We cast an eye over the Gameweek 36 Opta data this morning in our first members article of the week.
With Double Gameweek 37 looming, Manchester City, Chelsea and Spurs playmakers are assessed, while we also turn to Manchester United and Leicester City in our search for potential differentials.
He'd hate that. Might be smart move. I'd prolly keep Sanchez as Haz might already be on holidays in the second game.
Makes sense. I don't need to gamble. Do worry about Chelsea rotation for 2nd game.
Yes. Whichever one he doesn't have or Hazard.
Cheers
Have you a Spurs mid to upgrade, could then have all 3
I wish... no money... don't ask!!
So, Blind > Gibbs is a no brainer right?
Monreal out to LWB possible if/when Mustafi back.
I am doing Blind -> Stephens but you probably got him already no?
Yep. Will see what tonight brings, anyway.
Blind has to go but I'm not sure Gibbs is totally nailed. Could easily see Mustafi/Gabriel come back in at the weekend and Monreal play LWB.
Have Gabriel also. And Davies. It's a proper mine field my def.
Luckily have two FT's to sort it out.
Bottomed..
Pick one for DGW:
A) Sane + P. Jones + Holgate
B) T. carroll + Kompany + Koscielny
b
Cheers.. Expecting Kompany to start both ?
Would anyone like to guess how many points you'd have if you'd logged on pre-season, picked the team below and then forgotten all about it....
Heaton,
Cahill, Azpi, Walker
Sanchez (C), Alli, Eriksen, King
Lukaku (VC), Costa, Defoe
Grant, Coleman, Gibson, Capoue
Significantly more points than I have most likely. Wild guess 2000?
Actually 2150
got 2175 ... assumed Sanchez captain every week and no subs ... bit is seems far more that 100M
I don't think it was affordable
Well you're no fun are you?!
Well, Coleman on the bench? We'd kill for those sort of funds.
£100m at the start of the season
Wow, really? Though Kaku was injured so we had to bin him.
He was but he hasn't missed a game since week 1.
You've stumbled upon a foolproof FPL strategy
"Choosing the right players"
Probably more than £110 million though at the time
This team would currently be in first place, 16 points ahead with 2283.
Also every single one of Capoue's points would have been benched.
Ignoring Aguero/Ibrahimovic, would need to have spent months behind the sofa.
I know this was created with the benefit of hindsight but I still think it is interesting to see that you don't need to chop and change all the time.
But this is obvious anyway. Classic example, chopping and changing 3rd striker. Let's say you have Llorente and he blanks 3 in a row. So you take a hit to get Negredo who just bagged a brace and has a good fixture whole Llorente has a difficult fixture. Then Llorente scored and Negredo banks. And so on and so forth. You miss the players points by chasing so much. Similar to Kane's hat trick, lots of people ditched after he blanked in 2 easy home games and missed a penalty I think. Then he bagged 3 goals the following week.
I lost 35 points by taking a hit for Siggy to Lallana a few months back o ly to take another hit to get Siggy in a few weeks later. Missed all his points and got all Lallana's blanks. That was my most costly f up this season, could be pushing for top 10k only for that....
Capoue on the bench would have sting a lot early on
Could have played a chip in pre season?
Would you do?
Hazard & Ndidi > Sane, Fab
Yay/nay
No, Sane and Fab are more likely to be rotated.
Nay
GTG for next gw? Using triple captain chip
Pickford
Alonso Monreal Holding
San(c)hez Hazard KDB Alli King
Jesus Gabbiadini
Bench: Foster, McAuley, Barnes, de Roon
Appreciate any thoughts
Not sure on the captaincy, but team looks good to go. Hopefully the TC situation will clarify itself tonight.
I've been thinking about:
Carroll Blind Holgate to Sane Davies Gibbs -8
How nailed are Davies and Gibbs now ??
Not very, Rose back any minute and with Mustafi back there's a chance Monreal could be LWB..
Thanks
Cabellero/Pickford
Alonso/Gabriel/Blind/Yosh/Holgate
Sanch/Hazard/Alli/JWP/Sane
Jesus/Gabbi/Kane
Have a 40 point lead in ML and will BB this week
Rivals have only 7 DGW but TC & BB to use
I "should" have this, right?
