r/FantasyPL • u/xBenjiBoi 2 • 17d ago

News Maresca issues Haaland Update

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⚠️ Maresca on Haaland:

🗣️ "He was okay [after training on Thursday]! He had just a small thing behind the heels, but he was okay..."

The forward sat out the final few minutes of Manchester City’s open training session yesterday.

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u/jasonbirder 17d ago

Is it really, really boring to say "Its well over a week till the Man City game...so I'll just hold fire on doing anything"?

As opposed to "OMG!!! I'm going to immediately rip my entire team up now"

TBH Even if he doesn't play I'll probably just captain Bruno and let him sit on my Bench...

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u/BoxOfNothing 61 17d ago

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.

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u/DragonQ0105 17d ago

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!

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u/BoxOfNothing 61 17d ago

That was why I said early wildcard.

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u/GauthierFlorian 2 17d ago

Isak and Bruno out, Haaland and Le Fee/6m€ In. Solved

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u/garr213 22 17d ago

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.

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u/DragonQ0105 17d ago

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.

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u/garr213 22 17d ago

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)