Our first members article of the week delves into the data from the previous round of fixtures. We cast an eye over the displays of Liverpool, as well as Arsenal, Leicester and Southampton’s new strikers and also analyse a number of favourably priced midfielders from Spurs, Everton and Burnley over the season so far.
Best choice for captain and why?
A. Sterling
B. Costa
B: Form and Luck > Fixtures
yay first!!!
A cos
Costa
Arsenal assets not looking too good all of a sudden.
Have Ramsey and Welbeck.
Threadbare squad at this stage and not performing too well..time to offload?Not gonna give up on Welbeck easily..he might do well..
Ramsey has got a good points return so far even though he's not been at his best. Keep!
They have played a threadbare squad against a top team in a hostile away stadium. Give them half a chance, man!
Depends on replacement, else I would keep.
They are better than almost every team in the league.
Epic. Are you getting Ade for Dzeko this week?
Yep I think so. I know he has had some poor finishing lately, but I still expect him to get off the mark.
Cool. Me too. Think I will put the C on him as well. Decent punt in a week with no standout captain options I think.
I may join you with that captaincy. Though it will probably be the first and last time I ever do it.
Rooney not a better option? Assuming you dong have him
True. And it may easily end in tears. Rooney is another option but I want to see a convincing performance from United this weekend before I buy this United hitting form thing. It was QPR at home and their only decent performance this year.
Fair enough
Keep. Wilshere's injury will force him to play Ozil number 10, with Ramsey playing box to box and maybe Ox right and Sanchez left.
Better balance in attack!
Rubbish..Both those are great picks..Ditch Ramsey because he's a dull pick and waaay too template maybe, but you won't find better...
Scored 2 goals vs Everton away and City.. and 7 goals in the EPL so far. or are we just ignoring all that and basing our opinions based on one away game in the UCL vs Dortmund! Welbeck has just joined arsenal and looks good tbf.. give him some time!
who?
Guys.. which transfer this week?
A) Hazard to Siggy
B) Kelly to Bertrand/PvA/Trippier (worried I won't have 3 playing DEF this week)
Begovic
Moreno / Ferdinand / Wisdom
Ramsey / Hazard / Sterling / Fabregas
Rooney / Naismith / Costa
(Hamer / Marney / Kelly / Chester)
1 FTKelly to Alderweireld or Bertrand...
Thanks Moin,
Just scared not to go without Siggy and tripling on Chelsea at Etihad looks worrying.
Am I the only one who can see Costa doing well at the Eithad? ðŸ™
Nope. I can too!!! 🙂
gonna punt and not capt. him.
(c) material 😉 ?
Yes. Amongst others.
Why not ? Man City only against Newcastle didn't concede.
he can do well anywhere, yet chances are he will do less well than usual.
This sums it up.
He's gonna blank somewhere, and if there is ever a place for that blank it's here.
Nah Aguero will steal the show 🙂
I can see him knicking a goal but a haul would surprise me.
And the award to most boring drunken transfer goes to me with Caulker > Bertrand 😆
there was someone here with a great team and 2FT that did marney to boyd to save 0.1 and not lose a transfer.
beat that.😯 cue marney's one goal of the season imo
My transfer last week was Marney to Boyd. My transfer this week has been Bruce to Duff.
living on the edge 🙂
That's just how I roll!!
That's got my heart racing that has! 😆
I bet ure having cornflakes for breakfast...
Sure am. With no sugar added either.
Playing with fire there.. Caulker the better option this week surely 😯 .. but then again drunk logic beats boring sober logic anyday 🙂
I'm having a bad start to the FPL season. 50 points behind in my main mini-league.
Would I be crazy to switch Siggy and Lovren => Schneiderlin and Ivanovich
Siggy 40% and Scneid about 10% ownership.not crazy, but unnecessary perhaps. Lovren is gonna pan out. IMO
50 pts is nothing at this stage of the season. Focus on keeping good players and ditching poor ones. Lovren and Siggy have good fixtures and are good players. If you want those other two then consider ditching others for them.
