If Dzeko stays in the starting 11, probably good value @ 9.5, so the price increases are not really a big concern. Great if you have a free and can get him in now though. The issue, and why it may be worth waiting, is whether Tevez will impact his starts.

Hopefully for everyone who is on board he delivers the goods again this week, otherwise there are going to be a lot of disgruntled managers on here next week!!!

I like Bos for an assist and De Laet for a cleanie tbh.

Its hard at this stage to say who will score more between the two long term. But, looking at your team, I think that the extra £1m spare by going Arteta could be put to good use upgrading the rest of what is a rather weak midfield (exc Silva of course)

If I where in the market for either I would pick Walcott, he is in goalscoring form, his place in the team is unaffected by the recent transfers and he has a unique quality (pace) that means he is likely to be in many goal scoring positions throughout any game. What do you think triggerlips?

For GW5 defense

Long term I would say probably B, but short term maybe A. Frank, even although he may be in the "twilight" of his career, will still score points

Mata and Arteta are quality but you could argue that neither are even banker starters until they settle in new teams

BUT, season long, I just dont see Lampard being worth £12m. But I would be tempted to go A for a couple of weeks, see how Mata and Arteta fit in and perform, and then maybe switch to B if they hit nail their places and hit form

mata and arteta

I would say no

You have the money in the bank to do the transfer the week after if required, and I doubt Arteta will score more 4 more than Yaya or Bale this week

In my experience, 4+ hits are rarely worth it unless you're getting a BIG hitter in or its a financial necessity in terms of a long term plan

2 questions
1) Will Arteta outscore Bale or Yaya by 4 (not a strong likelihood)
and
2) Do you have others MUST transfer outs next week
if yes then question 1 not as important (you'll need to take a hit at some point)

We have the same front three and also Silva. Even although I bought Dzeko between GW3 and GW4, I believe he might be a risk not to play the full game

For me, it has to be Rooney all the way. The man's in the form of his life, new hair-do, deadly free kicks, and lets face it, even Bolton away is not a hard game the way that Man U are playing

Lets be honest, there are no certainties in this mad game we call FF, but, how can you not captain a guy who scored 22 points in his last gameweek.....?

there seems to be very little in the £6m+ to £7.5m range that are any better than some of those just at £6m

You might be better just going something like Lamps to Brunt and using the extra £1.5m elsewhere to strengthen, or otherwise, as a bit of a risky differential, I've read that maybe Merieles at £7.4m might be worth a long shot...

Barton

Anderson

lol well thats a blatant lie

Not for me. You must have played your wildcard?

If not, I'd be careful - it may just be an anomaly in the program. There's no reason for anyone to be getting unlimited free transfers again. You may still get away with the three free transfers thus far, but I wouldnt be fannying about - they may just correct it retrospectively and you'll be faced with a massive points hit.....

+1

They don't need or want a rest, but when you have a world class bench why not try to keep the best players as fresh as possible. No matter how fit you are if you play 1 to 3 games a week for 9 months straight fatigue is a factor. Getting the odd rest now could mean dzeko is at 90% in may instead of 80%.

And when you play you go up against Richard Dunne,Terry,Skyrtel? Maybe the level they play at is a bit tougher than what your used to.

Definitely not worth 8 pts hit IMO. Lescott could conceded and Kolo could replace him in the next gw. Cole can have a good match and get assist or even score goal. Can you afford to go with Nzog > Arteta alone?

To many variables for just that question

You should link your team so we can see your squad and available transfer funds

No way!!!

I still stand by my claim that Nani will outscore Young by the end of the season.

Young got 2 cheap assists last week and scored 2 wonder goals.

Nani is actually getting into dangerous positions but his finishing hasn't been up to scratch, give him a few more games and he will be blasting them in left, right and centre.

Looking at your team, the main priorities are getting Torres and VdV out. If you've already done that, I dont think Walcott will outscore Nani by 4

Everyone is expecting an Arsenal massacre of Swansea, but Swansea have only conceded against Man City. Albeit it was four, but that was only in the last 30 minutes, in their first EPL game, when they were probably still struggling for fitness and pace after stepping up to the big league

Now they are settled, I doubt it will be any more than 2-0 to the gunners, and I can easily see Man U scoring similar against Bolton

Plus, I dont rate Walcott. He gets the odd good week, but the phrase "couldnt hit a cow in the arse with a banjo" always comes to mind with him

All decent picks and I'd all Hunt and Cabaye into the mix

Walcott by far

Not really convinced by either. I couldn't look beyond RvP but if I had to pick it would be Walcott if I had the funds

I had gone with Walcott. Hope he stays fit for the coming weeks.

b by a whisker

Jarvis is 50/50 doubtful and if there was ever a nailed on CS you have to think its Kompany v Wigan

If no pts hit involved then I think it has to be Brunt and Kompany

Even long team you have to think Jarvis roughly = Brunt, but Kompany will definitely outscore S Taylor

Brunt and Kompany or some other defender between 5.0 and 6.0

not sure about them black shorts n socks tho 😆

check

international breaks are a bore, wud be nice with somat good from zogbia

good luck with that 😆

Neither. Bosingwa or Kompany.

Still no Roonster?

😕

You'll have to deal with your goalies sooner or later, so I'll say you might as well do it now and who knows you might get lucky. I'd Go for the -4

😯

Too drunk to process that post

Con not compute

<_<

it's better than 70$% of some of the other musical drivel posted from time to time 8)

If we're playing this game, check this out for an absolute ripper of a song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZW9QSz7Go

No other game matters than Barclays FF

Yeah, I'm starting to get worried - a couple of my minor players are getting very close to a fall themselves.

I was about to post the exact same predicament.

I'm leaning towards Walcott and Adebayor but will wait until Dzeko rises 0.1 more as he is due to.

Then just have to pray that he doesn't keep playing like that.

Not particularly convinced - Roonpig for me. Though I captained Suarez last time out, so why believe me? 🙂

Nah

Screw the poll.

Play the game, play your own instincts, otherwise whats the point?

I paid £15 for the good stats. I didnt pay 15 quid to be told who to make captian or what transfers to make......

Given that he's only owned by a sensationally low 5.8% of players, even if he goes mental it won't hurt you much.

If I'd wildcarded this week I'd be very tempted to stick him in my team, especially having seen that ownership figure. Crazy low.

Well, when you look at the "Form" of all the great picks from the experts here, you know: Sessegnon, Moses, Sinclair, Taarabt etc. I would just go with what YOU feel. 🙂

Young more nailed on and more in the action so far this season, however we know what
Nani can do. It's a gamble to go with Nani but it could pay off, I'm sticking with Young though.

Do it man, people have gone money mad lately turning players like a hooker would turn tricks, he still gets a good few chances to make points

Wheeler dealers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJBsI7RAuvk

You have Nani. I would say, stick with him. Young has been prima facie the better player in EPL points terms BUT

Take off the two "assists" he got for those free kicks that werent really....and

if you included the Community Shield game where Nani got two goals, they are more or less the same. Over the long term I dont see much between them, and lets not forget Nani was the biggest points scorer last season

Its too early to be knee jerking into Young if you have Nani in my opinion

Eh, you have RvP already, so how can you do Torres to RvP?

Whatever you do, hang onto Ferguson. He's a must have. 😉

I'm surprised the site didn't crash with the addition of the stars... think they got added this week!?

You've missed it. It has been a feature since gw 1.