23:35 totally believe it this season. The whole question of "getting back to" Haaland or Salah is nonsense. They are not unknown differentials, we know exactly what they are capable of. It would be crazy to go without Haaland then scramble to get him in after he gets a brace in the first fixture. I think if you're going without, just commit for 5 or 6 weeks at least, if not the whole season. By the way they were 5th and 7th for total points last season.
People really need to stop looking at the overall points as a measure, it’s just not the full picture. They missed a fair number of games. If you extrapolate their points for the games they missed, they would be top 3 100%. We are considering them to be present in all the fixtures that we have them, not 80% of it.
Don't understand people avoiding Salah because Liverpool are an unknown under slot, while also picking Palmer when Maresca limped to a championship title with a Leicester side good enough to walk the division, and is now inheriting a DISASTER of a Chelsea squad who have been stinking the place out in pre season
People who are avoiding Salah are mainly using the money to fund for Haaland, and Palmer is 2 mil cheaper whilst also providing an option to switch to Salah with fewer transfers
This is my first year playing FPL. No idea what im doing. I put the below 'no Salah or Haaland' team together and it scored 93/100 rating. GKP: Miguel, Fabianski DEF: Alexander Arnold, Gvardiol, Saliba, Konsa, Barco MID: Palmer, Saka, Eze, Nkunku, Gibbs-White FWD: Isak, Watkins, Wood
if Salah comes out after first 5-6 gameweeks with 5-10 points less than Haaland you're on a winner. just a question whether you think Haaland will go on a rampage or stay around Salah's points.
Interesting content as usual. I'll be sticking to a Salah draft for the early fixtures and looking to early wildcard, but I think during this season we'll start to see Saka as a consistent captaincy option and the rise of aome Liverpool attacking options which will make it easier to go without Salah.
One thing to remember about the Team Rating percentage score in FF Hub - it is skewed towards who your starting 11 is every week. So don't just pick your squad and select a first 11 for GW 1 and declare that as a 90% Team Rating or whatever - move forward through the next 5-6 game weeks and click Optimise Team, you will see that your overall Team Rating percentage can go up.
I accidentally stumbled into a team with Pickford (get Everton's reserve keeper as the other so if Pickford doens't play, he will), Gvardial, Salah, Haaland, Isak in the team...with Muniz as 3rd striker and Eze and Nkunku in Mid....I started 2 weeks ago with neither, now I think I am going to go with both. Unless Haaland isn't fit.
Excellent summary. Salah's opening fixtures are just too good to ignore. Even if he plays poorly he's still likely to get a few streaky goals. Love Haaland even at 15 but I'm concerned if he gets another 'niggle' thats 15 million stuck on the bench. Worse if roulette Pep decides to rest Haaland for the Ipswich (H) game and preserve him for the BIG games. Thank-you for the video
I’ve had a non Salah and Haaland draft for a while, obviously will become more difficult to stick with when the season gets closer but I do think there are very viable reasons to go without both
ross, just thought i’d let you know that sonny has already been playing out on the left in preseason with kulusevski playing through the middle. this would back up the idea that spurs are looking to bring a striker in unless they are happy with kulusevski there long term, but wouldn’t affect son in terms of his positioning. obviously the penalties are contentious is a new 9 comes in, but i think sonny plays on the left this season regardless.
This reinforces to me how much of a restriction the captaincy points are to being able to play with a team you’d want as it contributes to so many points from an overall season score. Would love to pick a team like this but expect no rank benefit sadly
Looking forward to this one! My original draft had no Haaland no Salah. Since then I have brought Haaland into my team, but I still don’t have Salah, I have Szobo as a cheaper route into their attack instead
Just had a look at Wissa of Brentford and he is arguably the best value player in the game. If he gets more minutes now that Tony is leaving I think he’s going to surprise a lot of people.
@kryn1030 brentford are looking at another fwd signing and I don't even think brentford play toney until window shuts and had been sold, they won't lose him on a free
I've been waiting for the 'nomium' draft. this is my team Miguel Ward Mykolenko Robinson Faes Trent Gvardiol Odegarrd Palmer Johnson Szobozlai Gordon Watkins Isak(C) Havertz Is this a good team.
