We turn our attentions to the weekend’s nine matches now and delve into the data in our first member’s article of the week. Chelsea, Man City and Tottenham’s goalscoring midfielders arrive on our radar, whilst Swansea’s in-form frontman and Andy Carroll’s impact on West Ham’s style of play are also amongst this evening’s topics.
id like to know aswell 😀 call me crazy, but I'm leaning towards hutton
Great pick.
Reid cresswell trippier caulker all good options
Still Naylor if you have any playing subs.
This, best value in the swansea defence.
Rangel?
Best 4.5m or less defender to get?
Cameron/Yun/Duff/Dummett/McNair/Blackett/Hutton
Naylor
WBA/WHAM
?4.7?
oops, I got him at 4.5m.
I got Pelle for 7.5, doesn't mean he is still that price 😛
ok smarty pants.
Chester
lol
Cheers all.
Never thought I would sell Clyne but looks like I have to, maybe.
Cisse, Tadic and Clyne to Rooney, Jedinak and Neil Taylor for -4pts? Worth it?Yeah looks good actually.
Cheers! Expecting Rooney to perform well in upcoming weeks and feel same for Bony, so its bit complicated case 😀
Wouldn't want Jedinak as a 4th mid tbh.
Thanks! He is on pens, scored an incredible FK yesterday, surely worth consideration?
But has little to no attacking threat. Reminds me of Gerrard.
hmm, wonder how Gerrard has done in recent seasons...
Let's see what Tadic does tonight. I think he might make us think twice.
I really hope he does
Thats true. Call me crazy but he is one of my fav picks, so I wouldnt like to get rid of him tbh. If he does something, I will probably keep him 😆
He has the stats to suggest he will still get/ make chances v the good teams. If he starts getting clinical he will be worth holding. Double figures tonight will do it for me
PLUS if tadic gets 10+ I will overtake the mighty Doosra 😀
Tadic an one hit wonder.
He will have many more hits. He is Southampton's best player.
Silva has been City's best player but he doesn't get hits often enough.
^ listen to this guy
He advised me to take my 23 point tadic PPG and run. Should have listened instead of holding on for 2 more blanks 🙂
Agree! He is best pick in that price range imo and does play really well.
I really need good performance from Clyne and Tadic, else I am screwed 😀 Sitting on just 20pts plus 2 from bench 😀
Repost
Does this sound daft:
Forster, Bertrand, Pelle
-> Krul, Yun, Rooney (-8)
Would leave me with
Krul,
Baines, Naylor, DUff
ADM, Haz, Downing, Sanchez
Kun, Rooney, Austin
??Could work out if you captain Rooney.
Yep against Hull for def
I'm doing the same, but bringing in Costa
Mistake.
Not worth it IMO. City aren't exactly on fire, and those replacements aren't worth the -8
How about
Forster + Pelle
to
Guzan + Bony
(-4) seems more conserverativeThat looks good honestly. Then lose AdM to get Rooney soon.
Much better IMO
What are your guys thoughts on.
Pelle/Clyne/ADM ➡ Rooney/Naylor/Oscar (-4)
na
Pelle Clyne Mannone --> Costa Dummett Elliot for -4.
Logical?Krul is your other keeper? Good moves
yes. cheers
Rooney Hutton/Duff Elliot
Chelsea fixtures are quite good and Utd weren't too impressive against arsenal.
Might ditch ADM for Rooney next week though.Much easier to ditch him for Hazard instead. 😀
Baines and Downing will be fit this week...
guaranteedIf they aren't a whole new fantasy world might open up to me...
The beauty of 2 FT's.and Sakho?
Will be much better prepared this week if not. Would be lovely though.
source?
Probably gonna take a -8 this week. Season slowly falling apart...
Clear the injuries or get the players you want?
Well I have:
Baines
Duff
Downing
Chadli (all injured?)
Moore (dropped)
3 Saints (fixtures)
So I'm in trouble.Ouch.
The good news:
Baines should be OK.
Saints could do OK v City so you can have another week IMO
You're flying high even if you take a -16
The bad news:
Yeah that's pretty bad luck
...yeah...my typical December Disaster starting earlier then expected.
look two posts below 😉
All will be fine after tomorrow night 🙂
Never plan to sell Clyne, but just found out that I could do these moves.
