With West Brom and Man United set to see out the Gameweek tomorrow, we delve into the data from the nine matches played so far. Unsurprisingly, Man City, Southampton and West Ham’s in-form front men are on this evening’s agenda, whilst we also cast an eye over a couple of improving north London-based midfielders.
If you ever have difficult transfer issue to deal with, just hope I'm in the same boat and ask me.
My logic is pure class 😎
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/10/15/monitor-dusan-tadic/?hc_page=10#hc_comment_8533740
This was the last time I let sane people influence my decision making 🙁
Brilliant. Where were you when I bottled Ivan -> Baines.
All this knee jerking Costa out is gonna end in tears.
Utter madness.
Shhhh
Keep telling them Costa to Sakho is a good idea
even if he was ruled out for man utd surely just bench with the best fixture of the entire season straight after
this and then some
Indeed. One of the most consistant players being dropped because he has missed one match.
I don't care if his manager says his legs have fallen off, if he ends up playing anyway who cares.
It'll be wildcard central to get him back in.
@BenDinnery: Mourinho confirms Costa will miss the midweek UCL game versus Maribor & has a "chance" for #MUFC albeit "small" #CFC
Interesting, thanks for this.
Oh boy.
Had him from the start, seems mad to get rid unless we hear something more concrete so holding for now.
same here yeah
So basically we know nothing new
May have to sell...SO much money tied up in him, though.
he[ll start v Utd.....he's being rested not injured
That's just guesswork
sometimes you have to read between the lines
So from the Luxembourg match till United he will have had what nearly two weeks rest? He plays.
mourinho said he is resting costa for the spain internationals
he thinks costa will be 100% by then, wants him fit as a fiddle
Another game without a shot from Sigurdsson...?
Last chance saloon here. Will be selling next week.
+1
+2
-3
😀
Still been scoring well, and we know he has goals in him. Everton/Arsenal both conceding goals and only City away before he plays Palace and QPR at home
He has been over performing according to his stats though. Throw in some tough fixtures and its an easy decision for me.
I'm tempted by Di Maria and Sigurdsson to Eriksen and Ramsey after next week. Very fixture based move which is risky but if I wanna win FPL I need to take risks 😉
Oooh nice moves. Very against the grain.
Nice! Barkley worth some consideration also.
Other than Ross Barkley.. 😉 who are you considering?
I'll be looking to free up some cash and upgrade to a big hitter. Will be saving a FT this week for greater flexibility.
Made 0.4m + 48 points (+ next GW). Very happy, time to move on now.
+3 😉
Nicely put. Sigurdsson to Tadic it is.
Prior to the deadline I sold Costa for Kun. I also have Dzeko. If I do Dzeko to Sakho now, next week I have the option of bringing in Tadic for bench fodder or Costa in for Pelle. Good move?
yea i already shipped dzeko.no point wasting money .
True. I'm going to pull the trigger.
Hope he tells us all about it on his blog 😛
Why would you sell pelle ? 3 awful defences after this week
Good point. Guess I'd have to sell Sterling or Fab then.
Take a look at this:
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/939/
benching problems ? I like the Sakho idea, under 10% ownership etc but could also consider Valencia (WHAM) - sweet head on Saturday.
Can we end the season now please? 😀
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1446/event-history/8/
Three hundred and flipping twenty-nine.
I feel bad for stealing Mark's thunder a tad though 😉
F̶e̶c̶k̶ ̶o̶f̶f̶ Congrats!!
😉
Great season so far.
When do we lose the rainbows?Whenever you like. I'll be keeping it personally. Planned to do some photoshop to tone it down a bit but never got round to it
Spectacular work Tinkerman, and at the risk of blowing smoke up your proverbial, very well deserved after seasons of dedication 🙂
Thanks Roscola. Interesting contrast to last season where I was struggling to be in the top half million 😀
Only 4 points behind and ADM to play. But damn you have Boyd autosub
Aye! Kind of lucky, but then again I didn't get lucky on vice captain as many will.
Boyd coming in too, and no Tadic 😯
I think many have points coming off the bench and I'm worried about vice captains for those captaining Costa.
nice work
Awesome!
OK so to get in Aguero, I have to lose one of Costa or Fabregas.
