Our first members article of the week delves into the data from the previous round of fixtures. We cast an eye over the displays of Liverpool, as well as Arsenal, Leicester and Southampton’s new strikers and also analyse a number of favourably priced midfielders from Spurs, Everton and Burnley over the season so far.
Where are you Zep?
Brissy, and it's not even Summer yet... 😯
Ohh..I thought Melbourne is hotter since they stage the Australian Open there 😀
So a Degree in Architecture is not that helpful in that condition, eh? 😉What does my academic accreditation have to do with the glorious Queensland weather? 😀
But no, only air con can help in this situation...Haha, just thinking maybe that extra knowledge in ventilation and lighting calculation might help to adapt. 😛 don't worry, we're in the same business, since I'm an urban planner.
better get one that works perfectly.
Perfect start to a new page... me pissing and moaning about good weather... 😆
Standard. 😉
De Gea (myhill)
Shawcross - Coloccini - neil Taylor (Van aanholt, Wisdom)
Dyer - Ramsey - Sigursson - Eriksen (Sterling)
Diego Costa - Rooney - Naismith
FT : 0 ITB : 4.4m
Any changes for hit? I got money in bank now to replace Naismith for Pelle? Upgrade Eriksen to Di maria or Fab? (to late to go for fab wagon?)
Morning dzz,
krul
naylor clyne bardsley (ferdi chester)
ramsey eriksen sterling siggy (jwp)
rooney costa welbeck
any hits needed? eriksen >> adm/fab? or jwp >> xxx as i want a backup
No. Looking alright.
for GW 5 only
A. Siggy (home vs Soton)
B. Hazard (away vs City)
1) Chester to naylor/pva
2) Colocini to naylor/pvaKinda fancy playing Duff this week, but can't bring myself to dump anyone... can you?
ShawX(qpr) Clyne(swa) Caulker(STO) Duff(SUN)
Hmmm...
I might just drop Clyne...
I think I'll be bringing in Duff this week.I think he's the best 4m option now...
I'm not buying these rotation rumours...so Wisdom -> Duff a worthy use of the FT?
Surely Keane didn't go there to sit on the bench 😕
Who knows, but I can't see him getting benched after 2 clean sheets...
He will be in the team for the foreseeable or until he makes a few mistakes IMO...
I would play one of Shawcross and Caulker, tough choice..Flip a coin!
clyne. cant see swansea blanking
Is Balotelli ➡ Adebayor (C) is waste of FT?
😳
* Is Balotelli ➡ Adebayor (C) a waste of FT?
waste I think
My other Captain contenders this GW are Costa & Sigurdsson. Won't feel confident with giving them armband this GW. Adebayor up against West Brom's sorry defence.
Bdw. what's Adebayor's record against Arsenal like?May I know your team, with how much money you have in the bank?
Sure, TFF. 🙂
McCarthy
Ivanovic, Moreno, van Aanholt
Hazard, Sterling, Tadic, Sigurdsson
Costa, Balotelli, Welbeck
Begovic, Zaha, Clyne, Moore
1 FT & NIL itb.Touhg one this, I'd save the transfer but you really don't have a captain choice this week. If I were you, I would downgrade Hazard to Adm and captain him this week. Would give you a captain as well as a long term option
Yes.
You & Moin are not big fans of Adebayor, saw it on the previous page. 🙂
I'm still bitter for missing out on Pelle (I chose Tadic) so not going there for a while.I don't think you've missed the boat just yet... Pelle could get you some decent returns with these fixtures
QPR,tot,SUN,STO,hul,LEI,avlI know but I'm reluctant to double up on Saints' attack. Don't rate Pelle much (not yet anyway) & I thought Newcastle were terrible.
Do you really think Adebayor's fixtures are tough?
WBA, ars (derby), SOT, mci, NEW, avl, STK.
I don't know how he's playing these days (would appreciate insights) but being spearhead of Spurs attack coupled with Penalty duties tempting me.Chadli is the best pick in the Spurs attack atm. The 3 fixtures after the wba game are tough... soton against qpr could be a blood bath...
Adebayor's stats are very decent. Have a look at Doosra's tables in the members area.
