Our second members article of the week turns to our very own ICT Index to analyse those players with the most impressive underlying data. 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 forwards over the last four Gameweeks:
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Chelsea training photos from earlier today,notice the orange bibs,maybe a suggestion of Mouriho's plans for the weekend?
http://tinyurl.com/m7jf57n
Make your own bib theory from itOpen Controls
It´ll be a shame if Liverpool can´t score against that team...
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Virus don't click on it
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Not a chance ,the FA youth cup final is the day after so the kids will not be involved 😉
Open ControlsChristensen will probably be starting in the youth cup so I don't know how likely it is he willl be used. Ake and Kalas are both ahead of him anyway.
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People really thinking Giggs will drop Mata? can't see it myself, now Fellaini.......
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If anything he'll position Mata properly.
Open ControlsWell with Welbeck wanting out I reckon Giggs will start Welbeck up top with Rooney behind whether that means he puts Mata on the wing I don't know
Open ControlsI reckon his best bet is Rooney up front, Mata behind him, Welbeck out wide on the left. That would absolutely thrash Norwich.
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Nah, he's not that much of a cretin, surely. 🙂
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mata is more important than welbeck. like ferguson did giggs should just play welbeck wide if he is desperate to start him
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This is the thing, Welbeck's moans about being played wide probably had more to do with bring disciplined over his night out as Fergie often used him wide and Welbeck never complained
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Mata is too slow on the counter attack and holds play up he doesn't fit in with fergies methods.
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this is such a naive view - if your methods can't accommodate one of the best players in the world, maybe they need changing.
Sure, Mata doesn't fit as a United winger, but behind the front man and wingers, launching a counter ahead of them, he obviously does.Open Controls
Sturridge to Aguero for -4? Would be my only city cover now since I dropped Silva to Ramsey
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Open ControlsHmm, I dunno. It looks like Sturridge will start so I'd be tempted to hold off and bring in Aguero next week for a free.
Open ControlsI don't think he'll do much. If he can afford that -4, he should go for it now and get another DGWer next week for free.
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So. Do you think Lukaku to Podolski for -4 is the way to go?
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yes. I did dzeko to pod
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Dont think so, any other forward u can transfer out?
Luka against Soton is different game, he can perform well, even Mirallas isnt playing 😀Open Controls
But delefoue probably will 🙁
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Dejegah--->AJ
Quiet boring transfer, but do u think its worth a hit?Open ControlsToughest captain choice in a while this week.
Rambo could backfire precisely because Newcastle are so weak, giving the likes of Ozil and Cazorla more of a free reign to do what they want. Also think he's so popular mainly due to the MNF factor.
Really hard to see Rooney blanking with United desperate to prove a point now Moyes has gone.
And Suarez is Suarez, if he's against a backup Chelsea side he'll do damage.Open Controls
Suarez has scored 0 goals against Chelsea, Arsenal and City this season and put up about 17 points across the 5 games. Mourinho is going to suck the life out of the game, I don't think Suarez is a good captaincy option. I'm going so far as to drop him and bring him back for GW38.
For me right now I'm between Rooney and Podolski for captain, Ramsey on the mind too.Open ControlsNot sure that tells the whole story - in the away game he was unlucky not to score, I didn't have him captain that game and it was scary.
Mou may try to suck the life out of it but Pool could blow them away early.Open Controls..there's still 4 other games..Suarez has not done as well against the top sides. Add to that the fact that Sturridge is back soon and now Suarez is back wide again. We know that being wide doesn't really affect his gains, but that coupled with the top side could mean a bad captain choice. I would not be surprised in the slightest if Suarez amounted to 15 points or less over gameweeks 36 and 37.
Open Controlsfair points. Rooney seems like the safest option to me at this point.
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monday night football
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Got any unpopular opinions?
I still think Young is the best choice for the Man Utd left wing.Open ControlsI was slated for saying Young should go to the WC the other day.
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Welbeck (if we're talking about this gw)
Open ControlsI hate that Nani is going to the WC.
Open ControlsYoung is not an awful player, he's just not good enough for the level our club is striving to get back to. Not even close.
Open ControlsIf anything I think it show what state they are in if I think Young is a good option in the current team.
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Madness, he should never play for us again, was NEVER good enough, I thought he would improve but he's a bigger bell than I ever imagined.
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Epic, I'm doing best in Metro, just hanging on inside a top 100 spot. Answered on last page but thought you'd miss it.
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PP offering 6/1 on United winning alll remaining league games, snap it up
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They play teams who have much more to play for.
Norwich and Sunderland will be fighting for their lives.Open Controls
This is how I see it, too.
Utd players may FEEL more organized, but they won't be SAF infantry 30+ matches into a season of stability, will they?
I think that the new changes will work against United. They may look "better", but that doesn't mean a whole lot.
I feel as I did at GW1 when names like Fellaini and Moyes were swaying opinions.
They need to show me the money before I heed speculation and optimism.Open Controls
Giggs is probably thinking, "Where would Ferguson play Mata?"
Where would Ferguson play Mata? Behind Rooney, Welbeck and Valencia out wide?Open Controlsexactly. And if RVP is fit, Rooney has to move somewhere else (on or off the pitch).
Open ControlsHe is thinking about Mata but that isn't it https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bl65mh9IAAEiWTF.jpg
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Chaps.
Who is the best replacement for Silva in my team (I'm assuming he's out for a while):-
A: Silva -> Mata
B: Silva -> Nasri
C: Silva -> Erikson
Whats your views?Open ControlsI did A, but if I didn't have Eriksen, I might go that way. Depends how you're approaching DGW.
