We delve into the Gameweek 16 data now in our first members’ article of the week. Amongst this evening’s topics are West Ham’s wide men, Bournemouth’s goal threat from midfield, Tottenham’s toils up top and Watford’s relentless top scorer.
Hazard ---> Wijnaldum this GW ; Ighalo --> Kun next GW a decent plan?
Falling short of doing the same to Ramsey by 0.3m
Yup good plan.
Yup sounds like a plan- then Aguero(C) for next week should he be fit!
yup.. that is what I am most concerned about
Play against Arsenal and then rest in an easy match
I've done Hazard to Wijnaldum this GW already, so I don't support the move. Let me have my differentials alone 😉
Yeah nice plan
I cant see Aguero playing v Sunderland if he plays against Arsenal. they will probably rest him for the Leicester game a few days later
utter rubbish, city need the points, if hes fit he plays every game just with reduced mins
not tosh tbh.. Kun is just not strong enough to play continuously through the XMas period
Pellegrini though will try 😉Yeah as they would really need him at home to Sunderland!
yeah..same doubt
Aargh 🙁
I have already pulled the trigger on exactly the same move this week, with the same move in mind for next week. Great minds and all that!
Can't believe what's happening at Chelsea. From champions to 1 point above the drop zone heading into the Christmas period. Josè has clearly lost the dressing room!
Luckily I haven't owned a Chelsea player since August! Sell Sell Sell peopleIvanovic (C) GW1..
Got Zouma in on my WC after the CS v Porto too...I mean. It normally would have worked out lol
Fell into the Hazard trap with the fixtures
However should they get a new manager, I will think of getting him back
While he deserves blame, the level of performances from the players is disgraceful.
Just seen those numbers. Madness to keep Mane just one more gw or should I ship him out for Ramsey,Cout etc?
Sell
Just get rid of him
im keeping but mainly because ive got bigger fires to fight
Cheers lads. Quite unanimous
Mane explosion incoming
People have been saying that the last 6 gameweeks...
Insanity
Keeping, will probably ship for Sanchez when fit
Kept him for 5 gws with the same hope, im done! Hes out!!!!
Keeping
Shipping for Ozil/Sanchez next week
God I wish I had transferred in Giroud instead of Kane.
CITY and Sou vs Sou and NOR
Form > Fixtures
I will be very surprised if somebody doesn't want Kane for Norwich at home.
Indeed. But last GW showed it doesn't always work out.
Yes..I am looking to get rid too. But I won't get Giroud before City and won't get rid of Kane before Norwich. Has to be for GW19.
Makes sense.
+1
People wanted him for Newcastle at home
Actually think Giroud would score vs City.
But hard to ignore Kane v NorAguero got 1 assist and 0 goals in the 5 gws prior to his 25-pt haul vs Newcastle.
Kane has both. He has just been unlucky. I would show you stats, but it's members only.
Who is more likely to get more points this week?
A- Mane + 4 points
B- Ozil
a
a
Why Mane? He disappeared from the game few weeks ago. On the other side, Mesut is rock steady. Delivers each weekend.
this is a strange season, i have 6.6M ITB and thinking of making a move that will give me 10,5M ITB.
I'm having a hard time figureing out who to bench.. opinions?
De gea
Zouma - Moreno - Kolarov - (Bellerin - Rangel)
Hazard - Coutinho - Mahrez - KDB - Øzil
Ighalo - Vardy - Lukaku
Bench: Bellerin, Rangel and________??
FT:0
I could use my all out attack, put Kolarov on the bench and play all of the others.Good idea?Hazard & Zouma need to go.
I wont sell them this gw, Sunderland has been even worse than Chelsea.
I'd go AOA with that lot.
Sorry I forgot about Hazard. Yeah bench(!) or sell Hazard.
I want to give him a last chance vs Sunderland at home. If he comes up short again, he is out.
