| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Paul In our second members article of the week, we turn to our own ICT Index for inspiration. Assessing player performance for Influence, Creativity and Threat in accordance with the relevant Opta statistics, we create a Members table in order to analyse the top-scoring midfielders over the last four Gameweeks:
Wtf you can bet on pretend fighting? 😯 how is that legal
Does seem a bit like betting on coronation street
Hahaha exactly
Paddy power have this 😆
http://www.paddypower.com/bet/novelty-betting/novelty-bets/game-of-thrones-betting
you have to be under 18 to like wrestling yet over 18 to bet. so agree, not legal
Assuming the bookies decide the outcome, sounds no different than betting in IPL and many horse races
Has anyone noticed the times of matches on FPL website for this week's games? They're all at 7 mins past the hour and have been for days at least ! 😮 😆
I cant even be bothered...
And now you wish you'd left off the smileys..
Is there any chance Benteke and Agbonlahor's absence mean Delph may be played further up the pitch?
I was thinking to get him in.
Don't know about formation, but his form over the last four looks fantastic for £4.4m. I'm certainly thinking of him as my mid bench fodder to free-up cash
Cheers Bueller. This has been my thinking but I'd play him at home to Fulham this week and in the Double. The effect of these injuries will be the tipping points either way.
Probably more likely to tonev gets more game time or bacuna plays tip of the diamond like he did earlier in the season for a spell.
If Holt is fit he could prove an interesting differential
Hmm Bacuna eh. It's a midfielder I'm after Dino, but there'll probably not be much effect on Delph then. Thanks.
Holt for England eh 😉
Haha Yh Holt for England was the fall the year before last. Just shows every donkey has its day.
Is bacuna villa's no 2 pen taker too?
Yes! Now number 1. The only thing is I haven't noticed him playing as well as Delph in games. I've only watched motd though.
Pretty clear what the new twist in the ScoutCast will be. Video version. Pretty sure.
what if mark rage quitted and deleted the site
a mod could start it up again for us? ;D
I have a very good alternative which is much more interactive than this one. 🙂
Dont know if publicity is allowed, so i wont paste a link here.
intrigued 😀
OKAY WHAT THE HELL HERE IT IS
http://fantasyfootball247.co.uk/
Damn Whitman! You cant just cant CAT the curiosity can you?
guys please dont get him in trouble for this 😮 sorry if you do the b
the layout to this is better ;D
Mark out. Butters in!
Sunderland fined for fielding an ineligible player
Be interesting if they stay up by 1 point
there're gonna be ructions. Under the FA rules they should have had at least the point from the SOT game deducted
who was the player by the way?
Any chance of a request for some info please scouts ?...How are the different ICT tables calculated ?..what numbers go into each one of the four categories?
Shit in ... shit out ... 😉
The ICT Index covers Influence - their contribution to a match, Creativity - their propensity to create chances or provide passes in attacking areas and Threat - their propensity to have efforts on goal, on target and in dangerous areas.
We use a formula to calculate all three based on some key stats and then add the total to come to the ICT rating. Influence is based on things like goals, assists, touches, passes completed, tackles etc - all with different weightings. It's the nearest thing to our version of the bonus points I guess.
Creativity uses key passes of course, but also passes in the final third, through-balls, crosses etc.
Threat uses shots on goal (no brainer) but we do give different weightings depending on where on the pitch those shots occurred and also whether they were on target.
Every player has a total for all three from every match and they are added up to give you the ICT rating for that match.
Sorry for the late reply Mark...family stuff...Right..so...I use the ICT threat, i add it to the touches in the box (not just shots)..and then try to keep the sum figure of that number as high as possible across the mids (DGW's not withstanding)....It works. So based on how you weight the ICT threat am I right to do this...I have posted before that it doesn't seem to work out when using shots in the box in that way, and obviously that must be because it's effectively doubling up the ICT threat...All a bit convoluted really, but does that make sense?...ICT threat + touches in the box always seems to = good pick
Quite a few DZers in the final 25 of Last Man Standing.
Triggerlips, Djerbil, AJ & Innsie for starters.
What's the format for elite 64 TM?
http://www.tinyurl.com/elite64
Seems you went out last week.
Dam. Was close though!
1. Who do think will win the World Cup?
2. Who will do better than people think?
3. Who will get the Golden Boot?
I'm thinking 433 for the dgw
mannone
baines coleman zaba/demi/cheslea defender ward
yaya haz AJ
Suarez Lukaku Sturridge/Dzeko/Aguero
anyone else thinking similar?
