We delve into the members’ data this evening and shine a light over a number of pertinent stats from the Gameweek 36 fixtures. Arsenal’s misfiring frontman, City’s raiding left-back, Eden Hazard’s drop in attacking threat and Tom Cleverley’s recent improvement are all on our midweek radar.
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Thanks Innsie
Did people really sell Hazard ?
Nothing surprising about it
I also think of selling him but for who ? Already have Sanchez .
I reckon who got rid are for himThink i m tripling up arsenal in the midfield..my logic is hazard might be benched..while the arsenal mid are guarantee to start at least 1 game out of 2.
A cs from arsenal oso give me 4pts without their defender..and every goal they score is 5pts..so yeah i m tripling up
I didn´t.
Good lad 🙂
My hope is to see him starting, let´s wait and see. 🙂
I think he'll start, hope he punish sellers 😉
Let´s hope, wait and see. 🙂
Love to see a Haz brace
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Seeing as Im not selling, price drop on Haz is irrelevant for me but hoping he punishes those sellers badly
Why so bitter badger?
haha not bitter. Thought the point of the game was to score more than everyone else? 😛 And if they're selling Haz and Im keeping I want Haz to do well lol
I think it was the use of the term punishes.
Reframing (I work in marketing...) Maybe he can reward those with the faith to keep him 🙂Haha it did seem a bit negative alright. I guess I've just seen it here too often it's become more a turn of phrase. Note to self. Cheer up a bit 😛
hazard being sold sounds like good news for me (a Hazard owner). the chances of being rested get so overblown on this site when a rumours start flying about. I think, like terry, he will start every game. There is simply no reason he wouldn't. Its not the hardest game either: a west brom team just safe from relegation with little to nothing to play for. a double digit score would be a great differential.
Is Sanchez a must have next week?
He's not a must have, but going without him this close to the end of the season is very risky as he could single-handedly destroy your rank. Just ask those who didn't have Aguero last week.
If you're chasing, no. If you're leading, yes.
I'm thinking cazola, ramsey, ozil...
Good question!
You too!
My thoughts below.
No. but i do not see too many options ahead of him
I think Innsie has just made my mind up. I had Agureo this week and was so thankful for it. I would want the dispair of not having Sanchez given the time and effort to get to my current rank.
Will be wise for both my rank and H2H ML
Cheers!Sorry, this was in response to the above discussion
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Just a heads up for those selling haz and hoping to buy back next week - make sure you have enough funds as most likely you got him in early and his buying pricr will be around .3-.5 more than his selling price.
Yep, I just realised I got him for 10.1!
Yeh its a shame because i wanted to do it. There isnt any other real obvious pics for gw38 either.
Think many might take a hit to punt which would free up cash too.
Got him for 9.9 😎
Your rank must be terrible :p
Actually should have checked before commenting. Nice rank mate 🙂
Haha 😀
Why would that make my rank terrible though? Wouldn't it have made it better since I got him early? 😛
he started off very slowly.
Yeh you are right loool mistook that for 10.9 i think
Blimey, I got him for 10.1 as well. It seems so long ago now....
Selling and then buying him back next week seems crazy, either make sure you have a decent sub this week in case he doesn't play or sell him for good, I think. Whatever you do has a risk, though.
how about jordi gomez (c) for chasers?
Silly. Chasers have lots of choice to choose from..in fact all 5 arsenal attackers could be ur alternative captain..no need to take unnecessary risk
worth a punt as a non captain though?
Sure
Go for it. Live large.
YOLO
Go for it and pay the ref to give sunderland pens
Only if you think Leicester and Arsenal give away a ton of penalties. I don't think they do, really.
gtg?
pants - (schmei)
Bellerin - PVA - Ivan - Skrtel - (Dawson)
Hendo - Haz - Cazorla(c) - Sanchez - (Boyd)
Aguero - Kane - (vardy)
1ft and 1.0itbhaha my gut feel tell me vardy will score better than pva/skrtel..pool will concede against palace..and i fancy sun to concede in both too
I feel pretty good about Vardy.
Yeh me too but not sure where to fit him in this week.
Hmm nah I fancy Pool for a cleanie. I think Vardy may score but I can't see where to fit him in this week. Will defs be playing him next week.
hope u are right i got mignolet and potentially moreno too
Hiya Dead Zoners. I don't usually post on here coz I live in UK. Just a request if I could have your in put for the cult hero team in hot topics. Currently a 3 way race between Panti, Myhill and Schmeichel
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Chelsea defenders to start this week?
