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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.

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  1. Reed_Rothchild
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Costa is the perfect striker for Mourinho

    1. Test Eagles
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Yes ... one that actually kicks goals is always a blessing for the gaffer.

    2. vice
      12 years, 1 month ago

      He's a perfect fit. Once again he showed everyone he's the best manager in the world.

      1. Test Eagles
        12 years, 1 month ago

        I have tried to hate him, but you have to respect the wiley old dog don't you ... just knows how to play a season! Chelsea deserve the league this year, at this stage at least!

    3. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Indeed. A brutish and relentless striker who also has aerial ability and skill. He'd be a great forward in any team but his persona fits like a hand in a glove in a Mourinho team

      1. Chelsea Dagger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Agree. Killer attitude as well.

  2. NATSTER
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Naismith dropped to 5.5m.

    🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁

    1. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      😕 should've msde my transfer

    2. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      No surprise there really. People were getting rid of him as if he was the plague in the last 36 hours.

      That's a big drop for his owners, who lose 0.1 selling value now. Glad I got rid for Ulloa before their respective price changes. Basically earned myself 0.2 already.

      1. NATSTER
        12 years, 1 month ago

        I hope I could do that move, but 0.1m short yesterday.

  3. rickardinho
    12 years, 1 month ago

    AR, you're up! Whats the news? Gimme Gimme Gimme!

    1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 1 month ago

      there you go! 🙂

  4. Ando
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Anyone else tempted to get Lukaku in? Playing Liverpool and Man Utd next 2 fixtures whose defences look all over the shop not to mention he is fixture proof.

    1. MSTRKRFTSMN
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Always scores against liverpool

    2. Test Eagles
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I'd wait an extra week ... the derby can go either way. Agree about playing him against Man United though!

    3. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah I considered it. He ALWAYS scores against us

  5. MSTRKRFTSMN
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Any palace fans here? What's the situation with Zaha? Is he likely to get starts under warnock?

    1. Walsh
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Short answer is he is not assured of starts, yet. Unfortunately.

  6. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Risers: Welbeck, Wisdom, Naylor, Schneiderlin, Pelle

    Fallers: A lot, namely Mata and Naismith

    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Lennon, Hoilett, Upson, Wilkinson, Odemwingie, Tremmel, Vlaar, Anita, Lowton, Williams, Aluko, Boyata, Berahino, Besic, and Gamboa (other fallers)

  7. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Risers: Welbeck Pelle Schneiderlin Naylor Wisdom

    Fallers: Naismith Mata Lennon Hoilett Upson Wilkinson Odemwingie Tremmel Vlaar Anita Lowton J Williams Aluko Boyata Berahino Besic Gamboa

    1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Naismith 🙁

    2. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      🙁 Pelle and Welbeck rise and Naismith drops...

      1. NATSTER
        12 years, 1 month ago

        🙁 🙁

    3. Twelve years a slave
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Welbeck was miles off according to fiso

      good to see Naismith nd Mata go down

    4. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Oh wow that was more than I expected. Absolutely chuffed that I have 3 of the risers! TV up to 102.9 now 🙂

      Pleased to get rid of Naismith in time too. And also - love how there is now a 0.7 difference between Fabregas and Mata. I for one saw that happening when I did Mata>Fab in GW2 🙂

      Btw, if this proves anything its that you shouldn't pay attention to my pre-price-change predictions!

    5. FionnMac
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Btw everyone - I did my transfers at 2:35 and I've just realised I got hit with the price fallers, gutted hah. Just in case anybody is waiting for 2:40-45 ish as a deadline in future

      1. rickardinho
        12 years, 1 month ago

        ouch man. i've been close a couple of times but done them at 2:15 or 2:20ish. Good to know!

      2. Koflok
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        It's 2.45

        1. FionnMac
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Not sure if that's a running joke or something in here, but it wasn't 2:45 tonight 😀

    6. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      have my +1 for being more thorough (though no one cares about the other fallers 😛 )

      1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
        12 years, 1 month ago

        very true! 🙂

    7. Not Irish
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Pelle and Welbz just as I said 😎

      1. Test Eagles
        12 years, 1 month ago

        You should start a website that advises as to risers and fallers:

        totalmuppet.com

        1. Not Irish
          12 years, 1 month ago

          😀

      2. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        at least I can still do Moreno + Naismith to Moore + Welbeck but now it costs me 0.2m more haha

  8. Danny x-factor
    12 years, 1 month ago

    What to with this team?

    Begovic . McCarthy
    Evans . Taylor . Clyne . Moore . Hutton
    Sterling . Sigurdsson . ADM . Ramsey . Boyd
    Pellè . Costa . Rooney
    0.8 ITB

    1. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Evans out. The rest are fine.