So I've not had either Haaland or Salah in any of my drafts... Here's my current one, if you're interested: Raya, Valdimarsson TAA, Martinez, Murillo, Konsa, Davis Palmer. Saka, Fernandes, Gorden, Rogers Isak. Watkins, Pedro 1mil in the bank
No salah or haaland has been my strat since the game launched. So many good options in midfield and I’m not convinced by salah under a new manager. Haaland is just too expensive and I think players like Palmer and saka can deliver good value as captains
Hey Ross I love the idea of no Halaand and no Mo. I've been trying to convince myself to do it. I know for sure im going no Halaand because at that price I can get 2, 7.5 players that can at least match him if not outscore him.
I'm not convinced on the hedging of bets with Szoboszlai. Sounds like the eggs in basket fallacy from one of your previous videos! ;) I'd rather load up on Nkunku with his fixtures (can always switch to Bailey if that looks better from W3 onwards)
I get the doubts over Salah but with the fixtures pool have to start the season I dont see a reason not to have him in your team knowing he's fully fit. He is an easy drop to literally any other mid then upgrade another spot. pool's fixtures get worse after gw 6 so having him for 3-4 weeks seems smart. Again I just cant see not having Salah to start.
Been no haaland and no salah since launch. 15 million for haaland and he only scored 2 or more goals in 7 games out of 38 last year. I truly believe spreading the funds players can balance the points over the weeks.
Pickford, Henderson TAA, Burn, Guehi, Konsa, Walker Palmer, Gibbs-White, Saka, Gordon, Eze Watkins, Wood, Armstrong Rated 91 for my all English team challenge team I think it is rated the same with Foden instead of Eze too with 2.5 currently ITB
Had not seen or heard anything on Haaland but hes been looking good and seemed fine so far in pre season games would have been rested more if struggling no?
nice video also I think a new 5.0 mid is shinning amad diallo he will most likely win battle of fitness as no one can stay healthy at man u he will start at rw for united game week 1
I am hearing it a lot but no way in the world Toney comes in and takes penalty away from son no matter how good he is and not to forget son also is Elite penalty taker
Here's what I've been wondering recently folks; which price points are the ones to target this year? In my original draft I had Salah + 2 premium mids (Foden and Saka), but it's seeming more and more likely to me tha the 7ish million midfielder bracket and the 4.5m defender bracket are the ones to attack. This leaves me in a situation where I can have a balanced team with Salah and pocket 1.5 to 2 million, or go with Haaland and Eze in lieu of Havertz and Salah. It's really a tricky one. Thoughts? Any and all appreciated!
Refarding your 'no reason not to have Isak' i would say this... Newcastle were awful away from home and their home fixtures other than S'hampton are tricky, he's also quite injury prone!
Henderson and Fabianski Trent, Gvardiol, Gabriel, Andersen and Davis Saka, Son, Gordon, Eze and Nkunku Isak, Havertz and Wood. 96/100. I will probably have Salah though.
Brand new to this type of video and the internet but I really enjoyed this video! What is this football game you're talking about? Sandra and I went out for a curry last night, it was a place called Tandoori Village and really good quality.
'Everyone' is a bit sweeping, otherwise nobody would win but I know what you mean. The drafts in American Sports are much better , where only you 'own' the player you pick but then you can't have hundreds of thousands of people playing the same game.
As a Everton fan, I think, that we have the worst team so far. No midfielders, no attackers, even if the def is good it's not that good .. I won't take a Everton def.
94% No Haaland or Salah Raya , Valdimarson Gvardiol , myjolenko , Trent , Harwood bellis , barco Bruno , nkunko , eze , Gordon , saka Isak , havertz , watkins
Just 5 mins in to video and I already disagree with acouple of the points you've mase: - Salah is not a doubt for pens that's a pointless argument for suggesting why you wouldn't want to go Salah - flekken being a doubt is irrelevant unless brentford sign another keeper, since you can get brentfords back up GK for 4.0
Instead of sboozlai, why not JOTA, instead of gibs white, why not heechan or Neto of wolves. Gibbs white is really overrated . I find it funny that a lot of fpl creators r pushing this narrative as if Nottingham will be the next Brighton this season
@@GDaves131a no you’ll be the bigger fool To think Nottingham forest will jus up n win all their games n bang goals n assists jus bcos content creators r pushing that narrative . Wolves had had bad games n still give returns expect when neto n Heechan had injuries . Same way y’all avoiding arsnsl bcos of fixtures when arsenal players will still Show class n win two out of those three games .
