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Ouch most people have not done a lot better captaining Sanchez
sorry man, damn that's unlucky
"Arsene Wenger says Sanchez came off with a knee injury. Unsure yet how serious or if he will miss any games".
Damn it! Just as i was hoping team was starting to look more settled!
😯
My Walcott should be nailed if serious enough.
He has 10 days until the next PL game so no need to kneejerk
excuse the pun
11 days till our next league, no panic
Link?
Walcott owners, are we keeping for the Palace game?
Yes I'm keeping
Why wouldn't we?
Sanahez Knee injury. Could cement his place.
I'm undecided JK, what you thinking?
I don't really have any pressing issues.
Pantilimon Foster
Terry Fonte Bellerin Van Aanholt Wisdom
Hazard Walcott Sterling Mane Boyd
Aguero Falcao KaneI'm thinking keep
rotation galore in the Arsenal mid, but Theo has 2 goals in 2 starts. He's FPL gold. If you don't have 2 FTs I'd save, if you do I'd consider moving Falcao on
Why? I have Ozil and Walcott
Best replacement for Puncheon? Got 9.5m to spend, thinking Silva or Walters
I sold him for Mane about 3 and half hours ago
Don't get the Mane love, is he even nailed on?
Is he not playing tomorrow?
Ozil
don't get walters, maybe eriksen or liverpool mid
I'm guessing this is old news, but can we no longer check purchase price in the data view?
Aaaah, forget this.
Wasn't at the transfer tab 😛
watching the Arsenal game this evening, Walcott is now essential.
*Coquelin
*sigh*
you were watching a different game to me then, Ozil was head and shoulders above
Hmmm
Walcott was most advanced, he's now occupying positions which Sanchez used to. Ozil and Walcott midfield is a must have now.
Only thing is.. when Giroud starts Walcott will either be a sub or will be stuck wide..
And I am guessing Giroud will be starting 80% of the games.
(I am a Walcott owner)
Yeah? Looking good?
Btw raging bull is probably the best movie ever made 🙂
What do you think about Cazorla > Ozil?
Ozil is showing some consistency, it's becoming harder to ignore him.
It is my move this week on a FT
There are loads of PL games, and then FA cup games to come before you decide on transfers.
Caz showed the same consistency for weeks before.
Most of his points came with the pens. He is playing deep and Ozil is playing much further up, a no brainer IMO
fair point.
Ozil is a better player than Caz though. Probably more nailed on too.
Which transfer / downgrade should I do in order to be able to bring in Ozil?
A. Kompany ---》 Rose/walker
Or.
B. Nasri ----》 Mirallas
Would be long term as it's a draft league. ...Defoe captain failed me tonight....need to mix it up
what is a draft league?
😯
siem de jong out for another 8 weeks with a collapsed lung
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31390558Early days but
Panti
Uber 5
Sanchez Wally Haz AdM JWP
Giroud Kun Kane
Almost 4 ITB, 2 FT
A) upgrade über 5
B) Giroud JWP > 3-5-2
C) Giroud > Studge
D) JWP > Mane / Sterling
Might not need to
Take out
Giroud with Sanchez possibly
Out.Studge / a 5th premium mid could be better. More that than me not wanting to hold on to Giroud
C) really think studge is the one to get over the coming weeks
Needs a bit of surgery but wait until news on sanchez et al.
With the blank gameweek coming up, just make sure you can get out 11 rather than how their form is imo
- Is It Time For FPL To Ditch Captains?
reposting
FPL really should remove captaincy as a feature and simply add more scoring metrics, especially for defenders. Not all the way like UFPL have done but a nice middle ground. Simple is good, but this is a bit too simple. May as well call the game Fantasy Pick-A-Captain.
When you consider the fact that if my entire squad (transfers, etc. all) are held constant and I manage to cap my highest scorer week in and out I would be 100+ points clear of FIRST PLACE, it's obvious that captaincies are huge point drivers and all else is a bit more negligible.
..and before some of you who are intent on ignoring a discussion, I had Walcott (c) and scored 21 with 4 big hitters left so this isn't based on sour grapes. 🙂
Sour grapes?
