Next this Saturday, we catch up on the member’s area statistics over the last three rounds of fixtures with our usual post-Gameweek article.
We assess the lay of the land at Arsenal as a result of Olivier Giroud’s first-team return before analysing Tottenham’s man of the moment and Manchester United’s pair of form players.
West Ham and Everton also play a part in our thinking ahead of some fine upcoming fixtures.
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G2G mate.
Time to move for Giroud with this lot?
Negredo has decent fixtures too but think I would be silly not to bring in Giroud now..
Thoughts?
Heaton (SOU).
Alonso(lei), Walker (WBA), Jones (LIV).
Eriksen(WBA), Lallana(mun), Sanchez(swa), Phillips(tot).
Ibra(LIV), Negredo(wat), Costa(lei).
Pickford(out), Holebas(MID), Whelan (sun, Amat (ARS).
1ft, 2.5m in bank..
now that giroud is in form and Walcott has missed many games is the time to bring the Frenchman in. I had rondon but decided to take a hit, not to miss any giroud hauls in the next easy fixtures, before champions league rotation and fatigue. he could be benched, but he could even come on as a sub to turn a draw into a win and into points for us
Baines and Daniels or
Daniels and Rose?
Went with Baines and Daniels myself. Feels good to have 2 pk taking dfs . But I have walker
Wilson takes BOU pens, no?
baines or rose isn't it?
Rose
Rose and Brunt
Who's the better option and why?
A) Kane
B) Lukaku
Appreciate your thoughts!
Lukaku, replied on previous page
A
kaku
get eriksen or alli from spurs
B with Eriksen
Or Alli
How's she looking?
Grant
Holebas Jones Alonso
Sanchez Hazard Eriksen Phillips
Giroud(c) Costa Ibra
Jaku* McAuley Hojbjerg Amat
-4 & 0 ITB
It's like big breasts with flat ass
Great. Giroud c...that's brave. Stats say Sanchez...
I'm also on Giroud (C) I like your style.
Early thoughts for next GW... Supposing Coutinho and Walcott are fit, and no other injuries, which of these is the most tempting?
A. Brunt, Coutinho, Giroud
B. Rose, Phillips, Lukaku
C. Brunt, Walcott, Lukaku
Thanks.
A.
Forget Walcott for now
Why? He will be straight in the starting 11.
Can you be sure of that when Ozil is back too?
Wenger must have seen that Walcott - Ozil - Sanchez is far better than Giroud and others. Giru can't play ball, he can gather fpl points though...
Given his recent scoring record you think Giroud won't be starting the next few? I don't think you can say Walcott will be a certain starter when he is fit.
Giroud just needs to score goals . Leave the playing to the kids
There is no need to rush him with giroud hitting. Iwobi is playing well . Ramsey may hit form .
By then easy fixtures maybe over for Arsenal.
I saw only the game vs Bourn, but Ramsey looked very bad in that game to me.
A
Morning all. 🙂
Team for the gw.
Foster
Bellerin - Brunt - Mee
Sanchez - Hazard - Phiips - Stanisas
Aguero - Ibrahimovic - Giroud
Jakupovic - Carrick - Amat - Lenihan
1.8m itb for Mee :arroe: Baines next gw.
Thoughts please?
I would downgrade bellerin , Arsenal isn't exactly keeping CS, and go with either Rose or Walker , use the fund to tidy up bench. Blanks maybe coming sooner than you think
Beerin got me 8 - 7 - 0 points in 3 gws after got him. Fixtures are subime and he's got immense attacking threat. Panning to keep him at east ti gw 25.
Arsenal have kept 2 clean sheets in the last 3 league games, if this season is about 'short term form' then how can this be dismissed?
Good Team. Lack of Alli/Erikssen might hurt.
Had Ai ti ast gw. Caught al his major haus except the ast one. He' be back in for Hazard in gw 23.
Sound plan!
bellerin is injured
so if he is out for long
could be bellers to baines
and you should upgrade one of Amat or lenihan instead of mee first
Bellerin should be fine. He's a great differential. Not wiling to lose him soon.
I will fix the bench with my WC. Starting XI good enough I guess.
i said if he is out for long only then ship
he is good if you can afford to keep
Cheers. Will monitor team news closely.
Just prep for the worst with Bellerin. Since when have Arsenal players been able to shrug off knocks.
If Bellerin was injured enough to miss games next week don't you think Wenger would have given Jenkinson a run out to tune him up rather then Maitland Niles?
Makes no sense, looks like a typical Wenger excuse to justify leaving half the first team at home just like Ozil has probably not been ill but having a winter break instead.
