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Garrett's avatar

With Salah being classified as a midfielder on Sleeper, does that affect his draft ranking at all? The league is set to Togga scoring.

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John Wallin's avatar

I could make a strong case that Salah is 1-1 in the Togga scoring as a midfielder. The thing is, the top 3-5 players are basically the top 3-5 players in all formats because a) they score the most, b) on teams that have the greatest chance of hitting 100 goals as a team and c) they deliver those goals as both goals and assists which comes with other underlying stats (dribbles successful, shots on target, chances created, etc...) that further bolster their total point production.

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Kevin Monaghan's avatar

That’s great and makes perfect sense!

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Kevin Monaghan's avatar

Do your rankings change as transfer market heats up and we get closer to start of season? Also, do you update rankings in-season? Thx

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John Wallin's avatar

Hi. the ranks will get updated between now and the transfer deadline but I don't know how often. I don't rerun my projections with every transfer because it's a staggering amount of work. I DO NOT update the ranks during the season, there isn't much value to doing that either since they change after every single match and the volume of readers doesn't justify it.

What does happen is I cover the key changes in articles with analysis which typically includes the general range where I'll slot them in. But, for example, Kolo Muani joined Tottenham; that doesn't just impact Spurs in the ranks, it impacts the forwards, all of spurs, the Top 200 etc. Easier and more effective use of time to write up Muani and the impacts.

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Djidji's avatar

Last season you were so high on Szabo, and this season you are not. Why? I think Szabo will play more in number 10 role this season, with more freedom forward. He is top 5 mid for me

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John Wallin's avatar

answered in the post.

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Laeka's avatar

Am I understanding correctly that Tonali is a potential top 5 MID for you? If so - why?

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John Wallin's avatar

Hi, no definitely not. The right columns have no association with the rank columns but i have tried to use each heading as a mini rank. ie, of the transfer questions in FWD i rank them Alvarez, Diaz, Richarlison then Jesus; I do NOT have them all rated between Havertz and Mateta.

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