We delve into the members’ data this evening and assess the main performers from the weekend’s round of fixtures. Palace’s two-goal hero, Chelsea’s ever-improving defence, Watford’s front two and Sunderland’s raiding Dutchman all make the cut in light of their Gameweek 14 performances.
That keeper combination is Rubbish!
Heliott!
Benching headache.
I'd upgrade keeper/defence instead.
de bruyne played the full 90 minutes against Hull and scored two goals...
I am not sure whether to be happy or sadHappy of course.
If you own him.
Back where you belong in fantrax 😛
Yeah yeah, your luck will run out soon...
Looks like I might finally get an appearance from my first round pick too 😎
He'll get injured within half an hour anyway. Anyone who picks someone as injury prone as Sturridge in the first round is not a threat in my books. 😉
Sturridge is a pain to own. Barely got me anything last season as my 1st round pick. Might've made the same mistake this season with another player 🙄
SECOND TIME POSTING.
prob the hardest decision I will have to make in a while.
mahrez mane kdb ozil deolefeu
kane vardy Kaku
who do I bench.. soooo hard after deolefeu performance last nightVery difficult choice... It's probably crazy but I'd be tempted to bench Kane.
lol funny Cuz kane is actually my current captain haha
I would Bench Mahrez, easy decision.
hmmm I was gona be even crazier and bench vardy or just stickwith benching deulefeo
I don't expect that palace will Concede alot
I respectfuly and strongly disagree with the both previous opionions that have been given. Delofeu is clearly the correct bench decision both ownership wise and stats/threat wise
draw straws on Mahrez Mane Del Boy
hi guys is it worth doing lanzini to tadic for a hit this week
I wouldn't.
Nope
No
That was quick. Ryan? Innsie?
I'm no mod!
8O, why Innsie?
o/
Kinky
Morning gents - thoughts on this lot ?
Butland - (McCarthy)
Kolarov - Moreno - Wolscheid - (Richards - Targett)
KDB - Ozil - Sanchez - Mahrez - (Wanyama)
Vardy - Lukaku - Kane
A) Sanchez > Barkley
B) Sanchez > Coutinho
C) Sanchez + Targett > Barkley + Zouma (-4)
D Sanchez + Targett > Coutinho + Zouma (-4)B, and I did B. Don't think the defender worth the hits.
this lah
😆
❓
lah 🙂
Something sounds funny to you?
Yeap.
Are you Malaysian? I'm Singaporean but living abroad atm.Ok, now I understand why. Since only we (Singaporean and Malaysian) understand the reason behind. I thought that refers to something else other than what I understand.
Just B...if planning D get Rose instead of Zouma
I like D as Zouma has great fixtures, is a big goal threat and would stop you from having to play a Stoke defender against City.
B
D
Why are you ALL picking cout over Barkley considering the stats, price, fixtures and the fact cout just got back from injury ?
Pease enlighten me
Playing Newcastle, great form and already has Lukaku
Last 4 games:
Coutinho - G:4, GA:12, SiB:7, SoB:5, SoT:6, Min/GA:20.67
Barkley -- G:3, GA: 9, SiB:3, SoB:6, SoT:5, Min/GA:33.33
Mane ----- G:0, GA: 9, SiB:7, SoB:2, SoT:5, Min/GA:32.11
Mahrez --- G:2, GA: 9, SiB:7, SoB:2, SoT:4, Min/GA:39.22
Barkley's shot mainly from long range.Gonna go with cout and Barkley gonna kill it this week end again. It's always like that hahaha
Morning guys.
How did Silva look last night? I'm thinking of getting him in over Coutinho/Barkley/KDB etc as my Mata replacement.Pretty busy and central. Got MotM although KDB deserved it.
Cheers TM. No concerns of him looking rusty after so long out then? Class is permanent and all that...?
Well down my list at the moment compared to the others mentioned. He makes his teammates better just being on the field.
Granted he lifts the team as a whole and is not a direct/individual player like Sanchez but does it really effect his FPL ability negatively? Apart from last weekends cameo he has only blanked once this season and his FPL history seems to be very good.
