We delve into the Gameweek 5 data this evening in our first members article of the week. Wayne Rooney’s new role for United comes under analysis, as do Burnley and Leicester’s displays up front, whilst a couple of north London-based frontmen are also placed under the microscope after their contrasting weekend performances.
@ Akbar Wakey
D.Silva or Yaya, only for this week ?Comparison tool made it clear, but I still think the other guy still has it in him
yaya is on the team risky but i think its his day
have the same feeling
I know you're not asking for public opinion but surely Silva. Yaya's role is different this year and is more defensive. Silva always looks dangerous!
your opinion is always welcomed
im having a tough time letting go off 20 goals and 9 assists
Southampton at home to QPR just seems too easy.
Am I overthinking things, or should I be looking to bring in Pelle?
Bring him in
He looks wonderful at the moment.
Had a look at your linked team, looks great, maybe replace Henderson for Schneiderlin if you want Soton cover?
ADM ok as only Utd cover if on wildcard?
id say so
Yeah
Yup
how about gerrard under performing for a while now?what do you think
Really want to do Naismith to Welbeck but to fund it (for free) should I drop
a) Rvp to Rooney
b) Baines to Bertrand
c) Shaw to Moore
dont wanna drop any of them to be honest, really tough callThe answer is usually A 😉
Of those options, C by miles.
yeah you're right it just don't seem right dropping him given finally nailed on with Blackett suspended for west ham at home
definitely not a! c
Would you sell Rooney and Ramsey for a hit if you didn't have Fabregas?
Or Welbeck or Pelle
No
For who?
Fabregas and Pelle/Welbeck.
It would mean no United coverNo, then
Fresh off the WC and thinking of a hit, bru? 🙁
I don't think that is worth a hit, though.Yeah I'm leaning to the same conclusion
In looking at your squad, I would actually save your free and reassess next week. Can't see any individual transfer really screaming out and you could use the two to make a double switch if Ramsey has another dud or Chadli has another dud and gets subbed off early? Downgrading Rooney makes sense though, to free up funds to switch out Chadli or Ramsey or both.
I can afford to sell Rooney and Chadlii for Fabregas and Welbeck. Very tempting.
Yeah that is tempting haha. Would be very tidy business, just the -4 is a minor annoyance.
And the fact that I'd have double Arsenal attack with Spurs and Chelsea coming up. Not overly appealing.
NLD will have goals, I think that is actually a good fixture. The Chelsea one though, clearly not so much.
That would be the tricky one. Although all of my defenders would have a decent fixture so might be tempted to play 5 defenders that week and bench the Arsenal assets.
No
no
Thanks guys. Confirmed my thoughts.
Nice 50pt week with green arrows. ..slowly working way up.
Good for this week.
.Bego
Chambers. Clyne. Moreno
Siggy. Sterling. DiMaria. Fabregas
Costa. Pelle. AgueroSweet team, wish I had a Saints defender
Cheers Pep how's tricks?
Any pressing decisions for you?Already kneejerked Aaron for Angel...
You aren't alone. Tbf I wish I still had Ramsey for the N London derby
Some of us have 3 😛
Epic call
Had it for 2 weeks for 6 clean sheets. Feeling all smug looking at QPR next.....
Stevie C says hello 😉
Will inevitably be Barton
Forster Clyne. Bertrand????
Bit much no?
Not at all.
I suppose til now..so far. .well done!!!
Count the points 😉
No we done mate
Well
😀
Looking good
Very similar to me actually.
Not an amazing score with 42 this week, but had all green arrows and won both my H2H's by around 12-15 points each.
Best defender fixture wise from GW9 onwards? Just curious and thinking ahead...
Coleman
Everton and Arsenal have good runs of fixtures then.
Baines
Baines
I'd already have Baines, should of said oops
Chambers then
Saints defender would be the next option. Even if you have one already
will you do:
Naismith to Welbeck for a hit?Longterm that is a great swap, but not sure it's worth a hit. Unless you have several pressing issues, can just do it next week for free.
Yeah, but if not this week, I'd bring after @CHE
Fair. 🙂
Yes
No.
yes
Cheers
So 3 Yes
I'll wait till friday
I did
Should have lots of opportunities in the NLD
Best strikers if on wildcard?
Costa and Aguero
Costa + 2 of Aguero, Welbz, Pelle and Ulloa.