@@GDaves131a same crap they pushed with fixtures , yet eveyone who tripled capt haaland , Barely made 30 points . Class is class n nothingham r still bottom feeders . Gwk 5 will come n I’ll see ur gibbswhite with Less than 30 points . Clown.
@@GDaves131a you could easily have disagreed in a civil manner n we would have had an educative discusion. But what do I expect from cowards behind their phones who only know how to sound stupid n be insultive
Wish you was in my mini league 😂 you'd rather neto who gets subbed and injured often than a 90 minute talisman penalty taker with better fixtures, Neto also got 2 goals last season 🎉
Price and options elsewhere is the dilemma. Do u take 2 strong pt scorers for 1 salah or haaland or take salah or haaland but sacrifice a weak scoring player to pair with. I'm going without either gw1 but haaland will be there gw2 maybe only for a few weeks tho
23:35 totally believe it this season. The whole question of "getting back to" Haaland or Salah is nonsense. They are not unknown differentials, we know exactly what they are capable of. It would be crazy to go without Haaland then scramble to get him in after he gets a brace in the first fixture. I think if you're going without, just commit for 5 or 6 weeks at least, if not the whole season.
By the way they were 5th and 7th for total points last season.
People really need to stop looking at the overall points as a measure, it’s just not the full picture. They missed a fair number of games. If you extrapolate their points for the games they missed, they would be top 3 100%. We are considering them to be present in all the fixtures that we have them, not 80% of it.
Don't understand people avoiding Salah because Liverpool are an unknown under slot, while also picking Palmer when Maresca limped to a championship title with a Leicester side good enough to walk the division, and is now inheriting a DISASTER of a Chelsea squad who have been stinking the place out in pre season
People who are avoiding Salah are mainly using the money to fund for Haaland, and Palmer is 2 mil cheaper whilst also providing an option to switch to Salah with fewer transfers
Yeah absolutely fair enough! Palmer is £2.0m cheaper but I agree the same logic should apply
This is my first year playing FPL. No idea what im doing.
I put the below 'no Salah or Haaland' team together and it scored 93/100 rating.
GKP: Miguel, Fabianski
DEF: Alexander Arnold, Gvardiol, Saliba, Konsa, Barco
MID: Palmer, Saka, Eze, Nkunku, Gibbs-White
FWD: Isak, Watkins, Wood
Im doing it, No Haaland or Salah.💪🏻
rank at GW3: 5million
@@emanuel6693😂
@@emanuel6693 we'll see😂.
Respect
You're a machine brother... I bet the midfield is MENTAL
I keep changing between Haaland or Salah but I feel like my Salah draft is a lot more balanced so I'm leaning to that at this stage
facts man this is the same thing happening to me i switch from haaland then back to salah but the salah draft looks more complete
if Salah comes out after first 5-6 gameweeks with 5-10 points less than Haaland you're on a winner. just a question whether you think Haaland will go on a rampage or stay around Salah's points.
@@mr.iceman_ Well hopefully he doesn’t perform early and wait and see if he starts too I guess
Hey Ross, can you add prices to the players in these videos? I think it’ll help.
love it when you upload
Aw thanks mate, appreciate you!
Miguel (Fabianski)
Porro, Trent, Gvardiol (Barco, Greaves or another 4m)
Gordon, Nkunku, Saka, Palmer (Rogers)
Watkins, Havertz, Isak
if you want 0.5 in the bank, Palmer out for Son
Interesting content as usual. I'll be sticking to a Salah draft for the early fixtures and looking to early wildcard, but I think during this season we'll start to see Saka as a consistent captaincy option and the rise of aome Liverpool attacking options which will make it easier to go without Salah.
One thing to remember about the Team Rating percentage score in FF Hub - it is skewed towards who your starting 11 is every week. So don't just pick your squad and select a first 11 for GW 1 and declare that as a 90% Team Rating or whatever - move forward through the next 5-6 game weeks and click Optimise Team, you will see that your overall Team Rating percentage can go up.
Cheers! Mr. Raptor! Love all your insights towards this beautiful game. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much!