Averages near 6 so he's a great choice when City are firing.
Call me mad, but I've kept Sanchez so far, and may continue until there are more concrete news. If he misses only 1 or 2 GWs, he may be worth keeping.
Not really convinced with the 3 options I have on hand.
1. Barkley - The members article here show that he's actually just extremely clinical, and even has less touches etc. To me, it sounds like he just got lucky.
2. Hazard - Horrid numbers in last GW for someone world class being up top. Not convinced he's really improving, unless maybe, if I watch the full 90 minutes against spurs.
3. Coutinho - Never was convinced by him, and found him to be quite erratic, and relying on long shots (does not create that much). He is just recovering from injury, so to me feels like a punt anyways.
Are there any other real midfield candidates around (have KdB and Ozil)?Agree about Barkley. Coutinho looks to have improved under Klopp, although the sample size is admittedly still small. Hazard is a punt, and an expensive one at that. All of the possible replacements have their flaws but I think keeping Sanchez is a pretty silly move as his value will continue to drop and you're missing out on the huge upside of having another potential heavy-hitting midfielder in his place.
Well, this GW I lost 0.1 on him, and need another drop to lose more, but doubt it will happen tonight.
With Barkley for me out of the question (one with most potential to rise, I'm actually considering Deulofeu), and out of these 3 only Hazard a real option, I think I have one more night to sit on it. Let's hope for more concrete news.
I'm in this same predicament but I need to replace mata, with 9.6m to spend
So far im considering ayew then upgrade another mid next week
Eriksen not consistent
Coutinho haven't seen enough of him
Silva just out of my price range
Who would you bring in?
A) KDB
B) Hazard
C) Eriksen
D) Silva
E) Other
Cheers 🙂
Already own Sterling, Ozil and Coutinho if that helps.A
A or D
Its that the unbiased Billy speaking or the spiteful Billy who sold KDB last week? 😉
Thanks both. 🙂A bit of both 😆
I got B in my team
Thanks all 🙂
Looks like GW27 will contain 8 games or 4 blanks.
Games in danger due to C1C Final
LIV vs Eve
NEW vs Mcy
SOT vs Che
STO vs Avl
Plenty might struggle to play 11 that GW.
hazard or mane this week
both?
Mane looks more likely to score of the 2
Any word on Kun yest?
wait for Friday's Presser
Defence is
Rojo Evan Bellerin Richards Huth
If Rojo is injured her goes. If not who goes and for whom?
A) Zouma
B) TobyEvans/Huth to Moreno?
I think Spurs and Chelsea are the best way forward for defence. Not sold on Liverpool as of yet
Toby
do you think crystal palace is going to concede a lot? not sure who should i bench between these four players
lukaku, barkley, mahrez, vardyMahrez
cheers
Maybe Vardy
Prob Maherez but its a tough choice
i'm not sure if swansea's taylor easily got beaten by any wingers. thanks anyway SAB
Underused on FFS. Not the right time to bring him but I now see Mane and Tadic have the same kind of threat but Tadic has pens and Mane is more expensive.
Does Southampton even win penalty regularly?
I think Mane is definitely more of a goal threat then Tadic and is a more attractive option despite penalties
With courtois expected to return this gw, bego > courtois makes sense?
Nah, Lloris/De Gea?
Lloris probably, will have to take a hit for ddg
But you are hit machine? 😛
lol I know, lack of hits is depressing me
Trying desperately to take a hit somewhere but nothing.....might just do kdb > sanchez
Nothing more pressing?
No will save Ft if not the gk change
Wait for it to happen first
I like it. Good move
Though if you do have a 2nd keeper wait until the change happens
Mccarthy
Hopefully Mourinho gives us a concrete answer about who will play this weekend. I have Begovic and McCarthy so I could end up without a keeper if Courtois plays.
