After assessing the Defenders, our series of members articles analysing the opening month of fixtures continues with a look at some of the stand-out statistics in midfield. Summer signings from Swansea, Crystal Palace, Man City, Chelsea and Norwich come under focus, whilst Arsenal’s premium big hitter offers many reasons for optimism.
Looks like Albrighton was the only riser. More to follow.
FPL price changes, 6 September 2015
Risers: Albrighton
Fallers: Baines
darn and blast!
Baines at 6.2 is great, I'm already excited about his return from injury in November 😀
I still think he's too expensive. Hopefully he drops to 6
no pens no fk no hope.
this
If he doesn't get penalties and free kicks back that would put a dampener on him as an option.
FK's a still a possibility as he's left footed. Should get a share
it would, but I don't see why he wouldn't get some of them back. Also the fixtures on his return are too good to pass up an Everton defender or two (*cough*Coleman) anyway:
21 Nov 15:00 Gameweek 13 Aston Villa (H)
28 Nov 15:00 Gameweek 14 Bournemouth (A)
05 Dec 15:00 Gameweek 15 Crystal Palace (H)
12 Dec 15:00 Gameweek 16 Norwich (A)
19 Dec 15:00 Gameweek 17 Leicester (H)
26 Dec 15:00 Gameweek 18 Newcastle (A)
28 Dec 15:00 Gameweek 19 Stoke (H)That does look a wonderful run of fixtures. Mirallas was on the bench the other day wasn't he? (He says looking for signs of hope.)
Cool. Alby went up
Baines could drop below 6 million by the time his fixtures turn good. What a steal that would be!
Thank you. The price movement is approaching zero. Zzz
Baines is also coming back from injury. Hard to get in form right away. He's worth keeping an eye on, but not a first team player.
Price Changes, September 6th
Riser: Albrighton
Faller: BainesGood try Balders. 🙂
👿 I bet it was the split second I spent removing the plurals from Risers and Fallers that did me 😛
Like the seconds I spent adding initials yesterday did for me. 😆
I love how wonderfully silly this is, I imagine ourselves as f1 pit crews trying to get our car out ahead of our opponent 😆
It's a good analogy. I went back and forth with Zasa last season and competition sharpened reaction times. 😆 I could never beat AR though, I think he used some kind of dark magic to speed the internet up! 😀
😀 I'll give you a run for your money in these international breaks but I know I'm not a fast/accurate enough typist when it comes to the days of 20 fallers
Remember Aaron Ramsey ?? he was fasttt 😀
Woohoo! Albrighton up.
So Pedro's price is still locked?
It would seem so. Crazy that it's been locked for this long
Only 2,600 net transfers in today...
I'm enjoying your blog btw Diva
Cheers Ryan. Any feedback/suggestions welcome. Just working on another post now. 🙂
This.
Keep it up Blog Dog 😉Thanks Slamdog.
Agreed!
Great initiative.Thank you The Cromulent One.
this^^^
it's awesome DIVA .. keep it upThanks HY.
quiz time, guess order these defenders by their best ever fpl season:
Baines
Coleman
Ivanovic
Terry
Then guess the defender with the next highest fpl season out of players currently in the game.Without cheating, I would guess
Baines
Ivanovic
Terry
Coleman
Next highest... Maybe Zabaleta.1/5!
Ouch.
Coleman
Baines
Ivan
Terry
Lescott?3/5! but holy jesus I overlooked Lescott (196) when looking for the best of the rest, I had Mertesacker at 157. 😯
Lescott is actually top 😎 😆
Absolutely gobsmacked. I bow to your wisdom.
I knew he had a big season, didn't realise it was that big! How do you say essential?
With a capital E.
Coleman
Baines
Iva
Terry
Ashley Cole ?2/5
Coleman, Baines, Ivanovic, Terry, Skrtel?
2/5
Coleman
Iva
Baines
Terry
Smalling ?4/5
coleman
ivanovic
Baines
terry
skrtel!4/5
Just peeked at the answers. Crazy that their top scores are 177-180.
yep in nice tidy increments of 1!
Based on the above, it must be:
Coleman
Ivanovic
Baines
Terry
Lescott then?ding ding ding we have a winner!
Lescott (196)
Coleman (180)
Ivanovic (179)
Baines (178)
Terry (177)Incredible from Lescott! :O
8 Goals,
2 assists,
14 clean sheets,
21 bonus points,
1 Lescott.wow..
Ivanovic
Baines
Terry
Coleman
Vidic
Vidic could be close
08/09 (I think the best) he had a sick season:
4 goals,
1 assist,
23 CS (if i'm not mistaken)
Can i get more than 3 Belgium players in my team ?
lukaku, kompany, haz, teke, KDB. Yeah why not
Can i get Fellaini too ?