I'm making them into wine
Nah i like it
Ha! I posted the exact same reply on the last page
😯 2nd reply aswell, spooky
😮
Does that take into account first place also picking his highest scorer as captain each week?
of course not, defeats the purpose of the point, just saying that it's a massive driver.
Helps differentiate template teams to some extent. Everyone is going to own Hazard / Kun but still gives you a chance at making it worth something
well yeah, but that's why it wouldn't be a standalone removal. it would come along with some additions in points scoring that makes DMs interesting or specific defenders better than others.
right now, you'd have to say about 90% of the Premier League's players are just not worth considering2 separate issues. I agree with rewarding DMs but hard to come up with a fair system that works every week - kind of like baps. And you'll immediately have a shift to DMs with the most to do every game, I.e. 85% would still be non-existent with those 1/2 popular DMs filling in slots currently occupied by Mane etc.
well I know they want to keep the game simple (which I do like) which is why I mentioned them in the same vein. remove captaincies, add a little extra flavor to compensate that isn't so random.
The captain is such a lottery, not sure it should be taken out though
Definitely....
Captaincy is a big part of the fun.
I wholly agree. In a bitter moment over Christmas I worked out that against the bloke who was above me in my mini league, my ten players averaged 12 points more than his per week (over a two month period). He had just picked the right captain 8 times on the spin and was inexplicably still about me. Once again I pick Sanchez last night, he picks kane. And yes, I'm bitter.
While it is a case of if you Auntie was your Uncle I share the sentiment - I'm OR 27 and yet seem to mess the captain up every week.
I disagree.
There is still some skill involved picking a successful captain, its like putting a triple multiplyer on a prediction.
Difference being your team is set up to score maximum points long term. Captaincy choices are week by week, adding that slight complexity.
I feel your pain - currently on an absolutely hideous run of captaincy fails - 9 weeks in a row now I haven't managed a captain whose base score was more than 5 measly points!
GW17 - Sakho v LEI - 5pts
GW18 - Giroud v QPE - -2pts (The lowest ebb)
GW19 - Austin v CPL - 2pts
GW20 - Silva v SUN - 2pts
GW21 - Hazard v NEW - 3pts
GW22 - Aguero v ARS - 1pt
GW23 - Pelle v SWA - 2pts
GW24 - Aguero v HUL - 5pts
GW25 - Sanchez v LEI - 2pts
These were all plum fixtures and players (apart from maybe Pelle but that was VC after Sanchez (c) didn't appear v Villa) who looked like good solid choices. As it is I've scored 40pts total from my captains in 9 weeks, whereas my main rival hasn't updated his team since before Christmas where he left the armband on Harry Kane and in the meantime has scored a whopping 170pts from the Kane captaincy over last 9 weeks! I have had numerous H2H's where the vast majority of my team outscores my opponents, but if your captaincy isn't spot on, you're dead meat.I'd also like to advocate hits should be halved to -2, I've always felt a -4 is far too much punishment for effectively being an active manager rather than sitting on your hands - with a minus four you basically need a player to score and the other to do nothing to make it worthwhile (as taking a hit on a defender is never a great idea). Last night being a prime example - the guys that take a keen interest in the game get the teamsheets, draft Defoe and Sanchez in, yet the fools who sit on their hands and stick with Austin and Giroud end up scoring 4pts more thanks to not having any negatives. That's not fair and active management should be rewarded. Also, don't get me started on autosubs - they reward the uninitiated.
I'm pretty bad at picking captains and whilst part of me would love to agree with the statement, I do think it adds a interesting variable each week. The teams are template enough and as someone has already commented above, it's another variance to sort the men from the boys.
Okay who has the best sob story tonight.I did Rooney and downing to Alexis (c ) and defoe for a hit.not one of my finer moments☺
Wisdom + Oscar > PvA + Alexis, both for hits 😉
Harry, my cat died 🙁
RIP Harry - the knees did for him...
why....... why was i programmed to feel pain!
a quote? what from? sorry for being a philistine
Giroud and Oscar to Sanchez(c) and Defoe (-4) went well then
Ouch. Everyone is feeling the pinch.
well Giroud got 0, so you're 6 points up with Oscar still to play
Pelle to Kane looking ok so farDefoe over Kane made sense a day ago
It did, but i already had Defoe and got sick of Kane punishing me with double digit hauls. Very happy now.
