We dig into the weekend data now, with the first of our weekly articles for members. Under the radar this time are City’s Spanish frontman, the Cardiff midfield, Everton’s full-backs, Sunderland’s wide-boy and the new role for Liverpool’s captain:
Personally i dont like the cheap backline - can you downgrade Szsceny (Mannone) and get Mertesacker or Koscielny?
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Yeah, I could switch Szcz/Clyne -> Boruc/Kos, but it'd cost me 0.2m more due to my cheaper purchase price. Kos is more likely to get BPs, but I think I'd rather start Szcz every week than Boruc. Rotating 4 cheapies can give decent fixtures most weeks.
Open ControlsYeah cool - can't argue with that.
Rotate Januzaj and Gnabry through the midfield then?Open ControlsYeah, at least for the next 3-4 weeks. If both start then fixtures are great - FUL, CAR, CPL, FUL. I'd only really be counting on Gnabry to start this week though as Januzaj has decent fixture for the 3 afterwards. Problem would be if neither played, but given Januzaj's form I think that's unlikely at the moment.
Then once Ramsey is back fit I'd be looking at Ozil/Januzaj -> Ramsey/Lallana switch.Open Controls
Am I crazy for liking Sagna better than Kosc? I have Kosc on my team due to bonus points potential and a cheaper cost at the time, but Sagna is just far more dangerous attacking, imo.
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I say gnabry is a big risk but he is cheap and januzaj should play most games so I guess it is OK.
If you intend to bring lallana in a few weeks, bear in mind his price is likely to continue to rise given his position in the dreamteam.Open ControlsPS these are minor details - great team
Open ControlsYeah, he looks a great pick but sun, ARS aren't the best fixtures for his next 2 games. Hoping to get 0.2m of his rises this week on my WC to at least limit the damage!
Gnabry/Januzaj looks a great combo for the next 4 weeks. It's a risk though, as if neither starts I'd be looking to a weak bench. Like you said though, Januzaj at least should play most games given his form so it's a calculated risk.Open Controls
RMWCT out of 10
Tremmel / Mannone (Rotating)
Mert, Coleman, Parr, Amorebieta, Bruce
Hazard, Lallana, Eriksen, Mirallas, Januzaj
Suarez, Aguero, Giroud
1.1M in bank
each attacking cover from top 7 + SotonOpen Controls
It's ok, although it looks like you have included Janu at the expense of a better 3rd defender which seems odd as he'll be on the bench with your set-up.
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★RMWCT☆
GKs》McGregor • Mannone
DEFs》Clyne • Ward • Koscielny • Bardsley • Coleman
MIDs》Hazard • Ramsey • Silva • Ramsey • Wilshere
FWDs》Agüero • Suaréz • JayOpen Controls
What do you think guys, opinions much appreciated 🙂
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Kolarov-------Ward--------Koscielny (Coleman) (Chester)
Ramsey------Eriksen-----Ozil-----Silva (Alex Poz)
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never bench coleman
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Cheap Defs fixtures rotation for next 10 games (
Open ControlsCheap Defs fixture rotation for next 10 games (less than 4.5M)
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Crystal Palace (Gabbidon/Ward/Delaney) -- STOKECITY HULLCITY Arsenal WESTBROM Everton MANUTD Swansea SOUTHAMPTON Sunderland Newcastle
Hull City (Chester/Figueroa) -- Norwich Palace SPURS Sunderland SOUTHAMPTON CardiffCity NEWCASTLE WestHam MANCITY WESTBROM
West Ham (McCartney/Rat) -- NEWCASTLE Chelsea SWANSEA Astonvilla NORWICH SOUTHAMPTON Everton HULLCITY StokeCity MANUTD
Aston Villa (Lowton/Luna) -- Liverpool WESTBROM Everton WESTHAM CardiffCity Newcastle NORWICH ManCity CHELSEA STOKECITY
Norwich City (Whittaker/Olsson) -- HULLCITY NEWCASTLE CardiffCity MANCITY WestHam SPURS Astonvilla STOKECITY Southampton SUNDERLAND
Cardiff City (Turner/Theophile/Taylor/John) -- ManCity ManUtd NORWICH Swansea ASTONVILLA HULLCITY Spurs FULHAM Everton LIVERPOOL
Newcastle United (Williamson/YangaMbiwa) -- WestHam Norwich SUNDERLAND Chelsea SPURS ASTONVILLA HullCity EVERTON Fulham PALACE
Sunderland (Bardsley) -- SOUTHAMPTON STOKECITY Newcastle HULLCITY ManCity Arsenal WESTBROM Liverpool PALACE NorwichOpen ControlsGreat analysis - thanks Jessie!
Sunderland and Newcastle rotate really well until the end of the season!Open ControlsI've got whittaker, chester & clyne as a rotating triple and I like it a lot.
Open ControlsIs Whittaker nailed on now? Seem to remember he burnt a few people earlier in the season.
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All good to hit the WC?
