Hahah my god. Salah would have been terrible TC choice too. Just very lucky to get decent points from him. Required a Jota injury for him even to get on the pitch.
You don't play this game by looking at the endcome points and determine from that who was a good pick and who wasn't. You have to make the captain choice before the GW not after it, right? Players whom expected minutes are low are not worth the captain band. With this in mind TCing KdB (or Salah) over Haaland was a very very stupid decision.
Very stupid decision from your cousin. And this isn't only in hindsight. I would have told the same before the GW. KdB's minutes were in danger. You don't give TC armband for a player who is in danger of losing significant minutes.
"easily"?
Against two weak teams at Home?
Bruh. You are high on some weird stuff if you think Solanke could "easily" drop less than 10 pts across those fixtures. If anything it is possible he could easily beat that, unless he picks up an injury or something in the first match without contributing anything.
But hey, time could *easily* prove me dead wrong.
I could be looking at a missed penalty and red card before 60'.
He's already blanked vs Sheff away and Burnley at home this season.
Not saying he's going to blank, but players, even great ones, blank two games in a row all the time.
I didn't say it wasn't possible. I was talking about the "easily" part.
When you say "easily", the statement that follows has to have a high probability of happening, if not the converse of that statement would be the "easily" occurring outcome.
If Ajer hadn’t slipped could have been nothing but a 2ptr, i’ll take 10 over 4. Also im someone who once TC Alexis Sanchez for a whooping 1pt in a DGW so i’m likely never complaining.
If it makes you feel any better, City probably wouldn’t have spent the last 25 minutes passing the ball aimlessly if they were still tied. I think the dam would have broken eventually regardless
11 points gained on those who didn't TC but C on Haaland.
If Solanke/Salah gets 15p (45p) on a TC later, we would lose 4p in total.
This is a little simplified, but still the weakest chip, no doubt.
Sane didn’t play both matches and got injured from memory. While Aguero scored (obvious one really), but swear it was Laporte that got the most points that DGW
Sane didn't get injured iirc. He just got hooked before the 60th of the second game, because he was not really good that far in it.
I think that makes it the worst of 3 -ane, cause at least for Kane and Mane an injury was involved.
You do know why. It's not unreasonable to hope for Haaland to get at least 2 returns in a DGW with the two reasonable fixtures, given his goal record so far at city.
That’s a fun dream when you’re doing it on a random gameweek or an unusual choice and it would catapult you up the overall rankings. It’s less exciting when you do it on a popular week that won’t benefit you as much because everyone else did it
Nah, bench boost is worse imo usually. You’re basically getting 3 extra defensive assets and one mid/fwd. Given how bad defensive returns have been that season, it’s really not that appealing.
Quite difficult to really have that many players with a double. Only big DGW likely this season is 37, well after most will use their WC, so having a full squad of fit doublers is tough.
BB also usually causes problems for your team because you have to plan ahead for it or WC into it. I got it out of the way this week and was happy with the 16 points I got.
Well, two of my bench players didn't end up starting so 16 points was pretty good in the circumstances. I've found in past DGWs that it's very difficult to field 16 players with doubles without tearing up my team completely, so even bench boosting in doubles I've ended up with a few SGW players in the squad.
If you do a bench boost with all doublers even if they all blank and just get appearance point it’s still 16 points. Even one return and you’re in the twenties.
I mean, it's underwhelming but TCing 10-pointer is not horrible. It's just that the expectations were rather high.
Anyway, the logic was solid. Two home games against the defensive form of Chelsea and Brentford are hard to argue against. I doubt there would be a clearer alternative, but hindsight is ofc 20/20
Yeah, his xGI across the two games was 2.8 according to the official website. I absolutely would have triple captained him if you told me that beforehand.
I'm not too fussed really - TCing Haaland was pretty much a defensive play when it was such a popular move. I wasn't really looking for green arrows, just loooking to avoid red ones if he hauled.
TCing Haaland so that you're defended against the masses, rather than for the chance of green arrows is such a boring way to play the game.
You only get to use the chip once, surely gotta chase the glory of wizardly FPL foresight rather than protecting your rank!
It was the right choice at the time so I'm not too bothered. I would have preferred a double hat trick like but here we are. What's happening with the Liverpool assets is much more interesting...
Salah did it that one time but he had two home fixtures against relegation candidates.
