Having assessed the defensive data over the last four rounds of fixtures earlier in the week, we now turn our attentions to the centre of the park. We analyse a host of playmakers from Everton, Spurs, Arsenal, West Ham and City before casting an eye over the recent new arrivals at Sunderland and Newcastle, as the Wear-Tyne duo step up their battle to beat the drop.
i'm glad i sold him for Forster a few weeks ago
Alli→Eriksen(c) yes or No?
no
W
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No
No
Nyet
Nein
Nah
No
Never mind
PL clubs in Europa league are a disgrace... When you look at the la Liga clubs in both CL and EL, the PL is faaaaar behind.
the EPL has become more equal overall which has given us this great season, but partly because the top teams have weakened. id still rather have that than the barca madrid +1 snore fest year in year out.
I've had a look at all the blanks and DGWs that have happened in the past 3 seasons and added it to my spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zcb5jGdVitByKQ8R1X4gcEBpiNY9qbLylr72btlTubc/edit#gid=2970485
I've included how many days in advance they announced each DGW fixture. If you notice any mistakes or if I've missed a blank/DGW, let me know.
The reason I only went back 3 seasons was because, as far as I'm aware, there haven't been any Premier League games on the same night as Champions League games in that time. I reckon the last time a Premier League game clashed with the Champions League was Villa vs Bolton on April 24th 2012 (it was postponed because it was supposed to be played a few days after that horrible Fabrice Muamba incident).It's really tough for me with Dgw34 and blanks @GW35 as I played my WC ....
Cheers perchThat's a shame, understandable though as it's the first time we've had these chips and a 2nd WC available beyond January. I guess next year most players will be less wasteful with their important chips.
any idea how i can save a copy of that sheet as an XLSX? i can only see it on my phone (work blocks google drive) and id like to open it in Excel
Sorry mate, no idea. I've posted pictures of the spreadsheet (in four parts) on twitter - @BenCrellin
"File" -> "Download as" -> "Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)"
No File or Download as.
I'm on an iPhoneNo idea then sorry mate
Share > export > mail/download/ save etc.
cheers!
So the earliest is 18 days in advance and it's usually in the twenties. Thanks dude
Bring in Vardy for a hit or fix my defence?
Butland
Alderweireld - Bertrand - Francis
Sanchez - Ozil - Payet - Mahrez - Alli
Kane (C) - Ighalo
Myhill - Williams - Aguero* - Moreno* (2FT - 0.1 ITB)
Cheers.Why for a hit when you have two FT?
Who would I downgrade though? Would probably need 2 defensive changes.
Just do Aguero -> Vardy, simples 🙂
Will wait till after the cup games but have three options:
(1) Afobe to Vardy
(2) Sanchez to Stoke MF
(3) Richards to Morgan/ Huth
1 FT only with 2.7 itb
Butland
Dawson, Bellerin, Toby
Alli, Mahrez, Sanchez, Ozil, Payet
Kane (c), Costa
Subs: Elliot, Afobe, Moreno, Richards,(1)
Not confident about fielding 3 Arsenal players at OT. Which one should I bench? Bellerin/ Sanchez/ Ozil?
Mate, the way united are going you should have no qualms at all about fielding 3 Arsenal at OT
Save FT.
TM you didn't allow my totp yesterday 🙁
Baines is probably gonna have a price fall in the next cut. But he'll be one of the few to have a game in GW30 if they lose to Bournemouth and Oviedo gets injured or something.
Sooo, would it be worth taking a -0.1M to see that highly unlikely scenario happen while Everton also have a blank in the coming GW? 😀
I wouldn't want to keep just because better exist
Didn't get what you mean by 'better exist' .
Think he means exists. Baines is a waste atm.
Baines to Fuchs is what I had planned. But I could think of getting Fuchs for someone else if Baines has a chance.
Currently on Ivanovic, Bellerin, Dawson, Williams, Baines.Yes I did, was rushing to type before I answered a skype call on my phone.
I was so close 🙁
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/12710836You could have backed United.
Debauchy's comment 😆
I just gave a smile. Membership would have been a better investment.
I really should take my Xmas tree down. Has anyone see a member called bend it like Bennett ever speak on here?
I don't recall him. Have you tried to view his profile?
I tried and failed. He is my cup opponent
New grav time I feel
Test
Hmmm
Remember it takes a few minutes
But what could it be?
