We delve into the data this evening in our first members article of the week. Watford, Man City and Everton’s strikers arrive under analysis, whilst we also assess United and Newcastle’s attacks before casting an eye over a couple of defensive differentials from City and Liverpool.
Liastro did not post a RMT. The end is near...
He's just warming up
seems like not EVERY dog will have its day... ðŸ™
Don't make a big deal out of it, if you want him to do other stuff
Does Van Gaal really deserve all the hate he's getting right now?
Yes imo. So boring to watch. And with utd having spent so much money its not acceptable to score 1 goal in 4
Yep. Uniteds football is dire
well put it this way he's damn lucky Rooney popped up when he did tonight because the crowd turned on him badly when he decided to take off Martial when we were chasing a goal
lucky or LVGenius in keeping Rooney on?
i did say lucky.. Rooney was poor yet again up to that point
and when it was being reported that Martial was going to be the one taken off instead of Rooney it was obvious the crowd were going to go mental and rightly so... If we had failed to win that game tonight i dare say i would of been edging towards the LVG out camp
😀
Regardless of whether you win anything or not I think its criminal that LVG can take over such a big club and bring this brand of football that he does.one one hand im more than happy with the signings and the strength of squad in most areas and more importantly the deadwood he has ridden the club of
but i just dont think he has what it takes to get the most out of what he has from an offensive point of view its pretty obvious he doesnt actually
the work he has done on the defence and in particular Smalling cant go unnoticed though and the squad with another couple of additions can go on to great things under the next manager
Yes
Depends on your perspective I guess. On the one hand they're playing awful football, on the other they're on course for a title challenge and to get out of the group stage.
Results v performances is a bit like form v fixtures. People will argue over which is more important but at the end of the day you really want both.
"Small groin problem"
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Bellerin
Oh okay. The bells of defeat ringing for arsenal
Get your bets on Bayern -2.5 goals to win now.
That IS a problem.
thanks for letting us know, how about your arse?
I wouldn't have thought it was 'pre international rest' injury before Bayern, but I'm holding.
Almost 3 weeks to recover.
Do the U21's even play during every international break?
That means he got hit in the balls.
If the problem is "small groin", I would not want to announce it...
How does stats analysis work? Say with NEW having ridiculous number of shots and chances and yet no goals in the last two games, does this mean:-
1. They are due and will tear BOU a new one. Play Wijnaldum, bench Ayew; or
2. They have no finishing ability. Play Ayew, bench Wijnaldum.
If they find their boots from the Norwich game then lots of goals on the cards.
Neither
3. They appear to have been unlucky with their finishing but their attacking prospects still look good.
+1, though I would amend slightly to say:
They were crazily lucky against Norwich but since then they have been unlucky. Over the past three games they are not far off where you would expect their production to be given their underlying statistics.
Basically, their luck has evened out.
I'm so glad I'll four pints into sports night tonight before the Arsenal game kicks off. It'll be on the big screens in the union but I won't be too focused on it, we're going to get smashed.
Yey! A nice round 106 TV and 103 SV - and achieved without Martial or KDB. 🙂
TV: 105.7
SV: 103.0
Without Martial and Payet.Well done. Payet's been a big TV driver.
He is not just a big TV driver, but point as well. That caused my low ranking without him, would have been a ~50+ point gain with him instead of Pedro. ðŸ™
Lovely. Not sure where I have go too may have a look later
I'm in a similar spot. TV 106. SV 103.1. No Martial and didn't get on Mahrez train right away.
Nicely done.
nice, KdB's been one of my key risers to 103.4/101.4
Yes, he's been a good TV driver but it's too late for me to clamber aboard now probably.
farr too late from a price perspective, but the next train to Price Rises looks like the Silva:05 calling at Return from Injury and it could be a fast train too.
Yep!
Missed both Manchester games tonight, was there anything worth noting?
NOT ONLY DID MAN UNITED CREATE A CHANCE BUT THEY ACTUALLY SCORED A GOAL... AND ROONEY SCORED IT
Shhh.... Even thinking that was too loud.
This. My ears are hurting
Sorry lads, I just couldn't believe it
😆
I wouldn't own a United attacker that's for sure.
City looked sharp today....could be some rotations in the future for some of their key players.
@Members. Do a comparison tool and compare Pelle home vs away.. That difference is wow. I might bench him even though it's against SAFC.
Thats what i am on at the moment. But the issue is its SUN.
His biggest haul was Away tho vs CHE. He played vs WAT and vs WBA away, while the start of the season for SOU wasnt that good.
