Time to roll out our first post-Gameweek delve into the 2017/18 members’ data and assess some of the stand-out performers over the opening round of matches.
Tottenham’s top scorer misses chances aplenty as the transfers-out pick up pace. Man City’s front two and Liverpool’s summer signing from Roma arrive for analysis, while Chelsea and Palace’s left wing-backs also make the cut thanks to forward-thinking performances.
Yes. I would like both but only 3 places for forwards make it complicated.
Better fixtures
this
Great fixtures.
Yes, he also looked good. I know it's a small sample size but he scored well in France and it looked like that may carry over.
But Vokes had a great finish in the premier league, plays for a better team and has some plum home fixtures coming up as well
I personally think it is to do with the romance of the upset that was Hudd vs CPL. Everyone (me too) expected Zaha Tekkers and the CPL defense to have a dream game.
the fixtures argument is only valid if you're playing with 3 attackers every week. based on quality of delivery (from which vokes feeds) and squad premier league experience, vokes is a much stronger pick. and if you only play him when burnley are at home, he's got fantastic fixtures as well.
i think most are picking him because they (like me) have "5th mids" in both their 5th and 4th mid positions, so they need to rotate between a 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 but can't handle 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 in a given GW. but even i've gone with experience scoring PL goals (jrod) over mounie.
thanks. Would give any promoted side atleast a couple of weeks before i go it. If Mounie (or anyone else) is THAT good.. I dont mind paying 6.3 for him
Two home games coming up for Huddersfield swayed me. They'll want to start with a bang and will be well up, plus the new signings looked good.
Hey guys,
Best replacement for Zaha ?
a) ramsey
b) tadic
c) redmod
d) ritchie
Tnks.
All aboard the Ramsey express! Choo Choo
A
In the same dilemma.
E) Robbie Brady ?
i like that pick too, but you'd need a good rotation partner. can't see fielding brady in burnley's upcoming away fixtures.
"6 shots on goal, with five efforts inside the box, by XX was more than any forward on both counts.
3 shots on target by West Brom’s summer signing YY was more than any forward."
I don´t get this. How is this possible? Is Shots on Target and Shots on goal different things?
Yup.
Anyone can shoot, not everyone can get them on target 🙂
Shots on target mean they actually hit the target so it was saved etc while shots on goal could have all gone wide
Shots on target = Torres at Liverpool
Shots on goal = Torres at Chelsea
Yeah, shots on goal are just shots in general.
Thank you all! Good to know. I thought "attempts" was all shots (on target and wide) but shots on goal and shots on target was the same. This is good to know 🙂
Foster | Elliot
Kolasinac | Danilo | Cedric | Stephens | Daniels
KDB | Willian | Carroll | RLC | Chalobah
Kane | Lukaku | Jesus
69 points... Do I need to make any transfers, was thinking potentially Danilo!?
nope. save.
is Mendy back this week though... Danilo a chance to be benched?
danilo for sure. but maybe next week when you can use the cash from downgrading him (you've got a bit too much spent in defense for my liking) to turn one of your 3 "5th mids" into someone you can actually depend on for points.
FULL TIME | City are defeated by a determined and hungry Girona side in today's friendly.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHSHAHAAHAHAHAHSHAHAHAAHAH
Pep don't roatate. Do what Chelsea did and wn the title with the strongest squad possible
Is 8am normally what time you emerge from under your bridge?
Good to know.
Lol@ this comment
This is why they need to ban children under the age of 10 from this site
With Barry apparently on his way to West Brom , is Hegazi's place even more at risk?
no
maybe his place could be at risk with mcauley's return.
Aware of that, but my guess is that at 38 and after a long injury lay off, he might not see that many minutes this season.
Mooy or Ritchie for Zaha?
mooy
This
- Everton has agreed Siggurdson deal. He's expected to undergo medical today.
Everton has formed a strong side. Siggy would be great option for us from GW6 imo.
This. Don't expect the toffees to gel until xmas though.
Rotation risk ?
A player of his calibre should be a starter.
Still need a prolific striker like Lukaku
Ramsey or Willian Gw2?
Willian set to rise
Ramsey
Was thinking zaha & kane for alli & vardy -4
Any thoughts?
nope. find another zaha replacement.
firmino?
could also go for mkhi and lukaku
really depends on your coverage
don't sell kane mate.
Brunt or ramsey?
Sane to Silva in draft league ?
Lol it's what I did
why the lol ? Just because Silva started at the weekend doesn't necessarily mean he's any more nailed than Sane.
Because I did it before and got some sweet points out of if.
I doubt silva won't be taken after he assisted
sure he will, but it remains to be seen if he is a better option than Sane.