(will be taking a -4 to sort the Blind/Gab problem - Kos/Kone most likely)
Yep, you got this.
if you both bench boost this GW you should have, rival TCing this GW and it coming off big time is his best chance.
Almost certain he'll captain Jesus, as will I, so I can lessen that threat somewhat.
Fingers crossed
Do we know if Kosc will play tonight yet?
Trained this morning it seems
source/link to that please?
Just a couple of replies on this forum TBF
oh...:( might mean nothing
Good stuff. Hoping for good stuff tonight from Monreal/Kosc/Sanchez C.
Or as a Liverpool fan, good stuff from Gabbiadini.
Source?
Google "Koscielny Southampton training"?
Does anyone know if Costa/Chelsea have expressed any desire to win the Golden Boot? A lot is said about Kane but Costa is only 1 goal behind with far better fixtures.
I just wonder if Costa were to close the gap on Lukaku on Friday night whether he could play the final 2 games. It's a long shot anyway and perhaps too risky to make Costa captain but he did play 90 against Boro when it looked like late goals were very possible.
Good point and, with the emergence of Terry as sub recently, there goes Batshuayi's minutes
Sanchez isn't out of it yet - a brace tonight and he will fancy his chances
Of course he'll want to win it -- he'll have a huge $$ bonus in his contract for it
But Conte seems like the type who won't give charity minutes -- he'll decide what's best for the cup final if Chelsea wrap the league up with game(s) to spare
He doesn't like seem to like Batshuayi too much though so he might give Costa the opportunity if it's a realistic possibility.
Could be a decent captain punt if you're chasing in a ML. 2 x 6 day gaps between their last 3 games (incl. Cup Final).
If not this game,Is Kos sure to be fit for the DGW games?
*DGW 37
He looks like he has a decent chance for tonight so he should definitely be good to go at the weekend if he misses out
Possible that he won't be fit enough to play 3 games in a week though so maybe Wenger will want to rest him tonight.
why rest him on vs the most difficult opponent they have till the end of the season?
Any news on Koscienly? Arsenal experts, did he travel with the team to Southampton ?
thanks
Talksport think/guess he's fit to play. That's about as much as I could find
some contradicting reports...most have him not starting it seems but who is more reliable is a mystery...if we found out if he travelled...
A tricky one - bench Kompany or King?
king
King
King
king
Highest scoring triple this Gw?
A Lukaku/Benteke/Gibson
B Lukaku /Llorente/Kompany (-4)
C Lukaku/Welbeck/Clichy (-4)
D Azip/Kane/Anichebe (-8)
E Azip/Vardy/Llorente (-8)
F Simpson/Costa/welbeck (-8)
Any more news/rumours on Koscielny?
I see Talk sport reckon he'll be passed fit (if that means anything)
Well he came through training so I think its the good side of 50/50
...besides it's not like we can remove him now...
Still so painful for me seeing Cesc in a Chelsea Shirt 🙁
Been a long time now.
It's so much more painful to me to see our club (assuming you're a Gooner and not a Barca fan) do the exact same thing every year and implode around November, get better around Jan, then implode again in Feb/March due to the same issues 🙂
It is, and yes I am, but I am one to look at the long term. The Arsenal is in great shape financially, and success will be around the corner. I don't really get why so many gooners get so impetuous and start demanding trophies every season - they sound more like Utd fans to me.
Haha it's been about the long term for years now mate. You don't create memories from an amazing balance sheet. We're fans of our team because we want to win and be the best, like we were back in the early 00s. I can't see why, if you're a fan, you can't have an opinion about the teams' progression, how money is spent (or not spent) and the manager, even if I do agree that a lot of it (see Arsenal Fan TV) is rabid lunacy.
We are like United fans cos we want our team to win as much as they want theirs to win! Nothing wrong with that. Though I agree that there is a prickle of entitlement given our stature.
Same squad that beat Chelsea 3-0 earlier in the season. IMHO the Bayern games knocked the stuffing out of the squad and they are only just now beginning to recover from it. It's absolutely bloody essential that Sanchez stays next season, because we aren't that far away from a league winning squad. *takes cover*
We need some determination and leaders on the pitch to be able to recover from things like that. It happens every year where we have a great result (see us beating City last year) then suddenly the same things happen again.