I accidentally stumbled into a team with Pickford (get Everton's reserve keeper as the other so if Pickford doens't play, he will), Gvardial, Salah, Haaland, Isak in the team...with Muniz as 3rd striker and Eze and Nkunku in Mid....I started 2 weeks ago with neither, now I think I am going to go with both. Unless Haaland isn't fit.
Martinez, Gvardiol, Trent, Robertson, Saka, Kudus, Odegaard, Gordon, Nkunku , Havertz, Isak, bench- Leno, Zabaryni, Harwood-Bellis, Wissa
Excellent summary. Salah's opening fixtures are just too good to ignore. Even if he plays poorly he's still likely to get a few streaky goals. Love Haaland even at 15 but I'm concerned if he gets another 'niggle' thats 15 million stuck on the bench. Worse if roulette Pep decides to rest Haaland for the Ipswich (H) game and preserve him for the BIG games. Thank-you for the video
I’ve had a non Salah and Haaland draft for a while, obviously will become more difficult to stick with when the season gets closer but I do think there are very viable reasons to go without both
ross, just thought i’d let you know that sonny has already been playing out on the left in preseason with kulusevski playing through the middle. this would back up the idea that spurs are looking to bring a striker in unless they are happy with kulusevski there long term, but wouldn’t affect son in terms of his positioning. obviously the penalties are contentious is a new 9 comes in, but i think sonny plays on the left this season regardless.
This reinforces to me how much of a restriction the captaincy points are to being able to play with a team you’d want as it contributes to so many points from an overall season score. Would love to pick a team like this but expect no rank benefit sadly
Looking forward to this one! My original draft had no Haaland no Salah. Since then I have brought Haaland into my team, but I still don’t have Salah, I have Szobo as a cheaper route into their attack instead
Really like Szoboszlai, he's in this draft!
This is what I’m going for. Also congrats on the new pod - I work for acast would strongly suggest joining their network to make some money!
Been waiting for this. I seriously think it’s the way to go this season. Have made a couple drafts with this format.
No Salah, no Haaland, 94/100 rating 😎
Just had a look at Wissa of Brentford and he is arguably the best value player in the game. If he gets more minutes now that Tony is leaving I think he’s going to surprise a lot of people.
Toney is most likely staying this year and seeing out his contract.
Could be true unless Spurs sign him.
City and Liverpool in first 5 tho
@kryn1030 brentford are looking at another fwd signing and I don't even think brentford play toney until window shuts and had been sold, they won't lose him on a free
I've been waiting for the 'nomium' draft.
this is my team
Miguel Ward
Mykolenko Robinson Faes Trent Gvardiol
Odegarrd Palmer Johnson Szobozlai Gordon
Watkins Isak(C) Havertz
Is this a good team.
Double Watkins is fantastic
@@CRS_34 Lmao, where was my head at? i meant havertz
Interesting vid, tossing up signing salah, loads of viable options without.
Szobo will be the best differential great pick there 👏
So I've not had either Haaland or Salah in any of my drafts...
Here's my current one, if you're interested:
Raya, Valdimarsson
TAA, Martinez, Murillo, Konsa, Davis
Palmer. Saka, Fernandes, Gorden, Rogers
Isak. Watkins, Pedro
1mil in the bank
Thanksgorithm
Thanks mate
No salah or haaland has been my strat since the game launched. So many good options in midfield and I’m not convinced by salah under a new manager. Haaland is just too expensive and I think players like Palmer and saka can deliver good value as captains
Hey Ross I love the idea of no Halaand and no Mo. I've been trying to convince myself to do it. I know for sure im going no Halaand because at that price I can get 2, 7.5 players that can at least match him if not outscore him.
Loving all the content Ross! Keep it coming. Such an interesting draft but I really can’t look past Salah
Thanks mate! And I think I have to agree!
Think im going to do this. More fun picking captain each week. See how good it goes.
Szboszlai played a deeper role against arsenal and did well, could begin the season there with LFC lack of depth & McAllister coming back late.
I have no Haaland, no Salah, no Watkins. In fact, I just picked players from 1978. Keegan is going to smash it as my captain in GW1.
