After assessing the Defenders and Midfielders over the last four rounds of fixtures, we finish our trio of members articles with a look at the men up front. A host of popular picks from City, Leicester and Everton come under scrutiny, whilst we also take a look at Arsenal’s misfiring Frenchman and United’s big-money starlet in light of Wayne Rooney’s knee injury absence.
Keep Calm and keep your FTs.
Already used 1 to drop Moreno for Huth. Keeping the other 1.
Only 1 FT
My 5-4-1 goes to a nice 4-4-2 now that I can ship Lukaku
http://www.thefa.com/news/the-fa-cup/2016/feb/sixth-round-proper-draw-180216
Ties in the sixth round will take place across the weekend of 11-14 March 2016.
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fifth round replays to clash with UEFA/EL games?11-14 is a weekend.
Misread. Ignore
as per FA.. includes Friday night & Monday night games
Fifth round replays could be played the weekend of the 6th round
That's me set for GW30, then. Sweet.
Made it through day 1
1) Arsenal keep a CS - 1/1
2) Both teams to score in Reading vs West Brom - 1/1
3) Under 2.5 goals in Watford vs Leeds - 5/6
4) Everton to beat Bourmeouth - 6/5
5) West Ham to beat Blackburn - 13/10
6) Not both teams to score in Tottenham vs Palace - 10/11
7) Manchester City +2 - 3/10
8) Manchester United to beat Shrewsbury by 2 goals or more - 11/10
Odds - 192.39/1
8) looks trouble.
Yeah agreed
Can always place bets on Monday.
Can't think how I would best cover the bet?
Hopefully can repeat the Derby performance
7 and 8 just not gonna happen.
I'm of the opinion that most in my minileague won't plan too much for gameweek 30 blanks and so I'm not going to wreck my team trying to get loads playing. Especially when I'm going to want to get a lot of the players back for double gameweeks. I'll just see who I've got in gameweek 30 and hope for the best.
Great gameweek to pin down a pin down a mini league leader.
Not ruling out getting a few in but it really depends on who is and isn't playing.
Wildcard left?
Nah, used it already.
Not bothered about overall rank?
Honestly, not particularly. This minileague is my main concern. It's for cash and it's between all my mates.
You're doing the right thing then i'd say.
Hope so.
Balance between getting as many who play gw 30 and dismantling your team is the key.
Don't get me wrong I'll get a couple in but I'm not going to go overboard trying to get a full eleven out.
That's the plan.
I don't see the logic in this. Having a full squad in blank weeks is just as good as having a couple of extra DGWers in DGWs. Same amount of games in total in the end.
Not quite the same. Depends on quality too. 2 x Kun is generally better than being able to field an extra player in a blank because you have Francis.
Depends on who's playing. Don't see the point in busting a gut getting a team full of Stoke and Newcastle players.
I think I'll get rid of Stanislas.
Game or not he's going to get me sweet fanny adams.
Same here for gosling. Lol
What happened to him?
Bournemouth are brutal.
Barkley or Lukaku on for three baps?
There are no baps
Lukaku
Nvm, must be Joel on for a 14 pointer
I would say the average active player has:
1 Bournemouth player
And
1.5 Everton player
So if you have more Bou and/or less Everton, this is a good resultAs above think I'll sell Stanislas.
Might want to rethink that
Why?
Should have a game in 30
Doesn't undo how completely crap he is.
Might replace him this week, I'll see.
The only Everton player I've got is Deulofeu, but he doesn't count anymore. ðŸ™
Seems on the higher side.
You think? Most had Lukaku (before any FTs this week) for a start. Barkley is very highly owned and quite a few Everton defenders about.
Bournemouth - a lot have either Daniels or Francis and/or Stanislas / Gosling / KingFor top1k,
At least one of Luka/barkley is 71%
But for those Bourne guys it is 12%.
So average across both teams should be about 1 I think.
It's a good result because Barkley now has two blanks that he can't deliver for all his casuals
this
Daniels, Gosling and Williams
No Everton players
SmilesVery good result for you (so far)
Yes indeed. This was the game I had the most invested in. Hoped for the best and got lucky in the end.
nice - especially as opponents will be affected
i have 0 from them, but i think this is a good score
0 and 0...
barkley and lukak in a tonne of teams and i have neither so very happy with this. No bournemouth at the moment though - think i can use my FT to bring in better....
