Our first members piece of the week delves into the data from Gameweek 17. Everton and Leicester’s frontmen arrive under our analytical eye, as do United and Southampton’s toils up top, whilst we also turn to midfield and set our sights on Chelsea, Stoke and Villa.
Hazard out? For who? Already own KDB, Ozil, Mahrez, Alli
exactly the same midfield 4 as me. I am shifting Mane though... and i'm tempted to double up on citeh and go Silva...
Sinclair>?
Others are Alli Ozil Mahrez Firmino
Ramsey or Walcott lads? Feeling a (c) on whoever I get it.
That is the million dollar question.
Walcott could be a great captain choice home to Bou and New though!Yeah it's a wild option for him I guess. But with Sanchez out through Christmas, he looks a great short term option for those chasing!
I am worried he could still be rested/dropped
That is the worry, agreed.
Don't think Arsenal have enough options to rotate too much. Flamini may be rested with Chambers coming in, but outside of that I really don't see Gibbs getting a start although he could come on if the Gunners two goals up. Chamberlain could get a game, but probably at the expense of Campbell. Either way Ramsey or Walcott great choices. However, we are back to the original question - which one do you pick?
Cant see it. Not in the next 2 at least
Why not get both 🙂
Ramsey, Ozil, Walcott ftw 😀
I could actually do that thi week for free, not sure it'll happen though tbh!
Mane dropping tonight you reckon guys?
He could.
not that it matters too much as everyones bank balances are looking ridiculously flush RN
https://twitter.com/hkane/status/679420463798427648
Captaincy dilemma - Solved! 😀
😀
Vardy is doubtful, Kane could be rested, is it right time to upgrade Drinkwater to Ramsey/Walcott?
Kane won't be rested...
Who do you bench if all play?
Barkley
Guess that works then.
No way Kane is rested.
Can decide whether to ditch Hazard or not. His price is falling tonight, so want to make the call now.. Any suggestions? Midfield atm: Haz - Cout - Özil - Mahrez - Westwood
Ditch IMO
Thanks
Walcott
Ramsey
Silva
Bolasie
EriksenCheers. Already have 3 Arsenal players.. Need some City cover, so maybe Silva or KDB
Just got rid for barkley.He had to go.
Cheers! Solid move
geezer got you 9 points a couple of days ago
Harry Kane is chatting sh!t.... owners gonna get banged
Huh?
I'm ranked very badly this year, nearly at 2million
Too many hits and frustration
Think I'm going with Kun(C) this weekend. Need something to pay offDoubt he'll outscore Kane's 21 goal haul...
madness imo
dont do it. still plenty of time to get a respectable finish
Butland
Kolv / Ward / Bellerin
KDB / Walcott / Ozil / Mahrez
Kane / Ighalo / Lukaku (C)
Subs; McCarthy. Barkley. Wollscheid. Moreno.
(1 FT)
I'm thinking of doing Kolv to Cresswell or Toby?
Thoughts?Kane (c), you want that 21 goal haul no?
Is this mad?
KDB > Willian
Need some differentials.KDB has a tasty fixture next.
His lack of goals are bothering me a tad, plus he seems like he'll get rested at somepoint over christmas where as chelsea can't really afford to rest at the moment... what you think?
He just got rested recently
Before Sunderland?
Yesthink KDB will be locked in, not rested again?
Can't see him being rested this week no. But I agree on the above about his lack of goals lately.
Well that's hazard gone for me.
A four week punt that went terribly wrong and had to be aborted after three.Barkley in and 3.5 in the bank
One transfer left.
Should I go kane to aguero ?i wouldn't get Barkley in if i were you...
One of the worst game's of Darts I've ever seen, this.
Newton perez is up there, that was shocking also
Anyone for a game of FIFA 16? PC, PS4, XBOX One - your choice!
You own all? Ps4 lets go!
Alright add me - andy85wsm
Give me a minute
How about FIFFSA 2015. Even more exciting. You take control of Sepp Balders trying to catch bungs on the way to finding a Bunga Bunga party.
