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20 August 2015 5539 comments
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Tempted into dealing our Wildcards by yet another “mediocre” Gameweek, Granville and I go through almost the entire episode before Jonty reveals he’s weakened and gone “active”. It’s a revelation that almost has us both logging off and reaching for our own panic buttons.

Before that dramatic finale, we find salvation via another bout of “rough the smooth”, cheering ourselves with tales of Gameweek totals which dip below even our miserable tallies.

We also take a further round of community questions, forcing me to “fess up” on Theo Walcott, while Granville laments Wayne Rooney’s form and the three of us tackle the merits of Mahrez, Ozil and loading up on City assets.

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Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Think I'll be going with this. Rate it or hate it? 🙂

    Courtois // McCarthy

    Kolarov // Whittaker // Gomez // Richards // Targett

    Sanchez // Chadli // Depay // Yaya // Albrighton

    Aguero // Lukaku // Sakho

    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      think courtois provides more value than a 4.5?

      Who you benching this week?

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Yep, I wouldn't want McCarthy with a 4.5m option. Albrighton

    2. COYS Down Under
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Not sold on the defense personally since Gomez/Targett will both be benched sooner rather than later.

      Also Lukaku is big call in my opinion but if you're happy go with it.

      Love the mids on the whole, Depay is going make it big.

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers.

    3. Lallana_
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I got the Courtois/McCarthy combo but I'm reconsidering it. Courtois may keep cleansheets but he doesn't rack up points like Fabianksi and other keepers.

    4. BootlegRascal
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Potentially 4 non starters within a month or so. Isn't half the point of a WC to stabilise?

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Not worried about McCarthy losing his place. Kolarov may get the odd rotation but is surely first choice. I will probably change Gomez in hindsight but happy with Targett. Who needs 5 defenders? 😉

    5. AK ⭐
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Your WC team?

      Looks nice. Lukaku's fixtures are a worry, but guess you already know that

  2. COYS Down Under
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone captaining Sanchez this week over Aguero?

    1. Baines on Toast...
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yep. Just as dangerous and I think a better fixture.

      1. COYS Down Under
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        I think so too, currently have him as captain. He makes a good differential after all these wild cards.

    2. Prøphet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Im really close to it. Big headache

    3. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I think so

    4. Doolittle
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I'm still deciding, on Aguero but very tempted by Sanchez. I think both Arsenal and City will score at least 2 goals.

    5. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Going for Hazard.
      Do or Die for Chelsea.

  3. Kuns n Moses
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Everyone going with Francis as their BOU 4.5 option. What about Elphick? He's captain, so assured of starts, good aerial threat, scored against Liverpool Monday night, a goal wrongly disallowed in my opinion. Francis looked average to me, though that was the first time I've seen Bournemouth play. Anyone else looking at him?

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Being captain doesn't guarantee starts, but yeah.. he did look the best on Monday

      1. Kuns n Moses
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        For sure I agree, but he played every game last season. I think he could be a better, though i guess it's preference

    2. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      I would enjoy a Francis price drop.

    3. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Don't forget Daniels.. will surely record some assists in the coming weeks..

      1. Kuns n Moses
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Yeh Daniels looked good, problem is he is likely to face some sort of threat from Tyrone Mings.

  4. dmhomag
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    So GW3 and everyone has been shoehorned into a wilcard template team. Much earlier than previous seasons.

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Well I wouldn't say mine is template ^^

    2. COYS Down Under
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Not everyone, in a few weeks I think plenty of people will be wishing they hadn't WCed.

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        But possibly thanking god they had?

        Any people still own (8.7) Walcott?

    3. Skipdipper
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Every season I've played I've wildcarded early.
      This season I feel happy I've made right decision
      And a couple of free transfers can sort most issues

  5. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Anyone here considering Eriksen?

    1. COYS Down Under
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Too many good options for that price, hard to justify.

      1. S.Kuqi
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Like who?

    2. Lallana_
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      He's too hot/cold for me.

    3. SUAREZ_MESSI_COUTINHO
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yes, either him or Mata.

    4. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Ozil is a safer bet. So is Chadli/Ayew/Payet for a less pricey option.

  6. Caesar, Hot Mustache
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    A. Benteke + Sterling --> Diouf + Sanchez. (-4)
    B. Benteke + Sterling --> Diouf + Silva (-4)

    leaves me with

    Schmeichel
    Azpi Mert Cedric Coates Turner
    Ayew Mahrez Mane Ozil Silva/Sanchez
    Sakho Aguero Diouf

    & I can get Pedro in for Mane / Ozil if he's a starter. thoughts??

