Cesc

Who are you planning to bring in?

Quiet, very quiet. Most likely because it's closed, but still 😉

When did Epic ever say he was a librarian?

Gameweek 2*

Triple SOT defence has done him proud.

Hate it when that happens 😀

What's the highest rank in Zep's Dead Tam challenge?

*nervous

😯

I haven't looked at price changes since the start of the season and I'm happier for it.

could it be that the price rise/fall calculation is based off a function of the original price of the player?

Case in point, Downing started out at 5.5m and Austin at 6.0m, so it is much easier (require less net transfers in) for Austin to 'recover' to his original price level than for Downing to rise beyond his.

Just thinking out loud...

Price changes, especially rises is certainly most dependent on Rate of Transfers In. Austin won't need 94k more to rise, he will need maybe 30-40k over a very short period of time imo

Price changes play a crucial role though. For example, if I had done Sterling>Sanchez two weeks ago I would have been able to do Pelle>Costa now without downgrading Siggy to Boyd. I missed the ADM and Sanchez bandwagons but in hindsight I think I'm worse off for it, both in terms of TV (by around 1.5-2m) but also due to points as those players were in form.

Right

If Fab to Haz will be one of your freebies next week then do it now

yup, save

I would be doing the switch, tbh.

Thats what the word on the street is

Played the demo. Fell for the old trick (repeatedly) of forgetting the shoot and lob buttons are switched on the PS3 from FIFA.

yup, if I didn't have so many captain fails...I would've been in at lest 30K rank

Aguero 6, Costa 4 & Rooney 1.
Wouldn't call these punts.

I'd be 1st if I didn't sell Costa in GW3 and captain Balotelli 😆

If I didn't take punts and made obvious choices I'd probably be around 50k 😆 Nah I'd be much higher ranked though. Schurrle(C) 😆

would be top 100 if i did not sell costa->aguero(c) gw3.

anw i have my 4 captain blanks come from aguero x2 (STOKE, whu) , costa x1 (QPR) and ade (WBA) x1...so i guess its hard to avoid

Pos 5,300
I captained Aguero 4, Costa 2, Baines 1, Sanchez 1, Rooney 1, Baliotelli 1 and Ulloa 1.
Why oh why did I captain Balo and Ulloa. Would have been a lot higher but can't complain, the Baines punt worked.

Since we're indulging in a bit of shoulda, woulda, coulda stuff, I had 2 decisions to make for the high scoring gw8:
Do Ivan -> Baines or save the FT
(C) Aguero(TOT) or DiMaria(wba)

Guess what I ended up doing. I console myself thinking that somewhere out there in an alternate Universe I am in the top 300 ovr 😉

Captaincy is the difference between a decent rank and a great rank. You have to think very carefully when choosing your captain, don't make flippant choices.

Captaincy is the main, decisive factor every week.

So remember guys, punt on players, but not you captain.

Yep. Right captaincy pick for a couple of weeks or bringing in Sanchez or ADM a week or two earlier and I would be number 1. Depressing in a way to think about that but happy enough nonetheless. Could be much worse lol

The same would go for anything which gets you more points.

I would definitely be number 1 if I had picked all the right players at the start, captained the highest scoring player every week, stuck with the consistent performers and transferred differential players in just before getting big hauls. Oh, and never transferred out Costa.

Definitely.

Moreno out this week
Clyne next

Gotta be B or C. B is better and don't get put off by mci next, Siggy is a good choice in the medium/long term and most wouldn't be surprised if he gets something against that shaky City defence.

B

B or C

B

B)

B

B. It's never too early to get Costa AND Siggy.

B

All good options. I'm doing Tadic>Siggy this weekend and that will give me all the players on the right of the arrows apart from Costa.

what's the latest on the Tadic injury, btw? Out for a while?

Prefer B.

A

B

I think it's 1 GW early for Siggy or Downing. You missed the latter's price rise as well. I might save FT or do C in your case. Watch out for Cesc news.

C. Like I said to ADN above, It's never too early to get Costa AND Siggy, but I won't ditch Pelle this week.

It still looks to be a gamble Ludo. I've had far too many this year that have played well for a few weeks, only for them to be replaced again the minute I get them in.

I'd rather make one major player sacrifice and spread the money between 4-5 nailed on mid and minor players.

I'd pay the extra for Reid/Cresswell and hope for assists/goals/BPS, because Collins won't get many tbh

Think Caulker at 4.7 is a better deal tbh. 100% nailed, aerial threat, fixtures, rotation... all things considered he's a better choice imo. Only Cresswell and Adrian and perhaps Reid are really investable assets really.