Same as Messi's Boxers. 4-3-3 out of necessity I think
Mannone/Boruc
Coleman Baines Azpi Dann
Hazard SIlva Nasri
Suarez Lukaku Aguero
If I get Dzeko over Aguero though I will be going 3-4-3
John Cena to beat Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania is 4/1 with PP.
Strange odds. I'd pencil my prediction in at about 50/50 and most wrestling sites with predictions are about 60/40 in favour of Cena.
Just putting it out there for anybody who intends on watching WM and fancies a flutter.
If you don't like wrestling, your derogatory comments shall be met with little concern on my part.
bray will win imo
1/3 with sky and with wrestling you know what tat means
Can't understand why anyone would bet on something that's fixed.
easy money?
It's 4/1 for a reason. PP probably follow the odds of a reliable source who will get results correct 95% of the time.
Yeah, I'm confident they have some kind of source.
WWE have been known to change plans in the run-up to WM though and 4/1 seems very generous. I'll probably put a tenner on it to spice up the watching.
Just thought I'd share.
Cena always miraculously wins everything, so I wouldn't be surprised tbh..
What are the odds on Undertaker?
1/66
been going 30 years and one of the most watched sporting events worldwide, must have some appeal to it
Wyatt will win. Can't see many other heel victories on the card. (Taker, Shield, Bryanx2)
oh come on. at least cricket is a real sport
Lets not get carried away here.
Don't get me started on real sport http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/26/article-2179100-01D10F5E0000044D-707_468x319.jpg
I'm going to bed now, so their is no point staying on this site any longer.
NIghty night xo
Public apology for Granville - who listened to my advice last week and got Jagielka in...looks like another blank week for the injury ravaged Everton man.
So since its a bit slow around here, lets talk about the World Cup. Who do you think are going to be the dark horses this WC?
For me, Italy as always and Urugauy. I think Belgium are overrated....
Agree on Belgium.
I think France will be a positive surprise for many.
Yep, Italy surely. People always write them off but they always perform in the Finals.
Uruguay are favourites, mind you. They have a shot at winning it.
My pick:- Chile, Ivory Coast and Belgium as dark horses.
Chile
France and Argentina are looking good..
Chile! They are a great team...
I think Urugauy will struggle, don't see them doing much. Only have a few decent players and have been playing horrendously of late. Suarez Cavani Forlan wont be able to counter how poor the rest of the team is imo
France and Ivory Coast. But mostly France.
Argentina.
I thinbk Belgium are over-rated in terms of tournament experience and perhaps some players are over-rated. Courtois, Kompany, Hazard, maybe Vertonghen are the real quality there. Benteke out, not convinced he's consistent enough anyway. Mirallas can let them down being greedy.
You're right about Italy. Skills, great defence and tournament experience
Belgium are decent crop of players, but we tend to over hype most in the PL, and they have many basic problems like their defense is basically 4 CBs..
Italy are the dark horses IMO, Juventus based miserly defense who all know each other plus Pirlo, De Rossi, Motta can really control games...
I've heard the 4 CBs argument too. Not sure how much that'll hinder them. I think it's because they play 'nice' football, will be interesting to see how they like being kicked which is bound to happen.
Italy will suffer by not having a top striker as will Spain by not having a striker who's in good form.
Aregentina will, unfortunately, fail by having a dodgy defence.
it's funny how things work in phases, first Belgium were the great fancied dark horse and now it has totally turned the other way for some because of all the attention they get. They are still a very good team, it's not just the PL players. Add in names like Witsel, Mertens, Alderweireld, Defour & Bakkali
I'm sorry I personally never bought that, the thing is while they're a good team they
don't have any tournament experience
don't have any full backs.
and while I think they have a good bunch of players there are just too many teams far better than then IMO..
They're all good ball players. But the best ball players don't always win tournaments. Dembele would be one of my favourite Belgian players. Can play a bit but also good defensive mid. I'd say the likes of himself, Kompany, Vertonghen, maybe Hazard who has toughened up under Mourinho can lead the team but I'd have no faith whatsoever in Kevin Mirallas. The rest will play for Belgium and Mirallas will play for Mirallas. Italy in 2006 had a few great players but a collective strength and knew how to get past each stage.
How many of the Belgian team are French and how many are Dutch?
On the tournament experience I don't really buy that as their U21 team got to the semis of Euro 2007, many of the current squad were involved. Also it's not essential for me anyway.
They don't have proper specialist fullbacks but the likes of Lombaerts, Alderweireld & Vertonghen are good there.