Yep, you are in a good place
well we can certainly rule out buying any newcastle!
Way too high.
Everton just over 1, Bournemouth like 0.2-0.3.
OK cheers. I was just going on gut instinct / my mini leagye
If Palace are blanking in GW30 how does
Johnson and Ward to VVD and Daniels for free sound?Can't be bad.
Johnson injury long term? Would keep otherwise.
he's out for a few weeks
Why are Palace blanking?
if they win or United win they will blank
Dann owners will never be this unlucky!
Unless you think Shrewsbury will beat United then they will blank GW30.
That is a racing certainty!!! 😉
Tbh I wouldn't be at all surprised 😛
Hehehe.
Could be a draw
Still a Palace blank
Does anyone know how the schedule of matches for the FA Cup quarterfinals are determined? Is the draw linked to certain match times within the QF weekend or does the FA pick the times after the team's are drawn.
Just wondering if Everton and Watford can play their QF matches on Saturday the 12th and then their PL gw30 matches on Monday the 14th.BBC and BT decide on kickoff times after consultations with the police
F the police.
TV dictates
Cheers for the replies, will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
BBC get Friday night priority
Defence sorted for GW 30
Forster
Williams, Huth, Woolscheid
Just need a front line!You don't have Mahrez and/or Vardy?
have those 2 but thats it - 2 man front line needs work! 😉
It does indeed, but that's a good foundation to build on as opposed to having zero attackers in place. Captaincy and vice-captaincy potentially sorted already.
I'm currently on:
Butland
Williams - Daniels
Mahrez - Gosling
Vardy
With 2FT. Tomorrow's games could give me up to three new players. Feeling good about my situation.very solid. We both have 6 in hand but I have 0 transfers as gambled with early move for Forster as knew he wasn't playing and rising in price so effectively you're 2 ahead of me.
Daniels and Gosling are not really that good but 4 points is better than 0 I suppose.
5 out of 5 right in Jarvish Yes/No competition
Free Membership here i come 😉Fletcher brought me Down to 4/5.
Not too embarrasing (yet), but already I lost hope of the win
Another starter for me in gw30.
Gosling 😎
It's concerning the way he's subbed every match now though. May have to upgrade to Arnie/Ritchie soon.
So. I will have to sell Mark Noble, after SUN ... *sigh* 🙂
Who were they due to play?
Watford.
Piggin hell. Payet might have to go then.
Bench, Wakey, bench! 🙂
Aye.
Siggy might be good to get soon.http://members.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/my-stats-tables/view/1373/
But, fixtures:
SWA : tot -377 ars -402 NOR 136 bou -22 AVL 205Hence 'soon'. Those three after tot, ars doesn't look too shabby to me.
Ramsey to Siggy GW29 is my plan
I offer my commiserations as a Noble gesture 😉
😀
Nice leaving present from Romelu before exiting my Telegraph team tonight. Who to get in to replace him for the next two games and possibly beyond? (FA cup games count):
A ) Eriksen (CRY & SWA)
B) Costa (MCI & sou)
Leaning towards A but already have 3 spurs players. No limit but is 4 overkill?Barcelona played their La Liga game on a UEFA CL game day.. no restriction to Spanish League? or is it a one off to cover their postponed World Club Cup game?
Was played at 5.30 so no TV clash
ah ok..
Played 2 hours before.
They played at 5:30 . Premier League always has evening games at 7:45 and 8:00 . The Premier League and La Liga get fined if League games clash with the Champions League
Do they really get fined?
peanuts
Fines tend to be bigger for ridiculous issues than they do for serious ones tbh.
Yeah that's ridiculous 😀
I meant for these particular circumstances though. I'm wondering if it's actually a rule as such.I can't find anything that says so but people have been saying it all week and it makes sense considering I have never seen a premier league game on a champions league night
Aye I don't doubt you. You probably are right. I'm thinking there's a chance it might just be an agreement rather than an actual enforceable rule.
