Next up in this week’s series of articles focusing on goal threat are the forwards. Having analysed the midfielders yesterday, we turn our attentions to the men up front. First, we take a look at the potential hinted at by our very own ICT Index before digging deeper into the Opta statistics, highlighting a variety of crucial attacking indicators from the top 20 forwards in terms of goal attempts over the first seven Gameweeks of the new season…
If Felix landed in Old Trafford, Ref would have given a penalty to Man Utd.
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dunno despite fallin from 24 miles he still stayed on his feet
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City champions, Chelsea 2nd and Utd 6th. Yeah right 6th. Is worth a bet? The odds must be budget friendly . And it has stats all over it. To complement this articleOpen Controls
It lost all credibility after "Downing will score goals"
Open ControlsLiverpool 4th 😀 this guy is a straight up Liverpool fan.
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I must admit I like the look of the table 😛Open Controls
Not even Liverpool fans think that. It must have been Brendan Rogers writing it. Maybe it's the document he gave Fenway when he applied for the job.
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If Liverpool score 13 points more than United I will personally give each person in the Fantasy football scout league head.
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"Liverpool were a good team last year"
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The stats are terrible. The opinions are worse. What was the point of showing us this?
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need some help with my team guys
foster jass
baines demel rangel fig mccauley
piennar bale caz hba michu
berba jelly defoe
2.4 in the bank
who do i take out ??i was thinking defoe but my def.also doesnt look that good??take out fig or demel(injured)maybe?Open ControlsI would be tempted to save it and find Defoe replacement next week. great team, what is the rank?
Open Controlsthe rank is 2 bad ...197k
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Looking good, Id only change the defense this week. The demel transfer looks good IMO.
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Who you gonna bench?
Open Controlsyes wanna get rid of defoe but cant get aguero will have to go 4 tevez for city coverage
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Tangtastic - are you around? May I pick your brain?
Major pre-season proponent of Tevez over Aguero - you talked me round and I'm delighted that you did.
Wondering where you're thinking of going from here? He's still got great stats, City look better with him on the pitch - on the other hand he hasn't scored in a bit and Aguero, now he's fallen in price - looks tasty when he's on.
Basically I don't think I'd drop him for anyone other than Aguero. And I still think he's one of the best value for money prospects in the game. Just wondering what you're thinking - seeing as you sold him to me in the first place!
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This article has made me reluctant to transfer out Suarez & Lambert after next week now. Hmm, decisions need to made, how much do i want Berba.
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Lambert only involved in 2 of Southampton's last 8 goals. One a pen.
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Even more impressive then that he's not got more points.
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Suarez's stats will always make you want to keep him (Taraabt does the same).
End of the day he's typically a poor finisher creating chances for other poor finishers.Open Controls
There's an argument for that but I honestly believe he's been incredibly unlucky. He's woodwork rate is well known. I believe it's only a matter of time before he starts scoring, especially considering his international prowess. It just depends on when that time comes.
Open ControlsI think he hits the woodwork so much because he's always trying to bend or curl it into the flashiest looking shot. Also he likes cutting in, ending up at acute angles and not passing - then its much easier to hit the woodwork than the goal.
He should regress towards the mean as others do away from it - but not as dramatically as his stats may suggest IMO.Open Controls
Is Berba really essential? A 31 year old with hip problems and difficulty breathing (seen wearing oxygen mask recently)
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michael jackson wore an oxygen mask and there was nothing wrong with him!
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Help ?
Foster (cerny)
Baines Cole Verm (Clyne) ( Nelson)
Carzola Michu pienaar Gerrard ( kahamdi)
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What r u worried about? With that team I wouldn't use both FTs.
Open ControlsI want to get berbatov poss for Defoe ? Also cole to come out due to his fixtures ?
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Weird team. I'd use 1FT downgrading Cole and then use 2 next week to sort out Gerrard and Defoe.
Open ControlsVermin to Rafael, cerny upgraded to begovic (maybe)
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Cerny ➡ McCarthy and save the other?
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Agree with that.
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Michu has scored a hat trick. Owners who bought him at 6.5, will you stick or twist?Open Controls
Stick for big price, won't be as bad when fixtures shape up then.
