| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | B |
| Up |  Henderson | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | C |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Darlow | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Down |  Roefs | SUN | B |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | B, Vs |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | A |
| Up |  Lacroix | CRY | A |
| No Change |  Keane | EVE | C |
| Up |  van Hecke | BHA | B |
| Up |  Struijk | LEE | B, Vs, £ |
| Up |  Hill | BOU | C, £ |
| Down |  Ballard | SUN | C |
| Down |  van Dijk | LIV | A |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Up |  Cherki | MCI | A |
| Up |  Saka | ARS | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| No Change |  Ismaila Sarr | CRY | C, Rest |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | B |
| No Change |  Gibbs-White | NFO | A |
| No Change |  Dewsbury-Hall | EVE | A, £ |
| No Change |  Palmer | CHE | C |
| Down |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Tavernier | BOU | C, £ |
| No Change |  Hinshelwood | BHA | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | B |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | A |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | A |
| No Change |  Welbeck | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  João Pedro | CHE | C |
| Up |  Isak | LIV | B |
Paul This evening we roll out the final article in our three-part series assessing the stand-out attacking statistics over the first three Gameweeks. Having cast our analytical eye over the Defenders and Midfielders, we turn our attentions up front.
I wish Suarez was back this week 😐
PINKFISH?
You still about?
Yer :):
so who are the players you'd get rid of first of all?
Terry worries me as I think in the format you need nailed on in all comps covered by Dream Team and the super cup suggested to me he wasn't 1st choice.
Haz. Achilles worries me. In fact all Chelsk bothers me atm.
I'm sticking with Negredo over Ag but that is tight.
I'm dumping Ramsey in favour of Caz /Oz this is a tough one.
Definitely stick with Negredo. He will beast it this season.
So Terry, Ramsay and Hazard to go?
Whats that.. £5m, £2.5m and £6.5m = £14m
Nice budget. Who's in mind?
Well like I said for Ars ditching Ramsey (thanks) for Caz or Oz=headbang!
switching to 433 from 442 bringing in Agbon.
Thats all I'm sure of atm. Your thoughts?
going 442 is brave with the Sun. They love a goal scorer so definitely do that.
Ozil was 5.5 if i remember correctly, thats still 9.5 to replace a defender and a mid/str right?
Benteke @ 5.5 (beast)
Walker @ 4 (nailed on for spurs and they have plenty of fixtures with cups included)
That would be a decent move in my opinion.
Chelsea players could yet come good but i know what you mean, when there is no bench, you don't want doubts.
Been there with my thinking funny enough Walker/Evra always love attacking defenders.
Benteke is a beast but his unsung sidekick keeps reeling me in as the beast often drifts left and will find the ball busting boy bander on many occasions. (my diff.)
As a villa fan, I'd say Tekkers is the safe option. He's uber consistent.
Gabby is in fine form and yes, demolishing that little 1D knobhead was class, but as a source of points and goals he has never been consistent enough to bear consideration next to Benteke.
I hope he serves you well if you do take a punt on Gabby. He is undoubtedly talented (and fast a funk).
Thanks man. I know you are prob right about Benteke and I may be switching in the next window if I've missed the ferry.
He is a card magnet though. Cheers for your thoughts it's great to discuss other formats of the game on here. Finally.
What is your Knick on Dream or would you rather not say?
Great thoughts .ty. all the best.
Ozil over Caz for me though, i can see him getting a more penetrative position behind Giroud with Caz sliding out to the wing
Yes. I think so too.
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Oh do I get him or not . . .
Hey,
When people on here refer to TEKKERs, who are they referring to?
Who do you think will finish with more points; Baines or Michu?
Zabaleta or Walker? Have Lamela and no City coverage on WC
Cheers 🙂
At the risk of boring folk with my tables....http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/3832/....arranged to show the amount of time defenders camp out in the final third (touches in the final third/defenders).....Although it has to be said when Zaba does go forward it is with purpose and with only one thing on his mind...
I've been toying with those two (probably gambling on Lamela too).
