It’s time to delve into the Gameweek 8 Opta data now, in our first member’s article of the week. A host of midfielders jostle for our attention, as we check in on Southampton, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Stoke’s top performers.
Worth keeping an eye on. Will surely play up front given zaza woeful performances so far
Zaza played well at the weekend apparently.
Ok but still not scoring. Ayew attacking enough regardless imo
I agree. Also i doubt west ham want to trigger buy clause of Zaza by playing him in a certain number of games
It's a nasty clause in terms of price right ? 25m odd?
Something like that
Horrible.
He doesn't get off the bench once Ayew's back
Relative to recent performances.
He still looked off the pace, frustrated, greedy and no closer to a goal.He finally got a shot on goal lol
could be good value, hopefully his price dropped a bit
Bottomed.
Is bolasie to Lallana worth a hit. Already have Firmino. Don't have Lukaku
Anyone got a link to the Arsenal and City lineups please?
Got it now. No worries
Thanks.
hmm, just tuned in hoping Theo would be rested and there's a whole Aguero-benched-gate going on! Tactical ?
Yep surely.
Im sure you've all been going mad over it already but Aguero benched what the absolute ffffffff
Will be playing at Torino come January
I prefer it. No chance of injury for this weekend
Not good for his confidence though
Not sure as this won't be a regular thing and it is tactical. If it happens again this weekend, it will affect his confidence , yes.
anyone else pls, Best C: 10 min to go! thx
A C Neymar MCI,
B C Neymar MCI
C Keep CR7 14 pts
who is the 2nd B?
B Suarez sorry
tough call, maybe play it save and stick with CR7. can't predict who will get more out of Suarez/Neymar.
think i just pressed the hbutton haha and went w neymar. oh well.
mci hasnt been keeping cs in PL so why not? and neymar can easily get a n assist and/or goal no..?btw, u in any leagues? if u have code
PEP ON AGUERO: "I know how important he is to us but I have gone for more midfielders. I was born here [in Catalonia] but I'm not here for a holiday or to have fun. I am here to make the best job possible. We come here to try to win the game."
Makes it seem like a one off, hmm
Brilliant. Him and Jose ("Rooney's still first choice") have invented this new place a million miles beyond passive-aggressive
You can't just go benching Aguero.
This. Inter player come next summer!?
As if Inter could attract him
€€€€€€€
(Or whatever the sign for Chinese currency is)Yuan Mata
this
Maybe Mark was onto something?
https://twitter.com/andy85wsm/status/788811543836299264
thankfully Barcelona are not in the PL. 😉
Yup. Something not right
UCL:
1. Stick with Otavio 5pts or switch to Kimmich?
Kimmich should get a minimum of 2-3pts so wouldn't loose to much if he fails.
2. Stick with Ronaldo (C) 2x7pts or switch to Lewandowski/Griezmann?
Not sure here...1 goal and the new captain is already on the same score as Ronaldo.
Twist to Lewandowski.
thanks! leaning towards to it.
Bayern at home to PSV could be a goal fest. Feels low risk/high reward (ish).
I've done it...hope they show a reaction after their weekends league draw.
Who does this 'Pep' guy think he is
I know what you mean he never captained Aguero against Newcastle in gw 8 😡
Even if it is for tactical reasons, it's a shocker aguero not starting! You would have thought he's the 1st name on the team sheet
Who would take the penalty if City got one with Aguero off the pitch? KDB or Kolarov?
KDB I reckon
Yeah. That's what the tab says. Just the recent miss making me wonder
Silva
Kolarov
33-1 FGS. A bit nuts though 🙂
Kdb gudongen or silva
Has Mason had a negative impact on Snodgrass' attacking threat?
Hm.
Peps mental , trying to be too clever ?
Still Aguero (c) nailed for me now this week
Sanchez without a doubt.
Heaton
Clyne Amat Vertonghen
Antonio Firmino Snodgrass Sterling
Ibrahimovic Lukaku Aguero
Pickford Capoue Collins Evans
Sterling > Walcott my best transfer this week?Can you afford Antonio to wacloot? Or perhaps Antonio to Lallana
No to Walcott & after his drop in price last night no Antonio to Lallana
Oh dear. I think Antonio out is pressing. But you need arsenal cover. How many fts ?
Just the one unfortunately. Wasn't going to do a transfer before tomorrow with all these matches going on midweek.
CR7 14pt or go Neymar or Suarez C? anyone else.
Inclined to twist to Suarez or Neymar, but not sure which one. It's a crapshoot with those guys. Suarez, if I had to choose.
went Neymar haha. dude is a freak and could easily have an assist and or goal imo as MCI not keeping cs in pl no?
by the w, u in any league CL, u have a code? im in 2 nowGood luck. Neymar does know how to score. I played UCL last year, but passed it by this year. Just wanted to focus on FPL, and after UCl got into the quarterfinals, it seemed most managers were fielding the same time due to limited available players.
"....fielding the same team..." *
btw they finally fixed the system glitches 4u to knnow
Message for Pep:
http://imgur.com/a/lyQQM
Playing my options. Which one you see best - ABC ?
Walcott - Coutinho - Allen - ??? - ???
Lukaku - Austin - ???
Current : Sterling + Sanchez + Kun
A) KDB + Sanchez + Costa
B) KDB + Ozil + Kun
C) KDB + Sanchez + Kun .. must downgrade Austin to DiomandeIs this on a wildcard
KdB plus alli kun
Aguero missing peno's left, right and centre and now getting benched twice in a row. The lads confidence must be in tatters.
Very possible.
Yep. Only 11 goals so far this season. Gotta feel for the lad
His look after missing the pen
Man was almost cryingNahhhh. Benched because of a long trip back to the UK from South America after the internationals and benched here for tactical reasons. He will have a blinder this weekend.
Yeah I'll probably captain him. An angry Kun at home...
I'm not saying it's gonna happen BUT
imagine if he ain't even a Man City player by the weekend.
Pandemonium.
Pep Guardiola claims his decision to bench Sergio Aguero for Manchester City’s Champions League clash with Barcelona was down to wanting more midfield players.
‘No, I decide for other players,’ Guardiola told BT Sport.
‘I want more midfield players today and that’s the reason why.
‘We come here to try to win the game, I know how important Sergio is for us, but I want a more midfield players in the middle.’
why was he benched for everton then
Was hoping to see Sanchez sit out this game! Hopefully get a first half hattie then give Perez a run out second half!
Mascherano was struggling against pace in a back 3. Sterling could kill him 1v1...
Which combo?
A) Austin and one of Alli/Son/Lallana/Coutinho
B) Lukaku and SiggyB
What about Lukaku plus Lallana
Yes, can afford that too, already have Firmino though
Doesn't matter. You were thinking of Lallana Coutinho in A anyway !?!
Yes, really good idea, cheers! Think Lallana will start most matches from now?
All of them
Not looking forward to listening to Mcmanaman moan for 90 minutes
Sorry if this has been asked before, where's Kun?
Benched
So why was he "rested" over the weekend? Hmm something seems fishy.
Apparently Pep wants to "win" this game so he decided to bench Kun
The irony is just hitting me 😛
On the phone to his agent
You would think.
This is surely not good for Aguero
Is there any way sanchez gets rested v boro??
Not impossible.
See him being taken off tonight though if Arse are running it
Highly doubt it
Nah he'll be rested during League cup
If it's tactical why did aguero not join in the warm up? Pep confirmed hes fit
Wow Walcott big chance missed
He's good at that
7 years, 6 months agoAyew has returned to full training today.