As always, our first members article of the week delves into the data from the previous batch of fixtures. This time around, the displays of Chelsea’s wide men, Liverpool’s lone forward, Southampton’s new playmaker and the Hammers’ attacking improvement all come under analysis.
Switch to Jove
STICK.
Trust me.Real good advice ^
Let me just check the data on this one
Well here's an interesting one... the key stats score comes out 8 to 1 in favour of Jovetic but one particular stat that Bony comes out on top is SHOTS ON TARGET.
Read what you want into that but in my book, Jovetic can have 60% more shots per game than Bony but if Bony gets 50% more shots on target, I sort of prefer that.
Only if u get a grav
😀I don't know why it doesn't show up, I signed up and set a pic...
U clearly didn't mate. and you need to link your team too.
I did I swear and why are you giving me these tips? (not that i'm complaining)
i tempted to switch bony to jovetic
home to stoke could be massive, i dont care if its a short term xfer
As much stick as United are getting, I see them scoring a good few against Burnley.
I don't think Burnley will play the same way as they did against Chelsea. United are vulnerable to attack so Burnley know they might have a chance to score, but defensively I can see them getting caught in possession and caught on the break, especially if Di Maria starts
I agree
Begovic (Gilks)
Jones, Ferdinand, Clyne (Wisdom, Chester)
Hazard, Ramsey, Mata, Eriksen, Siggy
Rooney Costa ( Barnes)
0.0 in the bank 1 FT I honestly have no clue where to go..
United Stoke QPR are leaking goals and I'm not convinced with Mata Rooney or Eriksen
Also want Sterling and Aguero in at some stage
Help?just looking for more opinions:)
Bego > Krul and you're good
Shall I do Erik --> Sterling and Dzeko ---> Jovetic or too knee jerky? Heres the rest of the team!
Bego (Gilks)
Cahill - Debuchy - PvA (Collo - Hutton)
Rambo - Mata - Siggy - Erik (Marney)
Roon - Costa - Dzeko
any insight very much appreciated!Bit knee jerky but I reckon it strengthens your team personally. Don't do it for a hit though
(But I would say that as those changes make your team basically identical to mine)
Same front 8... I'm thinking about just doing Dzeko > Jovetic. IMHO, Spurs will beat Pool. Pool have a tired and shaky defence, a few knocks in there too. Eriksen's stats are good and he was unlucky last week.
Cheers, i wouldnt worry about their defense getting sterling in, only problem is his gametime with him being 19, the addition of balo and lallana to come back
Okay, since we agree that as the price system has changed it is better to just take hits and get the players you want, what do you think I should do with my free transfer:
Cameron > Huth?
There has been a couple of reports that said Cameron wants to leave...
Huth back ?
Don't think he will be against City, but I want him for LEI and fixtures ahead of that
How was sterling against city?
my friends told me that he was $hit?
should I get rid of him for siggy?
Your friends are liars
He was Liverpool's best player imo
Liverpool weren't great though
I'd say keep and look to fit siggy in another way
He was pretty meh, alright at times.
Tough side to break down though, and City were set up perfectly to counteract pace and trickery
He was ok, no need to worry..
Wow. Those ARE big numbers. And now I have a nice badge by my name so I'll just be off to do some data mining.
Jovetic's stats are great, he's in good form, Dzeko isn't really in good form and just took a knock. City play with 2 up front always and Aguero isn't at full fitness yet.
Any reason NOT to do Dzeko > Jovetic?I think it's a case of this.
If you have Dzeko keep him. I think it's quite a sideways move. I reckon City will be unchanged, meaning Dzeko could easily outscore Jovetic (that's from an owner).
If you don't have Dzeko OR Jovetic I would advise bringing in JoveticInteresting.. thanks. Just a bit wary of keeping Dzeko and facing a drop + him not starting potentially... chance Aguero could sneak back into the starting XI, surely?
Jovetic is good value at 7.9, hard to resist but I am in a knee-jerky mood right nowThere is a good chance of Aguero starting against Stoke but given it's a home game and it's not against a main rival I think he'll approach it the exact same way as the Liverpool game.
