With Gameweek 21 done and dusted, we dig deep into the data in our regular Sunday evening article. A trio of in-form midfielders at Arsenal, Man City and Swansea are amongst tonight’s topics, whilst we also assess United’s alarming attack, Burnley’s raiding right-back and the main men for West Brom and Palace as Tony Pulis and Alan Pardew kick-start their respective stints at the helm with a victory.
What's more important? Having two playing keepers (Foster, Panti) or having a 5th mid that isn't completely nailed (Albrighton)
Need to downgrade either Boyd ---> Albrighton or Panti/Foster ----> 4.0
Albrighton
If you have two 4.5's, I'd rather have them alternate. So I'd go for Boyd to Albrighton especially considering how rare 5th mids play.
2 playing keeper > 5th mid
I'll put my 4th defender over 5th mid in bench, whats the point spend 4,6/4,7 for Boyd if there's albrighton for 4.2, even if he dont play anymore, i dont mind
Does anyone else have dire fixtures for their backline? Mine are playing
swa
LIV eve CHE ARS CRY
I have 2 FTs and 3.7 ITB. Do I use the 2 FTs to fix my defense or go ahead and get Aguero as planned?
Thank you.Mine is
eve
new swa STO, tot, eve.
Aguero
I have Baines Coleman Ivanovic so not fussed bout fixtures. You should still bring kun in coz good captain choice
Sounds good. Cheers
Good point. Cheers
Not telling you this week 🙁
It was a close game! 😛
Adm or Downing in wildcard?
adm
Will Ospina keep his place?
no idea, but if he plays vs Citeh I guess he is nailed on. I doubt he will though.
No, Sesny to AW is like Mignolet to BR, keep doing mistake and still No.1 GK
I'm sick of it
Green
Cresswell | Clyne | Hutton
Hazard | Sánchez | Sigurdsson | Silva
Austin | Kane | Rooney
Foster | Taylor | O'Shea | Albrighton
1 FT, Jan WC & £4.9 ITB
A. Rooney (qpr) >> Aguero (ARS)
B. Hutton (LIV) >> Baines (WBA)
C. A+B for a HIT
Please suggest
Thanks!Save, and do 2 punt picks in GW 23. then WC GW 24
B
Probably asked a million times but is there anything between Austin and Kane in the WC?
Had that dilemma last week. Went Kane due to cost.
Kane all day long coz can leave him in 1st team, Austin a bench candidate in lot of away games
good comment
Disagree. Austin actually does well away and scores (though QPR don't win), even against big teams.
Austin's next 6 away games are all against teams in the bottom half. The game away to City in GW36 is about his only tough one for the rest of the season.
Im keeping on WC. Value for money and easy downgrade to Berahino/Diouf(when back from Afrocon)
thanks
What do you guys think of this team?
Foster, Panti
Bertrand, Terry, Wisdom, PvA, Wasil
Sanchez, Hazard, Downing, ADM, Albrighton
Costa, Kane, Aguero
0.0 ITB
Cheers 😀apart from Albrighton, looks good...
Can't afford anyone else 🙁
I could get Gardos over Bertrand and upgrade Wasil + Albrighton
On WC
1. For next 2 GW only: Baines Chadli or Baird Cesc/Silva?
2. I have 2.3m ITB : Boyd -> Siggy as 5th mid?
3. ADM or Silva short term?
former
Boyd, save the cash for rainy days
ADM if you have Kun
Looking to invest in Southampton (their rough run is over and they performed admirably) and United (relatively easier fixtures coming ahead; ADM is back).
Any advice on how I proceed?
Current team:
DDG (4.0)
Terry Clichy Taylor Hutton Wisdom
Hazard Sanchez Silva Eriksen Downing
Costa Kane AustinDowning later to Boyd and eriksen to ADM
Taylor to SOT defender if poss
Taylor+ Wisdom> Jones + Gardos
WC Team:
Forster (Myhill)
Clichy --- Terry --- Clyne (Wisdom) (Wasielwski)
Fabregas --- Sanchez --- Hazard --- Silva (Boyd)
Aguero --- Kane --- Austin
GTG?
