With one fixture remaining in the Gameweek, it’s time for us to plunder the members area and pick out some of the key numbers from the key performers so far. Members can read on for the latest insight on Reading’s attacking potential from the back, Sunderland’s new positivity and the latest Rooney versus Van Persie comparisons…
This week, just going to do a straight swap - Mata for Michu.
Chelsea are awful, can see Sunderland game being 0-0 and then off to World Club the week after. Not geting rid of Bale, and I refuse to get any more DGW players than Gorkss and Cuellar because both sides are awful.
Can anyone can talk me out of it?Open ControlsSorry, Chelsea aren't "awful". They're just awful at the moment.
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Norwich are currently more solid than Sunderland.
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Chelsea and particularly Mata were quite good in the 1st half, only thing they didn't take their chances and Jaask did some heroics in the goal. Mata had 1 shot blocked off the line, another one clear goal chance blocked, he had a freekick with the ball touching the the inside of the post, and scored a goal.
I'm keeping Mata.Open Controls
mata scored this week and is a playing a team that, by your own admission, is awful
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This time last season (my first season) I was the archetypal casual. I hadn't heard of this site and based all my decisions on the list of players on the transfers page of FPL. (A few weeks later I found Never Captain Nicky Butt).
My rank was 150K better then than it is now 😯
New plan: two more shîte weeks and I'm out.Open Controls
This time last week i was the archetypal casual. I found this site Feb last year i think.
My rank is 800k better.
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My advice is just act casual. 😉
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though i'm on constant decline right now, i still believe that this site is the best thing that happened to me in terms of fantasy football
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this time last year I was ranked about 1 mil. Found the site and finished last season 28k overall, despite making 90+ transfers.
currently 70k on 30+ transfers, therefore on-track to better my personal best lolOpen ControlsSorry, I'm not saying that this site hasn't helped. When I found it feb last year I jumped from 200K to top 20K.
I just seem to make appalling decisions this year and I don't seem to have any chance of beating my rivals at this point.Open Controlsyeah this year been really tough
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Try not to get disheartened!
My view of this game is that the more informed your choice is, the better. How you interpret information is just as important however. As long as you keep making the best possible decision that you can make every time based on the available information, over the course of a season you will do better than most casuals.
Of course, there are a lot of things you can't know, can't plan for and can't predict, but that's the same for everyone!Open Controls+ 100
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This. +42.
Open ControlsThere's the problem though - my judgment. My team looks great on paper. Since about GW3 I've never had a front 8 that wasn't composed of the top halves of the Scout's Watchlists. But it never delivers and it can only be down to my judgment.
For example, this week my decisions cost me 30 points. i.e. if hadn't logged in all week and left it as it was, I would have had 72 instead of 42. My poor judgment isn't going to change.
We'll see. I'll give it two weeks but if my decisions keep bombing I'll call it a day. Maybe come back next year.Open ControlsThat's not necessarily poor judgement though. There's only so much we can plan for and football is basically 90 minutes of random events. Obviously the teams set themselves up for a match tactically but anything can happen in a match and although they can practice different situation on a training ground a thousand times, they're only human and they can't plan for every eventuality.
Try not to take it to heart. After all, it's only a game!
http://fantasypremierleaguemusings.blogspot.de/2012/08/the-art-of-clear-thinking-its-only-game.htmlOpen Controls
Only a game 😯
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three wonderfully mediocre choices for me this week:
1) play 3-5-2 and hope Bale pulls through.
2) -4 hit: Weimann > 7.5m striker (probably Berba or Long)
3) -8 hit: Bale + Weimann -> Fellaini + 9.6m striker (probably Defoe or Ba)
and the winner is..........?Open Controls
Captain poll
A. Mignolet - could get save points
B. Cuellar - could get a goal
C. Shorey - could get some assists
D. Michu - don't let the DGW fool me
E. RVP - big game, big player
Ta muchly.
Mingolet
Rangel – Cuellar – Shorey
Pienaar – Sterling – Michu – Silva – Bale
Suarez – Berba – RVP
Jussi – Suarez – Cameron – B JonesOpen Controlswould be tempted to (C) a dgw def....they always excel in dgws.....
Either B.....or if you don't really want to take the risk then rvpOpen Controls
Guff.
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A or D
Open ControlsGopher!
Wanted your advice as you seem to be the hit master!
