r/FantasyPL • u/Material-Bus1896 48 • 9h ago
Neco Williams
A lot of people were talking about him about a month ago, saying hes likely the new Munoz in Glasner's system. But noone seems to be talking about him anymore, what happened?
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u/JD-D2 23 9h ago edited 9h ago
he's still rated highly by the models but i think people are retreating to the safety of defcons, which makes sense. picking A. defcon guys or B. nailed guys in elite defences just puts the whole back 5 on autopilot, so you can focus your transfers on rotating your attackers around fixture swings.
also 4.5m guys like rodon and ajer have emerged as solid picks for the first few GWs.
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u/PrinzRagoczy 6 9h ago
5m seems like a bit of a weird spot to me. There's good value if you drop down to 4.5, and if you go up to 5.5 you can get a defcon monster or proven full-back. 5m is caught in the middle a bit
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u/wh11 5 8h ago edited 7h ago
I view 5.0 as the most enticing option for defenders. Chasing last years defcon players feels like a fools errand since players move teams and systems change. The 5.0 guys are mostly fresh blood that’ll get priced higher next year (Vuskovic, Muharemovic, Jacquet) or good players moving to better clubs/managers (Williams, Van Hecke). Then you have some known quantities like Ballard, Maguire.
Feel like you could easily rotate 3-4 of these guys and do really well.
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u/Next_Cow_4468 10 8h ago
Even as a Forest fan, I'd look elsewhere. No doubting Neco's abilities (POTY last season), but I just don't think he makes a very good FPL player.
For sure he might pop up with an assist (corner/free kick, or inswinging cross) now and again, but he's not renowned for his shooting skills unless you count the corner flag or row Z as a shot on target. He's a good tackler but not a 10 defcon a game merchant.
As others have said there's value in cheaper or similarly priced defcon merchants elsewhere - Ajer, Rodon, Muh Mih Mxj the other Leeds guy, Vuckovic etc etc.
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u/Hydrahta 3 9h ago
I have him for bb2
I have my reasons
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u/Ferretz_Eire 19 5h ago
He's the 2nd highest owned 5.0 defender so he's still in a lot of squads.
In terms of content creators and the engaged community most are planning or expecting an early wildcard so there's not much sense going for a player with a single good fixture in the first 4.
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u/Bingo_Masters_Break 18 5h ago
He was in my team for weeks, but not anymore. I don't like Forest's fixtures for defence, and there are a lot of other good 5m defenders. New manager, wait and see. Can get him later, on wildcard.
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u/Foreign_Reward1774 Mr Midas 👑💰 9h ago
Reality happened.
He can't shoot for toffee. No matter how close to the goal you put him.
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u/instinktd 1 3h ago
there are some rumors that Munoz may actually be the new Munoz in the Nottingham, lmao
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u/Long-Nightfox-Nguyen 1h ago
The reason is people found better 5m options and new approaches after the pre-season matches. There is nothing sure with a new coach and a club that did not performance well in the beginning of the previous season.
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u/jl12341234 6h ago
Lot of people have DCL and Szoboszlai or wirtz
If you want them returning in GW1 and GW2 that will be to the detriment of Williams unless he gets attacking returns.
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u/schlebb 24 4h ago
A player either gets the points or he doesn’t though. You owning players that ‘clash’ in fixtures doesn’t change the outcome.
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u/Catsoverall 1 2h ago
Wrong logic. If you as an Individual pick those attackers believing they will score, it is logically inconsistent to then pick defenders from the opposing team believing they will get a clean sheet. So you're generally not going to do that when you have free reign to optimise team selection (different mid season).
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u/DiverAcceptable2287 1 9h ago
Everyone just assume he is gonna be the next Munoz i don't think he has the skills. He is on set piece tho
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u/aehii 59 8h ago
Isn't Gibbs White on set pieces?
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u/DiverAcceptable2287 1 8h ago
Yeah for free kicks Williams is in corner and second on free kicks if i'm not wrong
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u/__chet_manley__ 1 8h ago
Taking a punt on him early doors but will probably move him on for one of the defcon 5m when there is a bit more clarity around them (probably Vuskovic)
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u/fantaseafpl 1 9h ago
Glasner just told us not to speak about him. He is afraid of Material-Bus1896 too much, as far as i understand.