Would change Myhill to foster if you can, rotates pretty well with Forster.
Hart
Baines JT Dummett Hutton Wisdom
Silva Hazard Sanchez Sterling Downing
Costa Kane Austin
1FT, 0.2 itb
Plan to WC after this GW. Not too sure what to do with the FT without any flexibility
Initial ideas are:
A Austin to Ings
B Austin & one of Sanchez/Costa to Kun & Boyd (-4)
C WC nowSave and WC at GW 24?
worried not having Kun
Can just transfer him in with 2 FT next week... Whats the rush? Already miss the 0,1 m this week tho. After deadline at Jan 17th, Kun in!
On WC. This defence too much?
Forster
Bertrand, Ivanovic, Terry
Hazard, Sanchez, Di Maria, Silva
Aguero, Kane, Ings/ Austin
Hamer, Boyd, PVA, Baird
Normally I would say yes but you have everywhere else covered well and havnt hurt other positions to accommodate it so it looks good.
Thanks
solid
I think the best Forward line going forward is:
Kun, Pelle, Kane?
Pelle???? What because of last night. No one was saying that yesterday
He is a good option with their fixtures
Fixtures are good and Southampton are strong again
Hmm I literally saw no one saying that yesterday. I guarantee you wouldnt be saying this if they lost
Pelle is not that good...
When do we see our next cup opponent(victim) tomorrow? Looking forward to round 5...
2FT 3.8ITB
Guzan // Gilks
Zabaleta // Azpilicueta* // O'Shea // Wisdom // Saylor*
Sanchez // Hazard // Silva // Siggy // Downing
Costa // Austin // Kane
Would you do Austin and Zaba to Aguero and Wasilewski?
(Has to be with Zaba, can't afford with Azpi)
In that case I'd have to play a defense of:
Guzan(LIV)
O'Shea(tot) Wisdom(eve) Wasilewski(STK)
With no defenseve back-ups.Alternatively I could fix my defense and get Kun with my WC after ARS,che games and not worry about his price until then.
It's time to brag , cause i'm very proud of my achievement . 7th consecutive red arrows!!!! Who can beat me?
Im on the 4th...
Please let my rival beat you...That's to good, but I'm chasing hard.
No love for Oscar dos santos emboaba junior chaps ? 🙂
Not when Hazard Costa Ivan & Terry are all better picks
yeah, thought so
Not over fab, Haz or Costa..
Little Diego ?
diego's son
thanks mate 🙂
he is cheaper though, oscar
Anything worth changing? Not bringing in Aguero til after Chelsea. Think I'm gonna keep the faith in Haz captain:
Forster
Trippier / Terry / Bertrand
ADM / Hazard(c) / Fabregas / Sanchez
Falcao / Kane / Berahino
Foster / Boyd / Lescott / PvA
1FT, 2m ITB.
0.1 M curse 😐
How do I free up 0.1 in this WC draft in order to actually afford it?
Making a 0.1 profit is barely possible this year unfortunately...
Panti - Heaton
JT - Clyne - Wisdom - PvA - Wasilewski
Sanchez - Hazard - Eriksen - Siggy - Boyd
Costa - Aguero - KaneWisdom to Baird?
Baird isn't nailed.
Boyd to Marney.How do you know he isn't nailed?
Look at his history. Too early to tell imo
That history is under a different manager, so it can't be used to state categorically that he isn't nailed now. But you're right, one PL game under Pulis is also too early to tell. Another start next week and I'll be looking seriously though.
Just pick one 4.5m keeper and upgrade Wasi
Heaton out for Krul.
Muniesa or Cameron? Got limited cash and TV so im on a budget 😉
Cameron, muniesa dropped
ty!
How much is the new defender with the unspellable name? They have good fixtures so him if possible.