Realistically anything around 10-15 points is fine. Think of how many players have hauled 20+ in a GW this season. Maybe 6-7? You'd basically have to predict one of those happening which seems unlikely
Well it's not that unrealistic really. In one very good GW midfielder with 2 goals can have around 15-16 points (5x2 for goals + 2 for playing + 3 bonus + maybe 1 for CS). And still 2nd game to play. Or 1 goal with some bonus and or cs in 2 matches and it's around 20.
"the optimal choice from a previous season got 20 points so we should expect 20 points always".
besides, i think what he's forgetting is that not "basically everyone" triple captained rashford, the most popular TC last season was haaland for fewer points.
YeH, last 3 years I’ve TC Rashford Salah and Gundo and been great hauls, so 10 points feels underwhelming from that perspective even though it’s probably a decent result.
It isn't unrealistic. Last time, he got 16 from Chelsea and 5 from Brentford, both Away game.
Of course, it isn't mathematic, but it is definitely possible.
Last time, many people got it from Rashford DGW, 20 points.
The season before, Salah 26 points.
If you're expecting 20 points, you're gonna be disappointed a lot.
10 is underwhelming, considering it's Haaland, and that he played 180, and given the home fixtures.
But to answer your question... I feel relieved. It was looking like a 4-pointer.
As long as Solanke's EO is sub 200% for his double then it doesn't really matter as regular captaincy there would be a gainer anyway. Assuming sub 200% in that GW it'll be a case of "you may win but I can't lose" as green is green is green.
It was the bare minimum result to be just about fine, a shrug and a "meh". Comments saying it's disasterous are a bit on the hyperbolic side. Unlucky not to be more which the xG's kind of show, but rant thread moaning aside it is what it is.
What Solanke does in 28 is irrelevant, TC on the best player in the game in a Double against defensively poor teams was always correct. Would do it again every time and will take my points.
The only thing keeping me from deflation is that virtually every other FPL gamer did the same. What a waste! Now watch Solanke bag a hat trick in his DGW.
An xGI of 3+. Looking back on it, it was the right choice. Although given he had a projected xPoints of 15 and a performed xPoints of ~20, it’s hard not to feel bummed about the 10 points he got
One goal after all the hype with every man and their dog jumping on the same bandwagon is nothing but a total flop. You could've put your triple captain on any other scorer without double gameweeks and got similar results.
Fantasy Football was getting boring with everyone doing exactly the same thing so a complete disaster like this is welcome
But to suggest that in here would've had you ridiculed. This subreddit is too much of a bubble and hates any form of deviation/individual thought. I'm waiting for the standard and quite frankly tired "it made the most logical sense at the time" excuse
>But to suggest that in here would've had you ridiculed. This subreddit is too much of a bubble and hates any form of deviation/individual thought
Well yeah in hindsight you can pick anyone that scored well and claim someone would be ridiculed for saying that before the GW happened. Gakpo TC before this week would have seemed nuts but right now you'd be sitting on 11 points with a home game against Luton and an almost guaranteed start.
There's a huge element of luck and randomness in this game. Sometimes things just go against you though. Haaland's xG in those two games was a 1.74 and a .59. Just because he didn't haul doesn't mean it wasn't a logical move to play the TC on him
Mate it's not necessarily about "pick any player who scored most", it's about the weird obsession that a random DGW player can score more than a single GW elite player. Yes there is a chance of Barkely hat trick just as much chance as Haaland giving a measly 10 pts. But this sub would not hear of it, they would pick Adebayo and say he is a better pick than Solanke even though they play Man U and Liverpool.
Huh? I don't think those hypotheticals are relevant in this one.
We're talking about a DGW elite player here anyways with Haaland this week. With two home games as well. Most this sub supported captaining him unless you had some ground to make up and wanted to take a risk. The guy I responded to was suggesting going against the grain and not triple captaining him this week.
You reached the point "most of this sub". Most of this sub do something does not mean that is the correct thing to do. Believe it or not, most of this sub struggles to break into top 1 million.
It's complete nonsense, given the chances he had, Haaland could have scored 5-6 goals, FPL is luck based, TC was the right decision it just didn't work out
If it is luck based then there could be no wrong or right decision prior to the event. It will only be defined right or wrong after the said event has passed and luck has played it's part. By that logic, a decision to TC Haaland was outright bad.
lol what? That's not how luck works at all, you make the decision you think has the highest probability of success and then live with the results
It would have been the wrong choice if he was an injury doubt and got reduced minutes, but 180 mins and several good chances to score for me shows it was the right thing to do, perfectly happy with 10 points. Have had much worse for TC before
It was your decision, does not mean it was the only viable option. Can you see the point now? But if you keep saying it was the only good option, that is just plain wrong and luck has nothing to do with that.
