Our usual post-Gameweek article for members arrives this evening as we delve deeper into the data for the first round of fixtures. Leicester’s two-goal hero, Man City and Southampton’s chief creators, Swansea’s improved goal threat and an eye-catching cameo from Arsenal’s Chilean all come under analysis.
FPL price changes, August 13, 2015
Risers: None
Fallers: Remy, Bamford, Kozák, Kramaric
Cheers.
So they've reverted back to the original price chane time. Cheers Diva
After I let myself Ponder over Darmian at 3am yesterday >:(
Yes, I wonder if the script failed to run last night or something.
Maybe.
Pity the 1.7% Bamford owners.
Just noticed this as well. My concern is with the inconsistency of the times yesterday's prices rose and today's prices fell. Hope it becomes one consistent time from now on
Should be the 3am morning deal.
This was the regular time last season so I'd hazard a guess it will remain at this time.
Cheers
its got to be because of a failed process yesterday
script or batch or db didnt do its job so someone manually did it when the got in to the office
think it'll be automated at the 2 or 3am time ffrom now on
and fplstatistics nailed it again
Arsenal news. I think Ramsey could be dropped. Don't think Sanchez will play. Been visiting their forum a lot.
Ramsey is surely the most threatened by Sanchez' return. He's not a wide player, Oxlade is (and is in good form).
Cazorla/Ramsey double-pivot and we're sorted. Coq out!
That would be typical Wenger. Drop your only DM to shoe-horn the favoured ones into the team. But I think he may have learned the error of his ways now. Chelsea 6-1 Arsenal 18 months back (when he also played without a DM) taught him a big lesson I think.
We used it a few times successfully last season, but only against poor teams at home who didn't have anyone creative to trouble us. Coq will have his hands full with Puncheon or Cabaye this game though.
Not wrong.
As a Ramsey owner, I'm definitely concerned about his playing time against Palace.
That'd be an option at home but I don't think Wenger would take such an open side on the road.
Oxlade was responsible for giving away a goal, his defence is shocking and he will be benched, Ramsey maybe too
Was one of their best players attacking wise though. Only one who looked interested. Won't be benched. None of the gunners seem to think so either. Been on their forums.
great at probing but his ball retention is woeful
"He will be benched" is a pretty definitive assertion.
Wouldn't rather express your thoughts as opinions rather than facts? Or do your opinions automatically assume the status of facts because...they are your opinions and you can't be wrong?*pew pew pew*
Wenger doesn't like playing two proper wingers though. He says it's not balanced. I think that was his argument for playing Podolski LW all the time.
Nooo. My criteria was a nailed on Arsenal mid. I assumed Caz Ozil and Ramsey are nailed and then picked Ramsey. This doesn't sound good
Personally, I think it's unthinkable that Sanchez doesn't start. It's not like he's coming back from injury and needs protecting...
One of the posters(arsenal fan) had a genuinely good post about what Sanchez has done so far this summer. He's hardly had any rest and they can't afford a Sanchez burnout this season again.
I'm all for getting Sanchez. But i'll get him when he's played 90.Could Wenger have even Sanchez lead the line against Palace?
No chance that Ramsey gets dropped Imo
Demi said if Sanchez doesn't start he will stop posting on FFS.
We need to find a new line up guy then.
He will start...
Gru
Alexis Ozil Walcott
Santi CoqFair enough. I don't think it is that certain. Anyone's guess really. If you ask me, there are a lot more arguments for him not starting.
I'm not Wenger but if i was a betting man i'd say he wont start.If Demi says he will, I trust him. He said this week Aguero and Alexis will 100% start.
He's neither Pelligrini or Arsene. They are the only ones who know.
I trust Demi more over a few Arsenal fans though.
Gutsy call. Hope it pays off for you though GB.
Ty LR 🙂
+1
Who's this Demi fellow?
No way...Walcott will miss out again, and people still won't learn
I reckon Giroud gets benched for Wally.
This Week Risers and Fallers till Now:
Fallers:
Kozak
Remy
Ulloa
Kramaric
De Gea
Bamford
Risers:
Mahrez
Darmian
Gomez
Expected Fallers:
Baines
Ki
Expected Risers:
Coutinho
OxfordCout- 94.6%
Oxford- 92.3%hmm I am expecting many to do transfers tonight and tomorrow..so they can rise..
Deadline Friday though
yeah tomorrow night deadline...I know that
But there's only one more price update, pre-deadline
Well I completely missed this mornings changes. Isn't Baines locked because of injury status?
