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.
No
An abject performance from Andy Caroll.
I was at the game last night and there was one thing that really stood out for me, and that was Carolls positioning and movement; or there lack of.
For me, the conceding of 5 goals wasn't the main issue, West Ham's attack just isn't up to scratch. Many say attack is the best form of defence, well in that case it's no wonder they were breached on so many occasions.
Although West Ham did carve out the occasional opportunity (open goal straight to the keeper springs to mind) but they were few and far between and the cutting edge was completely missing. They seemed completely out of ideas and moved the ball painfully slowly. Nobody wanted to make any runs in to the box which led to Aaron Cresswell looking like he wanted to pull his hair out as he was very good on the wing. Anything whipped in was just a waste of time and was simply gobbled up by the defence.
This toothless, stagnant, uninspired approach was epitomised by Caroll's forlorn figure who by all accounts was out for a walk on the country hills somewhere. He had moments of leadership, shouting for the ball to be spread out left or right (usually left for Cresswlell) and when his commands were met and an opportunity was in the making he would simply waltz towards the penalty area as if gusto and drive had gone out of fashion like men with ponytails. At time he would almost try to find a defender so that they could mark him more easily. Often he was so deep the midfield would be 20 yards ahead of him. When he was in front of the midfield he'd remain virtually stationary, with not a thought to create space or run in behind to give anyone something to aim for. Less of a target man, more of an invisible man, one who mysteriously managed to get through 58 minutes without getting his boots dirty.
Maybe that's it, has the kit man quit? Do the players have to do there own washing now? Well not Andy, his boots will be nice and shiny for Palace on Saturday, if he's let anywhere near the pitch that is.
Good bite in the ass for those still holding
West ham in general looking forlorn and desperately lost .
They just need 3 good games to undo this though since they have the quality . Chemistry is completely missing as you said.
They have the quality but no drive. But I have to tell you, when Payet came on, oh dear Lord he is very special. Different level entirely.
I'm not sure what your trying to say. Should I sell Carroll? 😉
Sell him via firing squad.
He is a Donkey
I fell off my chair laughing when Liverpool paid £35 million for him. I honestly thought it must have been some kind of joke
Yeah that was a bit mad. Not sure what our angle was.
"waltz towards the penalty area" -- love it.
Any comment for Antonio ?
So that's 2 games already confirmed still on in GW28 - everton v WBA and Bournemouth v West Ham.
Get me a tissue. I'm drooling.
No DGW for Lukaku. That'll stop a few nasty flashbacks.
Although my post probably hasn't helped much in that regard. Sorry.
A true blessing.
You can keep the tissue.
Too early
good spot
Both look like close games though
Could go either way
No DGWs or blanks for Everton or West Ham (barring weather or other external factors) as they will play in GW34 too
Nice one.Means if I get a couple of mids/forwards from those I can go all out attack in between the double game weeks to maybe get eleven out.
Good Cheap defenders and GK lost out there
And also Lukaku
🙁
Out of the FA Cup:
Everton
Swansea
Bournemouth
Stoke
West Brom
Another Fixture:
Crystal Palace
Southampton
Sunderland
Thanks.
Let me just check the score...yep, West Ham are definitely out too 🙂
We ignoring Burnley? 😀
replay
😆 Missed West Ham are out
Burnley play again
Damn would've loved West Brom to stay in it. Brunt(c) on a DGW
Sorry if this has been asked already, just out shopping with the missus! Any injuries today?
Rojo
WBA going out is handy for those that have 3x of their players. They are guaranteed to not blank in gw26 (league cup semis) and gw30 (FA cup qf's) now, as Everton are also out. Amazing run of fixtures after Spurs away in that whole time too.
Brilliant!
They may still blank for the Semis - scheduled to play Man City on that weekend.
True. Immediately after the gw28 blank, Arsenal home then United away follow. Maybe gw28 is the time to sell. Especially if City are still in the FA cup.
Meant to read gw28 for FA cup. * Not gw30. But the point remains the same
You know what's really quite funny, the fact that so many of us have 3 WBA players.
😎
I own Aguero, should I be worried a lot?
