The second instalment in out series of members articles focussing on team statistics takes a look at the defensive side of things. We analyse the last six Gameweeks, checking the key indicators to assess each side in terms of potential defensive returns…
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Fran will be back next season? Not sure if that's good or bad. 🙂
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Very excited to welcome Mr. Aguero to my team for the first time this season on Friday. I can finally watch City games again.
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Contemplating the same - Suarez > Aguero. Although, now really considering Cisse as an alternate also
What has sold the Aguero option for you?Open ControlsI trust that he will start scoring and City will make one more push. They don't have any more competitions to focus on. He is 100% nailed on. He is on penalties.
Open ControlsMancini's post-match comments regarding Aguero were quite resounding also
Would love for clarification regarding the potential City GW29 blank before this weekend's deadline. Would make things a hell of a lot easier!
Need to use 2FTs and take a -4pts to move 3 DGW players on from last week. Finding the going tough to find the right comboOpen Controls
Welcomed him to my team today before the Suarez rise. I just hope the 2 Manchester clubs don't have blanks in GW29 or I'm in a spot of trouble
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Did the same. My TV was slashed by 0.7 mil becoz i got suarez at 9.4 😯
Open ControlsOoooh, that must've been tough to ditch him with so much value in there. I got Suarez at 10.8m, so easier for me.
Open Controls8 yc and having studge swing it for me
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Hah. Exactly. And keep telling myself that if I buy him back for 10.7 or less, I virtually make 0.1m profit (getting 0.7 from selling, and spending 0.6 to buy back)
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Finally I did Suarez to Aguero (before the fall)
Now the question is, would a hit to field 11 be worth it? The options are:
A. Davies to Cuellar/Turner/R. Martin
B. Enrique to Evans
C. Sturridge to Cisse
and I have Demel, so possibly fielding 9 players if I avoid the hit altogether.Open Controls
Its not worth if if you're getting a defender in. C would be an option worth considering though.
Open ControlsI thought so, but would it be worth the transfer I'd need to getting a front pool player back? considering the fixture's strength and no blank.
Open ControlsSturridge is certainly worth having and its a shame you would have to lose him. Its a tough call but the only call you need to make from those 3 options
Open ControlsWell there's always the option to offload Michu. But I don't think I wanna lose both Suarez AND Michu. Would put me in a vulnerable position due to their ownership%.
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Personally, I'm liking C
Looking at doing something similar - Suarez, Sturridge, G.Johnson > Aguero, Cisse, DEFOpen ControlsHah. This is keeping me for more than a week (my record of holding out transfers). The thing with Cisse is he's just not yet there, almost but I think would need 1-2 games. But it was before the FA cup match where he got 2 disallowed goals (?)
Open ControlsIs it good logic to wait for him to score first before buying him?
Open ControlsNot quite, I'm trying to forecast using the moving average of the ICT index. From the back tracing I did on Giroud and Bentekem the method worked well. Although 2 players are obviously not enough sample.
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I did B, but only because I needed the 0.1m to fund Suarez -> Aguero.
Since there's no way you can field 11 without the hit, it's worth taking one imo. For one week only, C has the highest potential, but I think Sturridge looks a long term hold so not sure.
Who are your other non-starters this week?Open ControlsMichu, Davies, and Enrique. Personally I'm keen to bring back Suarez/Sturrigde if I ended up selling them both this week.
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I'm really hoping the Manchester clubs have blanks in GW29 along with the others. I'd have a massive advantage. I quite surprised I only have 3 from the 6 clubs involved
Open ControlsA City blank would be nice 🙂
Open ControlsWash your mouth out..... 😉
If all 8 teams get blanks then I'll only be able to field 8 as it stands. Not so bad I guess if I save my freebie next week and then take a 4 pointer in GW29.Open Controls
yeah you'll be fine. and then you'll have a wc for the massive dgw.
wonder if you could afford this squad. could always substitute lamps/hazard for mata or dzeko/tevez for aguero if you cant
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zaba azpi monreal
mata walcott nani maloney/noble
rvp aguero giroudOpen ControlsCould just afford that (with 4 cheap subs), but I don't like Nani from this lot.
Planning will commence once the DGW dates are announced! 🙂Open Controls
last time i checked there were 8 clubs involved....
Open Controls+1 4 from 8 clubs involved (2 from MCI and they're the most likely to not have the blank) 😀
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Pretty Dead tonight...