Let's play hangman again
OK. I will start below
What's your United prediction for the weekend Andy? Do you think they will put in a performance or do you think the players want Mourinho in?
Yes on PS4, FUT?
Bench two this week........or should I use my FT (+1.4m) to upgrade someone to an Arsenal DF?
A) Moreno (Leic home)
B) Kolarov (Sund home)
C) Evans (Swan away)
D) Naughton (WBA home)
E) Janmaat (Ever home)B & C have both gotta start
A on bench
D & E flip a coin to see who starts alongside B & C
Who's everybody captaining next?
Mahrez, Lukaku or the guy who's gonna score 21 goals
Mahrez or I don't know
Kane for his 21 goal haul!
Mahrez
Maher and Ighalo vc
Mahrez
Kane or aguero.depending on which one I have come Saturday.
KdB, Silva or stick with Barkley for the next few GWs? City's fixtures look more favourable.
Midfield is Ozil - Mahrez - Ramsey - Barkley / Surman
KdB would leave me with 0.6 ITB
Thanks.Barkley has done ok in tougher fixtures earlier in the season, I see no reason why that changes.
I do, because there is only so many deflections, breaks and other stuff that can fall for him
I've said it earlier on in the season he's the new Ramsey, and this pattern of luck shows no sign of abating.
hello
Dial-up?
Going to stick with him for the foreseeable. Keeps on scoring and his ownership is that high that its nice to cover his points.
This I have him due to his sheer ownership ridiculous that its so high tbh
42% (and rising) on 98pts makes him the 6th highest scoring player in the game.
#lucky.He been incredibly inconsistent fpl wise. I dont know whether that could be due to the fact hes been playing quite deep recently with mccarthy out
Just after getting him in.fed up watching him getting good points and not having him.
He has a pattern of 2pters then does well, seems to explode more than drip feed.
Kolarov should start home to Sunderland right?
Yup!
Nobody knows unfortunatly, 50/50
Which ones would you bench?
Hennesey or De Gea
&
KDB, Ali, Barkley, Mahrez, Ozil
Kane, Lukaku, Vardy...Hangman round 1
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I'll have an e please rob.
Nope
A
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R
No
S
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n
nope
t
No
F
No
Q.
No
N
no
D
Nope
Is there a topic by the way?
HI have started an article which is to be released before the next gameweek.
-h-sa--sNah, I meant a topic of the hangman answer?
CI has to be there as well?
Hmm I will say plants is the topic.
-h-sa-is
Have you mis spelt Chrysalis?
no
Mmm
Is y there?-hysa--s
C
-hysa-is
sorryPhysalis
Nope
Yes well done!
Just had to google it. Only knew it as a gooseberry!
Sorry. I just thought the letters would be less likely to be selected.
M
Nope
Isn't there a hangman in hangman?
It depends how seriously you take it.
I'm trying to gain ground in my mini league, what do you reckon on the moves?
a) Lukaku and Silva out --> In Aguero and Walcott (-4)
b) Vardy and Silva out --> In Aguero and Henderson (-4)
c) Sit and watch everyone with the same players score same points , snore.I got a similar scenario..
But not liking your differentials.c
this xmas is going to be template. lots of loud sharp plastic presents, relatives getting in the way of fantasy football, overdoing all food and drink and watching same things on tv.
the only differential is my brother in laws 19 year old daughter who i would gladly waste an FT on.That last line is a revealing insight into the weirdness of your mind.
guilty as charged
Just my thought about who to put the armband on in the four way race between Mahrez, Lukaku, Kane & KDB. More of a meta view here than getting too deep into stats (though many back these up), just my thoughts, would be interested to hear others
NOR v TOT. Norwich have a terrible clean sheet record (one) but don't often ship many goals either of late. Arsenal, ManU & Everton have all only gotten one goal past them. Chance of Kane resting. 1-1
LIV v LEI. With more goals conceded (5) than any team over the last 4GW. Can Klopp afford to ship another couple goals in front of a home crowd, could we see him approach the league leaders cautiously and look to nullify the attack rather than go all out themselves? Strong chance of Vardy resting, what happens when Mahrez doesn't have his party partner? 0-0, 1-1
NEW v EVE: Toon starting to look more like Palace with attack on the break being key which means there should be openings for Everton. Two good attacking teams on form and a lively crowd, should be goals in this one 3-2 sort of game could go either way.