I'm thinking of selling Balotelli, but it wouldn't be for Ade
Who's your pick, TPM?
No. Good move this week.
go for it, especially if you want to captain him 🙂
Cheers, all. 🙂
Anyone wildcarding this week and would like to join a h2h league? Had a cosy 10 players league with those who wildcard with me, kinda nice to see how fellow wildcarders are doing?
Not sure if I will get any response though, and I guess this is not a popular week to wildcard.
So Moreno lost his UCL assist, Artur lost a playing point and Dominguez managed to recover some extra balls. Who knew that points could be scored after they'd been confirmed for the match day.
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At least the site is working so I can make some substitutions this morning (not Artur though - he's stuck). Not going to risk waiting for lineups again.
As an aside. One of the UEFA guys ( @UEFAcomAndrewH ) has offered to pass on any issues people are having to the people who run the UEFA game. Feel free to send him some tweets to explain any issues you've had.
https://twitter.com/UEFAcomAndrewH/status/511941932587958273
Please be nice though, I'm not advocating abuse - but a bit of mild ranting is allowed ;-).Oh FFS, I was fairly happy with my Morero assist... 🙁
As we have some of the most knowledgeable crowd around at this point in time, I would love to know your thoughts about doubling up on defenders. Would you for example, double up on Clyne and Bertrand from next week when the Saints have these fixtures up till game week 12
QPR,tot,SUN,STO,hul,LEI,avl
Or would you prefer one of Clyne/Bertrand and get someone like a Chambers who could represent good value for money with these fixtures
TOT,che,HUL,sun,BUR,swaI have no issues with doubling up on D. Proved successful on number of occasions before.
1 of Clyne/Bertand and get someone like Baines 😉
already have Baines my friend 🙂
*Jealous* ...I somehow prefer Gibbs to Chambers but everyone says don't get Gibbs...Anyways I think doubling up on defense is always a risk
I'm doubling up, but it's Clyne and Forster for me.
Having 2/5 of your defenders from one team really limits your options each week in terms of fixtures for your defenders, for example if they have a bad fixture (tot) you'll have to rely on all of your other defenders having good fixtures, which is unlikely... That probably doesn't make sense but maybe someone will know what I mean 😆
Plus, if they concede a goal, the keeper can always get a bucketful of saves!
Innsie on wildcard? Why not Bertrand instead of Clyne as he is cheaper and has better stats?
I have considering getting Bertrand, but I've had Clyne from the start and have grown quite attached to him 😆 I think Clyne has better goal threat and Bertrand better assist threat... I'll consider it again, are getting Bertrand?
Was more keen on Clyne initially(got him start of wc at 5.1), but Bertrand does seem to be a little better and heard he has good combination with Tadic down the left.
Know Clyne better from last season though, and have a soft spot for him.
Bertrand edging it for now.
I don't trust our defence - I would go for Bertrand...critically, both he and Clyne have good attacking threat, so there is nothing wrong with a double up with those fixtures imo 🙂
Both of those tactics could work out great. I cannot pick between the two! Just go with the lower opened option.
Thank you all, opinions appreciated.
Krul
Cahill / Clyne / Pva
Ramsey / Mata / Sterling / Fabregas
Rooney / Naismith / Costa
(Guzan / Boyd / Moore / Wisdom)
1 FT & 0.6m itb
A) Cahill -> Dier/Rafael/Evans/Naylor
B) Ramsey -> Siggy
C) Wisdom -> Duff & bench Cahill (against city)
D) save FTC or D
D
this will mean I need to play Cahill against City
not the worst thing imo
don't think it will be an open game
Stoke had a clean sheet at City
D
Chances of Chambers starting this week?
very high, imo.
95%
Begovic
Cahill/ Naylor/ Chester
Hazard/ Ramsey/ Siggy/ Sterling
Rooney c/ Costa/ Pelle
Gilks/ Dummet/ Wisdom/ marney
1FT 0.9 ITB
Thinking dummet to duff and no hits.
Anything else people would do?
repostTough decisions all around.