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      B.. at least for the coming GWs

  7. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    So it seems the issue this season is less about getting in players before they rise, but more about dropping underperformers.

    I can see a lot of people being .1 short of a transfer

  8. Jonny Sutt
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    A) Williams and galloway
    B) Darmain and S Taylor

    The other 3 defenders are Gomez Richards and Targett so pretty weak! A is rotatition, B is Darmain starting every week!

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Willaims is also nailed. More than Darmian 🙂

  9. Thick Of It
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Leave alone for this week?

    Ruddy
    Darmian/ Reid/ Morgan
    Mane/Sanchez/Mahrez/Ayew/Chadli
    Kun/Rooney

    Rudd/Defoe/Coloccini/Targett

    Will be getting rid of Defoe asap next week.

    1. Admiral Stark
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Think it's okay since you're not on WC

  10. Barwood
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Payet and Benteke or Depay and Sakho?

    Also finding myself (without any valid FPL data) wanting to shoehorn Shaqiri into wildcard time. Any views on Shaqiri? Feels a bit punty at this stage, but think he could be a potential monster.

    1. Admiral Stark
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Keyword; potential, there are a few decent 7m options out there, might be wise to wait and see

  11. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    For a draft league, so with the full season in mind:

    A) Take Pedro (classified as a forward)
    B) Wait for a better signing in THIS window

    I get first dibs on ONE signing. So gotta be very careful on this one.

    1. BellsOfFreedom
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Would not risk that early with Pedro.

      1. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        As in? It's a draft so think of it like a full season pick!

  12. AK ⭐
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Depay over Payet on WC?

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      No.. not yet.. give Depay some more times.

  13. Prøphet
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on this lot in the back. Think im done.

    Butland / Schmeil

    Kolarov / Bellerin / Jenkinson / Williams / Gomez (Will get Francis if he drops to 4.4)

  14. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Could I get quick votes please.

    Depay & Sakho or Payet & Diouf

    1. Prøphet
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Im on B

    2. Skipdipper
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Currently on Payet and Diouf
      May switch to Payet and sakho though as sakho nailed on certainty and Diouf game time might not be as much

    3. BellsOfFreedom
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Add Mane + Sakho to this dilemma also!

      I'm on Payet & Diouf, but in contemplation about switching as Diouf isn't 100% naild on.

  15. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Silva or Yaya?

    1. Admiral Stark
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Silva, if you can afford it

    2. Home Run Baker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Silva

  16. gtf
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    RMT

    Myhill
    Ivanovic Shaw Williams
    Sanchez Mane Payet Hoolahan
    Aguero(c) Kane Sakho

    McCarthy Anya Huth Oxford

    0 FT
    0.5 ITB

  17. Painter
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Best 4.5 keeper
    Guzan myhill butland

  18. Admiral Stark
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Morning lads, still having faith in Mane and/or Pelle after blanking last night?

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      No
      It's not the blanking, but more the 90 minutes

      1. Admiral Stark
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Even more worrying, and what's the deal with Jay Rod taking pens?

    2. 1zverGGademN
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Only Mane can deliver big returns from both and from Soton at all..

      1. Admiral Stark
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Perhaps in the long run, I'm starting to think Watford away will be a low scoring affair

  19. sqaub
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Final WC draft:

    Ruddy - Rudd
    Kompany - Darmian - Richards (S. Taylor, Targett)
    Mahrez - Barkley - Silva - Payet - Sanchez
    Kun - Pelle (Ighalo)

    Thoughts?

    1. Admiral Stark
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Not entirely sold on it, have plans to include Chelsea cover once they get back on their groove? (which could be as early as this weekend)

      1. sqaub
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah, I know. I have plans on bringing in Haz instead of either Silva or Sanchez.

  20. scmdouglas
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Hey guys - Team A (sensible) v Team B (dream midfield but unbalanced) - which would you go with on a WC

    A
    Butland
    Kompany Shaw Richards
    Silva Ayew Sanchez Mahrez Payet
    Gomis Kun

    B
    Butland
    Kompany Willaims Richards
    Silva Hazard Sanchez (Hooly and Wanya)
    Kun Gomis

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      A looks solid

  21. CAPTAIN_WALES
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Who to bench... Mahrez or Wilson (BOU one obv's 🙂 )... I think I know what people will say (Wilson), just want to double check though, as before normally you would say always put the striker on, but does the form of this midfielder change that?

