Little Green Arrows

GW17 was a bit better. It steadied the ship. In the end playing Rogers ahead of Armstrong did make the difference after all. So that's one decision I've managed to get right this season.

76 points (avg. 60)

It gave me a green arrow, but not a spectacular one. I'm now at around the 1.9m mark in rank.

I looked back at my gameweek ranks. So far this season I've failed to have a single week where I've scored within the top one million ..and just four weeks where I've been within the top two million. So I've been plumb average. I haven't had a single gameweek with an outstanding score. Nothing special. A season so far completely without magic.

And with the gameweeks creeping by I'm losing time to turn things round. It's now or never if I want to have any hope of a decent final rank.

Saka Replacement?

I'm now sat here on Christmas Eve (Merry Christmas btw 🎅), trying to decide who to bring in for the injured Saka. You kind of feel the Saka injury has been a long time coming, what with all the doubts and will he, won't he starts this season. Again, in another year where I'd been more focused and thoughtful I might have just cavalierly avoided Saka altogether because of that. This season I'm always chasing the herd.

Currently it's a three-way choice between Foden, Luis Diaz and Maddison. I'm tempted to go for Foden just because he's so differential. However, my gut instinct is to stick another Liverpool player in there. With Liverpool flying it just makes too much sense. Bringing in Diaz also frees up a fair bit of cash, which could be handy going forward. Especially with the Assistant Manager chip in mind.

So I think that's what I'll do. Come to think of it, I might just do it now actually. Enjoy Christmas Day without the worry.

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