Which of these works better:
A) Costa to Aguero and Ulloa to Sakho
B) Ulloa to Aguero and Fabregas to Diame
A seems better
A
B. Losing Costa will not be good in the long term.
B for sure, you will scramble for him soon. (i.e his last hat trick)
Weirdly. RMT thinks both are worse than my team as it is.
A would also allow me to either upgrade Chadli to Tadic or Terry to Baines.
It's really hard to decide. At the moment, A looks better.
A
How many points have people got for this GW so far?
89 all out.
103
Some have lots some don't . Do you wanT repays from everyone? Only the high scores going to respond...and me 🙂
96 all out unless I have miscalculated
24 all out 🙁
ouch
59
116
96 (100-4 pt hit) with ADM to come
My boyfriend decided he'd use his WC to copy my team as it was doing well... So he's gone from 7th to 2nd in my ML in the last two weeks. Fortunately he'll find it difficult to make up the 70 point difference with the same team.
Why didn't he make a totally different team to yours ?..OR really does ruin this game...
He decided he would rather replicate me for a while to beat the rest of the ML and then change it round in January.
😆
😆 Now he will use the transfers to get the differentials...but 70 points is too much...
never say never. Closed a 60 point gap this week to 2 points 😀
Different (C) choices might help him catch up.
70 points is not unassailable. This time last year I was 90 points behind mini league leader. A few differential transfers or different captain choices he'll be back in the mix. All depends on his fantasy pedigree really. If he's got a few top 10k finishes in his locker, he's got a chance
You really have to start feeding him false info now... leave your browser open at player profiles you don't want... casually mention how you've always fancied Victor Moses... lol
I'm Really having a shyte season... Maybe it's time for a break
Please don't come back.
The break is over. Time for some serious fpl
loser
Time to wake up and smell the (Costa) coffee?
Jose Mourinho’s latest fitness report on Diego Costa has not only all but ruled Chelsea’s main striker out of Tuesday’s Champions League game against Maribor but also gives him “very little” chance of playing at Manchester United on Sunday.
Costa’s ongoing hamstring problem kept him out of Saturday’s trip to Selhurst Park, and led to Mourinho making pointed jibes about how Spain used the 26-year-old for “big games” against Slovakia and Luxembourg “and he came back in a condition where he’s not available for his club”.
The Chelsea manager said Costa had “little, very little [chance],” of playing against United. “I say Maribor, no chance; Man United, very little – but very little,” he said.
Costa has defied such expectations before, however, and Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace was Chelsea’s first Premier League match this season in which the Spaniard did not start.
But Mourinho praised the side for overcoming the absence of a striker already seen as indispensable in a hard-fought game, in which Oscar and Cesc Fabregas scored for Chelsea and both Cesar Azpilicueta and the Palace defender Damien Delaney were sent off.
“It was good for the group to have an important victory without one player that till this moment has scored so many goals and given us so many points,” Mourinho said.
Where does it say he has very little chance of playing against utd?
Line three 😉
Costa owners will say it's JM mind-games but I'm not so sure.
It is mindgames of course,, still a week to go before that fixture
This. He says he has a little chance which means he has a good chance.
hes playing saturday
I have ADM (C) this evening, purely because I wanted an exiting game to watch.
I don't think its going to be enjoyable. Can see a 1/2 pointer incoming
2-1 Man United tonight
Falcao will score. Not sure on who will score the 2ndthere are rumours falcao could be benched in which case ADM is moved forward into a front 3
😯
Well I would get Boyd off the bench and ADM will be my captain... But why bench Falcao? 😕
“I say Maribor, no chance; Man United, very little [chance] – but very little.”
mmmm...Said who?
Google Translate: Mourinho ----> English
"These are mind games. Costa will start against United."
Of beating Chelsea? I agree
@BenDinnery: Mourinho confirms Costa will miss the midweek UCL game versus Maribor & has a "chance" for #MUFC albeit "small" #CFC
Means nothing. Hes a bloody liar anyway.
@Tina: Costa --> Aguero this week?
Who knows. Who knows....
Waiting for Triggerlips Blop to give me some advice.Ask an expert
De Gea (Myhill)
Baines Clyne O'Shea (Wisdom, Chambers)
Siggy Fabregas Silva Sterling Tadic
Pelle Costa (Zamora)
How do I get Aguero without downgrading my midfield too much? I have a WC, 1FT and 1.9m ITB.Costa to Aguero works.