No
Not until after the Everton game. Let's see what happens.
A transfer away from getting any striker you want. So don't worry.
Are Kingsley and jaku back? Ready to give them the two spots on my bench.
If Ake goes back to Chelsea do you think he'll play? If so what position?
I don't think he will, but he can replace Alonso
I don't think he will go back
Chelsea aren't exactly pushed on the fixture front
At the moment I don't think so. If he ever plays for Chelsea it has to be at CB.
Wingback only.
Only reason conte is looking at him coming back , since he says no cover there.
Which means I infer he has no plans of putting Azpili at wingback. I think ake can play left and right .
No
But can't see him playing
Guessing conte will waste him a bit if he moves back
I think he takes up Alonso's spot. But he scores the goals that he always misses.
Earlier discussion here:
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/01/07/the-big-numbers-gameweek-18-20/?hc_page=1#hc_comment_14820819
...competition for Alonso @ left wingback in all likelihood
On the bench I think unless Cahill is dropped which is unlikely
As an other alternative to an ageing defence line
if conte recalls him I guess he will be getting ample playing time at CB or wing back positions
maybe Azpi right wing back
moses in bench
and Ake taking Azpi position
there is no point recalling him if he is not going to play
will hinder his development
I was wondering if it'd be lwb. Didn't know if he's actually ever played there though.
Seen one article where he says he thinks his best position is defensive mid, not at centre-back.
Like Eric Dier I guess
It says that on wiki too.
Just had a read through of those links you posted. I didn't realise he played for Watford all last season at lb :grin:. I never buy their players. I understand the Alonso talk though cause I don't think he's all that myself. We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.
Was LB for Watford all last season. No experience at LWB iirc but then, a lot of players get shoe horned into that position.
No point recalling him and then not playing him. Mind you that wouldn't stop it from happening.
Cover possibly.
Yeh maybe, although as others have said that might be damaging to him as a player as he seems to have settled in at Bournemouth well. If he does move back ill probably have to get rid, unless he should somehow nail down a starting spot (seems unlikely).
Roll up for your toffees! No other commitments, great fixtures
Puts Baines really high on the list now apart from lukKaku
Baines next on my shopping list
Next be an Ake replacement if he's off to sit on Chelsea's bench 🙁
Is there a match on TV tonight?
Preston v Arsenal.
Bt 2
Where on earth did you find that information 😮
You must be in the know.
Remy a decent punt for a differential?
Not again.
AHAHAHA
If he gets game time.
Haven't people learned yet?
Was he any good at Newcastle, Chelsea or QPR?...nope
Will he be any good this time....nope!
Thought he was decent at Newcastle
He was good at Newcastle
14 goals and 3 assist in 26 league matches for Newcastle.
Alright, I'll take Newcastle out of it...memory's not what it used to be 🙂
His fitness/injury record a big issue ... only lasted till half time today.
Also Big Sam seems to be killing Palace as an attacking force...
BFS said recently that they're aiming to build him up slowly, so withdrawing him at HT makes sense imo.
But I wouldn't be going any where near him for at least a few weeks until we know if he'll get a good shot.
fair enough ...a goal or two will change things !
Too soon
wenger confirms walcott is still injured
Surprised that Snoddy blanked.
What happens if you have 3 players from 1 team already and they sign another player you have from another team, leaving you with 4 players from the same team?
Copy pasting from before
You can play with 4 from the same team.
However your next transfer MUST be to transfer out a player from the team with 4, else you can't save your team.
Ty
You get to have 4 players from 1 team. But the first transfer you make must be to remove 1.
Thanks
Sigh
Deja vu?
Reminds me of that week when every Tom , dick and harry posted a comment as to the whereabouts of Cedric.
Deja vu?
Glitch in the matrix...it happens when "they" change something
...like changing Nathan Ake's team!
Another bite at the wildcard cherry:
Heaton 3.9
Rose Valencia Brunt Aké 4.0
Sanchez Hazard Eriksen Alli Phillips
Ibrahimovic Giroud Barnes
.9 itb
Any views?