Szcz Given
Ward Chester Bardsley Coleman Burner
Özil Lallana Eriksen Januzaj Hazard
Agüero Suarez LukakuOpen Controlslooks good
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Looks OK. I think Burner is out of favour, so maybe look at someone else in that price range. Keeper combo is a bit pricey too, maybe Szcz to Boruc and use the funds to upgrade the defense a little?
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current team:
chesney
clyne,coleman,gabbidon
silva,santi,hazard,ki
rooney,suarez,lukaku
subs: steer,whitts,chester,rosenior
1FT, 1.0m in the bank..planning to do rooney -> aguero..other opinion?Open ControlsLike the Santi punt but he's in poor form at the mo. All good overall
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Which team is better for this weekend?
Team 1:
Ruddy
Coleman Koscielny Bardsley
Hazard Silva Ozil Lallana Cabaye
Suarez Lukaku
Lewis Rodriguez Chester Bruce
Team 2:
Ruddy
Baines Coleman Bardsley
Hazard Lallana Cabaye Johnson
Aguero Sturridge Suarez
Lewis Mutch Chester Bruce
Thanks.Open Controlslallana
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Morning Guys
Thoughts on this WC team?
Boruc / K. Davis
Coleman / Kolorov / Kos / Ward / Chester
Silva / Ramsey / Hazard / Eriksen / Janu
SAS
0.1 ITB
Would you make any other changes or am I good to go?
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Looks spot on to me. Just double-check the next 8-10 fixtures before pressing the button
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Time to get rid of Terry? MUN and mcy in the next 3 and he hasn't really been performing over the last 8 weeks - 4 shots, 0 goals, 0 assists and only 1 BP from the 4 CHE cleanies.
Open Controlsyou will miss out on CS and BAPS against Man Utd..
Open ControlsI think the key words there are "4 chelsea cleanies"
Mourinho has got them well oiled now. He generally becomes more of a goal threat when they need a goal (many of his goals are equalisers or winners when they get a bit gung ho) but this means when he doesn't get a CS he becomes more threatening - a nice compromise from an FPL perspective!
I personally am keeping him and have had him since 6.0 too.Open ControlsYeah, I think CHE defence is a good idea, just wondering if Azpil at 1m cheaper is a viable route?
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I ditched Terry on my wc last week (bought 6.4), not regretting that much, but regretting that I didn't go for three 'play every week' defence of Kos, Coleman, Azpli.
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Anything more then a clean sheet is a bonus, I'd be happy with just the CS to be honest.
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I bought..
1. Mignolet for 3 home fixtures in 4 games.. he conceded in all home games
2. Lukaku and captained him once.. blanked every GW
3. JRod.. blanked 3 GWs
4. Ozil & Navas.. blanked last GW
I hate my decisions sometimes!
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I'm really struggling with moving players around to get a solid team for 103.4-ish million...
Planning on WCing next week but would like some ideas to modify my current team;
Mignolet/Speroni
Coleman, Mertesacker, Dawson, Shaw, Ward
Cabaye, Yaya, Sidwell, Bannan, Ki Sung
Suarez, Negredo, Sturridge
Often play a 4-3-3
Any advice on transfers would be appreciatedOpen ControlsSwap keepers to Boruc/K.D to free up cash.
I'd move Yaya to Hazard as Aguero should be back on pens and you have Negrado as City cover.
Cabaye can be swapped for Ramsey when fit.Open Controls
Defence for WC. Are they looking too cheap?
They allow me a frontline of Yaya, Ozil, Hazard, Eriksen, Suarez, Aguero, Sturridge, Pozuelo. If I need to upgrade the defence as shown below, whom to sell from my frontline? [N.B. Yaya selling price 9.3m, so I will not get extra cash by moving on to Silva]
Option A.
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Speroni / Marshall
Coleman / Koscielny / Chester / Ward / Hudson
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Option B.
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Davis / Boruc
Coleman / Koscielny / Bardsley / Ward / Hudson
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Hello..............
.Boruc
Nastasic(yuck) Coleman Mertesacker
Lallana Silva Hazard Ramsey
Suarez Aguero Sturridge
Mannone, Punch, Chest, BurnOpen ControlsWill wait to see if Demi plays today, and then Nasty v Cardiff, then if not, Nasty to Clyne/Shaw for free.
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With some nice fixtures ahead any worth in West Ham's
McCartney for 4.0 with Demel out injured?Open ControlsI will look at Hammers after the Chelsea away game. Newcastle at home is not really a nice fixture for clean sheet.
Open ControlsWest Ham (McCartney/Rat) -- NEWCASTLE Chelsea SWANSEA Astonvilla NORWICH SOUTHAMPTON Everton HULLCITY StokeCity MANUTD
NORWICH & HULLCITY look good fixtures out of next 10..Open Controls
WC Active!
Mannone | Boruc
Koscielny | Kolarov | Williamson | Ward | Chester
Hazard | Silva | Lallana | Januzaj | Colback
Aguero | Giroud | Suarez
0.8M in bank..
