wildcard closer to the deadline (and get your hits back)
Maybe Trent and Watkins , just cause you do have 2 city defenders if are going with garvi
But then saka is also quite nailed for constant returns
Trent Watkins Preferred - Nice draft either way - Question 2 City defenders with no clean sheet since wk 1 holding Konate instead of Gvardiol if focused on CS though Gvardiol does have better goal threat going forward now that losing Rodri means that left side attack brings Gvardiol into a more forward position
Activated the wildcard last night😬 top of my mini league since the last international break, hoping to stay top for the next one! It’s a biiiiiiiig week
Great team. Really like it. Not sure what I would change and it would only be something round the edges.
I appreciate that mate!
Decided to keep Jota in my starting lineup based off of what you said about his Champions League performance, cheers mate 🙌🏽. Always love your videos
Glad to hear it mate, thanks!
Hey Ross,
I don't think you'll end up reading this but I can't help but want to tell you this. Please go against Haaland. Now is the time where everyone looks at his fixtures and realizes they can't go against him anymore. It's when everyone's teams start looking the same. This is where you can go against the crowd and stick out. It's so much more fun to play FPL against the majority and I just wanna tell you that you always look so enthusiastic when you go against him. It's why I subscribed last season and I think you'll have so much more fun doing it, even if it ends up being a terrible choice. Watkins and Salah will outscore Haaland + Cheap Midfielder. BELIEVE IN IT. let's go against the Norwegian robot and play our way. But honestly just do whatever you want to back. Just do the thing where you have less regrets and don't need your FPL Therapy. ( Brilliant pod btw)
I'll understand your decision no matter what anyway, but this game is for fun so just enjoy it. ( I had 84 points this week btw could be higher but Madisson didn't deliver sadly )
Still not used WC. Nice having it in back-pocket for international break GW8 if required but saving for GW12 (ARS/BHA/CHE/NEWC)
I wildcarded for GW6 and I got 58 points this week, was very brave and captained Salah instead of Haaland! Back 2 Back Green Arrows, which is nice! Glad this week went well for you Raptor! 😁
Ive yet to use a chip, and im so thankful i decided my team didn't need a wildcard as ive smashed it in both GW where wildcarding was popular. 75 points this week and up to top 7k
I am also looking at Johnson. He seems to be the one who's getting the chances even more than Solanke. I might even sell Luis Diaz for him if his minutes continues to be strong.
I have similar defence Lewis ,Gvardial ,but I have Trent . I do have a stronger bench though, but glad someone is thinking the same about the city pair
Hello mate, 80 points in GW6, just around 30k so far this season. I made some good decisions from beginning with Haaland and Salah. What do you think about my team to go to GW7. Henderson - TAA, Aina, Gvardiol - Mbeumo, Salah, Rogers, McNeil - Vardy, Haaland C, Watkins. On my bench Robinson and Smith-Rowe. Who do you think I could get to make my team better? Keep going Raptor, you do great content.
Stuck to my guns and didn't wildcard this week even though I was terrified of Haaland.
Would've taken out palmer who almost single handedly got me the green. Finished on 70 all out despite having Fernandes for the red card and saliba for a 0 pointer.
Already activated the wildcard this week for price changes thanks Raptor for the great content
if you are worried about Rogers value, think about what Palmer was valued at when the season started last season.
Great decision Ross. Could’ve been another disaster if you had have WC’ed. My GW3 WC is still paying off with players like Palmer, Watkins, Havertz, Mbeumo, Salah and Rogers paying off. 83 points with Semenyo still to play and on a fat c.500k green arrow to 58k ITW.
I think this week is the one I’ll finally get Haaland in and swap out Salah because he really hasn’t played well in the 3 recent matches I’ve watched and was lucky to return. 3FTs and we go again 💪👏
I’d personally definitely go for TAA and Watkins over Saka and Gvardiol. ManC defense has been a bit shaky, Saka has played more of a supporting role. Watkins is looking amazing in front of goal, and TAA with both the high clean sheet chances and his involvement in offense just makes him a perfect defender asset.
Hey Ross, what would you prefer, smith Rowe + solanke or madders + raul Jimenez (I think he is massively overlooked, being a part of Fulham, now the main striker, only 5,5 and on penalty’s).
Mykolenko down to another 4M defender Stewart as an 8th attacker, gives you more depth and given the Brentford fixtures how much would you use the Everton defender ? But can see why you took the route you have, looks good:)
Its my own opnion but i dont WC the week before IB
64 points with Haaland captain. Was happy with a surprise 11 points from Van De Ven. Rank 34,542.
Raptor. Baby. Feed me the goods. On a wc do I go Johnson and Trent or Saka and a 4.5
Wildcarders were captaining Haaland anyway, so it was easy to save the WC and bet against them with captain Salah/Palmer. Glad you had a better week Raptor. The mojo's coming back.
Decent team Ross!
Only downside is no Liverpool assets.
No chip played. Fought against Wildcarding. 70 points. Great green arrow. Benched all Brighton assets. 1m to 350k
Really like that wildcard team 🔥
Thanks mate!
