Brentford Vs Chelsea FPL: Who Hauled And What It Means
The call — Brentford 3–0 Chelsea: Schuster hauls 14, Rogers and Palmer blank Schuster played 90 minutes at the Gtech on 18 September and left with 14 points. An assist, a clean sheet, three bonus, and 16 defensive contributions — well past the line a defender needs for the extra points. He costs £4.5m. About 1 manager in 1,000 owns him.
That is the story of the night. The other side of it: Rogers, owned by roughly 4 in 10 managers at £7.7m, played 90 minutes and returned 2 points. Palmer, £9.7m and owned by nearly 3 in 10, also played 90 and also returned 2. Chelsea conceded three and scored none. Both blanked in full.
The rest of the Brentford returns stack up. Anthony scored, took two bonus and finished on 10 points from 80 minutes — £5.9m, owned by almost nobody. Schade supplied two assists for 9 points at £6.1m, owned by under 1 in 10. Ajer took 7 with the clean sheet and a bonus point at £4.5m. Kelleher made two saves and banked 6 at £5.0m. Thiago scored, picked up a yellow, and settled for 5.
Two footnotes. Carvalho came on for three minutes and scored — 6 points at £5.0m, owned by no one, but three minutes is three minutes and he was not paid for the clean sheet. Kayode came off at 68 minutes for 6 points; his replacement Diouf and the withdrawn Hickey both banked the shutout as starters would not — Hickey managed 21 minutes before going off.
What it means for the deadline. Schuster is a £4.5m defender who racks up defensive work most weeks and just added an assist and maximum bonus on top of a clean sheet. At that price he pays for himself as a third defender. Rogers and Palmer owners took the hit tonight; one blank is one match, not a sell.
The call: buy Schuster at £4.5m. Hold Rogers and Palmer. Ignore Carvalho — three minutes does not make a transfer.