Morning all
Can anyone help by explaining the 'protected' status on injured players? The when and why of it all. Being playing this game long enough now and I think this is something I really should know but hey!
Obviously the Zaha situation brings it to the fore for me despite having hit the confirm transfers button last night to go Mkihi for -4 🙂
Can anyone enlighten me?
Cheers
In normal conditions, a player's price would drop if he loses 10% ownership.
In case of a flagged player, it should be 30%.
OK cool, thanks Dreams, so flagged is RED (injured only?)
Yellow and red.
Danke 🙂
oh thanks man. I didnt know this. I put atsu in for zaha thinking zaha's price will drop & next week i wanna put firmino for gabbi.
dont wanna take a -4 hit now.
Is Mbemba nailed?
With all this injuries...i would assume so...
What to do with Zaha. I can easily play Mee this week.
Hart
Bertrand / Ake / Cedric / Mee
KDB / Salah / Richie
Kane / Lukaku (C) / Gabbiadini
Elliot / Carroll / Long / Zaha
£0, 1ft
I swapped him for ramsey. It feels good 🙂
That was my plan as well but I ended up pulling the trigger to Ramsey.
I was just going to get annoyed having him sit there and lose value, offering you zero points when you could bring in another attacking player on the FT.
Then save the FT next week and have two going into the international break.
Better save your FT.
Why would you keep him if you know his price ll drop and u cant use him in the next several weeks?
because in the next week you can combine his sale with the replacement of another player in your squad that needs changing and you have more flexibility, all without a hit.
Yes but what about -0.1 less in the bank + possible rises on your targets?
Zaha to:
A) Ramsey
B) Atsu/Mooy/JWP (and Willian to Mkhitaryan this week/next week)
A
Has anyone noticed that other players total team value are showing last night's increases. Mine shows correctly as 100.2 but I know people who who should have higher team value than mine showing as lower?
how do you know that other people should have higher team value than yours, where is no way of knowing what transfers they have made.
Because they haven't made any transfers and have Salah and kaku as risers and no fallers yet their TV is showing as 100.1
could have activated a chip after first price increase.
You can see if somebody has made a transfer, you just can't see who they've transfered
But they've made no transfers
Can anyone check the TV on this team please
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/656195/event/1
£100.3 (not 101.1), no mention of a chip being played either.
Could be this
100.2 Salah and Mkhitaryan both rose in price
and Kaku
Mine shows as 100.1. I've cleared. My browser and tried logging again but no change. I agree with BITM it should show 100.3. Weird and annoying
Agree, it's not showing correctly. 100.1 for me too, should be 100.3.
Hello all. Missed Mkhi price rise. just wanted to know if Zaha to Mkhi is still a sensible move?
Could get Eriksen for Zaha(3.5m ITB) but that there will be no room and fund for Jesus to Kane later. Already have KDB and Kaku in the team.
Thought?
Nah you missed his price rise
That .1 price difference may prove troublesome now. Interesting to see how Man U rotate their midfield
i'm assuming waxys' comment was more trolling. the .1 isn't a concern, especially when you have enough in the bank to stretch to 8.1.
what i would say is more of a concern is whether or not mkhi will start this week. herrera is quite a player and mourinho likes to be more conservative on the road. not to mention that martial performed very well when he came on, so there's also competition on the basis of attacking prowess.
assuming pogba and mkhi are going to score similar points whenever they start, i would say that pogba is a slightly safer option.
TBH I'm concerned with his minute which makes me reluctant to do the move last night. Pogba is a great shout, maybe not as explosive as Mkhi but nailed and consistent than him.
Cheers all.
Kane, Silva and TAA
or
Jesus, Alli and 5.0 def (allready hav Eriksen
First
Thanks!
Draft league.
Take out Bats for Vokes ?
Yeah
Oh Giroud is available as well.
still Vokes (the other two aren't nailed)
Thanks
Arsène Wenger speaks to the media from 9am (UK time) today.
Announcing Sanchez's departure to city?
Ha, they wish!
Had a dream last night that Arsenal signed Gareth Barry as A Sanchez replacement.
No disrespect to Barry but that would be an absolute nightmare! 😳
You will miss him at Everton, won't you? He's still a good squad player and youngsters could learn a thing or two from him.
Why so early? sanchez?
https://www.arsenal.com/news/wenger-live-update-alexis-ahead-stoke
Yeah, he's one of the main reasons, everybody wants to hear an update on his fitness. It's weird because it's usually 2 days before the match, not 3.
any news on ramsey?
