The time has come to roll out our regular post-Gameweek members’ article and check up on some of the stand-out performers across the most recent round of fixtures.
Much of our focus turns to midfield, where Arsenal, Man City and Everton’s big hitters finally hint at the form of last season.
West Ham and Newcastle’s budget strikers also catch the eye, while defenders from Man City and Bournemouth shrug off slow starts to make significant bids for our attention.
Wouldn't have thought so given his form and the fact that Spurs desperately need a PL win at Wembley.
are u captaining him?
Think so. Bit worried due to Spurs' form at Wembley but Bournemouth are terrible at the back and I can't see them setting up how Burnley or Swansea did.
if lukaku was facing a weaker team i probably would be less confident but reckon ill do the same. thanks for the feedback
Yeah I agree. Morata away at CPL could be an option if he's fit too, but think I'll go Kane.
Hasn't stopped Spurs in the past. Although with Llorente on board it's possible he might be rested for Bournemouth. Can't see him missing the Pool game
Dont think so
Even if he is, with the lack of good options at the forward slot right now it's a folly not to go with him .
i have him just debating captaincy
Very unlikely imo. He might not play the full 90 in the 2 England games anyway
The only rotation threat to Kane is if he's already scored 2 goals and so ill take that! 😉
Foster, Elliot
Kola, Davies, Cedric, Mee, Hune
Eriksen, Silva, Ritchie, Brady, Carroll
Kane, Lukaku, Firmino
1 FT, 0 ITB. Think I will keep Firmino as still think he is underpriced and want Liv attacker as they love big games. Also he has already been rested.
What do you think of this team? Any obvious missing? Any suggestions?
You could always do Lukaku to Jesus but I'm not sure if I'd be doing that in view of the Liverpool and Hudds fixtures. Otherwise, looks very good to me, mate
cheers. hope that I can bank FT (still have WC)
Yeah! I think I'd be inclined to save the transfer if you can. Solid side, that!
On the WC and couldn't decide between :
1) monreal, silva, coutinho, ayew
2) kolasinac, sterling, sane, joselu
1
1.
1 out of those. I think there is a wider gap between Joselu and Ayew than there is between Silva and Sterling (partly because I think B. Silva might play some CL matches, making Sterling more nailed in the PL). Would you consider Monreal, Sterling, Coutinho, Joselu? I think that one might get you the most points.
really tempted by this double midfield switch, for free
Salah and Mkhi to silva and sterling
no other issues with team
Personally I'd keep Salah and just do Mkhi to Silva
that was the initial plan and probably will be the final one too..thanks!
No worries mate!
naaah
Salah Silva is the ticket
Is there a scoutcast this week?
Never is first week of the IB
Nope. Not as far as I'm aware
Na the scout cast team get a week off for the international break so it will be next week.
Are there any tools available that will allow me to put in the name of a team, eg Newcastle, and it will automatically rank other teams that rotate well with them? In this case I already know Burnley rotate well, but I'd like to be able to put in a team then that tool ranks the other teams in terms of suitability. I am a member so perhaps there is something on the site I have missed. Thanks.
Go on the season ticker, click Newcastle and then sort by rotation.
Cheers I didn't know about that.
Just wanna get a few opinions.... Who is your personal City midfielder of choice?
A. Silva
B. Sterling
C. Sane
Think i'm leaning towards Silva (it's a safe pick).
Would prefer Silva but think I'm left with Sterling as need the funds to get Jesus in for Morata.
A
Dave
Silva for security of minutes and his consistency
A
Salah for Sterling and Firminho for Vardy? I will keep $1.7 ITB with that move. Any thoughts?
Definitely not! Keep Vardy and Salah in my opinion
I wouldn't ditch Salah. Liverpool will score and he's likely to be in the mixer.
Please RMWCT: CAPS mean WC players coming in
Elliot de GEa
SIMPSON ZABALETA FERNÁNDEZ Bavies MBEMBA
CHOPPER STERLING TCarroll Salah DSilva
JESUS VARDY Kane
Cresswell over Zaba.
