QPR’s home hitman hogs the array of impressive numbers on show from the weekend, ably assisted by stellar showings from Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen. Elsewhere in our regular members’ statistical digest, we examine how Man City’s tactical tweaks influenced two of their key midfielders and analyse how a pair of returning United assets are hinting at major hauls as their minutes begin to build.
Sounds like everyone transfering in last weeks points
Evenin Trigger
And you're not I take it?
So much easier to play the game that way. Not more effective, but easier.
Im saving mine unless i get an injury tomoz
If that means Zabaleta, then it's smart. Downing on the other hand...
I'm saving and your thoughts on Alexis Sanchrez getting rested ? .
That's how early everyone acts. Reactionary instead of proactive. Reactionary you at least have some sort of form to guide you, taking proaction you're basically just guessing
I'm transferring in Silva's future points.
I got them all this week. You can do a feature on your blog when i reach 100pts tomorrow 😉
Fabregas below 14 points tomorrow and he has to go.
Fabregas is a season keeper
There are no season keepers
I have to disagree. Krul, De Gea, Lloris, Hart and others are all likely to be Keepers for the season. 😉
I agree but it's tough for us with azpi fab and Costa..be nice to have hazard
Haz over Fab is a no brainer at this point imo. Earlier in the season Fab was a better pick, but Haz caught up and overtook him
I've had fab since gw1 and more consistent. Totally disagree its a no brainer. Only better thing is more captain potential..
Setting the bar high are we?
9.7m he cost me!!
There is very little chance that the starters of any team will be rested on the 26th when they have had 4-6 days rest. The rest will come for some on the 28th and the 1st of Jan. It imakes a lot more sense to give a player 4-6 days rest followed by another 4 days than 6-8 days then 2 days.
Yep, makes sense. But if you're talking about Sanchez (c) I'd still be very careful. The guy looked absolutely knackered today, so I wont be doing it personally.
Think I'll keep my Hazard/Austin home captaincy rotation going. 62 points in 2 weeks has been much appreciated.
Nice, well played 🙂
Sort by sticky. Am I the only one that does a little Viz style Fnarr, Fnarr thing in my head when I see this? 🙂
Kept a screenshot of last seasons history page
Can anyone explain why there is a huge difference in rank while the points are similar ?
2013-14 Gw 17 (Total 950 , Rank 730k)
2014-15 Gw 17 (Total 958 , Rank 8k)
No SAS?
sherlock -did yaya live in baker street or buy all of it?
O_o
He bought it so that one of the Bakers could make him a Birthday Cake 😆
Had Suarez from the very early on. Maybe i didnt go full casual and got yaya and ramsey early
Luis Suarez
and Yaya Toure and Aaron Ramsey
everyone had these 3...
Luis Suarez
Luis Suarez.
maybe because last season every bandwagon keept on delivering, all you had to do is buy a player who did well the week before
haha yea this. was ridiculous in my ML.
SAS.
If you already have Yaya, are you still getting Silva in?
Why/why not?
No, no room.
Owning Yaya doesn't change the number of points Silva will get 🙂
You're right about that 🙂
yeah, has to be silva if you want city double up in mid. looked really great the other day and seem to be benefiting from a more advance position in this new set up.
The problem is who are you selling? Alexis?
I wanted to double up on their defence as an alternative, think they will get CS especially in those home fixtures
Who would you double up on? Hart and another?
As nobody seems safe from rotationHart, yes
Selling Siggy in that case, think Alexis is better to have against QPR than Siggy against AVL
Alexis will be rested against QPR. Fact 🙂
If I knew that for sure and Siggy fit, then Alexis
He looked exhausted yesterday and it's the obvious game to rest him?
Good point
Maybe, maybe not
He is going to want to play vs his Chilean teammates... but unfortunately prob not up to him to decide
I hVe silva but I would be tempted with yaya in for Sanchez
But other options too and adm may come back better
Who would you cut to get him in?
Siggy, but it would hurt...
I wouldn't if he's fit. Home against villa. Guaranteed starter if fit
Wait until next week to get Silva or do Alexis to Silva?
I would wait and save it
Thanks
No as I already have 3 City players.
which ones?
Yaya, Demechellis and Clichy.
