Having cast an eye over the Defenders yesterday, we roll out the second in a three-part members series with a look at midfielders. Assessing the key attacking statistics, we analyse the chief creators and major goal threats over the first three Gameweeks of the season.
Giorud - Studge - Bentekkers
Studge out or keep?Open Controls
alright then,
Walcott or Ozil.
and don't say both.Open Controls
Wally
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Wally.
Open Controlscan I ask why? Ozil more in the hole, possibly a bigger goal threat and might take over set piece which Wally doesn't have.
I dunno about this one..
Arsenal don't pay all that many for him not to be a main cog.Open Controls
Because of his speed, he gets many 1v1s. Got 2 against Tottenham too and Lloris won't be there everytime.
Also, Özil gives more assists than scores goals.Open ControlsWally's definitely more of a goal threat IMO and will play further up the field. Don't get me wrong, Ozil will score well in terms of points, I just see Wally outscoring him. Ozil should be assisting Walcott's goals 😉
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Ive got Lamela and Sinclair in my midfield is that too much of a risk?
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Who is expected to replace Johnson at the back for Liverpool?
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Hi all
a quick RMT if you will
Mig - 4
Mert - Dawson - Vidic - Coleman - Chester
Walcott - Lamela - Coutinho - Hernandez - Brady
Giroud - Benteke - Sturridge
On my WC, is Studge to much of a risk to run with?
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what risk? just wait till the press conference to reveal whether or not he will play. what's the rush, your on WC. i just dont get it..
Open Controlsthanks for the feedback. I guess I will wait and see, but trying to formulate a Plan B (that will probably involve Lukaku)
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Ok, this is my final attempt at getting an RVP team together in my wc, in your opinion, good enough to go or tear up and get a balanced team without him?
Migs (Daniels)
Coleman, Koscielny, Zabaleta, (Whittaker, Turner)
Walcott, Lampard, Pablo, Brady, (Redmond)
Giroud, RVP, Benteke.
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i went without mig for boruc myhill rotation
i had turner and shaved of 0.3 with whittaker and 0.6 doing shaw to chambers but that could backfire of courseOpen ControlsYeah, your team looks pretty good to go now. Have to add that my Turner was Ben of Cardiff (only 4.0) I still can't decide whether to put Welbeck instead of RVP and have a great team around him?
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Are there any Giroud owners who only have him as their Arsneal coverage ?
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I'll go with having RVP in my team, too easy to have a decent looking team without RVP .
I guess teams without RVP will mostly be decent lots
What's harder to form is team with RVP, yet still is decent. All u gotta do is wait for an explosion. No brainer for captain choice vs weaker teams, eliminating the dilemma.Open Controls
Do people rely on advice here to decide what to do with their team? I've seen people ask every week about transfers, which puzzles me, surely having your own team means making your own decisions?
I ask opinions to see how they compare to mine, but if im confident my reasoning is valid after discussion i will still stick to my view. I don't blindly ask questions like "best 8m mid" because that usually leads to no decent answer and multiple differing ones.
Do you ask for advice? And if you do, are you looking for a decision to be made for you?Open Controlssometimes yes
sometimes no
I've done both in the past
It's nice having someone to blame when you knee jerk in or listen to a 4 pointer scrooge instead of taking that hit you really want to do
Engaging in the rmt process helps you find out who the no hits zealots are out there
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Your history suggests you should heed advice more often
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my history ain't too shabby actuallyOpen Controls
Not sure that counts Triggerlips.
Open ControlsOh really? You mean the fact that it wasnt even my team and that it started in GW20 or whatever?
Genius.Open Controls
Sometimes ask for advice, although I'm confident in my own choices, there are a lot of stato's out there who delve a lot deeper than me.
Open ControlsI like giving out my log in and password details at the start of the week. it makes logging in after the first match starts so much more exciting.
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I like airing thoughts. And I take advice here exactly as it sounds, as a suggestion rather than a command.
A lot of the time though, I find myself coming up with ideas based on comments from users here or RMTs which have a combination which I didn't think of before.
It's all food for thought and for my own decision making.Open ControlsNope. Don't ask.
Make my own mistakes.Open ControlsQuite a few ask & need the decision made for them. Others don't ask & work it out & some are in between.