Chelsea were shambles at that game. Skewing the stats clearly
Yeah but it's Sunderland....
Ha, you're never going to bench him against Sunderland!
Mins Per Attempt:17.3 @home
Mins Per Attempt:41.8 @away
Sorry members for the small peek of stats.
However looks like Pelle will have 2 shots away @SAFC, hope he won't score with any of them. Smaller risk to bench him right? If he scores at least you know you have played the smart stat decision
And he needs a least 5 to score
The trend is not that horrible if you isolate to this season. But yeah, including previous seasons - wow
However SAFC conceded 24 big chances per game that means 2,18 big chances per game. I guess one of that big chances will go to Pelle (statistically wise), so I think gambling on him being the donkey on that one big chance is worth the risk no?
Something to consider for sure. By the way congrats on the H2H win in Balders' tournament. My poor benching decisions cost me in the end!
Yeah your bench saved me, but it was very interesting, you had the 1:0 lead after I made 12 pt hit, you had all the advantage, but didn't capitalize. Wish me luck in the next round against Hooky. However I love the format, really involves more skill than luck
Yeah you can definitely play H2H over 3 rounds very tactically if you want. There were a lot of decisions to be made in the 3rd round I felt. Anyway it was a deserved win, so good luck for the next round. Hopefully I was eliminated by the eventual winner!
thanks mate, I hope the same haha 😉 Cheers
Yep. Pelle has 18 league goals for So'ton, 15 home & 3 away. Think Pelle is better for the home games & Mané for the away fixtures.
But then again, it is vs. Sunderland.And of course this solid argument debate of the most difficult question this GW "who to bench" is not hulked and that copy paste for WBA gets hulked. Comeee oonnn (moaning like Jose) hahahaha 🙂 But really, we need hulked post who to bench. Jonty..???
But that post will just be "who to bench this week?" Followed by a series of responses with one player name. No debate
I agree this debate is better. To bad it isn't hulked
What's your obsession with always wanting to be hulked?
I think only half his post look like they want to get hulked
split personality I reckon
Oh, never knew we can compared the same players.
yeah we can. Thank god I compared Ighalo home and away previous GW, his away stats were off the chart and were screaming explosion imminent and I played him. Brace at the end thank you very much 🙂 😉
You can't ignore the fact that Sunderland have conceded 14 in their last 6 games. That's just as relevant (if not more so) a stat than the difference between Pelle's home/away form.
Yeah they are considering 2.18 big chances per GW, I also mentioned that above. Check it..
I wouldn't like to bank on their main striker missing at least one big chance. I guess you've got a really good front 8, so fair enough if he's the one that you need to bench. My team's not quite that strong though!
Have you seen Sunderland defending lately? They have no clue what is going on. Even against Newcastle they didn't exist until referee's help. They have rotation in CB all the time. If Coates plays, I'm sure they concede 2 at least.
He's coming home, he's coming home, stevie's coming home
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Gerrard coming back to liverpool
Also how can you check how many bench points you have got, is there an easy way or is it just to count it
Counting it is quite easy tbh.
hahaha i know, im just lazy
Gameweek history and PB and start counting
Another good scoutcast. 🙂
I got distracted and clicked on a RMT surgery from before the season
havnt seen it yet did Granville get roasted?
I wouldn't say so...
Held my own.
haha good man il get a listen shortly..
Yossi Benayoun 😆
Still gives me sleepless nights.
I can only imagine
Still haven't listened to one this season. Every other season I've listened each week. Currently having my worst season so far. Eureka I think I might have cracked it!
Rank these players.
Navas, Depay, Lamela, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Markovic.
Lamela
Navas
Ox
Depay/Markovic
Based on current form.I'd surely put Depay ahead of Ox though. Ox has been scary bad in the last couple of years.
Overall or Current form?
Bit of both?
average, crap, average, good, donkey
Depay
Lamela
Ox
Navas
Markovic
🙂
Depay
Lamela
Ox
Navas
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Markovic
Looking for a differential?
Very unfair to put Markovic in this list. Given far less game time than the first 3 and was played OOP
True. Just wanted another unsuccesful winger at a top club for perspective.
Lamela
Depay
Oxlade-Chamberlain
Navas
Marković (for now)Next season 😉
Why, what's happening next season?
Markovic back at pool
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/mesut-ozil/11973194/Mesut-Ozil-proving-he-is-Arsenals-man-for-the-big-games-as-Europes-finest-creator.html
Undoubtedly been posted by it makes a compelling case to do Sánchez to him to free up some funds for the likes of AgueroHaving both is the way to go while Arsenal are still in form imo
I have both now and the plan is the rid of Sanchez in couple of weeks for Kun money.
