Continuing our round-up of the Christmas period, it’s time to treat our members to a series of articles which examines each of the positions and analyses the form of the key protagonists over the past four Gameweeks. We start in defence, by casting an eye over the top tens for our ICT Index, plus a more in-depth look at the main performers in terms of goal threat and creativity….
I know you're going light on defence to afford your front 3, but I'm not sure of the logic of doubling on WHU def and Shaw will concede bags in both games, and is useless long term.
Open ControlsI'd forget Suarez for now (3 of next 4 fixtures are horrid) and give your defence a bit of love instead. Everton's fixtures are hard to ignore at the back, and Utd seem to have their act together, plus Vidic is close to full return...
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sorry forgive me, didnt know the united hammer score so watching recording now, but RVP i love u!!!!!
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Will people be keeping Ba after the DGW?
Not sure who to go as my third striker, so 3-5-2 with Lambert might be an option longer term, now that my Aguero plan is out the window.Open Controls
hey jack....Tevez will be massive....
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Just saw the RVP goal on footy tube.....the man is class.....pure class
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foot room dot com is better. Just for future reference.
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Hey Acqua...what's ur plan on DGW?
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Afternoon gents... prepare yourselves for another ridiculously long post of the "should I or should I not WC" variety...
Weighing up the merits of WCing now against doing it later after the DGWs...I have two lines of attack for this DDGW... I might just keep it and use my FT to do Nastasic > Ivanovic/Luiz and surrender So'ton coverage completely... with the possibility of taking a hit for the right player...
Begovic
Ivanovic/Luiz* Gibbs Cuellar (Hughes if injured)
Michu Pienaar Walcott Mata*
RVP Suarez Berbatov
Then in GW23, Berbatov & Ivanovic/Luiz > Podolski & O'Brien/Demel (-4) leaving me with this...
Begovic
O'Brien/Demel* Gibbs* Cuellar
Michu Pienaar Walcott* Mata
RVP Suarez Podolski*
Then use WC to get rid of the likes of Pienaar and other dead weight...
Alternatively I could use my WC... If I do it now, I obviously want to find the balance between short term and long term success... for that reason I am considering Jaask over Turnbull since I plan to rotate him with Begovic until the end of the season...
*denotes transfer in...
Jaask* Begovic
Ivanovic* Luiz* Gibbs (Demel* Cuellar)
Bale* Walcott Mata Fellaini* (Noble*)
RVP Lambert* Ruiz*
Then GW23 I'll do Lambert & Ivanovic/Luiz > Podolski & 4.9-5.4m defender (-4)
Thanks to anyone who got this far... so which one looks best? Btw I will be keeping Podolski for the next 5/6 weeks after the DGW for their good fixtures...
P.S. The Noble punt is one of those flashback premonitions I had about him scoring a penalty against Arsenal... 😕Open ControlsObviously not chuffed at losing Suarez in the WC, but I think it has to be done...
Open ControlsWC now is the best option imo. I agree with the noble punt.....if you have him in your team, he will work well as a reliable 5th mid if you play 3-4-3
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Get 1 more heavy attacker imo.Open Controls
Use it afterwards. SuareZ HAS Norwich week23.
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What are your thoughts on Ba? I know most on here are hyping him up but imo he’ll play 1/2. In that case, Berba might have a chance to outscore him vs WIG(H).
On the other hand, if WCing this week (yes looking at you CF) what balance of DGW players/ heavys (bale) are you putting into your team?
Cheers.Open Controlsi know berba is going to go wild this week......hate to miss the boat for chelsea double.
I am working on a plan.....15 minsOpen ControlsCheers. Let me know, I have the same feeling. If Terry being out news is true, conisdering Turnbull/Azil/Mata.
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both of 'em will explode.
Love the feelings right now when u r RVP-Berba-Ba owner! 🙂Open Controls
My love for Demba Ba knows no limits...and now he has been released from the shackles of playing for our fiercest rivals...I think I'm ready to take it to the next level...or 'third base' as an American might say.
Oh Demba, marry me 😳Open Controls
Hey dz'ers. Hows my plan sound.
Begovic foster
Nelson nastasic demel cameron hughes
Mata cazorla bale michu puncheon
Rvp berbatov suarez
2ft this week so Nelson 》shaw which leaves me with Mata , puncheon and shaw for the 1st dgw
Then 2ft bale》nolan & hughes》lasagna or gibbs. ( also leaves money to get another dgw player for a hit) which leaves me nolan, demel , cazorla and gibbs/sagna for 2nd dgw
Then wildcard after to get bale back and set up team I know the dgw players arent the best but it is what I can work with without losing a lot of value on the players I want to keepOpen Controls
Is anyone getting Lampard in for the DGW? Haven't seen anyone mention him. Could be a decent differential.
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Really nervous of just having Mata Punch for the DGW and not having Bale vs QPR.
With this DDGW craze going on we definitely oversee some potential big haulers this week.
I can see both Bale and Berba do big this week.Open ControlsQPR are reborn - can't see them getting spanked at home now.
