In our first members article of the week, we assess the displays of West Ham, Leicester and Villa’s forwards as the search for a Callum Wilson replacement intensifies. We cast an eye over Southampton, Spurs, West Ham and Arsenal’s midfields and also analyse the impact of Brendan Rodgers’ decision to switch to a 3-4-1-2 formation in the last two Gameweeks.
1. Vardy, Sakho, Diouf or Ighalo (have Mahrez)
2. Barkley or Tadic
vardy barkley
1. Sakho
2. Barkley
Vardy
Tadic
a) Gomis -> Sakho (already have payet)
b) Gomez -> starter
c) Butland -> Myhilla just for Sakho's fixtures
leaning towards that one, gomis have two home games upcoming though
play
a) azpi
or
b) Evans
a - never bench never captain
UCLF scorecheck?
58 here.
47 with 4 player not playing
71
74
Kidding i dont play it 😉
Bottomed.
Sell Pedro or Shaqiri? Or both for -4?shaq
Even after Pedro's terrible showing today?
if shaq/Pedro (-4) →??
Payet and 9.9 mid.
Not sure who though, already have KDB.
Depends who u got on bench.pedro maybe dropped can't see Willian not starting
Gomez, Nyom (bou) and a fodder.
Not great cover reallyProbably play nyom than lose 4 points. Can see bournmouth struggling for goals now. Boring move though isn't it
Yeah. But if Pedro is dropped he probably won't be back in the line up soon, meaning I would have to get rid of him next GW anyway? I also need to sort Gomez.
Perhaps wait till city game then decide.Ìm thinking of losing hazard but going to see who plays where tomorrow. Also Walcott a valid option now
shaq, Pedro is still good value with good fixtures
Fair enough, but he is not nailed?
Sold Sanchez for Hazard last week, and I'm not loving my team for this week either. 0.0 in the bank, FTs used.
Anything worth a hit?
Lloris
Kolarov | Williams | Dawson
Hazard | Yaya | Payet | Mahrez
Aguero | Martial | Pelle
(McCarthy - Hoolahan - Richards - Muniesa)
Looking pretty decent. Don't see anything worth a hit.
Anything worth a hit? Already did Wilson to Vardy.
Begovic - McCarthy
Dawson - Kola - Francis - Williams - Morgan
Payet - Mahrez - Yaya - Pedro - Westwood
Aguero - Vardy - Martial
Tempted to get Pedro out. That's also assuming Yaya plays this weekend.Yeah, I'm tempted to get rid of Pedro as well for a hit
Is Jerome the first choice forward for Norwich??
Playing a 3 5 2 and need a playing 3rd fwd under 4.9
Unless i play the AoA chip he wi mainly be on the bench
Yes.
Just get a 4.3 forward. You have 2 defenders to cover you
No.
I've been playing 3-5-2 most of the season with Danny Graham as my 3rd striker, he can't seem to get any minutes. I haven't needed him to come off the bench for me, its unlikely that your 3rd sub will need to be used any way.
with the way price falls are happening this week could be massive for team value ahead of the international break.
have a good week and you can sit comfortably knowing your value rises, poor week and you could suffer multiple drops without being able to do anything about it. (unless wildcard is not used already)
Payet or Sako/Bolasie for next 3 ? 🙂
payet. the guy is a legend.
He could have gone to a better team than West Ham
This
Payet fo sho
payet
Payet for me, and probably anyone else.
Cabaye
Payet
Big fan of walcott. Lethal pace and finishing on his day
But sometimes lacks the composure or technique in one on one situation with the defs inside the penalty box
Most of his goals are by getting away from the last man and then scoring past the goalkeeper
Thoughts ?Agreed, means he will be useful in games where he will have a lot of space and Arsenal play more on the counter attack
Winger not a striker
He is not a striker and never will be i think Wenger will get a striker in January to solve the problem
Walcott is massively overrated like most England internationals but is still a good squad player to haveyeah theo is a goalscoring winger
i dont know why wenger cant play both giroud and theo. may suit them better
Giroud
Alexis Ozil Theo
Caz Coq
I think thats more balanced. ramsey just doesnt fit as a winger.Thissss
which 2 to play this week from
Francis (WAT)
Azpi (SOU)
Martin (LEI)
Williams (TOT)
Top two
First two.
Francis and Martin
Francis and maybe Williams.
SCOUT PICKS CHALLENGE - GW7 RESULTS
I'm back on track with the Scout Picks Challenge results being produced right on time 😎
GW6 results: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/11359164
(for those who missed it)
***** SCORES ON THE BOARD *****
1st - Balders (73pts) [3pts)
Top 4% - Mr.Robot (72pts), Hearts of Olofinjana (69pts) [2pts]
Top 10% - Sindriseagal (66pts), Charlie Adam in a Tutu (64pts), Krzys (62pts), Neenyg (61pts), Innsie, Zasa (59pts) [1pt]
and a few very close with Sully Sonic, Bantamdave, FFS Scout and Onside 9 on 58pts!