How many Belgians are in the league? Probably not too far away from making a full 15.
14 , just two Belgian strikers in the Prem
there's three if you count Origi?
Origi is definitely there... is there a complete team?
Courtois Mignolet
Alderweireld Vertonghen Kompany ?? ??
Hazard KdB Mirallas Fellaini ??
Lukaku Benteke Origi
Who am I missing? Probably someone obvious.De laet Pocognoli
Chadli/ DembéléI don't believe that I forgot Chadli and Dembele.
But I didn't know DeLaet ant Pocognoli were Belgian.
Thanks.uw
Pocognoli always benched :/
forgot him lol
17 not including Januzaj.
So
Courtois Mignolet
Kompany Vertonghen Toby De Laet Pocognoli
Haz KDB fellaini Mirallas Chadli
Tekkers Lukaku Origi
Strong !!The team chemistry that would get on FUT!
LVL 9999
You lot think this group could propel me from 1.5m into the top million? 🙂
Ruddy (BOU)
Williams (wat) Huth (AVL) Cedric (wba)
Ayew (wat) Chadli (sun) Pedro (eve) Hazard (eve)
Pelle (wba) Aguero [C] (cry) Wilson (nor)
Hennessy/Westwood/Bacuna/Francis
Really taking a chance with double Chelsea attackers with their struggling form…
Just not seeing the sense in a Haz -> Sanchez switch just yet.
50+ points this GW?relies on Chelski really so I wouldn't bet on it
Surely surely you want to Hazard -> Silva??
Looks good.
Guzan, McCarthy
Darmian, Kola, Gomez, Targett, Huth
Sanchez, Pedro, Ayew, Mahrez, Barry
Aguero, Gomis, Wilson
4 ITB 0FT what do you think?
Maybe a bolster for defense next week. Cedric in for Targett?you have 0ft, and that's not worth a hit
So I should just wait and reevaluate after the next game week?
yep and also Viril looks better than Cedric for Southamptons defence
*Virgil
Oh so, maybe Bertrand might be the way to go when he is fully fit.
I'd take Virgil over Berty for the punt that Virgil gets free kicks, he scored a lot of them at Celtic.
I'd personally go Targett -->> Naughton/Williams. Prefer Swans team & fixtures over So'ton
Close your FPL tab & sit tight!
Thoughts on my WC team? I know it's template but I reckon it'll do ok
Myhill
Kolarov - Shaw - Francis
Sanchez - Pedro - Sterling - Mahrez
Aguero - Gomis - Wilson
Butland - Sinclair - Cathcart - Ward
I'm just not that confident with Watford and Bournemouth defenders.....YYT over Sterling?
Really?
Actually if was going with a City midfielder it would be Sterling. Kdb will affect YYT's attacking returns and Silva will lose his role as the main supplier and possibly even in the hole. IMO Sterling is the only Manchester City attacker besides Aguero that will actually benefit from this in a positive way, at least statistically speaking.
Can agree with this. Almost feel like City midfield is too much of a crapshoot to even make a pick. May be better to look at other options.
I dunno. I see no reason to believe that Silva won't continue to be their main creative force, at least for the short-medium term.
I'm not sure about Sinclair in there.
Nice team! I would get Holebas over Cathcart & you could save 0.6m- Westwood instead of Sinclair if you don't intend to rotate Mahrez.
Similar team to mine below but went with Silva as city MD. Utd's fixtures get worse so that's why I'm avoiding Shaw.
Is Myhill position under threat with lindegaard signing?I don't think there's anything wrong with Francis, he should be cheap and cheerful.. Prodl over Cathcart if you do want Watford
How's my WC team looking?
Schmeichal McCarthy
Kolorov Naughton Gomez Francis Ward
Sanchez Pedro Silva Mahrez Westwood
Aguero Gomis Wilson
Have 0.4m to spare, any thoughts???Use that last 0.4 on Ward to Dawson?
0.1 short....have Ward at 4.5.
Palace's fixtures improve in 2 GW's and are currently playing great football. Not convinced by WBA at all.....lucky to hold out against 9 man Stoke last time out
How much did you pay for Gomez?
Had him since day 1....current SV is 4.6 and he's now 4.8
Keep him then. Either Ward to Evans or bank that 0.4m.