*logs off
*lurks to see if anyone cares
Best defender under 4.8 for Xmas period
Options
Oshea
Chester
Kolo toure
a
Must admit on a but very tempted by toure with them fixures
have you seen liverpool play?
this
I'd be tempted to go on a Villa Defender SUN, CPL and lei after this week
Got Hutton don't fancy double up
villa defender maybe hutton/vlar?
A or C. C is exciting pick 😀
I know Liverpool arnt great at back.
But just fixures.I dont agree with 1st statement 🙂
So you're saying having Kolo is excitement.
😆Having a Liverpool or Man Utd defender is always exciting 😆
Toure double up is always good.
Judging by average position, was Scott Sinclair subbed for one of the corner flags?
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/matches/755466/
Also, this talk about Zaba playing false 9, I missed the game but stats seem to disagree.
Milner played false 9
OMG how much Kolarov was attacking
What I thought, some rubbish posted on this site too once in a while
Could it mean he did not touch the ball? And therefore got a kind of default position?
Idk 😀
Looking at the game stats, he did indeed not touch the ball. That answers my question from the other page too, I guess - the average position is the average of all the touches a player has over the game.
Struggling to pick between Eriksen, Silva, Cazorla & Sterling 🙁
catorla
Silva by some distance imo
Silva
eriksen
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/939/
I have two of those ...Which one have you brought in this week? Did you ship Siggy for them?
Yup - Silva. I got Cazorla last week.
I want to do the same move....it scares me that i'm starting to think kind of like you.
That is a terrifying thing ... 😉
Although you copied my Yaya move and that went well for me with a huge green arrow this GW. The FPL works in mysterious ways.
It's a tricky choice between the two, with Caz having the better fixture this week, but Silva better fixtures thereafter. Leaning towards Silva.
I don't think that you can actually go wrong ...
Silva
Silva or Sterling, I reckon.
Captain score as % of your highest possible captain score 44.50% 🙁 Sanchez today also
100%
Who would have thought Cazorla would be on a suspension tightrope above all players haaha
Mental.
Shows what a pansy game football has turned into
Playing in central midfield has made him tackle like Scholes 😛
Nasri to Silva or Milner + extra funds to upgrade
Silva
Silva
Sideways, you'll cry your eyes out if Nasri outscores them next GW. He still was way closer to score than Milner.
It is silly to ditch Nasri for one of those..his FPL points potential is better than Milners and around equal to Silva's. Totally sideways.
Brussel Sprouts should be banned
and why can't we just call a cabbage ball a cabbage ball
my ma makes a balls of the cabbage every christmas 🙂
i have 1 a year. enough for my vitamin BS
This 😀
I eat them because they're good for me but the bloody smell of them and your urine afterwards..
I love them it's just the after effects that are rough
Love them, have them in stir fry's as well.
Don't mind the side effects!! 😉FLATULENCE!!! 😆
🙂
I adore them.
This.
People force themselves to eat them at Christmas cause they're "traditional"
If the actually liked them, they'd eat them all year roundI have a cool recipe ...
Were it. It for this site I wouldn't have retained Austin or picked up Bentekke. Thanks to the contributors and posters.
I am thinking of getting in Zaba this week. But need one more transfer to fund it. Team is
Lloris/Hamer
Bert/Jags/Chambers/Wisdom/Duff
Haz/Alexis/Yaya/Erikssen/Jedinak
Rooney/Austin/Bentekke
Thinking Jags to Zaba and Lloris to Pantilimon. For -4.
Looks ok? Or should I downgrade Rooney to Giroud? Thanks.Duh. 'Were it not for this site'
keep the FT
Rooney -> Giroud. Don't get all the "donkey" stuff with Giroud, I think he's quality. Scores great headers and there not many forwards that are better than him with those near post one touch finishes, imo.
Agree. But Arsenal are hot and cold at the moment and fixtures tighten up after qpr.
Tough one but I am also panting for some Panti:-)
how anyone can pick someone from utds attack that makes financial sense is beyond me. rooney, AdM, RVP, Falcau, mata all at 9-12m. even Valencia.
Mata
Mata < 9 I meant.
Bad times. 5 red arrows in the last 6 GWs.
10 flippin players at home this week and can save a FT. Surely my luck will change 🙁
Foster (MCI)
Baines (STK), Azpi (WHU), Chambers (QPR), Taylor (AVL)
Hazard (WHU), Nasri (wba), Siggy (AVL), Sanchez (QPR)
Costa (WHU), Bony (AVL)
(Elliot, Austin, Wanyama, Hutton)
Austin in naylor out
Thanks. QPR are just terrible away from home and Swans are decent for a CS. Risky one, I admit..
