<p>The FPL debate between <strong>Romelu Lukaku (£11.5m)</strong> and <strong>Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.5m)</strong> is likely to endure long into the season. <a href="http://twitter.com/lukejerdy"><strong>Luke Jerdy</strong></a> argues that the decision need not be so complicated.</p>
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<h2>Ronaldo: the man for the big Occasion</h2>
<p>There&#8217;s only one winner in the battle of the <strong>FPL</strong> <strong>premium forwards</strong>. I&#8217;ll tell you why <strong>it&#8217;s Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.5m)</strong>.</p>
<p>89th minute. <strong>Portugal</strong> were losing 1-0 to <strong>Ireland</strong>. If it finished that way, Serbia and Luxembourg would have had the chance to leapfrog them. World Cup Qualification in danger.</p>
<p><strong>Enter Cristiano</strong>.</p>
<p>A poor penalty and a largely anonymous game. Ali Daei&#8217;s international goalscoring record still to be penetrated.</p>
<p>Cross. Header. Goal. Record broken. But the best was yet to come.</p>
<p>You can say all you like about his ego (it is the biggest in the game) but this was about the team. He had just become the <strong>greatest goalscorer in international football</strong>. How would he celebrate? By running back to the halfway line, ready to kick off again. Ready to go for the winner.</p>
<p>96th minute. Cross. Header. Goal. <strong>Pandemonium</strong>.</p>
<p>This time the celebration was huge. Shirt off. A leap worthy of Michael Jordan. &#8216;SIUUU&#8217;.</p>
<p>He was booked for the trouble, meaning that he can join his new team in <strong>Manchester</strong> early. <strong>He would have missed the Newcastle game</strong> at Old Trafford without it due to the UK isolation rules (he has to isolate for 5 days upon arrival after the government denied an &#8216;elite sportsperson exemption&#8217;).</p>
<p>As things stand, he will have <strong>three days training with the team</strong> before his potential second debut.</p>
<p><strong>The stage is set.</strong></p>
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<h2>Lukaku: Great, but not <em>as </em>Great</h2>
<p>Over in Estonia, Romelu Lukaku (£11.5m) was putting <strong>Belgium</strong> 2 and 3-1 up. A brace. The main man for his club and country. Goals galore. Remind you of anyone?</p>
<p><strong>The comparisons are inevitabl</strong>e and the battle is on in FPL. Big Rom plays <strong>Aston Villa</strong> without <strong>Emi Martinez (£5.5m)</strong>. Big Ron plays <strong>Newcastle</strong> with the 2nd worst xGC in the league.</p>
<p>251 goals in 508 appearances for Big Rom. 0.49 goals per game.<br />
674 goals in 897 appearances for Big Ron. 0.75 goals per game.</p>
<p><strong>Sometimes there&#8217;s no need to pore over every single stat</strong>. Sometimes <strong>FPL is simple</strong>. Pick the players who will score the most points.</p>
<p>Ronaldo writes his own scripts. And there&#8217;s one being drafted right now.</p>
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