In our second members article of the week, we turn to our own ICT Index for inspiration. Assessing player performance for Influence, Creativity and Threat in accordance with the relevant Opta statistics, we create a Members table in order to analyse the top-scoring midfielders over the last four Gameweeks:
I was walking up Kentish Town Road this evening with my cycle helmet on, having a short while earlier dismounted my Boris bike, when a van driver yelled out, 'where's your bike?'. I yelled back, 'I wear this when I'm riding your wife'.
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of course you did. Really loud so he could hear you, too..
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Would you play A Mata(new) or bring in B Eriksen(SUN)
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both
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adebayor starting this week? Also should i get city or chelsea defender for the run in?
Open Controlsgood run in, sunderland love conceding so i guess not
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Look at number 2 😀
Look at number 1 😯Open Controls
Number 2 is old hat 😉
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Evening all, couple of questions for you.
1. Do you think Sterling will start this GW?
2. Given that I've planned 2 transfers for next GW, is anyone at 5.6 or below worth a -4 to get him out? (hit will actually be taken next week but it's 4 points nonetheless)
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Benteke out has ruined my grand plan for my GW37 double gameweek team. Poop (so much poop that I decided to repost this on the new article). Complete this front line for GW37:
Rooney-Aguero-?????Open Controlsgerrard
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Vodka soda with stuffed peppers was never a good idea 🙁
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1. Who do think will win the World Cup?
2. Who will do better than people think?
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Out of the box differentials?
Ledley
Dejagah
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who'd take penalties for Villa in Benteke's absence?
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westwood maybe? i wouldn't fancy them to get a penalty, never mind score one though
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Step forward grant holt?
Open Controlssomeone said holt unfit on previous post
Open ControlsYeah that was me. If he doesn't play then no idea. Bacuna?
Open Controlshasn't been fit for 15 years...ever since he discovered beer and pies
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When's adebayor expected back?
Open ControlsDang I haven't been paying attention to fpl... No wonder I'm slipping
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Any chance of a request for some info please scouts ?...How are the different ICT tables calculated ?..what numbers go into each one of the four categories?
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Shit in ... shit out ... 😉
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The ICT Index covers Influence - their contribution to a match, Creativity - their propensity to create chances or provide passes in attacking areas and Threat - their propensity to have efforts on goal, on target and in dangerous areas.
We use a formula to calculate all three based on some key stats and then add the total to come to the ICT rating. Influence is based on things like goals, assists, touches, passes completed, tackles etc - all with different weightings. It's the nearest thing to our version of the bonus points I guess.
Creativity uses key passes of course, but also passes in the final third, through-balls, crosses etc.
Threat uses shots on goal (no brainer) but we do give different weightings depending on where on the pitch those shots occurred and also whether they were on target.
Every player has a total for all three from every match and they are added up to give you the ICT rating for that match.Open ControlsSorry for the late reply Mark...family stuff...Right..so...I use the ICT threat, i add it to the touches in the box (not just shots)..and then try to keep the sum figure of that number as high as possible across the mids (DGW's not withstanding)....It works. So based on how you weight the ICT threat am I right to do this...I have posted before that it doesn't seem to work out when using shots in the box in that way, and obviously that must be because it's effectively doubling up the ICT threat...All a bit convoluted really, but does that make sense?...ICT threat + touches in the box always seems to = good pick
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Who should be my third Everton player after Coleman and Lukaku?
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Sunderland fined for fielding an ineligible player
Be interesting if they stay up by 1 pointOpen Controlsthere're gonna be ructions. Under the FA rules they should have had at least the point from the SOT game deducted
Open Controlswho was the player by the way?
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Who should I play out of:
AJ (tot)
Noone (CRY)
Chester (SWA)
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AJ - 1 point
Noone - 2 points (if fit)
Chester - 6 points (+bonus)
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Which two to bench?
Baines - Coleman - Chester - Ward - BardsleyOpen ControlsWard and Bardsley
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silva (9,4) vs man city defender (6ish)
do u think silva will significanty outscore a man city defender until the end of the season?
i mean city look very possible to keep clean sheets in all of the 4 home matches plus palace away (5X6=30pts min barring baps + 3x2=6 pts for a total of 36pts+at least 6bps from the clean sheet matches=42, and assuming they concede in the other 3 matches vs southampton at home, liveroopl and everton away)
silva will get 5x3=15 plus 3X2=6 for a total of 21 pts so until 42 he has to score 21pts in the next 8 matches that is roughly at least an assist in each match or a goal in every other match. do u thnk this is possible?
also is the price tag (at least 3million more than any defender) justified in getting silva instead of a man city defender (kompany, de michelis, zabaleta) ?
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Your numbers equates to 7 PPG for those 5 games for the City defenders, which is significantly higher than what they are at this far. If you think those numbers are reasonable then I certainly think you should go for a defender instead of Silva.
Open Controls8 matches for 42 pts is about 5ish pts per match not 7
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Elevate yourself with Elvis ...
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Not about you, silly!!! :-p
Withering Heights ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo
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"That was Bill Withers who, thank the Lord, is still with us" 😆
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Scoutcast tonight?
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Bench one out of Gerrard (got SaS), Lukaku or Mutch.
Open Controlsmutch
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Hello lads, which GK would you like to have for next 4gw?
Open ControlsI worry about you. Sometimes. 😉
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What should I do with this team?
Boruc mannone
Azpi Coleman zabaleta Chester baker
Hazard gerrard lallana toure ki
Suarez Sturridge lukaku
0.7m in the bank. Two transfers
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10 years, 1 month agoHas Jose phoned the wife yet