It could have been worse. At least you didn't buy Kane.
😛
So anyone going for Yaya for the next GW? (The Toure variety that is!)
I can't afford him, he's so expensive 🙁 Would mean ditching one of Wally/Sanchez/Hazard
I'm seriously considering it. Got 4.4 mill in the bank burning a hole in my pocket.
Hes in for Cazorla.
Yes maybe
I really should start taking this game less seriously, just not been worth the time I've put into it this season
were losing him lads, quick give him a wisdom goal tomorrow 😉
3rd sub, that would be me gone AWOL
Ozil, Walcott, Sterling, Haxard
Kane, Kun, Sturridge
Nice front 7 eh? 🙂Wouldn't go all out on the liverpool front.
Have you seen liverpools fixtures?
What forwards would you be looking at for the next 3 or so weeks?
Apart from Aguero, Kane, Giroud, Sturridge, Costa.
Budget isn't an issue per say.errrrr no one else
Haha, that's the damn problem 🙁
I could get Sturridge in - but worried about his fixtures ATM.
Is Giroud not starting a sign of things to come or was he simply rested?
Arsenal = Rotation ahoy.
Rested
It was tactical, but I can't see it continuing. The base of our midfield isn't good enough to be able to always build from defence, and without Giroud we can't go long, so often end up playing in dangerous areas, or losing the ball going long.
And Sanchez went off injured. Knee.
An 'injury' he played on for 40 minutes or so.
definitely think Giroud needs to start... was Sanchez deployed up front? how did he do?
It was very interchangeable. Hard to tell who was up front a lot of the time. At times Rosicky, Ozil, Theo and Alexis were all the most advanced players.
He struggled to get in the game though. Whenever he touched the ball the Leicester players just kicked him to pieces. The officiating was appalling.
So. Anyone getting DCosta for a hit?
huge bet on haul ag. BUR + option of C.
*my hit this week for defoe was crap. might as well , give it another crack at it.No, I don't want to bench 3 chelseas when they have a blank
How is 14 with 7 plus captain to play?
Depressing to read.
awful
ok with the captain still to play
better than my 12 with 7 plus captain
Why did Sanchez only play 67 minutes?
Knee injury
*gingery
Knock to his knee
Knock to knee and knee injury are so different. Days of indecision and frustration await...
He got subbed off after 67 mins.
Not according to fpl
God fecking damn it
guess no one wants to actually discuss. shouldn't be surprised.
right now I;d be much in favour of removing captaincy
I suck at itit's not that you suck, it's that it's a total crap shoot
Good guess.
Basically. Make a captaincy decision on the best info you have and look at fixture and form. Then don't captain that person. Captain someone else.
All ACON players back next GW?
Correct
Cheers!
Hmm, AdM > Yaya...
Well, looks like most of us fell for the oldest trick in the book.
Sanchez fit and rested. Up front. What could go wrong!?
What a player Ibe is, so great to watch and has a solid skill set. Played with so much confidence again, unlucky not to score, and is currently at 4.4m. I might take the plunge to do JWP ----> Ibe, I like the look of having him for even a 30 min sub.
The kid's quality. Great future. Wouldn't much about with him in fpl though
You're probably right here Champ, cheers.
How was the GW so far for you?
Agree - has looked really promising for a while now ...the new Sterling 😉
today's baps gents??
What article are you on.....?
Same places they always are. This article, FPL and totalfpl
I suspect Sanchez, Ozil and Giroud are the three most nailed on Arsenal attackers.
Walcott owners be warned.....no point, they won't listen
I'm happy to listen, but I'm also happy with the poitns I've gotten from him
Yep getting ozil prob for santi
And Welbeck will play some games too, predicting Arsenal line up is a nightmare
Sanchez needs a rest
No need to take out giroud really is there?
I wouldnt
love your name
i tend to follow the consensus
Another injury for Sanchez fgs
9 years, 2 months agobiggest f'ing fail of the season, Captain Giroud, ffs