What happened to Chambers to Kolarov -4 ? Was thinking of you rooting Kolarov on was pleased when he done well I thought u dis the move
I chickened out 🙁 worst thing in FPL is when you chicken out. Disgusted at myself. I'd been talking up Kolarov for three days and didn't back it up with action.
Benching someone after a hat-trick just seems so wrong 🙂
Yep
Naylor points possibility 0-9, austin 2-~
id pick austin
Going on honeymoon Tuesday so doubt ill get much fantasy football in.
Are siggy owners getting rid or keeping?
Keeping but have Downing as 1st Sub
Hopefully not and the honeymoon goes fantastic 🙂
Get rid to Liverpool player of your choice.Cheers bud! Sterling?
If I get rid of sigurdson it will have to mean getting rid of bony for Kane though to afford other midsI think Coutinho and Henderson are also viable options to fit budget though probs a bit off of Sterling.
Kane outscoring though
Risers 23rd Dec: Karankachiefs 😀
Better be!
Play fpl whilst on honeymoon, you absolutely have to set that precendent to manage her expectations
What to do with this team? 2FT, 0.7M ITB
http://i.gyazo.com/adc6227107780cee5ec3055b81fbc6eb.png
Guzan
Baines Terry N. Taylor
Sanchez Toure Hazard Downing Siggy
Sakho Costa
Bench: Austin, Dummet, Wisdom
Concerns:
Baines - Good fixtures, poor form, Mirallas is back
Sakho - High points per game, fixture proof
Sigurdsson - Rotates nicely with Austin but worrying form
Costa - Not justifying his price but has potential too. Takes third Chelsea spot
Have two major options. Either:
1) Costa>Giroud, Sakho>Benteke
2) Baines>Debuchy, Sakho>Benteke
Anything else you can think of? 😀
I'd keep all three of your strikers and get rid of Baines, possibly for Zaba.
Was thinking that as well. Thanks for the suggestion.
no concerns about benching austin??
Some concerns but this week it's a bit easier to bench him. Sigurdsson is more likely to score more points IMO. If I keep Sakho I may play Austin over him.
Probablye ditch Baines.
Roll those dice!
Costa -> RVP/Falcao
Sakho -> Kane
Woohoo!
27 shots 🙄
When is Studge due back?Hope they give Austin this many chances
Next season the way things are going
Rodgers said today he'll be back sometime in January. Wildcard could be fun with both him and Aguero on their way back...
Cheers
Arsenal had the lowest possession (35%) and faced the most shots (27) since Opta started in 2003.
We were lucky to get a point apparently.
I'm worried my team is looking deceptively good and I'm about to enter free fall.
There are some odd fixtures coming up! Don't be top confident haha
I mean the opposite! Sanchez, Siggy etc
Oh right! Yeah of course
I hate it when I'm very happy with my team. Easy to be disappointed then ha
You're all such drama queens on Sunday nights
Yep. Suddenly Sanchez is dispoable . Makes me want to scream...
Talking of subtitles, if you are watching SSN put them on for the lols. Hilarious but not much use for those of us who need them 🙂
If you don't mind me asking WR did you lose partial hearing on the force?
Do you work for Hearingclaims4you? Not sure tbh, Needed hearing aids when I left the Police but damage more likely to have been done in the Navy
The Navy fair Doos WR..My sis is in the force(Gardai),tough job,ye deserve every penny ye earned
We have subtitles on most of the time and SSN & the main news are hopeless.
Thoughts on Giroud and Fab in for Sanchez and Costa soon ? Saves a lot of money on Chelsea Arsenal cover and allows money for Bolasie > AdM to leave me all for free by NYD:
Hart Mccarthy
Zabaleta Ivanovic Chambers Hutton Yun
Adm Hazard Sterling Fab Yaya
Kane Austin Giroud
(Yaya back to Sanchez when he goes ACON )
what u doin w/ ChambO? os rob bak next gw and chamb will be benched.
id still w/ snachez, and dc maybe.Sorry mate I was downstairs , I don't know what to do with Chambo tbh, I got him so cheap and his so versatile I may just keep him as a 4th defender , I have Yun and Hutton to go with Zaba and Ivan so Yun seems first priority his off to Asia cup soon and QPR can't keep CS, i'd like a Sunderland defender in for Yun
simple. at some pt drop chambo for debuchy ho is nailed and scored 2day. debuchy is one of my fave def regardless, last yr he as a yc risk w new, dude reminds ame a lot of the famous french FB.
