The first members’ article of the week arrives this evening as we delve into the data from Gameweek 6. We check in on Chelsea and West Brom’s new attackers, assess Everton and Southampton’s lone strikers, and cast an eye over Liverpool’s main performers in light of Brendan Rodgers’ move to a 3-4-1-2 formation at home to Norwich.
McCarthy
Kolarov Dawson Muniesa
Sanchez Silva Pedro Shelvey
Aguero Diouf Wilson
Schmeichel / Westwood Richards Aldy
1FT 0.9 itb
I know I have some risks and some to get rid of (Muniesa, Shelvey, possible McCarthy) but I think I can scrape through this week and reassess with 2FT next week?
First.
Second, good try 😉
I'd be very tempted by muniesa > zouma
Actually hold the phone....Shelvey! 😯
Think Diouf might be out too.....basically I'd be using that FT
Shelvey will play though, so only risks are Muniesa / Shelvey / Silva and have just about enough cover. Maybe Shelvey > Mahrez?
Yes....so much yes. Hadn't even realised that you didn't own mahrez.
Everything has gone wrong this year. Hanging in there at 1.2 mil rank 🙁
I'm only 975k after three top 5k finishes in the last four seasons. Been really tough so far this year.
Indeed it has, thanks for the input and good luck!
Don't be silly.
Why....hasn't muniesa lost his place? Zouma is a risk yes, but one that comes with potential big reward. Saying that he has much more pressing issues in Shelvey and Diouf and potentially silva too (if confirmed out)
I think with all the risks I had I need guaranteed starters to come in to steady the rocking ship!
Fair enough. Hopefully Diouf and silva both fit leaving you with only muniesa (potentially) and Shelvey to worry about.
So maybe I can scrape through and then use 2FT next week.
Tempted by Shelvey > Puncheon though
Love these members only articles. So useful
Completely agree. Love them
giggity
Hi everyone, need some advice around planning transfers & points potential.
Which combo to score better:
A) Francis vs stk (GW7) & Sako vs WHM (GW9)
Or
B) Cathcart vs cpl (GW7) & C.Wilson vs city (GW9)A imo
Thank you
Massive numbers.
Indeed
Out of these players, who would you put as a sub. Preferably 1-3-4-3 formation.
DeGea - McCarthy ( Goalkeepers)
Sagna - Ben Davies - Cathcart - Evans - Jo Gomez (Defenders)
Mahrez - Sanchez - Silva - Pedro - Hoolahan (Midfielders)
Wilson - Agüero - Diouf (Forward)
Cheers.
Bench McCarthy, Davies, Gomez and Hoolahan. Hoolahan first sub in case Diouf doesn't play.
Diouf Hoolahan Gomez
Thanks Paul. My favourite article of the week.
Reported your favourite article of the week has to be the Preamble .
looks like Diouf is out this GW too, if so who to replace him with? Bojan, Martial, Ighalo, Vardy? Have Kun and Wilson upfront right now.
who says he is out?
Can't see him recovering to start if he couldn't even make the bench tonight. Even if he is fit Bojan, Walters and Crouch all scored recently. No guarantee that he'll start.
Sucks. Was counting on him during Stoke's run of fixtures.
Rondon or Berahino?
Sakho?
So no Silva news then? *sigh*
Worth moving Silva on for KDB (or even Yaya)?
I'm holding until we get some confirmed news on Silva.
Makes sense. I'm very tempted though.
Silva to KDB
Im going to do Silva to Payet now before the price increase. Is this a good idea?
What's the story with Silva ? If he is fit will he start or has kdb gonna play ?
I dont know. But he hasnt trained in a week or so. I can see him starting european game and being rested against spurs
I thought he was training?
He had trainers on. Might have done gym work then came out for team meeting.
Pictured at training. Not necessarily training. He was wearing trainers and not boots like the others
If silva 100% then of course he'll start, the question is whether he will be fit though. If a slight doubt then he might not be risked with the CL week after.
Chadli to Payet a no brainer?
Part of me remains unconvinced by Payet as a goalscorer but his points hauls speak for themselves. Definitely tempted by Arnie/Shaqiri instead though!No brainer imo
Yeah. Chadli might get dropped. Lamela played fairly well and Eriksen should start sgainst City along with Son
Yep Chadli's definitely going. I think he'll start but he's certainly a risk for reduced mins and he's got 3 tough fixtures coming up.
Payet's definitely the safe choice, he's going to continue to rise and has good fixtures.
not convinced on his goal threat either
He scored two against us but both were the result of woeful defending.
Part of me thinks Moses might do better going forward.Payet on Set pieces. Close to scoring a free kick today from what i read. Moses is also very injury prone.
Think it's one to play safe on tbh.
Yeah Chadli has looked rubbish.