Gtg this week
Monitor haz, ake and the possibility of rotating Heaton if you got nothing to do with that cash.
Have the same keepers as you , looking at rotating Heaton since past few weeks many have pulled off some impressive rotations with their keepers,
Looks good but I'd get Robinson in for your 2nd keeper
No Chelsea defender & Costa?
Possibility Jaku might be back for Hull now the new guy's here...might fill your GK slot
Ake something of an uncertainty now...would look elsewhere.
Hazard...nah...no form, not worth the money. Downgrade to Lallana or Coutinho maybe.
Use money to get Costa instead of Giroud?
I like the option of Hazard as a captain choice which I don't think Costa provides so much. Also bought @ 9.9.
That said, Coutinho certainly a consideration like.
Could go Valencia -> Luiz.
No pool attack is quite risky, although you're probably going to lose one of the spurs mids to get Coutinho. I'd suggest getting boro defence or Baines in there. Otherwise it's good.
Yeah intention is Eriksen -> Coutinho once he proves his match fitness.
Any new news about Tekkers injury? Cheers
Not serious. Could play next game with aid of injections
With Everton having the fixtures and no blanks does this edge out Baines at he very top of the defenders list along with Brunt?
Has he taken preference or will he slowly climb over Alonso in preference ?
*Not talking about the ffscout watchlist here
Just in general Fpl terms .
What is going on with Alonso, is he no longer nailed? May do Alonso > Baines if so.
Wasn't he carrying a little bit of an injury going into the Spurs game? Reckon he lasted as long as he could before getting hooked.
It looks like a good run of fixtures for Saints : bur LEI swa WHM sun
Worth to get J.Rod or Redmond ?
no
not scoring enough
only van dijk worth considering
yoshida at 4.2 may be another option
too many mids performing well for same price
Umm.. Yeah, they are not scoring much.
I thought I found the good way to be different. 🙁
They have had the fixtures since Cedric became a major bandwagon here
They are in horrible scoring form
Wouldn't bet on them to find the net over Hull city right now .
Staying away but again if you catch a sudden hot streak , you might well be holding a killer differential there.
Can only go hot or cold.
Thanks TITR.
Tempted to be different, but it looks risky.
how many goals today for giroud?
0 1. 2. 3
0.
3 to cement himself in the first XI
Hope so
- yours, Giroud owner
I see many on WC picking 2 keepers from the same team. It is not a good idea considering some of the teams will have blank GWs later in the season. A lot of cheapies around and finding a few amount of cash is not so difficult with good TVs for most.
Shane Ferguson scored for Millwall today
He use to be Fantasy gold
4m midfielder, the dream!
Lol the 4m guy?
I still wonder what made them price him .5 less than a dozen other bench warming defensive mids
Gw26 league cup final
Gw28 FA cup QF's
Gw34 FA cup SF's
West Ham and Everton don't blank in any games
Bournemouth don't blank in gw26 and gw28. Will only blank in gw34 if Boro get to SF's
West Brom don't blank in gw 26 and gw28. Will blank in gw34 if City get to SF's.
I thought when i got Alonso that he was a season keeper now with a potential Ake return and a possible rotation risk on the cards i am not so sure about his future in my squad
Also question marks about Snodgrass and spot kicks now that Hernandez is back in the picture
Things don't stay the same for long in this game you got to love it
What? Alonso and rotation risk?
They don't actually have many competitions to play.
I think if Ake returns he is serious competition for Alonso i rate him highly
i own both,may well have to sell both
What's all this about ake going back to Chelsea?!
Still a doubt but apparently he looks to give Alonso competition according to a few discussions or conclusions here
On a wildcard
A) GRANT jaku
BELLERIN azpi brunt walker love
ERIKSEN CABAYE alli stanislas Phillips
AGUERO ibra lukaku
B) DE GEA
ALONSO
HAZARD SANCHEZ
JUTKIWEITZ
A is kind of all differential team in my mini league. Need to cover up 80 points
A or B? Or any other changes?
Has the site been crashing all day or is it just me?
Me too.
No it's happening to everyone
Oops
1-0 Preston
7 years, 3 months agoDid Stanislas play today?