After kicking off our series of Big Numbers articles with a look at the best performing Defenders over the first three Gameweeks, we now move further up the pitch. This time round we focus on midfielders, with a trio of summer signings all showing plenty of promise in their new surroundings.
31... how?!
3 goals = 15
2 assists = 6
2 x 3BPS = 6
2 x mins played = 4
I think...
i remember, he scored a hattrick and I didnt have him 🙁
ohhh it was a DGW?
Yep.
4 goals and a clean sheet over the two games, if memory serves.
Ahh I think you're right...
😀
Shameless braggart you are.
😆 Not at all.
wait...mata wasnt at man u last season? photoshopped?
He moved in Jan...
Yes he was.
Lol, wtf...
If he had photo shopped it, he should have removed mata as one of his worst scoring players.
I remember, first week of the season for yyt for me as well. Final nail in the coffin on a few seasons missing that one
I was content not having Yaya until that gw.
Same, that was the week I got him in 😀
I got him a week earlier. He scored that game also i think.
That was like the 3rd week I owned him. Strange feeling. Happy for the points but made me feel like even more of an idiot for not having him earlier, aha.
I resisted for the whole season. Damn stubbornness is always my undoing.
that was the week non-Yaya owners died.
No because I still didn't had Yaya up to that point.
😉
And Yaya was my captain 😎 Best punt ever...
DDG (myhill)
Caulker - Clyne - Chester
Ramsey - Sterling - Hazard - Eriksen - Siggy
Rooney - Balo (vaz te)
1m ITB
Thoughts on how to use FT?
Also thoughts on Who to captain? thinking:
1. Balo
2.Rooney
3.Haz
4.Sterling
5.RamboSterling
1
My big decision of the week is who to drop for Sterling?
A) Ramsey
B) Sanchez
Don't really want to drop either of them, but Sterling is looking almost essential.
Expect most will say B), but Sanchez plays in a more advanced role, is on most set pieces (including possible pens) and may even get the odd game up front
Hi Jins. Yep im still on B
The money does come in handy, but I just have this feelings Sanchez is gonna rip it up.
Is there an argument to either:
C) ditch Hazard instead, or
D) not get SterlingD is a non-starter for the reasons you mentioned above.
C is interesting... depends on whether you have Costa (and whether you believe he'll stay healthy).Don't have Costa but thinking about getting him. You're right on the Ramsey fear factor though!
I understand the dilemna though there will come the time that you need the 1.3m
I had a simlar question on the last page (ship Silva or Ramsey for Sterling).
Comes down to whether we have the courage no lose Ramsey given his ownership. In your case, id lose Sanchez. The extra funds would give you a lot of flexibility.
I would keep Sanchez over Ramsey but as Zan says it's the 1.3m that is key.
B
Tadic.
Explosion waiting to happen or lacking end product?Talked up on here alot and apparently stats in favor. Im a wait and see but hey what do i know!
Very wary that his a Coutinho-type FPL player
Coutinho can't shoot for s!it
Can tadic? Ive not seen enough of him so genuinely just looking for insight from those who have
Moore-janmat-shawcross-rojo-moreno
Tadic-miralas-sterling-lamela-ADM
naismith-aguero-weiman
Wildcard active
Any suggestions plsYou only have one genuine captaincy option. Get a second premium striker like costa and drop lamela
But costa is injured. Isn't he. Whom to get instead of lamela
He was injured last week as well...but yes wait for team news before making that call
Forward too lightweight and benching dilemmas.
Downgrade one of your milf (Mirallas / Lamela) and get a second premium striker.
Also that defense is too expensive
Janmat to Colo
Rojo to a 4.5 like PVA/Taylor
Lamella right down to 4.5
Should leave exactly enough for Wiemann to CostaThanks
There you go, sab has kindly done the maths and all your moves for you. Im too lazy for that 😉
Think its right???
Jaanmat, Rojo, Lamella, Wiemman out
Colo, Taylor/PVA, 4.5 Mid, Costa in
Which is better:
A) Terry and Jovetic to Clyne and Balotelli
B) Rooney and Jovetic to Kun and Welbeck
Thanks!B
B.
B is less boring
The option with balotelli is many things but it is not boring 🙂
Having Kun is living dangerously.
Also true
B, though i would consider holding off a week on the rooney > kun part
B
What's the word on Henderson? Played the full 90 mins in a competitive euro qualifying game for England, has to be fit for the Aston Villa game?
Guess you answered the question, seems fit as he started and completed 90.