      1. Danny x-factor
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks.

        GW6 : Evans ➡ Chambers(TOT)
        and
        GW7 : Rooney(EVE) ➡ Kun(avl)

        Yes?

        1. rickardinho
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Maybe. Chambers isn't urgent until GW8 though. i own him and probably won't play him until then anyways.

  9. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    thankfully I bought Naismith for 5.1...

    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      damnit, nvm I bought him for 5.0...

  10. Jay_
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Rooney> Welbeck
    Evans> Baines

    1. Jay_
      12 years, 1 month ago

      *meant for Danny above

      1. Danny x-factor
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Not sure on getting Welbeck.

  11. Stupendous
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Who is the highest ranked player here that we know of?

    What's his(/her...gulps) team?

    How are the MODS doing?

    1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 1 month ago

      emperikal toure was 32nd I think?

      1. Stupendous
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Nice!

      2. Walsh
        12 years, 1 month ago

        I think he is 322. I am living vicariously through my Ivory Coast teammate 🙂

      3. emperikal
        12 years, 1 month ago

        No only 328 fellas 😉

        1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
          12 years, 1 month ago

          ha timing! well that's not too bad 😉

          1. emperikal
            12 years, 1 month ago

            Haha cheers AR. Don't expect it too last!

        2. Walsh
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Right on cue 😀

          1. emperikal
            12 years, 1 month ago

            😆

        3. Jay_
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Very nice 🙂

    2. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Someone was in the top 100 i think. triggerlips is pretty high up aswell

      1. Twelve years a slave
        12 years, 1 month ago

        im 932 at moment

        1. Stupendous
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Quality Trigger!!

          1. Twelve years a slave
            12 years, 1 month ago

            can see team by xlicking on ink

            1. Stupendous
              12 years, 1 month ago

              Wow. If u get Chambers you and I will have the same team bar Roon and Welb. Aguero n Pelle here.

              Shame I'm Almost 200k behind u

        2. rickardinho
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Epic winning!

        3. Jay_
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Well done 🙂

    3. Miami Monkey
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I was 14 after the first day haha. Then went downhill

    4. Absinthe 42
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Top mod is Greek Fan in the 16,000s

  12. Sadio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    All you have to do is look at transfers in and transfers out, it's quite easy to read in my opinion.

    I'll start posting nightly price change predictions, would have hit the notables on the head tonight.

    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      what are the thresholds though?

    2. Twelve years a slave
      12 years, 1 month ago

      i think you will find it mose complicated

    3. Not Irish
      12 years, 1 month ago

      It's really not because you don't know how many are WC transfers and if players are slowly rising like Naylor it's nigh on impossible to follow.

      1. rickardinho
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Yep. You've got to be pretty dedicated to tracking the slower risers if you want to track when they're gonna rise. And that's even if you figure out what the exact threshold is, which seems to be a mystery apparently.

  13. Koflok
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Dammit Schneiderlin rose, I don't have him as my cash cows.

    Any chance he'll rise again this week?

    1. Walsh
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I would be surprised if he rose again.

      1. Koflok
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cool. coolcoolcool

  14. rickardinho
    12 years, 1 month ago

    TV check

    102.9 after today's rises.

    1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 1 month ago

      102.3

      1. Twelve years a slave
        12 years, 1 month ago

        102.7

        1. Twelve years a slave
          12 years, 1 month ago

          horrible feeling might lose .1 on rooney this week

          1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
            12 years, 1 month ago

            he is on on -31% and other high ownership players like ramsey and naismith dropped at -33% and -35% respectively, so it may well happen 🙁

            still your TV is great! 🙂

          2. Not Irish
            12 years, 1 month ago

            no way not with how many transfers it took him to drop the first time

          3. Lord Flashheart
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            12 years, 1 month ago

            You will

          4. rickardinho
            12 years, 1 month ago

            still don't fancy that Pelle move? 😉

    2. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      102.4 😐

    3. Not Irish
      12 years, 1 month ago

      102.4

      1. Twelve years a slave
        12 years, 1 month ago

        i dont think people shoud be selling rooney yet anyway

        1. Not Irish
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Nope. Would be wise to wait and see for at least one more week. West Ham could be quite the juicy fixture.

          1. rickardinho
            12 years, 1 month ago

            Based on what I have seen from West Ham against Hull and Liverpool they will be a really tough opponent for United this weekend, just as they would for pretty much any opponent right now. They look bang on form and confidence couldn't be higher.

            1. Not Irish
              12 years, 1 month ago

              What does that have to do with Rooney scoring fantasy points?