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11 Wilsheres, and Arsenal will be perfectly fine.
Open ControlsIt's a conundrum really. Wilshere's arguably Arsenal's best player atm. But Cazorla-Arteta-Diaby trio worked well earlier in the season.
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If Villa win this weekend will Wenger jump or hang on to be pushed?
Open ControlsTrust me, they won't. Probably, it will be another of their big home wins. 5-1 or 7-2, something like that.
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arsenal will win, players at big club always deliver after bad performance..arsenal and liv dgw proves that
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if all of city arsenal united and chelsea have a dgw in the same gw, I feel a team along these lines could score 200+ pts especially considering united have west ham, city have wigan and chelsea have fulham for one of their games.
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zaba azpi sagna
mata walcott nani maloney/noble
rvp aguero giroud
what do you guys think? and how many hits would you guys be willing to take to get top dgw assets?Open ControlsNeeds Hazard!
Open Controlshow on earth do you plan on fitting hazard into that team? the budget can't stretch that far. i guess you could make one of the defenders a cheap option and upgrade nani to hazard....
but the general idea of the squad you agree with yes? think it could score 150-200 points?Open ControlsYou can't not have a player with 21 and 19 as his two DGW scores when he has a DGW...
Crowbar him in if you have to!Open Controlswho to lose from zaba or azpi?
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LOL Nani. 1 good game.. and the bandwagon starts rolling
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When is Swansea Cup Final?
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Hopefully, the DZ will be a bit more lively come Friday night. Night, all.
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I have no idea why people are thinking about a City DGW. There is absolutely no reason why their game cannot be shifted to midweek.
Open ControlsThere's one massive reason, it's called UEFA.
Open ControlsSo, is there ANY chance that the game might be in the midweek? :/
2 City players, the most in that lot.Open Controls
how many hits would you guys consider taking if all 4 games get rescheduled to the same gw?
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Open Controlsare you serious? we're talking about a dgw for rvp aguero giroud mata hazard walcott azpi zaba evans rafa ddg etc
did you see the potential team I posted above? obviously i wouldn't take hits for that whole team but think how many points that team could score in a dgwOpen Controlsthe potential of big score is there, but i have never took more than -8 hits before..
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32 point hits
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so?
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Who created the council site? Is there an established founder?
Open ControlsNo idea what you're talking about I'm afraid.
Open ControlsSome combination of ENR, TW, Parm, Udit and Pratik.
Open ControlsPratik as I understand was the builder of the site
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much of site came from a basic platform from Wordpress, then he helped with some other stuff (can't remember specifics) and I have been mostly responsible for the setup of the site organizationally
Pratik also has his own site which he uses to host the league tables and fixtures, all of which he did the coding for himselfOpen Controls
I believe it's time for a history lesson 😀
ENR created the council. he came up with the CL last year, then expanded it to the Europa League which was overseen by him but run by Parm and Udit I believe. I liked his idea of the CL and was going to make a Spanish cup of my own but thankfully he talked me out of that as it would have been competing and wouldn't have been as good haha. instead he signed me on to do HOF for the CL.
then in late spring he got Parm Udit and myself together with him to form the council. and Pratik too but i'm not sure how he got in there haha. and we ran the Euros. after the competition we signed JK on as a council member and then we set up the leagues. then somewhere in there ENR stepped down from the council as he needed to focus on his career. then this winter we signed Berbilly onto the council!
In terms of the site, there was an old Weebly site that we used for the Euros (you can find it if you search for it on google). I think Parm actually created it (or was it pratik I don't remember) and Parm + Pratik + I oversaw/ran the website. then at the end of the Euros we decided it would be best if we switched over to wordpress (Pratik's idea I believe, and I also believe he set it up). Then I think Pratik and I ran the website for a while. and now i mostly run the website with the help of berbilly and the occasional help from Pratik.
Pratik is responsible for all the great coding for the leagues to automatically update scores and standings!
I think that was a bit more than you were looking for but that is the general history of the council and the website to my knowledge/memoryOpen Controls
Personally with DGW on the horizon....i am hoping for only 2 or 3 games max. If you have WC remaining you will have more of an adv. If there are too many teams with DGW your advantage diminishes as everyone will be able to get to XI DGWers with minimal hits.
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This season is going to be the highest scoring season by Top1 with all these DGWs.
I have to loose one of RVP/Mata/Walcott/Zabaleta if all of these teams will have blank GW29 to field 11.Open ControlsReally hoping that the United and City game goes through.