Morning guys.
Get Welbeck now or wait for his fixtures to get better? Could go with Ade till then.
On WC.I'll wait but I can see why people wuld like him in now
Tough call but i would consider the punt on welbeck i think if i was on my wc. Easier when it is someone elses team mind you 🙂
And more easier when it a rival team. 😉
Ade is gonna explode over the next two weeks.
Disclaimer: I'm a biased owner.still waiting for the Caulker goal
It'll come against Stoke.
😀
😆
The disclaimer was read too fast! 😉
So my gf just unfriend me on snapchat
Should I be worried?I can get another one for a hit.
Or hold off til next week?Have you compared their underlying stats?
I have no membership in realgirlfriendscout.co.uk
😆
Best £10 you will spend.
The previous users league table rankings are particularly useful and there are special features on those who regularly get oopgetting someone who regularly get oop is definitely a major plus
big time!
damn!
Another DZ, no price rises. 😆
Don't care about price rise but damn, Rooney and Mutch aren't ready to drop.... 🙁
As a rooney owner Im quite enjoying the nightly will he, wont he. Will surely drop once before next gw at some point
Better he drop atleast once. I transfered him out just because I thought he will drop atleast twice... 😐
Who would you say is most important to bring in this week?
A) Sterling
B) Costa
C) Both for a hit
Currently have Hazard and Terry and no LIV playersA
Considering costa and sturidge injured, rooney out of form.
Which one is better balo/ ade or diouf
Balo could do a lot with Sturridge out.
Costa could easily play this weekend.
Balotelli / Ade / Diouf in that order.
I have one FT and I think my team suddenly looks in a bad shape with Jones, Debuchy, Mata.
Currently on
Krul Foster
Cahill Debuchy Jones Moore Bruce
Mata Ramsey Sterling Siggy Marney
Costa Rooney Naismith
I think i will wait to see how serious is Jones injury and then maybe shift Mata to Fab or Rooney to Augero??
What do you guys think? Thanks.Mata to anyone
If you replace Marney with Fab nor far from my team, who is then the go to mata replacement?
hi all - what are your thoughts on using my WC this week? I think the new team would be stronger going forward...
Currently (w/.7 in the bank):
De Gea / Krul
Wisdom – Cahill – Debuchy (Bruce – Dummet)
Siggy – Sterling – Mata – Hazard (Ince)
Costa – Rooney – Naismith
Potential change/use WC to change to (w/ .5 in the bank remaining):
Krul / Mannone
Hutton – Clyne – Ivanovic (Bruce – Wisdom)
Sterling – Ramsey – Siggy – Hazard (Albrighton)
Costa – Rooney – Welbeck
cheers!That WC team quite possibly will have a non playing bench this week. All your expensive players are the same in both of those teams so no need to wildcard, maybe upgrade Bruce to a 4.5m defender if you havent used your free.
thanks - unfortunately I've already used my FT. I just feel like Ivanovic > Cahill, Ramsey > Mata, and Welbeck > Naismith going forward and this would give me a deeper squad at the same time. first year playing this though, so I might be too eager to burn that WC early haha
Like the WC team.
Would make Bruce into NTaylor/PVA with the extra .5
Maybe Mannone to a 4.0. Extra .5 for Hutton/Wisdom to NTaylor/PVA or Albrighton to a 5.0
Think some will say Hazard to Fab but imo Haz is a good shoutgood points - I suppose Bruce isn't really playing/is injured. do you feel clyne and hutton are pretty much penciled in going forward (as well as taylor & PVA then)? thanks man
Clyne, Hutton, Taylor and PVA are nailed on for now imo. Hutton does have bad fixtures in the short term.
nice - I like the flexibility with all of them. big q is though - too early to use the WC, regardless?
thanks again
Options for this week - still none the wiser....
A) Sanchez & Bony -> Sterling & Costa (4 points)
B) Ramsey/Sanchez, Jovetic & Bony -> Sterling, Costa & Welbeck (8 points)
Been on A) all week but the Jovetic injury is swaying me to B) possibly with Ramsey...
Krul, Elliot
Terry, Clyne, Chambers, Wisdom, Hutton
Sanchez, Hazard, Ramsey, Siggy, Albrighton
Rooney, Bony, Jovetic
Bank 0.4mA
I would say A, but wait and see on both Costa & Jovetic.
Don't spend 8 points. Welbeck can wait a few weeks.
A.Problem is if Jovetic is injured - don't fancy much from Chambers, Hutton or Albrighton this week!