I need to get rid of Chester, Bojan, Rio and possibly Mata's as can't afford to have bench warmers.
Which looks best?
1) Chester & Bojan for Moore and Ulloa this week leaving 0.0 in bank.
2) Mata > ADM, Rooney > Pelle and Bojan > Ulloa this week for 4 point hit, and play Clyne (QPR) , Wisdom (BUR) and Taylor (sun) and have 1.3 to sort out defence next week
3) Just Mata > ADM, Rooney > Pelle for free.
Thanks2 (I don't mind -4 hits early in season if it will really upgrade team and chance for future points.)
Cheers
Thing is I'll probably then bench Ulloa (cry) this week as I'll have midfield of:
Ramsey (TOT), ADM (WHU), Sterling (EVE) , Fábregas (AVL) Sigurdsson (sun)
Unless you think I should bench Siggy?
2
Super Sunday(WBA vs Burnley) + MNF(Hull vs Newcastle) next weekend looks abysmal, luckily Saturday should make up for it.
Not gonna have players in either of those 2 games. Whatever I get on Saturday then probably a small decline after that.
Join the club. Gonna be the vast majority in that boat I imagine.
I've got Wisdom and Begovic so hoping the Sun + Mon games are een worse than we expect 😉
Will only gave 1 player on Sunday and 0 Monday...
All 11 players on Saturday, 9 in the 3pm kick offs. Good times.
Lol thats terrible. Luckily I'll have Wisdom on the Sunday game and Begovic in the MNF game so will have something to cheer for. Dire fixtures though.
Aright fellas, got some serious struggles trying to find out what my best move would be..
2FT, 0.4ITB.
Krul (Eliott)
Chambers Clyne Wisdom (Lovren, Cameron)
Siggy Sterling Ramsey Cesc (Nasri)
Costa Rooney NaismithNasri > Boyd/Quinn, Naismith > Pelle/Welbz
This sounds good actually. 😀
Really Naismith out? Would think the merseyside derby would be the one match he will thrive in..
If you fancy keeping then Nasri > Boyd/Quinn and ditch Lovren or save the 2nd. Still prefer Welbz/Pelle to Naismith myself but personal preference!
Move on from Lovren.
Naismith -> Pelle
and Nasri -> whomever can facilitate above move.So no Di Mari love?
USA '94, best WC ever
nah Espana 82. Holds a very special place in my heart.
Surely the Aussies are due one?
USA got 2nd place in the bid behind the cheats.
Agree, what's the temperature like at that time of year? Pretty good I would think?
Yes. Yes we are 🙂
Pretty sure the USA got screwed out of that WC vote....they should for sure give it to us.
Yep, USA got 2nd place in the bid behind the cheats.
You mean they outbid you 😉
*outbribed
😯
😆
Rate this bad boy 😉 2 FTs done and dusted last night.
Foster (BUR)
Wilson (NEW), NTaylor (sun), Shackell (wba)
Di Maria (WHU), Fabregas (AVL), Sterling (EVE), Ramsey (TOT)
Costa (c)(AVL), Rooney (WHU), Pelle (vc)(QPR)
Hamer, Wanyama, Hutton, Blackett.9.5, looks rock solid
Lovely team RCA.
Nice team
39 points 2 weeks running. You wait and see 😀
Thanks all, I'm certainly optimistic at this point!Damn, thats an epic team. Blackett -> Duff when you get the chance.
Cheers Ryan. I won't double up (have Shackell) but yeah, Blackett out soonish he really screwed my GW last week 🙁
moore maybe,a few good games coming
playing the same front 7 this week. good luck
Madness to sell Rooney for Kun -4?
Not at all, MR. Fully expecting only 60-65 minutes out of Kun this weekend though.
Kelly likely to play this week? Really need him to
He is miles above Mariappa, but I still think our best back line would put Fryers at LB and Ward back to his natural position at RB leaving Kelly on the bench. When this happens though is anybody's guess - could be in months. If pressed, though, I would expect Kelly to retain his place against Leicester, yeah. He played pretty well at Goodison. Keep an eye on who plays for us midweek - if Kelly is rested then he will surely start.
Sounds good Walsh cheers
Yes
I wouldn't call it madness. Kun will have much more attacking potential if last week was anything to go by.
nah good long term move imo and could pay off immediately
I wouldn't do it this week. Not mad, but not wise imo
Chambers, Wisdom, Duff.