Works, but seems Costa is a must have, majority of my points come from him.
That will change when you get Kun.
Losing Pelle seems a waste. Zamora really needs a serious upgrade.
You need to lose Silva.
Pronto.Was planning to do this:
Silva -> Boyd
Sterling -> Chadli
Zamora -> Aguero
however I'm not sure if the WC is worth it just for Aguero. What do you guys think?No player is worth a WC. Not even Kun.
Wait till Citeh travel and return from Russia to make a call.Just take the hit.
OK. Gonna take the hit if City is fine after the match. Thanks guys.
Costa to Aguero....easy solution.
If you want to keep Costa, then downgrade Silva in mid to free up funds. No need to have him when you'll have Kun for City
Change two of these DDG, Silva, Sterling.
Who should I change DDG to?
Guzan or Foster.
Guzan (qpr TOT whm)
Foster (CPL lei NEW)
Tadic or Chadli? Money no issue and already have Eriksen
Tadic then
Tadic is a no-brainer, surely?
Unless you think this week was a fluke.
Well they aren't going to score 8 a week..
No but a good score from him has been due from his underlying stats. He won't get 23 points a week, but he'll keep scoring well.
Tadic
Tadic, no brainer.
still chadli.
of course the answer if you ask today will be tadic
Regarding the post about best aerial threats in PL history a few pages back, not one mentioned Andy Carroll! The man was a freak at Newcastle, better than anyone i've seen
He was very menacing at Newcastle, i suppose not much registration in the memory because that was a bit of a flash in the pan with his injuries since, good shout though
Might need to find a siggy exit route soon after readin this
He was very close to attacking points today, still a brillitant pick
On another day today he could have easily had a goal and assist. Still great value imo
agreed stats are not everything no substitute to watching the games
I wouldn't. Could well have had a goal and an assist today with a little more composure from both him and Ki.
Quick look at top 2K overall.
Only around 8% Costa captains. His main captain ownership will be 5-20K.TM, where do you get this data from?
And they're 30+ points behind. Hmm I like this.
I am wondering how many of the top 5-10K still have Di Maria, hopefully all those that do already dropped out 🙂hope so 🙂
90% had him last week so something similar.
Is Aguero essential?
Yes, simply put.
do u still need evidence?
So, who's getting in Dunne? His goalscoring ability keeps getting better every year.
Could easily outscore Coleman this season imo
😀Skrtel is probably a better yard stick 😉
Anyone else hopping on board the Siggy > Barkley bandwagon from GW 10? At least for Swansea's tough 3 GWs.
I've always thought Barkley was a bit overrated. I think I'll pass for now.
Agree with this. His end product isn't really there yet imo.
He's 20
No doubt he will get better as he matures. In FPL we deal with the 'now' however.
I understand that Ryan and based on his fantasy history he could prove to be immense at his price(starting NOW)
He doesn't have much of a history to go on tbf.
True but as a young player he as least showed he can score and also assist. Should show improvement this year and if it looks like he is then he's a really solid fantasy mid imo
Thats it though, he is all potential for the moment. In FPL we need a little more certainty than that.
that's crap man he had a great first half of last season and was cobbled by injury in the second half. He's a good prospect and you could stop with the "FPL" pontificating
I'm willing to be proven wrong. We'll see how he gets on this time.
Yeah, just thought he's an okay punt for that price bracket, not gonna be expecting a goal a game for 6.7m. I just personally feel Downing and Chadli won't get me anywhere (feels so much like Adam Johnson last season).
Check his last 1/2 the season & then his 6.7mil price tag looks just that bit more tempting.
*Correction 1st half the year
His stats were rubbish in the second half of last season
16 appearances
6 SoT
7 Created chancesAnd I think the 2nd half season trumps the first half season
It's before he got injured & managed to be in the Top 3 most attacking (attempts) for mids last year.
With a role behind Lukaku I think 6.7 is an *OK* thing to pay with Everton's run up to Xmas.I think teams figured him out in the second half the season. A mid season injury shouldn't have such a significant threat on his second half of the season.
Just bookmarked the man so maybe
Don't think for yourself.
