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.
RMWCT plz!
De Gea, Hamer
Clyne, Bertrand, Terry, Hutton, Wisdom
Hazard, ADM, Sanchez, Silva, Boyd
Aguero, Austin, Kane
Ta!
Like it. Not sure about DDG however, think you could save a few with Panti/Mannone and then maybe Silva to Fab?
+1
I'm not sure about DDG either tbh, he's one of the players that was in the team pre-wildcard. I have 0.4 itb so Silva to Fabregas is achievable...
Very good, not sure if I would double on Southampton personally. You are one of the few to not have 3 Chelsea.
As above, I'm tempted to do Silva > Fabregas & change the keeper, it's just choosing that keeper!
Potential WC team...
Foster - Myhill
Bertrand - Wisdom - PVA - Naylor - Hutton
Sanchez - Hazard - ADM - Chadli - Boyd
Aguero - Costa - Kane
Alternatively, I could go Costa/Chadli/Naylor --> Austin/Fabregas/Terry but like the thought of having Costa..Austin/Fabs/Terry is more balanced but go with your gut.
Chadli or Eriksen or Tadic.
I have Harry Kane.
I don't like to double on teams as unpredictable as Tottenham.
Tadic.Tadic is too inconsistent and Siggy is better value.
Who is winning in the battle of Bertrand vs Clyne?
berty for me
Clyne the better player, but perhaps Bertrand a better FPL option
i guess Clyne is better as he can't be excluded for any games selection. Bertrand(Chelsea)
I prefer clyne, he seems to get closer with his shots and has a tiny advantage on bps
I find it ironic how Gerrard is viewed as one of the best midfielders of all time in every country...but England.
Who sees him as one of the best midfielders of all time?! People who think Sky invented football? Just with central midfielders in his generation alone, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Pirlo, Scholes, Vieira, Keane, Makelele, Seedorf (a few off the top of my head).
Zidane?
Yes, that was central midfielders alone, not including attacking midfielders (Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho et al).
Platini, Hagi, Maradona, Djorkaeff, Rivaldo.
Sure, you can add quite a few players to that list if you go further back in history. Doolittle just was listing better players in Gerrard's generation, and Keane and Zidane were already pushing it. Maradona and Platini can't in any way be in "same generation".
I would disagree on Rivaldo though. Extremely overrated player, who had pretty much 2-3 strong seasons and was handed a Ballon d'Or because of hype rather than merits. The rest of his career he spent as a big player for small clubs. Gerrard at least was a star and a leader for a relatively big club all his career.
Busquets is pushing it.
Don't get me wrong, Gerrard at his peak was a great player, but he lacked the positional awareness and, dare I say it, "footballing intelligence" at times. Of course, in 2005 he drove his team to great things, but his Roy of the Rovers style can be costly (see the Chelsea game last season when, after his mistake, he lost all discipline and started charging forward and shooting from everywhere).
Busquets is obviously a very different player, but he has an understated brilliance that allows Barca to tick, particularly in the Guardiola era.Agree on this. Busquets is very underrated (probably because of his disgusting antics), and Gerrard was always a liability for England.
Probably because he plays for Liverpool.
He is one of the best English.
Doesn't make him one of the best of world.
Which is what I think the guy above suggested.
Exactly.
Still think Lampard was a better player.
Agreed on this, although I think we may be the only ones. Have always liked Lampard.
that's not hard
if it's under England context then yeap sure, if it's in the world. maybe in the top 50?
Well not of all time, but this generation certainly!
Not a Utd or Liverpool fan, but Scholes was a far, far better player. Him being shunted to the left for England was absolutely criminal.
Scholes then Lampard then Gerrard if talking about that generation of players
OK messing with a new options on the WC in case I decide to use it soon. Views?
Foster (Myhill)
Jones Clyne Terry (Hutton Wasilewski)
Hazard Sanchez Silva Fabregas (Boyd)
Aguero Kane BerahinoDowning + Costa + Aguero
OR
Silva + Austin + AgueroA
B
b
Downings fixtures from GW24 onwards put me off him.
Yea they aren't good. Could be someone else for £6M and under though.
What about Puncheon?
Good to go with this Wildcard team?
Panti Foster.