              1. rickardinho
                12 years, 1 month ago

                The logic is that the tougher an opponent the less likely it is that a player will score well against them. But you know that.

                1. Not Irish
                  12 years, 1 month ago

                  The same "tough" West Ham side which was lucky to concede two to Hull?

        2. Hy liverpool
          12 years, 1 month ago

          So rooney→costa worth a hit ??? In your opinion

    4. Sadio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      102.1

    5. beric
      12 years, 1 month ago

      100.9

      1. beric
        12 years, 1 month ago

        But iin mm,y defence, last year i ended on 109.2 in 222nd

        1. beric
          12 years, 1 month ago

          ***my iipads fukd

          1. Lord Flashheart
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            12 years, 1 month ago

            We can see... 🙂

    6. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      £101.2

    7. Root
      12 years, 1 month ago

      100.7

    8. Blue Lion
      12 years, 1 month ago

      102.6

    9. Stupendous
      12 years, 1 month ago

      102.7

      Idiot coz I lost over .5m on Fab n Ivan

      Happy enough

    10. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      102.2

    11. Geordienufc1
      12 years, 1 month ago

      101.5

  15. CCaddy
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts on this team...

    Courtouis Gilks

    Terry kompany chambers clyne Moore

    Di Maria sterling sig Quinn Boyd

    Costa aguero welbeck

    Thanks!

  16. Hy liverpool
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Crouch????? 😀

    1. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I noticed that he kept popping up in lots of stat tables. Not the worst idea in the world, though there's too many better options imo

  17. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Play two defenders please:

    Collo (stk)
    Moore (cry)
    Duff (wba)
    Moreno (EVE)

    1. Hy liverpool
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Duff +moreno

      1. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers

  18. Jay_
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Duff Moreno

    1. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks

  19. thorvaldsson
    12 years, 1 month ago

    If some one told me at the beginning of the season on GWK6 I would have a Burnley defender as my second sub above an Arsenal defender I would have laughed their head off. Duff is a magic man.

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      You should be playing him

      1. thorvaldsson
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Wisdom against Burnley! Clarets can’t score at all.

        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Exactly you should be playing Duff. The way I read your comment he is your second sub?

          1. Cheeseoid
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            12 years, 1 month ago

            Sorry duff v WBA not exactly a scoring powerhouse

            1. Cheeseoid
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              12 years, 1 month ago

              0-0 all over that one

              1. theoldgit
                12 years, 1 month ago

                I'd play any defender facing Burnley at the moment. Burnley are only set up to defend. Their attacking options are almost nil.

          2. thorvaldsson
            12 years, 1 month ago

            I know what you mean but I don’t wanna play Duff and Wilson. I know Burnley won’t score but WBA make sneak a goal. I already have Bertrand and Wilson playing.

  20. gers23
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero or Rooney

    And

    Wellbeck or Ulloa

    1. beric
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Kun, welbeck

    2. nolicnosnhoj
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Welbeck and Ulloa

  21. beric
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Very rare early transfer for me this week. Rambop and m,ata to adm and cesc

    Own welbeck and think him, wallky and sanchez will hog their points, so ditching rambadman with a heavy heart

    Adm and fabregas are a cut above

    No hiits taken, next decioosioon ois rpoopney to who

    1. Hy liverpool
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Rambo mata both -0.1 adm +0.1 🙁
      Imo
      Mata→adm

      1. beric
        12 years, 1 month ago

        I mean i done those moves already

    2. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Pelle, Welbeck, Ulloa are the ones....Aguero if you don't already have him.

      Tough to pick between the first 3.

  22. beric
    12 years, 1 month ago

    After costa, welbeck ios the m,post obviios pioock in the game if u ask m,e

    1. Not Irish
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Costa isn't obvious. And he definitely wasn't obvious early on.

      1. beric
        12 years, 1 month ago

        He wasnt super obvs early on but he is now

        1. Cheeseoid
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          12 years, 1 month ago

          59.6% ownership. That must be pretty much all of the active players. Injury is the concern though especially once they get to the serious end of the champions league. He may get rested a bit then.

        2. Not Irish
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Just blanked against the first decent bit of defending he's seen and fixture congestion ahead. Quite happy to go without.

          😀

          1. Lord Flashheart
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            12 years, 1 month ago

            Whatever you tell yourself.

          2. beric
            12 years, 1 month ago

            Top goal scorer for the 2014/15 season champs at a bargain basement ten an half mil, good luck you muppet

            1. Not Irish
              12 years, 1 month ago

              And to you. Cheers, you beric.