Yup exactly my fear
So my model is in the process of being reworked slightly to take away the heavy reliance on Shot accuracy or Shot On Target %. I've had some success, and have managed to pry Harry Kane from the top spot every week due to his superior SoT% - quite happy with the results being churned out by this modified version but would still like some time to see if I can improve anywhere else and then finalise it. Its done well when I've tried to simulate past Gameweeks though so I'm pleased thus far.
What I'd like to hear from you lads is your opinion on my weighting system currently. There are 3 main components to the model:
A - Concentrates on a player's Shots in Box, their GW opponent's Conceding rate of these shots, and a player's shot accuracy or SOT%.
B - Concentrates on a player's Big Chances, their Opponent's Big Chances conceding rate and also their opponent's susceptibility to these big chances or their ability to defend them, sort of.
C - Concentrates on Chance Creation, and is atm the least valued component.
Weightings:
A - 55%, B - 30%, C - 15%
Any thoughts?
Thinking of changing it to:
1. A - 50%, B - 35%, C - 15%
or
2. A - 45%, B - 35%, C - 20%
or
3. A - 45%, B - 40%, C - 15%
P.S
Keep in mind that the previous over reliance on SOT% or Shot accuracy doesn't really have anything to do with the weighting.
Cheers 🙂TL;DR
You can skip the first para!3
Cheers TM 🙂
Just the 1 opinion so far. 😆Run all 3 for Kane and post the numbers.
and Vardy as similar on CP.
CP?
Will give it a go. For this GW?Captains Poll
just this week, 3 values each
Too complicated for me, but I'd like keep the effect on chance creation as minimal as possible, I believe that's more on assists. So it'd be either 1 or 3.
A
1
3
Please excuse if you answered earlier today, this is so close looking for a few more A/B's
Was all set on Sanchez to Hazard BUT had a realization (B)-
A. Sanchez to Hazard. (loose plan of him for 4 weeks and possibly back to Sanchez)
B. Sanchez to Coutinio and next week Vardy to Kane
Getting rid of Vardy?Hmmmm
Butland/McCarthy
Bertrand/ Kolorov/Targett/Richards/Moreno
Sanchez/Ozil/Mahrez/ Stanislas/KDB
Aguero/Vardy/ Lukaku
1FT 0.1 ITB
Any thoughts welcomeB, both player and team in form and good fixtures. Can't ask for more, right?
Thanks. I do think B makes the most sense but i keep finding reasons against both choices!
Coutinho also with the good underlying stats to support he is the better choice. If you against either of them, who would be a better pick?
When laid out
Cout and Kane
vs
Hazard and Vardy
the Cout move looks obvious. Its the Vardy out element. I suppose i have the safety of 'coverage' with MahrezOk, misread. I thought you were looking for 3rd choice other than Hazard and Coutinho. It is not necessary to swap Vardy out right? Just keep the fund to provide the flexibility for yourself later.
My bad, i was unclear. I meant when i decide on option A i see the upside of B and when i settle on B i see the upside of choice A. Thanks for input
B for me.
B
Thanks all
B
Thanks
Are there many considering to go without Aguero for the long term?
I have most of the other big hitters up front including KDB, Ozil, Hazard..
Bringing Aguero in will affect the balance big time..
On the outside things are looking rosy at the moment.
I have 8/10 of the most transferred in players this GW.
Concerned if Aguero starts to go mad (as is likely soon) that thing will change quickly.
Any possible options with this lot down the road?
Schmeichel
Toby, Moreno, Kolarov
KDB, Ozil, Hazard (c), Mahrez
Vardy, Kane, Lukaku
Butland, Ward, Francis, Westwood
2.1m in account, 0ft currently so will be sticking this week for sure.For me if a team wants Aguero in they have to make a choice of Lukaku OR kane. A tough one.
Another route is Hazard to Cout/Firm and Vardy up but guess you just got Haz in.
Downgrading KdB is most natural way of getting Aguero in.
