Euro 2016 is now just one day away after Portugal’s 7-0 win over Estonia brought an end to the recent batch of friendlies last night. In the first in a series of two members articles, we focus on some of the most pertinent statistics over each sides’ last four friendlies this calendar year. We begin with a look at the standout performers in defence and also assess a trio of midfielders, with a further three players in the centre of the park set to feature in tomorrow’s follow-up piece.
Very nice. Maybe downgrade sommer to kozacik and upgrade Denayer?
Good team.
Alright, think I'm happy with my team. No conflicts, Captain options nearly every day.
Sommer / (Patricio)
Rami / Hector / JuanFran (Denayer, Guerreiro)
Hamsik / Matuidi / Perisic / Stanciu (Alaba)
Giroud (C) / Muller / Ronaldo
Possible double up of Portugal D but at the price and fixtures seems best value.
I really like it.
Is Strinic first choice at the moment?
Some saying he definitely is but if that's true he should be in every single RMT!
Pesky RMTs throwing me off 🙂
Yes, imho.
Yes.
Choose one
A. Fabregas, Forsberg
B. Grosicki, Forsberg
C. Blaszczykowski, Andre Gomes
D. Payet, Chipciu/Renato
E. Arda Turan, Chipciu/Renato
Not a fan of any tbh. Fabregas and Stanciu?
How is Stanciu really. I have no idea yet.
Romania CAM (in the hole). Also their best player by a margin. £5.5m
Well thats convincing
it's like picking a w brom cam though 😛
😆
A or B
Is Grosicki fit? I wouldn't get Fabrigas in that case.
Sommer - Patricio
Alba - Ramos - Rodriguez - Schar - Strinic
Payet - Matuidi - Perisic - Alaba - Alli
Muller - Giroud - Nolito
Bring it 😎
Grt
🙂
Yeh I really like it.
I have 10 the same so I should 🙂😀
I have concerns with having 3 from Spain and with spending so much on defense.
Kozacik (Patricio)
Hector, Rodriguez, Strinic (Alba, Ramos)
Perisic, Fabregas, Matuidi, Dzemaili (Alaba)
Muller, Giroud (c), KaneNo problem with 3 Spain. Don't let that lousy friendly get to you. The team looks great 🙂
Yeh for me its not the friendly, its the inflexibility it gives me for later transfers.
No decent last day options is the only thing comes to my mind
Hmmm ... Thanks
Alaba?
juanfran - nailed do we think?
Ye
Def
Not quite 100% but as close as physically possible. He'll start.
Goals per game (National team) for some of the midfielders:
Schurrle 0,38
Gotze 0,33
De Bruyne 0,32
Hakan Calhanoglu 0,32
Perisic 0,28
Robert Mak 0,27
Ozil 0,26
Aaron Ramsey 0,26
Konoplyanka 0,25
Roman Shirokov 0,25
Borek Dockal 0,25
David Alaba 0,24
Martin Harnik 0,24
David Silva 0,24
Marek Hamsik 0,21
Fellaini 0,21
Blaszczykowski 0,21
Hazard 0,2
Arda Turan 0,19
Matuidi 0,18
Pogba 0,16
Ivan Rakitic 0,15
Junuzovic 0,15
Hmmm wonder where stanciu would fit in here 😛
He would be on the top with 0,80 goals per game. He's only played 5 games though. But quite impressive.
no junozovic!!!
Lost on last page:
Thoughts on these?
Neuer (Berisha)
Bonucci | Ciman | Dier | Srna (Hector)
Alli | Payet | KDB (Torbinsky, Glushakov)
Giroud | Ibra (c) | Müller
Lol interesting, it's the first time I see Ibra in someone's team :)) your team looks ok but there is room for improvement I think
Needs lots of work to fully take advantage of the manual subs imo. Gru should be your starting captain, or Payet
Is Fonte nailed?
A) Djourou
B) Dragovich
Both nailed on and cost 5.0 so pretty much down to which team, Switzerland or Austria will keep most clean sheetsA imo
A
This is it
Koacik Patricio
Schar Howedes Rami Juanfran Dragovic
KDB Payet Perisic Hamsik Junuzovic
Muller Giroud NolitoNolito or Quaresma?
My intuition says Quaresma will be a starter and will manage very well near CR7.
Is Nolito nailed?
I don't know either and I really want Nolito
Any 4.0 defenders nailed?
Not 100% , we'll know after matchday 1
Strinic is the word
Any thoughts folks?
McGovern / Rui Pat
Howedes / Rami / Juanfran / Strinic / Guerrero
Silva / Ozil / Matuidi / Weiss / Perisic
Giroud / Muller / MorataI like Silva, I wish I had the guts to pay the money for him.
Gents would you rather have:
a) Stanciu and Djourou
Or
b) Ali and RodriguezA
Thanks
Pick one for first two matches. I have no defensive cover from any of these nations.
A) Dier
B) Hector
C) Giaccheri
D) Dragovic
E) VidaDier
As one of the few posters not to be snooty about England's defence, can you give me your opinion on the following options, please?
Walker, Fabregas, Guerreiro, or
Rami, Alli, Hinteregger
Thanks!
A
I'm done I think. Not touching it anymore.