I'd consider:
- Krul instead of Schmeichel (Krul rotates extremely well with McCarthy after next week)
- Gomez to a West Brom defender (not convinced Gomez won't get rotated eventually and Pool's defense might get leaky)
- Downgrading Pedro (to Mane, Payet, Chadli, etc.) so you can upgrade Westwood (don't love being forced to play one of Westwood and Wilson every week).
But it looks good overall.-GK I'm still undecided, nice rotation alright with Krul but similar enough with Schmeichal to be honest.
-Not convinced WBA at all, hung on to beat 9 man stoke last time out and think the addition of Evans isn't an improvement. Gomez was a GW punt early and has two plum home fixtures after Utd so not going anywhere,
-Not convinced by any of the 3 mentioned and honestly think Chelsea will start hitting form and think Pedro is a cheaper route into attack over Haz/Costa
Thanks for your time and thoughts though mate. Much appreciated
Defence:
Myhill (Mccarthy)
Shaw, Kolarov, Ward (Steven Taylor/Targett)
0.6 ITB on WC
any reasonable way to upgrade?Maybe Taylor to Muniesa or Morgan (?)
Williams/Naughton Kolarov Dawson Ward francis
myhill is nailed ? may be myhill→Butland/krulsorry... if krul so Francis→moniesa
I'd make room for 0.4m more & upgrade both Taylor & Targett. 2 of Muniesa, Morgan/Huth, Holebas/Prodl, Francis.
Ew. No.
STaylor will not start regularly.
Targett should drop back to the bench as soon as Bertrand is back, which should be imminent.
McCarthy's place is threatened by Speroni's return in the next few weeks.
West Brom just signed Lindegaard on deadline day, so Myhill is not assured of a starting spot. Plus, Foster will be back in October.
You want a playable bench after the WC...
I think u have to use ur wc
You need to address Myhill Saylor and Targett if you are on a WC. I'd personally downgrade Shaw to Naughton and use the extra cash to upgrade both 4.0m DF's to 4.5m DF's.
Butland/Krul/Schmeichal in for Myhill due to Lindegaard signing
A)YYT and Diouf
B)Cazorla and Gomisyou have Ayew ? if no (Ayew&Diouf) imo
this
A
Tough. B, just.
Would you drop any of these to get Sanchez on a WC?
A) Silva
B) Ayew
C) Pedro
D) No Sanchez
(Have Gomis and Aguero)D)
Or B
Between C & D for me
C
If Alexis blanks again this GW, I'll be selling him.
Not worth the price tag atm.cheers guys
C
Lloris Barthez
Kos Mangala Amavi Zouma Sakho
Schneiderlin Nasri Sissoko Cabaye Payet
Giroud Rémy GomisVive la France!
I love how Barthez is there 🙂Lol Lord Barthez deserves the spot
Allez les Bleus
De Gea
Bellerin, Monreal, Azpilicueta, Muniesa
Silva, Pedro, Mata, Cazorla
Costa, Bojan
Adrian, Ayoze, Gomez, Moreno
0.4 ITBGreat La Roja team
Herrera & Cesc are essential though
I'm not sure what my point is to this list but here's the 180+ club for current FPL players:
Yaya Toure: 241
Hazard: 233, 202, 190
Rooney: 230, 224, 190, 184
Aguero: 216, 211
Fabregas: 214, 205
Mata: 212
Sanchez: 207
Cazorla: 205
Adebayor: 200, 194
Sturridge: 197
Lescott: 196
Walcott: 194
Silva: 191, 184
Kane: 191
Giroud:187
Lambert: 187
Coleman: 180
Special mention as joint highest GKs:
Schwarzer: 175
Hart: 175
As a spurs fan, difficult to stomach Adebayor on that list TWICE! Who is the guy currently posing as him at spurs
He's in rarefied company that lad 😉
Lescott!
No Terry?
not quite, 177 is his best
If you could have any keeper for next 5 weeks, regardless of price, whom would that be?
Cech
Hart, but that'd waste a City spot.
Hart is better
got 3 city already. cech hmm... I'm considering krul actually... ?
what about Mignolet. Easy fixtures after man utd game
Lol - the man utd game is the one you want him in for!
Myhill
next five weeks - Hart or Myhill/Lindegaard
fabianski /Krul
Mingnolet!
Help me. Choose 3 of them to play in this coming gw
Gomez, kolarov, morgan, richard, wardKol, Mor, Ric.
🙄
first 3three
Kola, Ward, Morg
You have Ward for this kind of game.You're probably right. I benched him during games against arsenal n chlsea which he scored. I could win my h2h league with my friends on that gameweek if i played him. Is there any chances he will score against city this week?