Didn't do me any good well unless Aguero scores 5 this week with no Kdb involvement.
yeah wouldnt worry about it in your shoes would juust carry on. I am considering going without him longterm simply cos everton and spurs are in such good form and challenging city in terms of goals scored and vardy is simply undroppable. Nice team but capping hazard is one step too far for me. I would go for vardy or kane personally.
Did anyone watch the whole Chelsea Spurs match?
How did Hazard play?Only saw highlights. Danny Murphy said he was Chelsea's best player on MOTD.
does it matter? since you are buying coutinho...
Bringing in Hazard?
depends.
on TL
🙄
Yesterday I was looking at Coutinho and Barkley. Now I'm expanding my options. I think I was wrong to dismiss Hazard because of personal experience early season. Coutinho is still top for me atm, and Hazard still bottom.
i also owned hazard early on.
Watched most of it, here's my opinion anyway...think Hazard was alright, nothing special but better than previous weeks.
Chelsea weren't particularly attacking though, so he didn't get many opportunities. Had one good volleyed shot.
Think there's going to be a Chelsea resurgence but its going to start at the back with 1-0 victories. That's whats putting me off him atm.I did. He played well. Had one big chance to score. Otherwise it was a tight game with neither team creating or giving up big chances.
Its not about how he played but how Chelsea played. Mou is doing the LVG "defence first" approach to turning around Chelsea's results. Courtois and Zouma are the only Chelsea players on my radar at the moment. Sorry this doesn't directly answer your question but just stay away from Chelsea's attacking assets.
No that's very useful, thanks. It supports what the stats say too.
+1
Excellent summary
Thank you everyone. Useful info.
Who's the best Sanchez replacement?
a) Ozil
b) Silva
c) Coutinho
d) Barkley
Already own KDB, Deulofeu, MahrezA
a
b
c
d
as you ordered themOzil
Ozil
I've gone A. If you didn't have Kdb I'd be tempted with B
Soooo, everyone realizing they now need to sell Vardy for Kane...
That's what you get for prematurely buying Kun.
Tsk...and by everyone you mean TL?
...everyone that is sitting with Kun, while KDB, Lolkaku and Vardy keeps on scoring...they now realize they don't have the balls to go without Kane vs Newc.
🙄pshhh let them play the striker merry-go round. My Lu-Ka-Ku is set for the entirety of December barring injury.
Lu-ka-ku - nicely put Balders!
I've been on it 2GW's as well.
Hey, I have Aguero and Kane.
Yep, see above. Thats me
I sold Vardy for Kun..
Been planning for a Kane, Lukaku, Aguero front 3 for weeks.
And people will be moaning because they didn't get Aguero before his another haul... This guy is just class and essential.
Kun will punish non owners soon. Same story evey year
that can be said of most explosive players though...Alexis, Hazard, Kane etc.
Selling Vardy is madness, excellent value at 6M, he just scored vs best def team in the league, he has no difficult fixture at all.
Kane is good pick but we just cannt get them all. 3,7M between Kane and Vardy mean: Vardy +KDB vs Kane + CabayeKane's stats over last 6 weeks are better than that of Vardy.
I'm hoping his output matches the price premium over Vardy as well.
Save FT?
----------Mignolet
--Cedric, Moreno, Nyom
Mahrez, Deu, KDB, Mane(c)
------Luka, Kun, Kane
Bench: Ruddy, Ward, Francis, WestwoodYes.
Yep thats a save. Cedric could go for me but no rush
Save
Thanks all 🙂
Sanchez --> Ozil is my obvious move this week but I wondering if there is a risk that with Sanchez injured Ozil's points might dry-up? Over-thinking it??
Silva and Coutinho are my alternative options.Silva won MoTM last night
But more importantly didn't get any goals or assists.
Doesn't matter much.
He is a consistent 6 ppg FPL player when fit.Doesn't matter that he didn't get any goals or assists? Not sure about that.
Well, if KDB benefits from his assists which make up that 6ppg that he'll most definitely be a better option with Goals + assists.*Doesn't matter that he didn't get goals/assists in one particular match, as he is usually one of the consistent sources of points (through goals and assists).