Could be a million dollar question, but I'm trying to find a reasonable way of justify a -4 for Sanchez (thinking maybe Ivan to Terry depending on starters)I'd say Ivan and Terry are both almost certain to start.
I figure Terry is. I worry about Ivan.
Both terry n ivan will start if mou is speaking the truth.
Cheers guys. Might need another rethink!
Good morning gents.
Should I start Skrtel or Terry this week?My dilemma too... Both have good fixtures on paper but I weirdly feel like neither will get a CS...
Both. Team below
Gerrard last match at Anfield. Late last season meltdown v Palace
Tonking. Then again. Lfc are shiteI've got Bellerin and PvA so only one spot left.
I'm playing skrtel - ivan - pva and bellerin. Out of those I'd most likely drop skrtel though.
I'd pick Terry.
Same dilemma here too. Im going Terry. I have more confidence in him at the moment.
Thanks all.
Pantil (Krul)
Terry Ivan Kos Bertrand Dawson
Hazard Sanchez Cazorla Henderson Boyd
Agüero Kane Vardy
2.5 in bank
Bertrand/Dawson to PvA?
Boyd to Gomez?
Both?Just Boyd to Gomez, your defence is good enough as it is for this week.
BoyD to Gomez
A consensus. Cheers.
Cheers. Concerned that Sun will concede in both so it's up to PvA assists/ goals, so a -4 isn't necessarily a great plan.
How many FT(s) you have?
it's a dgw in week 37. Doesn't matter
Just the one.
Set for Dgw already...
Mignolet
. Skrtel. Terry. Pva
Caz (v) Ramsay. Silva. Sanchez Gerrard
Aguero. Defoe
Howard. Vardy. Schlupp. WisdomWho is el capitan?
Sanchez atm. Tempted to bung it on Slippy G tbf. Hat trick. You know for a fact the ref is gonna give one last penner...
Hat trick for SlippyWould be bold. Never captained a non-DGW.
Well my theory is that whoever I choose out of Ram Caz and Sanchez, one of the other two, or bothwill blow up and I'll get 8pts from the pick...
Jinx theory.
(C)azorla???
Just looking at Just a Hats hot topic of what to learn for next year. I interested to know what thoughts and ideas people brought into this year from previous experience and did it work out in your favour this year?
For me I was adamant not to bring any player back in from injury until they had played a full game first and prove A) they were fit and B) still had the magic. Mainly based on Benteke and Aguero limping back from injury that year.
It worked a treat for me. Getting in Silva at the right time and avoiding messes like Walcott.How dare you call Walcott a mess! 😛
Were you one of those who captained him? 😛
Ah. The 56pt Theo (c) days....
Those were the days. Mids seem quite boring this year lol
Twice 🙂
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Walcott x2... Balotelli... Jovetic... Fonte... My captain picks give a good indication of what weeks I've been bored of the game 😆
Did this also coincide with your run of red arrows?
Well yeah I would've done a bit better if the heavily captained Costa didn't get a hat trick when I captained Balotelli and the heavily captained Kane didn't get a hat trick when I captained Fonte... But Walcott was alright 😉
How are you on the same points as me again? :lol; The Fonte one wouldve been great.
Fonte got me a CS and came close to scoring. Could've been the best captain punt of the season if his header found the back of the net!
I hate to think of how high I'd be if I didn't take armband risks this season. Maybe that's something I should work on next season 🙂
Let's remember a lot of captain poll leaders got blanks this season so assuming you dodged some if them, you did OK!
Annoyingly I usually missed out on a haul then captained them next week for a blank 😆
Lol probably. I think I need to go the opposite. Sticking with safe options for too long
You dullard 😉
Lol gone are the days of taking punts on Bellerin ... oh wait ...:lol:
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Apologies on behalf of Sheikh B Innsie.
He meant Utter and total mess.That's a more accurate description 😥
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What i have learnt previously and it has been reinforced again is getting cheap keepers.
Pre season we all have a guess at a pair of rotating 4.5 keepers.
Fabianski 145
Mignolet 141
Adrián 139
Heaton 134
Hart 132
If you got on Heaton from the start and just played him every week you get 134 points for 4.5 add in a rotating keeper and (rough guess) maybe add another 40 points?
