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Why I think the Trent and Robertson double up is a “must have” from GW1 this year

At 54.6% ownership, the majority of managers own Trent and know why he’s such a good asset. So in this thread I’m going to be focusing more on Robertson and why you should have him in your GW1 team alongside Trent, not as a more differential alternative

1. Incredible value for money

Last season no player worth £8m or less in any position outscored Trent and Robertson for FPL points:

TAA - 210 points
Robertson - 181 points

It was the same in 18/19, where Robertson picked up 213 points, 28 more than TAA

For me, having these 2 in your team all season guarantee’s you around 400 points:

2018/19 TAA + Robbo - 398
2019/20 TAA + Robbo - 391

Around 400 points for £14.5m is incredible value.

2. Alternative options

Another way of looking at Robertson is by asking the question, who else could you for the same price in other positions?

Robertson + £4.5 bench MID/FWD = £11.5m

£7.5m MID/FWD + £4.0 bench DEF = £11.5m

So instead of Robertson you could get a £7.5m midfielder or forward.

This seasons £7.5m MID’s and FWD’s are:

Bergweijn, B.Silva, Greenwood & Abraham

Although Greenwood is a great option, Robertson will still almost certainly outscore all these players next year.

So if Greenwood is getting talked about as unbelievable value for money, why isn’t Robertson?

I think he’s going seriously under the radar Why not have both?

3. Post lockdown

Since GW30 Robertson has upped his game even more and has looked an even better FPL asset. He seems to be getting into better positions, taking more set pieces and most importantly, getting more points And his post lockdown stats back this up...

TAA vs Robertson (GW30-GW38):

Goals: 2 - 1
Shots ITB: 1 - 3
Assists: 1 - 5
Attempted assists: 11 - 17
Touches in opp box: 7 - 18
FPL points: 44 - 44

When Robertson is playing like this it’ll be like having 2 TAA’s in your team

...And I fully expect him to start the season like this:

1) He was Liverpool’s biggest attacking threat against Arsenal in the Community Shield

2) Will be motivated to help Liverpool retain the title

4. Why are people hesitant?

There’s 2 main reasons why people are hesitant to double up on Liverpool from GW1:

1) They doubled up on Liverpool at the start of last season and it didn’t pay off

2) Their fixtures aren’t the best

1) First of all last season was very unfortunate. Alisson’s injury in the opening game of the season changed everything.

This season Liverpool’s back 5 of Alisson, TAA, VVD, Gomez & Robertson are expected to start the season.

Liverpool’s record when starting with this back 5 in the PL last season, before they won the league:

10 games
8 clean sheets

Liverpool will be starting the season with that back 5, in games they need to win which should mean clean sheets galore

2) When you break Liverpool’s fixtures down further they all of a sudden don’t look as difficult defensively:

Leeds (H) - First game of the season against a newly promoted side at Anfield. If the usual back 4 + GK all start, then I can’t see anything but a clean sheet.

Chelsea (A) - On paper, probably Liverpool’s second hardest game of the season but there’s no better time to play Chelsea. A new team assembled together with a short break and not much time to gel - It may not be as hard as you think.

Arsenal (H) - Arsenal traditionally don’t do great at Anfield. It’ll be difficult, but with Arsenal having beat Liverpool twice in the last 2 months, I think we’ll see a very motivated Liverpool team here.

Aston Villa (A) - One of the favourites to go down. Liverpool should keep a clean sheet here, there’s no two ways about it.

Everton (A) - Everton haven’t scored a league goal against Liverpool at Goodison for almost 5 years. End of.

5. Ownership?

A player like Robertson, with his points returns over the last few years and his FPL potential is currently a differential. Unbelievable. Owned by only 12.4%, this double-up could be the perfect way to get you up the ranks.

Something else to consider is that Liverpool’s usual back 5 currently have a combined ownership of 106.8%. This means that if Liverpool keep a clean sheet and you only own 1, it’ll take you down the ranks.

For me this alone is enough to make me want to double up as we all play FPL for fun, right? And what’s fun about wanting one of your players team to concede.

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Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this. I hope it has informative and given you something to consider