He is? forgot that..
Just more transfers needed.
Based on last season, if Walcott survives tomorrow morning is he still in danger of dropping Saturday morning, or is transfers out measured on a weekly basis?
It doesn't reset so either morning is likely.
Thank you
I wake up to the sound of my alarm at 10:00 AM on a Saturday. Lasts nights hangover lingering and to my dismay the glass of water next to my bed is empty. I stir a bit but try to be quiet so I don't wake up my better half. I smell of cigarettes and Vodka, my head throbbing and my throat dry, but I feel good. Why? because my fantasy lineup is perfect.
Looking back at that day, August 8th feels like it was just yesterday...
Almost one week later I sit at my desk, its the last day of work before I have a two-week holiday to France, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. I should be thinking about the friends I will see, the places I want to go, and more importantly how to best budget this. But what is on my tired mind? two skinny kids in their early to mid twenties, one donning a #14 on a red jersey, the other a #7 against a light blue.
I guess in the grand scheme of things, fantasy football is not very important. But not for me, for me its not about a score at the end of the year. Its not about improving my overall ranking. Its about he drama, its about the competition with my friends, its about those weeks that make you feel like you're on top of the world and also the ones where you wonder "what could have been?"
What is the point of this post? Im saving my FT. thanksI just read the last line..Save It!
haha love it
it sure is a rollercoaster ride 🙂
omg favourite article of the week!
wait a minute...
brilliant, sums it up nicely
- Today's press conferences
Lots of Press Conferences today:
0845 - Watford - Quique Sanchez Flores
0900 - Everton - Roberto Martinez
0930 - Aston Villa - Tim Sherwood
0930 - West Ham - Slaven Bilic
1230 - Tottenham - Mauricio Pochettino
1330 - Man City - Manuel Pellegrini
1400 - Stoke - Mark Hughes
1400 - Southampton - Ronald Koeman
1400 - Leicester - Claudio Ranieri
1400 - Swansea - Garry Monk
1400 - Celtic - Ronny Deila
1415 - Man Utd - Louis van Gaal
Cheers Demi, really helpful
Nice! Thanks!
Whoops...miissed QPR's post on the last page!
He did get their first.....although I prefer your formatting 🙂
Do you have a source? Your list has Man City (QPRs doesn't) - also you have United at different time.
Interesting, I wonder which is right!
Celtic?
Van Dijk?
No Arsenal, would have loved to hear about Wally and Sanchez
Is it a deffo we wont get an Arsenal presser now?
Normally Friday's at 9AM, with updates via Arsenal.com at some point on Thursday's.
Thanks very much mate!
I assume Wenger doesn't normally openly confirm if specific players are going to get a start though, e.g. Walcott for example, since you're an Arsenal fan.
??No, it's very doubtful we'll be any the wiser on Theo, but we might get useful information on Alexis, as his starting position is only in doubt due to fitness.
Thought as much... gut it is then!
Come on Wally!!!
Cheers mate
BBC has LVG at 12:15?
Do you watch all of these Demi?
😀
First big numbers of the season
my favourite article
Nah, that would be the preamble. 😆
We can have two, cant we.
Francis and Ritchie are a good combination down the right, just need a goal scorer.
I have both so this is very pleasing!
Here's a puzzler for you.
Of all the players in currently in FPL, this player has the highest season score as well as being a pretty good pick in value for money over 4 of his 5 seasons.
who is he?Toure
Correct Demi.
He is only 8.5m.
He's the highest scoring player this week. (luckily!)
What's unbelievable is that he's not on the watchlist yet 4 debut season midfielders are. Seriously?..and he's not in my team.... made way for Ramsey before deadline, hrumpfff. 😉
Ihad him till that stupid wee yellow flag.
Gutted. 8.5 was a clear steal.
I think it's the "luckily" bit you've acknowledged. Silva for example was involved in all 3 goals, and Sterling is more of a threat from open play. I'm not really privy to how it's formed or tweaked, but fancy Silva/Sterling to both outscore Toure by the end of the season. Not saying i agree, but that might be why Toure is overlooked. He seems to score well, but he doesn't threaten to like Silva/Sterling do
I just find the lack of Yaya love especially amongst the unwavering belief in Walcott strange sometimes.
But see my post just below, 🙂
Silva is Gold!
Makes me wanna WC on his own, why did I ignore!