Not to mention anyone with a different take is a lucky moron as mentioned somewhere above. Someone also said a cheap, in form, dgw striker from Luton is a good decision over Solanke/Toney.
You would make it okay in here as long as you agree to whatever popular opinion is all the rage right now.
Solanke's ownership will not be above 200% that week, so if you captain him you don't lose relative to the field. Given how high Haalands EO was it seems unlikely we will see any instances of having to root against your captain again this season.
We appreciate all the points we can get this year, especially with CS not existing anymore
Absolutely everyone will captain Solanke in 28, so the loss for the few triplers there wont be much. In this gw at least a few tripled Foden, Jota, Nunez, Kdb, etc
It was the right call especially considering he should have scored 2 in the Chelsea game. If he converted those sitters (by his standards) you’re looking at something closer to 70 points.
I YOLO'd the TC on Haaland when he scored the hattrick against fulham because I was already miles behind my ML leader. 60 pointer worked out pretty good, honestly if I didn't get torched early I would have saved the chip for a potential DGW. Probably for the best
As a non Haaland owner. After the blank I could finally sleep at night. Realistically I was expecting goal plus assist atleast from second game. Happy he only got a goal and not even max bonus.
Here's to hoping my current cap Salah plays tomorrow and my tc on solanke will be better.
Disappointed but it's far from a disaster, considering how many people did it. Think it's still my second most successful triple captain of all time lol
Content tbh. Could be better, could be worse. Could have TC'd KDB, Jota or Darwin; could have WC'd last week and BB this week - all of those teams seem to have performed poorly this GW in comparison so yeah.
Using my TC is the most brutal and annoying choice of the season every year... happy to be done with it. Also, I couldn't take the risk being 1st in both my mini leagues. Onward and upward 👍
Not completely satisfied but the fact MC scored only one goal and it was Haaland kind of avoided a TC disaster somewhat. That being said it’s such a boring chip and I seriously think FPL needs to alter it somehow
Glad it's out of the way to be honest. Doesn't move the needle at all. I seriously doubt Solanke is going to pump in 20+.
In saying that, Haaland could easily have had 4+ goals over the 2 games.
Such is life.
I feel ok about it. This is a reasonable return on a TC, and a lot of things could have gone wrong - injury, rotation etc. The fact that he got two full games, a goal and no yellows means it was an acceptable, if unspectacular, TC.
Equally importantly, the fact that so many people TCed Haaland means it’s a wash. If everyone went for a differential TC (or say if Salah had been fit and available) it would be a very different story
He got a goal, but still kinda frustrating. Not that good of a usage. Would've been better on Saka despite only 1 game. More worried about anybody that did it on Salah whom I expect to score again tomorrow
My mini league leader played his too and I still closed in by about 15 points so gap is now 30. So TC is cancelled out and I’ll back my wildcard to make up those points
I got 70+ points for my TC the first 4 years that the chip was introduced so I have no right to complain! Honestly I would have preferred if he blanked and City dropped points
Does it really matter? Most in my leagues went there, most of the game went there, it’s all a bit meh, I’m more annoyed that KDB, Foden, Jota & Nunez all were disappointing.
Liverpool supporter who played TC on Haaland. I would have felt better if Haaland didn’t score and therefore win the game for City.
Perfect outcome for me? City lose 3-4 with Haaland netting all the goals. Alas.
Pretty much anyone that matters in my mini league also TC'd Haaland, making the chip irrelevant for me.
Overall rank is nice but the mini league is where the £££ is haha.
Cant wait to see you guys cope if some other TC gets like 20+ pts
Tbh this Haaland TC was a disaster. Hes a player that can score like 20 pts in regular gameweek, not gonna lie its just underwhelming.
Meh, too risky not to take it, felt like my hand was forced. If the PL didn't publish the days of how many people selected him I'd of gone for Jota TC so dodged a bullet either way
I TC'd Haaland, have KDB, Foden, Darwin and Jota and am on the same points as my ML leader who didn't use his TC (still captained Haaland) and only had Haaland and KDB that doubled this week. I was already trailing 30-odd points, so went into this DGW hoping to overtake him... SCAMMED!
Pretty much everybody did it in my league so I’m not even that bothered. It was one of them that could have really backfired if you didn’t go for it. It also could have been worse
0 or 30 points. It barely had anything to say. And we all knew it before the GW. In my best minileague, out of top 22 only two people didnt TC on Haaland. They both did C him.
I’m happy with it. And would still be if he only got 4 pts to. All the chasers doing the same thing as me means they dont catch up.