Silva and Sanchez >> Kdb and Hazard ... On a free ?
Keep Sanchez
Silva to Haz or Kdb ?
keep sanchez
Everyone says keep Sanchez but I see no faults in those transfers.
Yeah especially if Kdb is nailed. But its a big decision. Hazard could explode. If I keep haz and alexis then a lose too many city points.
I'd go with KDB but keeep sanchez one week more
Sanchez might score but hazard likely to score too, plus he has better short term fixtures.
Keep Sanchez
No mention of Navas's 20 crosses this weekend 😉
Perhaps because only 2 were successful....Haha. His end product is awful.
technically speaking, if I'm looking at Silva > KDB, it makes no difference whether I do it today or tomorrow as it's unlikely we get more Silva news until Friday, right?
KDB going up tonight? worth the risk i think
I'm waiting regardless. £0.1m is nothing in terms of guarantees.
regardless of any news, I HIGHLY doubt Silva starts vs Spurs with a much more crucial CL match mid-week.
plus we have no proof he trained, just one photo showing him standing in a circle next to the coaches.I'll still wait till Friday's presser anyways.
after Ayew Serious reminded me there is precedent for KDB being left out..I think I may also. it's just 0.1m and my TV is chilling at 103.4..
KDB being left out?
just do it already
!
@ Alan Hansen: my team is now
Butland
Kolarov Souare Targett (last week)
Sanchez KDB Pedro Payet Mahrez
Aguero Ighalo
Subs: McCarthy Wilson Lovren Morgan - Lovren becomes evans next week and eventually Morgan becomes Francis/Nyom/maybe evans in a double up
You jerked that knee on KDB I see
it's still wobbling! haha what do you think?
Looks good apart from defence but you have a plan to rectify that. I'm probably going to stick with Sterling for now, though I might come to regret it
good luck
That midfield is a work of art.
first time going 3-5-2, very excited for once this season 🙂
I'm going 3-5-2 and absolutely loving it. (Although I still went old-school 3-4-3 with Ighalo last week 😉 )
flexibility i like it, and if someone misses out, could have a juicy 3rd striker to come on
Just because I'm scared of your midfield, LOL@ Lovren and Morgan 😛
they are hideous agreed, but lovren will 100% be going next week 🙂
Cheers YMA.
I saw your MF on the other thread, logged on to my FPL team and stared in disbelief - unsure how I could make that MF work without gutting my DF and/or attack.
It looks like you pay the price up top and at the back... Interesting none the less.
Would you ever consider Sanzhez -> Caz and/or KDB -> Yaya and invest the cash into the team?not Caz no as he plays so deep for me, nor Yaya for me for similar reasons, i think if anyone goes it would be Payet to maybe Ayew and then that little extra money means i can get a 5.5 and 5.0 instead of currently lovren and morgan, so say evans and mert or something like which I think is good enough.
Love it! Good to have a different plan in place. Hope it works for you.
Do you mind giving your thoughts to my pair top of page? Am trying to plan my moves.
Lovely front eight. Any hits?
Very tempted to dump Aguero put KDB in and get a nice upgrade or two elsewhere.
What do you think?could backfire, Kun coming into form I think, any other way of doing it?
To be fair he only scored a pen tonight against our shambolic defence.
I would do it if you can't see anywhere else to use transfers
Not all this week, already brought in Payet with 1 of 2 FTs.
Probably not worth the transfers.
Madness imo
Thanks Evs. I'll do it.
Forgot 😉
If you have a big couch. His favourite team, followed by Newcastle and Bournemouth at the Etihad
Selling Aguero before Newcastle , Bournmouth and Norwich at home ? . Billy Beane and Doosra are destroying the game 😉
has Billy Beane ever won a world series? 😛
No 🙂 .
well there we go 🙂
Thanks guys. After the next three then unless the useless pile starts to justify his 13 Mill.
Bonkers
did anyone notice how after going up to 8.2m Lukaku remained at the same value even after scoring 2 ponts 4gws in a row? What the hell? Why are people still holding on to him? Especially with the upcoming schedule
Dead teams probably
rp
1FT - where to blow it?
Ruddy Butland
Cédric Kolarov Ward Bellerín Naughton
Yaya Touré Mahrez Hazard Mané Surman
Agüero Wilson Pellè
0.7m
Cedric should be back next week right?
Mané to Payet?
Save?i hope cedric is back.. get payet
If anyone thinks that letting Gabriel off was fair, how is this different from the Matic incident against Burnley? Barnes put in a leg breaking tackle and Matic retaliated. Matic got a ban while Barnes went unpunished. Chelsea will really feel undone by this. I'm not at all arguing with the Costa ban
It wasn't rescinded because he it was retaliation, it was rescinded because it wasn't 'violent conduct'. The fact he got a straight red card for such a small act is purely the result of refereeing incompetence.
intent. intent. intent.
