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9 Aug, 7 tweets, 2 min read

⚡️ BRAINSTORM - 4 DAYS TO GO! ⚡️

Just a quick update thread off the top of my head, as plenty has happened over the last 24 hours (🗣 TSIMIKAS!) and I also left a few lads off yesterday’s shortlist. Okay let’s start with a few omissions and then I’m gonna make some cuts ✂️

Greenwood (7.5) - I’m probably going with Bruno as I want that strong 2nd captaincy option and love the fixtures, but MG definitely appeals as either cheap ‘cover’ or as a 2nd Utd attacker. Hhmmm

⭐️ Barvey Harnes (7.0) - Sorry that makes me laugh and I’m sticking with it! Was…

.. lucky enough to get a huge haul from Harnes in the 19/20 season and I remain a fan. Looked lively in the Shield and super +ve quotes from Brodge. I’m tempted

Benrahma (6.0) - Has looked great in pre season after a strong finish to last, with a fair price. Would be very…

.. interested if I wasn’t 100% set on Antonio

⭐️ TSIMIKAS (4.0!) - Sorry for the caps but 4m possible (probable?) starting Liverpool defs don’t come along too often. Alright yes we only just had Nat but that was great too! Potential uber-enabler for 4-8 wks plus

Okay that’s…

.. enough additions - I’m supposed to be cutting this list down! Let’s make some cuts:

Chilwell - not into the fixtures and they might go more attacking this season

Ritchie - it’s too much of a reach with him playing for Newcastle

White - no attacking threat… Tsimikas baby!!

Torres - too much of a punt, no idea if he’ll start or not

Saka - late return from England, some dodgy early fixtures

Jimenez - I’m really keen in due course but don’t love the early fixtures and want to see him and Wolves first

More cuts to come tomorrow but we’re moving in..

.. the right direction. Current fave picks include:

Sanchez, Bachmann

Trent, Shaw, Coufal, Tsimikas (Veltman/Ayling)

Mo, Bruno, Raph (Brownhill)

Antonio, Toney

and liking this draft tonight. Happy tinkering ✌🏼

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🧠 THE MINI COMPLETE GUIDE TO FPL 🧠

Okay here goes nothing - I'm going to turn my full (37 page) Complete Guide to #FPL into an epic twitter thread!

It begins with basics for beginners, then gets into strategies for returning managers to improve their skills

Let's do this! 👇

INTRO

I've played FPL seriously for 4 yrs (224k, 28k, 16k, 19k) and had 2 top 500 finishes in Telegraph Fantasy prior. My background is in financial research, quant analysis and portfolio mngt, and I've played & watched footie for > 30 years

That's me!

Okay onto THE BASICS :-

We pick a squad of 15 players. You want 2-3 big hitters for captaincy (score double), plenty of nailed on players on good teams, other teams' talismen, mix of upside and value picks, and at least 1 decent player on the bench in case needed. Mids get 5 pts for a goal, fwds get 4

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8 Aug

⚡️ THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - MY SHORTLIST ⚡️

Quick thoughts on the 30 players that make up my shortlist, with under 5 days to go. I'll whittle this down during the week as I finalise my team to begin the 21/22 #FPL season.

Players with a ⭐️ are my current top picks. OK let's go! 🧠

GKs

⭐️Bachmann (4.5m) - Watford have a great cleansheet record under Xisco, fixtures are good and likely to make a more saves than Sanchez

⭐️Sanchez (4.5) - Great record since getting the shirt, v nice fixtures. Lack of saves (& bonus?) and some defs injured / departed the cons

DEFs

⭐️ Trent(7.5) - Nothing needs to be said - assist machine, cleansheets, set piece master, fixtures are great, the full package

Chilwell (6.0) - Some tough early fixtures are putting me off, but he offers cleansheet, assist and even goal potential, with little competition

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23 Jan

🧠 B R A I N W A V E S #GW20

I think a lot of us are in the same #FPL boat at the moment, wondering who to replace KDB with, thinking about adding another city def or perhaps with a Vardy issue. Just going to thread my transfer / planning thoughts here in case that’s useful

👇🏻

Okay first let’s think about Kev, who’s gone from Mr Popular TC option to crashing down to earth. So there are 2 main approaches to replacement I think - premium, or cheap + funds for Kane. So let’s look and think through each of those routes, starting with the cheap enablers...

These are the players I think of if going this route, and who they facilitate in terms of a forward upgrade (I’ve still got a cold Brewster on my bench personally):

Gundo (Kane, nearly...)
Saka (Kane, nearly)
Lookman (Kane)
Grealish (DCL)
Foden (tricky price)
Barnes (DCL + £s)

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