Wasilewski Terry Bertrand Wisdom Hutton
Hazard Alexis ADM Silva Boydinho
Aguero Kane Austin
Adm to Fab
Damn...I wanted Liverpool to sign Lacazette this summer when he was low-key but his amazing form has caught the eye of many. It will crush me if Chelsea, Arsenal or Utd sign him.
One season wonder?
Only 23 years old!
Lacazette is similiar to Sturidge and i preffer Lavezzi or Dybala for his partner
I'd be a bit worried about his goal record before this season
Have Costa Fab Haz in my team Next week's audiion time for wc.
If Costa Shines and Fab fails. I'll keep Costa
If Fab shines and Costa fails. I'll keep Fab
If Both scores well. I'll keep Fab
About right ??yep..
Morning chaps,
On a WC and struggling with my defence and keeper. Team value is rubbish.
A. Courtois + Gardos
B. Foster + Fonte
Figure that Court is cheapest way to a Chelsea clean sheet (likewise Gardos with Saints for the time being)
Thoughts?i like B better..foster due to pulis..fonte due to soton def...gardos is not guaranteed imo,.
SOT have no other CB's than Gardos and Fonte, no?
B. but myself like panty the most
i've cracked my head, and this is the best i could come out with..RMWCT plsss..
panti - mannone
terry - koscielny - berty - PVA - wisdom
haz - fab - sanchez - adm - boyd
kun - kane - austin
0.0itm, 107.2 tv, all used.
anyone care to comment? thoughts appreciated. thanks!
Boyd to James Ward Prowse?
I think your defense is heavy.Chambers for Koscielny (prone to injuries).
front 8 great thiugh so no need to downgrade defence
its good, not much more to say
thanks man!
looks good--very nice defense
Kosc really? the guy is only attractive for his att threats. arsenal are very leaky.
yeah aware of that..just for some good attacking return..i remembered him was once BAP magnet when fit also, so just trying my luck, if not pays off easy to downgrade later..
but i think after city, their fixt looks tasty..for the 10?
looks great
Will Auguero's price rise again this week?
Yes, I think so.
most likely
Costa -> Kun indecision!!
It's silly I think, I have Rooney and my plan is to bring Kun but defo not for next GW... I'm after points and not 0.2 in TV
Its crazy, considered he just got back, played 20 mins and didn't get any points... I know people think long term but from what I see many getting rid of players with better fixture next GW
Do i have any chance at top 10k if i control my transfers :
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/982433/history/
At least next season?
Feel free to badmouth me if I suck.Spending 112 points on transfers is an interesting tactic. You know that success in this game is focused on accumulating points don't you? 😉
sorry no chance the way you are playing
If ur team is going to look like everyone else i would say u have close to no chance of getting unless u always get the correct captain
Crazy amount of transfers.
What are peoples thoughts on Gardos?
Currently thinking I'll keep him in, with 0.2M handy for when Alderweireld is back.
No other CB's, Yoshida at Asian Cup. SOT keeping a CS when he came on puts him in a good position.short term, Alder could be back in a few weeks and yoshida back in feb I guess
Crystal Palace with decent fixtures in February. Anybody punting on Puncheon?
Somehow ended with 3 Sunderland players in my WC draft. Their fixtures do look nice and they rotate very well with Burnley though...
which ones
3 is a bit excessive
Panti, PVA and Johnson
Looking into Panti - Heaton, and Johnson - Ings rotation. PVA rotates with Wisdom, and Wasilewski for the third defender spot.
Chambers back on the radar given Debuchy's injury?
Active
549,244 players bought Harry Kane in 7 days following the Spurs/Chelsea match.
Rmt:
Panti
Terry berty clyne wisdom baird
Sanchez. Hazard. Fabregas. Di maria. Downing
Aguero. Kane. Austin
The race for 3rd/4th is really hotting up. Any two of united, southamption, liverpool spurs and arsenal could get it!
Liverpool!? Hahah
lol
I think Arsenal will definitely get in. Anyone of the others could make it.
Why is it so hard to stay in the top 5k? Been going in and out, in and out of it for the past 10 GWs now, the rank never seems to get any better.
template teams, if your still in that position come March, the odd 1/2 or even 3 differentials need to come into play
Those captain decisions are gonna become crucial come the end of the season isn't it. Ah, how I hate selecting captains.
will be the deciding factor yes
This is my first season where I've been hovering around the top 1k - the teams are all so similar that it all seems to come down to your captain choice.