Forster & Clyne ->> Guzan & Azpil
Up until Jan WC, do you think the latter will outscore the saint duo ?Good transfers imo
What do you think about those transfers for a -8? (The way i see them that they would set my team up nicely until Jan WC)
Baines > Cresswell
Eriksen > Sanchez
Welbeck > Austin
Krul (Foster)
Baines Naylor Duff (Bertrand PvA)
Eriksen Tadic AdM Downing
Aguero Costa WelbzKeep Baines I reckon. I'd rather ship Tadic.
I'd rather ship Eriksen, as Tadic's minutes are more guaranteed for now. The only way I can get Arsenal cover is by shipping Baines 🙁
Don't ship eriksen!
Anything left ITB? Cresswell stats look good, but I'd try to extend to Azpil.
0.0 in the bank, not a good TV at all
Not for me. Baines and Eriksen are both good picks, assuming they'll play. You have PVA injured, possibly Duff and Downing too, tough fixtures for Bertrand and Tadic, and Taylor on four yellows. Having a full playing squad will be important over the busy schedule coming up, would prioritise that if you're getting rid of 8 points.
thanks for the reply Ludo
Would you do it for 2 ft.?
Welbeck Downing ---> Austin Siggy
Yes definitely though just wait on downing news otherwise you could get bony in for Welbs?
I would wait on news for Downing, first transfer is good though
Out of these,
Baines
Chambers
Hutton
Clyne
Wisdom
Which 3 would u play? I'm thinking that exact order.I know the fixtures dictate selling saints assets.
But Southampton are TOP IN THE LEAGUE for the following stats:
Home goals scored
Home goals conceded
Away goals conceded
They are no mugs. Even the two games they lost were by a single goal and against the run of play. Who is to say Man City will turn up at St Mary's and roll them over?This is why id be keeping a close eye.
I'm not say that which is why I'm only selling one of Clyne/Berty. But all your forwards do is miss sitters so to carry on with them is madness.
Missing sitters is probably a better sign than getting no chances.
Of course it is. But then missing sitters is still dire.
Don't tell anybody, but I'm also considering selling tadic and clyne.
I was just trying to start a discussion 😀😆
Wait, do you have Berty as well or no? 😯Nope. Had Pelle but sold for Costa
Wow so the Saints fan may not even hold onto Clyne. Yikes.
But they have played easy teams all season.
True, but the likes of Liverpool and man U have had great runs of fixtures and messed them up. It is hard to be so consistent.
I think Im prob just selling Pele.
Keeping Berty
So how did Triggerlips first marathon go?
I assume he has written a 3 page blog outlining his race tactics.
Nah, he just said he will ponder how to spend his 2 FT's during the race.
Maybe he hasn't finished yet.
😕He will start the race last so nobody can copy his running style 😀
So the horrible run of captain picks continues 🙁
GW 12 - Aguero (c) Costa (vc)....missed out on 8 pts
GW 11 - ADM (c) Aguero (vc)...missed out on 14 pts
GW 10 - Costa (c) Aguero (vc)...missed out on 12 pts
GW 9 - Aguero (c) Sterling (vc)...everyone blanked
.....etc
Anyone else having similar nightmares?The maths is wrong there.
You missed out on 4 points in gw12, for example (12+2 vs 4+6)Aguero got me 4 pts as captain, had I captained Costa I would've gotten 12 pts.
That's a difference of 8 pts in anyones book mate.No because it isn;t just CC vs AA.... It is CCA vs AAC.
I.e. 6,6,2 vs 2,2,6
Oh god I hope I don't need to try and reword this again 😀Anyway this is disgusting... Maths debating together in public
or to make it easier to understand:
Aguero 2 points + Costa 12 points as captain = 14 points
Aguero as captain 4 points + Costa 6 points = 10 points
14 minus ten makes it a 4 point differenceThanks. Yeah I'm not very good at explaining myself 😀
Jesus look what we started haha, i'm off to buy a calculator. I was talking about the captains on their own. Apologies for the misunderstanding.
Haha sorry. It is actually good news for you though. not as much damage done as you perhaps thought! I had Costa captain so was quite annoyed to only gain 4 points given the red card.
My last 4 captains:
4;4;10;4
So don't feel sorry for your self.Ain't feeling sorry for myself at all sunshine...just can't get my captain pick right which is crucial to getting a big score. Onwards and upwards 🙂
okey dokey Maya.