Mannone(bur)
Janmaat(HUL), Bardsley(qpr), Moreno(whu)
Sterling(whu), Mirallas(CPL), Chadli(WBA), Siggy(SOU)
Costa(mci), Adebayor(WBA), Falcao(lei)
Adrian(LIV), Tadic(swa), Clyne(swa), Hutton(ARS)
Any changes needed? Who would you captain?Play Clyne instead of Janmaat.
i was thinking maybe for Bardsley
Hmm... Keane's loan to Burnley is only until January... In my opinion, he was signed as a back up for Duff, who I think has performed well enough so far this season to cement his place in the starting XI...
so would you condone Wisdom -> Duff with the FT?
If there are no other pressing issues, yes.
I'll post my team in a minute and please have a look, mate.
Yup..I think this is the case..but Keane should get an odd game or two
Agreed...
One can only speculate on the reasons why Keane moved... maybe he was happy being higher up the pecking order... i.e back up for Duff... whereas he wouldn't get a look in for United...That's exactly what I think...
He's Burnley's 3rd choice CB, any injury or form drop by Duff/Shackell and he'll be starting, whereas for United he'd be behind Rojo/Smalling/Evans/Jones etc and wouldn't even make the bench for the majority of their games.
1. Cahill and Naisy > Moreno and pelle/Welbeck/Valencia/jelly/Hernandez (-4)
2. Haz and Ballo > Fab and Aguero (-4)
3. Haz > Sanchez/Yaya/Di Maria/ Fabregas
and also
a) Balotelli or b) Aguero (-4)B perhaps
Any news on Pieters yet?
not yet, it seems...
Ah, it was a long shot before the pressers i guess.
Love your name and grav 😆
haha, cheers 😀
What happened to Moreno's assist on UCL?
That doesn't actually provide an answer. Did someone else get a touch on the way through or something?
The cross hit the defender first, then Rick O'Shead about until Balotelli finally got it under control and finished it. I have Moreno and was surprised at that time when i saw it was given.
Thanks, makes sense now. I was out last night. Only read the BBC report which seemed to indicate it was a cross straight to Balo.
Quite a few times when I open an article using my mobile, someautomatic download starts, something like 'mobogarden'.
Is it happening with someone else too?Used to happen to me all the time!!
I used to be on the site and every ten minutes my phone would open up the same app in the App Store.Oh and all this time I was blaming my old phone for opening up the app store again and again 😕
Let Mark or one of the Mods know. I told a mod before, can't remember who, and they informed Mark and got it sorted pretty quick.
Yes, mobogenie I believe it is. It's supposedly an App Store but it is a virus.
Yeah, happens t me. Safari starts opening for some reason. Never actually waited to see to what though as close it too quickly. Annoying
UCL Captain:
Bale stick or twist to Messi?Stick
Man I should have wildcarded or made a transfer for Taylor 🙁 Jones and Terry dropped
Finally Thinking
Jones --> Bertrand and Cahill --> Baines for a hit!!
many will say avoid hit..but they just might recover the hit points!
everton's next is nice but after that two away games at Liverpool and United
yeah but against Liverpool could be a 0-0 draw..and Chelsea also has tough fixtures..so both have tough games..and because of the easy game that's how he might recover the -4 points..
no chance for a 0-0 draw imo. Just do jones to bertrand/clyne for now
Okay, Thanks
If Liverpool play anything like last night (or the villa game in fact) that game just might go 0:2
Really need some insight.
Krul
Terry Clyne Hutton
Hazard Ramsey Sterling Siggy
Costa Rooney Naismith
Elliot Marney Chester Wisdom
1 FT, 2.9 itb
Think I'll keep Haxzard since I'm chasing and need him as a differential, so
A. Terry -> Baines
B. Wisdom -> Duff & bench who?
C. save FT
taanother option is D. Chester -> Naylor/Moreno (7.4 max)
Upgrade Naismith maybe?
just got him last week for at least 2 fixtures. Wish I went Pelle 🙁 Keeping him for CRY at least.
Ah yeah, I forgot they played Palace this week.
A
Baines is Baines but I'm not sure if he can thrive in GW6 & 7
Maybe a penalty in the derby?