There's a distinct difference between a red card for a bad tackle or a DOGSO offense and a red card for 'violent conduct'. The former happens in the scope of a match and is a footballing offense, the latter has no place on the field and has nothing to do with football.It was barely anything. You give red cards for that, you'll be giving 5 a game.
Well in that case Drogba could claim he just placed a hand on Vidic's cheek in the CL final. Its ridiculous that people are defending Gabriel's intent.
If intentionally touching, because that is all it was, is a red card, Costa will get a red card LITERALLY every game.
he should
I actually agree with this. I don't even understand how Costa finishes game. As a Chelsea fan it is a bit irritating with Costa doing it all the time. But calling him a disgrace is just wrong. He's at the Keano, Cantona psycho level. Frankly, the most shocking game was the PSG game. I still don't know how he ended up playing the entire match.
well that threw a wrench in Wilshere's post 😉
That's just mental, to draw the line so low. Costa crosses the line often, but the general physicality is fine, imo.
Hahahahahahaha. That is general physicality? Stop being so biased.
it was off the ball. the game wasn't live. not like he tried to reach in and block a pass/steal it and missed. the intent was clear as day.
There was intent.
Intent to do what?
What do you make of a guy raising his foot towards someone's shin while he is behind him? How do you not see intent there? The impact doesn't matter, the intent does.
Intent to what? You didn't answer the question. Was the intent to injure? Obviously not. Was the intent to hurt him? Obviously not. The 'intent' was just the same Costa patting Gabriel on the chest, the same as when players brush shoulders, it was just a continuation of the prior 5 minute incident.
it's a clear petulant act after having JUST been booked. it was incredibly stupid and shows Gabriel's maturity level.
stark contrast to Koscielny's reaction, a true leader and role model for his teammates.But was it 'VIOLENT conduct'? If not, that's why the card was rescinded.
you do realize that violent conduct isn't some subjective item akin only to punching someone in the face right?
anything that is outside the scope of a football match fits the category.. i.e. a kick out (no matter how unwilling you are to say it's a kickout) when the ball is dead and no play is going on, especially following an altercation you were ALREADY booked for.So should shoulder barges be straight red cards as well? I just think you're drawing the line far too low. Costa should be banned because he deliberately swung a hand at Kos's face, there was nothing else ban worthy.
fuse was short because he'd also just been booked. Dean was pretty much like "are you serious right now? you're off. I JUST warned you"
You could then perhaps argue a case for a second yellow, but can you argue a case for a straight red?
'Deliberately'. You see the word? The line is drawn by the FA. Gabriel did kick out deliberately. Hence there wae intent. You're letting your Arsenal bias get in this argument.
Why are you being so obnoxious? He raised a foot towards Costa and that clearly deserved a red. You realise according to your logic Costa could claim he wasn't trying to injure Kosc?
i agree with you here, the ban should have stayed, but i dont blame him for reacting.
I'm having a debate. Don't make it personal.
A debate is where you listen to the opposing side as well. You're just being biased and ignoring others.
I asked a question, you then didn't respond to the question. You call me obnoxious because I don't agree with you? Pathetic.
You obviously can't have a normal debate, so I wont bother in the future.
Have a nice day.And I'll remember not to engage in a debate with a blind Arsenal fan who just can't get one over Jose in the places where it matters. Have a nice day.
And I'll remember not to engage in a debate with a blind Arsenal fan who just can't get one over Jose in the places where it matters. Have a nice day...
And I'll remember not to engage in a debate with a blind Arsenal fan who just can't get one over Jose in the places where it matters. Have a nice day....
honestly when have the FA every been rational? rationally speaking I would have that a 4-5 match ban would have made sense for Costa just like the last Suarez ban probably should have been more than his previous bans.
they also let horrible physicality slide but then punish Rooney OTT for swearing.
Gabriel should have stayed banned.You know I'd totally take a 4-5 match ban. But this Gabriel thing does feel bad. I'm a Chelsea fan and I totally respect Mou. But I'm totally against the conspiracy garbage he speaks. But if he rants this time, he'll have a point.
I'd rather have the 3 points... Chelsea have massively been advantaged by the refereeing decisions...
Its not about the result. Its about the ban dished out.
how can you totally respect a man who publicly critisises his own medical te/m for dohng there job. costa spent the whole game being more intersted in puting his hands on arsenal players than his feet on the ball, ive no idea how he stayed on the pitch. and what does mou have to say post match? he was his man of the match!!!!
OK, Mou is a legend for our club and we'll always respect him. I respect his achievements, his role as a manager and the way he builds a team. Regarding the medical staff, he was wrong. I'm not going to stop respecting a man coz of such petty mistakes. You'd see a united fan proud of Cantona, Keane. It goes on the same line. Moreover, this isn't the point.
but i think youve missed my point. managers shouldnt be publicly praising that sort of behaviour. and them doing so is certainly not how a man i would call respectable would behave.