Ended up rejigging for Evra in that spot but i had settled on Walker beforehand. Better fixtures and he'll mainly be combining with the Punt himself, who loves an end product - which i guess mades this a punt and a half.
Useful posts of the day
Article on why Kagawa doesn't work in Moyes' ManU
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/kagawa-become-manchester-united-misfit-115912650.html
Interview with James Ward-Prowse about being on set-pieces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWD5W5vMos8
Christ I hate what United are doing to Kagawa.
Just a Couple of quick questions boys/girls,
noticed Silva, Oscar and Hazard are marked as injured. Whats going on, are they likely to miss the upcoming GW?
Personally I would be more concerned about Hazards achilles as that can be problematic.
And the Belgium peeps were surprised to hear he had pain killing injections into the area. ( research)
I think the other 2 are slight I hope.
Can't seem to settle on my team. Particularly the DF + MF. I'm pretty set on my front 3 for a few GWs.
At the moment I'm on:
Mignolet (4.0)
Ivanovic, Mertesacker, Coleman (4.0, 4.0)
Walcott, Coutinho, Lampard, Ben Arfa (4.5)
Giroud, Soldado, Benteke
Changes I've toyed with have been:
Ivan > Evra
Mert > Koscielny
Arfa > Hernandez (+ a 4.0 DF to Collins)
So what do you think of the team and should I stick or twist?
No reason to change anything. Is it a WC team?
I'd do the Ivan > Evra. United have better fixtures, and whoever they use on the left will cut inside giving him room to bomb forward and put crosses in.
Mert/Kos, flip a coin really.
I'd stick with HBA and the 4.0
Thanks for the input.
I just feel more convinced by Ivan's attacking potential than Evra's. And I'd decided I wanted two attack minded DF and one bonus magnet in my 3.
I think I'll keep what I have except flip Mert to Kosc since I save 0.1 then and can easily upgrade either Benteke or Soldado to Sturridge at some point, if I feel it necessary.
Makes sense. For me personally I've gone for Evra. His place isn't going to be under threat from Buttner or Fabio, whereas Ivan has a genuine quality threat from Azpilicueta (who incidentally is on my watchlist, will be an absolute gem should Ivan get injured).
I feel like I'm completely missing the point here. I have 4 expensive mids, and everyone seems to be playing 5-2-3.
Am I doing it wrong? Or are a lot of people going to be wanting a second WC by Sunday night?
Nope, going for majority expensive mids too. I want maybe 2 bigger defenders and cheapies that can rotate with them. Then hoping to have a middle of Wally, Ozil, Lamela, 7.0, 4.5-5.
Will see how the prices work out 😉 I think you're going the right way overall.
I have Ozil, Wally, Coutinho and HBA. I might stretch to getting a United defender alongside Cole, but I had my 4 nicely rotating cheapies to last me until December and I don't want to disrupt my plan!
The way i see the expesive mids scenario is, that, i'd prefer middle rang mids....because:
If you had like Silva, Coutinho, Hazard ect.... they all play for big teams, yes every other week one of them will do something - but these big teams have so many attacking options that in actual fact it's a lottery who actually scores the goal.
More of steady points income to go with e.g. Ben Arfa, Sessegnon, Brady, Ward-Prowse as it would be to go with Silva, Coutinho, Hazard, Lamela.
However, i do feel Walcott is essential for any Fantasy Team.
defenders will score more pts this season as they will be on for baps whenever there is a CS even when goals were scored. 5 at the back is too much but going for a stronger backline than usual is suggested. I for one plan to rotate my defenders with my 2 weak mids
I don't give a Nadal a chance.
Here comes the money.
Come on Nadal!!!
I have Danny Welbeck in my team...am i an idiot?
lol.
will silva play this weekend???? with his injury...
He's not really injured.
People suggesting Pelligrini will use it as an excuse to blood Jovetic in the league though...
I'm tempted to take Silva out my side, can't decide.
Google Silva injury you will get the info. It seems minor as it stands.
Quick question folks...
A.) Ward-Prowse and Sturridge
Or
B.) Coutinho and Lambert
???
Ta
A
Hmmmm interesting.