All for 9mI remember someone posting earlier in the season that if you just had Mannone and Switched to Panti at one point, you would have the highest scoring keeper in the game 😯
Forster worked wonders for me early on too though.Just looked at it. Foster and Myhill from the start at a cost of 8.5 gets you 144 points
Now thats pretty sweet
Only Terry and Ivan out all the defenders have more than that
Wow. I'll definitely be keeping this in mind next season. May even go one keeper lol
that's what my gf's team has had since day 1. Foster + Myhill, and got rid of Foster for Schmeichel on GW34 WC.
Is your girlfriend single? 😆 Thats like printing money lol
oh snap Sab i just posted something similar with regards to keepers. I definitely found joy at a 1-keeper strategy and will be doing the same for next season.
Had always gone the rotating 4.5s in the past but this year the 4.5 plus the 4.0 back up has gone so well i will probably repeat it
I've never found rotating 4.5s to work for me. Usually it's not as simple as the guy at home keeps the cleanie so there are missed points as often as making the right choice.
I'm happy with my 4.5 and 4.0 this season. Seems there's been more keeper injuries than normal but I've pretty much avoided them.
actually its not about cheap vs expensive GK..its more of city poor defense..making hart way overpriced. chelsea only tighten up after jan too.
but having said that it probably mean that until the top teams have fantastic defence again it would be unwise to invest in their keepers
I guess the issue with them will always be a decent defender probably a better choice there too with bonus points and goals in their locker
agree
the Chelsea tightening up after jan is definitely something i'm keeping in mind next season - it's now happened in two seasons running.
If i do go with a Chelsea defender next season, it will definitely be Ivanovic from the start and not sell unless injured.Dont forget the magic of the Pulis effect too
Not trying to be to clever with differentials when there is an obvious more reliable option. Stuffed it up with ameobi over boyd on wc but generally i stuck to it
Also Prioritising getting a steady core of players in the squad rather than worrying about chopping and changing for short term fixtures
And maintaing squad balance and therefore flexibility to react to new trends.
Best ever rank so generally gone wellNice one mate. Stability is something I need to look at myself. Im generally good in picking long term picks but no so much splitting funds evenly across def, mid, att.
would have to agree with Zan here.
But I was lucky to start the season with a good core too. Made a point to stick to a rough price structure (4.5/4.0 keepers + 1 prem def, 1 mid price, 3 budgets + 2 mid big hitters, 2 mid, 1 fodder + 1 premium fwd, 2 mid price). Made it very easy to make changes especially to the mid price folks and keep the premium players because they're still quality players.
Not being too clever with differentials also gave me a rather consistent season, spent most of season in top 10k. but the drawback of that is that you have a pretty template team and hard to rise in rank.Template helped me to rise to the top early on alright but now you need those differentials alright or you become stale. I held on to players a bit too long I think
Learned and applied the same lesson this year.
Last season I was burnt by keeper rotation, so this year I decided to go with 1 keeper. Started the season with Krul + Elliot, worked until both of them got injured got injured. Sold Krul for Guzan, worked a treat. Sold Guzan for Panti on winter WC. Meanwhile I gained a keeper in Myhill (who was my bench fodder in jan WC) and i played him week in week out until GW34, when I get Schmeichel.
So I think 1 keeper strategy has worked out for me. Have used 6 main keepers throughout the season, but somehow just spent 1 FT on them.Nice one mate. Very tempted by one keeper next season myself though I tend to do alright with rotation. I like having a back up for when the big boys come to town and you just know theyre going to dish out a spanking. Nothing worse than realising that no matter what happens, some of your players are going to blank
yea, really depends on keeper prices and fixture rotation potential. if there's good rotation potential for 9.0m, i'm all over it.
I recall early in preseason the Krul-Mannone rotation was favoured because of the home-away rotation giving you a home keeper every GW. But what many didn't choose to focus on was the quality of opposition - those were some tough games at the start of the season for them.
But i think keeper issue is just a small lesson compared to some other points above...Zan's especially.I went with Krul Mannone myself but for different reasons. I actually liked some of the away games lol giving decent opposition each week.
Yeah I think overall the key thing with keepers is no matter who you get, they points difference likely wont be much more than any other keeper.
The way I see it you can get 2x 4.5m keepers and have 2 goes at guessing the form defence. You don't have to rotate if one team out performing the other.
True that.
The unreliability of price changes has had a big effect this season too. I only made early transfers about once or twice this season and I think that has helped.