Haha spending the last 10gw in and out of it. Very hard to stay there becos whenever i m inside i will have a not so decent week and i m out again.
Very very close margins.
I'm the samewouldn't be concerned about that. 5k is a great finish if you are there at the end of the season
Captain choice is all, a couple of wrong choices saw me slip from 600-650 to 5k in 3 or 4 weeks, even though my team was very similar to those around.
what do you expect? you didnt have kane, terry, silva/yaya.. no southampton defence. there are a lot of players who had these guys
You've got the right attackers. But your defence lets you down. Defence is the differential if everyone has the same attack
Bringing in Debuchy and Alderwiereld in my WC last week didn't turn out well:) Still, probably my first bit of bad luck this season as I have dropped from 24th to 26th with a score of 69. So, no complaints.
So, are Chambers and Gardos now serious options? I've already made my transfer (Giroud -> Aguero) so I think i'll stick this week, play Terry, Trippier and Van Aarnolt and ship one of them out next week.Your 26th in the World?? My heart bleeds for you
Yes, it seems the only way is down from here.....
All jokes aside, nice rank bud. Gardos short term and debuchy for Jan and Feb and we all know how Arsenal are during Feb. I would stay clear personally
No Sanchez cost me 3.5k to 8.3k in one single swoop 🙁 does this still look good or just silly?
Rooney + Downing + Zabaleta > Aguero + Sanchez + Bertrand -4 WC still intactThose moves are a must imo
All nice moves. Captain Aguero and that 4 point hit should be covered easily
To stay in the top 10k you need to do this.
Nice transfers
This goes against the grain, but I would not bring in Sanchez and Aguero yet. Neither one of them this GW.
And please, Downing plays Hull! He will score more points than Aguero and Sanchez combined.been forced into really, no Sanchez has cost me top 500, never had him till now
cheers all, did it last night so happy for now
Looks good.
Just play the WC now then? Get the early price rises. Whats stopping you? Potential injuries or big transfers? Take the -4 in the future if any of these happen. You may end up only making 2 or 3 transfers in your WC which seems a waste....just a thought. You will be 4 points better off.
Silva or Fabregas?
fabregas imo. but tough choice looking at recent scores. i think silva might not benefit from aguero returning
Big two-part dilemma this week:
1) Do I put Aguero in? I feel like all of my strikers have decent fixtures this week, but also pretty sure this is the last week I could capitalise on Kun as a differential in my mini-leagues before everybody has him.
2) Who on earth do I bench out of this front 8?
Chadli/Hazard/Sanchez/Downing/Silva
Austin/Carroll/Kane
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WC Active. Not sure whether to squeeze Sanchez in or not. Would need to find 1.7M to do ADM to Sanchez. Thoughts? Obv Clichy out but would need to do more as well
Currently with 0.2M in the bank:
Panti (Foster)
Clyne, PVA, Hutton, Wisdom, Clichy
Silva, Downing, Fabregas, ADM, Ameobi
Aguero, Costa, Kane.you need sanchez
Downgrade Clichy and replace Panti with Myhill?
Don't like the idea of having a useless standby GK though. Clichy to a 3.9m defender like Waskeleckiish or Baird (will he play though?) will get me to within an agonising 0.1m of Sanchez.
Leaves doubts about my defence though
do you plan to play both the Southampton boys every week or just one sometimes? Suppose you look at the fixture
Only Clyne in there, although Southampton have just shown that they can potentially get a CS anywhere
Maybe downgrade Silva and Clichy and upgrade ADM to Sanchez?
Clichy to 3.9m defender? Then need just 0.1m to afford Sanchez from ADM. Clichy won't gain 0.1m again this week I think (which would let me afford Sanchez) so maybe Foster and Hutton -> Guzan and Geoff Cameron?
Austin > Aguero for a FT?
Or Costa > Aguero and pocket the cash and keep Austin on the Wildcard..I'd rather have Costa than Austin if you can find a way to afford Costa and Aguero without damaging your team.
costa -> aguero