Aguero coming on against a tired Stoke defence for the last half hour could work out better than risking him for 60 minutes and having to risk him getting injuredGood point again Trout.
I'm gonna do the logical thing and wait to do the transfer as long as possible in case other issues arise in my team. Hope Jovetic won't rise or look like rising tonight...
would you still keep him in this team - http://imgur.com/bKC2stt ?
I have 2 FTs and no idea where to use it 😯and I am leaning towards Ade as a replacement rather than Jovetic tbh
With 2 FTs and a great team such as that I think you're in a great position to not know what transfers to make 😛
I'd keep one spare in case Chester loses his place if Dawson arrives. I'm in a similar position but doing Huth ---> Coloccini after the game tonight once I know he gets through the match okay.yeah, I just wanna use 1 this week, as 2 freebies will be very handy for the international break.
Dzeko ➡ Ade is my favourite atm, but may change my mind. Loosing DDG crossed my mind as well, but I think I'll stick with him for nowAny reason you favour Ade over Jovetic? Interested in your thinking as I'm having similar thoughts...
Btw nice team.
It burns a transfer going between two players who are roughly equivalent prospects. If Dzeko's knock is indeed serious, then the transfer makes more sense, but if not Dzeko/Jovetic is still a coinflip for me. Could go either way.
Good point. If the price changing sites are to be trusted, then Dzeko is far away from dropping, which makes sense as he had quite a lot of NTI's last week but didn't rise. Reckon many sales this week will cancel those out and he'll only drop on Friday or Sat evening...
I'll wait for more news on Dzeko I think.
It's similar to Haz > Fab GW1
True, there's some similarity - the knee-jerk aspect + it's sideways. But Pelle's comments on Jovetic, his form, and Dzeko's knock make him VERY tempting.
What's the problem with Rojo's work permit?
RMT 1-10 please;
Krul - Mannone
Cahill - Kompany - N Taylor - Hutton - Wisdom
Sterling - Sigurdsson - Fabregas - Ramsey - King
Aguero - Naismith - Diego Costa
£600k in the bank.
Any advice would be much appreciated.No mata or rooney?
WHO Getting Super Mario with 10 M ??
Too much for me, might have been tempted at 9m
Same.
im considerin it 😯 .. need to free up funds while still maintaining 3 big hitters. Sturridge to Balotell does just that.. though i think the sensible thing is to wait
Too risky at this stage IMO. If he gets off the ground running, then he'll be hard to resist
He's never been worth £10M in the past even with penalties.
Now that chester is out for the next game, will Alex Bruce will be taking his spot for that one game?
Hope so
Account: Upgraded. Feels good. 🙂
Just look at whoscored.com for stats
What do you guys make of this from Pellegrini when asked about Jovetic?
'At the moment, it is difficult to say who is the best striking partner for him because Alvaro Negredo is injured and Kun Aguero is not yet 100% but he can play with anyone.'
Shows that he is ahead of Dzeko in the pecking orderMusic to my Jovetic owning ears
Same here 😀
Hope so, I just got him...
Depends how you read it really?
If you wanted, you could read it as he's more nailed than Aguero.Which I obviously know isn't the case.
more nailed than a 50% fit Aguero is how I'll read it 🙂
Which would be silly of course.
At the very least it debunks the "Kun and Jovetic won't play together" myth.
He's a class above Dzeko anyway. Of course he is.
I'm not surprised. Everyone thought it was Aguero OR Jovetic, and Dzeko OR Negredo.
