In light of Sergio Aguero’s knee injury, we delve into the data to highlight a number of forwards’ weekend displays. Wilfried Bony and Robin van Persie’s fine form arrives under the spotlight, whilst we also assess Diego Costa’s recent toils for Chelsea. The Gunners’ weekend scorers and Tottenham’s in-form Dane are also amongst this evening’s topics as Fantasy managers look to spend that left over budget from the Aguero fall-out.
Can exactly afford Forster + Dawson > Hart + Bavies and won't be able to do it as. Hart will rise soon. Is for a hit though.
Yay or nay?
Defence would be
Hart
Baines, Naylor, Bavies, Yun, MooreAwful top page post and use of the English language.
Nay
I like it. A great to get much needed City cover.
I wouldn't for a hit.
I'd wait a week but is be priced out. Save and come up with a new plan?
I like the idea of getting a City defender or keeper but not with a hit with Bavies.
😯
Nay for me here Beavis, perhaps only one defensive transfer is needed
Bring back Agger! Liverpool really miss him. A mistake to let him go for under 3 million. I know he had fitness troubles but a top CB
Compared to Lovren, Agger is not worth 17m less...
Play Sakho asap...,
Hell, play Sakho up front!
Fell out with the staff after leaving a game at HT. Been injured a while too. He is no longer committed to the club and wants to leave in Jan
Madness considering he was PSG captain!! PSG fans went nuts when he left...
Oh what an ego Rodgers has...
Any Idea on what to do?
Foster
Baines/Rangel/Dummett
Sanchez/Hazard/Siggy/Downing
Bony/Costa/Lukaku
Gilks/Marney/Cameron/Hutton
1 FT 3.4 ITB
Cameron --> Demi?
Siggy to nasri or even siggy to di Maria if he is going to be fit
I want to keep Siggy for at least 1 more week. Nasri to inconsistent and not even nailed
Investing in the City defence looks a sensible move.
Which defender though? Demi?
The £6.4m question. I'm looking at Demi. The full backs come with rotation risk and Mangala with a suspension risk. Haven't completely ruled out Zabaleta or Clichy though.
RP...1FT, 0.1m in the bank... Any ideas with the FT? Should I save? No idea this week!
Pantilimon - Hamer
Baines - Clichy - Hutton - Wisdom - Yun
Sanchez - Yaya Toure - Hazard - Sigurdsson - Boyd
Costa - Bony - Sakho
Considering getting Giroud over Bony for Dzeko. How likely is it he'll get rested at some point until the January WC?
as likely as Bony getting a rest I think.
chance will Welbeck, Sanchez, Walcott
He's also much less likely to represent the Ivory Coast at ACON
costa to sakho? Anyone with me?
Sakho has Chelsea and Arsenal coming up. After next GW i'll probably have Costa, Bony, Austin
That's the three im on but Costa just feels a bit boring to own. I actually enjoyed not owning him and seeing him put in another bap-less performance. I may consider Giroud. I'd fancy sakho against arsenal btw
I didn't see the United - Liverpool game, but from a stats point of view I'm more encouraged by RvP's performance today than last week. Can anyone who did see the game give me a quick sense of whether United looked good for their 3-0 win or just lucky?
DDG eight saves give you a small indication of how it went 🙂
If DDG wasn't playing it would of been a completely different game
quite lucky to keep a CS that's for sure! DDG MOTM
They looked great, especially Valencia. Liverpool had opportunities but fluffed their lines. Man U were just so clinical. RVP had a great shot tipped over.
United are very sharp once they get their chances but liverpool created more chances then united just like southampton did last week but lucky I dont know.
I watched the first hour or so and thought it was a really poor game, probably the worst United vs Liverpool match I've seen for years. Mata's goal was about two yards offside. Liverpool livened up when Balotelli went on for the second half but I'd had enough and went to bed.
Thanks all. So, Liverpool should have done better, but United played well and took their chances?