The defense needs to be brought out the back and shot
I will just leave my team as it is:
Elliot DDG
TAA (to Otamendi) Rosenior TFM Kola Bavies
A.King TC Atsu Salah DSilva
Lukaku Firmino Kane
2.0 iTB; 1 FT; WC
Maybe FIrm > Jesus and TAA to Totem pole
Who's Totem pole?
I feel Otamendi+Firmino have more chance to gimme more points than Jesus+TAA will, this gameweek.
Otamendi 😀
Why not Otamendi and Jesus?
Money won't be enough. Plus I don't take hits to take out a player that'll feature (Firmino).
Could improve this IMO
Fab (Elliot)
Davies Vale Ward Mee (Wimmer)
Silva Sane Fellaini (Chupo Hogg)
Kane Lukaku Jesus
Opinions on this WC team? Planning on rotating Burnley players with Stoke.
Best available front 3
Correct keepers
Midfield not too bad actually
If Vale is Valencia, defence not too bad but I'd change him to Azpi
Can't afford Azpi, had Valencia since the get go.
Need some professional assistance. 2ft's.
A) Mounie + Mhiki >> Vardy + Ritchie
B) Mounie + Mhiki >> Abraham/Okazaki + Silva
Want to do A, but I have zero city cover atm. What ya'll think?
Is Gross still good buy? Was going to get Richarlison but Gross next couple fixtures or so better
I have him and I'm hoping he starts getting in the points again now his fixtures have turned.
Which City mid is the best pick?
A) Silva
B) Sterling
C) De Bruyne
Which City or Chelsea defender?
1) Luiz
2) Azpi
3) Alonso
4) Otamendi
5) Stones
6) Walker
A,2
B2
A,2
Firmino&Mikhtaryan->Batshuay&Silva worth to -4 points?
Nope
miki > silva/sterling if no funds and G2G
Just put Sterling in for Mkhi here and I am G2G?
Fabs
Davies Fernandez Cresswell
Eriksen Silva Gross Sterling*
Laca Kane Vardy
Foster Jones Mbemba Chalobah
Elliot
Davies Azpi Cedric Maguire
Richarlison Salah Silva
Vardy Kane Jesus
^Morata placeholder
Pereira Carroll RLC Hun
what changes should I make?
Any thoughts ideas what to do with this lot? Morata is the only concern but I'm gonna wait til the Conte presser for more info.
Elliot
Naughton Cedric Jones Bavies
Salah Mkhi Silva
Morata Kane Vardy
Foster Atsu T.Carrol Mbemba
1ft 1.6itb
Nah, just morata. You may want to keep mkhi as your only united option or can consider him to Sterling for a hit, City look electrifying atm
Yeah Morata is the main issue atm hopefully he's fit if not probably get Jesus. Mkhi stays for now
Nice..looking good, Morata to Jesus seems the easiest option and free and allows you to have 1.4 next week still.
Cheers mate. Yeah Jesus is the obviously option if Morata is out then upgrade a defender/mid next gw
Anyone Struggling with WC:
1. If you have lukaku > keep him!
If you don't then look to get back in for GW12.
2. MCI, CHE, TOT, STK, BUR, SWA, LEI all have pretty good fixtures for 6-10GWs.
3. Think about the formation you want to play until the New Year. Base your team around this.
4. If you haven't already got one, Create a Spine of 3 solid players that will never leave that time period unless injured i.e. (Jones, Eriksen,Kane).
5. Watch the price rises through the two week period.
Hope this helps gain some clarity
Current squad:
De Gea
Davies, Kolasinac, Bertrand Mee
Salah, Brady Ritchie
Lacazette Kane Lukaku
Subs: Carroll, RLC, Wimmer
0.6 ITB
I am currently 116,000 OR and have my WC. What changes should I make for next GW, I'm a bit stuck tbh. Would like 2 city attackers in (only 1 ft) but even if I do Lukaku>>>Jesus I won't have enough funds for a City mid.