MCI v SUN: Sunderland look leaky, Sam will talk a good game but expect the bus. A lot will depend on what time City can get the first goal but we could see another 3-1 in the same style as against Chelsea.Leicester to spank Liverpool 4-1
Okazaki & Ulloa upfront as another site is predicting will be an interesting watch. If they can put Liverpool to the sword it will silence the last argument about injuries.
Is Liverpool still a scalp?
Less about the team they play, more about performing without Vardy.
Leaning towards captaining Lukaku, rather than Mahrez.
Frankly, I don't fancy captaining a player against the club I support.You should ignore that feeling, Leicester could easily get 2 and even 3.
sakho and toure show - the eric and ern of boxing day footy
I wouldn't normally do it either but think I might make an exception this week and keep armband on Mahrez. Getting round it by benching Moreno and hoping we win 4-3!
Which is a better move:
1) Moreno -> Ward
2) VVD -> WardProbably 2 for the sheer fact Soutampton have been v poor recently not that liverpool also haven't
Yeah Southampton's form has gone right down the drain. Thanks
2 for me
Cheers
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GW16 RESULTS
I'm so sorry for the extremely late results. Been working 45 hour weeks at the moment on a project that has been badly mistimed. That, alongside my work Christmas party, has had me on me incredibly drained recently!
Gameweek 17 will be here before the next GW begins, guaranteed.
***** SCORES ON THE BOARD *****
1st - Van Klinkert Delarosa, Kalmoffit, Too Many Tacos (67pts) [3pts]
Top 4% - N/A
Top 10% - Reedy, IanP1970 (66pts), Dush64, HamsterGod, Jonblom (65pts)
with Pochecinno and Argonought on 64 points right behind.
This was honestly the weirdest scoring week - as you can see from the spreadsheet it was incredibly tight at the top and that meant due to 3 winners, no one else qualified in the top 4%!
For the second week running there has been some negativity around the FFS picks and differentials - they scored 61 points this gameweek combined. This means the following have been awarded bonus points (alongside those in the rankings above);
Pochecinno, Argonought, FantasyFootballFrog and Konig Luther!
Apologies to JazziHD and Balders, both on 61 points exactly. That is pretty bad luck!
There has been some amazing movement, not only in the top 3 but also we have a lot more people who've jumped onto 10 points to be right on the heels of the rest!
We end GW16 like this, and I'm etching to see how GW17 has turned out;
1st - Balders (13pts)
2nd - IanP1970, Dusan Citizen (11pts)
With points being thrown out left right and centre lately, its beginning to become fierce at the top. Until we meet again... (very soon)
Spreadsheet: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oyuz31n7ppeccuu/Scout%20Picks%20Challenge.xlsm?dl=0
cher dc
*oc
Noooo, one point out. Damn you Sterling!
Cheers OCP! Sounds like you've a lot on your plate, thanks for keeping this going! 🙂
Best keeper to get in (replacing non-playing McCarthy, to rotate with Myhill)
A) Lloris
B) Butland
C) HennesseyC rotates quite nice actually
Any tweaks or is my back line in check...?
Hennessey (Elliot)
Dier -/- Dawson -/- Coleman (Moreno, Simpson)coleman out
possibly next week Joe, away to New makes for an interesting game
Play Ali or Deulofeu? Also have Kane, for now (Still thinking about bringing in you know who)
On deulefeu. Is it worth getting rid this week. My only reason to keep him is he is at newcastle, and as long as lukaku is scoring he will get assists. Hows he looked lately lads?
His decision making in the final third has been quite poor especially when I saw him vs Palace
I brought him in GW 13. He's a fabulous players, but for whatever reason it hasn't translated to FPL points lately. He also had two assist that SHOULD have been credited, so unlucky. I'm keeping for this week, then likely selling for Ramsey.
i prob sell him to rambo to 🙂