Open ControlsI'm sticking anyway. This 'drop him in 2 weeks' malarkey is a classic FFS bandwagon.
Open ControlsI will stick until after the SOT game no matter what he does
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The cliched 'Form over Fixtures' - so keep. But if he fails he won't have form or fixtures, so there's no real reason not to sell.
Open ControlsIf any player scores a hat trick, you stick.
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Still not decided. if i sell it will likely be for Barfa.
Open Controlsas am I when I look at the fixtures for a certain Mr. Ben Arfa.
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Everyone sure that Defoe will start against Chelsea ?
Open Controls"The Austrian became the first person to break the sound barrier unaided while pissing himself with abject fear the entire time."
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/baumgartner-suit-absolutely-full-of-urine-2012101444834Open Controlstrue enough. loved the controller guy who was the previous record holder from about 30 or 40 years ago. the smile on his face was priceless.
still tho, pretty cool spectacle all in all.Open Controls
1FT and 0.1m in the bank. What would you do?
Jaaskelainen Foster
Nelsen Baines Cuellar Wilson Demel
Michu Cazorla Jarvis Hazard Pienaar
Defoe Crouch RVPOpen ControlsAnyone giving the armband to Nollan? Surely goals in that game and he is such a goal threat
Open Controlsthink he's a decent shout actually.
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I have no idea who to captain. Bar Adam Johnson any of my front 7 could be a worthy candidate (assuming I do Ramirez to Nolan)
Nolan, Michu, Caz, Johnson
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Good jobbie.
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Guys I'm really considering putting in Giroud for Fletcher for the next 2 game weeks, I already have Cazorla but I am sure Giroud will do well...What you think?
Already did Verm for Kolarov(drunken mistake...), so this would be for a hit.
Team is
Jaas (Foster)
McAuley, Kolarov, Baines (Demel, Clyne)
Pienaar, Cazorla, Hazard, Yaya, Michu
Saurez, Ba (Fletcher)Open ControlsI do want to get Berbs in before his value goes up, but the thing is everyone is getting Berbs for this weekend. Giroud might be a good differential to have, I do have Santi but he will assist more then score. I could take a real risk by doing -8 hit to get both in and take Ba and Fletcher out... I also have a WC. Should I just play it safe and get berbs or take the punt and either do Giroud or -8 for both?
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Jaaskalainen (Begovic)
Demel Baines B.Davies (Clyne Nelsen)
Mata Bale Michu Ben Arfa (Sterling)
Podolski Van Persie (C) Tevez
I have one free transfer and i have no idea what to do. Am i all set to sit tight? Any help will be apreciated!Open Controls
Is there anyway to find a replay of Felix's jump? I missed it I'm afraid, I heard it was on Monday. All I can find is their conference on their page, which starts shortly for those interested
Open ControlsI missed it too. Don't worry surely there will be a replay. It was free for watching on youtube why it won't be ?
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Is playing Lambert and benching Sterling for a home game against Rdg the right call ?
Open ControlsI'm purposely bringing Stirling in for this game.
Open ControlsBut Sterling has 0 shots on target and he isn't on penalties.
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I'd rather play Lambert, bigger potential to score heavy IMO
Open ControlsLooks like I could use assist in the Sterling case
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i brought in sterling and dropped lambert too the bench wondering if its worth it
Open Controlshm.... ikram u might be wrong or right. At least one of us will be right
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For anyone interested this is the original footage of Kittinger doing his jump in the 60's blended with a dude surfing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBZeWjGjl8Open Controlsclassic tune and a perfect video.......
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Blended with a song I listened to about 20 times today. BoC are even more amazing than today's jump
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ok it'd be interesting to get some feedback, as my captaincy choice is really hard for next GW. So far I've had 6 out of 7 failures, so let's see if anyone else can do better. (This team is assuming Ramirez is out for a few weeks, so I'd be selling him to Nolan). Who would YOU captain?