Lol Jenkinson? Has no confidence in him. He even played useless Gabriel over a fully fit Jenkinson in the premier league.
http://www.espn.in/football/arsenal/story/3009932/arsenals-carl-jenkinson-has-no-confidence-arsene-wenger
That's all he has, he's certainly not playing Maitland Niles in the PL so makes zero sense to play him unless it's a one and done for the cup.
Bellerin will be fine.
That article doesn't back up your point, if Bellerin is injured and Gabriel is to play RB then he would have yesterday with Holding playing at CB.
Bellerin will be fine...
You glad you got kun? 😛
Definitely not although Costa blanked so just about got away with it.
I don't understand why you are being so needlessly stubborn about Bellerin. No one is saying he'll be dropped. You are basically saying Wenger is lying when he said Bellerin is injured. Not sure anyone can talk you out of what you want to believe. And fyi, the Arsenal backline when bellerin was injured a few weeks ago was
Gabriel Kosc Mustafi Monreal
Really not sure what you're getting at.
I'm not being stuborn just pointing out that Wenger does lie to protect his decisions and you have no clue at the status of said injury as he didn't go into it so maybe don't give out bad advice until it's clear, that's what's making this site lose its quality.
You are fairly insane. Wenger said Bellerin is injured, not me or not some random tweet. I'd believe him than you or your crazy theories. I asked the poster to prep for the worst rather than be bullish about Bellerin being fine. Jeez.
OK, everyone sell because Wenger said he's injured, hasn't said what or how long for but prepare for amputation.
See, you lack comprehension skills.
And you're one of those who seems to believe everything Wenger tells you.
When he tells you the team shows great character and mental strength after its been battered you're one of those who probably agree.
Ok, you win. You make posts like these and you talk about the quality of the site. Hmm.
This is such a pointless argument, there's a week and a presser to go, sure all will be revealed. I want to believe he's ok so I'm going to but if he's not then he's an easy transfer out
Agree. I don't even know why there was an argument in the first place. Wenger said Bellerin was injured. The poster assumed fairly confidently he's fine. Just wanted to sound out a warning, that Arsenal's history with injuries mean you can't take that for granted and to brace yourself for the worst possible news. There was nothing that said transfer him out asap or whatever. And we've typed posts and posts about bad advice and Wenger lying and what not.
Was just about to do Francis to Ake when fortunately I saw the recall rumours.
I also have Cedric with his own injury and rotation issues - my plan was to get Rose/Monreal in the coming weeks.
a) Francis to Chambers (leaving money to upgrade Cedric to a premium-ish def)
b) Francis to Daniels (leaving only 5.3 for a Cedric replacement)
A
Well 5.3 is 0.1 to have Baines . Kind of premium too
baines is 5.5 now
Baines 5.5 now. Not a great deal 5.4 or below imo.
*5.3
Brunt? WBA great fixtures, takes deadballs
Good shout, but have Foster in gk and would prefer to avoid double up - especially with my other gk Pickford being injured.
Think Cedric is fine, it was only a knock on the head. He'll be well rested and should start against Burnley
Heaton
Walker Chambers Ake Baines
Lallana Alli Sanchez
Costa Defoe Ibrahimovic
Foster Phillips Pieters De Roon
On my WC and would appreciate some advice.
Should I
A keep
B Ake, Sanchez & Defoe > 4.7 def?, Hazard & Giroud
why in the world would you want to do B
keep ans monitor ake
Keep . Suicidal to ship Sanchez out .
So I have all these guys on my WC right now:
A) Bellerin (injured)
B) Ake - (might go to Chelsea but I have only 2 Chelsea players)
C) Alonso - (Roation threat by Ake)
Who should the replacements be?
Appreciate your thoughts!
Bellerin to Rose/Walker
monitor all
no need to think about replacements atm
Yes I'll have better information by Friday. Think I'll just keep Alonso & Ake because if it doesn't happen this week they have very good fixtures.
A. Rose/Walker/Baines
B. Friend/Chambers(you may have more funds doing A.)
C. No threat , but to be sure Azpil
Yes those are the replacements I have in mind. But I have Chambers.
How does this look like for a WC team?
Grant Heaton
Brunt Daniels Rose Baines Amat
Alli Sanchez Phillips Stanislas DeRoon
Costa Ibra Defoe
0.9 in the bank
if stanislas works out that's a very good team
Great team.
I have the exact same midfiled on my Wc.
Too heavy in defense. I'd upgrade Phillips or Stanislas or even Amat to better 5th defender.
Absolutely love it. I'd personally have Kun instead of Costa but it's perfect otherwise
Grant
Azpi-Rose-Cedric
Sanchez (c)-Eriksen-Lallana-Phillips-Stanislas
Costa-Zlatan
Pickford -Evans-Capone-Amat
GTG?