Kol Morgan...................and...................a coin toss 🙁
reply fail for Jack 93 above
Any signs for Lindwgaard to start instead of Myhill?
Most pundits say lindegaard ahead of myhill
So Mccarrhy is gonna be my bench sub then ... I like it! 😀
McCarthy *
is sanchez worth wc change, if i don't do it now i wont be able to afford him and others i want later on team value is 100.1
Curtois
Kompany Shaw Clyne
Hazard Touré Mahrez Ayew
Wilson Lukaku Agüero
subs -Schwarzer Gomez Gamboa Andreu
to
Krul
Kolarov Shaw Muniesa Nyom? taylor
pedro Silva sanchez mahrez westwood
wilson gomis aguero
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Good afternoon, fellas.
Would anyone mind giving me their thoughts on this team?
With 1 FT and 0.1 ITB,
Courtois (Butland)
Kolarov, Shaw, Williams (Cathcart, Richards)
Sanchez, Silva, Payet, Hoolahan (Montero)
Aguero (C), Gomis, Wilson
I was thinking either go Courtois to Lindegaard or try to switch out Montero for another sub-6 midfielder. Perhaps Sako? Cheers.
Downgrade Courtois to a 4.5 as Che defence is a mess & upgrade Montero to Ayew.
Was going to say the exact same thing.
Thoughts? 2 FTs. Don't want to lose Pelle and Payet just yet. Not sure what else to do.
Hart
Darmian / Williams / Targett
Alexis (C) / Payet / Toure / Ayew
Pelle / Aguero / Diouf
McCarthy -- Hoolahan, Richards, MuniesaHow much ITB? I'd start thinking about replacements for Targett.
Nothing in the bank unfortunately. Yeah he's the issue I was thinking about as well but I'd have to get rid of someone to make funds for the move.
If you're not going to play Hoolahan at home v Bournemouth then you may as well downgrade him to a 4.5.
+1
Was gonna use my AOA chip. Sorry didn't mention it
Yeah that would work. Targett to bench & your eac of your defence has cs potential.
I'm seeing a lot of Krul momentum gathering pace. I saw highlights of Ars v New & New defence seems quite good with plenty of pace which closes down the attackers space.
Absolute wall = Krul. Really considering having Krul/Lindegaard be my GK platoon for the coming weeks.
Yeah I'm thinking of selling McCarty for him with my ft & playing him v West Ham. Newcastle really closed down Arsenal's attackers last gw & as you say he's a wall.
You should consider having a Krul and McCarthy rotation. It's great after this week.
How does squad look for the next 4/5 GW's..
Teams for upcoming GW in place.
Schmeichel,
Morgan, Francis, Kolarov,
Sanchez, Silva, Pedro, Mahrez,
Diouf, Gomis, Aguero
Subs, Butland, Richards, Ward, WestwoodDon't like double Leic defence. I'd also prefer another 5+ defender in there so you could rotate your 3 4.5's.
This. Downgrade Diouf to Wilson and upgrade Morgan to Shaw or Monreal or Naughton.
Yaya (C)
3 goals in his last 3 apps against palaceA brave man you are.
Think I've finally talked myself into Pelle to Wilson. Yes or no? Would free up funds to upgrade Targett.
If you are happy with it then do it
I think.you might be better off doing Pelle to Sakho (WHam).
Sakho has better fixtures a bit longer, isn't up in price already, and his manager just added two more service providers on the last day of the transfer window.Good point. What have you done? Now I can't decide lol
I'm behind the curve adding West Ham attack as had to fix my.defense, so brought in Cresswell for this week to split the difference.
Bringing in 1 or 2 of Payet/Antonio/Kouyate/Sakho within next 2 weeks.If I've already got Payet then I should surely go with Wilson?
Not sure about that
I like it.
Anyone likes to play roulette here?
Russian or regular?
By regular do you mean French or American?
As a croupier I played a lot, but from the other side.
Best casino odds until you bet enough to get true odds on the dice.Red/black best odds available yeah?
I stick to only blackjack on the occasions I go to casinoBlackjack is fine if you know what you're doing, play the odds and don't get some arse playing his hunches to your right.
Black/Red, High/low, odd/even But not in America The extra double zero is a killer for for the punter.
I would need to move 1 of these to bring in Ayew
A.Williams, Shelvey, Gomis
Would you bother with 2 transfers (4pt hit) to bring him in?
Who would you drop, of the 3 listed?Stand pat.
No
Shelvey
