With Gameweek 1 concluded, it’s time to delve a little deeper into the data in our first “Big Numbers” article for members of the campaign. We analyse the display of Arsenal’s new wide man against Palace, the QPR front pairing at home to Hull, Liverpool’s ever-improving youngster, Southampton’s delivery under Ronald Koeman and United’s weekend scorer in the 2-1 home loss to Swansea.
Giroud is the worst striker in the league.
Worse than Carlton ColeOpen Controls
Zzzzzzz
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Carlton salutes you. 😉
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I was saying this all last season and got flamed on an epic scale for it. He really in pony.
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Cause Arsenal fans are deluded, will always be...
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Worse than Torres
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Only Sigurdsson and Dier have risen in price.
For week 1, that's not many at all, right?Open Controls
It's getting silly in here
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a) Luis -> Azpi
b) Take 4pt hit
DDG & Luis -> Cortois & Clyne + 0.5Open Controls
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I have just been informed by herself that straight after the final whistle we will be watching the 2nd and final night of the 55th International Rose of Tralee
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Why did you WC? 😀
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Time to turn the playstation on in the other room.
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yawn
Open ControlsDaithí feckin O Sé
Get off the telly please 😛Open Controls
Just done Ramsey to Mata. Because Ramsey now has a 3 match ban
Open Controls2 yellows is a 1 match ban btw.
Open ControlsNot in Europe it isn't
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1 match for 2 yellows!!!!!
Yet 4 months for 1 ear. UnfairOpen Controls
I did the same.
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Shame ramsey will miss so many gamesOpen Controls
glad didn't go Mata to Fab already!
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probably a good move, I hear too many points are bad for your health
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Giroud is on par with Chamakh. Sad.
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I've got such a temptation to (c) Mata this week.
But being the toothless tiger I am it'll be Fab, Roo or CostaOpen ControlsDoosra,
What are Vaz Te's minutes looking like for the next 4-5 games?Open Controls
Any went Nugent(c)
wtf?
😯Open ControlsIt's great banter here, it really is
Open ControlsIt's what I'm all about 😆
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Arsenal are still sh~te
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Surely most of the Mata transfers out are to get Fabregas.
When Fab rises to 9.1 tonight, that swap will only work with cash in the bank or a hit.
Seems probable that the pace of Mata and Fab transfers will slow down, no?Open ControlsFrankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 😉
Open Controlsuntil Friday when the casuals log on
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hmmm, good point.
i bet there's a fair number of hazard > fabregas transfers as well 😉Open Controls
No, if anything, transfers increase as week goes on. Friday evenings transfer volume will be carnage.
Open ControlsBut the point is that the straight Mata for Fab is harder tomorrow
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Sensible thinking.
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More so than this guy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-3cuCEt9k8Open Controls
The amount of nonsense spoken in here is ridiculous.
Giroud has had a bad game, still scores 20+ goals a season. Will be a big player this season.Open ControlsWildcard. Played. So help me god.
On the plus side, i reckon i can haz 102.0m team value by saturday morning, plus Aguero, Rooney, Costa up front for the weekend 🙂
Why can i never hold onto my wildcard 🙁Open Controls
Can see Ox dislodging Wilshere for CM some time soon.
Open ControlsWilshire needs to not start and Ox needs to start, whether he plays on the wing or centrally. Ox is great, Jack is mediocre.
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The final whistle is blown.
The game ends 0-0.
Arsenal players go home.Open Controls
Nice summary 😆
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Kelly or Chester in for Naughton??
Open ControlsChester for those tasty fixtures and a price rise.
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Can't decide on who to captain, Sturridge, Rooney or Costa?
Open ControlsHe didn't convince me that much though.
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Mata vs Fábregas
Before some of you make your decision tonight I just wanted to add a note that although Fábregas bagged a couple of assists (albeit against arguably the weakest PL opposition) in the opening weekend, the stats between him and Juan are not as different as you may believe:
http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix#premier_league/2014/2015/cesc_fàbregas/126/126/306/0/p|premier_league/2014/2015/juan_mata/126/126/313/38/p#pass_completion/key_passes/chances_created/fouls_suffered/total_shots/assists/total_duels_%/tackles_lost/shot_accuracy#90
It seems Mata actually provided more 'key passes' during the Swansea game as well as a fair share of the corners and free kicks with Rooney. Sometimes when we look at our players at the end of a match and see '2pts' it is (naturally) disappointing but it does not always show the full picture. Looking ahead, Mata's next 4 fixtures are:
Sunderland (A)
Burnley (A)
QPR (H)
Leicester (A)
United face each of the 3 promoted sides after Sunderland, by which time RVP should be soon returning. Mata's next big haul could easily come as soon as Sunderland this weekend, especially since he is the key creative ingredient in a United team fighting to set the record straight. Lets also remember (as if we could forget!) that this is a team without the distraction of the European competitions allowing them to fully concentrate on the Premier League each and every weekend - as Liverpool were able to do last season.
Alternatively there is Fábregas:
Leicester (H)
Everton (A)
Swansea (H)
Man City (A)
Some tough fixtures away at Goodison and the Etihad over the next 4 weeks which will could easily push Cesc into more of a holding role during this period. I also see more of the attacking output being shared amongst the team with Shürrle, Oscar, Hazard, Costa and Fab all fighting for their share of the attacking points.
Personally, I'm going to stay strong with the original team I chose and keep Mata, saving x2FT's for whatever may happen next week once the picture is a little clearer. Rooney/Mata and Terry/Costa is enough for me from either team for now anyway without upsetting the team balance this early on.
Hope this helps some of you make your mind up, but good luck whatever your decision!Open ControlsI think if you copy and paste the entire of the above link into your browser it should work (for some reason part of it broke off)
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tl;dr I have both anyway 😉
Open ControlsUntil Rvp returns and takes setpieces from Mata...
Open ControlsI actually think RVP's return will enhance Mata's attacking output tremendously, as he will be providing key passes to two world class strikers rather than Hernandez and Welbeck, etc.
So, RVP's return only works in Mata's favour in my eyes, regardless of set pieces.Open Controls
Mata (c) gw2
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The biggest differential is Chelsea have what looks like a v g, poss title winning side, whereas Utd are total, complete. & utter sh*te so the fixtures are not as important.
Open ControlsI don't think that matters as much as you think - United were under David Moyes last season barely keeping hold of 7th place, yet plenty still had Rooney and/or Mata in their teams who brought home the points.
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Thanks for the input, I have the same combos, I am going to hold on Mata against Sunderland and hope for a big haul.
Open ControlsGreat - glad to hear it. I'm sure you won't be disappointed 😀
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Doos,
Vaz Te's minutes over next 5 weeks.
Should play?Open ControlsMmm. Depends on both Enner and the Zarate Kid. Don't hold your breath.
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Oh *^&% off Millwall
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Hazard > Fab before the price rise?
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Yes, Malmö just lost 1-2, sweden could finally get a team in CL again. Rememember Ifk Gothenburgs beating of united, milan, barca etc in the 90's. They also won yhe uefa cup 82 and 87. This was SO important for swedish club footy
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beat Dundee United in the final if I remember rightly
Open ControlsYep in 87, Hamburg in 82, i was 8 years old and threw a pillow on the tele, mom had a vase of flowers standing on tele, it turned over, water in tele. Dad was less then happy and we had to listen to rest of the final on radio
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9 years, 8 months agoHow much time is left to think on whether to do mata to fab or not