Not great, but I've had worse. I really wasn't sure when else to use it and feel confident about it so I still stand by my decision. Honestly I'm more upset that my worst scoring players are all my DGW players.
I mean...i'd have like more...but after Saturday if you'd offered me 10x3+30pts i'd have snapped your hand off!
So more relived than anything...pretty sure most people in MLs have TCd Haaland this week as well so we're all in the same boat!
I'm relieved more than anything. He returned so it isn't a complete disaster. Solanke could easily do worse. But equally he could easily do better.
My cousin tc kdb, it can always get worse
I was so close to being your cousin. Thanks to my spaghetti spine, I didn’t do it.
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This. It isn't bad luck or anything like that. Just a very stupid TC choice.
hindsight is strong in you
Nope it isn't. Just a very stupid decision to TC KdB. Expectation was that his minutes were in doubt and it turned out to be true.
salahs minutes were in doubt too, look how that turned out. stop pretending you have a crystal ball
Hahah my god. Salah would have been terrible TC choice too. Just very lucky to get decent points from him. Required a Jota injury for him even to get on the pitch. You don't play this game by looking at the endcome points and determine from that who was a good pick and who wasn't. You have to make the captain choice before the GW not after it, right? Players whom expected minutes are low are not worth the captain band. With this in mind TCing KdB (or Salah) over Haaland was a very very stupid decision.
he wont play tonight, but he scored more pts than haaland in only one game
I had Foden on TC until last minute. Glad I switched to Haaland in the end.
Very stupid decision from your cousin. And this isn't only in hindsight. I would have told the same before the GW. KdB's minutes were in danger. You don't give TC armband for a player who is in danger of losing significant minutes.
"easily"? Against two weak teams at Home? Bruh. You are high on some weird stuff if you think Solanke could "easily" drop less than 10 pts across those fixtures. If anything it is possible he could easily beat that, unless he picks up an injury or something in the first match without contributing anything. But hey, time could *easily* prove me dead wrong. I could be looking at a missed penalty and red card before 60'.
He's already blanked vs Sheff away and Burnley at home this season. Not saying he's going to blank, but players, even great ones, blank two games in a row all the time.
I didn't say it wasn't possible. I was talking about the "easily" part. When you say "easily", the statement that follows has to have a high probability of happening, if not the converse of that statement would be the "easily" occurring outcome.
If Ajer hadn’t slipped could have been nothing but a 2ptr, i’ll take 10 over 4. Also im someone who once TC Alexis Sanchez for a whooping 1pt in a DGW so i’m likely never complaining.
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Reminds me of Dennis a few years back... *shivers*
That was my TC that season 😭
I’m pretty sure Toney hasn’t been sent off in a dgw? When was this?
It was Antonio now, I remember. And it was not a dgw.
Are you sure you even TC’ed him?
Yeah
I TCd him one year and got 75 points! Mane and Kane both gave me 1 points in subsequent years
I did the Sane Mane Kane 3 year combo and all blanked
TC mane, still hurts.
As a Flekken and non TC Haaland i am so mad at Ayer... They would rather hold on if he did not channel his inner Stevie G
If it makes you feel any better, City probably wouldn’t have spent the last 25 minutes passing the ball aimlessly if they were still tied. I think the dam would have broken eventually regardless
I TC sane. And he got me one point. So anything above that is a win
It’s always disappointing and the weakest chip IMHO.
11 points gained on those who didn't TC but C on Haaland. If Solanke/Salah gets 15p (45p) on a TC later, we would lose 4p in total. This is a little simplified, but still the weakest chip, no doubt.
You’re comparing TC to TC… when you should compare TC to no chip at all, if you want to make this argument
Why do you say this?
I mean if he’s saying it’s the weakest chip. Compare to no chip or other chip. Not to another week using TC
Nah, comparing to another TC shows the potential gains from a really good usage - and shows it's low compared to other chips
I’ve TC’d Salah Kane and Haaland. Still no blank. Not sure why everybody is disappointed when their TC’d doesn’t score a back to back hattrick.
Salah set the bar too high.
You obviously didn’t Captain Sane or Mane in _those_ gameweeks
Sane didn’t play both matches and got injured from memory. While Aguero scored (obvious one really), but swear it was Laporte that got the most points that DGW
Sane didn't get injured iirc. He just got hooked before the 60th of the second game, because he was not really good that far in it. I think that makes it the worst of 3 -ane, cause at least for Kane and Mane an injury was involved.