🙁Hope so. I got raheem in his place 🙁
Toure will also play deeper with Aguero back imo
Re-phrase that.
Who's the record season scoring player currently playing in FPL?
Walcott should not drop tonight, right ?
-70% now don't think so.
Anyway I reckon it was around 7.30am today.
Cheers Paul. Always a favourite article of many. Blimey, those Walcott numbers!
Those numbers shocked me.
What about 'em
Walcott numbers good or bad? Just joined and dont really know how to use all the features
Sorry, that was naughty of me. Walcott is actually not mentioned in the article once
I'm agahst.
aghast*
Lol. I sold him.
Attacking potential aside, I though Kolarov looked good defensively this week, albeit against a poor WBA. any chance Pel has learnt his lesson and Kol becomes a fixture in the side?
No, but the thought is nice
Sadly I agree. Will be monitoring closely though.
i genuinely think Pell prefers Kolarov (he played most games back end of last season) but fact is city will rotate their full backs, its one of the rules of fpl
Think Clichy was injured towards the end an never got back in the side.
Fine article, my favourite in fact.
Makes me want to make a transfer though!Me too, a great read and transfer tempter as you say.
Who would you rather have this week, irrespective of price?
Walcott & Sakho or Payet & Wilson or SinclairWilson/Sinclair btw
walcott and Sakho by a mile
Okay great, thank you
The one number that I'd like to see referenced on that list is the number of MIDs that registered Bps this week and what we can deduce from that with the changes to this season BP system.
FPL site has that number. Expected higher.
Can we expect it to be a frequent occurrence of low Bps output from our MID investments this season!?! I'd certainly have to reconsider budgetary emphases if it were the case.
Seeing there is 6 mids, 2 defs, 1gk & 1 fwd in double figures, I wouldn't worry about the baps atm.
I'm a sucker for a bonus point though! 🙂
Cheers Paul.
Great article.
Ayew or Gomis?…Ritchie or Vardy?Gomis and Vardy even though that doesnt seem right because that means 2 strikers getting in and 0 mids.
My bad (i have my team linked).
Meant who to get rid: Vardy or Ritchie?
Depending on who to buy: Gomis or Ayew?Ahhh makes more sense. Well vardy had 4 shots inside the area so I wouldnt be getting rid of him. I feel it could be hard for Ritchie to score in that Bournemouth team so I would look at Ayew even though Gomis will probably score more than Ayew if that makes sense.
Tks JC.
Not sure that helped 🙂
Love this article. Thank you, this alone is worth every penny of the membership!
Gomis is IN the House! 😀
Hit?
First. - 4.
If I take enough hits, I might be on negative points. is that even possible?
Ouch! 🙁
Omg!
Nice. I might join tomorrow
Who goes. I have Sakho, Kame and Roon, so looking at a Swan mid
Can't fit hm in sadly. Shelves likely to be acquired soon though.
Shelves! 😆
You building?
Looking for a mid to support the rest of my team.
Cheers Shelvey looking a decent option then.
Ayew is IN the House! 🙂
If it's Payet next week and Kun the week after, I'll start to believe we have identical teams!!!
Hehehe. I have Agüero ... 😉
Damn! I clearly need to pick up the slack!!
Sakho here 😀
I have him too ... 🙂
Well then I also have Pelle 😀
No Gomis great pick, but no reason for me to sell Pelle/Sakho to him for a hit, good luck with him DoosCheers, mate - and you with Pellè - like him second.
id love to get Gomis but would mean dropping Kane, seems bit silly
Oooh big numbers
This. 😆
Lovin' dem numberssss.
How lucky are those wanyama-owners.. he'll probably be a bit more attacking now with romeo coming?
And what of Juliet?
A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet ... 😉
Nice quoting skills.
That was about Romeo
Correct:
"Jul: ’Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself though, not a Montague.
What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part 45
Belonging to a man. O! be some other name:
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes 50
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself."
But still ...I got made to read it numerous times in higher english.
I liked Mark Knofflers Romeo and Juliet more than William Shakespeares though
I can't do everything, but I'd do anything for you,
Can't do anything 'cept be in love with you
...
And all I do is kiss you
Through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you, anytime.
______________
Worra poet that man is.
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
She speaks
See how she leans her cheek upon her hand.
O, that I were a glove upon that hand
That I might touch that cheek!
Who is losing his spot? Was a bit worried about Wanyama..
Beckhams lad?
Transfer out one of these: Sterling Depay Fabregas.
The 3 of them!
😉
Fab, Depay.