Confirmed GW30 matches
Bournemouth vs Swansea
Leicester vs Newcastle
Stoke vs Southampton
Players from teams you really don't want to have in bulk!
Except lei if course.
siggy is certainly tempting...
yeap has NOR bou AVL sto during that period
one to keep an eye on
min 4 players and max 6 players
Yep, it's not great so far
Williams & Gosling can now stay in my squad- let the good times roll 🙂
I have Stan and Daniels anyway.
A few more will be freed up tomorrow.
Yes Siggy confirmed
Siggy looks tempting for sure.
Yeah I'd recommend getting him after the arsenal game. Doesn't look like slowing down
Definitely - GW 29 transfer locked! Possibly for Payet
When a player gets his by a coin i always think the same thing.
What great aim that fan has!Horrible thought, but I am thinking exactly the same haha
Well my wife appreciated that shot of Lukaku with his shirt off.
I can't blame here either.😆 That's why the FA fine them, all that sort of thing! 😉
Hey, I'm all for it if it gets my wife in the mood.
Hahaha! 😀
Looks like my STANISLAS ---> ARNAUTOVIC won't be happening then ðŸ™
Why? I've planned the same move.
Stanislas isn't even guaranteed to start EPL games now.
Does the Rooney injury increase Martial's chances of scoring, despite Utd's form?
I think so. He's quality.
I think so too. Cheers.
Chaps...when the UEFA Champions League game was half decent, I used to take loads of hits and I usually ended up with a really respectable rank. That's because extra transfers in that game (as you're all probably well aware) only cost -2 points and can be well worth doing under a lot of circumstances.
Hits in GW30 will effectively only cost you -2 points and you've got a much better chance of a return with any one of your transfers than you would with someone sitting idle in your team.
Transfer at will during GW30 I reckon, just have some sort of contingency plan for afterwards.
Effectively cost you -2 because the player you bring is likely to score at least 2 you mean?
But if only like 4 games go ahead, you will have a lot playing against each other.
What's the minimum amount of players you'd be happy with for GW30?
I'm thinking 9.8
XI
9, any more you won't be able to field 11 DGW players in GW34, unless Chelsea beat City tomorrow, and one of those is Newcastle v City.
WC ftw.
Unless you take hits or WC.
Or if City wins and Liverpool-Everton is played GW34 😉
5 from 3 confirmed games.. depends on other playing teams
Fingers crossed I've got a full team, I think 9 as a minimum. Still have 4 transfers so would have thought most could get that
atm 9
With those teams it's more a case of "maximum I'd be happy with"
I would be happy with 9 too tbh, keen for a chelsea win tomorrow too
I'm going with eleven. Best amount, right?
Come on Chelsea win tomorrow.
I want to keep Kun and I don't want ANY reason to keep Moreno for another minute 😉Johnson gets injured right before
AVL, NEW with Shawx bsck
my luck this season ðŸ™That's tough
He might be back in time, no?
What's the story with Brom and Bournemouth if they lose ?
They lost.
You know I meant for gw 30 🙂 . I take it I am not the first person to ask ?
Brom did lose but will blank if Arsenal win
Bournemouth play in GW30Thanks 🙂 .
Or if the replay takes place on the Saturday of GW30
Anyone think a possible March 7/8 replay for Arsenal v Hull is too short notice to sell tickets/schedule a FA Cup Quarters match that weekend? Arsenal v WBA might go ahead regardless of that outcome
Replays are normally 10 days after.
Daniels and Gosling.
Glad they lost :).
Up to 7 players in GW30 With 2FTs. Should be able to get 11 out.Nice. 6 with 2FT here. We'll be good.
That's good and bad news, as it's unlikely that you will be able to field 11 DGW players in GW34, without using your WC or taking hits.
people doesn't need to field 11 dgw players
I reckon Daniels has himself in FPL. I mean, what would you do??
I currently have triple Leicester, double Soton, and 1 from Bou. That's 6.
Palace, Blackburn and Chelsea wins would give me 4 more. Happy with that going into GW 30 🙂
C'mon Palace, Blackburn and Chelsea!
