We roll out another instalment of our new weekly article for Members this evening, offering an in-depth statistical analysis of the main captaincy contenders for the Gameweek ahead. Each of the top four supply us with a player apiece this time out as we crunch the numbers to determine whether there really is an alternative to a certain Uruguayan for the armband:
http://prntscr.com/291xq1
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Anyone know who's more nailed on in the Canaries defence - Olsson or Bennet?
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Why would you want any of them?
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I believe Bennet is only in the team because of an injury to Murner.
http://www.eatsleepsport.com/norwich-city/hughton-lifts-lid-on-turner-absence-1673168.html
Not sure how reliable the above source is though.
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I have chosen the LAS frontline but am now trying to decide whether to have 2 big hitting mids, Ramsey and 2 cheapies that rotate for 4th spot. OR.... Going for 3 Big mids and Ramsey with a really cheap 5th mid (4.3 - 4.5) and a £5 ➡ £4m spot in defence.
What are you doing??Open ControlsI'm stuck in a similar position - although with a much worse team than yourself. I'm thinking towards someone like Delph, El Ahmadi, or Bannan who are likely to start most games so at least I'll have 2 points on the bench if needed (don't expect Delph to provide returns like this week although it would be nice). Frees up a bit of cashola.
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Same front line...am going for dirt cheap defence, JWP and 4 big mids...who will take it in turns to get injured / benched.
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you mean like this/
haz theo michu/pool mid ramsey JWP/redmond
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haz theo ramsey ravel brunt/hernandez/de guzmanOpen ControlsI'm currently on three cheap mids as I didn't get on the Ramsay bandwagon.I just dont see any value in a mid priced mid or even many of the big hitters. Spending the cash in defence for now
Open ControlsHmmm... there is a dearth of points there. Between £5.5m and £9m it's really tough to find value. Better to go for a more expensive def in one or two spots and get at least 2 cheap ass nailed mids.
Open ControlsI got ravel at 4.4 has done the business. I'm on Ozil and Hazard for the big guns. May even downgrade Ozil if I need the cash elsewhere when the time arrives. Well worth spending an extra 0.5 here or there on a defender I think.
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Hey Guys!
My defence has broken my heart for the past 2 weeks.. any suggestions how to fix this...
(Boruc), Migs
Baker, Flanagan, Collocini, Coleman, (O' Brien)
Walcott, Lampard, Ramsey, Brady, (Januzai)
Aguero, Suarez, (Rooney)
1 FT, 0.9 in the bank.
I know i should dump my liverpool defence but i have something telling me they'll come good this weekend!!Open Controls
Baker or Flanagan to Gabbidon/Burner for this week
you might be able to scrape through with that
make sure your midfielders are yr first subsOpen ControlsI decided to keep faith in GJ one more time.
Boruc is sucking your money dry so he should go soon! Maybe to a cheap with good fixtures like Marshall, Myhill or Spreoni.
Januzaj needs the bullet too so maybe someone like Bannan, Shelvey or Brunt.
Hopefullt Theo gets good game time this week as he has been a waste of a spot so far.Open Controls
baker-> ward for the home matvch against cardiff..obrien too to get jag if u wan double everton def
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Sounds like a luxury transfer. He is back in the 11 isn't he?
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Is he though? i'm not sure about him anymore
Open ControlsHey don't get me wrong he is not a great option until after new years if you ask me, but he is not an urgent priority transfer. Do it if you have no other pressing matters.
Open ControlsYip.. i'm thinkin of keepin him as i can only play 10 at the moment so his 1 pointer is invaluable to me 🙂
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I have 2 fts side yes it is a luxurytransfer.
Anything else you recommend?
