The Knee Jerk – Wednesday

hate it when that happens.

I missed it, too. Maybe he'll run riot against United.

Evra for me if I can afford him

noone ? 🙁

Play Collins imo for one of Chester/Turner

bad strategy... taking hits is pretty good sometimes

TBH its not much fun taking no hits.

no dude

keep hazard for next gW

lukaku to Dzeko ONLY

yeap okay i guess

fine..doubt on dzeko gametime though..

looks like -4 😛

But decent transfers with Man City's next two fixtures

I would not get Dzeko now. Sure he will start Saturday then rotation will hit form here on out and you have another transfer issue

Question you really need to ask yourself is this: do you think Silva will make up the points that the hit will take vs Hazard i.e. will Silva score 4+ whatever Hazard scores. Possible but risky, since Hazard might still deliver vs Man u.

soldude

Anyone watched Tottenham's match ? how's Soldado's performance and involvement ?

stoldado

i expect alot of goals from that man

honestly i have no idea how it works.. i just look at crackthecode everyday 😀

That's correct

I remember reading that on the ctc explanation page, but I don't think that the threshold for the second rise is any different than the first rise. Looking at the ctc site, barkley's and coleman's rise theshold is no different than anyone else's.
What is maybe different is that the number of rises in a week ks capped at 3.

I remember reading on here from a few people saying no but I don't know for sure :/

Slight groin strain. Look out for the press conference but from what Hughton has said about the injury, 80/90% chance he will take some part.

I like the Zab move. Not judging it on only the next 2 but long term too. he gives me that nice, warm security blanket feel and will be in my team long term barring injury

Good chance you'll make the points up quickly. I'd do it

Get Zab imo. Worth the hit especially early in the season.

If Zab gets a clean sheet and Ivan doesn't then you've basically made your money back, and you don't have to bench Ivan for the break. Makes sense.

No it isn't

Tough call. I would say Hazard to Silva or stay put. Hazard to Silva will probably recoup the -4 over the next 2 GWs. On average, you will not recoup the -4 just next week.

I just done

Lukaku>Dzeko,
Hazard>Silva

I think both will score more than the former by some distance

Don't do A now doubt Toure will keep a cs in the next 3 weeks. Nice to ave Silva with fixture but I dunno about dropping Hazard yet.

A is NOT worth a hit

B maybe but i would probably hold.

Few general points.
1.Long term Jaask is too expensive. If Collins holds his place at 4.5 is nice way into WH fixtures.
2.Pieters is Stoke? Ok to be abit diffeerent but for Pieters and Jaask you could have Collins and Mingolet and .5 left
3Watch for Dzeko rotation soon
4Altidore is punt but hey its fun to have 1 and could do you well
5 I personally dont want Gerrard, Coutinio looks good or Gerrard to Silva?

chester clean sheet 3.40
cole clean sheet 4.50

Chester the best

I don't think anyone knows. I don't. Snodgrass or Wolfie.

You're paying so much to have him. Might as well give him the armband all the time.

shudnt even have to think about it 🙂

I got Giroud instead of him, and I thought I was a genius 😆

Yes, I will wait before getting Benteke, no point doing sturridge to benteke, as both will score similar points IMO.

Well, as a Benteke owner who was planning to transfer him out for GW3, I have decided that his impending price rise is worth me benching him for GW3 instead.

It's kind of funny, actually. Benteke has a blank, but everybody is so concerned with his price rise that they are transferring him in anyway, further adding to his price rising potential.

not bothered.. if theres one forward in that price range right now that is making me very uneasy not owning its soldado

My original plan was to consider him after the first 3 GWs. I will still consider him after the first 3 GWs at a higher price, but I will not compromise my team to save a bit. If he's too expensive, I can go without. Who knows what things will look like in 2 weeks?

I have left a bit of coin in the bank to change Altidore into Benteke after the blank. I can't cover a rise though (2mil in the bank), so will have to think carefully about next weeks transfer(s).

I changed my plan to bring in Soldado over a couple of gws and brought in Benteke before the price rise at a cost of -8.

Reasons being I now have my team reshaped, did well enough in gw1 to cope with the hits and Tekkers will rocket even with the blank, I think a lot of casuals won't even look 2 weeks ahead.

If I hadn't done it and he didn't come back down I wouldn't have been able to afford.

he is

His impending rotation was the reason not to have him for the DGW, but he wasn't rotated...

He's probably good value, but plays rather deep for my liking. Still ends up getting the job done most days, though.

Tough call, but I only go for the sure thing, which Lamps is not.

Oscar and Hazard are better value for money

He probably is. I wanted to get him preseason, but I just couldn't convince myself he would play both this GW.

Too funny to think that Frank was done at CFC and heading to the MLS until Jose returned - to be honest, I felt that all of the "untouchables" played inspired football! In short, Lamps is the man (although I think Oscar is the next generation...).

