Gameweek 24: So Far, So Decent

Currently on 94 points for GW24. So it's looking quite nice as I head into that final Everton vs Liverpool fixture. With three Everton defenders you would suspect points will cancel out a little bit. Salah (or dare I hope, Diaz) goals will negatively impact things there. However, anything I get from those Everton players now will just be a huge bonus, as that first game went better than expected: three clean sheets, two assists ..and a bonus point to boot.

I also got a bit of jam with Robertson outscoring the injured TAA by a single point.

GW25

We have the double confirmed for GW25 now too. (Spurs were really awful against Liverpool last night in the cup. Yes, Liverpool are massively better, and you'd expect them to win, but still, conceding four goals and offering nothing going forward was poor. If it was a Championship side up against Liverpool, then sure, a drubbing is excusable, but a Premier League side should put up more of a fight than that. Especially when they're starting the game with a goal advantage. Ally McCoist was way too generous in the commentary ..in my opinion.)

So, Liverpool and Villa now both have an extra fixture.

This is how I'm currently looking:

Three Liverpool - not the ideal three, but it'll do.

One Villa player.

My current thinking is that I'll just leave things as is. It would perhaps be wise to use my free transfer to bring in another Villa player, but nothing really appeals to me. With GW29 on the horizon I need to start removing players that blank in that week as well (Liverpool/Newcastle/Villa/Palace).

I have six players from those four teams. Plus, I'm now down a bench player, as Adam Armstrong has went out on loan. Making seven.

From now until then I'll have five free transfers. So it's not too many. I'll no doubt hold Salah. Likewise, I'd quite like to keep Isak. I'd then have one more bench spot for someone. I also have to start planning for the GW33 double as well (and my planned GW31 use of the Assistant Manager chip). I'm dead-ending into GW33. Therefore it's precision transfer time.

The mention of the Assistant Manager chip reminds me how difficult it's going to be to claw back rank over the next few weeks. The luxury of having Salah triple captain goes after the Everton game, but those with the Assistant chip active still have two more weeks of bonus. One of which is a double. That's going to make a difference.

At the moment I'm sitting on a green arrow of around 400k, my first for five weeks (I'm now at 3 million overall :| ). I really need to keep getting more. Every red from now on will be an absolute killer.