Last season, I was always rushed into making transfers to avoid a 0.2 swing (player you want to buy rises, while player you want to sell drops). This season i've been able to delay transfer decisions til after pressers and I feel it has helped alot.Thats helped me big time too but I think overall it has made the game slightly more dull. Agonising over making an early transfer and risking it or playing it safe may have wrecked my head at times but it was fun! 😆
Everybody playing PvA including me but I see Sunderland getting 0 CS, I also have Vardy, playing Schlupp instead of PvA is madness??
I'm very tempted to player Schmeichel instead of Pantilimon.
I´m very tempted to play Schmeichel and Schlupp instead of Panti and PvA.
Sunderland will concede against Arsenal and I don´t see them scoring, then it´s between Sunderland and Leicester and I Leicester in good form and defending well.
Unless they get thrashed it's be 4pts without cleansheets with the potential for more. I'd take that over a non-guaranteed 6 pointer. Probably some SGWers will end up outscoring them but wont know who til afterwards. Hindsight is wonderful lol
most likely is 3pts...they will likely concede 2 against arsenal..gk is different case though due to save points.
nevertheless i think i will play PVA since your replacement is schluppOk, thanks mate. 🙂
Yeah that´s true. 🙂
In the event that Hazard does start, and everyone's fears are a storm in a teacup--who drops to the bench of:
Gomez
Henderson
Vardy
Gerrard last game steals Hendo pens...Hendo on the bench for me
Should I bench Hendo for Skrtel or Terry, playing 4-3-3?
I would bench Skrtel and am Hendo first sub, Skrtel 2nd 😆
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I'm starting Terry and Hendo then, Skrtel first sub in case Haz rested. Cawson and Boyd as 2nd and 3rd sub. West Brom will get a cleanie 😆You know it. Boyd to score too 😀
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Henderson for me.
People will say vardy because he is cheap but he has been extremely attacking as have leicester, much more so than Henderson or LiverpoolI'm probably going to bench vardy over coutinho and sterling.
Definitely play gomezCheers, thank you.
Who would be more likely to be benched for one game?
A) Cazorla
B) Ramsey
I'm still torn between the two so looking for anything to make my decision clearer!With Wilshere back, i think Ramsey is abit more expendable.
Frees up Cazorla to play further up the pitch which is his preferred position.Nice. I was edging towards caz too. I think wenger loves him too.
Thanksi wouldn't say Wenger loves Caz...i'd say Wenger likes Wilshere's tenacity more and he could get more game time. The player that he would replace without affecting the fluidity of the team is Ramsey.
Clear Wenger favourites are Kos, Ozil, Sanchez, Wilshere, Coq and Giroud imo.
I think Ramsey is more injury prone, if that makes any difference.
Who should I bench?
A) Ivanovic (wba)
B) Terry (wba)
C) Skrtel (CRY)
Cheers.A or B imo
C
C
talking about rotating GK etc imo i am quite confident in playing a cheap GK..whether its rotating or just a single GK.
mainly due to save points..and especially golden if they have a stretch of good fixtures.
chance is u might get a penalty save too since these teams usually concede more chances on theory.
green..heaton..adrian all have penalty saves..not really coincidenceThis is the thing. Clean sheets are rarer in those fixtures but when they come they tend to be multiplied with saves and bonus
koscielny or mertesacker?
Koscielny
Koscielny=Template.. Mertesacker=Differential..
K
Is Henderson ➡ Gomez for -4 worth it considering it enables me to bring back Hazard in for Ozil or Cazorla during GW 38? I’m selling Hazard for Sanchez (C) this GW.
I guess I should consider it as 2-point hit but Henderson has Palace at Anfield. He won’t be on Penalties, though. I’ll be benching Henderson/Gomez in favour of Vardy during GW 38 anyway so technically it’s a hit for only this GW, saves 1.6m thus an enabler for GW 38.Sounds like a good plan.
Cheers, James.
Why get rid of him when they play Palace at home?
Seems a bit strange, imagine how up for it Liverpool are going to be for Gerrard's last home game.
Help please!!!
Bench two of them (at least 1 D have to play):
D Bertrand (H to Villa)
D Kolarov (A to Swansea)
M Henderson (H to Crystal)
M Hazard (A to WBA)
F Kane (H to Hull)
Very difficult choice for me!!!Bertrand & Hendo IMO
this
Cazorla vs Ramsey:
Cazorla very unlikely to score, even over 2 games:
1 goal the last 10 matches. Doesn't help that the stats are good when you only get an odd assist.A penalty could come at any time, especially with United.