Yup, I dont like his that side. He likes to get dirty to win matches. At times he crosses the line. He has his flaws, but I respect him.
well i suppose thats fair enough. i sort of like having him around i a strange way. hes a bit like a pantomine bad guy for me.
I actually understand why he's hated by others. Maybe even I would've. But he's been a legend for us and its difficult to not hold him in high regards.
dude..
?
Who do I bring KDB in for?
Sanchez-Yaya-Barkley-Payet-Mahrez
Unlimited Budget.Barkley 100%
Really?
Watched the game vs. Swansea and he looked good.
(+ MNF and he scored today)
Thanks though.I'm getting Barkley on WC. Been impressed with him in #10 position, full of confidence
Sanchez
You don't think he will explode soon?
Maybe. But then he'll have 5 more blanks after
barkley
Barkley, his time is not yet.
Yaya
PAyet after weekend or Yaya (Bit sideways but KDB will get loads more Bonus and create way more chances)
Anything further on Silvas fitness lads?
Yesterday he was seen in training but not running
Any updates today, I've been well out of touch!unfortunately none EVS, not in the squad tonight which doesn't seem a good sign
Hmmm...
I don't really want to waste a transfer shipping him out for payet, and then may end up bringing kdb next week.for depay.
Seems a waste, but price rises hitting tonightIt's tough but I think KDB will score more points than Silva this season plus he's still a good differential with potential for TV like you said
regardless of any news, I HIGHLY doubt Silva starts vs Spurs with a much more crucial CL match mid-week.
Thanks.
Ship for Payet or KDB?Ayew Serious reminded me that there is also precedent for KDB being left out ahead of a CL match..
that was only one game, after he'd just signed. Plus if silva out then they'll need KDB creativity.
yeah I took that back:
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11334043
but Pelle also said Silva should be fit for SaturdayWhen did he say that? Tonight's presser?
Demi has a post on it
I had a look and saw nothing
new
He was in the last picture standing around with the rest of them in kit.
'David has a kick in the calf. He tried to warm up but he felt his muscle was still stiff so he didn't play,' said Pellegrini. Where is Facer when you need him 🙂
It's an ongoing issue though.
Shall I Upgrade sterling to de bruyne??
i have
Is it worth bringing in Hazard for Yaya? Have Kolarov and Aguero as City cover but no Chelsea
I think so yes.
seems good move. Hazard finally looks like woke up and Chelsea have good fixtures ahead
So what to do with Silva?
A Bring it KDB before rise tonight
B Bring in Payet before rise tonight
C Wait until hear more newsB
regardless of any news, I HIGHLY doubt Silva starts vs Spurs with a much more crucial CL match mid-week.
plus we have no proof he trained, just one photo showing him standing in a circle next to the coaches.I disagree, I reckon KDB or Sterling will be left out at the weekend
there is precedent for KDB being left out.. hmmm
He did play 90 tonight... Navas was taken off, I reckon he starts definitely
not following the language of your post..you mean who starts this weekend?
Ye I think Navas will definitely start at the weekend
Maybe if it was a Wednesday game, but with a few days recovery, I wouldn't read into it.
and then what? Yaya in the hole if both Silva and KDB are rested for CL?
who plays centrally with Fernandinho then?
Sinik, it is pure guesswork. We don't know the condition of individual players.
where's an ITK when you need 'em
Myhil
Darmi Kola Williams
Chadli Mahrez Sanchez Yaya
Martial© Kun Wilson
McCarthy Richards Westwood Gomez
Best move (for a hit):
a. Chadli ➡ Payet
b. Chadli ➡ Haz
c. Chadli ➡ Mata/Memphis
d. Keep Chadli
e. other?
Thanks in advanceA or B
Bournemouth thru on pens
Had the chance to get in Martial for Gomis two days ago but i hesitated
Tonight neither of wilson mahrez payet gomis ayew played and kun was safe with only sanchez to go
Regretting now to miss out on Martial double rise. Too late to get him now ?Too late for what?
forget the money do you want him or not as a player?
Mahrez, Payet and Gomis played.
Butland
Kolarov Francis Dawson
Sanchez (C) Yaya Mahrez Payet (V)
Aguero Wilson Diouf
Schmeichel Richards Westwood Gomez
3,7 itb.
Order of priority to get rid? 3,7m itb.
A) Diouf, injured or lets see?
B) Gomez, not playing but other def can do the job?
C) Westwood, pimp him up to someone who get more than 2 points.
Could be a nice DGW at the end of the season with City taking the League Cup so seriously.
Also a nasty blank to deal with given that most have 3 City.
True
League cup dgw is in february.
