Our first members article of the week takes a delve into the Gameweek 25 data this evening. We assess the improvement from Chelsea and Man United’s lone strikers, analyse the Swansea midfield battle for our attentions and look for reasons behind the downturn in output from West Ham and Watford’s talismen.
Ighalo to Vardy has become a no brainer after last night
No doubt, but got him in even before that.
fair call ... hard to ignore the Golden Boot favourite. What happened last night, though?
I am guessing he is referring to West Ham beating Liverpool. If West Ham now beat Blackburn in the next FA cup round that means West Ham vs Watford in GW30 will be postponed.
Ah yes, of course. I think that adds to the appeal of shifting Ighalo and, more importantly, getting Vardy in.
Yup. And the match is postponed even uf Watford beat Leeds. Looks the most likely game to ve postponed atm
Benching Alli out of
Payet, Mahrez, Alli, Ozil, Firmino
Kane Vardy Kun.
Yay nay?I'm likely doing the same ... but beware of Alli's away record. I was saying on the previous page I've benched him twice and he chalked up double digit hauls both times. It's a nervous wait. Other option, i suppose, is Firmino.
Yea, Im in the same position.
I tell myself end of the day Alli is my 5th mid and if all my others had good fixtures then he is the one to be benched.
Right DZ, which defender to get rid of for Fuchs sake?
Nyom
Francis
Wolly
Nyom
Nyom
Wolly, Stoke have looked terrible at the back without Shawcross
Hello DZ! 🙂
COMMUNITY SCOUT PICKS SECOND DRAFT
Forster(swa)
Coleman(WBA) Ivanovic(NEW) B.Jackson(sun)
Alli(mci) Firmino(avl) Sanchez(lei) ?
Costa(NEW) Sturridge(avl) Afobe(STO)
9.8m for a midfielder. Any other suggestions?Antonio a good shout I reckon
Antonio is playing in midfield nowadays. If I am going to pick a Hammer , it will be Payet
He always played on the wing...
on the other hand, kouyate has been moving forward alot i feel
This^^
Kouyate has been further forward than AntonioI dont understand, Antonio has been one of our best players since hes been playing, up there with Payet. You saw the game last night right? Good goal and almost an assist for Valencia if he wasnt fouled in the box.
Kouyate competing with song for position and went off last night.I am just saying I prefer Payet to Antonio. 🙂
Ah haha. Well pick him then. Surely a few goals in it against Norwich?
Yup , he is my shortlist
Not sure what you mean? Kouyate didn't play the last game, and in the game before Antonio scored and got 3 bonus points and the game before that Antonio got an assist as well. So surely Kouyate has no influence on Antonio's attacking threat?
Don't fancy Firmino away to Villa. And CBJ away to Sunderland. Rest of the picks look brilliant.
Ta. Any midfield punts?
Too much Pool
Agree. Going to kick out Firmino you reckon?
Sturridge is far from guaranteed to play.
I know but in order to beat the Scouts by 25 points , I need punts , explosive punts
He played ~60 minutes yesterday , I hope he will start on Saurday
Did Antonio do enough last night to earn a start over one of alli/Kane this gw?
I'd play him ... in some kind of form and we all know how much Norwich love to concede goals.
Great goal, could have had a great assist to if it wasnt for the pool defender fouling Valencia in te box.
Pretty sweet Reddit thread here, great read.
"If you are not watching the Premier League, here is why you are missing out on the greatest underdog fairytale in the history of any professional sport."
https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/44w18p/if_you_are_not_watching_the_premier_league_here/
Definitely a great underdog story of a team exploiting a severe weakness of overall league strength, but I digress.Thanks Zasa ... digress away ... it's a great read!
🙂
Who are the best DF's to bring in at the moment considering the blank GW 27 & 30???
Leicester, Soton, Crystal Palais
Why Palace?
Only good for three weeks I think.
WAT, wba, sun.
Looks like he just wanted the opportunity to write Crystal PALAIS... simple things pleasing a certain type of mind and all that...
What to do this week? 1FT 0.1ITB
Butland
Bellerin-Toby-Baines-Ward-Dawson
Ozil-Alli-Mahrez-Payet-Ramsey
Aguero-Kane-Vardy
Cheers 🙂Butland to Forster? Southampton being the in-form defensive team and Stoke have conceded 6 in the last 2 games
Are people still looking for Sanchez in place of Ozil?
Or is Ozil enough for Arsenal fixtures?
Or even, both?
Ozil has shown that he is a more consistent version, and is still an attack threat.
Sanchez has shown to be explosive, with GW7-9 earning a total of 46 points, with a hatty against Leicester and brace against ManUnited.
The reverse fixture has come, possibly more goals for Sanchez? Or even a blank.