Not much appeals. Redmond looks the best 5.0 imo

noble at west ham on pens nailed on

two cheapies? not sure about that strategy. No one has emerged yet regardless (though no big-hitters are demanding a MF spot yet either, I suppose). Rosicky may have a brief spell in which some points come his way, but he's not consistent. Its a wait-and-see still...

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ppg yeah I agree. Overall score Studge will be last

sturridge

I'd say total points: 1. Benteke 2. Soldado 3. Sturridge Just because Sturridge is kinda injury prone. In terms of points per game I'd put Sturridge at the top.

Sturridge will share points with Suarez , Coutinho and Aspas. So I feel benteke will be top scorer, followed by soldado.

Certainly not madness it's a tough one.

For what it's worth, I think Villa will beat 'Pool. I'm benching Mignolet and playing Boruc instead.

Studge still looks good for this weekend though. Could easily be a high-scoring affair.

Taking a look at Chelsea's shots, there were hardly any in the box.

Defense wasn't bad at all.

Villa played well overall. They made a tough game for Arsenal and Chelsea. Competitive.

my (C). yeah it will be hard but i just think that he's the best for captaincy this weekend.

very much agree. Both Chelsea & Arsenal struggled to establish dangerous build-up play through the midfield, and I thought Lowton and Vlaar really shutdown attacks from the wing and top of the box. I think the fact that 3 villa starting defenders are 4.5 will be a real bargain at some point.

I don't think it will be an easy game at all for Liverpool. Villa look tough. Especially because Liverpool, like Arse & Chelsea, don't really prioritize width --- makes it easy for DF to pinch in and disrupt the passing (which villa did well)

I think Villa are a good team, and they gained a lot of confidence towards the end of last season.
They are a very young team, and last season were lacking a leader, but now it seams they have found it in Benteke. What I liked, was their aggression, and they looked very organized and tactically very good.
Also, they are a very fit and pacey team, and a lot of the top teams will have problems against them.

this could very much be a dangerous game for liverpool even though i feel theyve improved considerably from last year.. i feel liverpool would win this away fixture 6/10 times

To be fair, it was pretty obvious that his price was decreasing. It's only your lack of initiative to blame.

Relx, it's only 0.1. You'll have much more to assess your options now and remember the real Transfer Window is still open.

Might be worth it for team value in the first couple of weeks...maybe not. Pulled the trigger on three subs but wouldn't have done that a year ago.

Its something that can quickly become an addiction. Avoid hits if you can.

just say no.

I'd take a -4 to get Kompany out. You could just go with Zab. Dzeko and Mirallas both look decent, but not great, captain options.

don't wildcard, take a hit this week and if u have to next.
I would captain wither Benteke (if u feel punty) or Dzeko (if u think he'll start).

The way I see it, you've really dug yourself in a hole.

Your transfer out targets are: Kompany, Cole, Hazard, and Benteke.
Your bench fodder are Gayle, Ward, and Turner.

This leaves you with the following "playable" footballers:

Migs
Dawson
Walcott, Nolan, Mirallas, Coutinho
Dzeko

For a total of 7 out of 11.

With next week's free transfer, you can bring this number up to 8.

Not looking good, mate.

we should ask you, world #7 😉

I dumped Hazard to get the money to upgrade Lukaku. Hazard will definitely outscore Lampard over the course of the season but Lampard appears to be in favor and is much better value if he gets close to the same minutes.

I'd ship Hazard personally. Lampard is on free kicks and pens.

If I didn't have Lukaku, I would have saved it - transfer will probably be a lot more valuable next week. But like the first guy said, you know more than me...

Nice rank!
Aeems like u know what u r doing last 2 seasons as well.
I would try to get City coverage.
I personally don't have any City players, but they have some very nice fixtures coming up, and don't think it's wise to keep both Chelsea players against United.

Ha thanks, luck of the draw...probably wait until the weekend nears to see who likely starts...at least neither should lose value...

Either way was looking at silva or mirallas...depending on who I ditch

Thats a tough one with United coming up. It might be wise to drop Lampard as Hazard is the most secure. One of them needs to go though IMO

Keeping for United and shifting him out on GW3 for Michu.

You said Hazard has a blank. But you won't be scoring 0 points that week because you'll fill his spot with someone else. That person could score a few... Just a thought!

I did Hazard -> Nolan.

Why not wait a week to bring Silva in and save yourself the four points?

thank you

Keeping for United. maybe he'll perform greatly and get a few rises (because of the casuals) before i ditch him for Silva.

id avoid the hit. ivanovic has scoring potentiol. scored in the last game, and in the first game he came so close. you never know he could against united. and - 4 for a defender who will only probably get 6 points doesnt seem worth it at all to me. unless the defender scored or assisted or something but most likely wont.

Take a picture with your phone for this week

.4 in the bank by the way

Good team. A bit weak in defense and subs are bad, but looks fine for now.

Rat you were a bit hasty on, Lolkaku makes sense

either one of them really. i have migs and boruc but i have no toure! if you dont have shaw or clyne get boruc!

what keeper are you transfering out though and why?