    2. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      He's definitely becoming one, Pelle is starting to look good. Hard to split the two, but Arsenal are the better side, but on the other hand Pelle is the Saints' main goalscorer

  23. nolicnosnhoj
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Play Moreno or Duff this week?

    1. Birds of Prey
      12 years, 1 month ago

      moreno

  24. Jay_
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Good moves, Rooney > Ageuro if possible next

    1. Jay_
      12 years, 1 month ago

      for Beric *

    2. beric
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Thats the plan i think, -4 and ditch cahill, or get ulloa and have loadsa money or just wait, tbf ill probably wait

  25. Holmes
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Risers: Pelle, Welbeck, Naylor, Wisdom, Schnederlin.
    Fallers: Naismith, Vlaar, Boyata, Mata, Lennon, Berahino, Upson, Gamboa, Besic, Anita, Williams, Tremmel, Aluko, Odemwingie, Wilkinson, Hoilett.

    1. Holmes
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Sorry 😀

  26. Twelve years a slave
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Despite utd beginning the season poorly, Rooney is on course for 190 points , just needs to average 5 points per game
    The same score he finished on last season, despite oten being in midfield

    1. beric
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Surely better striker options though

      1. Not Irish
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Only if he stays in the hole, which is very doubtful. Could be dropped altogether if it goes sour with LVG, mind. But I think we'll see that coming.

      2. Arvin-ation
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 1 month ago

        This. Ridiculous to keep Rooney ATM. Not playing as a forward, and is a negative OOP. He's a premium option on top of that and isn't worth an assist a game or even less.

        And like Beric said, loads of other premium,mid and budget options popping up for forwards ATM.

        1. beric
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Exactly, but also no rush to get rid - not worth a hit

          1. Arvin-ation
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            12 years, 1 month ago

            You think so?

            I can see it paying off short run and long run with replacements like Pelle, Welbeck and Aguero.

            Saints could pump QPR, Arsenal look like they'll run Spurs over with Spurs' current form, and City and Aguero need no explanation.

            Rooney on the other hand is playing -OOP, as a midfielder, and sometimes even deeper than his stated role because of ADM bombing forward. I already have ADM, and that's enough "coverage" for me. Not happy to keep a 0-5 point premium forward in my team. I guess it could wait...just not for me.

    2. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      He was played in midfield for a chunk of last season too.

    3. rickardinho
      12 years, 1 month ago

      That's not bad at all, but the way I see it is this:

      Rooney 190 points + 4.5 mid 40 points = 230

      Pelle 150 points + Tadic 140 points = 290

      Both cost roughly the same.

      Obviously you won't always play the cheaper one and someone else would take their place, as well as captaincy points, but I think Pelle is good enough to be rated around 9m rather than 7.6 and he's worth more points-per-£ than Rooney imo, which is what its all about.

  27. gers23
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Rooney or Aguero for this week? On wildcard and might ditch Wayne for Serg

    1. OneTwo
      12 years, 1 month ago

      IMO Kun

      1. gers23
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Leaning that way.Costa Wellbeck Kun frontline 🙂

    2. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Kun imo

    3. beric
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Kun

  28. Arvin-ation
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    So who's not selling Rooney?

    1. Cheeseoid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Louis Van Gaal. At the moment anyway

    2. waldo666
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Me

  29. sea cucumber
    12 years, 1 month ago

    help please with my team this week:

    Forster Myhill
    Moreno Dier Duff Wilson Bertrand
    Chadli Siggy Fab Sterling ADM
    Falcao Costa Naismith

    FT=0 ITB =0

    Who should I play?
    Should I take -8 for:
    A. Naismith & Wilson --> Moore & Ulloa
    B. Dier/Moreno & Chadli ---> Baines & Boyd/4.4

    Cheers

  30. Ando
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Chambers or Naylor?

    1. Arvin-ation
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Chambers

      1. Ando
        12 years, 1 month ago

        What's putting me off Chambers is his next 2 fixtures.

        1. Twelve years a slave
          12 years, 1 month ago

          BUT SURELY YOU WOULD BENCH AT CHELSEA ANYWAY

          1. Arvin-ation
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            12 years, 1 month ago

            This as well.

          2. Ando
            12 years, 1 month ago

            THERE'S NO NEED TO YELL 😀 but good point!

        2. Arvin-ation
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Potential cleanie against Spurs with their form, Chelsea maybe not, but beyond that fixtures are fatastic, and he's great value@4.5m in a top 4 defence.

          1. Ando
            12 years, 1 month ago

            Sold it to me fantastically, thanks Arvin.

            1. Arvin-ation
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              12 years, 1 month ago

              No worries.