Migs
Coleman chico ward clyne brayford
Ozil haz ramsey Barkley Brady
Kun Suarez lukakuOpen Controls
and to answer your question.. imo
Whittingham>Redmond>BannanOpen ControlsGreat, Great punt.. for 2 weeks. then michu and bony will be back and their fixtures are just horrid. if i had no other concerns i'd get him for the next 2(though norwich could be a rotation minefield with europa in midweek)
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So by tomorrow afternoon i'll have a fully fit, price protected, rested, suspension free Rooney raring to go vs
avl WHM hul nor TOT SWA
Hell yeah!!Open ControlsHaha.. that's a nice way to see the world Valar. 🙂
Right now I have a beast in blue who is riding a wave of enthusiasm with his teammates after just beating the title holders at home!Open ControlsWould love owning lukaku but i just cant at the moment. the jan WC is coming so quick that even if i free up cash from gettin lukaku i would not find the time to spend it properly. btw.. help me below 🙂
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Repost.. kinda. Plan is to field 11 this week and get an everton defender next week
Marshall (Davis)
Terry GJ Gabbidon (Clyne Rosenior)
Hazard Ramsey Gerrard Brady (Ravel)
Suarez Aguero (Rooney)
0 FT
1 million in the bank
A) Rosenior to Burner this week and Clyne to Distin next week
B) Ravel to Redmond this week and Clyne to Coleman next week
Thanks.. cant decide my priority out. I got Brady wastin space in there too(who i'd much rather get rid off over Ravel but atleast brady is playin this week)Open ControlsStick with Ravel as you will love his next opponent! 😉 He'll be fresh and raring to make amends.
Rosey needs to go so that should get priority. A for sure.Open Controlsit is a hit though.. no better week to do it i guess. what a disaster of a transfer he's been
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Rooney and Sess out for Lukaku and Toure (-4)? Would leave me with:
Mignolet
Terry, Clyne, Ward (Rosenior, Coleman)
Toure, Gerrard, Hazard, Ramsey (Barkley)
Suarez, Aguero, Lukaku
CheersOpen ControlsNormally getting Toure vs Soton away for a hit would be madness.. however with Boruc, Spiderman, Wanyama and possibly Clyne injured it could work. that team looks fantastic!! in your place i would instead spend my transfers on Sess/Barkley/Rosenior instead of Rooney
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and i shipped him for lukaku who has
ars FUL swa SUN SOU stk NOR in that time
and also got 3m to get Hazard in!!!Open Controlsreply fail to @Valar
Open ControlsReply fail i guess.. 🙂 .. all depends on each ones team i guess. I got Terry, GJ, Hazard, Ramsey, Gerrard and SAR so got no use for that 3 million at the moment.. i agree with the logic with ppl who do have the need.
Open Controlsyes if you had jumped on the bandwagons pretty early then you don't need to get lukaku to free up cash!!!
i got rooney,aguero,suarez pretty early but didn't get ramsey or the heavy defs early so i have to free up cash to get a good midfield!!!
btw after the transfers this is my team:
http://prntscr.com/291xq1
how does it look???Open ControlsNice.. i see why you are doing it 🙂
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Team GTG?? Appreciate honest opinion.
Marshall
Williams, Terry, Johnson
Sessegnon, Ramsey, Özil, Hazard
Agüero, Lukaku, Suárez(c)
(Davis, B.Turner, Clyne, RavMo)
1FT & £0.7itb.Open Controlswill u play jag against arsenal or turner against palace? alr gt ward n speroni if tt matter but i dun mind putting all my cs in 1 match if ppl tink tt it will be 0-0
Open Controlsil prob have Gabbidon Marshall Burner in that game.. a 0-0 is a possibility
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triple Liverpool atack 😎
Suarez+Gerrard+Couthino
next 3 looksn good and after that i'll swap them (hopefully for likes of wally and silva)Open Controls
What trades did you do this week?
Lot's of hits it seems. Beric did 4 trades...i think he had 2 FT's though...
He also still has WC, so maybe he was drunk...