Yep, anything can happen in a derby. But the Merseyside one is not famous for goals, unlike NLD or Tyne–Wear derby
10 goals in two games last season though. Different managers, different styles. I think well see more of the same this season.
In 135 years Everton have only been awarded one penalty at Anfield. The odds don't look good.
😯
Obviously Lfc spent a lot of that time out the top flight but you get my point. 😀
Terry also has tough games this week and GW7 and after that GW9
Hmm, true that. Don;t know why I still have faith in CHE defence this year, so unlike them.
A looks good...then you could do Naismith ---> Pelle next week? 🙂
Hmm..good idea. Pelle will have QPR in GW6! 😀 But I have a feeling JT will score immediately after I sell him 🙁
he isn't going up for some of the set pieces, has had like 1 shot...its worth the risk imo 🙂
Hmm your defence is in a bit of trouble... Hopefully Chester regains his spot after Hull conceded 2 goals, but unless they switch back to 3 at the back I think that's unlikely.
I may be biased since I'm on a WC, but I think you should consider yours - I'm not a fan of Krul, Elliot, Terry, Chester, Wisdom, Marney, Hazard(?) and Naismith.
If you don't WC then Wisdom > Duff looks good, Terry has AVL next week so they may keep a clean sheet then. The possible price drops of Terry and Hazard will be annoying for you though...Yeah that's the transfer I'm looking at. MEh, I think it's too late for me to WC, Terry has dropped, and I kinda like my front 7, for now.
I will give Hazard until Villa game. If he does nothing, then off he go.
Thanks for all the replies
Hazard's stats are improving, BUT - his points may be cannibalised by Fabregas/Oscar.
Terry may have to go, but can limp on. Hutton has a run of truly crap fixtures, ditto. Chester ... Wisdom, keep for Burnley,then defenestrate.
Krul: Newcastle may be in for another bumpy ride. Some of us have been here with DePardieu before ...
@Innsie,
Just to let you know, this is the team I'll be fielding this week. I'm not 100% sure ill captain Rooney though, and I won't be taking a hit.
Begovic
Cahill Clyne Coloccini
Mata Sterling Ramsey Sigurdsson
Costa Welbeck Rooney (c)
Gilks Marney Kelly WisdomCheers Sarje, looks good. Sorry about benching you last week.
It was a good choice, I done awful 😉
Play robertson or naylor this week?
Naylor
Robertson.
Robertson but it's close
Omg ADM went up to 9.7m, FPL was just reporting with a progress of just 60+%
pppffffffffff
Who should I keep: Cahill or Mertesacker
Niether at the moment.
if you had to pick one?
Cahill
both represent poor value atm - try and sell them 🙂
if you had to pick one?
Hutton is nailed on? If so, disregarding fixtures, he'll be best long term budget def pick given the unexpectedly solid Aston Villa defence?
monitor Duff too.
Yep.
Hi DZers,
Here is my team, along with 2 FTS, 0.8ITB.
DeGea
Wilson PvA Duff
Hazard Siggy Ramsey Sterling
Ade Rooney Costa
Bench: xx, Clyne, Marney, Hutton.
Any ideas as to how to spend a FT on this team?
Keen on keeping Haznothing wrong with this team 😯
Hutton ---> Naylor? or DDG ---> Forster?Very good team and you still got 2 FTs 😯
How's this team guys
Guzan (manone)
Terry chambers Blackett (Hutton Wilson)
Siggy Ramsay di Maria Fabregas sterling
Costa (adebayor Naismith)
Feel like I've covered most bases but I don't have a Southampton player, sort or wanted Bertrand in but I'm 0.4 short. Still, what do we think?Terry to Bertrand?
Also i dont like Ade at all as a player but i feel you have to start him at home to West Brom
or if you dont do terry to Bertrand this week, Ade to pelle nextNot sure about playing Guzan this week. Better off playing Mannone against QPR I reckon. Similarly, play Wilson over Terry. I'd probably bench Siggy and play Adebayor at home to hapless WBA. Get rid of Blackett if I was you for Bertrand or Clyne. Blackett may lose his spot as players come back from injury.
9 years, 9 months agoI've waited for as long as I possibly could...
*turns on air con...
It's 30 bloody degrees out here... ugh...