But I think Jovetic is more than capable of playing with Kun. Jovetic isn't exactly a small guy, he's strong, great with the ball on his foot or in the air. I think Jovetic and Kun offers a lot more versatility then Dzeko and one of Kun/JoveticExactly, that theory was a myth. Tevez and Kun used to be a beastly partnership as well 🙂
And Jovetic could be better than Tevez. 😯
Worrying as a United supporter.He's definitely an upgrade on Balotelli, that I reckon 😀
This. Pellegrini said Jovetic 'can play with anyone' in his interview last night
It doesn't really change anything for me. I'd say a fit Aguero is #1 in the pecking order (Although he might be rested more regularly all season) but I don't think Jovetic/Dzeko will ever be "nailed on" unless Aguero is injured. There will be plenty of rotation depending on form/match ups. That said, if Jovetic keeps scoring, hopefully he'll keep playing...
I agree, which looks likely given the form he is in...
Don't forget he bought him as well...It's his man and so far he's not had chance to shine.
Pellegrini clearly likes him. Also said this a few days ago.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/pellegrini-jovetic-ready-light-up-7660317?
Vlaar has a knock ahead of the weekends game, an injury amid transfer speculation...I think we've been here before.
United fingers crossed
Who is the rumoured buyer ?
United and Southampton still...This happens too often to believe it's always an injury..could be..but I wouldn't be in a hurry to sell him...
United
So I just logged on. 10m for balotelli?! 😯
Bargain eh?
not at all
why am i still tempted? 🙁 .. reckon he can match sturridge though.. IF he does not go crazy. Really big IF
with every new signing, i'd wait to see how he fits in. I paid the price before by getting in new signings
I think if he nails down a place he could be worth the punt great fixtures.Far less short term then Jovetic.
Bit steep I think but will wait till after the spurs game and see if he's got his head in the right place
Probable Starters Update
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRNDd6M1h1cnkzbUE/edit?usp=sharingYou have City down as winning 2-0 yesterday
can bojan drop even when yellow flag?
Austin did last night.
so did giroud
They're only protected once the flag is removed
ok thanks
Yes, unless the rules have changed, his price is protected once the flag is removed but not during
A) Austin > Naismith (Roll 1 transfer over)
B) Mata & Austin > De Jong & Jovetic
Cheers.Mata owners, he will be dropped soon. Fair warning.
fine, I will just transfer him out when it happens. No point worrying until it actually happens. Plenty of juicy options in that range
Now if you are saying transfer him out based on this post then that would be mental.
thanks for the heads up
just did Mata -> Lamela based on thisNot sicknote?
"Nonsense he just scored last week." - every casual.
Really think so?
Why him and not the likes of Cleverley and Young ?
All three will most certainly make way.
Dropped? I was under the impression Utd didn't have enough quality players as it is, why would they drop one of the few they have...
dropped for young or cleverly
Plenty of other options to replace him with Chadli/Sterling/Lamela/Ward-Prowse
I don't see how he can be dropped at the moment when the alternative is playing Fletcher and Cleverley.
I don't see how that's relevant considering he doesn't play CM.
Part of the reason Mata has looked so poor is lack of team pace means very little space for Mata to operate in. He may get a chance to play with Di Maria to see if Di Maria can open some space up.
He's one of the major contributors to the lack of pace issue. And I guarantee you it won't be Rooney or RVP dropped. Mata will lose out.
Again, fair warning. Maybe not this week but soon.
You're only trying to people off Mata as you're petrified about not owning him before he faces 3 promoted teams.
The only thing I'm petrified about is his lack of movement and work rate in my club's first XI.
How do you know this?
Really worried that Dzeko will be used as super sub again, after reading some Pellegrini quotes. Dzeko > Jovetic the logical move?
What makes you say that?
Meant for the post above re Mata being dropped
I've done it.
I'm really tempted... Hard to resist, really. It could be a masterstroke but imagine if Dzeko started alongside Jove and ended up scoring while Jove was replaced by Aguero at the 60min mark... That feeling...
What do I do here with 2 free transfers??
Krul (foster)
Chambers Terry Taylor ( wisdom) (Ferdinand)
Hazard Ramsey Mata Young (marney)
Rooney Costa Jovetic
ferdinand > berty?
