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So Friday's Across the "Digital" Touchline is back after a month. I've been on holiday and didn't want to spend too much time writing blogs while away. However, the mini retirement is over and it is back until the end of the season.
In game week 29 I decided to use my free hit chip. This was because Liverpool, Newcastle, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa all had a blank week. This would have meant 7 of my players would have not played and as I'm trying to reach the top 1M overall and stay top of the leagues that I'm in, I needed to do something.
The changes that were made for this game week alone were as follows:
Goalkeepers: Ederson in for Alisson and Jose Sa in for Fabianski
Defenders: Gabriel in for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kerkez in for Hall, Semedo in for Greaves.
Midfield: Fernandes in for Salah, Son in for Palmer, Gibbs-White in for Rogers
Forwards: Haaland in for Isak and Evanilson in for Mateta.
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I was very lucky to actually changed Fabianski as well as Alisson. I didn't plan this as I thought Ederson was a nailed on started. Turns out he didn't feature at all for Man City this week and I feel I was slightly unlucky not to get 4 clean sheet points from Jose Sa as Wolves played against Southampton (Away).
In defence Gabriel got those clean sheet points but also collected a yellow card. Kerkez got my team 4 points as he got an assist but also lost a point for conceding 2 goals at home to Brentford. Aina blanked with only 1 point after also conceding 2 goals away at Ipswich. From my original team, which my team will reset to for game week 30, both Trent and Lewis Hall are showing up red. I think Hall is out for the season and Trent will be out for a few weeks. I'm pretty sure I will transfer out Lewis Hall, but whether I transfer out both of them I will wait until after the international break next week. I am thinking of bringing in Kerkez from Bournemouth, even though they have gone off the boil a little they have a favourable run of games from now until the end of the season, plus either Jurrien Timber or William Saliba just because Arsenal's defence is now performing how it usually does.
In midfield, Son and; son of Patrick; Justin Kluivert both blanked. Bryan Mbuemo got an assist and a single bonus point and Morgan Gibbs-White collected 5 points with an assist. I was debating between Gibbs-White and Anthony Elanga, both from Nottingham Forrest as they have a favourable game against Ipswich and I chose wrong. Elanga got 2 goals in 66 minutes and was subbed off before Ipswich scored meaning he got a clean sheet point plus 3 bonus points. 5 points to 16, I definitely chose wrong. The star of the team this week was Bruno Fernandes. With 2 assists and a goal against Leicester (Away) he also collected 3 bonus points scoring 17 points this game week. The only reason I am not going to add him to my team is because his next three games are Forrest (Away), Man City (Away) and Newcastle (Away). 3 tough, tough games that I can't see Man United getting anything from and Bruno not getting many points from.
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Up top Haaland got a goal plus 1 bonus points and Chris Wood blanked. On the bench, Semedo and Evanilson blanked but Antonee Robinson scored 7 points with his clean sheet points and a single bonus point. I had to choose between Robinson and Aina and with Forrest playing against Ipswich and Fulham playing Spurs I thought it was a higher chance of Aina getting a clean sheet than Robinson. Again I was wrong but I have no grouch with that, it was my gut feeling and most weeks I would probably be right with that idea.
There is a few weeks until the next game week starts due to the international break as I said. I will make 2 transfers between now and the start of the next game week. It is looking like it will be Lewis Hall out for Milos Kerkez and Jurrien Timber in for Trent Alexander-Arnold. Both look to be out for a while, if not most of the rest of the season. After that, I am looking at replacing Morgan Rogers and it's surprising to say but Cole Palmer is not performing or bringing in any return for my team so it may be time to replace him. At this moment in time it is looking like they will be replaced by Anthony Elanga and Anthony Gordon or Bruno Fernandes if the transfers take place after the next 3 game weeks.
In my leagues since I last posted my friday blog I have basically maintained my positions, however two league have become incredible close. First, second and third are separated by about 10 points. I am still top of another league by around 20 points and sit third yet less than 10 points off second in another league. In the overall league I am pain stakingly close to entering the top 1 million, only less than 40,000 away.
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