Why are people leaning towards Hammers defenders as a possible Clyne replacement? Only 2 CS all season!?
Very good point that's why I'm steering well clear, saying that if Sakho and Downing are still out big Sam may go on the defensive
Rooney and Hazard are the best captain options this week.
(C)osta.
Bony better than Hazard.
Siggurdson is also tempting.
Yup.
Wish I never sold him
Yeah, just not worth wasting trades on players like Siggy and Cesc. Keep and forget.
Yep reckon Hazard myself, he's on fire and seems to do well against Sunderland, good memories last year, it was his best performance of the 13/14 season in the league
It's an away match though.
He scored 18 points away to Sunderland last year and is in sparkling form.
Rooney is at home to Hull.
haz scored a hatty away vs sun last year
Chelsea have scored 13 goals in last 4 away games vs sunderlandHmmm. Can you check United/Rooney's stats versus Hull of late?
6 goals in last 4
4 goals in a 4-0 win in 2009/10. Was that not the season we all captained him in a DGW and he scored 64pts?Wow seems like we normally carve them up worse than that.
I wouldn't know about that DGW. I only started playing last year. And was only half playing really.
Oh the fun I've missed out on. 🙁
Aaaah, the Rooney DGW, got my biggest ever weekly score. Something ridiculous like 172.
yeah that one was a crazy week. I had 100 before the second set of fix started!
Chelsea didn't have Costa last season. He will steal all of Hazard's goals.
Costa's time has come and gone.
lol
Ah yes. Had him as Captain. Good memories
Decided to use my WC..... Any changes required??
Not too sure about Berahino's form
Krul (Elliot)
Azpiliceuta / Baines / Drummett (Wisdom / Yun)
Siggy / Chadli / Sanchez / Hazzard (Wanyama)
De Costa / Aguero / BerahinoKeep an eye on Chadli and Baines.
For this reason (and Downing too) I'm not sure it was worth a wildcard yet. Already pressed the button?
Krul Elliot
Taylor Baines Chambers Hutton Wisdom
Downing Siggy ADM Sanchez Fabregas
Aguero Costa Zamora
Have 2 FT, what should I do?Sorry Dummett instead of Taylor*
Wait for news on Downing, and relax. Nice team.
A) Clyne Krul Austin
B) Baines Heaton KaneB
B
Rmt please...
Krul
Baines chambers hutton
Sanchez hazard (c) Di Maria tadic
Kane sahko aguero
Bench elliot clyne Marney wisdom.
Waiting until after uefa incase of some surprise injuries, but might do the tadic to siggy switch for my ft.
What's the thoughts on this team?
strikers a bit light for my heavy hitting midfield ?Is it worth selling both Clyne and Pelle for free or just sell one of them and save FT?
Tough decision. It probably depends on who your defensive bench players are. For example I'd happily play Yun this week and keep Clyne on the bench.
Well my defenders fixtures are.
Dummett (whu)
Baines (tot)
Duff (AVL)
Cameron (liv)
Clyne (MCI)The first 3 wouldn't be terrible this week. I'd be inclined to keep Clyne especially if you've had him since 5.0.
Hmmmm. Pelle -> Bony might just be my transfer then. To bad I got Pelle for 7.5 🙁
Bony is a great option for sure.
Any news on Baines, Downing or Chadli?
I used to love your grav. Now I hate it. 🙁
But i still love Rvp 🙂
He's gone #1 on my sh!t list. Above Felliani, FFS.
You should be thanking Fellaini for Saturday's win...
He's threatening to come off the list altogether. 😯
It does look like RVP effectively went to ManU to win a title, succeeded, and then retired with Fergie.
he is just picking up his last pay packet.Don't want to have a dig, for Neil's sake.
But no nothing as of yet.
Yep.. Pressed.
Can alway Baines / Chadli / Berahino > Chambers / Di Maria / KaneDecided to use my WC..... Any changes required??
Krul (Elliot)
Azpiliceuta / Baines / Drummett (Wisdom / Yun)
Siggy / Chadli / Sanchez / Hazzard (Wanyama)
De Costa / Aguero / Berahino
Which is best option??
Option A) Baines / Chadli / Berahino
Option B) Chambers / Di Maria / KaneQuestion. Which players have you timed just right, and just wrong?