Hello Mr cheese
Just trying to work out what that is
Are you homeless?
A drunk Nick Nolte sitting on a park bench.
I like being drunk.
It's not nick Nolte. However now I've gone for me and the Mrs for a few weeks, whilst it's quiet
A man sat down, I don't like it will change
I fear for humanity
read the URL, assumed it would be another SeaWorld piece, nope! Absolute tits picked a dolphin out of the sea to take selfies with it. Smh.
I was just at an aquarium today in Auckland. No Dolphins there but still sickens me when I see this stuff. Common sense is a superpower as my old head chef used to say.
I'm thinking of losing Sanchez and ighalo for Costa and bolaise or zaha, depending on cup fixtures. What do you think?
Don't ditch Sanchez before he's up against
Romero
Blind, Smalling, McNair, LoveI tend to agree with this as a united fan... Coupled with his stats. What's the full team?
My full team is:
Butland
Kosi, Simpson, cedric, Bertrand, Wolly
Barkley, Sanchez, ozil, payet, Alli
Kun, Kane, ighalo
I know, it wasn't my original intention just he didn't look great I'm the last match. He was getting in positions but just no end product, plus Costa is appealing. I could go vardy for ighalo and possibly lose barkley, but barkley looked good. Tough choices. I really want bolaise plus I have to downgrade a player to upgrade ighalo
Vardy is the better choice if you can keep Sanchez. Leicester have some great fixtures too. Why the Bolasie love?
Because I have a feeling, he is itching to repay for his silly injury extension. He would of been back quicker but got whiplash in a car accident. He should return in the cup as a sub and league as a starter. Expect us to beat west brom
Ooh, now you're tempting me 🙂
😀 my thoughts always come with a disclaimer that I'm not responsible for any outcomes that may occur lol
Haha ok, I'll keep that in mind. 🙂
He did get a double digit haul in the revers fixture (!)
Plus vardy is a horrible racist thug who makes my skin crawl
Yeah I expect palace to win comfortably. You don't have to like him to earn you points mate. Same goes for Costa. Scumbag.
Yeah I know, we'll see still a week before I confirm any changes
Hello everyone. Any exciting transfers being made for next GW?
I'm saving. It's a long wait and I wish I could spot something juicy but I can't.
Having said that I do reckon Sanchez could get his haul now so I'm mildly tempted to bring him in and captain him. Would meet benching Costa though.
So...no.Mean.
I mean mean.Yes I think he could do well also but I wouldn't like benching Costa. I'm unsure wether I should play Forster or Hennessy. Currently playing Hennessy as I think Chelsea will end saints cs run.
I agree.
Would you play ward over bellerin?Argh that's tough. With all of uniteds injuries I'd like to play Bellerin but WBM are awful so Ward is a good choice also. I'd like to play both. But your other options are obviously too good to bench right?
I'm starting 3 of Wolschild, Daniels, Ward and Bellerin.
Daniels plays for his pens.
Wolschild plays for the fixture.
The other 2 I have low expectations but they can be used to cover Dan and Cech. I guess that's the question. Who needs covering?
no price changes early this Morning?
Stickies
cheers TM.. checked and lost between 'yes & no' answers earlier
Thinking of playing bellerin over dann purely cause of United's injury problems. Thoughts?
I too am interested in people's thoughts here.
Hmm plus no Rooney, seems good to me
I'm sticking with Cech
Lukaku --> Kane or Ighalo? league leader has Kane i need to catch him...
Gosh there's so many problems here. -.- I'll wait for the blanks but any tips on who I should be looking to remove here? Hazard is one (yeah it's a failed gamble instead of Firmino - I just figured let's have fun)
Butland (Schwarzer)
Dann Dawson Cedric(!) TobyA Simpson
Mahrez Payet Ozil Alli ......hazard -_-
Ighalo Kane AgueroGet Vardy in
For?
Just got in Kane 1st time this season two weeks ago after getting killed for it. It's going to be a tough sell to me to remove him.
Ighalo is my bench guy, and at 5.1 (that's when I bought him), he's pretty good value. Plus I don't really have the cash to do this in any case.
Aguero maybe, I can consider that.
If you have 1FT I would probably save the transfer. Your lineup is fine this week and there is no point removing hazard for someone you wouldn't start this week.
