GAMEweeks 1-3 overview: gameweek 3 review
My Gameweek 3 Points
Gameweek 3-
Gameweek points: 91
Overall Points: 250
Overall rank: 98,670
Gameweek rank: 236,715
Free transfers: 2
Transfers made: 1
This week marked possibly my best overall ranking for quite some time if not ever and capped off a great first three weeks, however, I am not getting carried away as my team has issues and there is a long way to go but a good start is always helpful and I will absolutely take it at this point!
Ahead of Gameweek three I used one of my two free transfers which I have accumulated over the first few weeks to move on from the 4 million nightmare of Valentin Barco to another 4 million defender. I decided on Wout Faes in the end after he has more attacking threat and clean sheet potential than Harwood-Bellis of Southampton and looks the best other 4 million option. I was also tempted to move Quansah on for a 4 million but want a better rotation so will wait. Unfortunately, his price has dropped again so he is now only 4.3 million in value.
For my starting lineup I did decided to bench Joao Pedro which ended up costing me as he scored against Arsenal and picked up all three bonus points although he did also get a yellow card for a -1. I am still happy with this decision, despite missing out on his eight points because the other players I played instead had better fixtures and I still managed a good points total.
Starting in defence, Dean Henderson finally returned with four points, as although Chelsea scored against Crystal Palace he made six saves so got two saves points. Trent once again picked up a clean sheet in Liverpool’s 3-0 away victory over Manchester United for a six point haul, this is now his and Liverpool’s third clean sheet in a row to start the season. Antonee Robinson picked up another assist but also a yellow card so he earned me four points. However, unfortunately Man City conceded again against West Ham so Gvardiol only scored two points.
Midfield was a mixed bag as all my budget options in Morgan Gibbs-White, Emile Smith Rowe and Morgan Rogers scored a combined five points as Gibbs-White was booked. However Eberechi Eze finally returned for me and many other managers with the equalising goal against Chelsea and three bonus points, scoring 10 in total. With Mohamed Salah’s electric form against Manchester United I was very tempted to captain him but in the end went with Erling Haaland. With both players scoring 17 points either would have been fine as captain. Although Haaland netted his second hat trick in two games against West Ham United and all three bonus points again for 17 points total. Salah haunted Man United again with a goal, two assists and all three bonus points for his 17 points. I got 34 points total from Haaland due to the armband being on him. While my final forward Alexander Isak finally scored for Newcastle against Tottenham in the 2-1 win for nine points, rounding off another great week for me for the second week in a row.