The ScoutCast – Episode 123 – Ghost

Puncheon and azpili it not even close

Thanks guys, also would you take Clyne out for a hit this week?

Puncheon yet to score or assist away from home, Arsenal one of the best home Ds, I might go Januzaj.

I sold Suarez just to get Lescott in.

To expensive for a defender from WHAM. But good luck I like people who give a differential a shot. Won't all WHAM corners be straight at Carroll?

Somewhere between Bonkers and Insane.

how likely is he to go to west ham?

yeh, double edged sword

1) not by very much, and
2) you can't play the game and expect to win, if you prioritize differential players at the expense of quality.
3) if you already had the player, everyone else is late to the party, and the advantage you gain is in the points they didn't get, and in the FT they needed to spend just to keep pace with you

Ok, here you go: RVP is expensive, Rooney has potential, and get Mata, he's good.

That is all

*awaits the subsequent copy and paste of said analysis Enzo had prepared earlier* 😉

Here we go:

RVP good but expensive
Rooney is almost as good but less expensive than RVP.
Mata is good and plays in Midfield unlike the other two who (usually) play upfront. But he hasn't had time to gel yet. But is likely to play every game because is cuptied for Europe

Everyone clear now. I look forward to helping your post go green

RVP best diff around, Rooney ok unless you have RVP, Mata not proven and many other mid options available

Reply fail to Cheeseoid

Nice answer

i don't agree. "knowing when to sell" is an intangible value, and affects your OWN team, nobody else's.

Don't outsmart yourself here. It's true that others may have bought Coleman for more/less than you, and can do other things with the money.

This only matters in the very improbable case that you and your opponent have the same exact team, and the only difference is your selling price vs. your opponent's.

If you can't say that's the case, then this game is about optimizing the points. That's all. Has nothing to do with budget. You can play the value game, but do so at the expense of points and hits and limiting yourself with logic such as "I wouldn't be able to buy him right back since I sold him for less than he now costs" etc etc etc

The players you brought in are fine but the -12 sucks.

Unlucky... but decent transfers IMO given the circumstances, you might actually make that back this week... 😯

I'm assuming Navas will be more influential. Especially if Pellegrini starts with Dzeko and Negredo.

all set

too much city. get rid of Silva for lallana /eriksen

I'd twist if I were you..

Wait until tomorrow for news about him. If he's only out one game keep him. If not I would put RVP or Rooney in.

I am strongly considering the twist if no news tomorrow

A lot of poor wildcards being repaired

That said, I took a -8 hit last week and came out +6, so they can work.

Current team:

Mannone, Davis
Baines, Kosc, Gabbi, Chambers, Burner
Hazard, Mata, Silva, Gerrard, Colback
Suarez, Aguero, JRod

Used FT on Chester->Chambers, not much to do I reckon.

Maybe: Baines, Aguero --> Ivanovic, RVP if Aguero misses somes GWs.
Any thoughts?

Hopefully using the WC this week will help make me back the points I lost holding on to it for this long... if that makes any sense? 😀

I'm debating Azpi and Ward myself. Defensively I'd go Azpi over Ward,but if Ward is playing mid,me may snag some offensive points.

Januzaj will most likely see some action so he would be one of the two to plya for me.

I think I would leave Jan. Most likely to just be a cameo

yuck.

azpi and ward, for me.

actually, I'll take Januzhype and Ward. Janu at least would be guaranteed a point when he's subbed on with 18 min to play.

Ward over Azpi because MC will score more than Arsenal.

Kolarov pisses me off. I want to take him out but as soon as I do he'll end up getting 15 points.

1 Eriksen
2 Ade

Eriksen (great form and PPG) and Ade (the same)...Hull are primed to be pulled apart next week and I like their fixtures.

If manage to upgrade him later with 2 transfers, I guess he's worth it.

When you lay it out like that it seems like a no brainer other than the fact Jrod takes up a striker spot and I don't want that.

Reid, once fit

Looks good either way. Great team!

Looks solid, bold front 3 in team A while everyone else is going the Sturridge/Utd/Ade route.. Couple of questions -

You think Boruc will keep cleanies in Lovren's absence ? I know Wanyama gives them solidity but a bit iffy on this.. Feel like Adrian is good value

And explain to me this love for Chico, you've had him for ages ?! Especially with Europa resuming and swansea fatigue..

Anyway I'd like to see Boruc+Chico -> Adrian+Azpi if that can be worked out but this is a sweet team anyway

And with team B, Johnson's fixtures are about to turn nasty very soon, and the blank gameweek coming up.. Try squeezing in Lallana if you can ? Has a significant ownership in top 10k and could hurt you with double digit hauls ..

If you didn't do that transfer this week you could do the one next week for free. I would do that

Wouldn't be 100% on taking Baines out.....RVP looks good though.

Yes. Could well be up front

yes

There had better be

WC or regular week?

Morning.

Yes you are good to go! 🙂

Solid as a rock buying a round of beer

nah aguero is better than rvp

Its make or break. RvP is too costly imo.Unless he starts getting double digits every i ain't getting him.

Aguero is on a different plane to everyone except Suarez this year.

Most definitely
The top players will keep rising to the top as we see every year. Does not mean you should not jump on a few form waves but keep enough class in your team that you have room to manoeuvre without multiple hits when it comes to catching these

yes, the best fpl managers predict and know when to jump on and off the explosive form patches.

I think this applies at the start of seasons when you have no form to back your decisions up. Class players I would say are those players who hit form more frequently or maintain it through the majority of their career. Those managers who got Suarez in straight after their ban clearly benefitted from his "class" as it allowed them to purchase him when there was no evidence of class against several forwards who had form at the time (Giroud, Benteke, Sturridge, Soldado).

I think this is a valid question at this moment particularly in respect to RVP who I don't think anybody disputes the class of. Certainly him and Suarez are a class apart from the forwards in the Premier League today. But his form this season isn't great. So will his undisputed class bring his form back? The shot of confidence at the weekend certainly wont hurt.

Depends on how long a class player has been out of form. I wouldn't consider Fernando Torres an FPL option anymore.

I thought it did but Yaya Toure is making me question everything I thought I knew about football.

Is west ham defence all that? They got pretty lucky this week and concede 3 at home to Newcastle the week before

Demel looks a good option,not too sure whether I'll take a hit for a defender though!