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my wc team
jask, tirmbull
azpi, deme naugton, baines, gibbs
noble, punch,mata bale,walcott
rvp , lamb,suarez.
How is it lookingOpen ControlsTirmbull 0_0
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Best i think i can do with wildcard
Turnbell (Jussi)
Luiz Gibbs Clyne *davies demil)
Mata fellani Bale Michu (Walcott)
Ba Lambert Van Persie
Thats if i do it then will do Mata to Cazorla , for the arsenal double
then gradually get back to what i wantedOpen ControlsYou sure about Ba?
No Berba this week?Open ControlsNo , im very NOT sUre about BA
i dont even want to wildcard.
However , im in the top 1000 and the risk of not doing what
\everyone else is doing is too high.
I think Ba will play one game , and it likely to be the southampton one
However he likely to play a pert in every game , even if only as a sub.
He will be one of the first i will kick out after the double.
Maybe i coul;d still wildcard and just keep berbs hmm trickyOpen ControlsIm not sure, but what I know is we'll need to boot 1 of the 5 heavy's in midfield eventually. Also want Suarez for Norwich... AHH the agony is killing me!
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What happened to your stand on Turnbull and Walcott?
Open ControlsYou have 4 Chelsea players there, and if you are WCing you won't be able to confirm that team even if you had Ba when he was at Newcastle...
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Turnbull*
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2 of Suarez, Ba, Lambert is killing me.
If I got Ba he'd be out next weekOpen ControlsHow much will you lose on Suarez? Could you do Ba > Suarez after this week?
Open ControlsI'd only lose 0.1mill
The thing is though, I'd rather spend next weeks transfers on getting in DGWers.
I can't see 3 nailed on Chelsea players, and Turnbull is a bad option imo for anyone without another WC.
Perhaps Suarez/Lambert and a double up on Chelsea defendersOpen Controls
Pick 2 to have this week out of Ba, Berbatov, Benteke and Lambert.
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Bale or Hazard this week? I have Mata and Ba
Open ControlsI think there's a glitch in my team, I've had Suarez for ages and through 2-3 price rises yet my selling value for him is 10.4, AND HE COSTS 10.4 😯
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Bego/Tremmel
Luiz*/Zabaleta/Davies/Demel*/O'brien*
Mata*/Bale/Walcott*/Puncheon*/Michu
RVP/Ba*/Berba
1FT
GW22:Michu to Ramirez
GW23:Luiz to Gibbs/Ramirez to Nolan(-4)
GW24:WILDCARD
Gives me 5 DGW players each week.
Sounds Good or u can suggest better!Open ControlsSo i guess you plan on losing Michu for good?
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Current Team:
Bego/Tremmel
Luiz*/Zabaleta/Davies/Demel*/O'brien*
Mata*/Bale/Walcott*/Puncheon*/Michu
RVP/Ba*/Berba
1FT
GW22:Michu to Ramirez
GW23:Luiz to Gibbs/Ramirez to Nolan(-4)
GW24:WILDCARD
Gives me 5 DGW players each week.
Sounds Good or u can suggest better?Open Controls
Is Suarez to ba for a 4 point hit worth it? How guaranteed will ba be to play 90min?..
Current team is:
Jaask / Begovic
McCauley / gorkss / obrien / shawcross / Baird
fellaini / puncheon / cazorla / sterling / routledge
Berbs / Suarez / vpOpen Controls
anyone planning on using their wildcard on the upcoming week?
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Hmmm, just looking at physioroom.com here. And it says Danny Rose was taken off with a hamstring injury earlier. No news on Cuellar though. I wonder is it possible the reports elsewhere muddled up the news on Rose with Cuellar?
Might be clutching at straws here but interesting that there's news on Rose but none on Cuellar.Open ControlsCuellar set up the 1st goal & went off at 2-0 for Wickham. Hopefully tactical but a link someone had on here wasn't so good.
Open ControlsHe was subbed at 57 minutes and "limped off" according to Sunderlands official match report.
Open ControlsOk, but where did hamstring come from?
Open ControlsPeople on here watching the game at the time?
There Is also this http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/sunderland-afc/safc-news/2013/01/05/bolton-wanderers-2-sunderland-2-final-whistle-match-report-72703-32551163/Open ControlsDamn...I see. Where do you find these links?
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Lol waiting for players to rise/fall this week has been like watching grass grow. 😆
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I know! Who do you reckon are in for a double rise this week though?
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Awkward time to w/c for price rises actually.
Open ControlsI honestly care about points more than team value. As long as i make the correct decisions, im happy.
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Dare i go into the gameweek with only mata?
Begovich (Jussi)
Gibbs Hughes Cuellar (McCauley Demil)
Bale Mata (C) Fellani Snodgrass (Michu)
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In a normal club, for the remainder of the season, the only reason to start Torres would be a Ba injury, resting Ba in an easy cup tie, or playing a two-top formation (over Benitez' dead body).
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A normal club also doesn't attempt to raise an army of attacking midfielders in the summer.
Open ControlsAgreed. Ba is miles ahead of Torres now.