Indeed Pelle and Sanchez to Aguero and Ozil is the move I'm planning
I wouldn't get rid of Sanchez, no way. Better to ditch someone else to get in Ozil.. Sanchez is explosive and a captain option
Agree. He is one of the big haul guys. I have both, but no Mahrez.
"Mesut is probably the most intelligent player I have ever played with, he is probably the most intelligent player in Europe today," the 31-year-old defender told the Mirror.
"Mesut sees things only he can. His vision is as good as I have ever seen.
"It was laughable when he was being questioned after his move to Arsenal.
"It doesn't matter how good you are, everybody needs time to settle in a new league. Especially a league like England, where you don’t get as much time on the ball, and of course the game is a lot more physical.
"People don’t necessarily understand his game, he isn’t there to run at players or even beat them, he is far more intelligent than that.
"He finds space and creates chances for his team-mates, and you only need to look at the assist table to understand there is nobody better than him at that."
Philipp Lahm understands 🙂
Are you sure he didn't say that about Paul Scholes?
Only in England, where Lee Cattermole is a premier league player, would Ozils quality be questioned. Hes top class
If Ozil worked on being less lazy he'd amongst the best
You sir, are a fool
His work rate is amongst the best in epl. Don't mix up the casual mannerisms with laziness
No sir, you are a fool. Watch him for Germany.
some players need to run around more to make up for them being technically deficient. Fortunately Ozil doesn't need to.
(cough) Milner
Can't wait until Henderson is back.
i want ozil now, bye bye payet
lol ridiculous if you rid payet. only blanked 3 out of 11 gameweeks
ca always swap back?
I dream of a time that I'll be on the ScoutCast.
Probably have to win FPL in fairness cuz I'm hard to stick.Be in the top 10 near the end like that guy that was on it last season
Must do that actually good shout.
I wonder if they'd get Wild Rover on it after that great performance
They should really get him on.
Naked waving his £1000 cash into the Google+ cam.With his hat 😉
That's it!
Stark naked, hat, £1000 cash.
Boost the viewing figures a bit.
Might get a few complaints from Ofcom though.I've never seen WR rover IRL so all I can imagine is his grav naked...
Near the top of FPL? I don't remember that.
You might mean Kevin Anderson who they got on it a couple of times? He was near the top of Sky fantasy.No, I'm pretty sure this guy was 6th in fpl and was after benching Grealish for a haul
Yeah, Jack Wain I think it was (Jawain)
Ah yes.
One day....
When I came home, at lunch time, I heard a funny noise
I dream that day every night in my head.
It's started to consume me.
Utds fixtures and no attacking assets, utd are garbage.
I own Mata. I hate owning Mata. I hate myself for owning Mata.
I'm getting rid of Mata this week.
AOA with him this week and then gone. Cant wait
As mentioned on last night's Scoutcast - here's the Sarjeant with a new colour coded look at team form going into Gameweek 12
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/11/04/team-performance-indicator-gameweek-12/
6m price tag on Smalling and he's come up trumps. FPL spot on time and time again.
erm...what's he done exactly?
Most points of any defender?
From being a liability not too long ago. Significant transformation.
Hardly noteworthy. Ds are low scoring and the cheaper the better.
Says the guy with 4 defenders priced over 5.1m 😉
Granville made a point on scoutcast about DDG being too expensive and less save points.on offer
This have made me think about Rojo as united defensive cover.(looked very attacking last night)
Thoughts ?I came to a similar conclusion on my WC, especially as keeper bonus points rely quite heavily on saves. The only problem is I took Jones at 0.2m cheaper 😳
I like Rojo and personally think he 1st choice LB. I just dont trust LVG. If cash no issue the DDG or Smalling for security of starts.
Smalling too expensive for my liking
Still think DDG is the best route into United defence. Nailed-on and a whole 1m cheaper than Smalling.
BTW, I never got a chance to say thanks for your stat attack on Lukaku. It was one of the factors in me going for him over Bony and GiroudCheers happy to hear that i've helped 🙂
Bench one. 🙄
Sanchez(TOT) - KDB(avl) - Mane(sun) - Wijnaldum(bou) - Mahrez(WAT)
Peelle(sun) - Bony(avl) - Lukaku(whm)Wijnaldum.
Wij, imo.