Get Robertson instead of chambers very attacking wing back and Get Ward-Prowse Instead of Young
Any advice on below will be appreciated/:
Speroni 4.0
JT Clyne Hutton ( Chester, PVA )
Tadic Rambo Hazard Siggy 4.5
Bony Rooney Costa
1FT
A) bony out for Jove or ade
B) JT and Bony out for Ivan and Jove -4 hit
C) Speroni out for KrulD) save FT
D - 2 FTs in the international break is gold.
C
it's the perfect week to do it
Why?
look at your front seven and their fixs
What has goallie change to do with my front 7, am I missing something ?
no need to alter the front seven. Krul has Palace @ home
Jeepers.....
IMO, either save the FT or do C.
A) Jove
you're mental
C or D probably.
I like c
Thinking about JUST this GW which would you prefer in your team?
A. Dzeko (STO) - nice fixture but a bit off form and will he start? If he does, may get subbed.
B. Ade (LIV) - tougher fixture but seems nailed on, coming into form and usually plays 90 mins
Thanks. 🙂B
Thanks
I don't think Dzeko will start against Stoke. Aguero and Jov.
Is it worth taking out Rooney and putting in ballotelli?
No
Only for a hit
a little help lads?
...................Begovic
....Kolarov - Azpilicueta - Chambers
Fabregas - Yaya - Ramsey - Sigurdsson
........Naismith - Rooney - Costa
Gilks; Marney - Hutton - Baird
0.9m itb, 1 FT
Yaya is dropping but I'm just going to take it on the chin and I'm waiting for Aguero until after the international break. If it's clear that Di Maria will start versus Burnley I may do Yaya > Di Maria at that point but if not I think the following are my options
A) save FT
B) Chambers > anyone at 4.5m that plays
C) Bego > Krul
D) Other?
thoughts? thanks!Kolarov. That is all.
he'll start vs Stoke I'm pretty confident
Captain his haul
I don't know if I'm THAT ballsy haha. I tried doing an Ivan cappo last season that did not pan out haha
Your risk
having 2 FTs coming out of the international break may be quite nice and there is nothing really PRESSING in my team..hmm
Yaya - hazard!!
already have 3 Chelsea..
Balotelli past 3 seasons in the EPL..
Around 3000 mins
20 goals 4 assists
3 Red Cards
11 Yellow cards
😯
That's quite a rollercoaster ride 🙂 .. Punters paradiselol
should have been sent off v spurs too
But nobody loved him then
Now he has Brendani know that's sarcasm but to be fair to him he did seem to have cooled down a bit at milan. 43 games and 27 goals and not many cards(i think 🙂 )
Which Midfielder would you drop to fund Aguero?
Ramsey Mata Fabregas Lamela or Sigurdsson? CheersNon
none right now, maybe mata in a few weeks
Feel like I really need Aguero though. He's gonna explode soon
I wouldn't...not yet.
Wait.
Till after international break
Lamela
In caulker going to full of promising stats but little returns? Not too sure if I want to hold onto him for a goal in two or three weeks, probably the week I rest him, when he can't get CS
Probably gonna have to play Caulker every week all season 🙁 .. should get 5+ goals and 5+ CS's like he did at Cardiff. It's a gamble but if you own him it's got to be done. 130+ points for a 5 million defender aint so bad. you cant keep gettin him and throwing back out though
Might sound like a stupid question, but:
A) Choose Begovic (MCI)
B) Choose Rob Green (SUN)
Reason for swaying towards begovic is that backing a keeper to get save points is safer than backing a clean sheet..
What do you think? A or B?B - else you may as we'll drop him to £4.0m
Is there an option C to not field any keeper? Lol
Nope unfortunately haha
Why not get one gk and a 4.0 and stick to same one every week. Solves the rotation problem IMO
Ive no free transfers and my outfield players seem to need transfers more in the coming GWs.. thought Green and Bego rotated well until i realised both teams arent very good at the keeping a clean sheet part..
I think you need to play Begovic WITH Green he needs all the help he can get 🙂
Amat...what do you think of him? good pick? Swans have good fixtures
fernandez will take his spot
9 years, 8 months agoKeep bony or switch to Jovetic/ade?