Any ideas?
Downgrade Bertrand maybe?
Kaku > Jesus
Ritchie > Sterling
That affordable?
Over 2 gw maybe but not taking -8 hit.
Hi guys, please rate my team am on a WC...
Fab, Elliot
Bavies Yoshida (had him since GW1 🙂 D.Luiz Ward stones
RLC, RIchalison, Fellaini, Chupo mting, Silva
Lacazette, Kane, Jesus..
Myt get rid of lacazeete and free up some cash for a midfield upgrade. but what striker can i eplace Lacazette with (got rid of Lukaku on my WC comes back in GW12)
on wc, have surman on the bench which i did before he rose in price, good fixtures though i dont like him too much as an asset but at that 4.6m range theres nothing there so ill probably leave it (also have RLC)
Evening peeps, Opinion on the best 2 budget mids out of these?
And also, how often you think this 'best' combination will change throughout the rest of the season.
1) Ritchie
2) Groß
3) Richarlison
4) Brady
5) Atsu
6) Other
Thanks
1,3,4 best ones
they will change every 2-3 GW
Brady for now, fixtures and set pieces, also cheaper than the other 2. Richarlison looks the most promising but poor immediate fixtures, by the time I consider him it might be as a 3rd mid with an upgrade in defence or for the power from 3 if Vardy underperforms
Interesting on Brady, thanks
Cool cheers
Don’t see the fascination with Brady.
He’s done nothing and offers nothing
as much as I hate to say it, Fellaini has to be chucked in there just because he's an equal goal threat to everyone of those players listed. secondly Choupo with the fixtures upcoming.
Richarlison is the one on my radar from that list.
Ah yes forgot about Choupo Moting and Shaqiri, Fellaini I'm not sure on as he isn't nailed.
Is he nailed though?
How nailed do you want your 4th or 5th mid to be?
United score late goals - Fellaini comes on late
Doucoure is worth a shout too .... scoring in 3 different matches gives him credibility
True, is he a defensive mid?
As far as I know yes ... he likes to have a swing at it and chance his luck for a goal
With a 3rd goal he is beginning to look like last year's Capoue .... but who knows for the future
I'm currently running with Richarlison and Gross
Thanks, sounds good.
I have Ritchie and Groß, but with 0ITB. Just wondering whether going forward I should consider one or two of the others.
I definitely prefer Richarlison to Ritchie - was 6.0 vs 5.9 at the time I bought him and glad I did
Gross has a couple of good matches, but no Hemed up front, if he gets points at home to Everton then he could move up to 5.8 and then I would cash in for 5.6 and would get Fellaini
Cool, will see how Ritchie does given Richarlison tough fixtures. Then will plan from there to see if I can move some funds to get Richarlison in.
E.g. Atsu for Ritchie and Richarlison for Groß. Would give me a handy 0.3m spare too
See the Ritchie is injured and even if he plays I don't see Newcastle scoring away to Soton
I would swap Ritchie for Fellaini and then hope to trade up Gross to Richarlison after Watford's next two fixtures
Just a knock, hopefully he will be ok. I just don't like Fellaini lol, would rather someone like Atsu I think
Iwobi could also be an option worth considering - down from 5.5 to 5.1 ... see how his game time pans out first but definitely one to watch
Ok cheers, that's a crazy drop!! Doubt he'll get much gametime at all now with Ozil back very soon.
What about Shakiri?
Yes had forgot him and CM
On set pieces for a team full of giants
Hmm
*shaqiri
2, 3, Shaquiri
Fellaini may not be nailed but will play a lot. Agree that Brady is fools gold.
Cheers
Only city coverage on current WC is otamendi and jesus, cant afford any others or any chelsea players worth having without taking out one of kane, jesus, lukaku, eriksen and salah and i think their all season keepers
That's pretty ok to me, don't necessarily need 3 city. You could consider David Luiz at 5.9 at the back if you want a Chelsea player.