Wait for Barkley to go off, then complain / lie that you *meant* to do it weeks ago.
I will not consider Barkley until Everton are finished with EL. Martinez's rotation of his attacking players is extremely unpredictable.
Can't stand watching Mourinho's BSing and ugly ass face during press conferences anymore, so I'm getting rid of Costa!
Chadli or Henderson or Tadic?
Chad
Tadic
tadic will get more opportunity than the other two atm
Members I implore you to check out Eriksen's goal threat over the last two weeks. He's going straight in.
😀
But, who to sell?
Fab, ADM, Sterl?
no,no and no 🙂
for who. I have ADM,Sterling, Hazard. I wish he was the same price as siggy
You just gave it all to non members and in my opinion should be banned immediately.
Haha
It's very easy to see if you watch the games (or use Squawka...) 😛Really? Didn't expect that response. Sorry if I annoyed you. I don't think I gave much away, he has after all scored in the last 2 weeks.
He's pulling your mane. 🙂
I hope so, I'm a lovely horse really. I would prefer if he pulled on my Tadic.
tadic to eriksen?
Alright well I don't exactly know for who. Pretty much all my gambles have come off this season so I'll watch the Man U game and decide, but even with the arguments presented to keep ADM, probably him due to fixtures.
Is having Tadic and Pelle too much Southampton? If it is, why is it?
A Sunderland fan so keen on Saints players? 😉
I don't think it is too much until GW13.Ha, I know!!!!
I don't think so.
But that goes for any team. If they are scoring FPL points who cares if they are in the same team. I have both as of this week.
I have three Southampton players. Many do. Its fine til fixtures turn
What? Did you see their scores this week?
Seriously though, not at all. Until fixtures stiffen of course.
Costa last played on 12th October. The United game is on 26th October.
There're exactly 2 weeks for him to rest and recover. He doesn't have a hammy strain/tear. It's just that he has had previous injuries and needs monitoring.
I think 2 weeks are enough time to rest and recover from a tired hammy and United away is a big game.
Don't really understand why everyone is convinced that he is a doubt. Typical Mourinho mind games imo.People are stupid. They're trying to convince themselves that Aguero is a better option than Costa.
Are you some kind of sarcasm machine? Or serious?
how about...both!
Why not both? 😉
the trick was to do the switch before the deadline - as i did - then agueros points were good enough to justify whatever.
Fair enough if you sold him last week but selling this week is madness imo as you'd definitely want him back for QPR in gw 10.
agree - but sold him saturday morning 5 minutes before the deadline due to the daily mirror and BBC stories.
Which of these defenders would you start this week?
PvA (At home against Arsenal)
Moore (Away against Swansea)
Chester (Away against Liverpool)
The other 2 defenders are Baines and Betrand.
Thanks in advance!Chester and another.
Oops misread. Just Chester.
Chester. Bigger goal threat at set pieces of the 3 against a weaker defence.
PvA...Sunderland will be hoping for a strong home show after the 8-0 thrashing..
Thanks everyone for the swift response!
Am see-sawing between PvA and Chester for the same reasons mentioned, surely Sunderland will tighten up at the Stadium of Light after they were ripped to shreds on the road?
Then again, Liverpool's defending has left much to desire, and one does dream of Chester replicating a GW1 performance (which I missed sadly 🙁 ) against a side who can't defend if their lives depended on it.
Decisions...decisions...
Anyone else need a Tadic (minimum) performance out of Di Maria tomorrow?
Dropped to 441 OR and despite having 18 points on the bench only 2 is coming off in to my first XI. But concerned about the effect of Aguero VCs and bench players hitting my OR!Average score is going to be ridiculously high this week.
Bollocks.
441st. Boo hoo.
+42. Ridiculous.
441 OR #FPLproblems
tough world this dropping to 441. what a tragedy
Eh, who said it was a tragedy you miserable lot? Are you not allowed to discuss ranks and stats on this place unless you have had a shocker?
No they just don't appreciate complaining when you are not exactly doing bad.
Didn't mean it as a complaint. Just genuinely interested in the thoughts of those in all kinds of positions about what points are due to come from benches and VCs and how that affects us all.
Agreed. When people post "score check?" And have average points it's fine. But with the exact same post with a high amount they are being a fool.