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Baines, Rafa, Hangeland
Johnson, Nolan, Michu, Caz
RvP, Berba, Jelavic
Foster, Kebe, Davies. ClyneOpen ControlsRule Number 2
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but I'm, seriously worried about another 20 minute cameo with him. The others are pretty much nailed on to start.
Open ControlsThat is a worry for sure, but I think SAF will know that it wont be easy against Stoke and will play all his main guys, especially with 2 wins in the bag in CL and Braga not looking very strong- he will probably be able to rest some of his main guys against them.
Open ControlsRemember last year v Stoke at OT, he played Berba and Chica up top, he didn't play a very strong side and we won 2-0, though it was 2 pens.
Open ControlsI dont know if you agree- but I think this year Stoke are much better. Last year was all this rotation at CB with Upson/Woodgate also with no clear nr 1 keeper and they were totally unable to keep the ball while this season they are a bit better at that.
The game was also sandwiched between Chelsea away and Arsenal away in a 14 day period.
I could be wrong though.Open Controlstrue, but I have put the c on him in the last 2 and he has delivered nowt but an assist.
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Your captain choices have been fine and I wouldn't call the Torres one a failure.Open ControlsI was classing Torres as a failure, I suppose I'm thinking of it as fail as i had Ivanovic.
But since GW3 I have failed to pick the best captain, and, much like Granville have seen my VC hoover up points.Open Controls
berbs for me, though i'm having a shocking captain-choosing season
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Any thoughts/suggestions on my WC team?
Bego - Jaas
Baines - Rafael - Caulker - Ivanovic- Demel
Cazorla - Bale - Silva - Gerrard - Routledge
Berba - Lambert - Long
I'm looking to plan 3-5-2 prettymuch every week so loading up on the midfield over forwards.Open Controls
Tempted to do something similar with mine but having to keep RVP changes things a lot. Silva and Gerrard in midfield is cool, don't like Lambert I'd go for Kone over him, oh and Caulker has some difficult games coming up, when they come to an end he could be out of the side. Decent team.
Open Controlsthanks 🙂 I was late starting this season but have run with this strategy since GW3 and averaged 61 points each week so pretty happy with that. Kone is .4 more than Lambert so not sure i can afford him. I see your point about Caulker but only planning to play 3 defenders and the others rotate pretty well with him. All players chosen for goal threat more than anything else.
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That is lovely... except the front 3 but that is to be expected.
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Begorvic / fed
Baines / Hangeland / Demel/ Jenkinson/ ridgewell
Michu/ bale/ Yaya/ Nolan/ kacanklic
RVP /tevez/ Berbatov
Last few weeks got stung by bad transfers brought Berbatov in for Torres and ridgewell, maybe I should have used my wc two weeks ago to fix my mistakes. Two free transfers available and 1.1 million in bank would happily make one more for a hit.
Want to get rid of the following: fed, jenkinson, Hangeland and Yaya, but at a loss to who to bring. Thinking of Yaya to Cazorla and fed to McCarthy and Hangeland to shawcross and bench him against united, amy thoughts?Open ControlsRMT not sure if i should start lambert or obrein both currently on my bench
Schwarzer
Hughes,Rafeal,Gibbs
Michu,Sterling,Peinaar,Cazorla,HBA
Aguero,RVP
Bench : Begovic,LAMBERT,o'brein,Gallas
Who should i start and who should i drop ??Open Controlsi dont fancy wigan players plus i used my transferup this week to get in Aguero for tevez
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http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
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oo oo. press conference. I hope they give out the teamsheets
Open ControlsRealistically it's extremely boring, but I'm hooked none-the-less.
Open Controlsindeed its not everyday you get to see such historic achievements...especially ones as dramatic as this
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christ mach 1.2!!! 😯 faster than a fighter jet....faster than concorde
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Maybe yes, maybe no.
Open ControlsI hope so, but I'm not sure enough to put the armband on him
Open ControlsYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS .. LEFT ON SUBS BENCH V ANDORRA did not play a minute so should be fresh
Open Controlsyeah, fergie will want to get his money's worth before RVP conks out at the end of the season
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flying or falling with style 😉
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if demel made the bench for the ivory coast the other night, surely that means he will be fit for the next west ham game and not doubtful?
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