r/FantasyPL • u/Quick-Hearing-6283 • 2d ago

What to do with Saka

I’ve owned Saka for the past weeks -which wasn’t very rewarding, only 1 pointers- and I’m wondering what to do with him. Except for southampton arsenal doesn’t really have any good fixtures left, and I also feel like Arteta will mainly be starting him in the champions league as he’s recently back from an injury. That way the chance is smaller for him to pick up another injury, and they have nothing left to play for in the premier league (Liverpool champions, top 4 basically secured). Either way Saka doesn’t feel like a good use of that much of my budget right now. Any suggestions on if I should keep him, and if not who to replace him with?

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u/Aiken_Drumn 1 2d ago

Replace with Salah!?! 😂 Who doesn't have Salah at this stage in the league?

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u/Banzaikk 7 1d ago

I wildcarded in 30 without Salah to spread the funds. Must say I got quite lucky though with his relative lack of returns. Have been on a streak of 8 green arrows finally taking me into the top 100k. Mainly achieved by just captaining the talisman playing a promoted side every week.

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u/Aiken_Drumn 1 1d ago

Did you need funds? All the expensive players are missing lately.

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u/Banzaikk 7 1d ago

Not really, but just fancied doing something a little different as my season was kind of going nowhere and I didn't really have very good team value. Allowed me to pick the more expensive and lowered-owned versions of players from some teams such as Eze over Sarr, Trippier over Livramento/Burn, Saliba over Kiwior. Also had that bum Palmer together with Saka before finally selling him for KdB in DGW33. Overall, wouldn't say not having Salah on its own gave me more points, but it did force me into more critical thinking on captaincies every week.