Why replace him?

What's wrong with Chambers?

Cresswell, maybe.

i need to get Walcott soon..... plus my team Arsenal doesn't look likely to keep clean sheets

Shawcross, though he has bad fixtures.

Consider Lovren or Moreno. People will bash them but they haven't been that bad defensively recently (5GA in 5, including games at Madrid and vs Chelsea). They have impeccable fixtures too until Feb.

all of them might play this week...United's defense is the one in tatters

Aye everyone is touch and go, impossible to know for certain, but either way the defence is shocking. Every clean sheet has been down to luck rather than good defending.

Hey there ILF.

Keeping Hutton atm. If he's still out this weekend, I'm in trouble since I got Baines and, ehem, Chester too. Really need him to play because I'd really love to keep my FT rather than making Chester -> Yun 1 week early.

Thanks guys.

This isn't even a; Time to get Villa defence question.
I am considering dumping Saints players a week early for the ones I particularly want next week.
Just frightened Southampton will run riot and I'll have taken a hit to lose points.

Big gamble decision.

It's always risky, only you can decide if it's 'too risky' for you. But it's definitely risky.

Depends on your style of play. I captained Haz over Costa twice early in the season, one was succesful and the other one was a disaster (Costa hattie and Haz blank). fwiw, I will captain Kun this week.

I would do move 1 regardless

I would do the first moves anyway.
Keep pelle for one more then asses

Still lose Tadic imo ADN.

If he is a risk, chances are he'll only play a part game at best and be saved for the hard run to come.

Cheers. 🙂

Walters

Shame he didn't drop a few more times while he was injured. I prefer him to Baines, but just can't find the cash.

Fun fact #2:

In his last 20 games at Goodison, Coleman has managed 8 goals, 2 assists and 9 clean sheets.

West Ham, Hull, QPR and Stoke are their next visitors.

Coleman didn't play in the harder fixtures though. Still I think he is a good option if Baines is injured.

Yeah, Coleman 2g, 2a, 3cs, .. pretty amazing that is. I can't justify the extra spend at the back though when my other lads like Naylor, Wisdom, and Chambers(soon to be Caulker) are producing the goods and fixtures as well though. If I can find 0.3 I may be tempted to do Clyne>Coleman though.

Beats the hell out of me. But the words make sense, so I go with them Daniel. 🙂

Just read the summaries underneath

Green is good, red is bad. Read the Downing part. In this case negative is good.
I think the % are confusing too and could be done in a better way.

I think green shows above average percentage performance and red shows below average...like if you see Goal attempts in box of Yaya Toure and then the column next to it...it will be very clear why not to select him..

If a player had 10 Chances in the last 4 GW's (which is the selected period chosen here) compared to 5 Chances in the Gw's before, his Chances number will show a 100% increase.

It effectively shows statistical trends, and is a very useful tool for seeing who is in form and who's form is dwindling.

You should take it with a pinch of salt though. Fixtures might make a big difference to these numbers - like for example Oscar shooting less, which is down to playing away to both United and Liverpool (after having easier fixtures before that). Caulker's headers on target are also down recently due to playing City, Chelsea, and Liverpool in the last 4, but that doesn't mean that he's a worse choice because his numbers are likely to be red on here.

So much value on this site.... KPI tables, not so much

Not 100%

GW11 Costa -> RVP, switched the armband from Aguero to RVP as well. 😀

Riviere and Wickham...

Started the season with Lovren and my outside pick as the darkest of dark horses Baird

craziest means successful or not successful?

Bojan GW1

Siggy>Oscar was pretty puntish too but should pay off I hope (even though im doing tadic>siggy next week)

Bellerin 😎

In fairness I asked this yesterday and the consensus was to canvas away. This is a link to that comment, not my team btw 😉

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/11/17/scout-scribbles-van-persie-inspires-dutch-demolition/?hc_page=5#hc_comment_8842803

All that said, not once have I posted that ppl should vote for my team only and have always said for ppl to genuinely pick the team they think will do best for the community.

No

200%

Avl leaky, hold tadic one more week

It could probably wait a week, but then you'll be more hesitant to get rid of ADM looking at his schedule...tough one

Yes but not this week.

Yes

Aguero for me even with CL. Swansea at home isn't a easy walk over...in terms of winning. Scoring goals is another matter.

Not nailed on. But given the tough schedule coming up I'd imagine he will be playing very frequently alongside Schneiderlin.