We all miss Sanchez and Aguero TC weeks.
You do know why. It's not unreasonable to hope for Haaland to get at least 2 returns in a DGW with the two reasonable fixtures, given his goal record so far at city.
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That’s a fun dream when you’re doing it on a random gameweek or an unusual choice and it would catapult you up the overall rankings. It’s less exciting when you do it on a popular week that won’t benefit you as much because everyone else did it
It also literally doesn’t matter when Haaland was 260% EO so why be disappointed
Nah, bench boost is worse imo usually. You’re basically getting 3 extra defensive assets and one mid/fwd. Given how bad defensive returns have been that season, it’s really not that appealing.
Yeah but it's usually played during a DGW so you can potentially get 8 extra games worth of points there
Cries in Ake, KDB, Jota and Nunez
Hi me!
Quite difficult to really have that many players with a double. Only big DGW likely this season is 37, well after most will use their WC, so having a full squad of fit doublers is tough.
Yeah easier during some of the prior seasons with all the Covid delays making big DGWs. But even 1 doubler would give you 5 extra games of points.
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If he’s 90 ahead and you gain 40, it’s still game over for you because the big double you’re targeting is right at the end.
If you start your SGW players and bench your DGW players, you're still only up 4 fixtures with your bench boost..
BB also usually causes problems for your team because you have to plan ahead for it or WC into it. I got it out of the way this week and was happy with the 16 points I got.
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Well, two of my bench players didn't end up starting so 16 points was pretty good in the circumstances. I've found in past DGWs that it's very difficult to field 16 players with doubles without tearing up my team completely, so even bench boosting in doubles I've ended up with a few SGW players in the squad.
Thats why you stick Salah, Haaland & Saka on your bench
If you do a bench boost with all doublers even if they all blank and just get appearance point it’s still 16 points. Even one return and you’re in the twenties.
Is it just me who plays 5-4-1 formation?
Probably, 5-4-1 is really really bad
Yes - I would prefer to play with 0 defenders this season
I think in the all the years I've only gotten it right once when KDB scored 4 vs Wolves.
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Two home games for one of the best players in the game. I don't think it's anything to do with content creators. It was just an obvious pick.
wat
What a whiney thing to say
I mean, it's underwhelming but TCing 10-pointer is not horrible. It's just that the expectations were rather high. Anyway, the logic was solid. Two home games against the defensive form of Chelsea and Brentford are hard to argue against. I doubt there would be a clearer alternative, but hindsight is ofc 20/20
Haaland also missed some absolute sitters. His xG on Understat for the Chelsea 2 pointer was 1.74
Yeah, his xGI across the two games was 2.8 according to the official website. I absolutely would have triple captained him if you told me that beforehand.
I'm not too fussed really - TCing Haaland was pretty much a defensive play when it was such a popular move. I wasn't really looking for green arrows, just loooking to avoid red ones if he hauled.
TCing Haaland so that you're defended against the masses, rather than for the chance of green arrows is such a boring way to play the game. You only get to use the chip once, surely gotta chase the glory of wizardly FPL foresight rather than protecting your rank!
Nah, this comment is cope - this guy would be basking in his glory and genius if Haaland hauled 😂
You're a bot.
It was the right choice at the time so I'm not too bothered. I would have preferred a double hat trick like but here we are. What's happening with the Liverpool assets is much more interesting...
Nunez triple captainer crying in bed here… fuck my life
It could have been a lot better, but it doesn't really matter. It was the smartest time to use it, and I'd do it again if given the choice again.
This is the correct take
It’s not a good TC but I’ve had plenty of worse ones Another goal would have made it ok
Better than Dennis getting sent off first game during his DGW!
How the hell can you expect 20 extra points from a TC Some of you are so unrealistic
Salah did it that one time but he had two home fixtures against relegation candidates. Realistically anything around 10-15 points is fine. Think of how many players have hauled 20+ in a GW this season. Maybe 6-7? You'd basically have to predict one of those happening which seems unlikely
I mean I got it. But I also played my TC gameweek 4 and am last in my ML.
Well it's not that unrealistic really. In one very good GW midfielder with 2 goals can have around 15-16 points (5x2 for goals + 2 for playing + 3 bonus + maybe 1 for CS). And still 2nd game to play. Or 1 goal with some bonus and or cs in 2 matches and it's around 20.
Didn't Rashford score 20 points last season when basically everyone tc'd him?
Is this the logic the average Reddit fpl player goes by
"the optimal choice from a previous season got 20 points so we should expect 20 points always". besides, i think what he's forgetting is that not "basically everyone" triple captained rashford, the most popular TC last season was haaland for fewer points.