Who don't I play? Need to lose one.
Thanks all.chambers maybe
I'd bench Duff.
@Alegendi
The YAYA problem
Gameweek 3 attacking stats for every player in every position
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/4671/
and his avg position for that week (higher than Jovetic)
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/matches/755327/
GW4 he didn't play and last week was against Chelsea so a little tricky to say the least...I'd be more concerned about the GW3 stats than any other stats as non owner..
Yaya will come good against lesser opposition than Chelsea...
A) Naisy > Ulloa
B) Ramsey + Chester > ADM + WIsdom -4
Leaning towards A, really not confident on Naismiths gametime and LEI fixtures are good. Only a bit worried that I have no United players, but they are a bit of an unpredictable mess right now.A
Forster
Bertrand Wilson Moreno
Di María Sigurdsson Fábregas Sterling
Diego Costa Agüero Welbeck
Subs: McCarthy Boyd Taylor Duff
2 FTs, 0 in the bank.
Moreno > Chambers/PVA and bank the other FT? Any better options?think so,next 2 for chambers not good however
Yeap that's why I may go PVA and then do Naylor > Chambers in GW8.
yep or wilson>chambers if stoke still conceding every games
Yeap that's the alternative option. Thanks. 🙂
Very sensible
Thanks, let's hope it works out.
yeah that sounds good - everything else looks smashing...wc worked wonders for you 🙂
Yeap couldn't have asked for anything more tbh!
Yes that sounds good. Would definitely prefer Chambers over PvA. Team is looking good, Beavis.
Cheers mate. If I decide not to get Chambers now I will definitely get him in GW 8 anyway. Need to think about it.
Chambers vs. Moreno is a complete wash for this weekend, and of course bench Chambers GW7, but whenever I plan a transfer a couple weeks down the line usually I have some other horrible thing happen and my plans get dashed. Can do it now when you have the luxury to - who knows if you suffer a couple injuries, the intl' break also before GW8, who knows...lots of variables, you will be happy to have Chambers in for the long term 😀 Good luck either way tho!
Yeap you make a good point, will have a think about it til Friday night and decide. Thanks again. 🙂
Moreno out for sure. I had him for 2 GWs and his ass is gone. So important to realise you've made a mistake and rectify quickly despite good fixtures. LFC would concede against a pub team atm.
PVA for me as I would look to get Chambers GW8, and defo roll the 2nd transfer.That was my thinking as well (see above). Cheers RCA.
mccauley lost his spot?no mins yet this season
yeah it seems dawson and lescott is the cb pairing...
what you think about wisdorm?will keep his place?
for now he should retain his spot - whether he can keep it over the course of the season is hard to answer atm....
ok will monitor,don't want him dor now
Is Welbeck to Pelle sensible right now?
no
Don't think there is much in it, honestly.
very sideways...no
Daft..both is very good..
Too sideways I think. NLD is likely to have goals in it.
4 goals in past 3 meeting. Nothing is likely atm
I'm thinking about the two weeks ahead, Spurs @home & Chelsea @ away vs QPR @ home and Spurs @ away.
Perhaps Bego to Forster is a better option right now, or Moreno to Shawcross.
UFPL nightmare this week with the schedule...
+1000000. No idea who to play.
dont know if discussed aleady, but if Alexis starts(John Cross is reporting that he does) tomorrow, does he start v Spurs?
He bloody well better 😡 👿
Think he will 100% start vs Spurs.
yes of course but I don't think he will start
Ospina
Bellerin Hayden Chambers/Ajayi Coquelin
Flamini Diaby
Campbell Rosicky Podolski
Akpom
hopefully...that is what he has but with alexis instead of Akpom
walcott expected back for gw 8 or later?
Won't be back to full fitness until later I don't think.
Yes, think he's back in training imminently.
Full training after int. break (GW8) so wouldn't expect him to start til GW10 or so.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20140922/team-news-monreal-sanogo-and-walcottdon't think he will be up and running 'til gw10
he will be back taining with the squad after internationals so GW9 will be in the squad.
cheers guys,want a mid for that week
I'd like to discuss Felipe Luis, I guess barring an injury he's not going to start right? Although, I hear a number of folks saying that he could come in for Ivanovic. Is this likely do you think?