For the rest of the season, Arsenal have terrific fixtures, so I am considering doubling up on Arsenal especially after GW30.I keep thinking Sanchez will be the silver bullet that remains under the radar ... but he keeps blanking whilst Ozil chips away with good points each week. It seems playing it safe with Ozil could be the way to go, although I shifted him for ozil last week, much to my obvious dismay!
Doubling up is certainly an option. But Ozil has had more goal threat than Alexis in the last couple of matches. Could've easily scored a brace against Soton.
Sanchez is getting the chances, he is getting in the box and getting shots away. He could have had a hat trick against Sothampton were it not for Forster being on fire that evening. I'be got both st the moment, and I think he'll come good.
Any update on Howard ... when fit will he come straight back in do you think?
What to do?
2FTs, 0.3m
Forster Hennessey
Koscielny Alder Dawson Sakho Simpson
Ozil Payet Firmino Mahrez Tettey
Aguero Lukaku Kane
Thoughts?
Ideally I would get rid of Sakho, but not enough options apart from Daniels and Wolly.
Thanks.Sakho to Daniels would probably a good move, especially with Bournmouth against the dodgy Stoke defence next
Worth it to get Forster / Schmeichel / Fabianski / Hennessey when I already have:
Butland (Elliot)
Ward Cresswell Williams Simpson Targett?
Probably GW30 will be looking to replace Ward with Spurs defence, or even Butland for Lloris after GW29. (if i can afford)Butland has some nice fixtures. Hold.
After GW28?
Apart from Chelsea others are ok. GW 30 guaranteed fixture is a bonus. No point wasting a transfer.
Baines to Azpi or VVD?
Azpi.
The more I think about it, the more tempted I am by Aguero -> Costa (C) this week for free...
😉
😀
Who are you shipping for him?No sure yet. GW 27 isn't an issue for me. have 2 FT'ss and will get 11 out.
30 is the issue, but that's still miles off with to little info.Yep. I think if I do it it'll be Aguero out. Can see him being kept quiet this week and with Kane having Swansea at home I don't want him out. Would get Aguero back GW29 if he doesn't have a blank GW30
sounds good.
And yeah, GW27 isn't an issue for me either. But would like to keep Kane for it as I said above 🙂
Like this idea if you have 2FT now.. knowing teams that play GW with 2FT going into GW27/28 will be key.
Whom do you prefer for this week?
A.Ayew(SOT) or Barkley(WBA) ?*Who
Hmm. Barkley due to Southampton's recent defensive prowess
Or do you prefer Alli(mci)?
Hm. Barkley, just. Not much in it though.
This is my Scout Picks midfield atm ....
Barkley(WBA) Oscar(NEW) Mata(sun) Sanchez(lei)Oscar is my punt. 😛 I wont be removing him. Other 3 can be changed.
Nice. Not sure about the latter two 😕
Hmm...even I don't like Mata but I can see United winning big against Sunderland and I don't have room for Martial/Rooney 🙁
I think Sunderland could trouble them tbh. Do you have big bad Costa in there?
Of course
Costa Sturridge and Afobe is my frontline atm
Traditionally(I hate that comparison) sunderland away is tough for ManU
Last 6 PL games away to sunderland
1-1 ManU
1-2
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-1I saw United play against Chelsea and they were brilliant
Jip. I agree. But it has happened before this season that Martial & Co look like they have turned the corner, only to crawl back into their shell. Big Sam/Sunderland might make life very difficult for them(like they did vs City)
Good points.
A Man U defender should be enough then. CBJ or Smalling? Which one Iyo?
sigurdsson, lingard, lennon if u wan other options. this 3 were playing well the last few games.
Boss Barkley
Alli or Kane? Have to pick one
Alli
Bargain of the season
Bench one:
A) Alli (mci)
B) Mahrez (ars)
C) Firmino (avl)
Toughie. I know I'll get it wrong. Thoughts?
I have the same challenge.
I went for benching Alli , as I have Kane.B) Alli has 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 90 minutes of football
Cheers mate
D) Ozil imo
Interesting. Thanks 🙂
Surely Firmino shouldnt even be an option?
Unless worried about game time now Studge Origi Coutinho are back?
Might not be a false 9 anymore.
Im on Alli myself, I hear that kompany might be backNot worried about gametime. Was rested last night.
Cheers
It's difficult. Think i'm benching Alli
A lot of people will say Firmino, but if you're going to bench him vs Villa then you may as well just sell him now as he blanks next week anyway.Ta 🙂
Villa top 5 team for fewest chances conceded at home.
Alli has 8.8 ppg over last 6 away matches.
Bench alli or kane?
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRIOOOORRRSSSSSSS
How's this looking? All set?