I don't think Belgium will win it but I can see them going pretty far with a nice draw. Certainly much better set up in every possible way than England.
On the split, difficult to say as I didn't know where they were all born, probably a few more are Flemish from those I know, than the Walloons, but there are also a few born elsewhere like Benteke etc..
ENGLAND.
😆
I'm quite excited to get de Guzman this week. I feel I have been too template for too long. And it's not points chasing, I know he won't score 2 goals every week but he is in a more attacking role if he keeps it, on pens and Swansea on form.
Anyone else excited by their transfer this week?
Na, my team is template and boring besides the hemeroid that is Kolarov.
i wish i was as confident, no idea what to do
I felt like that start of the week. I only really considered JDG as it allowed me to do Kosc > baines as my other FT but I am happy that it has forced me to do something different.
De Guzman is a good move, especially in a couple of GWs time. My Gerrard to Eriksen move excites me as it a little away from template.
I like Erik too though it would be a third time for me and the scars are still fresh. Hope he does well for spurs sake anyway
Bony takes pens for Swansea now.
I'm excited about getting Marcus Alonso
Hi Zan,my Solomon friend,mine isn't as exciting as yours but needed doing,got Ward in for Clyne who had started to troll my team for a few weeks,glad to have gotten rid.
Do like the De Guzman diff mate,could be a corker that.
Hope you are well fella.
Solomons out in force tonight! I still have Chambers. I have decided to keep as he can either rot on my bench, or make an injury covering appearance and be my second highest scoring player of a miserable GW.
Hey up Phil mate,nice to hear from you too man,good to see the Islanders all still posting and active,yeah last week was one to forget for sure,fingers crossed we can get back on the green arrows this GW bud
Points chasing ward? 😉
All good with me CS, had a bad week as well last week, hoping for better things over the next few
Good to hear fella,good luck with the run in too.Have a good one mate
In an attacking role he's a very good pick. Done me well in ufpl. I'm happy to have eriksen back this week. Held on as long as I could last time. He's potential gold dust for FPL
What are some high risk high reward punts only for this GW?
I would tell you - but then I would have to Punch your lights out!!! 😀
He shits when he wants ...
Adebayor
Holtby
So why no scoutcast?
Check Hot Topics.
Ok, cheers.
Ignore the hot topic. It's just code for Mark getting a vasectomy and Granny going away for a dirty weekend in Manchester with Mrs Granville.
Do we get a live version with community interaction on either of these events?
How is this for the weekend? All looking alright?
Boruc
Cahill Coleman Azpil
Hazard Yaya Silva Mutch
Lukaku Sturridge Suarez(c)
Davis; Puncheon, Dann, Demel
Are you still running in the Grand National this weekend???
Long and boring commute? Check
Headphones? Check
Scoutcast? Noooo ðŸ™
I can still hang out here which is better than the off season where I even resort to reading real news sites. What is happening out there? Anyone know?
If Aguero is ruled out for gw 34, would you remove Sturridge to get Dzeko?
That will leave me with: Suarez Dzeko Lukaku
Nope. SLS for me.
reports says he's back in training, so its not unlikely he will be back for GW34 in which case you will be tempted to take a hit to get him in. So I'd hold, its not unlikely that Sturiidge will score this weekend
If he's fit, then Sturridge to Aguerooo it is!
Aguero and Suarez are the only 2 strikers id sacrifice sturridge for.. nobody else
Dzeko in 2 games(liv,SUN) has a chance to outscore Sturridge(MCI) in one though.
Also the games after that are good fixtures as well.
An Aguero who struggled twice already this year to get matchfit after return from injury is too dodgy. No point risking him unless there's reports that he's tearing it up in training. Kun has one PL already. His main concern is being fit for Brazil.
Yes. I would.
I love FPL I could easily do one of four things this week with 2 fts and 5 coins in the bank ,the strategy involved is brilliant,esp h2h ,cannot remember having so much continuing enjoyment from a single hobby,and its free as well......
calm down mate, just a game
"Just a game" , meh ,not when your standing with half a dozen blokes taking the piss in the pub,cos you've never had ramsey for example....
ha - well said.
I hate it sometimes as well!
Sorry for the repost...
What do you think? Many doubts about my bench...
Mannone (tot)
Baines (ARS) | Azpilicueta (STK) | Demichelis (SOU)
Delph (FUL) | Mata (new) | Yaya Touré (SOU) | Hazard (STK)
Sturridge (whu) | Lukaku (ARS) | Suárez (C) (whu)
Adrián (LIV) | Puncheon (car) | Ward (car) | Chester (SWA)
7 red arrows in the last 9 weeks, is my team too template?
