The Fantasy Football Scout Leagues Round-Up

its Wednesday, well here, now. I would have though we would have heard at least if it was being looked into by now?

I doubt FA will do anything. Suarez got a match ban for it of course

I'm not even sure if it's legit. There is a photo but no video evidence, which usually there is. It could be photoshopped I reckon

Tbh I'd be okay with him being banned.

Vardy and Pelle to Lukaku and Kane -8 for me.

He won't, Don. Trust me.

Yeah you wouldn't get Kun until after the LIV game. Need to assess fitness and form first.

Don't mind waiting on Aguero. Problem is I don't want to end up spending 13.2/13.3 on him.

To get that front line the decision of Bolaise over Mane/ Cout is easy for me, yes do it.

Vardy is the question you should be looking at imo. For me in your line up its Kane vs Vardy. If Vardy covers Kanes points, or even gets slightly less, at a much lower price you have to have him. But will he? This is the question and i have no answer im afraid!

Dropping Vardy is a no no.

Personally, Vardy is way ahead of Kane right now in so many different ways. Vardy, Lukaku and Kun imo.

I would do it on a WC. Great front three and Bolasie could be a great pick.

Surely Kane is ahead of lukaku.

I'd say Kane, Kun and Vardy

For the time being

Those 3 are the best 3 strikers to have. 100%

But I just feel one has to be dropped to compensate Vardy. His ownership is huge and could score just as points as those picks over the next month or so.

Aguero, Kane and Lukaku will be soon. For now, it's still Vardy, Kane and Lukaku. Too early for Aguero, imo.

Which 4 are your weakest for the bench?

I think now is a good time. When Aguero is back many will have a cheap 5th mid.

I don't think so when you get a double hit with a dgw but no one seems to think the same. 😕

Ha. Have we all mis-read this! I read it as AOA and gave that advice. Reading it again its bench boost

I'd wait for DGW

If he plays in both international games, I think he may be rested. If he only plays in one, I think he'll do well. WBA haven't been good at home vs. top teams

I would ship him out. BOU actually looked better against Newcastle.

I have him and would hold him for the BOU game.

I like A, but that also depends on who you other defenders are and if it's for a hit or not.

C) Keep Kolarov and KDB and just downgrade Ozil-> Bolasie/Lanzini

A) by a long way if you still have 3 decent defenders you are happy to play every week

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Bojan->Vardy
Yaya->KGB

Bojan is screaming at me as a priority. If you never play him just go him to some non playing cheapie to Aguero cash. I would like to see him as that Ighalo bloke

Upgrade Francis or Targett to Smalling

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Yes please do!

Who on earth would be selling him?

They must need their head examining if they are.

No idea mate, can't help you there, sorry.

Hes the one im looking at. My 5th mid will never be more expensive than him, he fits my criteria- super cheap, plays, will never be in my first 11, gets occasional points.

I would play ighalo over him every week

He's okay but there is better in that price range.

Seems a little inconsistent and one of those players that plays well but it doesn't always correlate to points on the board

Not at all. The transferred midfield is not strong enough and 2 of them aren't fully nailed.

Pelle

Probably 2 each

Pelle - last week of the donkey

Pellelle because Kun won't feature in that game

Well really depends if Aguero starts, if he does I' say he will

Definitely keep Pelle. Aguero could easily come off the bench

Thanks 😀

I feel Pelle will score a brace.

Oh, Abdi was it? 😉

Great option.. i'd get him if i dint already have ighalo.

Silly to downgrade any of those for Bolasie, imo.

I do like Bolasie. But to me he is a transfer waiting to happen, 2 great fixtures before a few tricky ones.

I'd not downgrade any of those for Bolasie unless the move is to generate Kun funds.

Nah doesn't feel right

Ozil, if you don't already have him.

Depends how long term, but A for me.

A is a long term plan whereas B is a punt while they have form and are nailed.

A for sure, but I would plan to have both Aguero and Lukaku in the weeks leading up to Christmas.