Oh i just realised you would actually start the replacement since you have aguero. In that case keep an eye open for FA Cup results and make a transfer next week, probably for Haz
Woah woah woah
3 posts in 2 minutes . slow down there!I just read about the guy who cashed out and missed out on 900k :ozil:
Is there a link?What? How much did he cash out?
Apparently he cashed out 7k but the remaining results also went his way so he missed out on 900k. I know very little except what wildrover said on previous page
How important is owning Vardy this GW?
Is it way to risky to go without?I sold Kun temporarily for him...
I'm going without.
Interesting, what's your reasoning?
Mine are that I might want Lukaku vs Villa and Everton may not have a blank. Also, I could play Antonio(SUN) and save the FT or take him out and punt on whoever I want 🙂Selling and buying back Aguero would use up 2 FTs, which I can't afford to do with blanks and DGWs coming up.
Ighalo and Kane have good fixtures this week, and Huth substituting in for Aguero should be good enough.Very similar reasoning for me
me too
Very risky. He'll wear a lot of armbands.
Consider your rank and ambition.I dunno, it just seems so boring...
but most of the times, boring is good
Should I boot Igloo for Vardy?
Igloo has scored well against the kak teams.
Its not the sensible thing to do on paper but i would boot and captain.
Noted. Chaars 😉
Possibly
Reported. Chaars 😉
I am keeping ighalo
(captaining kane anyway)
So am I then 😛
Ha. Shall we go halves on a new sofa?
Probably yes
Noted 😛
What about kun→Hardy if city win vs Chelsea ?
vardy*
I will be getting Vardy for him but I am waiting with 2 ft's until FA cup is out of the way. I reckon both are liable to get double digit scores. I have the boodle to ignore the price rises. I have a good 11 on paper for Gw 28 so I will probably only use 1 ft anyway.
3 to start:
A) Bellerin
B) Dann
C) Ivanovic
D) Fuchs
E) Rose
Currently on the last threeA,b,c
All playable.
Good luck with this one.DE and toss a coin
Rose is rotated quite often so maybe Dann is a better option with his goal threat and up against a terrible attacking team
DE + CT
ACD
Cheers all. Flipping a coin it is
CDE with B first sub.
Regarding DGW's
http://i.imgur.com/R7EaOfJ.gifvHaven't seen you for a while SALAS
Aye, life stuff mate. How's u doin bruv?
Who to bring in as this week's differential?
Shaqiri or Arnautovic?
Arnie's stats are better and on pens but he missed last match through illness.Shaqiri if you want more of a differential. Arnie is probably the better option though.
I like Shaqiri however he is rather injury prone
Oh look the big blogger boys be talking.
I'm no blogger boy! 😛
Arn
Oscar/Willian. 😉
Yeah, never brought in a Stoke attacking player for ages given the general paucity of their goal scoring (not since Jon Walters was a big hitter!), but having watched the horror shows that were the Aston Villa and Newcastle defences last week I feel getting one in is an absolute must for the next two home fixtures (with definite gw 30 bonus too)
Neither
arnie if fit or Eriksen 🙂
I'm going to pull a JAF on the next page.
What is 'pulling a JAF'?
Oscar/Willian for Firminho worth -4 to field 11 this week?
Or Chelsea likely to have a blank in gw 30?-2* may be Willian if city win
Cheers!
who would you play this GW?
Butland or Forster?
Leaning to Butland at present!Butland
Top
'Apologies for top post'
Eh?
It's a thing which most say when their post is top
I know but those people are not Obi Mikel 😎
😎
I don't know why people were laughing at Leicester when they were celebrating to be top while you having your thug life for being top of the page
Eh?
are you Edin Hazardous ??
Nope he's John obi Mike mikelous 🙂
Do the 'sorry for crappy top post' thingy.
Eh?
Eh?
Will all teams with/without a game ingw 30 be known after this weekends FA cup matches?
No
Only if there are no draws
and if the weekend includes monday
Then shall we know?
Teams who progress in the cup (and their GW30 opponents) will have a blank GW30
Teams who draw will be uncertain
Teams who lose will have a GW30 fix if their opponent is also out of the cup.
Got it?Yes. I like the 3rd statement.
Yes it means either city or chelsea at least should have a fix for some "big guns"... Not that many of their mids are appealing right now.
Maybe William and a punt on Pedro. However I think a city mid would be the best coz of dgw 34 right? Even if its a punt like eeeh... Whoever..
8 years, 2 months agoDe Gea owners. I hope you have a playing backup!