Our usual post-Gameweek delve into the Opta members’ data arrives for your Tuesday night perusal now, as we cast an eye over a pair of Belgian frontmen with contrasting recent fortunes and highlight a couple of in-form wingers with Gameweek 28 fixtures to follow.
Elsewhere, we check up on a couple of Spurs attackers in light of the return to 3-4-2-1 before assessing the recent showings of West Brom’s six-goal centre-back.
Way too pricey and plays too deep.
Don't need stats to tell me that 😉
Despite that he is creating almost as much as Sterling and getting as many chances.
Not concerned about the price because it is a one week punt for Hazard.
Sorry, he created more and had more goal attempts.
So Sterling creates more chances, gets as many chances and is cheaper?
This 🙂
Chances created: 11-5 De Bruyne.
Goal attempts: 13-11 Sterling
Goals: 2-1 De Bruyne
The attempts and creativity are close. It's touches in the box where Sterling is ahead but De Bruyne's influence and involvement in set pieces tempt me. I'm also just looking for another option as almost every time I've had Sterling he's failed!
Was an error on my part. More creativity from KDB.
Would be a huge differential.
Good priced placeholder for Sanchez so you don't get tempted to spend his money.
It could be for some folk. I think if I go for De Bruyne it would be for two games in 27 before shifting to Mane in 28.
I sold Sanchez for KDB before Arsenal played Chelsea away. With SWA and bou, two plum fixtures, it didn't go well.
Just concerned at his pen area touches.
sterling or sane?
Sterling
Sterling if you're topping a mini league. Sane if you're chasing. Toss a coin really.
Would you take a -4 to bring in Kun and Yaya or go to -8 in order to afford Kun and Sane?
Tempted by the latter but concerned -8 is excessive...
Just Kun
Unfortunately don't have enough for Benteke to Kun... other strikers are Ibra and Kaku
Maybe bring in a non city player. Siggy?
I think Yaya would be a waste. You'll have to spend points to fix him after.
predict points this week
Ali vs EVE(h)
Hazard vs WHU(a)
2
2
5.09
4.28
ok...
Ask me some more 😀
more...
de bruyne
sterling
sane
over next 2 games...
mawson
stones
coleman
10.9
9.7
8.9
7.6
8.3
7.5
9 (biased owner)
2
Alli 3
Hazard 5
Hi lads
After getting kun in, which of these do you think are worth a further -4?
A) Amat/ Ake to Stones (DGW)
B) Amat/ Ake to Mawson (extra fix in 28 and nice fix in 27 over baines)
C) Eriksen to Sterling (DGW)
As you can tell I have no defensive subs so might be a good time to address that. Other defs are Baines, Coleman, Alonso
PS If I were to do B, sterling would then become firmino in 28 likely for another hit, but gaining another game
Don't you mean C ? If so i'd do B this GW, then Eriksen to Firmino (or Coutinho) next GW.
Yep mean C
I'm in a similar position (Jones and Amat as subs). I'm thinking B, Mawson has the same number of fixtures as Stones over GW27 and GW28, better fixtures after that, he's got more chance of attacking points and i'd avoid that City D like the plague.
Ah ha... yeah I reckon one of the defensive moves makes sense. Stones a bit more exciting bur definitely more risky. Mawson's stats off the chart eh
Cheers for reply
Starting to remember why i never come on here anymore 😀
I'd just get B over and done with. I did similar this gw just gone except for Robertson.
Hmmm. Surprised at the conservative responses 😀 - such is the hatred for Stones
Mawson goal would be sweet
Ha trust me, if you don't get rid of Anatomy now, you'll probably be looking at him in your team until you WC. I'm glad to have finally found a week to get rid.
Anatomy?
Close enough.
Good point. Really is asking for trouble having no playing defensive subs
Why is there no captain poll this week? 😯
Schedule isn't confirmed
After the Huddersfield game.
waiting for confirmation of DGW? Because that's going to change everything.
they are probably waiting for tonight's game
Might just do Eriksen to Sterling for -4 just for the lols
As good a reason as any I suppose.
Which midfielder to bring in for a draft league? Would prob keep for season.
A) Chadli
B) Mkhitaryan
C) Yaya
D) Antonio
B
B if you think he will avoid further injury. D otherwise.
Yeah this
is this madness...
week 27...
Kane -> Aguero (dgw)
Hazard -> Sterling (dgw) -4
Jay Rod -> Siggy -8
Chambers -> Stones (dgw) -12
then week 28
Aguero -> Llorente
Sterling -> Mane -4
i have a wildcard to use after gw 28. thoughts?
It's gung ho-ish but it's a good gung ho.
Not sure about Llorente but I like the boldness of your plans.
those are 3 hard earned goals you are throwing away there, just get kun alone.....
If money us no object which 2 Man City midfielders would you bring in?