Why to get rid off Sanchez? Makes no sense to me.
Terry and bony out if u just take a hit and get costaDon't think Sterling is a must?
I would be looking into removing Rambo not Sanchez
Yeah, looking at that also with B) above
Why get rid of Terry?
That's because Chelsea is leaking at the back and have tough run of fixtures.
Who will score more vs WBA: Eto'o or McGeady?
Game has 0-0 written all over it. Both teams will be desperate to tighten up their defence after gw3 failures.
But as punts go, McGeady us not a bad one.Everton need a win. I can see them doing it.
Eto'o.
Chadli over Lamela?
He plays noticeably further forward on the position mapsBut will he get the mins?
That was my concern but was a comment from pochi that only reason he was rested at start of season was exploits at the world cup and that would tie in with his game time in the first 3 weeks 0, 68, 90 but still struggling to convince myself with the likes of lennon and townsend on the bench
Lamela is more nailed on than Chadli.
Is he nailed though?
I don't know 🙁 🙁 :(, that is the question I've been toying with for days haha
Guys,
I made transfers earlier in the week, using my 2 FT, and taking an 8 point hit on top (made 4 transfers obviously) - if I were required to wildcard now, will that -8 point hit still stand, or does it negate with the wildcard use?it negates
Thanks mate, cheers!
With this being the case, can you see any glaring issues with my squad for this week, pending press conferences?
De Gea / (Gilks)
Clyne / Debuchy / Pieters / (O'Shea) / (Caulker)
Sterling / Siggy / Fabregas / Schneiderlin / Ramsey
Costa / Rooney / (Naismith)
Obviously another transfer would take me to -12 points for the week, so if there is anything to change, would wildcard best my best option or save still?
Thoughts?By it negates you did realise i meant you get the points back so could defo WC if you wanted.
Only slight concern is schneiderlin plays too deep i know he scored well so far will not keep it up, play naismith over him and switch him for some bench fodder, albrighton at 4.5 would be nice frees up an extra mil, not worth.
Personally think the 8 point hit is sufficientYes, what I meant was that if I play one transfer extra, it will take me to the -12 obviously, unless I wildcard, where I will not lose points for this week after your confirmation.
Thinking Naimisth to start also would be better, and Schneiderlin first sub.
Would playing my wildcard just to get bench fodder in for Schneiderlin really be worth it?not for me
My thoughts too, cheers for the help P&F.
A Naylor pva welb di maria
B Moore ivan naismith ramboA.
But I'd prefer A with Ramsey and a SOT defender over ADM and Naylor/PVA.Will have clyne also,
Welbeck should cover ars
A. No contest in my opinion. Im never a fan of expensive defenders or cheap strikers.
Leaning towards A myself
Would leave me without a che defender thoughChelsea defender is hardly essential. ~gw12 I may get one, but until then, none of my defenders cost more than 5.0.
Please help me out with 1FT , have 2.7 in bank
BEGO FAB
JONES CLYNE COLO CHAMBERS PVA
RAMBO MATA STERLING SHELVEY ALUKO
COSTA ROONEY NAISMITH
my main concern is injuries to jones and costa.
should I use FT for injured players or use it for non playing 5th MF.
please suggest, thanks in advance.I'd be tempted to WC with that team.
Shelvey > Siggy looks good, not the best fixture but it'll definitely improve your team.I want to wait and save my WC
I can do aluko to any 7.5 MF any suggestions?
Siggy/Tadic
Sorry for stupid question but playing for 1st time.
if i play 3-4-3 with jones as one of the DF and my fifth mf as auto sub.
can it be 2-5-3 if jones is injured.Nope, in that case a defender would come off your bench.
Thanks so much!
planning to get cheap 5th mf and save the money for nesx GW.
waiting for team news if costa is not playing then straight swap to aguero.
My wife and I have a difference of opinion predicting the consensus opinion of men regarding the answer to the following question: to whom are you more attracted?
A. Cate Blanchett
B. Nicole Kidman
DZ'ers, please settle this for us. Thanks.B
Ugh, neither.
And that's from a fellow Aussie.Though I at least appreciate Cate Blanchett's acting ability.
Kidman
Neither.
Nicole Kidman in her prime. Days of thunder and all. Neither right now.
This.
Batman Forever 😀
Knife to throat, have to pick Kidman.
For those saying "neither," imagine that you will be stranded on a deserted island for 1 year and you can only choose one or the other to spend that year with.
I'd swim for it.
Not keen on either. Kidman looks unwell to me.