Me:
Just right:
Hazard - Brought him in 3 games ago for 10,2,11
Just wrong:
Cheap strikers: I have had exactly 0 (yes 0) goals and 0 (yes 0) assists from my cheap strikers this season.Getting Clyne since start and Aguero before 4 goals have been only good moves I guess.
I have owned almost all mid-price forwards and in similar situation as you. Ade(1 assist), Mario(1 assist) and Bony(nothing).
Among cheap strikers, I have only picked Austin(1 goal) and Cisse(1 assist plus Duff's 5 pointer from bench).Also had Barnes for 1st week 😆
Baines and Sakho are still being sold. I thought they had a chance to make GW 12 but they didn't. Doesn't that mean that they will most probably be available next week? Why are they being sold? Any injury updates?
I wouldn't sell either without confirmation they're out. I agree with you here.
2,0,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2
My cheap striker scores this season. And the 0 played. 😆Naismith, Ulloa and Berahino/Sakho?
Oh much, much worse than that. Confession time:
Bojan
Wickham
Ulloa
BerahinoOuch. You rode all the band wagons that were clearly destined to fail. Only Berahino is a decent pick. Sorry mate,
Thanks for confirming my self confessed stupidity 😉 Luckily I'm still doing OK despite it.
(Wickham definitely wasn't a bandwagon BTW)
I haven't owned a cheap striker all season before getting Sakho 3 GWs ago. I was very unlucky as he was injured in 2 of them and blanked the 3rd.
Best looking move here chaps?
A) Wisdom & Pelle -> Naylor & Bony
B) Chadli & Pelle -> ADM & Kane
C) Chadli & Pelle -> Boyd & Rooney
D) Chadli & Pelle -> Downing & Bony/Lukaku
Bank 0.8m, 2 freebies
Krul
Terry, Chambers, Yun
Sanchez, Hazard, Siggy, Chadli
Aguero, Costa, Pelle
Elliot, Hutton, Wisdom, AlbrightonIf Chadli is fit, A
Otherwise, if Downing is fit, D with Bony
Otherwise B
Not C!Not A. Personally I think your defence is in great shape until the WC, wouldn't touch it.
Rooney is tempting, but I don't know if relying on Boyd is worth it. Likewise ADM - Kane is great value, but given his price range, he's a -4 waiting to happen if he gets rotated. Everton and Chelsea up next for Spurs, as well.
I'd monitor Chadli's injury, and if he's okay, just do Pelle > Bony.Cheers mate - makes sense
If we take out Aguero's 4 goals against Spurs, seems like Aguero (and City) are performing better away from home this season. Another explanation might be that he prefers playing alone leading teh front line. Jovetic steals his goals, shoots more than he passes.
Which is more accurate?
Kun is better when alone, his goal hauls were all from 4-5-1 formation
that Jovetic's positioning is all wrong...if u watch the last game, Jovetic is always running around asking for ball but nobody is giving to him because he aint the playmaker!
Agüero does not perform better away from home.
Before his brace away to QPR, he had only managed to score more than once in an away game on four occasions.
If you look at his away stats this season, you'll see that he has tended to get just one goal early on, then nothing more.
At home he is more explosive and means a brilliant captain choice. Away is a risk, you're likely to get 6 points at best.Jovetic is the problem
Kun and Jovetic doesn't work. They are kinda similar so they get in each others way. Pelle should play Aguero and Dzeko or Aguero alone. Or play Jove in the Silva role or wide but not in a 4-4-2.
Aguero and Tevez worked well.
Tevez is a selfless striker who can assist and his constant running opened up spaces for Aguero. Always looks for the 1-2. He tends to drop deep and collect the ball too leaving Aguero the freedom in the penalty area and around it. Can't say the same about Jovetic
Does this mean we should not captain Aguero when Jove is available and Dzeko is out (assuming that Pelle likes Dzeko more than Jove) or is that a wrong conclusion. Maybe we need an article to discuss the effect of the City formation on Aguero's returns? Could be very helpful.
Jovetic’s running into the path of everyone…not just Kun
After he was subbed at 66th minute, City become the Champions again…Kun started to shoot but City could have scored more if Kun could just learnt to pass the ball and stop being selfish!
but how are we supposed to know when jovetic will play and when he will not?
9 years, 7 months agoWho is a decent Clyne replacement under 5.5? Would pick Naylor in a heart beat if it wasn't for his 4 YC's. 🙁