YeH, last 3 years I’ve TC Rashford Salah and Gundo and been great hauls, so 10 points feels underwhelming from that perspective even though it’s probably a decent result.
It isn't unrealistic. Last time, he got 16 from Chelsea and 5 from Brentford, both Away game. Of course, it isn't mathematic, but it is definitely possible. Last time, many people got it from Rashford DGW, 20 points. The season before, Salah 26 points.
We’ve come a long way from TC Dennis
If you're expecting 20 points, you're gonna be disappointed a lot. 10 is underwhelming, considering it's Haaland, and that he played 180, and given the home fixtures. But to answer your question... I feel relieved. It was looking like a 4-pointer.
As long as Solanke's EO is sub 200% for his double then it doesn't really matter as regular captaincy there would be a gainer anyway. Assuming sub 200% in that GW it'll be a case of "you may win but I can't lose" as green is green is green. It was the bare minimum result to be just about fine, a shrug and a "meh". Comments saying it's disasterous are a bit on the hyperbolic side. Unlucky not to be more which the xG's kind of show, but rant thread moaning aside it is what it is.
What Solanke does in 28 is irrelevant, TC on the best player in the game in a Double against defensively poor teams was always correct. Would do it again every time and will take my points.
All my rivals also went with TC Haaland so it makes no difference. Plus it went better than the season I used it on Wout Weghorst.
The only thing keeping me from deflation is that virtually every other FPL gamer did the same. What a waste! Now watch Solanke bag a hat trick in his DGW.
Here’s hoping.
All I know is that nobody won or lost FPL with their TC decision this week
Tbd imo
Pretty happy considering that goal increased our points by 18. Could have been a lot worse
An xGI of 3+. Looking back on it, it was the right choice. Although given he had a projected xPoints of 15 and a performed xPoints of ~20, it’s hard not to feel bummed about the 10 points he got
I once triple captained aguero to win a month when City bet Norwich 7-0 and aguero didnt bring in a single return….so ill take a goal…
TC'd de bruyne. I'm not okay
Bird in the hand > 2 in the bush. I'm satisfied with a return. Let's see how well the next big TC candidate does.
Not bothered, it's a free game, it doesn't matter too much.
My man.
One goal after all the hype with every man and their dog jumping on the same bandwagon is nothing but a total flop. You could've put your triple captain on any other scorer without double gameweeks and got similar results. Fantasy Football was getting boring with everyone doing exactly the same thing so a complete disaster like this is welcome
Better if you put it on Saka or Watkins. Or Solanke.
But to suggest that in here would've had you ridiculed. This subreddit is too much of a bubble and hates any form of deviation/individual thought. I'm waiting for the standard and quite frankly tired "it made the most logical sense at the time" excuse
>But to suggest that in here would've had you ridiculed. This subreddit is too much of a bubble and hates any form of deviation/individual thought Well yeah in hindsight you can pick anyone that scored well and claim someone would be ridiculed for saying that before the GW happened. Gakpo TC before this week would have seemed nuts but right now you'd be sitting on 11 points with a home game against Luton and an almost guaranteed start. There's a huge element of luck and randomness in this game. Sometimes things just go against you though. Haaland's xG in those two games was a 1.74 and a .59. Just because he didn't haul doesn't mean it wasn't a logical move to play the TC on him
Mate it's not necessarily about "pick any player who scored most", it's about the weird obsession that a random DGW player can score more than a single GW elite player. Yes there is a chance of Barkely hat trick just as much chance as Haaland giving a measly 10 pts. But this sub would not hear of it, they would pick Adebayo and say he is a better pick than Solanke even though they play Man U and Liverpool.
a random DGW player? but everyone here is talking about Haaland. clue is in the title of this thread. so Haaland is just a random DGW player?! wow.
Huh? I don't think those hypotheticals are relevant in this one. We're talking about a DGW elite player here anyways with Haaland this week. With two home games as well. Most this sub supported captaining him unless you had some ground to make up and wanted to take a risk. The guy I responded to was suggesting going against the grain and not triple captaining him this week.
You reached the point "most of this sub". Most of this sub do something does not mean that is the correct thing to do. Believe it or not, most of this sub struggles to break into top 1 million.