As for Silva vs KDB, I wasn't even discussing that. I have KDB in my team since GW 6, and I'm happily keeping him.
And KDB benefited from it.
haha Yes
*benefitted from awful defending/goalkeeping
Nah, Ozil the best choice. KDB second. Coutinho third imo.
Thanks all. I think I'll probably go with Ozil - just exploring all options.
Which is better combination of forward
A. Kun kane vardy
B. Kun lukaku kane
C. Lukaku kane vardy
D. Kun lukaku vardy
If our midfield is
Mahrez defloeu kdb ozilIf you can afford, B
Stick with whichever trio you're already on at the moment
I think B is the ultimate 1 if you can afford, but Vardy is not a bad choice as long as he keeps scoring, he will provide you consistent points.
Vardy Ighalo Lukaku
Need a 6th striker for December UFPL, currently on the template 5 of Aguero, Kane, Lukaku, Vardy, Ighalo. For #6 who would you go for?
A) Deeney (despite owning Ighalo too)
B) Giroud (despite Walcott's imminent return)
C) Benteke
D) OtherShouldn't you look at playing dates etc?
P.S. check your emailwhen will you ever send me an email...?
🙁Jafalad said I wasn't allowed to.
...you do know me and Jafalad are a "click" away from becoming friends on fb right..?
🙄or a click away from being blocked 😉
...oh, good to know that. Would be the ultimate humiliation if i accept his invite and then he kicks my in the balls..
😕
lol
x
B
B
Deeney, Wickham
I might be tempted by Martial, tbh. If not then Benteke.
Watmore
Punt it on Benteke and the inevitable Sturridge collapse
Wally for a punt.
Sturbridge punt?
So many options! Thanks guys I'll play around with my midifeld a bit more then see what I've got left. There doesn't seem to be a clear must have.
Mane a decent cap punt this gw?
nope, Captaining him is always risky
ye id say so , good numbers playing against a weak defense who are going to be needing to go for a win themselves
Dont get disappointed if he scores 2pts 😀
If you take a punt you have to be ready for disappointment 🙂
I currently have him as VC (with Lukaku C). I think he's a decent shout .
DDG
Wollscheid. Kolv. Bellerin. Moreno. Prodl.
Mahrez. Ozil. Barkley. KDB. Sanchez.
Kane. Lukaku. Ighalo.
Sanchez out for who?
Bench Mahrez?
Thanks1FT? Save and play Mahrez
2FT? Some cheapie, save other FT and play MahrezWas thinking getting a cheapie.
Save the money ITB for a Ighalo to Kun upgrade when Watford's fixtures are over.
Coutinho.
Tough call but, yes, bench Mahrez.
I would do Sanchez to 4.5 cheapie and Ighalo to Aguer next weeok
Norwich
Bournemouth
Aston Villa
To be the bottom 3 at the end of the season? or you think one of Tyne-Wear side will get relegated?Newcastle, Bourne, Aston Villa
Newcastle instead of Norwich imo
Norwich
Sunderland
VillaNewcastle will get relegated imo, if they keep McClaren
They'll still get relegated if they replace him with Redknapp
🙂
18 is open for me
19 Bournemouth
20 Villa
Newcastle should find their quality, Fat Sam will prob save Sunderland.
Norwich or even Swansea maybeNewC
AVL
3rd too early to say for certain
I'm so tempted by Hazard. Don't know why. Don't want to bring him in though because I won't have cash itb to upgrade Ighalo. Is he worth it?
No
Dont...Gut feeling not much better than mind...Last week for first time I went with gut captain choice of Kun and got burnt...Never again! Ozil c
8 years, 5 months agoWould this be a nightmare of an attack?
Hazard Ozil KDB Mahrez (Coutinho)
Kane Lukaku Vardy
Defense is:
Elliott Hennessey
Souare Kolarov Bertrand Moreno Simpson
Barkley --> Coutinho would be my 1FT and I have the exact money ITB to make the transfer. Or do I use the 1.5 ITB to upgrade keeper/defense? Thoughts?