I have Lukaku but I am waiting for it to burn my arse.
It has to be Wijnaldum imo
Wijnaldum every week.
Wow that's a horrible one
Wijnaldum
Bellerin's "injured" because Call of Duty comes out later this week
Hahaha very true
What's all tj3 fuss with Moreno all of a sudden? 1 assist and 1 cleansheet in 600 moms of football isn't particularly spectacular?
Liverpool D and is 4.8m - nailed also
attacking too
Klopp effect
Nailed. Potential attacking returns. Cheap. One of Liverpool's best players over the past two games.
apart from being responsoble for the chelsea goal
Just his 4.8 price for me. Attacks a fair bit and im no Lpool fan but could easily be a top 6-8 team this year. No other left back challenging him for the spot. Also in a 'similar' price bracket to Richards/ Francis etc, obviously an upgrade on them
Adding fixtures in here. Only one red coloured fixture in the next nine on the scout ticker. Home games in particular look great for clean sheets under Klopp: (CPL, SWA, WBA) in the next six.
He has looked much more attacking under Klopp but that's just a bonus. Pick your defenders for clean sheets first.
Please note: half the media seem to be up Allardyce's arse - so we hardly ever get a fair crack of the whip.
http://www.claretandhugh.info/sakho-in-clear-after-arrest/
HY Liverpool, you missed a GREY arrow by 3 ranks !! Unlucky to say the very least.
at least it's green 😉 .. should have played Mahrez
Never again I presume.
Any idea why Phil Jones was on the bench last night against CSKA?
he prefers birdsh** at RB
Haha
Injury return, not nailed on it general. Wouldn't consider him right now
Precautionary plus Blind also has to play!
Please RMT - Starting XI
Butland
Bellerin Smalling Clyne
Mahrez KDB Payet Sanchez
Vardy(c) Pelle Lukakuv.solid
bench?RMT Rating: Template
Cheeky DZ Captaincy Poll?
Mahrez for meMane
Good pick
I am thinking Smalling(c)
That's actually a decent shout 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
KDB hands down
Probably benteke
I'd say it's enough owning him already, but if you think he'll do well go for it
he will do well (hopefully) .
change your grav mate 🙂 I'm scared againHaha, I don't like changing my gravs because then it makes it confusing for others!
Need to get the Chilean flag in the background though
Vardy
maybe Yaya
Sanchez at present although may wander to Vardy at some point. Spud's D is better than first thought.
Yeah I'm steering clear of Alexis. Will not only have clocked up a lot of minutes by this weekend but also a lot of air travel, and as you said, Spurs have tightened up recently.
*Moves armband to Vardy *
Got Mahrez?
Yes...and don't I know it 😡
Haha. Not considering the Algerian for the armband?
Mahrez. The more rational side of me says KDB though
Rooney.
:ozil:
Mahrez 😀
Bench one cap one
ozil kdb payet mahrez mane
pelle vardy bony
That's tough.
Bench Payet
Captain Mahrezthis
That's what im thinking too. Cheers
I'd bench Payet.
Who do I bench in defense and in attack?
Myhill - McCarthy
Smalling - Coleman - Bellerin - Nyom - Targett
Sanchez - KDB - Mane - Wijnaldum - Mahrez
Pelle - Bony - Lukaku
AOA. Play Smalling and Bellerin
Correct
This.
Saving AOA for a DGW.
Thats what Triple(c) and Bench Boost is for
I know.
But what if there are 3 big DGWs? 😉
Targett... Probably Wijnaldum too.
Bellerin is injured.
SORTED.He's likely back for the weekend game though old son.
With a groin injury?
Whatever!I'm only going by what has been mentioned here earlier, which was that Wenger had said he'll miss the midweek game but should be back for the PL game this weekend. No need to sass.
Said he could be back for Tottenham. Now I need to see if it is could or should. Two different things.
Cheers.
Easily Wijnaldum
Not that easily when they are up against Bournemouth and when you look those numbers in the article above.
Sold Payet for Ozil earlier. Will I regret this...
Depends if you have Sanchez. If you do, I'd say yes.
I do have Sanchez. But felt arsenal midfield are good enough for double up
Maybe
Definitely.
Ozil has zero goals in him and you are covered by Sanchez. Worse still, you have removed a player who is far more influential in his team and has the points to prove it.
Don't do it again.I think you'll be fine
Strongly considering this move___ or Sanchez > Ozil.
Ozil will outscore Payet I feel.Payet is the heartbeat of West Ham's attack. Could be a season keeper if you got him cheap