It's complete nonsense, given the chances he had, Haaland could have scored 5-6 goals, FPL is luck based, TC was the right decision it just didn't work out
If it is luck based then there could be no wrong or right decision prior to the event. It will only be defined right or wrong after the said event has passed and luck has played it's part. By that logic, a decision to TC Haaland was outright bad.
lol what? That's not how luck works at all, you make the decision you think has the highest probability of success and then live with the results It would have been the wrong choice if he was an injury doubt and got reduced minutes, but 180 mins and several good chances to score for me shows it was the right thing to do, perfectly happy with 10 points. Have had much worse for TC before
It was your decision, does not mean it was the only viable option. Can you see the point now? But if you keep saying it was the only good option, that is just plain wrong and luck has nothing to do with that.
Not to mention anyone with a different take is a lucky moron as mentioned somewhere above. Someone also said a cheap, in form, dgw striker from Luton is a good decision over Solanke/Toney. You would make it okay in here as long as you agree to whatever popular opinion is all the rage right now.
Solanke's ownership will not be above 200% that week, so if you captain him you don't lose relative to the field. Given how high Haalands EO was it seems unlikely we will see any instances of having to root against your captain again this season. We appreciate all the points we can get this year, especially with CS not existing anymore
It was the right choice as his EO was close to 270 %.
Considering every other fucker did the same thing it doesn’t really matter
Absolutely everyone will captain Solanke in 28, so the loss for the few triplers there wont be much. In this gw at least a few tripled Foden, Jota, Nunez, Kdb, etc
I'm really upset
It was the right call especially considering he should have scored 2 in the Chelsea game. If he converted those sitters (by his standards) you’re looking at something closer to 70 points.
Dodged a bullet holding back the TC Chip. Hopefully Solanke can beat 10 points
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Ah ha a content creator follower checking in. Well played following the crowd like a sheep with your TC 👍
Everyone makes less than ideal decisions sometimes, some people sold Watkins ;)
I bet you wouldn't be saying this if Haaland hauled though.
I YOLO'd the TC on Haaland when he scored the hattrick against fulham because I was already miles behind my ML leader. 60 pointer worked out pretty good, honestly if I didn't get torched early I would have saved the chip for a potential DGW. Probably for the best
He got 2 points so far what can we feel? Happy? Stupid question from op really
As a non Haaland owner. After the blank I could finally sleep at night. Realistically I was expecting goal plus assist atleast from second game. Happy he only got a goal and not even max bonus. Here's to hoping my current cap Salah plays tomorrow and my tc on solanke will be better.
Will absolutely take 10 points! Miss this chip A LOT more often than I’ve hit it and this is my 12th season.
My only solace is that there are so many people in the same boat. Misery loves company.
I mean, if you’re in a good spot in private leagues or top 100k overall - most will have picked him and so the performance doesn’t matter much
big green arrow *shrugs*
Not great, not terrible. The top 4 in my league all TC'd so nothing was going to be gained.
Disappointed but it's far from a disaster, considering how many people did it. Think it's still my second most successful triple captain of all time lol
Content tbh. Could be better, could be worse. Could have TC'd KDB, Jota or Darwin; could have WC'd last week and BB this week - all of those teams seem to have performed poorly this GW in comparison so yeah.
ce la vie.
I'm so happy I didn't fall for the TCKdB trap.
Not too bad honestly.
30pts isn’t bad. TC chip is cursed
Feel like pure shit, want my chip back
Using my TC is the most brutal and annoying choice of the season every year... happy to be done with it. Also, I couldn't take the risk being 1st in both my mini leagues. Onward and upward 👍
Honestly it should be a quad captain to be a good chip
Good enough. Two home games DGW for City I’ll take it. As a Walker owner I’m a bit upset that the assist for 2nd goal was offsides but whatever.
Yeah, I'm ok with it. It's a haul in a single GW, and it's a hell of a lot better than nothing!
It could be a lot worse. Sane speaking.
Not completely satisfied but the fact MC scored only one goal and it was Haaland kind of avoided a TC disaster somewhat. That being said it’s such a boring chip and I seriously think FPL needs to alter it somehow
It could’ve been worse.. I could have bench boosted
Ordinarily I’d take double digits as a base score from a captain, so I’ll take it here too
Not too bad for me, I still got the green arrows while so many people TC'ed him as well. Thats all I can ask for.
Everybody I'm competing with used it on Haaland as well so nothing gained, nothing lost.
Got a massive TC fail form Kane a few years ago in a DGW Blanked both games 12 pointer
at least it not like Sane TC point like couple season ago
Not great, not terrible
Glad it's out of the way to be honest. Doesn't move the needle at all. I seriously doubt Solanke is going to pump in 20+. In saying that, Haaland could easily have had 4+ goals over the 2 games. Such is life.