    1. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Wilson

    2. SUAREZ_MESSI_COUTINHO
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Either could do well.

    3. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Wilson.

    4. Skipdipper
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Bench Wilson
      Spurs struggle at home against Leicester 🙂

      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        See my comment, previous page. Good luck.

    5. JJO
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Aoa aoa aoa

    6. CAPTAIN_WALES
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Cheers everyone!

  22. Jonny Sutt
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Which one guys?

    A) Williams and galloway
    B) Darmain and S Taylor

    The other 3 defenders are Gomez Richards and Targett so pretty weak! A is rotatition, B is Darmain starting every week!

    1. Eze Really?
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Neither. It will leave you with 3 rotation possibilities.

      1. Jonny Sutt
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        For a quality midfield and striker force, I can cope with a slight rotatition risk in defence! Plus, that's what my FT's are for!

    2. Skipdipper
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Neither

      1. st4rt__
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        This.

      2. Jonny Sutt
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Not really an answer is it? Thanks for the help though!

        1. Skipdipper
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          What's rest team?

          1. Jonny Sutt
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 4 months ago

            Hazard Sanchez Mahrez payet
            Gomis Benteke Aguero

  23. st4rt__
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    After all the tinkering, all the idea's, all the drafts - I've gone back to -

    McCarthy (Butland)
    Darmain - Kolarov - Williams
    Payet - Alexis - Silva - Mahrez (Hoolahan)
    Aguero - Gomis - Diouf

    Is their much point of Hoolahan? He'd only play 4x between now and GW10.

    Well anyway, it's template and it's annoying me again but the drafts I've come up with previously this morning last about 10-15 minutes before I think they're rubbish.

    1. st4rt__
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Richards/Francis on bench too.

      1. Paulie Walnuts
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        looks good to me and v similar to mine...

        I have westwood though, and sakho

    2. Shifty
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      No point on Hoolahan. Would just bank the extra 0.5 and go with a 4.5.

      Like i said before, template is template for a reason. You know what the template is - you decide whether you intend to go off-template.

  24. NorwEagles
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    What's best 4.5 keeper, you guys think?

    Butland? Myhill? Or other? Krul? Guzan?

    1. Eze Really?
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Butland long term. Guzan in dodgy side with good fixtures.

    2. jiGGidyJ1
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Myhill

    3. 1zverGGademN
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Guzan from those then Myhill

    4. Jonny Sutt
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Easily Myhill! They have dropped interested in Marshall ( who clearly would have been first choice), which leaves Myhill in goal till Foster is back who they clearly don't rate too highly if they were showing interested in another GK! A cheap way into a defence who will be solid under Pulis this season and he will get dozens of BP and shots saved!

  25. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts on this team for the GW...? Correct bench etc?

    Ruddy (STK)

    Bellerin (LIV) Azpi (wba) Targett (wat)

    Haz Silva Mane Mahrez

    Sakho Aguero Gomis

    Subs: Rudd. Fletcher (CHE), Huth (TOT) Mings (whu and won't play)

    1. SUAREZ_MESSI_COUTINHO
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      No. Huth before Fletcher.

      1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Do you think Huth is more likely to CS/Goal than Fletcher is to Goal?

        1. SUAREZ_MESSI_COUTINHO
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 4 months ago

          Yes

  26. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Is Kone best avoided since Yarmolenko signed?

    1. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Kone avoid .

    2. The 12th Man
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Probably, Mirallas to come back in too. Yarmolenko not over the line yet tho.

  27. Requiem for a Raheem
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    2 questions:

    Is there a school of thought (or at least a general consensus) regarding when your AOA chip should be played?
    If there is, and it isn't now, who should I bench this week:
    Redmond or Diouf?

    Cheers

  28. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    Who do you expect to start this week? Caulker or Yoshida?

    1. Mr. Grv
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yoshida

      1. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers!

    2. Eze Really?
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Ronald will probably change his defense but the irony is Yoshida has been their best player so far.

    3. NABIL - FPL otai
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      still Yosh

    4. Shifty
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 4 months ago

      Yoshida.

  29. scmdouglas
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    thx Royals5, thats where i am heading, its just the chelsea unknown and how Jose (and Pedro) react and team selection. wud like one in A but cant squeeze one in 🙁

  30. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 4 months ago

    E Howe give any update on Tyrone Mings...?