And if he comes up short again, he's then got Watford at home the week after - you'll be tempted to give him another 'last chance' then too...
Might just do that. 🙂
My only worry is that it could be better to use it during a doubble gwMight just do that. 🙂
My only worry is that it could be better to use it during a doubble gw
What was your plan for this GW the last time you got an attacking player?
Bench Mahrez, because i have Vardy as well. But at the moment i wont bech any of them, vs any team..
Evans nailed on? Or just pay the extra for McAuley?
Nailed. Just injury prone.
Pay the extra for Dawson
Totally nailed, but McAuley slightly more of a goal threat from corners, and less injury prone.
Nailed
Best defender
If you had to choose one of these strikers for the REST of the season who would it be
A) Martial
B) Ighalo
Thanks in advanceis that a serious question?
Why is that even a hard choice? B
B
B
change ur profile pic.
Never. It's not him. It's LVG & his lack of support.
Let me rephrase that. His philosophy that provides 0 support to centre forwards.
It pains me to say it, but I think I'd probably go Ighalo. I don't think he will keep it up, but should be nailed every week and clearly knows where the back of the net is.
Martial is higher risk, but could be high reward if he brings it all together and United start playing.
Which 3 defenders to play?
A) Bellerin (MCI H)
B) Toby (sot a)
C) Moreno (wat a)
D) Evans (BOU H)
E) Francis (wba a)
B C D
BCD
Toby Moreno Francis
Purely on WBA having shipped goals at home and Bournemouth looking great in attackExpecting goals in the City Arsenal game?
Arsenal without Coquelin will ship goals..
City of-course all dependent on Kompany
1FT, 1.1 ITB
Butland / Myhill
Monreal / Kolarov / Dawson / Richards / Delaney
KDB / Ozil / Arnautovic / Mahrez / Anya
Aguero / Lukaku / Vardy
Thinking either Kolarov or Anya outAnya -> Stanislas or save
So what are people gonna do with Ozil and his rest coming up, easy switch to Sanchez?
#scaremonger
Wenger said it himself, Ozil needs a break
Well, everyone needs a break. However, Özil had a nice rest in the summer unlike Sánchez etc. He won't rest him now. Maybe after 2 months.
I need to find the source as it was more of a 'winter break' not just the odd game
Arsenal have a title chase to screw up, he aint gonna miss enough minutes to consider transfering out
true, when they inevitably screw it up, he may as well be playing 😛
Hi all, who play ?
a/ Coutinho
b/ Barkley (have Lukaku)
Thanks.A
Tough one. Maybe barkley
A
Tempted to save my ft. Thoughts?
courtois
skrtel dann toby
mahrez kdb ozil willian
kane vardy lukaku
McCarthy mane bellerin morganUgh, Willian. Good player but terrible fantasy wise.
Mane to wij done. Last chance for willian, starting him over kdb
To people who are worried that Aguero has to be eased back after his injury. Remember that Pellegrini said that "it is not a serious injury, it is a pain injury", i.e. Aguero's had a nice couple of weeks' rest and when the pain is gone, he should be firing on all cylinders.
Avoid at your own risk.Are you trying to scare us? 🙂
very true, these boards are the very worst place for whipping up rotation fears
serious injury or pain injury aside, he's only just started to train with the whole squad, 60 minutes max for him, there is a pattern of pre-thought sub for Aguero
minutes dont matter with kun, took him 20 mins ve newcastle to make and ruin gameweeks
yeah when he was at 100%
My point is that there shouldn't be anything muscular that needs to be treated with caution in this case. It is a very different story from returning from a pulled hamstring for example.
Aguero rarely plays 90 mins anyway, but if people are worried that they'd see a string of 15 min cameos until mid January, I think they're wrong.
