As we brace ourselves for yet another international break, we turn to Saturday and Sunday’s fixtures and delve into the data in our first members article of the week. We assess Southampton’s chief creator and main frontman as the points start to dry up, cast an eye over Chelsea’s penalty box predator, Man City’s talismanic Argentine and Newcastle’s recent defensive displays as the clean sheets keep coming for Alan Pardew’s men.
Fabregas or Di Maria to Sanchez? (FT)
OR
welbeck to costa (FT)
Fabregas>Sanchez
Welbeck to Costa.
Costa
costa
Anybody else planning to go without Costa?
I just can't fit him in my team without getting rid of either Ivan on Baines and I don't want to DG either of those at the moment.
I don't see the need. Will bring Hazard in for Fab soon I reckon though.
Yea I could do that too but I like Fab's consistency, keeps ticking points over every week pretty much. Haz blanks out more.
Haz will kick on at some point. He's scored 200ish points the past two seasons. This season will be no different.
I'd get rid of Ivan
Ditto
His fixtures are amazing though and still carries tons of threat.
Not worth the price though.
At the expense of Costa? The risk is too high & ceiling too low to have Ivan over him IMO.
Proven goal threat & captain choice vs highly improbable goal scorer w/ a tendency to get bitten during matches. I think the former win by KO,
Obviously apples to oranges, but if Ivan is holding you back. Then you know what to doK cheers people. Also means getting rid of Pelle too which I'm reluctant to do but it's food for thought.
This
I'm on that shaky boat as well, hoping Pelle & Hazard will counteract whatever Costa & Chadli do Gw12.
If not, moves will be on the horizon
I will go without long term. May bring him in every now and then though of fixtures are good.
*if
Did Fab + Sterling => Sanchez + Chadli this week, but I've got a gut feeling that I'll need Sterling in my team soon, how did he fare this weekend?
He was out wide which means he wasn't getting the ball in the dangerous positions.
I think that when Sturridge is fit, he'll switch to the tip of the diamond. That's when we'll need to get him back in.My thoughts exactly, thanks mate!
Appears he got an assist. Not a proper assist, one of those lay the ball off to someone else who goes on a 30 yard run before scoring assists.
Look at this like a head to head
Who wins gw12 :
Team A: Bertrand(avl) Tadic (avl) Welbeck (MANU) +8
Team B: Dummet (QPR) Downing(eve) Costa(c)WBA)Flip a coin. You should be captaining Aguero anyway.
Not v Swans , solid defensively , still fancy Aguero to nick a goal ,but Costa at home to WBA playing for the team that's running away with the league is swaying me, fancy a Costa brace if not a hat trick
A. Probably.
Costa obviously wins this one by himself lol.
B
Strange, Alex McCarthy was in QPR squad against city but he's still red flagged.
Ignore, I think he was not on the bench.
Could really do with a 4 million keeper who would play for a couple of games during Fosters poor fixtures. Hmm Which keepers with international matches have a 4 million understudy?
A) Fab and Pelle = Costa and Chadli
B) Fab and Berahino = Costa and Boyd
Which one, fellas ...Don't understand the equals sign
Sorry, meant transfer out the first two for the second two.
Oh, probably a then.
Cheers, nice rank btw, quality.
Thanks mate. Early days yet.
Tough but probably top. I'm half considering the same thing but just don't trust Chadli.
Me too, but starting to just look like stubborness. Think I'll do it and catch a few rises. Thanks.
Is Chadli becoming essential?
Every season there's one player I ignore thinking that he's on a lucky spell and they keep scoring. He's that man at the moment.
What are your thoughts?No. He's scored some very daft goals.
Devil's advocate here,
but some peeps said the same thing about Sanchez's brace the other weekTrue. But my point is that he won't continue to find himself unmarked at the back post.
Surely?Who knows mate, who knows.
Fact of the mata is that he is hard to ignore & awkward to obtain
Not essential but incredibly good value.
He's over performing relative to his stats at the moment, but even if he quitens down a bit he'll still be well worth having imo.
Not essential but I'm starting to get annoyed that his goals haven't dried up like I thought they would.
It'll be a while before Moore drops in price, won't it? After all, he was close to a price rise before he started getting benched and people will probably have more pressing issues anyway...?