Sterling may be the best of those.Very tempted to drop three, get mahrez and sanchez in and someone else for a -8 😛
Depay
Fàbregas easily.
All of them
I would want to keep all but Depay or Fab if you must
Fab
Walcott stats per 442:
9 passes.
2 blocked shots (one from miles away)
No chances created or any other shots.
Glad I sold that guy.
Ruddy
Mert Cedric Coates
Sterling Hazard Ozil Mane
Rooney Sakho Benteke
Butland Westwood Huth Francis
0 itb , 1 FT
Save?Save
Whatever Walcotts stats are.. He only played 25 minutes.
🙂
Blest defensive rotation between 4.5s?
The rubbish bournemouth watford one
Schmei and Butland xD
Time for my first joke transfer of the season
Ki to Evs confirmed
Decision made; I'm selling Walcott for Ayew tonight for the following reasons:
- I can't afford that 0.1 drop if I want to get in Sanchez next week
- I tend to wildcard early on, so would be helpful if I have a high TV
- I don't think I can handle the stress of owning a player when I never know if he is gonna start, regardless of how explosive he may be
- I promised myself I wouldn't be stubborn when I "know I'm right" but oppose the masses. Stubbornness has been the death of my team most seasons.
- I can stop worrying about what day his price will change
If nobody can convince me otherwise, I will be selling at midnight.
You have 37 minutes...
you goof! he wont drop this eve
Agree -70 now, will we get till Friday Ffish?
Its gonna be a close call. But im holding!
Yea if more were patient, what were they expecting?
He will deliver ....the 0.1 drop will sway me though. I cant lose it
but he will before he plays, won't he?
It's tight, bloody Wenger is to blame for this,
None of Ozil/Rambo/Caz close had to be Wally!
Chill everyone!!!!!dont forget the deadline is friday night, so we may be ok
But I would probably have to sell him before he plays on Sunday to save that 0.1
Ayew was very impressive against Chelsea and if it means you need to transfer in order to get Sanchez then I would probably do it.
Walcott is much more likely to start this weekend after their performance against West Ham. Palace haven't been inspiring at the back since Pardew took over. It's GW2, it's too early to judge a player's potential just yet.
But even if he plays, it looks like he'll be heavily rotated this season with Giroud. I don't think I can handle that stress! If Giroud is injured Theo can return to my team
you can look at this Ayew hat trick for 37 minutes then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Gzdc3GYXwI just watched a clip of his 17 goals from last season - they were nearly all terrible. STarting to have doubts now.
I'm afraid that's the price to pay. He will be at the right place to score, but they won't be beautiful goals. Look at the chelsea one. He does not give up, though.
He's going to score a hat-trick vs Palace.
Much prefer Payet if you can swing it
I already have Payet...and Chadli
wally wont drop this eve, and the deadline comes in at Friday night. I think Wally owners may just get away with it!!
Friday 07:00am will take him over the edge.
It wouldn't if people would be patient - such a fickle bunch!
Unfortunately the non FFS community are selling for Toure in their droves.
I cannot have an 8.9m player. He basically falls 0.5
perhaps. I am waiting as long as I can
Looking forward to using my 2 FT in the coming weeks... thoughts on Benteke, Depay -> Gomis, Sanchez?
Yeh looks alright but your mind could completely change by next week.
Currently planning for some future transfers. What would you guys rather have? Gradel + Pelle or Ozil + Deeney. Keep in mind that I already Mane and will using Walcott as the mid who is transferred out.
Ozil and Deeney.
Reply fail...
Walcott stats per 442:
9 passes.
2 blocked shots (one from miles away)
No chances created or any other shots.
Glad I sold that guy.Got Hazards stats?
Yes. There are none, the lazy fecker.
He won't sell him though. 😆
Hazard is nailed on. Walcott isn't.
Really do not understand the FFS Walcott fandom...Walcott did as much as Hazard in a 3rd of the time.
If you want to use stats then compare the two.
A million passes...
Just in the wrong place.
One shot on target.
2 chances created. Few failed passes in the box...Still got him?
See above comment.
Yep. I think you have it there.
Is Ki falling tonight? Best replacement under 6 mil and under?
Mahrez or Kouyate, imo.
Mahrez or Shelvey IMO.
Shelvey also OK.
Thanks both, don't fancy Mahrez or Kouyate / Sakho double up so will prob be Shelvey - what about montero / Larsson?
Montero also interesting. Flakey, but.