Would you take a hit to get Fellaini in this week for Pienaar.
Would downgrade Rangel to Davies.Open ControlsLOL
That's a toughie, Spencer. I suggest you monitor Fell's price on FISO. If he is about to rise, then perhaps yes....Open Controls
So many people seem to have benched Michu. 😯
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at least they did not get rid for a hit like me 😀
Open ControlsI got him in as part of a hit!!!
Mental, the lot of ya 😉Open ControlsIm calling him the biggest overperformer so far. Another Papiss Cisse, Siggy type of story. How likely is it that the man with the best conversion rate at the end of the season will be an attacking mid from Swansea? What he currently is, better than RVPs, Agueros.
Open ControlsYou keep doing that, then. I'm calling him Dempsey 2.0!
Even if his conversion rate takes a dip, he is still looking at 200+ points, for 7.4 or whatever he's gotten to now.Open ControlsWell he is currently scoring at double the clip that his career average is at. So ... there will be a double decline in the scoring. Even if he goes to Dempsey territory that is 7 extra goals with minimal baps over 23 gameweeks. Im not happy 🙂 Especially with his huge ownership
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How dare you insult Siggy! He was not an over performer! He was in integral part of Swansea's success. His stats were excellent and he consistently hit the target and created chances for team-mates.
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I benched him once (against Newcastle). He scored, but I got jammy and had his points off the bench. Learnt my lesson. I will never again bench Michu, the man is a hero.
Open ControlsTo be fair a lot of people were saying not to bench Michu in order to play Sterling but people had stars in their eyes when they saw Liverpool's fixture. The 1-0 result and lack of points for attacking players shows how useless the concept of 'cover' for good fixtures is.
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if you had ivanovic from gw1, would you get rid of him with the blank fixture at gw17?
after the blank, he has nice fixtures and under benitez chelsea produce some good returns at back
any thought?Open Controls
His attacking output is more limited now that he's no longer RB.
Open Controlsthis, but Benitez's defensive style will help with CS
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had ivanovic from gw one....got rid when rafael took charge
Open ControlsDefinitely get rid while price haven't dropped
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Randomly I have a grey arrow for my overall rank in Scotland. Has anyone seen this before? chance of getting a grey arrow are ridiculously slim. I know ive got points to come off teh bench and the Newcastle game is tonight but its good to see. Or maybe i need to get out more.
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/77076/history/Open Controls
What would you guys do with this team? I have 1FT and 0.3 in the bank...
Begovic
Cuellar Enrique Clyne
Mata Silva Fellaini Puncheon Sterling
RVP Giroud (c)
Gazzaniga Rafael Nelsen SuarezOpen ControlsOoohh just noticed bp's are out. Davies with one on my bench with 7 now. If only Billy Jones didn't play.
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Are you playing him this week?
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Open ControlsYeah, I have to. 4 at the back with no Bale/Suarez and I'll just get in Shorey for Gunter. At home to Norwich is a decent enough fixture and he's gone 6-7-7 last 3. Captaincy option. 😉
Open ControlsSo I think I might play Bego over Tremmel then 😉
Open ControlsWhy's that? I've had Davies in for all 20 of his points the last 3. 😎
Open ControlsFrom the bench. As soon as you start him, he'll get 2, it's inevitable.
Open ControlsHaha, nah I actually had him in me XI last week, and the week before I started him over Fellaini, it was forced but he wasn't benched 🙂
He'll still probably get two, though. Maybe I'll start Suarez.Open Controls
My bench has 21 from Michu and Dyer
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Jussi
Rafael, Ivanovic, Cuellar,
Mata, Fellaini, Michu, Walcott
Tevez, Van P, Berbatov
(Bunn, Demel, Sterling, Fonte)
STICK OR TWIST THIS WEEK?Open Controlsstick!
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I just noticed If I can get a Good scoreing week like let's say 80+, my rank will be way up than now. Need only double score captain once to make this happen. 😀
Open ControlsNew article announcement:
The Big Numpties
A list of all the eejits who benched players they shouldn't have.
Coming soon!Open ControlsI'll start for you
Lateriser12
Aatish
JafaladOpen ControlsWho did Aatish bench? and Jafalad?
Open ControlsAdd me to the list. How I lost out on 8 points by playing the wrong keeper is beyond me!