Planning my replacement for Forster for gw13 onwards.
DDG, Mignolet, Adrian or Fabianski?Fab
Trouble is I already have Siggy and Taylor and plan to bring in Bony.
So unless I sell Taylor (who's on 4 yellows) but reluctant to as he's the cheapest way into the Swans defence!Fair enough. Guess Adrian in that case. I'll probably go fab.
Yeah. No confidence in DDG or Mignolet at all? Just cost slightly more than Adrian/Fabianski.
Nope, don't think many do. Had moreno earlier and didn't get a single clean sheet. Don't think united or liverpool defence is worth the money.
Adrian
Forster/Jakupovic
Duff/Baines/Bertrand/Kaboul/Moore
Cesc/Chadli/Downing/Boyd/Siggy
Augero/Pelle/Costa
3.0 ITB
What future changes should I be looking for?
Upgrade midfield
Who should I drop/add?
Agreed, way to light in the calories in the midsection. You need a Big Mac w/ some Sanchez on the side, garnished w/ a light dash of AdM.
Pelle > Austin/Sakho and use the funds to upgrade midfield.
Cheers, thanks guys, would you wait until after the INT break to get them?
Depends....
You can get them now or wait and pay more than all the casuals and risk takers who are getting them for now. Do you really want to pay more than a casual? LOL!
What to do?
Heaton - Mannone
Clyne- Chambers - Duff - Wisdom - Baines
Fabgreas - Sanchez - Di Maria - Downing - Marney
Pelle - Welbeck - Aguero
2FT and 0.7 ITB
Thoughts?
Welbeck for?
Chambers out?
CheersYou need Costa and Fab can go being he is injured. Buy either Chadli or SIggy and Costa for Fab and Welbeck and it will look much better.
Good advice
Thx. Will take that in consideration.
Leave Chambers. He's a cheap way into a top four defence (even if it isn't a particularly good one) and he's still rising in price.
I'd probably do Pelle + Welbeck > Costa + Austin if you can afford it?Would be great...! But -0.8 short.
Fab-Oscar for -4?So you can't do Fab Welbeck > Costa Siggy/Chadli?
Can... but not sure if I want to lose Fab for Siggy/Chadli.
But you're gaining Costa!
Fab may not play for a few weeks according to reports. You will lose value as he's already being dropped. You can buy back in at a lower price more than likely.You got a point! I will think about it next few days, guess there will be no unfavored price changes next couple of days?
Fab may drop soon, but I don't know if that will affect your selling price or not. I'd also keep an eye on Chadli as he may rise very soon.
Early days I know, but any transfers worth making here or best off rolling FT over? No money banked.
Begovic
Clyne - Jagielka - Rose
ADM - Sanchez - Tadic - Siggy
Costa - Aguero - Sakho
Gilks -- Dummett - Marney - KellyI'd save the FT.
Hmm seems likely for me, although tempted to ditch kelly
Ramsey is being well overlooked. Almost scored today, a double up of him and Sanchez could be lethal. Still looks like the same old Ramsey we've come to know to me.
Got hauled off when they were looking for a goal. He wasn't good overall. And it's hard enough fitting all the quality mids in ATM. He doesn't even warrant consideration for me.
ADM is constantly being hauled off and is shit right now, so he's a decent alternative to him.
No, he's not. Yesterday was an anomaly.
Many people will be trying to squeeze in Walcott as well
Will wait until I see him start.
Having stuck by him for the past 6-7 weeks, I am happy to be rid of him now...
Considered Silva? Another nice little punt who can be frustrating, but looked in tip top form before his injury...
Nah, felt I needed Sanchez.
I've got Ramsey (and Gerrard) in my draft league. So frustrating that I didn't pick a forward with those top picks instead.. they've been useless
he wasn't that great mate sorry. One worldie of an attempt that is all.
What is my priority #1?
A) Begovic -> Krul/Arian
B) Naylor -> Chambers
C) Siggy -> Chadli
My current team: (1FT, 0.3ITB)
Begovic - McCarthy
Baines - Clyne - Naylor - Wisdom - Duff
ADM - Sanchez - Siggy - Downing - Boyd
Costa - Aguero - WelbeckNice team. Begovic has Burnley at home next....
