KPI Forward Analysis – Home and Away

Hah you timed that message well, first time I have been on in a while! I don't think I will be be running the cup unfortunately as I live in Australia now so it's just too difficult with the time zones and it takes a fair bit of time to run it which I'm not sure I can find over the next couple months. I'd be interested in joining one though if anyone wants to run it

depends what you can do with the extra 1.5 mill if you get austin

Austin 3:16

Austin at this point in time

Simpson

I think onouha is...have you considered the speroni/green rotation and getting some other rotating defensive duo?

Ferdinand (sorry bro)

Ward/ferdy or Caulker /Marriappa

loving the backline, although I believe duff is more nailed than upson?

I would consider Austin and Jelavic instead of Ings too

ramsey captain im assuming? 😉

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yes...lindegaard is essential 😉

Yeap. Whaddaya wanna know?

Giroud is a bad pick. He should be ok for the beginning of the season because Walcott is injured but after that he'll be rotated. He's the kind of striker that makes midfielders more attractive FPLwise.

Costa IMO.

I see both short term, start of the season picks at this stage tbh.

I'd try get Dzeko in, but I like the Costa punt.

I prefer De Jong + Dzeko over Pelle + Eriksen tbh.

I wouldnt personally risk Pelle, not really convinced. Maybe downgrade Sanchez to Ramsey and get Dzeko

Reid is a solid choice.

Coleman is better in open play but I think I'd go Baines due to set pieces and penalties. But Everton have tough starting fixures so I would recommend another defender for the time being or downgrade Coleman then upgrade Albrighton to play with 5 mids (I like this one better personally)

4. Some good decisions

If you fancy Tadic go for it, he's a good option

I like 3-4-3 but if you are happy with 4-4-2 or 3-5-2 to each their own

I wouldnt risk putting Everton defense due to the hard fixtures. Tadic looks very promising but i couldnt find a way to fit him. Would prefer Costa + Sanchez over Sturridge + Ramsay

I would downgrade Ramsey/Coleman(not-so-great fixtures apparently).. Then upgrade Zamora to a better forward.. Someone like Austin/Diouf/Zarate..

Welcome to the dark side.

Welcome to the DZ Ajay. We are mostly a fairly laid back bunch, no need to rush in this place 😉 Good chance to be involved in a deeper level of discussion.

Welcome to the Dark Side my friend

welcome brother sharkbait!

"wha he ha he ha ho ho ho, wha he ha he ha ho ho ho"

It's all lopsided

Its nothing like mine and therefore i dont like it 🙂
Personally i would upgrade bent using baines > shaw or davies depending how much you need to raise

Wouldnt recommend Bains due to the tough fixtures. Downgrade him to shaw and invest in your attack

don't rotate siggy
bent + albrighton combo is much too cheap...you're playing with only 5.5 good attackers which will kill you when bandwagons emerge
DDG isn't worth it
you can't afford a defence like that before christmas

There's Diouf for 6.5

A's better I think.

jelly is 6

what can you use the 0.5 on?

i dont understand sanchez over Yaya

Diouf!

I like De Jong and Jelly (don't fancy Remy and Hull have good fixtures)

Might get some game time, but I don't think he's a regular starter.

no...wisdom and duff is the answer 😉

No.

no it seems fine

I mean he is their record signing after all. So perhaps?

Newcastle and Swansea look like the best fixtures except for their first games. So I'd go 4.5x2 - coloccini and n taylor

in terms of nailed on starters, the best is chester/rosenoir and simpson

yes you are correct

They're gonna sign at least one defender. Save this line of thought until later. With their fixtures I have a spot saved for a Utd defender but atm it's impossible to tell.

Yes, Jones.

As it stands Jones. But if you don't mind re-jigging your keepers then DDG

B

B. By far.

B

cant be having dirty players and gold-diggers in our teams now can we? 😉

B for hazard

Alright, here's what I have. Does it look OK or should I acquiesce to the template and bring in another big hitter in the midfield?

Guzan
Terry - Debuchy - Davies - Ferdinand - 4.0
Mata - Lamela - De Jong - Siggy - 4.5
RVP - Rooney - Dzeko

B

cheap mid defined exclusively from a 4.5m?

I just made a draft where I'd play 2 of Austin, Siggy and Arnie every week. Doesn't look too bad in all honesty.

Man, every .5 I can save here and there in my team is so important - having a 5th mid worth 6m is a terrible idea. In the same line of thinking you can just transfer your underperforming 5th mid for a decent one. Realistically though you'll never do that because your 5th mid spot is usually useless. Don't do that.

Not the worst idea. I'm going with an early wildcard anyway, so it seems unnecessary for me though.

I'll be wildcarding early when I realize I've got all the wrong midfielders 🙂

the thing is you have cash on the bench each week and you "need" to use up a free transfer to carry out your plan...but there's no certainty this will work...you don't know when this mythical cheap attacker will become obvious...injuries elsewhere may well scupper your plans

the template pricing structure is popular for a reason...it usually works well

I'm probably playing 3-5-2 with Siggy as my cheapest mid, and this is the exact reason why I'm taking that approach.

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hola mi amigo! come stai?

is it me your looking for..?

"acquiesce" - absolutely loving it mate! 😀

I think it is worthwhile having 2 premium mids

No Arsenal attackers? Scary

I like it man. It's different

considering you've got RVP it's not bad but I'd think long and hard about Villa and QPR

I like it for its uniqueness 😛

At the same time, you could lose quit a bit even in the first 3 weeks if some of the template mids fire, and/or man Utd stutter.

im a fan of the rvp rooney double up but i think 3 attackers from the same team generally doesnt work. I tried this with city last season and i found the points werent spread around as much as one would hope even though they scored a lot of goals. I like the mid-priced mid picks though , i think they all have big potential!

Pretty solid. But downgrade silva and get costa over dzeko or remy(If he moved to liverpool) over jelavic

You really need a better striker than Jelavic. There are lots of good options: Bony, Giroud, Costa, RVP, Pelle are a few of them.

as things stand speroni + jones may well be better than DDG + ward...the cheap keeper gets more save points

It wouldn't be my choice of defence for that budget. Nice mid though.

I was set on a 3-5-2 because the ESPN fantasy league scored the players differently; however, for the barclays site, the 3-4-3 is the best bet. Stay away from the 3-5-2

thanks all

yes defence is far too heavy if you only playing 3 at the back every week imo

http://allthingsfpl.com/2014/07/pre-season-rotation-analysis-goalkeeper-rotations/

cant find it atm but this may help 🙂

Its a lottery at this stage. Monitor the situation, the decision isn't critical yet.

E easily...I'm baffled at all the Lamela love???

Lamela needs to continue to perform, and it needs to be clear that Pochettino sees him primarily as a support striker. If we see this things in the next two friendlies, which I think we will, it's Lamela for me.

Your mid is really different. But could go eitherway...

dont fancy barkley , think there way better options at that price ( and under ) namely snoddy siggy arnie de jong imo

Barkley isn't good value this year.

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Don't think so

You share my thoughts perfectly, "prefer Mata over Eriksen, and I'm not a fan of any of the 6mil strikers"

A for me....