Fitness and sharpness are the main issues for me
He looked sharp enough in the Liverpool game, although I agree with you on the fitness issue. He'll probably be subbed after 60-80 mins in some games, but with Kun, that could be more than enough.
he didn't look sharp in the games after that though. I will give him at least a week or so before i get him
If I didn't have him, I wouldn't bring him in for this GW as Arsenal will be a tough nut to crack anyway, but I would definitely start freeing up the cash. With Sunderland, Leicester and Watford next, you could be hiding behind the couch for some time
And that's fair, his fixtures are very kind. I'm as big an Aguero fan as there is but if we're really honest, he had the Newcastle game and aside from that his returns have been utterly crap. Plus he's already blanked against Watford this season 😉
Ah here we go again.
lmao seriously?
Pick one defender to bring in this week, and 1 to bench for them:
Dann or Wollschied?
Bench:
-Moreno (wat)
-Dawson (BOU)
-Monreal (MCI)Dann and Monreal
Dann monreal
dawson should play
Wollscheid. Looking at Palaces' fixtures, can't see that many clean sheets
Moreno. Liverpool will concede, don't rely on attacking returns
I wouldn't pay 5.4m for Dann
Who to play this weekend:
A) Alli
B) Barkley
Already have vardy, lukaku, mahrez so 4 attackers in one match could be risky.
Who to bench out of
Simpson
Bellerin
Toby
Kol
Evans
??Simpson kolarov
Play Evans and Toby. Kol before Belle, as I see goals for both, but Kolarov has way more offensive threat
Any update on hazard injury?
Do we think he will play v sunderland ?The common sense is to sell regardless
still in intensive care i think
That sounds way too serious for my taste. Like "trauma unit" 😛
Even if he is fit, Jose will bench him
Ego war onassuming jose still the manager
aguero to be fit for arsenal game ?
Hopefully, but avoid for this GW anyways
hes back in training so yes probabaly
Think I'm going to be in danger of forgetting to play my chips. I don't have a strong enough bench for AOA or bench boost at the minute...
My net gain from AOA was -1, so don't worry too much about that one 😉
I'm saving bench boost for a DGW I think
AOA is not necessarily even a good chip.
Who to play (choose three)
A) Bellerin
B) Wolly
C) Toby
D) Clyne
E) NyomA B C?
What about me?
A) Walker, TOT
B) Zouma, CHE
C) Moreno, LIV
D) Kolarov, MCI
E) Jones, MANBCE if you think E will play
BCD
What're everyone's thoughts on Kolarov?
Charlie Taylor is better
Had him early on. Got rid. Very happy. Wouldn't be getting him in. If I had him, I wouldn't prioritise getting rid but definitely not a fella I'd want anymore
What's with all the Wijnaldum craze?
Decent home form + decent home fixtures
His home form? The fixture too...
have you seen Villa play?
I'm saying it's a good fixture for Wij... 😕
my comment wa to arvin not you
Home fixture and vs villa should be something and Newcastle playing better and better, it's a short term thing
Complete crazy. Although I did just get him in and capping him
There was a big push on him after his hatrick too.did nothing then for the next few games.wouldn't bother with him.
bench moreno bellerin or rose ?
rose
Bellerin and it's not even close. I have all 3 as well.
I think it's close.
i have a feeling man city will score but no more than 1 goal. rose is turning into a dissapointment for the time being.
Why do u think so? My reasons are: Sot not scoring lately and rose is getting forward a lot; Watford don't score at home and moreno also getting forward lots; man City are 1/4 to score. Sot and Watford are 1/3 and 8/15 respectively. Bellerin not producing as much as early in season.
Was thinking belerin to zouma and firmino to wilian or wijnaldum but cant decide the 2nd one
Anyone got a good table to see attacking returns away from home?
Give Mane one more week, or swap for Eriksen, Cabaye, Arnautovic or Wijnaldum?
Eriksen is almost as frustrating an FPL player, if not more so. Wijnaldum has great short term prospects.
Thanks
Richards to Ward?
Yes, or Dann?
Rojo > Zouma
Barkley > Mahrez
-4 , yay or nay?