You should do Welbeck>AustinNothing urgent, can get away with saving the FT, although Bego needs to go after his next fixture
A,
forget B n C
Should I do Fabregas>Sanchez tomorrow to catch the rises with 1FT and play Sanchez(MUN) instead of Fab(WBA)?
Was planning on saving FT to use on my Saints in GW13, but should probably expedite it to avoid missing out on the inevitable Sanchez rises. Sanchez could well score better against United than Fabregas does against WBA anyways, and I have Oscar as "cover" 😛
Yes you could be priced out of Sanchez if you wait till next week, plus his form means he could quite easily score against United anyway 🙂
Noticed we have a similar front 7, who're you (c) and (vc)-ing this week after bringing in Sanchez?Aguero, of course!
Haha that one was obvious 😛 (vc) Sanchez or Oscar?
Doesn't really matter. Baines perhaps for giggles
lol, our front 7's look completely different, apart from oscar and aguero!
I meant the main ones for this week aka Sanchez Aguero and Oscar 😀
haha, fair enough. Aguero(c) unless you have Costa I think is the general consensus atm
Not the C word...
So risky using the transfer this early in the break. I reckon Sanchez probably will outscore fab though.i'd rather risk it and have to use a hit if things go bad. I've got Austin first sub this week as well...
Fair enough. Let's hope for no injuries
1.3M + Neil Taylor or Azpilicueta
Think Chelsea will improve defensively?I'd rather Naylor. Swans have great fixtures and are great defensively at home. Chelsea's fixtures are trickier than they look on paper
This. I'm stuck with Ivan and not over the moon about it.
Price Changes yet?
Never mind, Just saw it
What do you reckon to this bunch?
Begovic
Baines, Clyne, Chambers
ADM, Sanchez, Downing, Wanyama
Costa, Aguero, Pelle
Elliot, Moore, Saylor, Boyd
1.6 ITB 1 FTWanyama 4th mid! Surely need to do something about that. Otherwise awesome.
Perhaps pelle>austin + boyd/wanyama>siggy/chadli?Yeah thats what i was thinking for the following week. Probably with a -4 to drop Begovic -> Fabianski at the same time.
Anyone watching NFL, it's like Newcastle beating Sunderland 6-0 after 40 minutes, Green Bay taking the mick 😀
Completely irrelevant but I'm on for 150 points this week in the pigskin fantasy.
Immense.I've never played NFL fantasy, may have to get into it next year, doubt I'd be good though, only know the star players , I know GB with Rodgers are superbowl potential though
Yes, if Sunderland were as good as Burnley 😛
Been a largely lacklustre season for me so far. Finished 5048 last year. Currently sat at 59071. Have been improved over the last few weeks but will have to go some to beat it I guess.
Back on Costa train and it feels good!
I hope he doesn't come back from international break with injury.He's not going. He's staying with Chelsea to heal and train so he will be at his strongest when games start again. Great move btw.
I swapped Lukaku and Welbeck for Costa and Austin early morning...
Couldn't take it anymore and it was painful to watch Lukaku last night!Those are professional transfers IMO!
Cheers! Was for -4 but otherwise I was 0.4 short for Lukaku -> Costa straight swap
I happy tho as Welbeck didn't do as well as everyone expected. Never rated him but in attacking side such as Arsenal and being lone FWD he sucks!
Hasn't been called up by Spain.
Made my moves early for the first time this season...
Ramsey & Pelle > Sanchez & Austin (2FTs)
Krulliot
Baines Clyne Caulker (Duff Wisdom)
Sanchez Fabregas Chadli Siggy (Boyd)
Aguero Costa Austin
1m ITB to upgrade Clyne next week if I choose... although I'll most likely get Naylor...You still have Caulker 😯
Looks nice although needs more AdM for me.I'm convinced Caulker will continue to score well in the home games I plan to play him in...
The 6 times I've played him this season I've got 2, 6, 9, 1, -1, 6.
Not bad, and has some great fixtures to take me through to the Jan WC...
He's a great differential, and when he scores two in one game, I'll be 😎😆 Fair enough, mate.
I wouldnt mind having Caulker for those fixtures. still a bit pricey though
I've lost 0.3 on him, so I reckon he's cheap to buy at 4.7m...