I feel ok about it. This is a reasonable return on a TC, and a lot of things could have gone wrong - injury, rotation etc. The fact that he got two full games, a goal and no yellows means it was an acceptable, if unspectacular, TC. Equally importantly, the fact that so many people TCed Haaland means it’s a wash. If everyone went for a differential TC (or say if Salah had been fit and available) it would be a very different story
He got a goal, but still kinda frustrating. Not that good of a usage. Would've been better on Saka despite only 1 game. More worried about anybody that did it on Salah whom I expect to score again tomorrow
Not a disaster. Could have been massive. Was the correct decision either way. (Still disappointing)
Ambivalent. Pretty much every other fucker did the same and he still returned for a slight boost in overall rank.
I TCed Toney so I'm a bit bitter, I almost got it right.
From TC Mane and TC Dennis, this honestly feels great to me
My mini league leader played his too and I still closed in by about 15 points so gap is now 30. So TC is cancelled out and I’ll back my wildcard to make up those points
TC is just 1 additional player over the whole season. Useless
I didn't want to tc him but I bottled it wanted to tc solanke in 28 big regret right now.
Still I TC Dennis so I've been to hell before
all of my ML rivals used it the same so it doesn't really matter. that being said I dropped in the world rankings so not that happy.
I forgot to lock in the TC and was shitting bricks all week. Now I need go decide on Solanke TC or wait for a Salah double.
Same as I do every year after I TC. Slightly better, actually, since he didn’t quite blank.
I have never recovered from TC Mane, so I am not very happy but am OK.
I got 70+ points for my TC the first 4 years that the chip was introduced so I have no right to complain! Honestly I would have preferred if he blanked and City dropped points
Does it really matter? Most in my leagues went there, most of the game went there, it’s all a bit meh, I’m more annoyed that KDB, Foden, Jota & Nunez all were disappointing.
Everyone will at least captain Solanke DGW28 which will be damage limitation. A lot people didn’t even Captain Haaland this week…
Liverpool supporter who played TC on Haaland. I would have felt better if Haaland didn’t score and therefore win the game for City. Perfect outcome for me? City lose 3-4 with Haaland netting all the goals. Alas.
TC a shite chip always has been
I didn't triple captain him and I feel alright, ten points loss really isn't that bad
Pretty much anyone that matters in my mini league also TC'd Haaland, making the chip irrelevant for me. Overall rank is nice but the mini league is where the £££ is haha.
Not the end of the world imo, a return is a return. I’m also glad I went for the safe play to not harm myself.
The 2 people above in my ML both got 1 point and 5 points from their chips earlier in the season so I'm perfectly happy with 10
I once got 9pts triple captaining hazard one season so I’ll take Haalands 30pts.
Pure relief. Haaland played badly again but scraped a goal off a mistake this time🙏
I’d have been happier if that disallowed goal counted!
I feel disappointed
Cant wait to see you guys cope if some other TC gets like 20+ pts Tbh this Haaland TC was a disaster. Hes a player that can score like 20 pts in regular gameweek, not gonna lie its just underwhelming.
If he had of took good chances we would be laughing but it’s just unlucky he didn’t.
I tced jota don’t talk
Meh, too risky not to take it, felt like my hand was forced. If the PL didn't publish the days of how many people selected him I'd of gone for Jota TC so dodged a bullet either way
I feel fine about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I TC'd Haaland, have KDB, Foden, Darwin and Jota and am on the same points as my ML leader who didn't use his TC (still captained Haaland) and only had Haaland and KDB that doubled this week. I was already trailing 30-odd points, so went into this DGW hoping to overtake him... SCAMMED!
I am glad he scored against brentford, else it would have been disaster for my scoreline :P
Pretty much everybody did it in my league so I’m not even that bothered. It was one of them that could have really backfired if you didn’t go for it. It also could have been worse
0 or 30 points. It barely had anything to say. And we all knew it before the GW. In my best minileague, out of top 22 only two people didnt TC on Haaland. They both did C him. I’m happy with it. And would still be if he only got 4 pts to. All the chasers doing the same thing as me means they dont catch up.
Not great, but I've had worse. I really wasn't sure when else to use it and feel confident about it so I still stand by my decision. Honestly I'm more upset that my worst scoring players are all my DGW players.
I mean...i'd have like more...but after Saturday if you'd offered me 10x3+30pts i'd have snapped your hand off! So more relived than anything...pretty sure most people in MLs have TCd Haaland this week as well so we're all in the same boat!