😆Open ControlsDo you know when Silva is due back Forca? Having Wally and Silva sounds tempting
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Best midfield under 6.8
a. Brunt/Amalfiano
b. Shelvey
c. Cabaye
d. Paulinho
e. anyone else?
Cheers for your opinionOpen ControlsCabaye maybe. Dodgy on the YC front though. Shelvey mightnt be a bad punt. But I don't think there's much value so I'd go all out cheap and spend elsewhere
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when is Silva expected to be back???
Open ControlsMaybe? You make it sound like he's become disillusioned with football and will never come back haha
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hey guys this is my team after i get in distin for chico next wk. do u all think w the 3m i will be better off w rooney rather than lukaku or invest in my 3rd defender? thanks in adv!
speroni 4m
ward turner chester distin jag
ramsey walcott gerrard hazard morrison
lukaku suarez aguero
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Think the Ward/Turner/Chester combo is good but if I were to drop any for an upgrade, maybe Chester>Kos or Speroni>Szcez.
Arsenal's attacking style and possession football is going to really limit chances for opponents. Many belittle their CS chances cos of the weaker defenders they have, but really it's their attacking style of play that benefits their defense.Open ControlsThanks for replies! my head says rooney but i guess it will be a wait n see situation for me. will monitor lukaku for a wk or 2. and i agree on arsenal style tt limit chances. if nt for budget purpose will love to get in kosc
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Time to cut Terry loose...
Open Controlstina i lost the plot , can't stand this season anymore
i take my first EVER 8pts hit
in way of doing that i got rid of rooney
walcott,brady and Rooney OUT
Gerrard , Lukaku and Ramsey IN
now cause of failed wally punt i spendint points hits , how niceOpen ControlsHang in there. I know the feeling. I'm seriously considering giving FPL a break next year. I don't get enough time watching the games anyway with the kids keeping us busy. With the eldest starting school next year it won't get any better.
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Lost the plot in a similar manner - Rooney mturner and snodgrass out, ben turner, hazard and lukaku in for -8
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Yup. It's time. Cut Ivan loose last week and felt fantastic with the extra 1.3m i got from downgrading to Kos with a clean sheet to boot.
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Wish i had the luxury... got Rosenior, Clyne, Brady stinking up my team so my priorities lie there. Terry will prob be with me till Jan WC(And GJ.. aaargh. Seemed like the best possible defenders a few weeks ago)
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DZ, some assistance please
Szcez/Jagielka (11.5 tomorrow) or Howard/Kosc (11.1) with Coleman already.
Won't do the transfer this week but just thinking going forward.
Leaning toward the latter. The keeper save points in each (both have similar Save numbers) should more or less keep up with the baps potential of both CBs.Open Controls
B) But if you want them for GW15 If it's GW16 I'd leave it until 11.31 😉
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Chester. Liverpool may tear us a new one and Rat came back from a hamstring injury. Perhaps one of the reasons why he was subbed off against Palace.
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I have a feeling this GW and the CL/Europa will mix it up a bit with injuries/rotation. Gotta save the FT when possible.
C'mon Januzaj, go salvage yourself!Open ControlsYea ENR, thinking of saving the FT ahead of the busy schedule. Planned on Clyne > Ward and play Ward/Coleman/Kosc/BTurner this week. Or would you just save and go out with this lot
Mig
Coleman Kosc BTurner Chester/Clyne
Ozil Ramsey Hazard Sess
Suarez Lukaku
JWP and Rooney benched.Open ControlsSeems like you can put out a good XI, I'd save. The only transfer I would consider is Roo > Kun, as it seems a good week to do the switch.
Open ControlsYea have the cash for it, will consider but might want Rooney back in next week. Only got him in for the EVE game, knew the risks of the yellow but really thought he would get a good haul (he should have by all accounts, unlucky)
Thanks ENR. might just save it if possible.Open Controls
Rooney and Sess out for Lukaku and Toure (-4)? Would leave me with:
Mignolet
Terry, Clyne, Ward (Rosenior, Coleman)
Toure, Gerrard, Hazard, Ramsey (Barkley)
Suarez, Aguero, Lukaku
Cheers.Open ControlsI'd rather sell Clyne. No Boruc, no wayama, clyne potentially injured, kek fixtures.
