The final instalment in our series of Big Numbers articles focussing on Gameweeks 1-3 is rolled out this evening. After assessing the fortunes of defenders and midfielders, we now turn our attentions to the men up front – Chelsea and Southampton’s summer signings come under assessment, as do Everton’s in-form budget striker and the contrasting fortunes of a pair of Manchester-based front men.
Very good, but a bit punty. 8/10
had tadic and king earlier......changed it to puncheon and jwp.....any suggestions mate?
Aguero over RVP surely?
Agreed.
Definitely Aguero over RVP
Morning all, thoughts please:
Krul (Elliot)
Clyne, Wilson, Moreno (Vlaar, Wisdom)
Hazard, Di Maria, Ramsay, Siggy (King)
Falcao, Costa, Welbeck
1. Any further transfers required? On wildcard.
2. Who would captain?
Thanks all!Needs Sterling. I don't like, no I HATE, single goalkeepers.
Cheers Doosra
2. I have a feeling MANU will have a field day: Di Maria or Falcao (pref Rooney)
Cheers mate
This ^ rooney for this gw
Di Maria! Ultimate differential. Probably too punty though. So Hazard 😀
Cheers Kermit
I like the punts.
Ok serious post now since there's actually decent posters on (Senegalese team) - yes I'm looking at you Evs and Christina 😉
Krul | Elliot
Terry | Jones | PVA | Hutton | Moore
Fabs | Ramsey | Sterling | Mata | Siggy
Costa | Rooney | Vaz Te
0FT, 0 banked.
Anything worth a hit?
What should be my next transfer(s)?
Cheers 🙂
Wild card 😉
Save for 2.
Lose mata, upgrade vaz teNext week for a hit?
Welbeck/ Ade + cheapo mid and go back to 343 I guess..
hey aqua it funny how when you posted my team they all liked it. When i post it they cal it sh1t 🙂
I like your team. Just not your defence, so much. 😀
Well, Terry is not going up any more ...
Mata is a worry ...
Even I don't have Vaz Te! 😀
I come on here quite a bit just to read people's views, at the moment I am leading my private league and was wondering if it's worth paying the £15 to become a member, you seem like a decent bloke just thought I would ask a regular what you get for the money? Thanks
If you like stats then its worth it just to have filters and stuff to play around with.
Nah, good to go. Jones out injured? If so, just ride it out and get Naylor/Wilson next week?
Hoping Jones is fit by next week. Don't wanna waste a defensive tranny
Decent team Acqua, Mata to Tadic for free next week I guess
I'd be tempted to lose Vaz Te & Jones / Terry > Welbeck & Moreno / Pieters
Nothing worth a hit. If Mata doesn't start this week, then next week Mata to Tadic/Mirallas/Silva/Lamela.
Mata and Jones look like your next moves to consider. Well besides Vaz Te of course 😉
Losing Mata should be your priority
Morning everyone, haven't been on here for a week so been out of the loop...What changes would you recommend for this lot? 1 FT, 0.5 in the bank. Thanks in advance!
DDG
Terry/Clyne/Chester
Ramsey/Fab/Sterling/Siggy
Jovetic/Rooney/Costa
Hamer/Hutton/Moore/Marney
Ddg to Begovic
Terry to Moreno
Chester to Naylor/Wilson/Pva
Ramsey to Di Maria/Silva
Jovetic to WelbeckWoah....Isn't Jovetic the main concern?
Ignore the above. most will be fine but you are right that Jovetic needs to be dealt with.
Lose Jove imo
Thanks...who would you get?
Wildcard active. Thoughts about this front 8?
Benching problem every week though.
Mirallas-Fabregas-Siggy-Sterling-Tadic
Aguero-Costa-Welbeck
Whoa... Love it, Kuqi. 🙂
May be Mirallas ➡ Zaha & upgrade defence?
Show me your defence.Krulliot
Clyne-Lovren-Wilson-Duff-Moore. Relatively cheap.
Too cheap downgrade your 5th mid.
For Zaha perhaps?
Ye something like that.
Mirallas -> Zaha
Wouldn't rotate with a 7.5 and 7.0, waste of money imo, i would downgrade tadic to a 4.5, welbeck should be safe to play every week
This is excatly the problem. Its Balotelli and 4.5 mid or Welbeck & Mirallas
My thoughts exactly. Start Welbz every week and downgrade Tadic.
So Welbeck on the bench every week?
Nope. Gw7 only.
Belotelli/RVP better fixtures
than Aguero
Might choose this until ManC fixtures gets easier.
this
Downgrade on of Tadic/Mirallas and upgrade defence.
Is Eric Pieters nailed on?
There was a talk Muniesa could replace him earlier this season.I'd say dead nailed
I'm 95% sure he's nailed on for now
Very nailed
Stuck on the bottom of last page! repost 😀
RMWCT
Begovic (myhill)
Clyne - Moreno - Baines (Naylor, moore)
Mirallas - Yaya - Sterling - Siggy (quinn)
Balo - Welbeck - Falcao/costa@doosra and @trigger
** I'll leave it for the Big Boys then **
🙂nope!! more than welcome to take on board your advice!