Interesting stat on Cazorla in the Numbers article... deep-lying position but advances enough to afford himself goal-scoring opportunities
I prefer Ramsey to Cazorla but when you're looking at such a small number of games, and when there isn't one player glaringly better than the other, it's probably best to just trust the gut. Or if you're chasing a rival who has one, pick the other.
if you're leading a rival who has one, pick the same?
So all this information means that Ozil and Rosicky will have great GWs.... 🙁
yea that's the thing isn't it? he's looked good from a footballing perspective in recent games, but i haven't seen the Swansea game and not sure if those shots are just random pot shots as Arsenal got desperate or actual goal scoring opportunities.
Yesterday, my girlfriend asked what Fabregas had on his face. I told her he was in an awful car crash a few years back and now he is half robot. She believed me. Scarely believable.
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Rose & Hazard > Vlaar & Sanchez worth a -4pt for this GW? Vlaar would be bench for the upcoming GW, played in the last game of season. Sanchez in will mean I get the 3rd Arsenal player coverage for the DGW?
Appreciate the thoughtsif you have Giroud already, no point selling right?
Im still hopeful to get something out of him this week
evenin all.
Best route for dgw? thnx
1.FT 3rd arse: assuming one has sanchez and bellarin:
a.rambo (would be for a hit)
b.santi ft
c.kos ft
2.is it worth to take a ht for a Sun? (already have pva)
w.no hit
x.vardy>defoe
y.gomez
z.any other Sun player
panti - krul
terry - dawson - naughton - bellerin - pva
haz - silva - sterling - hendo - sanchez
aguero - kane - vardybw IMO
Hi guys, this is FFS unrelated. Was wondering if any of you could help with grammar.
Is the sentence 'the issue can be proceeded" grammatically wrong? Why is it?
Firstly, it's not a sentence.
I dont' see anything grammatically wrong with the sentence but it sounds odd and I think it's because of the unusual choice of words. It seems an odd way to structure a sentence.
Mainly what Im saying is, what comes before this to force you into such a tongue twister? 😆
Can you provide the entire sentence?
It is wrong but i dont know why!
We can proceed with the aforementioned issue
This sounds better. I think its wrong as proceeded is past tense and the can part of the sentence makes the the whole topic a future one. Maybe!Try adding with
'The issue can be proceeded with if we have the time.'
Still sounds clunky but doesnt sound grammatically wrong
And agree with others, it is a bit 'clunky'. put the whole sentence up in context and i can have alook
Something to do with "proceeded" being a verb and the "issue" being incapable of action.
Simple. No. There is no verb "to proceed", because it requires a preposition, usually "with" or "to". In short, it is an intransitive verb.
We proceeded to eat all the cake. Hmm.
I do think that with solves the clunky issues in this regard,Boom! With age comes great wisdom.
Haven't said it since seening you back on here but great to hear you are doing better mateThanks, SAB! 🙂
What about without?
"We can proceed with this issue." Even so, "issue" is used carelessly here, where you would expect "result", for instance.
Yeah agree with 'issue'. You might proceed with the solution to the issue but not the issue itself.
I'm sorry for the late reply as was busy attending to couple of clients. Thanks guys!
Play Vlaar(sou) or Schlupp(sun)?
Schlupp
Shlop
The amount of people getting rid of Hazard is staggering.
A lot of people need a way to get Sanchez and other arsenal mids in for the DGW and with Hazard Possibly being rested this becomes the most logical route. DGWs bring great expectations!! Many will bring him back for the final home game which might be a very free flowing and attacking game for the home fans!
the fact that many are doing it is tempting me. less to lose.
Especially if your trailing and can bring another good DGW mid or possibly a Gerrard type punt in. A hazard benching and a big score could just be that little extra that it takes to win a ML!
Henderson> jordi Gomez for a hit!
Yay or nay?No.
No
Nay
doesn't make sense
but that's not to say it won't pay off. worth the risk if you're chasing a leader who has Henderson.
im thinking it too, assuming
hendo assist, cs, no bonus = 2 + 3 + 1 = 6
gomez assist, goal, 2 bonus = 4 + 3 + 5 + 2 - 4 = 10
quite worth a gamble right?Are these numbers plucked out of the air?!
Pick 2 to bench :
Terry(Wba)
Jagielka (whu)
Henderson(cry)
Schlupp(sou)
Silva(SWA)Hendo and schlup for me
Jagielka and Schlupp
Jagielka (whu)
Schlupp(sou)
9 years, 1 month agoPrice changes
Risers: Aguero
Fallers: Hazard ( 😕 ) Drogba Crouch