A
But Lukaku could troll us all sooner rather than later

Agree with your points on Delofeu. The only thing I would add in his defence is that his delivery is high quality and thus I would expect a higher return from fewer crosses compared to say Aaron Lennon-who funnily enough is further competition!

But he's a dreadful pick imo.

I prefer to get it sorted in one week in hope that it'll then make up for it the next week.

Depends, on fixtures, price rises, etc. but if you're going to take it anyway, then why not now?

-8 if you're sure it improves your team for this week and going forward.

Payet > Lanzini
Mane > Yaya(?)
Pelle > Aguero

These are the transfers. I've already used my FT this week.

Deulofeu

Out of the 4 (Kane, Lukaku, Vardy, Pelle) he's the one that most people are dropping to get Aguero in.

Keeping one more week.. 2 FTs next week for Pelle to Aguero for sure though

Only transfer that justify it is Lukaku for no hit in my book. I did that, and I also got Mane, so it was an easy decision for me.

Wouldn't make any more transfers this week. Reassess next week imo

Alli seeing Dier has played the season.

Neither as of now. Especially Alli who was MOTM against Arsenal, means a lot.

Neither.. Alli MOTM back to back and has made that position his own and Dier has been consistently good all season. Expect mild rotation but that's normal in any team fighting for the top 6 spots

Neither really. Alli and Dier have both been fantastic and Spurs are doing well in general.

Keep unless you play the replacement.

Feel free to ignore. I may repost and gather my thoughts a bit more.

I would make a plan. Either you go for getting Aguero and do transfer to make that happen, or making the route w/o Aguero. Might cost you -4 later on to get him, but if there's one player justifying taking a hit it is Aguero surely.

What I'm thinking:

I did Pelle to Lukaku and got Kane, Vardy and Lukaku. I'm happy with all these three, and my plan is to stick with that until one gets injuried or suspended. Aguero is so expensive and I want to keep most of my mids (Even though Sanchez to Ozil might fund getting Aguero alonside with a dirty cheap 5th mid)

Payet for Everton MID - either Deulofeu or Barkley - I'm making 1 FT now and then waiting on team news a week on Friday re Aguero

I did Payet>Surman because he'll be dropping a lot.
I either plan on upgrading Ighalo to Lukaku or Pelle to Aguero later on.
It ultimately depends on how fit Aguero is for Liverpool.

1) Yes they do bring value but only when interpreted properly
2) A bit vague, depends on what you are looking at really
3) They probably look at opposition weaknesses and look at ways to exploit it eg slow pace of Terry/Cahill = start Walcott and use pace as much as possible.
4) Anything tactical

4) Something that Ozil does? Off-ball movements?

we have to understand the difference between raw stats and statistical analysis. raw stats are largely useless unless given context. Statistical analysis is an amazing tool. Concepts like total shots ratio, pdo, total shots on target ratio, expected goals, game states are incredible and slowly becoming mainstream.

It is believed most big clubs have stats departments but don't really use them effectively in a true analytical strength. There are some high profile examples where clubs are using them significiantly (Brentford, that club in Denmark). The Opta sports forum is coming up in Feb where clubs interested send reps and amateur analysts present proposals. Very interesting. I've been incorporating analytics into fantasy for awhile.

1) We're still in early early days, think Paul DePodesta only just being hired in Baseball. Yes it does provide value when used sensibly.
2) Initial phases of scouting and valuing players.
3) Varies club to club, Midtjylland and Brentford are publicly showing themselves to be relatively advanced. Man City and Arsenal are definitely above and beyond though behind closed doors (e.g. StatDNA). Tactics in specific cases maybe. Think Barcelona taking short corners, Mourinho teams conceding a relatively large number of corners for number of attacks faced, Atelti not having a man on the post. Maybe this is a result of numerical analysis, maybe its just coaches having a good sense of the game.

4) Lots and lots and lots *at the moment* postioning, defensive pressure etc