United had a world class goalie and world class strikers and liverpool didnt
Thanks. So RvP is looking sharp again.
I honestly think United looked pretty average. Got bossed most of the game, didnt create more than 2 chances other than the 3 goals, and one was gifted by the linesman and the other by Lovren. Clinical - if you say so, but i thought they looked really average. DDG MOTM by a mile, Valencia was good, the rest didnt do much. If Liverpool had a striker we`d have scored atleast 4-5. Its never lucky when you win 3-0, but i wouildnt call it impressive or anything. They were the best on the day out of two very ordinary teams.
Thanks. Liverpool do need someone to convert those chance and I'm going to be taking a close look at Sturridge when he is back. So did you think RVP looks to be back as a fantasy option?
No, i dont. Didnt look all that dangerous today. The assist was 1,5-2 yards offside and his goal was point blank courtesy of Mata. Other than that he had only 1 shot, i think, and it went wide. I dont think United are fantasy material, and i certainly wouldnt pay 12,4 for RVP or 10,4 for Rooney, or whatever their prices are.
I'd be more impressed with the assist if had been a pass rather than a miss-timed header.
According to the Guardian the flag put up on the window of the shop reads: “There is no god but the God, Muhammad is the messenger of God”. And now a man who appears to be a priest has been escorted into the building.
???
Any thoughts on what to do with this squad?
Guzan
Baines - Azpi - Yun
Downing - Sanchez - Hazard - Siggy
Austin - Costa - Bony
(Chambers, Clyne, Boyd) 1 FT , 4.3 ITB
Siggy -> Eriksen
Maybe Guzan -> Hart tooTwo likely moves I was looking at.
I got both in myself.. i like my team a lot better now 😉
I'd upgrade siggy. Fabregas, di Maria, nasri, silva
anyine ekse pls, best use of Ft: cheers in advance
1.FT sigur>eriksen (BUR)
2.FT chambo>demichelis (CRY)
*IF option 1, which one of these i'd have to bench so that i play eriksen BUR:
sanchez liv - haz stk - downing LEI - yaya CRY
dcosta stk - sakho LEI - austin WBA
def: baines - chambers - wisdom - hutton - *mooreGood transfers
Bench Downingthx. but who would u go for? demichelis or eriksen, and if eriksen tough to bench downing in firm at home LEI, no? stuck.
Thought u had 2ft
I'd do both as city good chance of CSthnx. but dont want to take a hit. think ill go demi for the CS,
Haz is not best away, but it seems wrong to bench 10m.
nat: haha. thats exactly who i ws looking at bench haz. ffs. stuck. sakho did he play well? tough to bench either sako nor downing at home lei.
MAYBE DO OPT 1, bench sanchez liv and play chambo liv?
Just looking at my side for next week with RVP captain even away from home reminds me of the good old days when RVP was the default and the fixture didnt matter 😀
Feels good doesn't it 🙂
Brought De Gea in for Fabianski this week.
Can't think of a more gratifying transfer in the last 3 years. Hope United keep conceding shots but no goals. One can only hope.good transfer!
I hope I made a good decision by going with Hart instead of DDG :/Other teams can't be expected to keep hitting him in the legs.
nice one! he will always make lots of saves
I had DDG for the first 7-10GW's He normally doesn't make many saves. Lately though.. 😯
who would you drop for RVP from SAKHO, KANE & AUSTIN?
none of them - all have cracking home fixtures next gw
yeah that's what I was thinking...
thanks man for confirming it i'll stop worrying
SAKHO
Next week though
yeah i think he is probably going to be the one who gets the chop if and when...
or is he a knee-jerk?
that cash might be more useful elsewhere....there is no need to bring in rvp this week with that front 3
why ruin your gloriously budget frontline?
i'd drop Sakho, purely on upcoming fixtures
Simple, nobody. They all have good fixtures and form, and I don't think RVP is going to score much more than any of them (if at all) to warrant spending a further 6.5-7.5m on him
great answers all - I am enjoying the cheap strike force and glad I didnt sack Kane for -4 this week!