Patricio - 4m
Rodriguez - Schar - Rami - Dragovic - Strinic
Ozil - Perisic - Hamsik - Alli - Chipciu
Muller - Ronaldo - Giroud
WC after GW 1 when I know who're the nailed on cheapos. 🙂RMT 🙂
Kozacik (Patricio)
Hector, Rodriguez, Strinic (Alba, Ramos)
Perisic, Fabregas, Matuidi, Dzemaili (Alaba)
Muller, Giroud (c), Kane
Ramos to Dier and then have 1.5 to spend elsewhere?
Why Alaba? He played 27 league games for Bayern getting 1 goal and 0 assists and costs £7m. Maybe I'm missing someone or this isn't the same guy!
Any statistics/odds for 1-4. place in each group somewhere?
No better time to get an expert opinion from the experts
Neuer
Juanfran koscielny dier
Kroos perisic junuzovic matuidi
Muller(c) giroud morata
Subs: kozacik vertonghen pepe alli
Who's going for KdB?
Not worried about Italy + Ireland having strong defensive tactics and Belgium not exactly free-scoring?
On the other hand.. One of the best players in the tournament..o/
I just fit him in but it took a big defensive downgrade..
Babacan - Alba - Koscielny - Rodriguez - Kroos - Junuzovic
to
Kozacik - Gonul - Rami - Bonucci - KdB - Siggy🙁
And are KDB owners captaining him against Italy or a Spanish player?
For me kdb is my main man
Italy's gonna win the euros this time beating england 3-1 in the finals. Today in 'my predictions that never happen'
I put him, siggy, muller and stanciu in my team amd went from there. None have ever left it
I wouldn't get him in from the start because of the fixture vs Italy but if he starts performing would probably make room for him
Sommer (Westwood)
Glik, Juanfran, Rami, (Hinteregger, Klein)
Alaba, Fabregas, Ozil, Pogba (R. Silva)
Giroud, Muller, Lewandowski
I basically sacrificed my bench so that I could have Lewandowski vs Northern Ireland.
Any good?
I see the appeal of Lewa vs NIR, but I don't think it will be worth it unless you are wildcarding after the first matchday. You could, however, downgrade Pogba to someone and use the funds to beef up the bench, keeping Lewa.
Lewa vs NIR could more than pay for itself. You can either make 2 transfers at 4 points to downgrade him and upgrade elsewhere or WC before the second round of games which might be one of the best times to WC anyway
I would honestly downgrade Pogba to Payet or Matuidi. I would argue he's less attacking than them. If you can shave off 1m (as above for example), I think upgrading Rafa Silva would make the team a lot better. Rafa isn't guaranteed to play the final match, nor do we really know if he will produce. Both of those are important for your subs, as you don't want to accidentally put in a non-playing player.
You definitely can find funds for this by going from a 5.0 to a cheaper defender or by reducing Pogba.
Otherwise it looks good to me!
Restricted to members! Oh no! I'm so tempted but I've told myself not to throw money at these sorts of things. Can anyone persuade me? What do you get, other than this article of course?
Yeh do it! The stats are worth it
My tables. 😉
+42
It's not much money and is very useful over the course for the season. Pro Tip: start a cash mini league with your mates who aren't members here and recoup the joining fee 🙂
Tip: if they are your mates why would you want to take money off them using loaded dice?
They are all football fans who know what they're doing. Many know that sites like this exist but aren't obsessive enough about fantasy football to bother using them.
Why I see people telling that they will use the Wildcard after Matchday 1? What am I missing?
enables them to switch focus after the first match day. Fixtures change and a few good players will emerge.
The only other time I think it makes sense to play it would be after the round of 16. The other rounds give you enough free transfers that it shouldn't be necessary
WC before GW3 - my other GK is Sommer.
Only German is Muller, unless I get Draxler. I have Guerreiro as Portugal cover (I know he's not nailed).
A.
GK Rui Patricio v ICE & AUS
MF Mak v WAL & RUS
B.
GK Kozacik v WAL & RUS
MF Draxler v UKR & POLA I think.
Thanks - think it all depends on how much playing time Draxler gets.
Reply fail - see post below
Anyone got any news/articles on Grosicki?
You're better off picking a player because of them as a player rather than their team. I keep falling into the trap of picking Draxler and Matuidi for the cover, but actually their potential doesn't look that great
Yeah that's true - I suppose it depends on how much playing time Draxler gets. I like the idea of Draxler at 6.5 but probably too much uncertainty.
Stanciu or junuzovic?
A: Hamsik
or
B: Perisic
?
B.
Perisic
B
Why is my Profile pic still blank even after I changed it on Gravatar. Its been 3 days since I did that.
Might have done it incorrectly? No idea, it should work when you do it on Gravatar
Its showing on the top on the side of account. Not on the comments. Do we need to be a member for that?
Nope, very odd though that it's showing on your account link but not on comments. Maybe email one of the scouts - they may be able to shed some light on it.
I changed my gravatar still nothing is happening
Same issue here
Try again, couldn't see if it posted! Any thoughts folks?
McGovern / Rui Pat
Howedes / Rami / Juanfran / Strinic / Guerrero
Silva / Ozil / Matuidi / Weiss / Perisic
Giroud / Muller / MorataI like it a lot.
Thanks! any changes?
7 years, 10 months agoThoughts on this?
Sommer Patricio
Hector Rami Guerreiro Denayer Djourou
KDB Ozil Forsberg Perisic Alaba
Morata Giroud Muller