Good to go?
Any suggestions are much appreciated..
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hmm
somebody please talk me out of this:
Gerrard , silva , lukaku -- > agueor, lallana, ericksen for -8Open ControlsThis is my current team, not sure who I should be looking at ditching and who I should bring in (aguero is obvious but not sure about anyone else)
Howard
Sagna - Chester - Ward
Silva - Oscar - Eriksen - Ozil
Lukaku - Adebayor - Suarez(c)
------ Sterling - Ridgewell - B. Turner
Is love to take a punt on Navas and fit Baines in some how. Suggestions?Open Controls
Any ideas to improve this WC team?
1.6m in the bank.
Boruc (Kelvin Davis)
Baines, Koscielny, Kolarov, Ward (Chester)
Hazard, SIlva, Ramsey (Ki, Colback)
Aguero, Suarez, JrodOpen ControlsHow about this for an uber defence?
Bardsley, Clyne, Parr, Chester, Hudson - combined cost of 20.6m.
Fixtures over the next 8 for the chosen 3 would be:
GW22: STO, HUL, SOT
GW23: HUL, STO, NEW
GW24: NOR, ful, car
GW25: STO, WBA, HUL
GW26: AVL, hul, whu
GW27: HUL, whu, TOT
GW28: WBA, swa, avl
GW29: FUL, STO, cplOpen Controls
I like the idea of going super cheap at the back, I''m bookmarking this.
It'll be hard to separate from Coleman though...Open Controls
Yeah, the fixtures look nice, but Coleman and also quite a few oter premium defenders will really start to perform this second half of the season I believe. Will be hard to resist them then.
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Nice. I bought Coleman at 5mil though so couldn't comprehend selling him. 4 of those + Coleman maybe could be nice.
If team value is high, though, it may not be necessary particularly with the likes of lallana, Ramsey, eriksen and cabaye offering alternatives to big hitting midsOpen Controls
Does Über now mean cheap and dirty?
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After hitting Las Vegas during New Years, I'm now officially going to Cancun for Spring Break! 😀
I guess this is what an exchange year is all about. 😛Open Controls
Best £3.9m defender other than Chester? Is it Hudson, Baker or Whitaker, or have I missed a hidden gem?
Open ControlsHudson might be a gem if Solskjær gives him the spot, too much uncertainty for my likings though. Same goes for Baker and Whitaker.
Chester is still the pick of the bunch out of those four.Open ControlsChester is no longer 3.9m. He rose last night.
Probably Hudson now, although I can't see many Cardiff CSs.Open Controls
Berbatov in the Big Numbers 🙂
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Mannone Daniels
Coleman Merts Williams Chester Fonte
Hazard Silva Gerrard Wilshere Cabaye
Saurez Sturridge Lukaku
Has already did a -4 this week should I go for a WC for this team or wait next week
Daniels --> Boruc
Merts --> Kosc
Williams --> Kolarov
Gerrard --> Erikson
Cabaye --> Sidwell
Lukaku --> Aguero
What you guys thinkOpen ControlsIf team value is low, yes. But with a team value around 110, it is pretty hard to utilise the cash with a 4-3-3, especially given the likes of Chester, boruc and clyne offer such good value. To avoid them completely seems a shame
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Could not believe that....wonder how many people go for him?
Open ControlsI own him.
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If you have already drawn a plan for a WC team, why wait until next week?
As I see it if you wait your team will cost more but waiting means you can assess injuries? I am not convinced I would get anyone in who has just been signed as this transfer window is so hit and miss.Open ControlsThat's exactly the reason I don't want to start looking at a WC team.
I do not want to go out of my way to get 1 permutation of team because I've had my eyes fixed on it. We are likely to have more info next week, more obstacles, and we'll be a little bit wiser.Open Controls
There's 2 reasons why I am holding on.
1) my team looks good enough for this week and the amount of changes I made wouldn't be worth it with how the fixtures are lined up. City, Liverpool and Arsenal have home bankers
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The later the better because will be more info available, even if Aguero starts against Cardiff, there are so many players that could cover him with Arsenal Liverpool both great home fixtures.
Im gonna hold transfer for this week so can have 2 player punt when know gw23 lineups then wc gw24Open Controls
If you're happy with your current team I see the upside in waiting. The landscape could be different in 2 weeks and those who waited would be the the best spot to take advantage of that. If 1 hit could have fixed my problems I would have held off
Open ControlsInteresting responses thanks, my team looks OK for this week also just always tempting to tinker isn't it!
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10 years, 3 months agoThoughts on this WC draft (numbers in brackets are my purchase price)?
Plan would be to switch one of the cheapie defenders & Ozil -> Baines & Ramsey/Lallana in a few weeks.
Szczesny(5.7), Davis
Terry(6.0), Clyne(4.4), Ward(4.0), Chester(3.9), Rat
Hazard, Ozil(9.9), Silva, Januzaj, Gnabry
Aguero, Sturridge(9.1), Suarez (11.1)