Instead of random facts about your WC you should just post your team if you want sone advice bud
Yeah I had a few times but didn't get much of a response till recently.
I know it's too early, but want to ask you this:
- If we assume that Morata's fit after GW8, these are my projected transfers for **GW9**:
Eriksen, Abraham > Surman, Morata (without a hit).
Thoughts? Yay or Nay? T
Evening all!
I’m looking for a good midfielder for 5.9m, any ideas?
Fellaini, Gross, Brady or find 0.2m and get Richarlison!
hope this helps
Add Ritchie to his list ^ if you can find the excess 0.1
Fingers crossed on a drop
Food for thought, thank you
Shaqiri? Choupo-Moting? Richarlison @ 6.1 worth a look too
Iwobi.
Bit of a bargain .. .just wish I knew when he was going to play
Haha! He’s a good shout when playing
Pick one
A Dunk/Duffy( EVE,SOU,STK)
B Tarkowski(WHU,NEW,SWA)
Who are more stern defensively?
Burnley or Brighton?
Dunk definitely has that added set piece threat!
B
I think Ben Mee is a better pick than both of those anyway
Go with this WC?... Or drop Jesus > Joselu and invest all that money elsewhere? Thanks 🙂
Fabianski
Davies - Cedric - Ward - Otamendi
Coutinho - D.Silva - Shaqiri
Kane - Lukaku - Jesus
(Elliot - Carroll - RLC - Mbemba)
G2G
Think it's pretty solid, not huge on the midfield if you ever start playing a midfield 4 though, so have an escape plan in mind in case. For example, you could always do one of the strikers (if they start underperforming) to Vardy or some such, and improve a mid.
Definitely not. See my wild monkey below. Boot Lukaku.
Man United's fixtures are terrible and there's every chance that Mou will go into defensive mode to get a result
In the big games
Wasn’t expecting the ditch Lukaku comments! Hmm, food for thought
I think I have cracked the wild monkey:
Ellope
Cedric, Fonte, Bavies, Otamendi, Ward
Richarlison, Fellaini, TC, Coutinho, Eriksen
Kane, Jesus, Vardy
The Thinking:
Have options to play 523, 433 or 343. Nice flexibility here with good fixtures for the defenders bar Bavies esp as there is an increase in cs this season.
Good value defenders with no one over 6 mill.
Takes advantage of the fixtures although no CHS coverage. Jesus will be Morata when fit.
No CTY mids but Jesus provides some coverage. Not bothered with owning Silva as he has no goal threat.
The Plan:
Another fixture change in week 12 so saving a transfer will be necessary to bring in Lukaku et al.
Your thoughts, feedback, feedforward, rating are encouraged. Cheers!
I prefer Salah/Mane over Coutinho 🙂
why - Cou runs the show!
He is playing quite deep
This is almost the same as me.
Fab/Elliot
Azpi/Stones/Jones/Bavies/Ward
Silva/Eriksen/Fellaini/King/Choupo
Kane/Vardy/Jesus
You're exactly right with the flexibility of formation and GW12 fixture change and Ill be doing the same to get in Lukaku
You have gone Azpi and Silva where I have gone Coutinho and Cedric.
Jonty made a very good point that there is a lot of good value in the D this year and Azpi could be covered with cheaper ds.
Not fancy Pope with all those goal attempt they are conceding - 82 in last 4 weeks?
Thanks.
Yeah I just think from a fixture basis I want some Chelsea Defense... look at the run of CS they went on last year for example. coutinho I agree is a good asset to have but could be equal between him and silva with fixture quality of city. Pope crossed my mind but I have Ward and don't want to play double Burnley I think thats a little too much, maybe ill change my mind. definitely think this will be close to my WC XI though.
Why the expensive back line?
What happened to the Jafalad Jammy Jumpers? 😉
I imagined you with:
Ryan (Elliot)
Lascelles, Duffy, Simpson (Mbemba, Marriappa)
Where is Tosey when you need him?