The FFS Scout Picks + Differentials scored a hefty 80 points this gameweek, so no bonus points allocated I'm afraid!
Now I'm not sure how they're FPL seasons are going, but the top 2 are beginning to run rampart with the SPC! The league table is currently;
1st - Balders (11pts)
2nd - Mr.Robot (8pts)
3rd - Hearts of Olofinjana, Dusan Citizen, Walsh (5pts)
and that tail of people on 4pts continues to grow.
Until Friday folks...!
Spreadsheet: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oyuz31n7ppeccuu/Scout%20Picks%20Challenge.xlsm?dl=0
Don't put your teams here!
59 points here.
Illegal squad unfortunately, two Chelsea
Wow, I am 3rd 😯
😎
😮 Just looked through the teams, Mr. Robot had McCarthy and was hugely unlucky not to see him play this week, that's what tipped in my favour. I'll take that good fortune in my favour and leg it with the points!
Would you start:
Francis (WAT) and Igahlo (bou) or Nyom (bou) and Ighalo (bou)Francis and Ighalo
Francis Ighalo
Cheers
Nyom and Ighalo i would imagine Bournemouth will be pretty toothless without Wilsion and Watford have looked solid defensively
Nyom (bou) and Ighalo (bou), if Francis keeps CS then Ighalo won't have scored, and if Ighalo scores Francis won't get a keen sheet.
Skrtel > Dann or Dawson?
Nope. Dann and Dawson > Skrtel.
a?
Dawson, great fixtures
Lovely night everyone, here's my team and I don't like it too much ATM:
Buttland, Ruddy
Williams, Kompany, Dawson, Richards, Elphick (might be still injured too)
Pedro, Sanchez, Mahrez, Payet, Westwood
Aguero, Vardy, Diouf
I have 1.8 in the bank and no FT's , I got some options here:
- Richards/ Elphick --> cresswell (not a fan of defensive hits but as u can see my defense sucks)
- Pedro/ Sanchez --> KDB (I wanna keep Pedro ahead of some very nice fixtures, plus I've been watching him since his day1 at Barcelona, he's got class, but his form in last game worries me)
- Don't take a hit and play williams, kompany, dawson and hope that pedro plays and gets something and sanchez too. But miss out on KDB, Tadic and Cresswell.
What do you say lads?Save
I'd ship Pedro, i did last week, that miss against Newcastle was teh final straw, unless Chelsea start to play well overall as a team, he just won't produce imo.
You got 3 good defenders for this week.. save the transfer
Well I'm"happy" that you think dawson and Williams are good for next game 🙂 cause Crystal and Tottenham have been scoring nearly every game, I think Williams got almost zero chance of getting a cs
Sorry if it's already been mentioned guys, but when is Scoutcast this week?
9:15 tomorrow
Granville should be ready around half past 9Cheers my man.
Hows Pedro -> Lukaku look?
go to sleep
Lol
Is this a joke and if it is... Why?
... m9
u wot mVIII
Midfielder to striker, wow lol
Cocaine's a hell of a drug
haha!! 🙂
Obviously you guys dont know Sky fantasy exists.
Which game?
Sky FF. I assumed it was obvious. Clearly not...
We play only FPL around here.
Cant understand why Wenger cant play both Giroud and Theo. May suit them better
Giroud
Alexis Ozil Theo
Caz Coq
I think thats more balanced. Ramsey just doesnt fit as a winger and is more suited in centrally either as a number 10 or in the double pivot.Coz Walcott wont track a full back
Anyone know why is Rondon on the watchlist instead of Berahino?
Berahino plays on the wing
Team G2G for the weekend ??
McCarthy
Williams Kolorov Zouma
Sanchez Mahrez De Bryne Willian Payet
Aguero (C) Martial
Butland Tomlin Richards TargettWillian?... Well I never
Yep, sll good, i'd ship Willian though to be honest
Is he not nailed?
dunno, Mourinho seems to like him even though he offers nothing, he just wont give consistent returns, unless you ant consistent 2 and 3 pointers.
Zouma is anyone's guess..Terry must come back soon.i have zouma but have a bad feeling
Now that we know Yaya is fit and his price is the same as Sterling's:
Is Sterling to Yaya for a hit worth it?...
If you have transfers to waste
it would be for a hit, so no.
@Ayew Serious
All you need to know about why Sherwood signed Gestede as Benteke's replacement...
Same player...but actually Gestede is a better finisher with his head...
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/11253/Agreed.
I never denied Gestede, I am just saying I know very little about him!