I have Shilton in goal & John Robertson & Gary Birtles up front ,got a feeling Forest will have a good season .....😂
I'm not convinced on the hedging of bets with Szoboszlai. Sounds like the eggs in basket fallacy from one of your previous videos! ;)
I'd rather load up on Nkunku with his fixtures (can always switch to Bailey if that looks better from W3 onwards)
Another great piece of content Ross, do you ever sleep 😴, have a great day ⚽️😀
I get the doubts over Salah but with the fixtures pool have to start the season I dont see a reason not to have him in your team knowing he's fully fit. He is an easy drop to literally any other mid then upgrade another spot. pool's fixtures get worse after gw 6 so having him for 3-4 weeks seems smart. Again I just cant see not having Salah to start.
Been no haaland and no salah since launch. 15 million for haaland and he only scored 2 or more goals in 7 games out of 38 last year. I truly believe spreading the funds players can balance the points over the weeks.
Pickford, Henderson
TAA, Burn, Guehi, Konsa, Walker
Palmer, Gibbs-White, Saka, Gordon, Eze
Watkins, Wood, Armstrong
Rated 91 for my all English team challenge team
I think it is rated the same with Foden instead of Eze too with 2.5 currently ITB
Your upload time is perfect for me , to watch your videos while having lunch here in india . Perfect timing
That is awesome, have a great lunch!
I'm running no Salah, no Haaland, and no Arnold. At this point I'm just trying to be different 😂
Had not seen or heard anything on Haaland but hes been looking good and seemed fine so far in pre season games would have been rested more if struggling no?
Welcome back to our view Ross 🙂
Smith-Rowe or CHO or Rogers 😢
nice video also I think a new 5.0 mid is shinning amad diallo he will most likely win battle of fitness as no one can stay healthy at man u he will start at rw for united game week 1
Love him as an option mate
@FPLRaptor Go Man United hope we finish top 5
I am hearing it a lot but no way in the world Toney comes in and takes penalty away from son no matter how good he is and not to forget son also is Elite penalty taker
Here's what I've been wondering recently folks; which price points are the ones to target this year? In my original draft I had Salah + 2 premium mids (Foden and Saka), but it's seeming more and more likely to me tha the 7ish million midfielder bracket and the 4.5m defender bracket are the ones to attack. This leaves me in a situation where I can have a balanced team with Salah and pocket 1.5 to 2 million, or go with Haaland and Eze in lieu of Havertz and Salah. It's really a tricky one. Thoughts? Any and all appreciated!
I am on no salah and haaland since day 1.
Hiya, managed 91% no salah, no Harland draft, gonna start with it, subject to transfers and injuries 🤯
Thanks Ross for being the only creator I follow that considers Raya over Saliba
If you had to choose one defender from Liverpool and one from Arsenal who would it be?
Do you think eze is worth the 0.5m over MGW ross?
Not with those fixtures
It's a pretty good draft....
Rather have Watkins than Haaland to be honest
is Mykolenko not injured right now? I read something about it and his projected points on fplhub have plummeted.
Miguel
Trent Robertson Gvardiol
Saka Salah Gordon Eze
Isak Wood Muniz
Bench: Nkunku Barco Robinson
Refarding your 'no reason not to have Isak' i would say this... Newcastle were awful away from home and their home fixtures other than S'hampton are tricky, he's also quite injury prone!
Most nailed chelsea defender? ( Excluding keepers )
Henderson and Fabianski
Trent, Gvardiol, Gabriel, Andersen and Davis
Saka, Son, Gordon, Eze and Nkunku
Isak, Havertz and Wood.
96/100. I will probably have Salah though.
I’m going with
Raya
TAA, Mykolenko, Gvardiol
Nkunku, Eze, Son, Salah(C)
Watkins, Isak, Wood
Substitutes - Valdimarsson, Barco, Rogers, Andersen
Any thoughts?
No Salah or Haaland and you pick Szobo 😂😂😂😂
Brand new to this type of video and the internet but I really enjoyed this video! What is this football game you're talking about?
Sandra and I went out for a curry last night, it was a place called Tandoori Village and really good quality.
Can you start putting your uploads on Podcasts? I like to listen while cycling and TH-cam is nightmare when you don’t have the premium version
I am on the same logic behind my Raya pick , otherwise I have to go against the template with the high ownership of Saliba and Raya
Can hit 94 with no Salah and no Haaland which will be the way I go.
Why no one talking about Bowen 😮
I got a 92% rating.
No Haaland or Salah.
LETS GO!!!