Hart
Baines/Ivanovic/Coleman
Hazard/Lallana/Gerrard/Yaya
Suarez/Sturridge/Lukaku
Mannone/Olsson/Puncheon/Chambers
only chelsea coverage in azpi is probs going to burn... come JM be a good lad and rest haz for your big game tuesday 😀
Would you play A Mata(new) or bring in B Eriksen(SUN)
both
I sense West Ham could do a job on Liverpool this week, plus the scousers must be due an 'off' day. Who are people opting to captain this week if not Suarez? What is your thought process behind it?
West Ham will get a roasting
If not Suarez, go Sturridge, because I disagree with what you said about Liverpool due a bad day.
Fair enough. Just have a feeling as this good run has to end somewhere. Think big Sam will set up to try shut them out so I don't see a mauling. I really don't have another stand out option so will probably end up giving Luis the armband just wondered if anyone was looking seriously at an alternative this week
I find my gut feels rarely come off or no more than statistically likely anyway. Suarez most likely to score the most points and gets my captaincy
Transfer history....
worst looking ivanovic to celustka gw 19
best looking moses to silva gw 10
Best:
Bacuna -> Yaya GW26 or Barfa -> Ramsey GW6
Worst:
Yaya -> Nolan GW28
Morning gents. Do you think only 1 City player is mad for their first DGW?
If I decide not to get Aguero, I'm left with only Yaya. If I'm getting Kun the plan is Studge out for him.
Say I drop Aguero, looking at different options;
Studge + AJ -> Dzeko + Silva next week (no hits).
thinking the same
i am also considering ditching aj for silva but it doesnt sound right as aj also has a double and weeks 36-38 are also very much playable for him
u dont fancy a defender instead of silva?
Hehe 🙂 That I can't do. Or, I can, but then Baines/Coleman has to go (not an option with those fixtures) and it has to be for a hit or two.
don would u consider a man city defender along with kun + yaya or go with silva + yaya + kun?
cant u see a few clean sheets for city with those fixtures?
Haven't really considered any City defenders tbh. I'm backing Baines + Coleman over City defense for the double.
after the double? really awful fixtures for everton
After the double, yessir! Then there will be some major changes in my team, but for 34 I'm keeping Baines, Coleman and Lukaku.
This actually makes a bit of sense to me... get another DGWer... Dzeko has potential, but you're relying on them playing with 2 strikers in order for him to get some proper gametime. It's decent plan IF they go 4-4-2 when Aguero comes in this GW (I reckon he'll play some part).
Yep, but it's risky. Thanks D!
Nasri, Silva, Yaya 😎
Oh very Nice 🙂
What to do with this lot and 2FTs? Thinking of downgrading Nolan > cheapy bench fodder in order to bring in DGWers next GW...sound good?
Mannone Davis
Coleman Distin Azpi Chester Ward
Haz Yaya Gerrard Snod Nolan
S L S
£0.1 bank, 2FT
Yeah, sounds good to me. Your team is nice overall. Nolan -> Noone (if fit)/Delph maybe, cheap as they come.
Cheers Dogba. Anyone of £4.8m and under would allow me to bring in Silva and Kun (for Gerrard and Studge)... but only if Kun proves his fitness. Wondering about Ki - not as good form but 2 DGWs in there.
Would love to bring in Kompany/Zaba for Distin, but just seems a waste of a City player if the alternative is Silva/Kun...
Wow, you're in a great position then I'd say. Gerrard & Sturridge -> Silva & Aguero next GW for free is music to any FPL-ers' ears.
Ki's had a couple of cameos lately, I'd prefer someone nailed I think. Playing Snod in GW34 is not a bad option really.
I'd wait for news on Noone, if he's fit I'd get him. Some attacking threat and the cheapest real option.
And I think you are dead right on ignoring City defense in order to get attacking assets instead. Distin is a very solid pick for GW34.
Cheers appreciate the input. How's the season going for you? A good final 6 weeks and hopefully you can squeeze into the top 10K? I've had one of those season's - a few poor decisions early on and not going with my gut feeling has cost me, but just one of those things.
Very solid move. It'll also help with any everton transfers in the following week.
JWP is back playing again at only 4.0.. He had fantastic stats at the start of the season..
What happens when Wanyama and Schneiderlein is fit though? I don't think he'll start many more games this season.