Sun def that wh ima lso looking, btn oshea and vergini.
mate, we are exactly tied haha.
im on 992 pts and ure on 993.Run that 'exactly' bit by us again? 🙂
we both have screwed up the C hoice last 2 gw. huge diff to be top 500 so far.
austin i wetn sakho
and the dcosta - haz cSigur thats another i might drp. who did u drop him for?
I'm kind of surprised that today's 4 pts (Janmaat & Sanchez) actually put me higher up the GWR...
I went up another 1000 places with Pantilli and Dummett. 🙂
Are you talking OR or GWR?
I am talking GWR.
My OR didn't change much but then I am way way down and not paying that close attention to it (ie "I am in the 150-200K range")
Siggy prognosis anyone? Planning Sig to Silva and possibly Lukaku to Rooney. Think he'll play up top in next game
ROOOONEY ROOOOOOONEY ROOOOOOOOONEY ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEY
Am I the only one who finds this a tad ironic? 😉
No
Just an excitable United fan I think!
Yep , I think so too lad
This reminds me of a song 😉
Rooney is 2nd top of my out list... After lukaku
Hmm rethink required then!
Too much mf time, cant captain him, not worth the money. Avoid.
I'm thinking about getting rid of Rooney though I'll probably end up waiting for the WC
Good to go.?
Guzan
Cahill Clichy O'Shea
Eriksen Sanchez Yaya Sanchez
Austin Costa(c) Kane
Siggy Taylor Wisdom
Yeah, a nice side. Not tempted to play Taylor over Clichy, just for piece of mind?
Yep considering that tbh,will hang on until pressers,then go with it i think.
Alexis and Carlos?
Gah! my mistake
Guzan
Cahill Clichy O'Shea
Eriksen Sanchez Yaya Hazard
Austin Costa(c) Kane
Siggy Taylor Wisdom
Best def for 5.7 or under? Clichy?
Naylor
O'Shea
DebbieDebbie?
Yea the girl that plays for Arsenal, scored today @ 5,2 looks decent fixtures are mixed tho
Not a bad shout, tbf. Defence looks a bit leaky though hey.
Ill be getting him on jan wc fixtures improve then but he's a nice diff now too
Cheers.
Cresswell (5.6 to spend) to:
A)Clichy
B)Vergini
C)Liverpool defender
D)Utd Def
Thanks
Clichy has rotation, so you'd better get Zabaleta
he is much more than 5.6
Oh my bad! Do you have Villa cover?
not yet, will wait until they have played swansea. I might just save my FT then
Wouldn't sell Cresswell for any of those
Why rid of Cresswell, he has played every game so far.
Even if he only returns 2 points next game I think he is one of those that may play both 26th and 28th
are people considering caz for captain over alexis because they think the latter will be rotated?
No.
Sanchez has been poor, Cazorla has been top class.he was poor today but that was because arsenal didn't have enough of the ball
He was Arsenals best player by a mile! I thought he was good anyway
Sanchez only had 1 bad game today. Arsenal had 35% possession so he didn't really get the opportunity to do something
His form has been on the slide for four weeks.
I'm sitting at 9.9k (4.8k before GW started) with Costa and Hazard remaining. Since lots have (C) one of them, do I want them to do well? Will 5+ points from each of them see me drop out of the top 10k?
Not everyone has them, think your position will be fairly stable. Its their dfenders you have to worry about
Yeah. But I was looking at top 10k (C) and Hazard and Costa are up their which worries me. I guess I better hope Stoke will score 😀
Cant imagine why anyone would capt a chelsea player away to Stoke, medness
because Stoke hasnt been keeping cs?
Costa 14% (2nd most captained player in top 10k behind Yaya)
Hazard 8% (5th most captained player in top 10k)
I think you'll be fine. Autosubs could be a kick in the nuts though, Siggy/Clichy out could mean Clynes, Boyds and Naylors off the bench.
I have Dummett (1 point) coming on 🙁
Played him as first sub over Marney. (2 points)
never want your players to not score points. thats cray cray
So is using the term 'cray cray'.