Siggy and Lovren to Dyer and Baines would be better imo
Like people have said, 50 points is nothing, with 4 weeks to go, i was 109 points behind and won by 9! Keep Siggy, I personally would get rid of Lovren, i posted last night that I was watching him and said his positional play was poor and they scored due to this
^^ this
I can't seem to make a decision this year :~) Are there more options than the last couple of years?
Siggy and Scheid both have form and fixtures. I agree that Lovren should do well, but Ivan is on fire. But, he's got a tough upcoming schedule and he has always failed me in the past. Dyer and Baines....
jeez I'm close to considering Tarot cards!!!Defo 100% keep siggy. Great fantasy player and every time he does something it will hurt you cos of his large ownership.
In a fit of rage i took an 8 point hit this week. Should i WC from?
Krul Elliot
Pieters Moreno PvA Moore Hutton
Hazard Sterling Siggy Ramsey Marney
Costa Aguero Pelle
changes would be (get 8 points back and make following changes)
GK - Krul Elliot -> Bego McCarthy
DEF - Pieters -> Clyne
MID - Hazard Marney -> Fab Boyd
FWD - N/A
Or just stick?maybe WC cuz -8 already.
Keepers is smartest part fwd's not
I'd stick Haz pts coming.
stick
sit tight and sort defence over a couple of weeks.. try to have a couple of weeks free of hits
Fabregas>Sterling. Madness?
Have Costa.Yes.
don't do it
yep
No.
Why would you think about doing that haha
It seems the jokes on me, I consider that a good in this case 😛
I support that move, fwiw.
Fábregas does not look like scoring a goal, so to me he is not good value.Yet he is the highest scoring midfielder..
😆
I'd prefer sterling to fab especially with the fixtures. Both will get good points however. Sterling more goals, fab more assists.
Utter madness. If Fabs doesnt outscore him ill be extremely surprised. Personally i think Sterling may be slightly over-rated FPL wise around here.
Just stick that's not worth a WC
this may be a reply fail but it's good advice for everyone on here. if you are unhappy with your squad you'll play your WC and prob be unhappy about it in 3 weeks time cause you'd prob always want 3 options you dont have over the 3 you own
Well said, think i will now stick (i think the reply fail was to me above)
One last question from me, play 3 from the following>?
A Bertrand (swa)
B Duff (SUN)
C PVA (bur)
D Chester (new)
E Terry (mci)
Currently on ABCB C E D A
any but Chester--not nailed at all.
wow Bertrand after Chester and Terry? 😯
B. C, A, E........ D
Chester out next week is the priority then, Dawson and Davies favoured in a 4-4-2 and even in a 3-5-2 not nailed on, thought he was good pick n all
Definitely nailed in a 352
should be nailed in a 3-5-2 but with the options hull have in attack i doubt they'll do that except in tough away games.. which is when you'd wanna bench him 🙂
haha brilliant, chester to wilson hopefully if he stays 4.5 next week
Top defender to own for the run to christmas?
Needing to use my Emergency transfer in the The sun game. Debuchy.
Currently have; Speroni - Cahill - Chester - Trippier - Debuchycahill still.
Personally I would want Baines but alot will say Ivan
Ivanovic and Baines were the first two I checked. Sadly cannot afford them.
Coleman?
Rafael good differential
no worry of resting for champ league
attacking threat
United have hit formIts not so much about the differentials in The Sun game. Champs League and Cups count towards the points also.
Miss read sorry thought it was for FPL
No bother. Thanks for the advice though.
Baines fix's this week and 3 weeks away, all about the restarts. (+.3)
Fabregas / DiMaria / Eriksen / Siggy (Boyd)
Falcao / Costa / Pelle
WC, 1.4M itb, falcao over rooney as a long shot
had lukaku instead of pelle but looking at fixtures pelle more attractive
would you change anything in this att 8 ?
A) Boyd
B) Chadli
C) Schneierlin
D) A.Johnson
cesc, ramsey, sterling, siggy, XXX
Costa, Falcao, Naismith
ThanksB
A, benching dilemna every week otherwise
i was thinking that
A, B or C, D
Jesus my reply form.. ment for your mums athletic
cheers buddy, i'll look back up 🙂
A 😀
Think im not looking too bad, any pointers?