B
A
Krul or Mannone? Can only pick one...
Krul for me.
For your only playing keeper? Probably Mannone for the upcoming fixtures. Close, though.
Correct. For my only playing keeper. Currently have both but want to drop one for a 4.0 keeper.
Ive travelled for week and now i come back to see jovetic costa and jones injured
can anyone update me on wether they're gonna play or should i swap any of them out?Costa... who knows, seems to be the same as last week when he played.
Jovetic: nothing known for sure, but I would be fearful given his history.
Jones: I would not expect him to play this week. Was forced off with a hamstring injury against Switzerland.
I just realized I have 4 Argentines in my team! Coloccini ADM Lamela and Aguero. Hopefully I can get a performance out of them like when they spanked Germany.
UCL managers...what would you prefer?
A. Fabregas+Cahill+Carvajal+Brahimi
or
B. Bale+Uchida+Toprak+Xhaka
Also join my UCL league. Code - 1558254-585721 😀Hey PoP, what are your FPL transfers this week?
I'm not revealing it to you. 😉
We're up against each other in LAWR this week and I don't want to jeopardise my #1 rank. 😀Damn... That's why I asked 😆
Haha...I guessed so.
But expect the unexpected. 😉Jovetic > Naismith? 😉
Nope. 😉
Rooney > Pelle. Nice one.
Nope. 😉
You can't guess this one. 😀Tell me who you sold, then I'll figure it out 🙂
No way. 😉
It'll be too easy if I told you who I sold. 😆Mata > Puncheon 😯
Bingo. 😀
You browsed through my previous comments didn't you?
I'll be doing 1 more transfer if injury news regarding certain players go my way.Finally! Nope, realised you have 3m more in the bank this week than last week, so if you got rid of Mata you'd have spent 5.9, and Puncheon is the only real option at that price 😀
Nicely worked out. 😀
I'l reveal the rest to you now that you figured most of it.
Jovetic>Sturridge(c) on the cards depending on news. 😉Do it! Do it now!*
* I can't see Sturridge being fit to play this week.
I might take a hit btw, you could do with a head-start 😉Haha...will only do it if BR confirms that he is fit.
Take that hit Innsie. You know you want to. 😉I'll only take a hit if Sturridge is fit. Make of that what you will 😉
Nice... 😀
What is LAWR, exactly? I've seen many teams in it...
It's a H2H competition with promotion and relegation. It's run by Doosra.
How many leagues are there and what's the highest league?
I guess there're 7 leagues. LAWR 1 is the highest league.
Interesting... next year perhaps.
How can I fix this defense, without using my WC?
Caulker, Chambers , Clyne, Moore, Hutton.
No extra money to spare.
Thanks.Chambers > PVA/Taylor/Shackell.
Hutton has a nightmare run coming up. Chambers I’m sure you know will struggle for game time. As feisty Leicester seem Moore has 2pts from 3 games. Caulker is oddly priced since his drop but may be worth keeping. Clyne is a keeper. Keep Caulker and Clyne! Hutton change to Wisdom and Moore to Duff. Burnley look stingy. As for Chambers plenty of 4.5ers to pick from.
Cheers guys.
1 minute silence for those who wildcarded in international break for the sake of TV
People do that?!
Begovic - Gilks
Debuchy - Clyne - Colo - Moore - Jones*
Fab - Ramsey - Sterling - Siggy - Marney
Rooney - Costa* - Jovetic
0FT, 0.3m in the bank with WC intact
What should i do lads need help 🙁Nothing for now.
If Jovetic is ruled out then Jovetic>Naismith
Hi all!
Please RMT (Used my 2FT an took a 4pts hit):
De Gea (Gilks)
Ivanovic Clyne Moreno (Wisdom Bruce)
Hazard Sterling Ramsey Siggy (Elmohamadi)
Costa Rooney Naismisth
I am not happy to have Bruce and Elmo... but planning to wait to make transfer and didn't want to WC.With Hazard and Costa yellow flagged too, I am not so confident. Even if I think they'll start
No Ars or Mci players in my wc team due to bad fixtures.........planning to get in kun for rvp after a couple of gws.....please RMT...cheers
Begovic
ivanovic Moreno clyne
siggy sterling fabregas tadic
costa Naismith rvp
subs myhill wisdom king duff
Really like it mate, only change would be Moore instead of wisdom just because he's more nailed on
9 years, 8 months agoAnyone else remember this crazy GW last season? 😀
http://imgur.com/dQR7BrX