I guess I should use the £9m kitty on sorting out WANYAMA.
🙂go big in defense and midfield, yeah
Foster
Baines - Terry - Dummet
Hazard - Sanchez - Yaya - Siggy
Rooney - Austin - Benteke
(Heaton - Yun - Brady - Hutton)
Think Benteke -> Kane is a decent transfer this week?
Leaves me 2.9 in the bank for the coming weeks.
1.9 ITB, 1 FT. Clyne > Terry? Cahill better stats but Terry had a rest midweek and Jose is talking of rotation over Xmas.
Foster
Baines-Dummet-Clyne
Sanchez-Hazard-Yaya-Downing
Costa-Bony-Austin
Heaton-Wisdom-Boyd-HuttonScored 11 points today and dropped 🙁
Fine lines. I scored 17 and rose a lot.
Scored 10 and dropped about 300 places. Fine margins.
i got 110points this gameweek... everything worked out for a change!
i got 29 points today... and have received a catapult... up to 70k now
Surely Clichy's nailed on? I really want him.
Or it's his turn for rotation... I think he's going to get more game time than some on here fear, but I wouldn't rule out the odd rest week either.
Nailed on for every other game with Kolarov healthy.
If there's doubt...
Right, I'm off. This news about Sydney is truly disturbing, hope it is resolved safely. Take care everybody.
+1000
Sydney???
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/police-clear-martin-place-after-gunman-holds-hostages-at-lindt-chocolat-cafe-20141215-127824.html
Hostage situation, they are not sure if it is ISIS or not yet.Good chat regarding all things LFC. I feel the pain matey...
Not a Pool fan my man 😉 However it is good to discuss these things, I like the business aspects and tactics of the game and there's a mighty good bunch on here who are similar!
Oh, dear. 🙁
Only became aware of it when I logged on here myself. 🙁
Seige in cafe with 20 people held hostage.
What news is that?
Linked above, hostage situation. Awful stuff indeed.
Awful news.
Sad news. It's all over sky news 501 now ...
Wow, how awful time these are 🙁
Best of luck to the hostages
Let's hope the culprits are in for a rude awakening !
Courtois likely to be back for Chelsea next week?
A chance. Might play Tuesday.
_________Hart
_______Ivan Yun Baines
Sanchez Yaya Siggy Hazard
_____Kane Costa Austin
( Mccarthy Bolasie Chambers Hutton )
0 ft 0.8itb
Thinking of Chambers to Clichy or Kola for -4
City's fixtures are just too goodMATE WHY NOT DEMI 5.9 OR MANGALA THAT WAY DONT HAVE T DEAL W ZABA/SAGNA ISSUE.
Until Sagna fills in at CB like he's done at Arsenal.
Can't afford them , 5.7 max budget , happy with every single other player on my team , if I could do Chambers > Demi my team would be perfect until Jan wildcard I wouldn't change a single player
feck. in that case, best bet would be clichy and cross your fingers. chambo i reckon plays next g and then its a flyer as kos will be back. only hope isn he might pay dm for flamini but who knows.
IM IN SAME BOAT.
ure not looking at eriksen BUR next gw?
Im stuck
best use of Ft
1.FT sigur>eriksen (BUR)
2.FT chambo>demichelis/ mangala (CRY)
*IF option 1, which one of these i'd have to bench so that i play eriksen BUR:
sanchez liv - haz stk - downing LEI - yaya CRY
dcosta stk - sakho LEI - austin WBA
def: baines - chambers - wisdom - hutton - *mooreBoth real good options , 1 is better make the most of those 2 good next fixtures , but then again im only saying 1 coz I have Hart , if you don't have Hart go for 2
dont have hart. but if say feck it and go for eriksen, who do i bench for him out of these front 7 options !?? thnx
sanchez liv - haz stk - downing LEI - yaya CRY
dcosta stk - sakho LEI - austin WBAor i could dp both as one is FT and 2nd transfer is (-4) ?
