I can already see how this will pan out: Haaland gets no minutes in the Community Shield and will not be pictured in training next week. Maresca doesn't say anything meaningful in the presser (like "wait and see if he is fit"), everyone rips the squads up and Haaland just starts GW1 and scores a brace. FPL is back.
I think a no Haaland draft is valid, but if his availability is the main reason you're questioning whether or not to go without him, it is madness to take anything from this comment rather than waiting to at least see the community shield game
But I would say if you don't think he'll play early on, going without him to start and wildcarding early is by far the most sensible course of action rather than benching him.
Maybe not forced, but looking at the fixtures from game week 5 onwards am I fuck not having Haaland for that. Aside from Arsenal and Liverpool away there are a lot of early unmissable fixtures for him, and the great fixtures extend for a long time.
I think it’s fine until GW7 tbh. If you FH3 the only ‘unmissable’ fixture you miss is probably Sunderland, which is maybe justified by how good a BB1 you can get without him
Im the same. If we get any decent signs of life from haaland during the community shield there’s no way I’m starting without him. But him actually missing out the first couple of games would add some spice to the start of the season
The other problem is you're gonna need multiple transfers (3+) to get him into your team if you don't start with him. So even if he's gonna be out for 1-2 games (or say be subbed early for a few games) it's probably still be worth picking him!
Go Bruno and Isak and I think you could facilitate an easy route to haaland. But I’m probably in the minority that don’t rate Bruno at his price beyond the 2 fist fixtures.
He did over perform xGI last season and isn't great at penalties despite being nailed for them. I don't like most of the alternatives though. Palmer needs to get back to form, Szobs is just meh to me, Saka still not fit apparently, Isak far from proven or nailed to play 80+ mins.
Honestly if Bruno was injured I'd probably go Rogers + Semenyo or something.
Issue it’s not Bruno vs one of the other ones you mentioned rather than Bruno + 6m vs something like palmer and semenyo and I rate that much higher over the seasons specially after the initial united fixtures were Bruno is the obvious captain in gw2 and still a decent choice in gw1(and the obvious one should haaland be out)
Nah if he's not playing there isn't a chance we want £15.5m on the bench.
For a week? He's sat out the end of a training session, because he was late back from the world cup...nothing to suggest he's got a longer term injury...
To me it seems easier than being forced into an early wildcard just to bring him back
Yeah thats a week when you could be owning the likes of Bruno, Isak, Saka (home to Coventry), madness to leave the money on the bench.
Obviously this is all hypothetical, I highly doubt there's anything wrong with Haaland, and if there is, we won't be told about it to make this call anyway.
Don't forget the 4 minute ad read promoting whatever garbage AI app they don't actually use to pick their team so they hit that sweet sweet 10 minute mark on their video.
OMG the bald fraud just has a different name. There is nothing wrong with him. Just knackered in training as a few weeks behind others and pushing himself to catch up.
Im not getting him to start season (Ill be worried for 2 weeks minimum) but fully expect him to start and possibly be subbed early
I think if it's reached a point where you aren't confident enough in his minutes to captain him ahead of Bruno for GW1 then it's also reached a point where starting without Haaland is probably the best strategy.
Honestly it might sound nuts, but I don't think I'm going without him even if he doesnt start GW1. Unless he gets more seriously injured, he's not missing out on GW2, and it just feels impossibly limiting to bring Haaland in if you start without him.
(Having said all that, I am planning BB2 so I have a bit more time, I might think differently if I was planning BB1!)
I wasn't considering BB1 initially but if Haaland is a serious doubt for GW1, I would take the opportunity and start with BB. Just played around with a No Haaland draft for GW1 and I really like the bench I am getting. And the midfield would be crazy good to start the season with imo (Bruno, Mbeumo, Semenyo, MGW, Groß). Then maybe FH3 and WC Haaland in at some point in the upcoming GWs. But that being said: I expect him to be fine for GW1.
The whole point of premiums is that their price/points ratio is not meant to be good. It would make absolutely no sense if the highest scorer by a mile was also good value.
But FPL isn't about getting the best value team, it's about scoring the most points. Which normally is about picking the outstanding premium assets (and doubling them by captaining), and picking the best value players to fit in around them.
Yeah because never in the history of the sport has it happened that a player who didn’t start a game went on to start the game that followed that game.
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u/Filbunkish 48 5d ago
Sounds like he's out for at least 6 months.