Butland
Williams / Daniels / Monreal
Mahrez / Sanchez / Antonio / Firmino (c)
Afobe (vc) / Kun / Kane
Subs: Bunn / Alli / Toby / Targett
If Targett is fit I might start him over Monreal.Looks good Jape. Good luck with the Firmino Captain. Like the Afobe punt. Yes start Targett
Cheers mate 🙂
Have I got this right?
Play:
Koscielney (LEI)
Cedric (swa)
Ward (WAT)
Bench:
Dier (mci)
Huth (ars)Probably
Dawson,Olsson,Evans,McAuley all flagged 😯
If Pulis confirms them all being out (which I doubt he will) I will most certainly captain Lukaku.I think he's the best Captain pick regardless of who's player here.
Reminds me of owning Berahino(yes that fecker!) earlier in the season. He scored many a goal with his yellow light on after I sold him.
Pulis is the worst when it comes to team news.Aye. He often says "Other than that, we have 1 or 2 knocks we need to assess, without saying names". Very annoying
Baines to VVD or Azpi?
Azpi
bench 1: Mahrez-Sigurdsson-Firmino-Özil- Alli ??
bench 2: Dann-Cresswell-Huth-Yoshida??
Alli
Dann, Huth. i go fixture over form for this
Good Morning All,
Bench one:
A-Toby
B- Bellerin
C- Williams
D- CresswellBellerin
C
A
Thanks
I will most likely end up captaining Kun out of fear despite considering Lukaku being better armband option.
Aguero's history vs Spurs is irrelevant imo. Spurs defence looks and is better this season. KDB out, Silva possibly injured and Yaya looking uninterested who will suply Kun? Fernandinho?Listen to the scoutcast.
I did (half a sleep) and you got a mention 🙂
altough they Lukaku didn't get a mention being captain option this gw
Mark did mention Lukaku(c). He also mentioned he ain't going Kun(c) this week(he went Kane(c) last week)
Well I was half a sleep and didn't notice him mentioning Rom.
..he did. Also mentioned Payet(c)...
😉Yup. Not for me though. No form, no stats, just fixture.
Same as Ozil last week.
;wink:Jonty also mentioned assists imminent table...guess who is top?
Feck 😐
Don't tempt me
Altough this stats table http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/6070/
and latest gw stats are encouraging of captaining Lukaku http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/player-profiles/romelu-lukaku/He didn't need supplying in the West Ham game 😀
In all honesty though, I think I might do Aguero -> (C)osta 😯Well Spurs are better than WH.
That transfer is pure madness imoWhy? Aguero facing a solid Spurs side, followed by a blank, followed by an away match at Anfield where he has never scored.
Costa is back in form with great fixtures to bootI get your point. Costa looks standout captain option this week but seems waste of 2 FTs if you want Kun back.
Soton away isn't easy game for Chelsea. Might end up with 2 pointter.
Again. History is irrelevant. What makes you think Aguero won't score a brace at Anfield?
FTs are gold dust especially when blanks are coming.Costa : NEW, sou, nor, STK
Aguero: TOT, -, liv, AVL
Only tough game for Costa is sou. Only good game for Aguero is AVL, which I can probably buy him back for anyway.You clearly haven't seen Liverpool playing 😉
Yeah, good point. Still prefer Costa (nor) that week though, and City are in tatters injury wise right now
Sturridge looked good last night. Will be interesting how Sturr/Cout/Firm fit into the attack.
Livp beat city 4-1 last time round at the Etihad.
😉🙂
I am set for GW27. GW30 is largely an unknown at this point. Can save next week for the blanks to start getting rid of players that are blanking then 🙂
Spurs aren't that solid though. Last seven games they've kept two CS's.
but they rarely let more than one goal in
The teams they've played in those 7 haven't exactly been the most threatening in attack though
http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/public-stats-tables/view/6810/
Two opposite ends of the spectrum for the two players at hand.
And what Kuqi said
Bench order correct?
Butland
Dann Sagna Azpi
Mahrez Barkley Payet Özil
Vardy Valencia Agüero
Bench: Cech, Alli, Toby , Huth
Please guys help me out!!! Thank you.Does Anybody Really Know how to pick a team in this group?
Butland McCarthy
Moreno Huth Francis VD Williams
Ozil Mahrez Arnatovic Alli Payet
Aguero Lukaku Kane
1 FT , 2.4 itb
A) Moreno --> Ivanovic / Azpi
B) Save
C) Other
And then who would you bench? Currently on Alli, as I would rather sell Arnatovic than bench him vs Bou.
Best option in goal at the moment ?
Forster or Butland
Anybody got a link to the full match of manc v leic? thanks.