Sterling and Sane
Sterlo and Sane
Silva and Sterling
Kun and KDB
Mids
What with money being no object... I would first bribe FPL to reclassify Kun as a mid. 😳
🙂
Sterling KDB
sterling and KDB
Sterling and Sané.
After GW 28 which frontline do u wanna have? Who is the most important of all forwards?
Kane (1dgw). Then Ibra (2 dgws). Lukaku has great fixtures after 31 but no dgw. Gabbiadini maybe if you save funds? Costa could have a tasty dgw.
29 I plan to have Kane and Kaku.
30 Ibra and Kane
Ibra, Gabbiadini and Lukaku (switch to Kane/Costa for DGW's).
I'm cash strapped only 103.0 team value so can't afford three big hitters up front.
I would love to have 103.0 I would hardly call that cash strapped haha.
What's your preferred City DGW coverage if they win tonight ?
A) Sterling
B) Kun
C) Sterling and Kun
D) Other (what ?)
C
C although a triple bunger of Stones, Kun and Sterlo is tempting.
C is the unanimous verdict here . most people are planning 1 more in addition to those two
Really, I see many on here planning to go with only one City DGW'ers
C
Only one unless youre playing wild card soon. Tough fixtures after 27 and unlikely game in 28.
Kun a rotation risk at all for a DGW?
I'm considering either
A) Kaku and Alonso --> Kun and Stones
B) Kaku and Mane/Alli --> Kun and Sane
Preference?
Yes. Everyone is. But the upside is higher than a hippy at Glasto
I really hate selling Kaku or Mane or Alonso. Don't have any other expensive strikers?
Ibra/Defoe other strikers
Got Alonso @6.0 but concentrating on points over value
Leaning towards
GW27
Kaku and Mane --> Kun and Sane
GW28 Kun and Sane --> Kaku and Mane (-4)
B but Alli could cost you and Mane plays in 28 against Burnley. A depends on how much you have tied up in Alonso. I got for 5.9 so he's a keeper for me
B
Dont lose Lukaku and Mane who are playing the week after, rather lose blank28 player
B. Alli, get Kaku back for GW28 and Gw29.
anyone thinking of getting in josh king for west ham game?
yh looking for a short term punt to replace phillips
5 goals inlast 8 and on pens.
WHU SWA sot in next 3 from gw28 onwards looks good too
and plays false 9 too
Yep I'm getting
will de bruyne outscore sterling on DGW?
\o
If I had to bet I would say yes
Not likely
Plays Very Deep
Anyone sticking with Alli and Eriksen instead of bringing Kane in, or is he too hard to ignore now?
Alli and Kane and Walker from here through to the end of the season
Sure about Alli till the End?
Think I prefer Eriksen over Alli
Getting rid of alli and erikson over next 2 gw then bringing in kane 29
Ill be on 3 spurs i think. Kane is now in the category of too risky not to have basically, not having him could potentially damage your rank.
I went Alli over Kane some weeks back (and Spurs promptly did nothing for several weeks). Which 3 is the question..... For me will likely be between Alli and Walker/Rose
where is the captain poll this week?
Me: play it safe and take in Aguero(C) for free and keep the structure and plan moving forward. Let the others mess it up. Defend my rank.
Inner me: Attack and shoot for the stars. Move Eriksen/Mane/Kane out for Sterling/KdB/Aguero(TC). -8 is nothing. It will kill my rivals.
-Torn-
Where I am going too. My mini league rivals will all have to take some form of hit. I need -8 to get to those 3 and failing won't kill me.
Hazard Kaku Tekkers to Kun KDB Crouch
I already have Sterling
yup, agree, the downside is much smaller than the potential upside
Every city player in beyond FT is starting the DGW on -8 as you will prob take them out to get players for GW28. They should get +4 minimum back in appearance so they all need to score or get cleanie just to break even. I don't see the point. I'm going one player prob Kun and leave it that. They have tough fixtures after 28 too.
Current team for GW27
Valdes
Brunt Alonso Fernandez
Coutinho Hazard Chadli Sigurdsson
Costa Kane Lukaku
Bench: Pickford Coleman Robertson T. Carroll
1 FT, 0.1 ITB
Option for Man City DGW:
a. Hazard --> Sterling
b. Hazard+Kane --> Sterling+Aguero(C)
c. Hazard+Costa --> Sane+Aguero(C)
d. Hazard+Lukaku/Costa+Valdes --> Sterling+Aguero(C)+Jakupovic
Which one do you prefer?
Should i play Coleman instead?
Cheers in advance
C
B is exactly what I'm looking at. You get 15 players' worth of points if you captain Aguero.
How are you coming up 15 point number?
c
I got Costa since GW1
Oh then Surely Don't sell Him.
Kane to Aguero, this week
and then
Aguero to Kane/Ibra, GW 29.
Cheers for the reply
If Aguero doesn't Play Today,
He surely has to be TC ?