Begovic
Jaanmat, Moreno, N.Taylor
Fabregas, Di Maria, Sterling, Siggy (Tadic)
Costa, Balotelli, Naismith
McCarthy/Tadic, Clyne, MooreCaptain Di Maria
1 FT, .5 ITB
Jaanmat> Evans or any non NEW def most of my rec's would double you up, so not so bad right?
I have Tadic and think he'll go off. Also on pens. Bench Siggy or Naismith. Sig is away and did zilch v CHE.
agree on Di Maria Cpt.Keeping Naismith on 100%. Home to Palace. Siggy Home to Southampton ?
Still think Siggy over Naismith, but I like yur conf. GL
NEED HELP ON MY WC TEAM!!!!
Krul (foster)
Bertand- chambers- duff (cissohko) (PVA)
Ramsey- siggy-di Maria- chadli-sterling/fabergras
Costa-rooney(Naismith)
Can't decide between sterling and fab
And I want to do Rooney for augero next week
And I'm still lost about what defenders to pickchange keepers first Beg/Forster + Mcarthy
Chambers> Robertson
the rest is really niceSights thanks and what's your opinion on fab or sterling
Dzeko ->
A) Aguero
B) Pelle
C) WelbeckUmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm A
but for this week?
still A, think long term bro
Could you offer me advice please on the quickest way to get my balance back in order i thought i had a decent team but a few have said i have the balance wrong Forwards and defence not enough and too much. My team is as,
Forster/Mannone
Janmaat Ivanovic Clyne Dier Shawcross
Sterling Chadli Sigurdsson Fabregas Ramsey
Pelle D.Costa Naismith.
0.4 in bank i think my forward line is to cheap and i have to make a few move to get the money to get another good priced forward this is my problem any help please.i like it? great defence, strikers are good may just play 2 each week ? great mid, 4-4-2 would work well
very different
Thankyou i was begining to think i had to restructure my whole team
Downgrade ivanovic upgrade Naismith to welbeck
Welbeck is in
Bollocks. Nice team.
When the opportunity presents, Janmaat and Dier out. Gently. You will probably want Naylor and van Aanholt.
Play 442?I was going to post exactly this for what it's worth lol except the bollocks bit 😉
Many thanks for the advise will take on board as i was thinking my balance was completely wrong so not as bad as i first thought.
Im hoping Bollocks ,nice team means damn thats i decent team...
nice team f em
Also def Jaanmat>Evans good luck
Thanks for the advise.
Bego
Moreno / Clyne / Ivanovic / Naylor ( Moore )
Sterling / Ramsey / FAB / Siggy (Zaha)
Costa / Balo / Naismith
Any Thoughts ???
A- ZAHA & Balo > Bench foder MID player with 4.4 M + Rooney - 4 pts + 0.9 M
B- Ivano & Balo > Duff + Rooney for - 4 pts + 3.1 M makes me upgrade team like i want
C- Balo > Adebayor or Pelle But i Like to Get Rooney But it should with a hit
D- Keep FTD
A
good team i say stick with it!!
D
Wouldnt swap Balo out before West Ham, think its good to go as it is. Save and do B if u want Ivano out next round.keep free throw juicy fix's for top teams coming.
Hey!
I somehow messed up my defense, and i wonder what to do next. Saints prospective looks great, but also Villa has delivered CS. Can they keep it up against tougher fixtures?
I currently have this team:
DDG
Ivanovich \ Chambers \ Caulker \ Wisdom \ Hutton
Sterling \ Cesc \ Siggy \ Ramsey
Costa \ Welbeck \ Falcao
Any touhts?
A) Caulker--> Clyne
B) Welbeck--> Pelle
C) Falcao--> Rooney or someone else
D) DDG--> 4.5 keeper and some money to spend elsewhere
E) Stick with itDO
A, C
i think welbeck will score some!!!I think so too, but he is such a frustrating player to have. He needs to be more effective!
Might just do A.
