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This is his account (not updated yet) https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1908330/event/17

He was climbing really well https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1908330/history

It is interesting to see his choices.

- Picking Salah and making him captain makes sense because of his form uptick and the opposition being someone he scores against.

- So did keeping Leicester and Sheffield players, though he was unlucky with the unexpected result at Leicester.

- I am surprised he kept Alli in but left the Wolves player out, I would expect Wolves to score and possibly win as well. But he is #1, so we will find out tomorrow.

Salah in midfield? Say what?

Although he plays in a wide forward/winger like position for Liverpool they classify wingers generally as midfielders. Think of this in terms of the classic 4-2-3-1 position(not something LIV uses a lot). Firmino generally becomes the No 9 and he would be classified as forward. Even Son is classified as Mid.

Though in the 4-2-3-1 Liverpool played today Salah was the most forward player.

It's a ridiculous decision, even the stats disagree.[0]

"Salah was the furthest forward in 8 of Liverpool’s last 10 Premier League games from last season."

I imagine it's done for marketing reasons so more people can fit him into their team; same with Son.

[0] https://www.fantasyfootballpundit.com/mohamed-salah-forward-...

Yeah, ideally they should be classified as forwards. Though I guess Salah being the furthest forward is more because of Firmino being a False 9 rather than a proper No 9, which makes his case for being considered as a FWD even more valid.

This seems to be one of the big loopholes in fantasy football, that sometimes an attacker who isn't usually the number 9 in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 might be available as a midfielder.

I'm clueless as well but here is the best thing I could find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_football_(gridiron)

To me this sounds a lot like FIFA (the game by EA), which I'm clueless about as well.

FIFA is you playing a virtual soccer team.

Fantasy football is you managing a soccer team roster with points given to your chosen players based on real world performance the past week.

You're still managing a team though

I posted on the wrong top-level comment which might explain the confusion.

I meant to answer to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21791504

Reply on news.ycombinator.com