Not yet. Just saw live coverage could start around 8.45am, stay tuned.
sort of a technical question.
matic, both last season under conte and in chelsea's premier league title season under mourinho (who is obviously now his manager again), was much more of a points-generator at home.
right now i have loftus-cheek as my 5th mid, but given that CPL is on the same home/away rotation as MUN for the foreseeable future, it's not an ideal pairing (i should have spent this much time analyzing before the season but that ship has sailed).
my squad is:
foster/eliot
kolasinac/mee/cedric/dawson/lejeune
KDB/pogba/salah/matic/RLC
kane/lukaku/jrod
i'm thinking that brady would be the ideal partner for matic, with great home/away rotation, but he's 1.0 more than RLC. obviously there's nothing i can do this week, but do you see any way for me to come up with 1.0 out of my squad to fund the transfer? the only obvious thing i see is to downgrade KDB to silva, but that seems a bit risky, despite the GW gone by. kolasinac to a 5.0 defender is the other option, but i really think kola is good value, especially with mustafi and koscielny to return and free him for more attacking raids.
maybe just abandon the idea of having an ideal rotation for matic? at 1 goal 7 assists in his best return, maybe he's not worth accomodating?
many thanks for thoughts.
Matic is a dreadful fantasy option Xhaka is much better
if united are going to score for fun he may not be so dreadful.
United won't score for fun.
West ham had like 5 injured players.
Matic is a good player.. but not one you design your FPL team on. so would suggest you look to downgrade one of your defense (lejeune) to a 4.0 and upgrade him to a more attacking option (JWP, Brady) - ideally one you wouldnt look to rotate too much - with RLC as your 5th mid on the bench.
but then again this is template speak!
that makes sense. wasn't ever really going to be playing lejeune much anyways.
Morning all,
So I hit a -4 last night and now I'm not sure how I feel. Danilo and Zaha the casualties.
G2G?
Foster,
Lowe, Kola, Bertrand
Mkhi, KDB, Ritchie, Salah
Kane (C), Lukaku, Tammy
Elliott, Carroll, Suttner, Mariappa
Sound
pep should play 4-4-2 tbh.
Aguero Jesus
Sane KDB D.Silva B.Silva
Mendy Kompany Otamendi Walker
Danilo to replace Mendy.
He wont tho Mendy is better
That centre midfield 😆
Aguero and Jesus are wasted playing centre back
Anybody else putting the armband on Salah? Just feel that Trollkakku will blank.
Nah
There will be a few
Tempted. Always prefer captaining a home player against a team in disarray.
Help needed..
Have already used FT Zaha } Willian. Thought Willian was rising last night 😐
However I still have Darmian. Move to Jones? Or has he got a chance of playing against Everton?
Thanks
Its 50/50 with Darmian. He and Blind are gonna be rotated heavily
I want to replace Zaha with a Huddersfield mid. Torn between Mooy and Ince. Which mid would you go for?
Mooy looked much better on Saturday
Did Fabregas to Ramsey, but am still stuck with Zaha.
Should I do Zaha to Mané & Firmino to Mounié and take the -8 hit?
I need you guys!
U need a wildcard
Yeah should I?
Don't give out rubbish advice
No need to wildcard. And certainly not a -8. Hold on
Then my team would be
DDG (Elliot)
Aké - Stephens - Monreal (Long, Rangel)
KDB - Mané - Ritchie - Ramsey (T. Carrol)
Mounié - Kane - Lukaku
Yeah looks good
Nah relax and bench Zaha.
dont panic & take any -8 hits. What if Firmino scores & Mane doesnt. Dont even take a -4 hit unless u have no other bench players. I removed zaha & put in atsu for ft & now i have 2m itb. Next week i will put firmino for gabbi most probably. This is why u need a decent bench atleast they should be starting players.
Is Ramsey really a better option than Willian to replace Zaha?
He looked really good in pre-season. Scored a goal off the bench. If he stays fit he should be a starter while Willian will be in and out of the team once Hazard is back. I'm going with Ramsey.
Seeing a lot of love for Mooy recently in search of Zaha replacements, can anyone explain why?
He is playing rather deep, he had only 4 goals and 7 assists last season in the Championship with penalties - which he may not have now.
Sure the fixtures are good and he will chip in with the odd assist, but why not JWP or Groß (who is playing as a striker)? Surely much better options.
Listen Listen latest scout cast on YouTube. Jonty explains it
*listen to
I did listen, it doesn't explain it.
Foster
Cedric Bavies Mee
KDB Salah Willian Ramsey
Kane Lu(K)aku Mounie
Elliot S.Dann TCaroll Long
0 itb 0 FT
Good to Go? Will be busy until deadline so have to setup today.. 😉
6 years, 8 months agowhy are people picking Mounie over Vokes? Was his performance that good?