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wow didn't realised on so many people bringing Lamela in without him even playing full 90 mins. yea he'll only get better, i'm a yido myself but FPL-wise i'm not sure. rather Soldado over him.
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I have him in at the mo
What do you think about Chadli? Or paulinho?
no room for soldado up front you seeOpen Controlsso you do have rooms for Chadli/Pauli then? Soldado for Spurs coverage is all you need imo (unless of course they start banging in em goals from everywhere, Lamela Eriksen).
Open ControlsI bringing him in , but admit to not knowing much about him.
This from wiki was enough for me
Lamela began the 2012–13 season well, his first goal of the season coming against Bologna on 16 September 2012. Lamela hit a superb patch of form in October and early November, scoring seven goals in six games, including a brace against Udinese in a 3–2 home defeat and goals against Atalanta, Genoa, Parma, and Palermo. He also scored a goal in the Derby della Capitale against Lazio. After almost a month out with an ankle ligament injury, he returned to the field and scored a brace against Milan in a 4–2 victory on 22 December.[13]
Lamela went on to score 15 times in 33 games, putting him joint-fifth in Serie A and second to striker Pablo Osvaldo (16 goals) at Roma.Open Controlsloll yeah too non-consistent of you to be depending on that history to be making decisions.. he'll be great no doubt, but for me to invest that 9 mil on him, idts. i'd rather go for Soldado as guarantee pens. and who knows he even might benefit even more by Lamela's + Eriksen's creativity.
Open Controlsso do you like chadli then? Sorry to keep harping.
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Interesting Triggerlips. No Soldado then?
Open ControlsI want Soldado
if i didnt have RVP Bentteke and Giroud , Soldado would be in there.
Like someone else said all the tottenham players are selfish, they going to be running all around soldado without passing to him
Chdli good goal record poor assist , Lamela more scorer than assister , Paulino likes a shot , think soldado going to be lelying on rebounds etcOpen Controls
migs
coleman lescott dawson
lampard silva nolan wally
tekkers giroud boy soldado
boruc barkley collins turner
all set? Not on wildcardOpen ControlsOne shocker & he's out. Might get replaced anyway.
Open Controlsmy gut says earn 0.2 with a shaw to clyne move
I havent seen any soton games
ward prowse is a winner though yeah?Open ControlsAnother one who should be replaced when all troops are playing.
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Again - I don't believe that you have read the runes, here ... 😉
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When Clyne and Shaw are both fit, then I assume he is toast
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Thoughts on my fantasy UCL team? I decided to take out Bale and go for a more balanced squad (I'd forgotten about the mid-gameweek substitution format).
Pyatov (Courtois)
Vidic Boateng Maxwell (Juanfran, Ivanovic)
Lampard Pogba Bernard Fuster (Draxler)
Messi (c) Ibrahimovic Martinez
Bit light in midfield, I know, but they're all great value in my mind, allowing me to bulk up elsewhere.Open Controlsshould i be worried going on the GW3 onwards without Giroud/Benteke ?
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Soldado owners. i assume you won't be getting one of Giroud/Benteke/RVP then huh?
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Is the midfield too punty?
Mignolet
Evra Zaba Coleman
Lamps Eriksen Nani Brady
RVP Giroud Benteke
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Any Carroll went down in price last night ....might be an option at 7.3
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Completely shameless repost ... 😉
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https://www.justgiving.com/local/project/savekettering
Please give generously - but more importantly - give. A pound will do.
Thank you all for your consideration ...Open Controls
Saw this earlier, a worthy cause Doosra and I've donated a few quid! Still not entirely sure why they ended up in such a pickle but its great to support grass-roots football. Get onboard folks
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Another got a good idea for a competition/tournament I could run for a lot of people of this site with their main teams?
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Open ControlsTsk. How about a normal league, for the likes of me? 😉
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Using main teams? I suggested this before but what about a vice captain points league?
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Also how about a league which doesn't penalise points hits so heavily? I remember last year I fell out of the millionaire club with a very high rank (Even with the 8 pts hit taken off I would've been high) because you had such a huge penalty on points hits 😛
Open ControlsYour net score would have been around the million mark anyway. The rank needed for hits is pretty close or +1 each hit. In DGWs, hits are easily covered.