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I'd like that to be a league table.....I had 25pts sitting on my bench, surely would be ranked near the top!!?! ðŸ™
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Benching Cameron count? ðŸ™
Open ControlsI benched Bego this week, and Michu against W Brom.
Shit happens, usually caused by over thinking things and changing from ones often correct initial plan.Open Controls
A Ba haul today would not save my aweful gw....but would still be appreciated....
Squeaky Bum Time...Open Controls
Really good gameweek for me (61 points with 2 points to come from my bench). But I find myself coming out of the week frustrated. Firstly I decided to switch Baines for Nastasic. I was swayed by the fact that Baines was about to fall in price and Nastasic about to rise.
And then I crazily brought Fletcher in on Saturday night just to catch a 0.1 price rise.
Anyone else think FISO sometimes does more harm than good? If i'd held firm as was my intention all last week, I'd have an extra 6 points, an extra transfer for the DGW and one less yellow flag.Open ControlsIt's good to know about price changes but I don't use it as a strategy to decide transfers.
I only pay attention to price changes if I'm going to make the move anyway and I need to decide whether to risk doing it early to gain the odd 100k.Open Controls
What do people think the score will be in the WHU v Liverpool game?
Im deliberating whether to start Demel or Sterling.Open Controls0-0 probably. We'll be useless without Suarez, I reckon.
Open ControlsI'm starting Demel myself as made the cardinal sin of playing Jussi and not Bego.
So Stoke double up for me with Demel as W Ham cover against Suarez less Liverpool.Open Controls0-0 or 1-1 with Jussi and Enrique scoring.
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suarez out so who is going to get the goals for pool? and more importantly who's going to start up front??
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Question for Gorkss owners.
If you have him, do you put him in for DGW?
Risk of 2 sub appearances?
Or 2 starts with Reading leaking goals?
He may play now he's been rested and out of the team?
Or was he really as bad as I read here, with Reading fans calling for his head?Open ControlsMy other options are Rafael and Clyne.
I'm giving Gorkss a chance.Open ControlsDepending on news this week I may join you. Nothing to lose and nice DGW bonus if he
reappears.Open Controls
i am gonna bench him
Open ControlsAt the moment he's on my bench behind Cameron (avl), despite having Begovic too.
The only way he'll play for me is if Bale is injured but I decide not to replace him.Open Controls
4 red arrows. 3 of which have coincided with a hit. Hmm..
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Best striker for under 7.3?
Le Fondre? Kone?
Struggling!
Could find the 7.4 for Berb but hes not worth a hit atmOpen ControlsIf Ruiz is back, he is.
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Bit screwed this week with Fletcher and Suarez.
Only choice is Fletcher -> Berba
Yes or no?
Juss (Bego)
Cameron Enrique Cuellar Hughes (Clyne)
Cazorla Hazard Noble Michu (Maloney)
Rvp Fletcher (Suarez)Open Controls
Man I wish I'd just bought Defoe at the start of the season - at 8.2 still a total bargain.
Open ControlsI wish I didn't sell him this week 😡
Open Controlsif Ba doesn't do something 2day, i'm getting defoe
Open ControlsGW10 and 11 were a worry though, once Adebayor returned.
Might do Tevez > Defoe next week. I need to ditch Tevez soon.Open Controlswhy that? rotation?
Cuz i was thinking of getting him in....Open ControlsYeah rotation. I'll keep for now because those Mancini comments about him the other day seemed semi-positive, and the way City fans and the media post match reacted to his subbing hopefully shows Mancini he should be playing him over Dzeko. I might end up keeping him though. The further United pull away the less Mancini will rotate, but over Christmas he will be a nightmare.
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Shorey
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Lesson learnt: Never feel overly obliged to use 2FT...
Open ControlsI made a transfer to sort out my injured keeper and ended up costing myself 8 points. It's about the worst feeling ever.
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yeah. theres no harm in letting a transfer go to waste.
Open ControlsI was so close to selling Michu in GW14 with one of my 2 FTs just because I didn't want it to go to waste. Glad I saw sense.
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Thanks to some good advice I've revised my decision to ditch Mata. Only problem is, now what?
Begovic/Jaaskalainen
Demel/Enrique/Cuellar/Davies/Gorkss
Bale/Mata/Sterling/Nolan/Fellaini
Giroud/RVP/Suarez
1 FT. 0.1m in the bank. Any thoughts? Or just stick for this week?Open Controls
