Alastair McKeever

Got greedy. Both FTs used - Muñoz and Barry for Ajer and JP. Hopefully the 2.5 itb and deep bench helps me to survive the FT without a crisis.

I’ve seen people going off on Coventry for that performance but didnt seem too bad to me. Suspect Hull will say “hold my beer” tomorrow.

Most interesting intra-PL transfer of this summer has a lot of candidates: Will Eze (who is incredible) fit okay into arsenal's system? Kudus potential could be unlocked now he seems to be given a position within a structure Will Joao Pedro and Delap make Chelsea better than they were w/Jackson?

Or Brentford could do Brentford things to soften Dango's weaknesses and accentuate his strengths, find creativity from other areas, and turn him into a >0.40 xG winger whose goal output more closely approximates those underlyings.

Most interesting intra-PL transfer of this summer has a lot of candidates: Will Eze (who is incredible) fit okay into arsenal's system? Kudus potential could be unlocked now he seems to be given a position within a structure Will Joao Pedro and Delap make Chelsea better than they were w/Jackson?

Dango should now get full-time starter minutes for the first time in his career and I think he's got about the lowest floor AND the highest ceiling of any ~40-60 million purchase this season.

Most interesting intra-PL transfer of this summer has a lot of candidates: Will Eze (who is incredible) fit okay into arsenal's system? Kudus potential could be unlocked now he seems to be given a position within a structure Will Joao Pedro and Delap make Chelsea better than they were w/Jackson?

But the one I'm most excited by is Dango Ouattara to Brentford: Fascinating attacker Special skills: intelligent off the ball running,workrate, taking people on, high pressing, aerial ability, lots of high quality shots His flaws are: everything about his passing is bad! and (maybe) a -ve finisher

Some big picture thoughts on #fpl 🧵: 1. The value of our free transfers to start the season is a bit lower than it's ever been before because a) defcon points decreases the impact that fixture difficulty has on expected points for a lot of viable picks (defenders and CMs).

2. The value of these extra first half chips is also lower than we are used to. BB1 looks like a good strategy right now, but things will change as the season goes on which will inevitably either improve or worsen all the future GW BB opportunities.

Some big picture thoughts on #fpl 🧵: 1. The value of our free transfers to start the season is a bit lower than it's ever been before because a) defcon points decreases the impact that fixture difficulty has on expected points for a lot of viable picks (defenders and CMs).

Bournemouth continue to cook and there's a new starter (🍡!) who warrants evaluating! So I figured I'd make a new (far too long) 🧵. Again, I'm not a Cherries fan (hope they have an off day on Sat), just a regular watcher and admirer of Iraola-ball and their players. So take this for what you will

It's important to note though that Tavernier CAN operate centrally - 5 of his 13 starts this season have come at 10. If all of Tav, Evanilson, Dango, Kluivert and Semenyo are simultaneously fit then (imho) the minutes that Tavernier "steals" will come fairly equally out of both Kluivert and Dango.

Bournemouth continue to cook and there's a new starter (🍡!) who warrants evaluating! So I figured I'd make a new (far too long) 🧵. Again, I'm not a Cherries fan (hope they have an off day on Sat), just a regular watcher and admirer of Iraola-ball and their players. So take this for what you will

Iraola has always liked Tavernier - he is a very good creative passer and the best set piece taker at the club. The below radar is the standard fbref radar for AMs/Wingers, which showcases more of what Tav does really well relative to Dango. He's not as ferocious a presser, but not bad either.

Bournemouth continue to cook and there's a new starter (🍡!) who warrants evaluating! So I figured I'd make a new (far too long) 🧵. Again, I'm not a Cherries fan (hope they have an off day on Sat), just a regular watcher and admirer of Iraola-ball and their players. So take this for what you will

This is slightly less important as a number 9, and he has really excelled in the 4 games (incl. FA cup) as the emergency backup for that position after Evanilson and Unal's injuries (Iraola has a great an eye for finding a solution). However, when Evanilson returns, what will happen to his minutes?

Bournemouth continue to cook and there's a new starter (🍡!) who warrants evaluating! So I figured I'd make a new (far too long) 🧵. Again, I'm not a Cherries fan (hope they have an off day on Sat), just a regular watcher and admirer of Iraola-ball and their players. So take this for what you will

Dango's underlying attacking numbers have also been really really good this season - currently 7th in npxg + xAG /90 amongst all players with >750 mins (above Watkins, Saka, Son, Foden etc). However...

Bournemouth continue to cook and there's a new starter (🍡!) who warrants evaluating! So I figured I'd make a new (far too long) 🧵. Again, I'm not a Cherries fan (hope they have an off day on Sat), just a regular watcher and admirer of Iraola-ball and their players. So take this for what you will

The BEST data we have yet had re: the AM chip (laid out in a beautiful set of visualizations to boot!). Some interesting takeaways from this to be had!

Agonized on this one for a while, because I initially (pre-Evanilson news) wanted to roll, and then was sorely tempted by one of the Everton FWDs in prep for DGW24, but eventually went Evanilson to Raul (roll second FT). Hopefully this can be my last transfer for a few gameweeks.