Oops.. Read Origi instead of Capoue
not gtg
You have 6 mids
plus Cedric to chambers
Imagine Ake becomes a regular at Chelsea when he goes back this week 🙂
Bandwagon
yep
said last night
4.4 playing chelsea defender would be the stuff of dreams
had him for some weeks now
and he is matching premium forwards mids and defenders at only 4.4
There's got to be a good chance. Why else would they recall him early when they have Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry in reserve?
Because non of those are any good at lwb and maybe Conte thinks Ake better than those 3 anyway
Wc team . Please dissect. Thanks
Heaton (jaku)
Baines Daniels brunt Walker chamber
Hazard Alexis Alli Phillip snodgras
Giroud Zlatan (Barnes)
2.5 ITB for snoddy > coutinho when fit
since you use your 2nd and last wildcard of the season, you d better plan to have a reliable bench too.
as it stands, jaku is never playing, so you should look for another cheap gk sub like grant to rotate.
def is nice.
mid also nice, only that hull always depend on Snodgrass and he cant always perform. stanislas is good for now, allen could be too
I d like a better cheap 3rd striker, like rondon/origi/negredo
of course, no Origi
Good advice . May look to bring in grant .
I am playing 3-5-2 . Hope to have fit coutinho firing on all cylinders to replace snodgras, I dilemma whether to bring junior in instead of snod. Deciding factor is pk duty and new manager Marco Silva
What happens if Kun becomes essential in a few weeks? Barnes puts you in a difficult position
U need to decide whether he will or he won't be essential. I have gone with the later.
Conte has seen what Ake can actually do given the chance and I'm certain he's got a plan for him which doesn't involve warming him on the bench every match.
I think Ake will play.
I dont think many of us thought Moses much chance this season but look at what Conte has done with him.
So who is he going to replace?
Rub-a-dub-dub.
Moses, Cahill or Matic
Not Alonso?
Because I own Ake & Alonso both on wc. So might as well just keep them both.
I dont think Alonso, hes a Conte signing whos playing well.
Ake is a risk but I cant see him bringhig him back to bench him when he has a strong bench already.
Errr...only Cahill is a defender. 😕
Ake can also play in Midfiled like he has done for Chelsea before and Bournemouth this season for a few games.
This. He's a versatile player.
Maybe they are selling ivanovic , hence need additional cover
Can someone give me a snow report please. I need to plan my wc and dgws, etc.
I think it will snow in February
No theories. Accurate forecasts only please.
Which option is better
A Hazard & Giroud
Or
B Sanchez & Defoe
A
B.
Tough one, if Giroud became nailed on, then probably A
B
B
you would not want to scramble to get Sanchez again in your team if you remove him now
Hazard has 2 goals and 1 assist in last 8 games and only 5 shots on target
Can't you just answer A or B without banging on yet again about Hazard?
😛
No trying to help
B
yep looks like it
no point hindering his development when he will not even play
let's wait and see what happens
RF Scotty B
On holiday with veeery intermittent internet access, haven't had the usual time to pore over my team.
Quick verdict: team looking ok, and can I save WC for now?
Heaton, Pickford
Vertonghen, Evans, Chambers, Ake, Amat
Sanchez, Hazard, Alli, Lallana, De Roon
Ibrahimovic, Costa, Defoe
0FT, 0.1 in bank
no need to WC
Defence looks a bit iffy but definitely no need to WC
which team looks better
a)
pickford grant
baines cedric ake chambers jones
alli coutinho mkhitaryan sanchez phillips
barnes aguero costa
or
b)
pickford grant
baines jones nyom chambers ake
hazard eriksen sanchez coutinho morrison
crouch aguero ibrahimovic
mornin dzzz, FT made...2m itb
Heaton
Valencia holebas smith -- mcauly Taylor
Sanchez Philips Ali pogba-- fletch
Kane Ibra benteke
A: gtg and hope teke is fit..bench has tough fixtures tho
B: teke >> Defoe/giroud (-4)..leaves funds to upgrade def thereafter
C: teke >> kaku (-4)...leaves 0m so defence suffers
D: something else?
B
What do you think of my team below?
B
to Giroud I think
No unfortunately still short on that. Thinking Origi + Alonso to Giroud +smith
A. Save for the moment. Teke looks like he may play vs whu, not worth a hit to trf him out IMO.
thanks guys
B with Defoe
assistance would be appreciated here people?
Cech • Pickford*
Lovren • Williams • Alonso • Amat • Francis*
Sanchez • Alli • Lallana • Allen • Capoue
Ibra • Kun •Origi
0.2 ITB 1FT
Does Lovren/Williams > Chambers/Friend allow you to do Origi > Defoe?
No unfortunately still short on that. Thinking Origi + Alonso to Giroud +smith
I was thinking Origi and Alonso in...