The changing nature of the game I guess, Doos, when cs seem to rule the roost this season. There's lots of great value in D this year and none of my ds are over 6 mill. I know you like Otamendi too.
Not sure Mbemba and Mariappa will necessarily start each gameweek.
Never mind Tosey with his three STK defenders - where is John Reason? 😡
This is also bloody well true!!! 😆
Ah, well.
*waves fond farewell to Alexis*
I guess it's back to plan A, then.
As for your team, I really don't advise Fonte. I won't be touching Richarlison with a bargepole. I think that I will do better with Rashford, than you will, with Fellaini.
But I like it!
PS Ryan has already scored more than Pope ...
BRI/NEW: EVE 79 CPL 222 SOU 27 BOU 193 STK 178 WAT 250 CPL 213 LIV -138 LEI 236 EVE 88 BUR 219 WAT 241
Just don't speak to me on Boxing Day!!!
Thanks for this!
Pope 5.3ppg vs Ryan 3.7 ppg and Popey has only played 4-5 matches yet faced 82 goal attempts in last 4.
Arguably, the bigger picture suggests that BUR are likely to be the better team with better resources to cope in the PL.
Of course. But look at Brighton's first 7 fixtures ... 😉
I'm looking at their next 7 🙁
PPS I yield to no-one in my admiration for Sean Dyche.
Apart from anything else, he has done Koeman up like a kipper, with Michael Keane. 😉
Ha - I think EVR are missing someone upfront. Daft why they didn't replace Lukaku.
I guess the Siggy delay made it too late to happen.
That too. And you are probably right about Siggy.
Fonte is a BAP magnet and look at his goal threat - he got me 8 points on Saturday.
Whammers have 3 cs already with good fixtures.
What's on B Day - you opening a nice NZ Pinot and gettin sloshed yer old bugger! ? 😉
😆 No, but:
BRI/NEW: che -606/MCI -297 😆
One day I will learn to interpret this secret code 😉
It means they'll both lose. Badly. 😀
So avoid BRI and NEW is what you are saying here?
Plus I feel BUR are a little more fixture resistant - look at their away form at the better teams.
2FTs, £0.8m ITB.
DDG (Elliot)
Alonso - Trippier - Naughton - Mbemba (Hegazi*)
KDB - Brady - Mkhi* (Carroll - RLC)
Kane - Lukaku - Chicharito*
Thinking of doing Hegazi, Mkhi & Chicharito -> Mee, Sterling & Vardy for -4. Good moves? Any glaring mistakes or players I should get rid of first?
Thanks
Can someone lecture me on the best pick between Richarlison and Doucoure?
Choupo better?
Easy, Richarlison the better Watford pick. He's an attacking midfielder, actually their most attacking player, and Doucoure is not. Doucoure plays deep, I highly doubt his goals will continue. Richarlison is direct, takes players on and likes to shoot.
I feel Richalison has more to offer than Doucoure.. he had the second most number of shots this week, only sanchez hit more shots and it was against the Baggies... He also has more touches in the box compared to Doucoure..
Choupo not a bad option too..
Cheers
Richarlison more attacking midfielder and looks quality. Doucouré plays further back.
Get Choupo-Moting and Richarlison if you can. But next fixtures for Watford not great so Gross ay be short term option
Great, thanks guys!
I a bit suspicious of players who have a brace and not much else to their name - e.g. Choupo
Even with a freak brace, against Man U of all teams, he's currently 30vs40 against Richarlison
Richarlo has scored in three different away matches, plus has a couple of assists too
That Huddersfield striker another with a brace and nothing else. Agree avoid.
Agree that Richarlison sounds like the best option! Choupo supposedly have had a huge amount of attempts, but. Form over fixtures i s’pose
6 years, 7 months agokane a rotation threat with playing and captaining 2 england games then has real 3 days after BOU and pool the following week???