It's much more exciting Wen u go without especially haaland cause it makes u think more about your captain pick
Would you have Trent + Hudson-Odoi or Saliba + Nkunku?
What do you think of bench boost on GW1?
If pre season was such a huge help id be going with sancho this year. Just saying
doesn’t matter who you pick in gw1 by gw5 everyone will have the same starting 11 all season. Same every year
'Everyone' is a bit sweeping, otherwise nobody would win but I know what you mean. The drafts in American Sports are much better , where only you 'own' the player you pick but then you can't have hundreds of thousands of people playing the same game.
Love the content Ross. ❤
Thanks mate!!
2 mins silence for everyone including me who thought they could start the season without Haaland
Ja nie będę mieć w drużynie Salaha ani Haalanda, ale będę tego żałować. 💀
Haaland hat trick vs Chelsea, he is fine.
As a Everton fan, I think, that we have the worst team so far. No midfielders, no attackers, even if the def is good it's not that good .. I won't take a Everton def.
Haaland is too expensive imo, I would say on recent form, Palmer is a better week-to-week captain anyway
94% No Haaland or Salah
Raya , Valdimarson
Gvardiol , myjolenko , Trent , Harwood bellis , barco
Bruno , nkunko , eze , Gordon , saka
Isak , havertz , watkins
Is richarlison just out of the picture, he seems very good value and started when he was fit last season ?
Captain Salah in GW1 gives me the warm and fuzzies
No Haaland and Salah but still with Gibbs-White, Szoboszlai and Henderson, that's a mehhh
Why nobody speaks about Gakpo???
Thanks Ross
People forget Forest nearly went down last season
Automatic watch
i prefer quartz
Legend
Just 5 mins in to video and I already disagree with acouple of the points you've mase:
- Salah is not a doubt for pens that's a pointless argument for suggesting why you wouldn't want to go Salah
- flekken being a doubt is irrelevant unless brentford sign another keeper, since you can get brentfords back up GK for 4.0
If you go without haland and salah , u can do proper bench boost in first round 😅
I’ve got a 95 rated team without either Haaland or Salah
What is your team?
Insted of Szoboszlai ..suggest me one mancity player
Rodri would be the only one at that price
Toney or Solanke going to Spurs could make things a bit boring I fear
Small point… But I think we’re not seeing a GW1 screenshot?
I’m so locked in
Isn't our current rank our FPL ID?
Funny. FPL Fran has done a similar themed vid….
Doing it, aswell as bench boost gw1 and wc gw2 😂
I don’t know about you all but I’ve been looking at Amad for a differential… thoughts 💭 ❤️
Mykolenko hasnt played a game pre season yet
Instead of sboozlai, why not JOTA, instead of gibs white, why not heechan or Neto of wolves. Gibbs white is really overrated . I find it funny that a lot of fpl creators r pushing this narrative as if Nottingham will be the next Brighton this season
It's a fixtures game, if you pick wolves assets instead of forest at the start of the season you're a fool
@@GDaves131a no you’ll be the bigger fool
To think Nottingham forest will jus up n win all their games n bang goals n assists jus bcos content creators r pushing that narrative . Wolves had had bad games n still give returns expect when neto n Heechan had injuries . Same way y’all avoiding arsnsl bcos of fixtures when arsenal players will still
Show class n win two out of those three games .
@@GDaves131a same crap they pushed with fixtures , yet eveyone who tripled capt haaland , Barely made 30 points . Class is class n nothingham r still bottom feeders . Gwk 5 will come n I’ll see ur gibbswhite with Less than 30 points . Clown.
@@GDaves131a you could easily have disagreed in a civil manner n we would have had an educative discusion. But what do I expect from cowards behind their phones who only know how to sound stupid n be insultive
Wish you was in my mini league 😂 you'd rather neto who gets subbed and injured often than a 90 minute talisman penalty taker with better fixtures, Neto also got 2 goals last season 🎉
please if you're chasing ranks don't do this
I think history tells us that not having Salah and Haaland in your squad is a huge mistake.
Price and options elsewhere is the dilemma. Do u take 2 strong pt scorers for 1 salah or haaland or take salah or haaland but sacrifice a weak scoring player to pair with. I'm going without either gw1 but haaland will be there gw2 maybe only for a few weeks tho