Quote: Godot Taxis @ 19th October 2016, 5:24 PMI need to pay more attention generally - once again my wildcard has done me no real good. My defence has been worth 32 points in total over the last three weeks whereas my pre-wildcard defence has made 83. That really is a significant difference. Admittedly I swapped out Van Dyke and Bellerin for the cost rather than because I didn't want them but I would still have done better not wildcarding and bringing in the players I wanted for points deductions as and when. I think the problem with a wildcard is it always persuades you to change most of your players rather than say five or six.
Totally agree, the wildcard is a poisoned chalice for that reason. Although, for once I needed that many changes but have missed out on big hauls from Ozil and Firmino since. Still a long way to go. It's amazing what a good or bad week can do this early on.
I also struggle with picking players I don't particularly want. Walcott being one. I know if I pick him he'll go to shit again or get injured. Costa will get sent-off, Lallana won't score again, and so on. Capooh has already returned to obscurity.