Oh that's tough , between Sakho and Hazard out of that lot , probably Sakho as Carroll is now number 1
haha nobody said it'd be easy.
having said that, would do a (-4) and bring BOTH , demi and eriksen for chhambo and sigur ; and bench haz at stk? thnx!actually take it bak dont have the fund for both at same time, its either demi or eriksen.
All of a sudden I feel a bit edgy about not having any United cover...
Mata to stay in the team?
Anyone thinking about Mangala?
Him or Demi. Worried Demi is a bit to old to play two games in 2 days but Mangala on 4 yellows and a red card waiting to happen
That could be said about every single player in the league over 30.
And i rightfully have concerns about them players too. well 33 plus anyway.
Demi over him imo. Mangala is on 4 YC and Demi has goal threat
They both do tbf
Mangala has scored 8 goals in his last 134 games. Demi has scored 10 in his last 123 games, including 3 for City.
So very similar threat?
Yeah 🙁
I really liked him as a City option until I saw the 4YC's
Will Kane go up tonight? Can't afford him if he does
No.
tomorrow I would guess
What other striker are you playing that costs more than 5.1?
Cisse. Not convinced by his threat vs Arsenal. Kane looked sharp...
Can't afford Kane? Dammmm.
It's almost impossible not to be able to afford him.
'tis if you're upgrading a mid...
Argentina final: RACING
what an ambiance in avellaneda Racing best stadium atmosphere in argentina could win it tonite. watch it for thse who can, what stadium atmosphere now!Best fans in the world I watched on YouTube recently , amazing
duff to zabaleta or demichelis
or should i play chambers this week and get lamps for herrera?Duff to Demi
Hey all,
What would you do with this defence? (1FT .8ITB)
Krul Guzan
Yun Hutton Clyne Baines Wisdom
Throw into the mix that I wanted to do Berahino -> Austin/Kane this week.
Ta.Was keen to just do Berahino -> Austin, but I'm thinking the defence could use some improvement.
Similar with Dummet not Yun.
Clyne looks the prime choice to go, money tied up there. Either to a cheaper Chelsea or City.
Clichy, Terry?Cahill not a bad shout either judging on the above stats
Sell Clyne. Demichelis for me
Trasfer done, Siggy out for Eriksen
Forster
Clyne dummett Yun
Eriksen hazard Yaya sanchez
Costa Lukaku Austin
4.0 chester King hutton
1.4m ITB & 0 FT
A) Forster to Hart -4
B) Clyne to Zaba -4
C) Chester to Clichy -4
D) no hit
D
or King to DowningNah, don't like benching headaches
Was going to ask you to solve my dilemma but you just kind of answered it
You need a good 5th mid that rotates well for Austin away games , either do that next week for free or get a city Defender
A. Clyne more likely to rise than Forster and Hart less likely to be rotated than Zaba
Is it too late to get Downing? Fixtures are mixed for next 6 weeks
Never too late, things often go through him. Week before it was an assist from a corner he took.
yes, Downing always seems to be involved and he gets the baps.
cheaper version of Fabregas
good week to get him.
Welcome back, Robin! Been a long time ... 😀
Better late than never 😉
thinking of replacing costa with him myself..
Doos would you mind taking a look at my question last page wouldn't mind getting your thoughts. I'm usually quite decisive but this one has really got me thinking
See new page.
Ok cheers
Robin Van Persie or Lucky Van Persie?
Robin. Nothing lucky about his form.
The here we deserve, caped crusader who?
Cahill or JT and why?
Terry. Because he has had his rest according to Jose, and is 0.1 cheaper. Cahill might get rested vs Derby though, worth waiting to see.
Terry is a better defender