But I think I can trust you, I will consider him if Ighalo loses form
, Btw not allowed in that Members sectionOohh..I didn't realise you wasn't a member. You should sign up.
I am very stingy!
This is my first real year on here so if I get I decent rank I will sign up next year, otherwise I will probably buy it anyway 😉For you then...Damned near unplayable at times, so strong and his positioning is second to none...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaYXvNHpFPsSuarez?
That Watford goal was ridiculous. I was in the away end and couldn't quite believe he'd headed it in
this one --- > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNX6uW61WV4
He looked world class but...
https://youtu.be/aXKSvf5LUIY
No one better in the league than him in the air. Cahill would have probably been a contender a few years ago (Timmy that is)
Aye...top drawer player.
Need some help guys:
Schmeichel (Butland)
Kolarov, Darmian, Richards, Gomez, Dann
KDB, Ayew, Mahrez, Payet, Barkley
Martial, Gomis, Aguero
Biggest weak link? I'm at such a loss this season.Gomez is the priority, but i'd also rearrange the front 8 (long term), you can't play all of them. Two of Ayew, Barkley and Gomes to a cheapie and a premium mid or Forward.
Evening all
So i'm up against thr Scout Picks this week and was wondering if you could give me advice
Should I second guess their team and find alternatives eg Wally over Sanchez or triple up on a defence full of a team that I think will keep a cleanie?
The premier league is the most competitive league in the world to watch which is why it is deemed "the best" by many. Watch other leagues and the lower teams struggle in general against the "big boys". The premier league has at least 17 teams each season (I omit Newcastle, Blunderland and Villa this season because they are sh1t) who are capable of winning even against the stronger teams on any given day.
The money the teams all have mean they can actually have a first team of decent strength (all be it a weaker squad overall). Thus each week our European qualified teams have to either use the same players week in week out or rotate. Either is not the perfect scenario. Sir Alex was a master at knowing how to get the balance right and even he didn't get it right every time. It appears this season that rotation is not helping because it is not giving the teams chance to gel and poor form of most top players with the exception of only a couple, has meant even more rotation, This is the case especially from Mourinho who I think at times becomes so egotistical he even rotates his own mind with the contents of his ars3hole.
All in all, English teams benefit greatly from the money that is found in the worldwide TV deals. However at the same time means our top English sides (Ars, Che, Man C & U) are not as far ahead of the rest of the league in comparison to the likes of RM, Barc, BMun & PSG are in the respective leagues. This hampers them in later stages but also means they struggle against the likes of Olympiakos, Porto, Zargreb, etc who are also streets ahead of their national league rivals in the group stages.
The reality is that we will lose a place in the champions league in the next few years due to our European coefficient being poor over the last few seasons against the likes of Italy if the current form of English teams in the champions and Europa leagues continue. Then the race to finish 4th becomes a Europa league spot.
It is a harsh fact that the Premier League has probably started to be the victim of its own success. The big money has made every game barring a few, watchable for the masses all around the world because of its competitiveness. This Includes the likes of us Fpl fans who watch even the poorest games and celebrate 0-0 draws like a victory because we had 3 defenders playing. However what it has done is created such a competitiveness it has actually harmed both the European ambitions and our national side but that's another story for another day!
Until money is spread about as fairly in Germany, France, Spain and Italy as it is in the English game, English sides will continue to struggle in European competition yet still play in "the best" league in the worlD
Sorry, but this is a load of nonsense.
'It is a harsh fact that the Premier League has probably started to be the victim of its own success'.
It's more a case of It is a harsh fact that the Premier League has probably started to be the victim of its own hype.
The quality of the premiership games over the last 3 seasons has, on the whole been average, I would say poor but that may be harsh.
Competitive yes, but don't swallow the hype and watch what the European games are showing you, over a number of seasons now. The message is clear.
For once, I don't agree with you. At all, or even a little. 🙂
No worries Doos. 🙂
Couldn't agree more, Gnu. Very well put.
Big +1 here
Mourinho will start with 2 strikers this weekend. You heard it here first.
He's got two available that are good enought ?.
Just came here to say,
*** 6 GREEN FPL ARROWS IN A ROW ***
Still, my rank is only 364,000. Steady progression at least.It's been nearly 4 minutes since Ayew posted a reply, what's up? 🙂
😉
Best Wilson replacement for 6.2 or less? Thinking Berahino or possibly Glenn Murray??
Ighalo perhaps?
Fixtures ain't great and they're not scoring many goals
They are playing bournmouth , Arsenal , stoke and West Ham . Apart from Arsenal the next four look pretty great to me
Glenn Murray is a good under the radar shout, Ighalo also worth considering if the extra cash can be put to good use elsewhere.
Murrays fixture make me wanna throw
Would find the extra for Vardy if you can.