Single goalie. 🙁
Nice defence, prefer Coleman.
Costa.
7.5/10would you rather 4.5 rotation?
hey doos you still on?
Aye. 🙂
Going for shower in 5.
wrote a song about shooters hill once
in 1987 on shooters hill
a ragged band they called the stoinkers came to fuk the communitys will
etcplayed thames poly cellar bar few times
Nicely done!!! 😀
You ever been to Oliver's, in Greenwich?
Or the Star, round ours?they dont ring a bell, back in my day it was the harp club in new cross , the tunnel near the blackwall tunnel , and some club in deptford, that i cant remember name of, most nights didnt even know my own name by time i staggered out
the crypt i think
can someone Pls RMWCT ..
Begovic
Jamnaat Moreno Clyne
Sterling Cesc Di Maria Siggz
Rooney Costa Welbeck
Mannone Naylor Wilson King
MerciLooks pretty damn tasty, although the GKers don't rotate that well ... you could consider Krul instead
I like the team. ADM might be the only question mark.
Thanks guys . Yeah I probably will go for Krul instead of Mannone.
I really do think Di Maria is gonna smash it .0.5 left to bring in Falcao in case he erupts
I currently own Costa,Mata,Rambo & Sturridge.
I also have 1 FT with 0 itb
I presume I should prioritize selling Sturridge before anything else. Dont you lads agree ?
Who'd you bring in as a replacement? 11.5 and below options are needed.I think the first 3 will be ok this week, I would just do Studge for balo think he will do the business this week.
Ballo
Anyone here still have Mata?
Yes
😥Yes
Me. Will probably switch to sterling pending ramsey news.
yup me!
My team is a shambles, but I'm keeping that wildcard.
Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey 🙂
My team was great but I wildcarded anyway 😆
Same here Evs! I own Sturridge Mata Rooney (Costa & Rambo injuries) whithout owning Cesc & Sterling.
I presume Sterling should be the main man in instead of Mata, but Sturridge's injury forced me to change this. I'm still thinking about my transfer tbh.Yeah, but not worth a hit (I don't think)
same.. not even taking a hit unless Ramsey/Costa force me to
Anybody know what UK time the pistorious verdict is at ?
In 8 min
Could be tomorrow
Anyone got a 2 way defence rotation??
Or could anyone tell me which keeper will rotate well with krul?guzan rotates well with krul
look at guzan's next 4 fixtures...
iknow, but then you play krul 🙂 as i said, they rotate well..
Krul & Mannone do quite well, and expect Sunderland to tighten up now also!
Forked out the extra 0.5 for krul & forster, rotate like a dream!
Play debuchy or caulker? Currently on the latter
Both will score 2 points
Caulker. more goal threat and you'll kick yourself if u miss his goal. atleast i'm doing that. both likely to get 1 point though
Aye. Bigger goal threat and easier fixture.
Help
A - Zaha and Falcao
B - Fabregas and Welbeck
Rest of team is
Krul
Moreno, Pieters, Wilson
Di Maria, Sterling, Ramsey, xxxxxx
Costa, Ballotelli, xxxxxB
Even with Man U fixtures, and arsenal (man city, villa), Chelsea (swans, city)
Just looked through aston villa's fixtures and had a good laugh to myself since the top 3 teams above me in my league all have vlaar!
Anyone thinking of Shipping Mata out next GW?
Considering he might not be in VG's plans, might downgrade to Schneiderlin then, Jovetic, Vaz Te ---> Diego Costa, Naismith for a -8 worth it?
Thoughts please!! 🙂
I'm WCing him as soon as the new gw starts I guess but I think there are better options out there than Scheinderlin for a downgrade
Next week:
A) Mata > Tadic/ Lamela/ Eriksen/ Gerrard/ Nasri (free) 352
B) Mata + VazTe > Boyd + Welbz (-4) 433343*
Better 🙂
So take the hit?
No, do as you said.
Sorry, I didn't read your post properly,
B
Cheers. Might wanna use your mod abilities to tidy up the trail of failures above 😆
I would
B
The free one
Is Aguero fixture proof? After looking at his record last season: Yes. Undoubtedly.
7 starts against the other top 7 sides (United, Everton, Chelsea, Spurs, Pool, Arsenal) for 9 goals and 2 assists.
What is more impressive is that he didn't blank once in those 7 starts, scoring a goal in all of those games.
However, the elephant in the room here that out of 12 possible games he was only fit for 7 of them, and in 3 of the 7 he left the field before the 50th minute (which makes the not blanking stat even better, but Aguero's appeal even worse)
Worth 12M? I think it's worth it for the potential...nobody comes close when he actually plays. IMO you have him when he's fit, and transfer/cry when he gets injured. He's worth the transfers.Does his injury record put him in the NBNC camp though?
Of course he could bag a brace but he's just as likely to pull a hammy...He is worth the risk, IMHO, but you know what you're going to get. Last year there weren't quite as many other good forward options around the same price, however ... really just Suarez & RVP. However, with Falcao onboard with good fixtures, Balotelli, Welbeck and a lot of the cheaper strikers doing well it's an option to not have Aguero and bolster the rest of your forward-line and midfield.