Open ControlsBut Torres is "world class"
- Santiaogunreal, a week ago.Open Controls🙂 He is though...just not as world class as Ba = miles ahead
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how is he world class???
only won the golden boot at the euros cuz he scored multiple goals in the easy games and was benched the rest of the time (less minutes played).
if he was world class he wouldn't have sit on the bench most of last season for chelsea and he wouldn't have sat on the bench for half of the eurosOpen ControlsYeah but you're talking about two reasons he wasn't in both sides
Drogba
and
The Spanish team = the best team in the history of the world
Those midfielders were keeping him out of the team.
Impressive that he could still score the most goals with such little gametime. Still I think Ba and Drogba are more complete strikers.Open Controlsif he was WORLD CLASS as you say, he would have played himself into those squads.
for the spanish team, remember he started off with a starting role but lost it cuz he was horrid, eventually causing cesc to play a false 9. they even tried another striker up top because torres was so horrid (and not world class)Open Controls
Rafa did mention in per match presser that he would consider playing both Ba & Torres (on the wing?). Might have to with Moses at ACON. I reckon:
Milk Cup semi - Torres
Stoke - Ba
Southampton - Ba & TorresOpen ControlsThat would be so awesome
Open ControlsHe did?! Wow. Sounds like some serious Roman induced compromise.
Open Controlshttp://sports.yahoo.com/news/benitez-torres-ba-could-play-192000266--sow.html
Sory post match, not pre....Open Controls
which will score more, given the fixtures listed?
A) suarez (mun, NOR) + Marveaux (nor, RDG) + luiz/ivan (sto SOT, ARS)
B) ba (sto SOT) + lambert (EVE) + mata (ARS) + walcott (MCI) + nasty/cueller/o’brien (ars/WHU/sun, FUL/wig/QPR ars) + .3 extra to use in my wc gw 24Open ControlsThat's some Nobel prize level algebra all right
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basically i'm either gunna do walcott + nasty to mata and luiz/ivan this week and then mata to walcott next week (option A) or suarez and maloney to mata and ba this week and ba to giroud/pod next week (option B)
which do you recon will score more though?Open ControlsReally hard to say, but I am not a fan of getting low scoring players just because of a DGW. I am talking about Giroud Podolski.
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RMWCT:
Turnbull, Jussi
Luiz, Gibbs, Cameron, Davies, Clyne
Bale, Mata, Walcott, Michu, Puncheon
Lambert, Berbatov, Benteke
9.7m in bank.
Then during the next couple of GWs:
Luiz, Lambert and Berbs -> 5ish m def, Suarez and RVP.
Lookin' good?Open ControlsThinking of getting in either
A. Mata for sterling
B. ba for Suarez
Which would be best for a 4 point hit?
Current team is:
Jaask / Begovic
McCauley / gorkss / obrien / shawcross / Baird
fellaini / puncheon / cazorla / sterling / routledge
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i already have azpi & mata, no soton.
also have walcott, o'brien and jussi.
for this week;
nelsen/defoe > luiz/lambert for a hit
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defoe > ba, and azpi > gibbs next weekOpen ControlsGet turnbull and lambert for defoe and a GK
Open Controlshow long will chech be out?
Open Controls3 weeks.
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i have bego and jussi, so im not shifting either.
also any defensive returns turnbull gets luiz will also get, plus he's oop with some freekicks.Open ControlsLuiz also costs a ton. Getting turnbull frees up cash elsewhere.
Open Controlsright but i lose money on both gks if i shift them, i dont on defoe and nelsen.
freeing up cash isnt really an issue, my other mids are michu/bale/sterling and i have rvp/berba up front, so i dont really need to upgrade anywhere else before i wc after the arsenal dgw.Open Controls
What is the story on Terry's injury? what is the latest?
Open ControlsSomeone posted an article says unknown return still... hasn't trained yet
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Having been deciding between Ba & Berba in my WC for what seems like ages (less than a day), I think I'm now leaving them both out in favour of Lambert and Benteke.
Ba - inevitable rotation, at least to start with. I see him starting against sto, but then Torres being given the juicy SOT tie.
Berba - after GW24 his fixtures get very tough, and I need to use my transfers to ship out excess DGWers. Benteke has better medium term fixtures, is cheaper and offers more threat.
Thoughts on this lot?
SZCZESNY, TURNBULL
LUIZ, Baines, Martin, (DEMEL), (Wilson)
MATA, WALCOTT, Bale, Fellaini, (NOBLE)
Rvp, LAMBERT, Benteke
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11 years, 3 months agoJust about to press the WC button, before I do a final ask. Does this:
Fed/Bunn
Cuellar, O’Brien, ShawX, Gibbs, Nelsen
Caz, Bale, Michu, Sterling, Maloney
RVP, Berba, Suarez
0.8M in bank and 1xFT
to this:
Turnbull/Fed
Gibbs, Shaw, Harte, Demel, O’Brien
Mata, Bale, Walcott, Noble, Puncheon
RVP, Suarez, Ba
0M in bank
look OK? Thanks guys!