Caulker to clyne
If you had Lukaku, would you captain him over Costa, Rooney, Sterling, Siggy
No. I have Costa, Aguero, Sterling, Siggy, Di Maria and captaining Costa. City defence is still suspect for me and Costa is on fire.
Agree! I'll do the same, but Ramsey could also do well this week.
Yes
no Rooney, then Costa. IMO
Can someone tell me how to put a profile picture
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My FPL team is:
- DDG-Krul
- Ivanovic-OShea-Vlaar-Kolo-Debuchy
- Fabregas-Sterling-Sanchez-Siggy-Palacios
- Rooney-Chamakh-Welbeck
Any suggestions?
I will be using my one FT to make a defensive change: Shawcross or Clyne in for Debuchy im thinking.
As we are all struggling for C choice this week I thought I'd throw in another angle...
I tipped Moses to do well last week (!) due to the fact that the right hand side of the Leicester defence is the leakiest portion of any team in the prem for conceding chances. He didn't deliver any pts but members will have spotted him sitting pretty in the ICT tables for last week...
Click on chances conceded right zone...http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/6543/ (may want to look at Chelseas right hand side as well compared to the left..rubbish)
and avg position for Moses http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/matches/755340/
Moses might be rubbish but with United up next and C choices thin on the ground maybe a punt on that side of Leicester might be tickety boo...
Rooney or ADM for (c) ?Rooney for me
Rooney played on that side last week of the front two..If he's striker again then he's a great pick. If Moses can tie them up in knots then they might have a big problem with Rooney and ADM...
I'm probably going to go with Aguero, but tempted by Chadli.
Rooney
On this basis I have considered additionally getting in ADM (on top of Rooney) for this game as i think there could be goals.
Thoughts on my wildcard team? Any suggestions would be great! Could do Heaton and Rafael over Wilson and Forster?
Forster (McCarthy)
Bertrand Wilson Duff (Taylor Moore)
Ramsey Di Maria Fabregas Siggy (Marney)
Costa Aguero Pelle
0.3 in the bank
thanks heaps guysI'd play that.
Marney> Cattermole perhaps
Is triple Chelsea too much, with more and more players hitting our radars each game week? I have Ivan, Fab and Costa which account for over 1/4 of my budget. Great when things go as they have been.
But with a home fixture against Ars, coupled with ManC, Liv and ManU away in the next 7, is it time to shed some Chelsea to spread the risk?No. Best team in the league. Ditch some if their form dips.
I'd keep 2.
Fab & Costa
I lost Cahill and Fab on my WC
But thats just me
Anyway I think 2 is enoughChelsea will win the title. All the others is where the risk is.
no
quad, quin CHE ain't too much.I don't think Mourinho will play as offensive against the top 5 as he has earlier. Typical Mourinho to play more defensive as he always did against Barca, United, City etc. previously. Think there will be some games with few goals and just control those games combined with little risk.
Playing UCL for first time trying to get head around rules and implications.
Captained Ronaldo last night. Do i change Captain to Messi tonight?
Should I sub in Handanovic (playing Sporting tonight) for Moya (0 points last night)?Defo sub in the gk. U can change (c) if u like bit will lose half of Ronaldo's score. So if u think messi will score more then 9 do it. I'm facing the exact same decision and haven't decided yet. I asked last night and got a mixed response. Leaning towards sticking but messis fixture ain't half juicy.
Thanks much appreciated. There are opinions out there that Barca are not going to be quite so gung ho under Enrique so its a harder question than it normally would be. I guess the percentage play is probably to stick but with poor defensive returns I wonder if a risk needs to be taken.
Baloteli to Ade/Welbeck?
Or save FT?
Pellee
Have TAdic
And even if didnt have him I wouldnt do that transfer
But thanks anyway
Save. But monitor the Mario situation closely. He's a tad (tempere)mental 😉
save IMO
fixture considerations
Will McArthy start over green this gw?
would you play him anyway? who's other keeper.
Gotta play they didn't pay to get him to sit.forster
Too early to captain Falcao?
Yes
Yes
grr...