Mou wont drop Ivan imo...best chance he has is displaying Azpi
Iva's a liability though
Yeah but he also appears to be Mou's best friend and favorite person in the world.
Sooner or later it will be rotation for the three fullbacks I think mate
No. That is pure speculation, at this point, he is very much second choice and I can't think that Mou has said anything for us to think otherwise. They have a very heavy fixture pileup and a pretty thin back line depth-wise. It would take an injury for him to crack the first team, I reckon. However, he has the benefit of probably if there is an injury to ANY of their current back four he can slot in at LB as Ivan can move to CB if a CB gets hurt and Azpil can move to RB if Ivan gets hurt.
Reading Chelsea forums (forgive me for my sins) Ivanovic has been woeful recently in his defensive play. Luis similarly has an attacking eye. For 20million he seems to be a bit of a waste of money but that's peanuts to Chelsea in this day and age I suspect.
Nobody would disagree that Ivan has been woeful defensively, but it's not as though it's been costing Chelsea in the table....Mou clearly giving him that license to go forward so he likely understands that leaves the defense more exposed than if he had him stay home more. It's not as if Ivan is just roaming forward into the box on his own accord - Mou has to be giving him such instructions. Or not. 🙂 Just can't see him making that switch, but I could be well off the mark, mate. Wouldn't be the first time!!
Thanks a lot for your advise. 🙂
he played CLand cup games and he will continue doing that
Night all. Thanks for the advice.
night Beavis 🙂
good nigth beavis
So after all the discussion today along with some reading and reflection I've decided we're proper fecked.
🙁Reality dawns 😛
Chin up mate. It takes time. There's no magic switch. Next season top 4I'm not ruling out top 4.
It's possible. Unlikely
Neither you or the Arse are in any better shape than we are ATM. Only Chelsea will pull away from the pack.
Ah so you're not properly fecked. 2nd place in the bag
Well we could finish anywhere from 2nd to 6th if it goes wrong. The point is that I don't see us making a real push this season. And we'll probably need to bed in quite a few signings next season as well so it's probably not realistic next season either. So yes, fecked.
top 4 100% imo
That's a big call. Top 3 basically a done deal imo. Liverpool, utd, saints, evrton, spuds etc. vying for one place
Arsenal aren't any better off than the teams you've listed. In fact they're worse off than we are.
worse off? arent better than any of those teams?
I see nothing to suggest you're better than us, Everton, Liverpool or even Saints if they have a flyer. Don't see how that's a controversial statement.
we haven't lost a game in the prem, pool have lost 3, everton 2...saints are playing better than us atm but we all know that arsenal will finish above them come season end...
you guys have won one game in 5 and have had a very easy schedule...Early days. We've been bedding in a new team. You should've lost to Leicester and ran into some luck in that Villa were puking all over themselves at the weekend.
And meanwhile we're bedding in a new manager, players and system/philosophy. I would bet the house on us finishing above you if I had an extra house to bet.why not just bet the one house you have that you will finish above us if you are so confident? 😉
surely an easier thing to do than eating your hate? 😛I will eat my hate if yous finish above us.
😆
Sigh. They really aren't bro
Not 100% but likely.
anything else would be a major travesty.
Of course it would be. But it's not outside the realm of possibility. I'd be somewhat shocked if we didn't TBH though.
So we've gone for you're completely fecked to you'll finish 2nd but 4th nearly guaranteed. As a pool supporter I know about fecked and that's not it 😉
No I expect us to scrape 3rd or 4th. With our income we should never be where you lot were, mate.
Would you sack LVG if he does not make it?
😯
well, at least you have Blackett 🙂
Silver lining in every cloud eh. Gulp. 🙁
blackett is still solid...
Also i support Newcastle so you can get in line at the bar. The seats are for relegation prospects.
cheers walsh nz you convinced me to drop Shaw, was gonna go Moore but went Wisdom mainly coz West Brom game on tv 🙂
Cheers mate. Hope I didn't lead you astray, I am pretty crap at this game 🙁
Just didnt wanna drop Shaw given he finally nailed on but lets face it Man U ain't exactly tight. Glad kept RVP and Baines anyway so was right decision whatever happens
My thinking exactly. Good luck! 🙂
A) Pelle and Silva
B) Aguero and Boyd
?b
a