I'd say if anything right now Aguero is more valuable, with Rooney/RVP misfiring, Sturridge injured, Falcao unknown and Balotelli...well, he's really not in the same league as Aguero who is 15 times the finisher Balo is 🙂
I think you've solved the problem ... Aguero it is!
This ^ when fit he's in my team no brainer, if he gets injured will just transfer him out simple. There's no better striker option for me
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After feedback you gave me. What do you think about this wildcard draft?
Krulliot
Cahill-Lovren-Clyne-Duff-Moore
Tadic-Siggy-Fabregas-Sterling-Zaha
Balotelli-Costa-Welbeck
Got 2.1 itb to do Balotelli -> Aguero when ManC fixtures ease up.
Anyone know if there is any reason to think Robertson (Hull) won't continue as left back/left wing back now. Other than he's currently flagged.
Been impressed with him so far, I'm torn between him and PVA as a rotating defender.have you watched him play?
Who Robertson, or PVA?
The answer to both would be only on TV.
Both get forward well, and I think in the 4.5m bracket there are not many players who offer terrific defensive returns.
I've got him as my quiet OOP differential, but I am worried about the heavy influx of TDD transfers at Hull. As far as I can see I don;t see him losing his place, so I'll keep him, but it is maybe a risk.
I agree, I think he offers good attacking threat for a 4.5m defender, don't see anyone in the 4.5m bracket offering defensive returns, so looking at who may grab a few assists over the season.
I was concerned with the amount of midfield players that came in on deadline day that Hull may go back to a back 4, I think he'll still play, just won't get forward as often.
OUT:
Chambers
Jones
IN:
Fryers
Moreno
What do you think guys? Fryers nailed on from the start?He's not nailed on - best to wait and see
Definitely do Jones to Moreno/Lovren.
Chambers>any of the common 4.5's is a good move. Wilson probably best.Keep chambers waste of a transfer any of koc, debuchy and Mert get injured he's straight back in and that's likely with the champ league starting next week
Falcao starts or not??
I am on my WC and wanna take him inhe will most likely play 30-25 min and come on for RVP. thats my guess
I say yes - he and RVP up top, Rooney in the hole and Mata to the bench.
LVG needs to get some rep with the fans ASAP and if they leave their marquee signing on the bench there'll be blood on the streets if they don't have a goal in the first 30 minutes.Exactly what i was thinking
Afternoon chaps.
On my WC I have a vacancy for one striker (in addition to Costa and Naismith). Currently sitting on 9.6m but can rejig defence to free up extra cash Do I go for:
a) Balotelli (with Studge out)
b) Falcao (Falcao! Fixtures)
c) Rooney (club captain)
d) Welbeck (not the best fixtures but nailed on sole striker)
e) A. N. Other
I'm inclined towards d) Welbeck for long-term, no more WCing reasons. Am I right or not, and why?A out f those.
Live dangerously.you hve to wait and see Welbeck first
I dont get it when he was in Man Utd ppl would mock on that utd have a player like Welbeck and now all of a sudden ppl have made him a lethal stikerHe was lethal as a central striker; less-than-lethal stuck out on the left.
LOL Lethal if u ever saw the misses he would make specially 1 on 1
All m saying is just dont rate the guy right away
A is the obvious choice.
C. not the obvious choice, but think he is the one Utd forward guaranteed to play, and they have a potential lethal forward line.
This ^^ C. Only nailed on Man U striker and good fixtures
I should've pointed out I have Di Maria (could take him out and re-instate Rambo if I don't use Welbz)
Begovic 4.0
Terry wisdom Blackett Caulker Bruce
Fabregas Ramsey Siggy Sterling El Ahmadi
Rooney Costa Naismith
Already spent -4. Good to go? Tempted to WC but get the feeling it'd be a waste.Good to go!
Including price in your consideration, would you rather
A) chadli and pelle
B) tadic and adebayorB
B
B
Cheers fellas. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go A, but wanted some other opinions. Will have a think.
Seeing a lot of the teams here, and got me thinking:
A) Tadic 7.5 in midfield (352 with Naismith 3rd forward).
B) Welbeck 7.0 in attack (343) with Dyer or lower as 5th mid.
Downgrading Tadic allows one to have Welbeck and/or a Chelsea def which is pretty nice. But I'm not yet sold on Welbeck. What are your thoughts?B - Tadic still hasn't done anything yet and Welbeck is a proven scorer!
Tadic has identical underlying stats as Siggy, and Naismith is as proven as Welbeck thus far.. Welbeck isn't even nailed on yet is he? And fixtures are bad... Convince me otherwise...!
Pisses me off that Ramsey hasn't got to 9.2 yet. Would be much more comfortable trading him if he was injured if I had a 0.1 profit for him.
If jones out for few weeks best option.
A)Moreno
B) bardsley/pieters
C) double up on Southampton with clyne
D) otherC
9 years, 7 months agoGuys please rate my wc team....any suggestions? cheers
begovic
clyne Moreno ivan
siggy sterling hazard puncheon
costa naimith rvp
bench mannone jwp Naylor moore