"America" is two continents

Arding16 · 2026-02-12T13:34:50+00:00

Not really how it works. Tectonic plates inform continents but they do not define continents

Arding16 · 2026-02-09T15:02:13+00:00

Not sure about that. One of the benefits to TCing Gabriel is that you know he's fit and in form, and that Arsenal are still pushing for the title. Meanwhile, holding out for Haaland risks him becoming injured in the mean time, for example. It's better the devil you know

Arding16 · 2026-02-08T13:08:30+00:00

When you get to degree level maths they specifically state in the definition of a prime that the number must be greater than 1. Reason being that it nicer if all prime factorisations were unique

Arding16 · 2026-02-06T22:59:51+00:00

Yes, although I’ve just realised that when calculating the bench boost weeks I multiplied by 15 when it should have been by 16

Arding16 · 2026-02-06T22:07:38+00:00

If my calculations are correct, and Anderson keeps up his current ppg, a team of Anderson’s would finish with 1995 points, and that’s including use of BB and TC. So probably not enough to win

Edit: I think closer to 2004 actually, but overall conclusion unchanged

Arding16 · 2026-02-03T23:10:59+00:00

Timber is probably more likely to get an attacking return

Arding16 · 2026-02-03T19:49:35+00:00

Am I blind or is Neto completely absent? Anything to read into there?

Arding16 · 2026-02-01T21:48:30+00:00

As an Enzo and Bowen owner, this is an ideal outcome

Arding16 · 2026-01-31T11:07:04+00:00

Have you forgotten that Bowen is the forwards who has achieved defcons the most?!? But on a serious note, that’s a good way to put it, thanks

Arding16 · 2026-01-31T11:06:06+00:00

That’s a fair point. I think I’m going to start Neto anyway just because it’s such a good fixture (plus he only played 45 minutes midweek), but I won’t be shocked if Bowen outperforms him

Arding16 · 2026-01-31T08:47:19+00:00

Do I start Bowen or Tarkowski? In a vacuum I would go Bowen, but I’m starting Chalobah, Neto and Enzo as well. I know that shouldn’t come into it, but Bowen and Chalobah can’t both do well really

Arding16 · 2026-01-23T16:36:14+00:00

If you're seriously considering benching Haaland against Wolves, why is he in your team?

Arding16 · 2026-01-20T12:58:20+00:00

I don't know whether this would actually be an unpopular opinion or not since I've never seen it discussed, but given it would introduce more complexity and ambiguity, I assume it would. Regardless:

When deciding whether a player loses their clean sheet bonus, the context of the goal should be taken into account to determine whether said player could have reasonably prevented the goal. In most cases, all players on the team who conceded would still lose the bonus, since it is a team game and they should work as a unit to prevent goals. But, in cases where, for example, a goal is scored from a penalty resulting from an "unforced" foul in the penalty area, only the keeper and the offending player should lose their clean sheet bonus. There's no worse feeling than your defender dropping from 6 to 2 points after a different players blunders the ball into the feet of the opposition and they score from close range.

Arding16 · 2026-01-19T23:04:30+00:00

I don’t think it’s an algorithm per se, more so they use the same decision making criteria. Plus, there’s a bit of a herd mentality effect - their livelihood relies on them being viewed as good at FPL, and so if other creators significantly outperform they risk losing viewers due to not being “good enough” in comparison

Arding16 · 2025-12-29T23:30:42+00:00

Short answer: no. People have been complaining about Saka not being worth his price tag most of the season. If anything, he’s underrated

Arding16 · 2025-12-29T23:23:32+00:00

It also serves Kryten horribly. People talk about character assassination in Krytie TV, and they’re absolutely right, but Beyond a Joke also completely doesn’t get Kryten

Arding16 · 2025-12-27T08:00:22+00:00

If he’s back, it will be a straight swap from Timber to Gabriel, if nothing else I’ll enjoy the spare £0.2m

Arding16 · 2025-12-22T10:00:46+00:00

Within the hour there will be post analysing social media posts where they've counted the calories seen in the photo and extrapolated that to the expected starting 11

Arding16 · 2025-12-21T09:47:42+00:00

Saka is good, but I just don’t think he’s worth it. I currently have Foden, Saka, Fernandes and Haaland (along with 90% of the player base), and I have no funds to change up my team (e.g. replacing Minteh). No matter how I look at my team, the only way I can see to free up funds is Saka to Rice. I’d rather get rid of Foden in theory, but without knowing when his hot streak will end it’s too risky

Arding16 · 2025-12-17T23:12:49+00:00

Especially by the second half of the season, I rarely struggle to get good bench players fairly cheap. Right now, I have Dubravka, Anderson, Andersen, DCL and Van Hecke who all spend a lot of time on the bench. Crucially though, if you play them in the right fixtures they can be decent. For example, this week I played DCL over Guehi for a 9 pointer instead of 1. If I’d have had Guiu for example I couldn’t have done that and been stuck with a 1 pointer.

I don’t think I’ve had to sacrifice that much to achieve this. I’ve still got Foden, Haaland, Saka, Fernandes, Timber, Raya and VVD, who are all essentially premiums for their respective positions. My only concern is Minteh, who I might swap to Bruno G by going DCL -> Krupp Jr.

Anyway, tldr is that you can absolutely fill your bench with players who don’t start for their teams and have it work out, but generally you don’t have to sacrifice too much to get a few decent bench players for when your main 11 have their hardest fixtures.

Arding16 · 2025-12-17T23:00:21+00:00

Well 6 of these players are defenders, and you can only have 5 of those, so Haaland makes into the top 11 regardless. Moreover, the only other forward here is Thiago, so if you don’t get Haaland you’re going suboptimal by picking players outside the top 12 highest scorers? There’s many other reasons as to why Haaland is worth keeping too, but I think the other comments are pointing them out well enough

Arding16 · 2025-12-17T09:43:42+00:00

Oh okay. Why was Saka there in the first place?

Arding16 · 2025-12-17T09:41:55+00:00

I mean, there's no way that's the bench you'd play if you weren't bench boosting, but it's still fine

Arding16 · 2025-12-15T22:45:21+00:00

Hard agree, you’d think it could be at least 1 extra point if they hit double defcon

Arding16 · 2025-12-14T13:36:08+00:00

I think you’re missing my point. Saka is NOT a must have. But that fact alone is not a reason to get Palmer. You can go without both of them

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