The Big Numbers – Gameweek 29

He's not very nice.

Is the leader of the free world a gorilla? 😉

I wouldn't worry. Post Brexit we'll all be eating out of bins & bartering goat skins with The Congo.

The leader of the freeworld is a woman with a german accent

Some dispute over how much control his son has over his ventures also….

Calling America "the free world" when they have 25% of the worlds prison population despite having only 5% of the worlds actual population, is ironic at the very least.

A lot of effort to not even qualify 😆

I wouldn't trust any of the mids

Ibra, Valencia and DDG would be my top 3 for minutes.

I don't think he does normally but you can't really see any way round it with those fixtures.

"So bad he will probably join PSG or Juventus in the Summer. There is nothing I can do about it."

Practically a speedo. What a look. Not many can pull it off, but Alexis can.

He didn't know I don't think.

Ship either Brunt or Snoddy, I'd say.

Brunt to Valencia?

I'd be tempted to hold this week, looks a decent enough setup and having 2 ft after an int break and a dgw looming could work to your advantage

Brunt to Valencia is the standard move.

15 DGW players & BB = a "potential" 30 players in one week.
That's almost 3 gws rolled into one. 37 is bb for me.

BB is a waste of a chip...

BB GW37, TC any where else

A if Gabbiadini is fit

B)
gabbi injured, snoddy out of form

B

B. Gabbi's injured.

Cheers lads ... Do we know how long he's out for?

Yes of course.

I've definitely made up my mind to wildcard in GW35/36 for 37, but haven't made up my mind on the TC yet. Why would you wildcard earlier? As you said, if you have a decent team there's no point, especially if the alternative is to bring in lots of Middlesbrough players 😉

Probs A

A

I'd reconsider Fuchs & Borini too.

A imo

Austin close to a recall.

Redmond was OOP for ages when I had him but scored 3 goals in 16 matches...

Redmond will mostly frustrate imo, lacks end product

Tadic?

Can we have a FFS family league?

My mate's team captained Jon Walters last week!

Hatty of offsides.

I can see your thinking. The City defence is far from tight but Chelsea assets and Vardy seem better options.

Not for me, personally.

If he is the only one trying he won't score points. As a gooner I say avoid captaining him. Having him in the team is good enough till the team starts winning.

It's a thought.

Wait for the Hot Topic on exactly how many miles he's travelled, minutes played, new contracts in China signed etc

I' m captaining but that's because I have no Chelsea players. Alexis is a big a captaincy risk as anyone else apart from Costa/Hazard.

He'll likely be my captain this week as I have no CHE cover. I can see a few goals in that game so fancy him to get attacking returns.

FMori has really annoyed me.

Get him out for the worst possible defender just to pi$s him off.

I did FMori to Yoshida

B but neither option is brilliant.

Probably A because it has an extra player

B but the latter component of both those options let them down imo

🙂

B

B

Snodgrass not nailed imo. Even if Antonio is out, it will be a competition between Snodgrass and Feghouli

Two Agueros! Awesome. Second Aguero is Carroll.

ooh ooh what about a Palace mid?

Pedro. 2 home games incoming. Playing excellent. Unlucky not to score against Stoke and has 3 returns (2 double digits) in 3 games prior.

Pedro

I'm in the same boat mate. Sure he won't be fit for Hull? If he's out, I think I'm going for Tadic. Don't fancy Palace fixtures

Alli/Sterling/Sane

Mane > Sanchez (if fit)

keeping and starting for points bonanzas to come.

Keeping.

Sold Mane last week. Holding Sane for now.

Keeping Mane

Repeating their names over and over again.

I'll consider him.

Yeah

Yeah!

As someone who transferred in Kane before the Millwall game, I would say no.

JWP isn't a fantasy option, so no

As someone now priced out of FMori > Valencia by 0.1m & looking at Yoshida I'd say risky but sod it.

How are you getting on in your cash leagues?

Only if you are using it for a different reason, off the top of my head:
Dead team challenge
Highest value possible
Draft league with friends
Lowest points possible

Maybe in the minority, and I only have one team (not linked 🙂 ) but I don't see why it's a problem and so much anger around. If the same user has 2-3 teams in the same cash league, then fair enough, that's not right, but having different teams in different leagues is meh to me, since the user will have to juggle so many more teams. Don't see what advantage they gain though.

It allows one to be very bullish in one's opinions about what players to get and what chips to use and when because one has more than one chance to be proved right.

(PS it is two teams, I thought it was three)

It allows you to cover off opponents. For example I'm entered in a LMS league and a H2H league. Towards the business end of the season I may want to own high ownership players (to progress in the LMS), but also cover my gameweek opponents players in the H2H league. With my one team, achieving both will be tough and sacrifices may even have to be made. With 2 teams I could adjust teams accordingly. Its a huge advantage.

He's probably not though.

He'll get a single attacking return in them 6 games, probably just an assist from a pass to Stuani who puts in in from 30yd

Indeed.
I have Llorente atm, but looking at Negredo for 34 for sure.

If Boro start playing a more attacking game now Karanka has gone then he's definitely worth a look. Just monitor for now though.

You'd be banking on a shift in style and improvement in the attacking front under their new manager. They struggle to score goals at the moment

Not a good option imo

Middlesbrough have to start scoring or else they are going down, I would expect them to start going for it more in their easier run of fixtures.
I do like my players to have good fixtures, thinking he might be better than Deeney or Llorente over the next 5 weeks.

Just start a Theo can cover Sanchez post and he'll be drawn out of lurking.

Jones to Valencia?

I'm holding personally, happy to bench him for a couple of weeks as he's cheap. If you feel you need to move him on I'd at least wait for more concrete news, he may only miss one game week and he's a handy player for week 34.

Is jones injury time confirmed?

Look at my defenders will have to play stephens 🙁

It's not worth even if he is fit.

Yes im keeping carrol for that reason 😀

Will you really start de Roon?

Already have: Ibra, Chambers (hopefully he'll be fit and playing) and de Roon

Getting: Valencia for Baines in GW34

Valdes, Valencia, Ibrahimovic, Jones (already have him). Could have thought of more but Spurs, Liverpool, Everton, Swansea all have good fixtures in GWK 34

What is bellerin doing there too expensive in defence dude!!

Don't like Firm in there. Would rather have Mane/Sanchez

I'm selling for Sanchez providing he's fit

Play him....

Play,next week has bournemouth too

Alli if I didn't
Vardy because I dont

Long term Alli is the best transfer target in terms of points and value.
This week in isolation Vardy as he would make a good captain.

Keeping for Palace and captain...if fit

Selling for Sanchez following week

If he's injured I will do that this week

Nope. had him for over 10 game weeks he's a guaranteed 1pt a game guy.

No

His ceiling is probably 4 or 5 points. Hardly worth bothering with

I'm looking to buy him for a free for the DGW. Will take 4 points from my bench fodder.

Not me

If you are upgrading him to a premium mid or going with 3-5-2, why not?

Not really worth a free transfer in my opinion.
FT are really valuable at this time of the year.