Palmer started at 5.5m last season and look at him now. 😉 Rogers and Watkins look to be improving in interplay so I think his numbers will improve. 😊
My honest opinion: great forward choice, love the midfield although i wouldnt want to take the gamble on Johnson, there are allot of other players around that price point that can produce points more consistenly like Barnes (bps system favours him allot) and MGB (still on corners and pen share). The defence feels to shaky for me, especially taking on all those minute risks with a poor bench (who are also potential minute risks). I’d just keep porro, go for the punt on Lewis (if he is rested in midweek and upgrade van den berg to Mazraui/Aina. Maybe look into Faes as a 4m backup, great fixtures and already set for a price rise, if 1 in the next gws he returns you’ll be sure of a price rise again which gives you 0.1m
75 points Up into top 3k now. Sold Haaland and Smith rowe gameweek 5 for Watkins and Palmer. 7goals and an assist.
I always target fixtures over form, but I've decided to get Palmer. It can take Saka 3 gameweeks to match a Palmer haul. He's just elite.
Yeah he is insane isn’t he
There are so many great players in the EPL e.g Haaland, Salah, Saka, Palmer, Son, Watkins, Trent, etc. and it would be tough to get them all in. So, this season I just target fixtures. I don't own Palmer and I have no will to get him in based off his upcoming fixtures.
Because what Palmer just did, all the players I listed above have and are capable of doing. It's just that Palmer did his THIS GW. I feel there's no need to rush to get Palmer in when there are premiums with better run of fixtures. End of rant!
Was tempted to transfer out Palmer ➡️ Saka for a -4 in GW6 😮💨
70 pts so far.
I had the worst week of a nightmare season due to a wildcard where I sold Salah, Watkins, Jota and Gvardiol. This season makes me insane.
70 points with a GW6 wildcard. I went no haaland or salah. I knew haaland’s returns would eventually drop. 2 goals a game was unsustainable as he was on track to double the existing goal record.
Raya
Gabriel Trent Porro
Saka Palmer Mbeumo Maddison
Solanke Watkins Wood
Bench: Flekken, Rogers, Greaves, Keane
Squad feels so balanced and I’ve got 3 free transfers, planning on rolling this week ☺️
Never owned haaland and sitting just outside the top million, I genuinely might go all season without him, his price is too much for me.
I think that you could be even higher with Haaland, he is a no brainer, he will be top goal scorer again.
You will regret it probably. I'm on 250k and own Haaland Watkins Havertz TAA Gabriel etc
@@joshduff007 I think he’d be a no brainer if he wasn’t £15.3m, I just prefer to spread the money around. Plus top goal scorer doesn’t mean he’ll end up on the highest points. (Palmer 4 goals behind but only 4 points behind, while being £4.6m cheaper)
@@TheDogbert123 trust me, spread the money around elsewhere. And yes obviously being top goal scorer isn’t the only contribution towards Haalands points, he is also very consistent which to be fair this early on cannot be said about many players. Haaland is a no brainer, everybody in the top spots of the world have him in their squads
@@joshduff007 stayed no Haaland and now in the top 200k
I like your team. My only suggestion would be to carry on with only 2 strikers for now so downgrade your 3rd striker and use the funds for your defense. I know you weren't happy earlier with only 2 strikers but you can always sell palmer later to fund another striker if you want
You should try being at around 8 million rank - everything that could have gone wrong has done and all my decisions have been bad - this week I played the wildcard and got rid of Salah and Palmer as a result - those two alone outscored my entire replacement team
Raptor I commend you for your work rate, who would u say is the best 4.5-4.6m defender
Silenced the haters with the salah captain good job egg keep doing what you want and forget what the haters say
Had watkins, Salah, jota, Gordon, gvardiol before wildcard. Wildcarded into 30 points with none of them in my team
Do transfers now or hold until deadline
Do it before price changes depending on the changes you want to make
I again think the better data could be driving a narrative still ultimately backed by personal opinion for a lot of FPL Managers and fans.
If I looked at the data for Brennan Johnson and Kulusevski I could say Johnson has returned in the last couple games and the data is good so why wouldn't I pick him. Or you could say that the data for Kulusevski isn't as good but he has returned a similar amount of points so far. So if the data gets stronger won't he have a higher ceiling than Johnson as he is already passing the eye test.
It all depends on what spin you put on it and how adventurous you are as an FPL Manager
Unpopular opinion :
I genuinely think you can go another week without wildcard with a pretty solid team actually, considering you have 2 FT personally I'd take a risk on 2 punts before wildcarding them out in GW8:
Eze ➡️ Trossard
DCL ➡️ Evanilson
Is Palmer really good with LPool and Arse up ahead?
I don’t think so I don’t see the hype tbh
Raya,Trent,Lewis,Robo,Mbuemo,Rogers,Palmer,Son,Smith-Rowe,DCL,Halaand.
Finally had a decent week 100 points, captaining Palmer. Also jumped 4 m places lol
greaves or van de berg? also, fabianski or valdimarsson? Thank you for your response. Have a good day!
I think transfers to come is gonna be difficult, I don’t see many under the radar differentials with banker fixtures. Was gonna go Porro next week but now after the Man United game people are gonna be on him again, he probably concedes if Bruno stays on.
I commented 2 weeks ago that palmer, saka, mbeumo, Semenyo, Rogers was the midfield to go for
Really good wildcard team Ross, I would not change a thing about it ❤
Thank you!
What are your thoughts of going Johnson down to like McNeil or Carvalio, even Tyler Dibling and bringing up Chiwome to get an actual 8th attacker?
Captained Palmer, was always fading Haaland captaincy, on 89 with Semenyo still to play! Went from 1.4 mil to top 100k might be the highest I’ll get all season 😂