Doesn't He?
most will be captaining him but not so sure about TC
someonelike sanchez who is on pens, gets cs points and extra point for goals, and is nailed on could be more appealing
with pep you never know what he,s up to
Sanchez on pens? Only because normal penalty takers were substituted.
cazorla injured, giroud benched with theo back and ozil out of confidence
who else will take it other than their talisman sanchez?
How can you say it will remain that way even after 7/8 GW's?
Ozil could easily find Form by then.
Giroud could also be back by that time.
Gabriel
But there is a Possibility of Bad Fixtures for Sanchez that Time, which isn't the Case with Aguero.
The Fixtures couldn't get any Better for him.
fixtures are great but then again im not so confident in using TC for kun who has just 1 assist in his last 5 pl starts
being not confident doesnt mean i wont play it on a player of agueros calibre though
Depends why he doesn't play tonight.
Are you going to triple captain Aguero if he will have a dgw now?
Oops, sorry for repetitive questions.
No way, much better TC candidates later (Ibra, Sanchez, Kane)
Realistically what are people expecting from their TC? The lucky ones that selected Alexis/Kun last year got 75 pts.
Not sure if that's gonna happen again.
15 points
45 I mean
That would be a minimum
Interesting. Alexis average of his double digit scores are 14.5 pts, so maybe it might be an idea to TC him in a favorable SGW.
If Kun is benched tonight, then I'll TC him.
Interesting. I'm almost the opposite - I want to see some form first.
I'd much rather he start, get a brace and go off after 65 mins.
Anything above 15 is Good Enough for me.
Ahh, the luck of using your TC on one of the games best players...... 😉
To be serious and honest for a minute I dont expect much, this year is even more of a crap shoot. Frankly Id be unhappy with less than 30, content with 30-39 and happy with anything over that.
I was chairman of the Carroll(TC) fan club last year, so my sights are set very low...
I thought i detected the tinge of bitter experience there, unlucky. I think honestly, any of the main options in a decent double gameweek should exceed that!
More than 18 points.
My ML went rogue and TC'd Kun in GW11.
top scorer this week went Kane(TC).
Boom.
I can see his balls from here 😆
Anything greater than 9 will be an improvement for me on last year, so at least I have low expectations.
I'd like 20 points from Aguero and would be very happy with a 60 point TC and don't think it's too unrealistic.
of course, just trying to wrap my around a later TC, even in a favorable SGW.
I can't TC Aguero. I can see myself hating Pep very very much.
Mine is on Sanchez at some point.
The last 5 games Aguero played 60+ minutes this is his points:
-1, 2, 2, 2, 5
Good luck TC him, I'm not even considering it
Not for me as yet. Poo form to risk big chip on and may be rotation risk. If the double kicks in gw33 Sanchez has Leic and Sunderland. I'd take that.
Today is the day. Scenes in 12 hours.
Lukaku Mane and Firmino to Kun Sterling and Coutinho for -8? I can just afford this now.
Appreciate you need to do Mane > Coutinho for funds, but for a hit that isn't very appealing.
How funny would it be if Hudderfield won tonight! All this planning...
I think I would still get at least Sterling in as he will play GW28. Although TC dreams be put on hold.
Agree.
If DGW I'll get Aguero, if not I'll just get Sterling.
did sterling early for price reasons, I'd probably just get in Ibra and captain
Only the TC plans would be put on hold. City would have a fixture in GW 28 if they lose.
If City would play DGW Gw 27 Who are players Would get ?
Kun and Sterling
kun + sterling
A couple of people were asking about the captain poll and article.
With the votes hinging on whether City have a dgwk or not we are postponing that until tomorrow. Same goes for the Scout Squad article.
Means I've got a busy morning of writing ahead 🙂
Any chance you could add 2 Aguero options? One just Aguero and one Aguero TC? Probably not but worth a try!
This Would be Great.
Will have an idea of how many back him for TC,
Please do this Jonty.
thanks !
So if City win tonight, thoughts on Mane to Sane and Jones to Stones?
Also, is that the most aesthetically pleasing transfers ever?
I am a poet and I didn't even know i was making those words rhyme. But i did it anyway!
I think you should endeavor to make all future transfers rhyme!
They wouldn't be my first two choices - I'd definitely want Kun to give him the armband.
The double gameweek meant that John Stones
Was drafted in to replace blanker Jones
In came Leroy Sane
out went Sadio Mane
and what followed was mostly large groans
play 1 for this gw
a. coleman (tot)
b. t.carroll (BUR)
c. snoddy (CHE)
thx
Coleman
a
a
Coleman
cheer guys
Kun TC anyone?
no. no one.
Probably
yep. If he doesnt play 90min tonight though.
No, with his recent form TC is just crazy
7 years, 2 months agoI created a stats table for Man City midfielders over the last 6 weeks. I'm now swaying towards De Bruyne for the potential double week.
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/18533/