It's happened so many times that it's clearly systemic now - and the buck stops with the man Chips Keswick says is 100% in charge of the club, the manager.
It's essential Sanchez stays. But if we don't make it for the UCL, he and Ozil will go. Hope we have a "Chelsea effect", but the mentality has been so fragile for so many years that I think real change is needed.
yep...can't believe Wenger doesn't get more criticism for not availing of the buyback...incredible decision. he's so superior to any of our midfielders it's untrue
We've got real issues with scouting and player purchase. I think I moved from pro- to anti- Wenger on that decision. I'm sorry, but Cesc is such a quality player, and IDC what he thinks we need quality players and some hard-nosed decision making to succeed (see issues like le donkey being in contention as our FIRST CHOICE striker - what a B- player he is, why we didn't sign Higuain I really don't know). He has too much faith in players who time after time are unable to perform, especially in the big games.
agreed..Giroud still starting crucial North London derbies 5 years on is just crazy...slows everything down..nothing more than a back-up striker. midfield is an are i'm really worried about now...don't have enough physical presence there..hopefully will be a busy summer!
Surely off this summer to Marseille or somewhere?
Slows the play down. Bad first touch. Finishes one in every five or 6 chances I'd say, where two or three of those chances are absolute sitters.
Really have to hope we can pull something out in the summer. But I bet we end up trusting in Xhaka, a returning Santi (who we have really missed, though him becoming our central midfield fulcrum is another matter I don't wana go into lol) and Coquelin/Elneny. But we need better players.
It felt like a very personal decision to me - he left and therefore was not allowed back like he was a traitor or something.
predictions for the game tonight? 0-0 for me...
oops..was meant to be an independent comment!
Worried about Bailly's minutes. Worth a hit to take him out? If I downgrade him it also means I can get Sane as a 5th mid instead of Albrighton.
Yes and Yes. Amazing move on paper.
Unlikely to play both IMO
Bailly that is
Hazard + T.Caroll > Fab + Sane (-4 ) ?
Which MCity triple is better?
A) Caballero + De Bruyne + Jesus
B) Caballero + De Bruyne + Sane
C) Caballero + Sane + Jesus
A
A obviously
A
Oh dear me, A please.
A
Wow, didn't expect such a strong support for one of those.
Thank you
Repost for more responses 🙂
a) Ali to KDB ? yay or nay?
b) play stephans or king?
c) capt jesus, kdb, kane, cahil, kos ?
KDB(c) + Stephens
Sane in for free or KDB in for -4?
Nervous Sanchez triple captainer here.
Please just score one
Do we think Kos is fit for tonight?
Arsene knows....
Hope not, would like Gabriel to play to prevent a few ML rivals jammy autosubs.
Arsene will play him is half fit.
Which combo would you prefer in 37?
A Hazard and Sane
B KDB and Pedro
a
Think it's even. Probably A as I think they'll play more minutes
Please suggest
1) siggyy>pedro-----already have hazard
2)Sigyy>sterling----already have jesus+KDB
3)Keep siggyy ---fighting for relegation battle
Keep
Pickford Cech
Alonso Monreal Vert Stephens Robertson
Silva King albrighton Alli Coutinho
Kane Jesus Lukaku
GTG BB ?
Looks good. Any FTs?
ummm , i didn't save my transfers yet , this could cost me -20
my team till now
Boruc Pickford
Ward (burnley ) stephens Robertson Monreal PVA
Alli Hazard Firmino Coutinho Fraser
Kane Jesus Kaku
Wouldn't lose haz for -4.
I dont want to but i wanna fund to get more dgw players so should i get rid of lukaku instead ?
Pick 1 to captain?
A Sanchez
B Haz
C Jebus
D Kane
E Alli
Thanks
Jebus or Sanchez (depending on his form tonight)
Which is the better route to give me Arsenal def + Jesus(C)?
A) Jesus, Holding, Valencia -8
B) Jesus, Holding, Monreal -12
A or B
A) Alderwerield + Albrighton
B) Kone + Pedro/Fab
any news on koscielny?
will he play today or not?
6 years, 11 months agoI have Sanchez and Hazard heading into GW37 and rival (-20 points) has Kdb. I am bench boosting and he will probably TC this week with BB in 38.
Do I need to change either of them to Kdb and make him captain to protect my lead?? If so, which ??