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Demichelis or Zab for the run in? If I bring in Pablo it means I can only bring in Smalling or Evans instead of Gurning Phil for the DGW... (all depends on the lineup vs Norwich of course)
Open ControlsNothing to suggest Zab is any better an option than Demi, so Demi.
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Who'd you bench for the coming GW:
A. Puncheon Vs City
B. Ade Vs Stoke
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on -4 currently. Ship out silva for ramsey for another hit?
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will arsenal game on ???
Open ControlsUnited were one of the best counter attacking teams in Europe. Players like Mata slow down attack and Fellani is not quick enough at passing the ball forward. Both players suit a defensive set up and not an attack minded United.
Open Controlsproblem now though is that even rooney now slows down the attack.
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Very true. Lukaku spins and charges, same as Aguero and Cavani.
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Yep..as posted earlier. If Giggs is minded to revert to type for United then Mata becomes a problem pick..anything other than than reverting to type and he remains a Probable starter. Mata was Moyes's choice and was a problem even for him...he just doesn't fit the mould.
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Easiest captaincy choice for a while. Rooney. Going Ramsey over Rooney is madness imho.
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everyones missing the point here.
When in doubt suarez it outOpen ControlsHave you not seen the way Mourinho sets up his teams?
They can shut out any team.Open Controls
how? he's in much better form, has an easier fixture (norwich are fighting for their lives), and is in a team that scores goals
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Which would you play for 3rd DF spot: Ivanovic (A LIV), Stones (A SOU), Ward (H MCI)?
Playing Coleman& Koscielny.
Also, thinking of starting Lukaku but need to bench one of these midfielders:
Eriksen (A STK), Nasri (A CRY), Ramsey (H NEW), Gerrard (H MCI), Mata (H NOR).
Stevie G seems the only one to bench for Lukaku.Open Controls
Play Ivanovic and leave Stones as first DEF sub just in case he doesn't play. Bench Nasri as all of the others are more of a goal threat and the best you'll get from Nasri is an assist.
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Mannone Davis
Baines Flanagan Dann (Terry Olsson)
Mata Silva Nasri Johnson Noone
Suarez Aguero Lukaku
1ft,0.2m in bank.
Any eye dears?Open Controls
Mannone
Coleman - Bardsley - Chester
Mata - Gerrard - Eriksen - Ramsey
Suarez - Aguero - Lukaku
Bench: Speroni - Azpil - Mutch - Mariappa
0FT, 1.5 in bank
Looking ok for this GW?Open ControlsLooks good and the Mannone/Bardsley combo could easily come off.
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OT:
I have frozen some sausage which expires at Apr21, and just unfreeze them.
how long can I keep them in the fridge for??
there's like 6 sausages, so I can't finish them all at onceOpen ControlsAre you a man or mouse? 😉 I think you will be safe so long as you finnish them by this time tomorrow
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Whats really gonna happen this week:
1. Ramsey blank, Ozil shines. Everyone complains.
2. Rooney plays deep and everyone complains.
3. Mata plays on the wing and everyone complains.
4. Norwich fight for their lives and get a 1-1 draw and everyone compl....
5. Lukaku scores a brace and everyone.....
6. Sweetpea rises in rank due to going against the crowd.Open Controls7. Sweetpea tries to be different, and dropped 100k in rank. Sweetpea complains.
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mata not playing has hitler video potential
Open ControlsI will make one if this happens as it will force some re-think, unless of course Kagawa plays
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Where has this Mata might not start come from? Total gibberish on here or something actually said?
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there was a sauce earlier.... nothing definite though
Open Controlsit's all journalist extrapolation from Giggs saying "we're going to go back to playing like Manchester United" which could mean any variety of things or just plainly mean "we won't be utter and boring shite"..
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I just want to say what a top bloke Rosco is... I am overwhelmed that he has donated to cancer research UK for my upcoming charity fight... My faith in humanity is completely restored...
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Right, so this is my team for the week, but I am thinking about a -12 hit... I know what you're thinking, hear me out.
Current Team
De gea
Chambers Coleman Zaba Collins
Mata Mutch Eriksen
Suarez Adebayor Aguero
Subs: Mannone Cahill Mirallas Silva
However I would like Nasri Ramsey and Rooney as one would like to go with the flow. If I transfer those three in replace of Mirallas Silva and Adebayor, I would need £0.4m to do so... therefore I would either take Coleman or Cahill out for Kos as the 4th transfer, any thoughts?! Plus I am top of my mini league... by 3 points!!Open ControlsNasri can wait a week as you have Aguero.
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I think my captain choice this week could be one of the most important of the season for me. I lead my rival by 9 points but with Suarez playing Chelsea I imagine a lot of people will take a punt elsewhere. So it will come down to my captain choice vs his rather than the usual case of both putting it on Suarez.
So, who should I captain?
1) Baines
2) Erikson
3) Nasri
4) Mata
5) Ramsey
6) Aguero
7) Rooney
8) SuarezOpen Controls1-4 no way.
5 I wouldn't put you off this but it wouldn't be my 1st choice.
6 Will probably get something but Palace away doesn't smack of points fest.
7 It seems too obvious and will probably go wrong but I might join the sheep on this one.
8 When in doubt I always captain Suarez and if we believe Mourinho going with a B team Suarez could easily get a load of points.Open Controls
10 years, 1 month agoade's name spelt wrong in the captain poll. 😆