Open ControlsCan't see any block with fixtures.You must be talking about Television.
Open ControlsCant see FPL taking their game out of GW29 and then re inserting it tbh.
Open ControlsIt can happen CF. If Clubs decided to play in same midweek,FPL has no other choice.
Open ControlsThen they would not have taking it off the schedule in the first place. Why would they take it off, have managers work their squad around the blank then reinstate them on the original date? If there was still a possibility of it sbeing played, as scheduled, they would have left it on until certain. Just my opinion.
Open ControlsI agree, but why remove it in the first place?
Open Controlsif it does not make a difference for FPL?
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Has Anyone made up their mind for Captain in GW27?
Open Controlsi've got it narrowed down to four choices (rvp giroud bale walcott). does that count? 😉
Open ControlsNo doubt RVP. Well rested (with a little run out Monday). He will be primed for goals.
Open Controls5 viable options for me. Tough.
It's currently on Theo.Open ControlsCan you please justify Theo against RVP/Bale?
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Last 10 games - Walcott (88), RVP (81), Bale (79). And he's home against Aston Villa.
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Leagues Update
FPL Open : 431 entered, 256 spots, 256th spot @ 19,015th.
Elite 64 : 261 entered, 64 spots, 64th spot @ 1,109th.
Millionaire Club : 88 qualified. Going to cap at 200 entries, then opening when teams get knocked out until GW35.Open ControlsJust with curiosity, How does Millionaire Club work?
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Neither have much form this season, as I have had Aguero in my team twice, I suppose I have to go for him, he has the potential, and City must put some kind of pressure on United PDQ, or it's all over.But really depends on what you are going to do with the spare cash if you go Cisse. I suppose the sensible answer right now is neither of them.
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Morning peeps.
Seems Arsenal are the new victim to the curse of B clubd: Bradford, Blackburn, Bayern. It's like the curse of Blitz transferred from United.Open ControlsRe above.....anyone else care to discuss re united/city DGW
If there was any doubt of a blank, FPL would not have taking it off the schedule in the first place. Why would they take it off, have managers work their squad around the blank then reinstate them on the original date? If there was still a possibility of it being played, as scheduled, they would have left it on until certain. Just my opinion.Open Controlssaw that....respectfully disagree.....cant see them providing information that will screw up everyone's squads for a blank that is never going to happen.
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but it woudln't be reinstated on the original date! that's the thing. best the fixtures would be moved to midweek which would be new dates. the point is the fixtures won't take place on the dates they were scheduled for so they are removed for the time being
Open Controlsokay then....the should have left it as it was then....by eliminating it from the fixture schedule it can seriously do harm to a fantasy managers squad. If in the same GW it would not matter if the match was played on Sunday/Saturday or Wednesday!
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Almost agree, but with different emphasis, rather than not take it off until certain it wasn't going to be played, perhaps they took it off unitl they are certain when it WILL be played. It certainly won't be played on the original scheduled date, so a change was needed anyway.
I know UEFA don;t like competition for their competitions, but I'm not sure they have the power to prohibit leagues from hosting games on CL/EL nights. Television on the other hand will hugely influence the decision. SKy in UK are likely to get a bigger audience for either/ both United and City than any of the European gamesOpen Controlsremember the "fixture schedule" on FPL is there for managers to plan on a GW by GW basis. Its purpose is different from the EPL schedule.
Open ControlsBut you can only set teams up, do transfers for the current GW, so I guess they don't see it as causing a problem? I realise that some players may do transfers this week and next based on the possibility of a blank, but they probably don't expect many to be that savvy...
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SJ - all I get in response above is a shocked face? ;P
Open ControlsDidn't expect such a comprehensive response. Thanks.
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hey DZ 🙂 anyone have absolutely nothing useful with any thought in it because of the gaps between games? If you read this post, i just wasted 20 seconds of your life 😆
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5 seconds to be precise.. I wouldn't curse you for that..
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Hi lads.. Been out of the loop for over a week as been on holidays to fiji.. No interweb..
What's this I hear about double game week coming up?Open Controlsphew! I was worried about that happening 😉
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How abt this team for the upcoming gw
Harte/ evans/ turner
Mata/walcott/sissoko/puncheon/bale
Rvp /lambert
Plzz RATEOpen Controlsdont worry i have no clue either! You haven't missed much, just Gerrard giving a penaly to Sturridge and Suarez tearing things up 😀
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