@Nabil
It was a close game! 😛
Why does it always ignore the Sunday games when it updates? 😕
It takes about an hour to update for the turn of the week. So usually 4am EST rather than 3am EST I think
Deciding if I should WC now or next week...? Any (dis)advantages I should know about?
My team atm:
Panti, Jakupovic
Terry, Dummett, Wisdom, Hutton, Yun
Silva, Hazard, Sanchez, Siggy, Downing
Costa, Austin, Kane
It's best to leave it as late as possible, but between 22-23 is a good time because:
- there are two weeks for price rises.
- there are two weeks to evaluate january transfer window activity, even if this is speculative - you'll know a lot more then, than you will if you hit the button now.
- fixtures change in week 24 for some teams, which means you'll be tempted to make your team setup for next 2, rather than ignoring 1 and the 3 which follow that - if you see what I mean?Ok, I'll be patient then. Cheers!
Knocked out of cup by opponent with triple Saints defense 🙁
Ouch 🙁
I'll copy your oppo tactic
How nailed is Cameron and Baird??
RMWCT please folks:
Panti, Forster
Bertrand, Widsom, Hutton, Clyne, Terry
Sanchez, Hazard, Fabregas, Silva, Boyd
Aguero, Kane, Austin
?It's quite heavy at the back... How are you going to deal with the medium-term need for Sturridge | Bony | Giroud or someone else emerging at those price points. It would be different if there was 1 player to downgrade, but you'll end up downgrading all of them by a little bit IMO.
Bony us off the radar now as he won't get the starts, giroud has never been on the radar. Will Sturridge be the same player as last year without Suarez, I don't know? Valid point though.
Yep, agreed and I'll probably end up with the same front line.
Just think I'll be able to change it with less transfers than you.
Worth WCing to get Aguero in?
Foster/Krul
Terry/Baines/Zabaleta/Wisdom/Naylor
Sanchez/Hazard/Silva/Eriksen/Marney
Costa/Austin/Kane
1FT, 0.1 ITBI think you can get Aguero without a WC, for a small hit. I would rather do this.
Drop Silva to Chadli, and upgrade Costa to Aguero if you think he is a must before the end of Jan.Feels silly to take a hit in the WC month.
I agree. But also think it's silly to rush to get Aguero in this week.
Save tranny and do it for free the week after.
How's this WC team
Panti, Heaton
Baines/Terry, Bertrand, PvA, Wisdom, Wasilewski
Hazard, Sanchez, ADM, Tadic, Boyd
Pelle, Kun, Kane
ThanksI think you can find a better rotation than WBA | SUN | LEI, assuming you are going to play CHE | SOT each week.
I like the midfield a lot, and may end up with something similar myself.
Not sure about Pelle up top, especially as you have Tadic in there.Wisdom/Wasi/Pva best value around though...
Yes, they are good value.
But it's all about points now.Of course, but Pva/Wisdom have good fixtures and Pulis should tighten up. Sun always seem to grind out a couple of results towards the end of a season with Poyet as well.
Im just saying that those players are obv the "enablers" in most teams.
I stormed another cup round.
83 - 55
I thought it was going to be close when I saw his team.Is a 5th mid like Boyd really important? I'm thinking of getting Albrighton over him to get funds for Bertrand. Discuss.
You need decent defenders on your bench instead then
Bench from now until the end of the season wouldn't be as important right?
Pretty much, a couple of playing defenders should cover you anyway
All my defenders are playing
I'm thinking about it, think generally having a defender off the bench might be better.
BUT Boyd for people (not me) lots of points off the bench.
think I'm sticking with Boyd at the mo.Most people started Boyd over Downing this week, look what happened. A player like Boyd on the bench could be frustrating for owners.
I'd never start Boyd, but I'd rather him off the bench usually than a cheap defender in an away game.
Post twice already??????
This is a different topic....
Which transfer would benefit my team most
Duff > Ivan
Austin > Ings
Currently on Ivan. Both are short termA