Remove Kun. No one will finish in the top million with Kun in their teams.
Guess I'm going to drop over 993k places...
Yep-it happened to me too.
Difference early in the season as opposed to half way through.
Look at my finishing history ans never finished above 50k
Milfs are the ones to invest in. You need to apply the VORP theory re Kun.
Awful, awful advice.
Let me just hide your horrid little post in cow corner.
Yes considering this Jaf, not sure about not being in the 1m rank but Kun not being on pens now has worried me a bit.
I would consider Origi to Negredo/Gray for this week.
Williams to Baines or Francis to Chambers next week.
Origi + Lovren --> Gray + Rose/Walker if affordable for Upgrade Amat/Francis
Yeah some nice options ther guys thanks. Still short for that Moin unfortunately
origi + allen >> barnes + walcott (-4) if he wally is fit
or eriksen if u have funds for that?
Those on a WC, keeping Ake or moving on for someone else?
Decide that on 13th Night, if the move goes through
Any chance it goes through later?
Not on Wc, but plan was Amat to Ake. Now probably Chambers.
Aaron Ramsey worth a punt?
a big no
lol, thanks!
Origi great value now that Mane is off and Sturridge can't start?
Why can't he start? Plus Coutinho back soon, Firmino may well go back up top
Because he seems to get injured when playing more than 30 mins, idk 😀
I'm getting rid i think. Be great to think he may start next week vs swans but can't be doing with the hassle
He should play given the injuries to Sturridge, Coutinho(?) and Mane's absence, but he hasn't looked sharp at all when he's played..
If you have him, worth keeping for a bit an assessing. I might even rotate him for Pool's alternating good/bad fixtures.
I realise he has been bad, but two benchings should wake him up. Also, Pool attack is a lottery so might as well get the cheapers tickets (Lallana and Origi). Goals will be scored, that's for sure
They certainly aren't smashing teams 5-1 anymore.. Dunno if anyone except Coutinho is worth it atm.
He has been out for so long it would be silly to go for him straight away unless feeling punty
If you have a good mid to cover 50% of the matches he doesn't play, keep
Penalties provide goals and goals provide points, I get that, however don't you think we all often use them as an excuse to buy or not buy players?
Ita obviously a nice extra but I think people over use it for decisions.
Obviously the Kun example this week. Now the best striker in the league is suddenly not worth having because he's lost pens.
Flip side Callum Wilson is often being talked about but he's not even nailed and in the side all the time.
In 50/50 calls definitely use it as a decider but don't let them drive bad decisions.
Somewhat agree but 12.8 is a big out lay without that 'bonus'
I agree and it's not just KUN I'm talking about. Agree with point below. Lazy researchers. Still best striker in the league. The expense and whether it's worth it is still the same debate.
Around 15% of kuns goals are pens. You can't just ignore thst
Instead of a missed penalty, he will get an assist for the penalties he earning..
No one has even mentioned this possibility. And it's a valid point.
People just want an easy excuse to justify not buying Kun and they often can't be bothered to do any research.
Having said that, pens ARE a nice bonus, especially for a striker playing in an attacking team with pacy wingers, or a player in defence who often has a great chance of BAPs if they get a lucky pen and clean sheet (i.e. Baines or occasionally Daniels).
Well then hazard or costa . Hazard has pen
Penalties don't occur enough for me to make it a major factor in choosing a player. It's a nice bonus and that's it
This
Agreed completely. That's how I look at it and in complete 50/50 calls.
Penalty takers have been more of a curse then a plus this ssason.
Defoe has done the right thing all season... 🙂
Where will Pep play Gabriel Jesus?
Is he a threat to Kun's playing time ?
If not whose position is up for grab?
Sterling?
On the wing, but close to goal according to Pep.
That's either KDB or sterling
Pep Guardiola orders Manchester City to let contracts of Yaya Toure, Jesus Navas, Bacary Sagna, Willy Caballero, Gael Clichy and Aleksandar Kolarov Run Out and not be offered new deals.
Hmmm
when is the ake move expected to take place????
will he play the hull game???
He'll play every minute. Shoe in for of pfa player of year
Don't think you will see him play for Bournemouth again
He'll play Hull GW22 at Stamford Bridge, yes. 😉
If ake move takes place before hull, wouldn't bmouth be left short of central df cover as Francis is unavailable ?
That's not Conte's problem though is it
Not conte's problem, but as a scheming fpl manager , I would think snodgras is a good shout for that kind of defensive crisis
Marc Wilson
7 years, 3 months agoG2G for this GW ? Anything worth a hit?
Heaton
Holebas PVA Alonso
Sanchez Alli Lallana Phillips
Aguero Ibra Carroll
Bench: Pickford De Roon Friend Amat
0FT / 2.7ITB