Open ControlsI remember my rank was something like 405k and I tried deducting the 8 points to see what I would've been and it was definitely in the top mill.
But anyway I just mean in general, from a selfish viewpoint, I'd love a league that favours big hit takers like myself. (Planning another hit this week :D)Open ControlsGood hits pay themselves off instantly. 😉
Should have scored another point. 🙂Open ControlsHaha - Different philosophies but I think if a hit will likely pay itself back with profit over, say, 6 weeks then it is worth it, even if next week it only gains you 1 of those points.
I started thinking like this last year and it improved my ranking drastically so can't change now, until I get half way through the season with a bad rank!Open ControlsYou picked the wrong week for the hit then. 😛
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Monday morning. My favorite day. Hello
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So much depends on Rooney for me...
Boruc
Coleman Shaw Chester
Walcott Michu Silva Mirallas
Rooney(C) Sturridge Soldado
Barkley Toure Whittaker
I doubt Sturridge is actually injured...Open ControlsBig risk captaining rooney (but you knew that). That was my plan pre-injury.
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I've slated Welbeck on here in the past,so why am I considering him now.At that price with those fixtures is he worth a look?
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Which defender should I choose between Mertesacker, James Collins or Coleman?
I already have Zabaleta, Jose Enrique, Chester and Ben Turner.Open ControlsNeed some advice here lads. This is my team for this GW. WC not used, and so far no transfers (1 FT)
Boruc
Zab Coleman Collins
Coutinho Walcott Silva Mirallas
Giroud Benteke Soldado
Marshall - Ward, Clyne Morrison.
A) Mirallas -> HBA straight swap for my free transfer.
B) Save the free transfer (as the team looks quite decent) and have two FT next round.
Leaning towards A, but Coleman + Mirallas vs. Chelsea doesn't really excite me..Open ControlsLeaning towards B* Sorry
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Save it. It's still a home fixture for both of them, anything can happen. Plus, 2 FTs can be cucial for you next GW when we'll have proper look on the new signings (Eriksen, Lamela, Sess, etc.) imo
Open ControlsCheers man. Have taken a hit each GW, and 2 FT next round would be lovely.
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Who do you think is the best replacement for Lescott in GW5 for 6.7m?
A. JE/Agger
B. Zabaleta
C. Evra
D. Walker
E. No, keep him because he'll start with Komp & Demichelis out.Open ControlsE
Open ControlsTahnka guys. Manchester derby that week doesn't really excite me as an owner, but i think i'll just stick.
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Liverpool Echo also now reporting Johnson could be out for 10 weeks.
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A. JE
Open ControlsI think this is for me. Thanks 😉
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Do any of you members pay a lot of attention to the Rate My Team app? I personally don't use it much but i have found it is very useful for deciding whether a hit is worth the points long term.
For example, I am planning a 4 pt hit this week, and RMT estimates that it will gain me 9 points (so 5 profit) over the next 6 weeks. Of course this will never be fully accurate but IMO that is plenty to reassure me it's worth the hit, especially given the pleasure that comes with shifting out dead weight!Open Controlsit's definitely interesting to see the projected highest scoring players.
Open ControlsI use mine sometimes when working out my bench, Haven't used it much in that aspect. My transfers were no brainers so didn't need too. Might this week.
Open ControlsOne strange thing is this week it says boruc will outscore szczesney (by very little) but then it tells me to bench boruc. Not sure how that works! Surely play the guy with the highest points estimate?
Open ControlsIt's a bit weird in that aspect. Factored in is injury history etc. It's a guide in the end. The numbers are low in projections etc due to minutes predicted. Arsenal is 0.20 shorter in price for a CS. Szcz has competition it seems. Either way autosub would take care of it.
Open ControlsGood point. They think he'll either get 0 or 90 so might as well start
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It's a bit of an eye-opener when it comes to comparing premium defs v mids & forwards. If the projections are at all accurate, the value in having a couple of the more expensive defs could be the difference between a good season and a meh one. Time'll tell.
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Who is the Chelsea player most likely to suffer after the arrival of Willian? Is it Oscar?
Open ControlsChelsea midfield is a total lottery....aside from Frank I wouldn't bother.
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