4.7 hmm nit bad. But yun at 3.9
I really don't think I want AdM, he has two decent fixtures after the Arsenal game, but I'm happy with my front 7 as it is...
You'll want United attack soon, be it AdM or Rooney.
A) Fabregas and Pelle> Costa and siggy
B)ADM and Pelle>Costa and Siggy
Chadli a better option than siggy?My plan with my 2FT right now...
Moore>Taylor
Pelle>Zamora
3.1M ITB
Next week I can choose to:
1) Upgrade Clyne>Azpilicueta or Coleman and Marney>Chadli (352)
2) Bring Sterling in for Marney (352)
3) Bring Costa, Rooney or Sturridge in for Welbeck (442)
4) Upgrade Sigurdsson to Hazard or any other midfielder (442)
Been using the 352 all season but with Costa on the brink of a suspension I'm going to hold off from getting him. His injury record also concern me. Also, if Aguero ever gets injured doing Aguero>Costa is a very simply transfer for me.2 FT's does open things up tremendously I find. I just did Welbeck>Austin this evening, and was going to save the other FT but probably gonna do Fabregas>Sanchez tomorrow before the first rise. Don't want to miss his rise and Fab will soon get another YC anyways so should drop somewhat in price, unless Mourinho trolls and says that he's injured again :/
Will Southampton finish top 4?
No
Zep! Its xxxantiochxxx from FMLS!! Whats good brother!
Hey Anti, what's up mate, how did you finish?
150th here...
Just started a new job a few months ago, so my visits to mls fantays boss website dried up, as did the time I could put into the game...
To be expected when I'm on the other side of the world though...Finished 133 in my first year in FMLS and now 82,867 in FPL first year as well!
Not bad, 41k here after a slow start...
Yes
they have a very tough December which should answer that.
I kind of hope they do, even as a liverpool fan. I like that club and their approach with home-grown players rather than just buying loads of expensive "stars".
If they can keep Tadic, Pelle, Forster, and Schneiderlin and a few others fit I think they canPelle and Tadic aren't important. They have the best defense and best CM in the league. Not only as units but each and every one of their starters at the back and in CM are good enough for top sides. That will carry them a long way.
No I don't think so but I would love it if they did, my Uncle and Grandad have been season ticket holders for years and I have a very early memory of standing at the Dell wathcing a Spurs team with Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne, one of many times they took me up there.
I'm confounded, please help
A) Fabregas>Sanchez - (today) great stats, playing as a striker, tough fixtures, price rising
B) Fabregas>ADM - (wait until end of break) - great fixtures, set pieces, plays most advanced
C) Keep Fabregas - WBA sun next up, set pieces, but playing deeper, little goal threat, maybe injured
Surely ADM will have great output against HUL and CPL, especially if Mata also plays?!Any early strategies or plans for Jan WC, certain teams have a great run of fixtures ? Double game weeks likely at certain dates ?
Haven't really planned that far ahead yet. After selling Clyne soon I'll probably go cheap in Def until christmas and bulk up with the Jan WC, otherwise i'm only looking about 6-8 GW's ahead.
Yh I know it's a long way but I remember start of the season people on here bigging up Baines from gw8,and that has worked a treat
I know that Southampton's fixtures turn just after GW22 iirc, and are keepers until the end of the season with a great run of fixtures. Will take a closer look around GW15-16 I reckon, as I've only considered Def rotation until GW19, and forwards are more on form than anything else so are more short-term
Already used my main WC so want to hold the january one til the end if possible
Like a "Get out of Jail" if injuries or summat strike?
Sakho : eve NEW wba SWA sun LEI
or
Austin: new LEI swa BUR eve WBA
I have exact money for Sakho > Austin.
Stick or twistyou'll only be doing austin>sakho next week. waste of a FT
exact money? Sakho is more expensive than Austin. I prefer Sakho. West Ham more attacking
QPR are attacking at home, which is when I plan to unleash the Austinator
I have Sakho so although his price has gone up I sell him for 5.8 still
Ah I get yeah
Oscar better score well in the next few weeks or I'm gonna seriously regret doing Siggy>Oscar and missing out on Sanchez's big hauls!