BOOTOpen Controls...and why are you not playing Coleman?
He is the next Baines...never bench.Open Controls
Hmm I still wouldn't get Toure in yet, if you can wait a GW or 2, Silva should be back.
For now, would def play Coleman. Maybe just do Rooney > Lukaku, a good long term switch.
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1FT
3.5m in the bank
Migs
Kos/ Chester/ Ward/ A. Williams
Ozil/ Hazard/ Brady
Lukaku/ Aguero/ Suarez
Harper/ JWP/ Morrison/ Clyne
I have used free to take Rooney out
What should I do with the money? Save it? Should I get Ramsey in for Brady? I have enough money for Coutinho as well, but not Gerrard. Any suggestions what to do?Open Controls
Any views on which transfers will be the best?
a) Chico to Evra
b) Sess to Ramsey
c) Brady to Bannan/Redmond
My favourite option is b), but I'm slightly reluctant to sell Sess, as he plays Norwich.Open Controlssess has proved wasteful. Is always dissapointing. I'm reluctant not to get Ramsey because of kak fixtures and I already have Ozil and I dont want to downgrade. I dont mind the third. I like Redmond.
Open ControlsKeep hold of Sess then?? Or maybe a -4 hit, with Chico ou for a cheaper defender and Brady to Ramsey?
Open Controlsi wouldnt take a hit to take swansea defender out to be honest. Are there fixture still okay? I can't remember (at work at the moment). It's tricky, playing fixtures have proved unfruitful this season. I'd prolly just do B if you have no other Arsenal attacking coverage,
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Murner to who? (4.5m)
Mignolet
Williams vlaar clyne ( coleman) (murner)
Hazard fer amalfitano cabaye ramsey
Suarez (c) aguero (vc) (rooney)
Vlaar and clyne doubts so nees to take a hit on murnerOpen Controls
Trying to be less stubborn this season. So, I've admitted I got it wrong and have done Wally -> Hazard this week.
Reckon this lot will stop the bleeding?
Panty
Terry, Evra, Ward
Hazard, Ramsey, Nasri, Mirallas
Aguero, Suarez(c), Giroud
Davis, MOlsson, Clyne, Ravel
Bank 0.4m, no freebies leftOpen ControlsShirley not this week.. next week seems brilliant for it with fixture difficulties swapping
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Hola!
1)Bench 2 from
Terry Jags Vlar GabD Chester
2)Bench 1 from
Oviedo Wally
Thinking of playing Vlar eventhough he is an injury doubt coz if he doesnt i can play 5 mid of Hazard Ramsey Gerrard Wally Oviedo. What do you think?Open Controls1) Jags and Vlaar. This is on the premise that Ronnie might not play through injury.
2) Oviedo. Walcott not guaranteed much time on the pitch and the Toffees might spring an upset.Open Controls
How likely am I to get 11 starters this week? With Rooney locked in and no funds I can't even see a hit worth taking.
Marshall
Johnson, Dawson, Coleman, Collins
Ozil, Hazard, Brunt, Barkley
Suarez, Aguero
Lewis, Clyne*, Rooney*, Ravel*Open Controlsshould be good
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nailed/ almost nailed/ nailed/ nailed
almost nailed/ nailed IMO/ nailed/ should play but chance might not play
nailed/ nailed
If you're deadset on Roo then leave it. Clyne might play yet anywayOpen Controls
Torres looking like a good punt for the next 2 GWs?
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Rooney out and Rvp out means maybe a glorious one week chichirito punt?
Shame kagawa is not nailed on and playing behind Rvp - he would be an FPL machine.Open Controls