I thought the same until I saw Lambert's detailed match stats.....heavily involved, and superior to Sturridge in terms of shots and touches in the area.
Can see Coutinho racking up points in the number 10 role, as well.....
Food for thought.
if you're not watching the us open right now you don't know what you're missing!
Re: My £19.4m, 3 mid question on the previous page. I've decided I'm going to:
Wait for Pablo (drafted him in at start of week on my WC) to reach £6.2m, at which point I'll have £19.5m with which to get:
Lamela 9.0
Brady 5.0 (got him at start of week)
Arnautovic 5.5
Arnautovic is a punt, but hopefully he'll be OOP (has been given #10 shirt). I'll probably have him as a sub for GW4 & GW5 anyway. He's got such a low ownership % that if he doesn't do much, his price won't be affected.
So my midfield will be:
Walcott - Ben Arfa - Lamela - Brady (Arnautovic)
Arnautovic...been sooooooooo tempted, does his ability to attract red cards not put you off?
Not much he can do about red cards like this:
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/dismissed-for-doing-nothing-marko-arnautovic-sees-red-for-threatening-to-kick-the-ball-at-the-referee/
😛
Looks pretty decent to me.
Who is 1st on your bench?
For GW4, probably Chester (home to cardiff).
Ordinarily I'd play him, but I'll be dropping Mignolet for McGregor, and rather than double up I'm going for Coleman v Chelsea for his attacking threat. Benched him in GW1 because I didn't think Everton would keep a CS away to Norwich. I was right, but wasn't banking on him getting a goal and assist! 🙂
like i was saying earlier, these are the games where your bench can come into play and if the fixture is good for your benchman, you can relax on a little punt in your lineup.
I really hope Lamela comes good. Midfield is such a minefield right now with only Walcott looking essential.
This final is f**king stunning!
Messi. The Incredible year of 2012 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYAapWgCs0
Phenomenal talent. Still, I'd like to see how he holds up in EPL before I can accept him as the greatest of all time. There would be a lot less goals, that's for sure.
Now Williams is injured , they droppinglike flies and we not even had the internaationals yet
Feck off Nadal
4 am in Dubai but this is too good a match to miss out
RAFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
you are doing well mate, its 1am here and my eyes are hanging out of my head.
It's simply too good to go to bed.
The 1am-2am hour is the worst, once you survive that, you just don't wanna go back to bed
Im super jet-lagged at the moment having flown from Melbourne to London earlier today (with a stopover in Dubai) but i think im going to power on through anyway 🙂
I've spent a fair amount today giving opinions on all these WC's. Thought I'd give one a try. My actual team is linked on my profile but I had a play and came up with the following. Should I be staring at 3 potential no shows Saturday morning of GW4 I might just be tempted!
Cech +4
Coleman - Collins - Agger - Cahill - Burner
Walcott - Coutinho - Barkley - WP - Ravel
Benteke - RVP - Giroud
.1 in the bank.
The idea in theory is that I can play 4-3-3 or 3-4-3.
Too light in the middle? Could downgrade Cech and get Brady.
Yeah...we'll see. Hopefully 2 out of the 3 injuries I'm carrying in the team will be passed fit and I will know in time and I can just use my FT and save my wildcard...though really I should count on my bench...getting a little WC envy 🙂 Cheers for your reply.
ravel is too punty considering you have barkley and WP too, who are not quite nailed on.
cech in goal is a great shout though. only safe way into the chelsea defence
True, he's been one of my punts from the start. Easy enough to get him back in if he begins to start. Cech is lumpy but as you say the only real route in but I do fancy Cahill to see a lot of game time this season. Thanks for sharing your opinion mate!
evra. only nailed on united defender
Vidic imo
Evra and Sturridge by a mile.
This US open final has been pretty awesome! Allowing me to stay up and think about transfers for a bit longer, so would you do:
Hazard > Walcott for a -4 hit?
Will probably wait until the pressers as my team has been dropping like flies in this international break, have so far gone without Walcott as Giroud has been covering it well for me and ive no idea about the extent of Hazards injury.
Morning all 🙂
Thinking of chopping Yaya for Barfa or Lamela. Stick or twist?
