We roll out the first in a series of members articles analysing players per position over their previous four matches. Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool’s full-backs arrive on our radar, whilst we also look to the defensive improvements by Norwich and Newcastle before assessing the contrasting recent displays of both Manchester sides.
Thoughts on this WC team? 0.2 ITB planning to save 2 FTs to hopefully get 11 out for GW 35
Mignolet Robles
Bellerin Rojo Sakho PVA Simpson
Mahrez Payet Ozil Alexis Firmimo
Aguero Lukaku Rashford
Any ideas for improvement. I can do Gabriel and Smalling instead of Rojo and Belleein
Dont remove Bellinda
Why not? Bit pricey.
Why are people no longer going 15 DGW'ers?
Many still are
however some don't wish to part with Mahrez, Kane and their LEI defender
I will likely have 13 or 14
The first 2 I can understand but barely. A LEI defender to me is strange. Just get 1 back if you want them after. I will lose 0.2 value on kane so can get him back if I want. Mahrez is the only player I will lose shed loads and I think they have tough fixtures and tail off. I am going for it and having fun.
well I looked at it earlier and mu options look like Simpson/Fuchs, WBA or Pool
I can afford to get Rojo but it means dropping Lanzini and there are no alternatives at his price (unless I don't get DDG or Martial) or I use 2 FTs in 35 or I play with 10 in 35Leicester defender is cheap esp Simpson and nice fixtures. Who would u recommend to replace him for around the same price and does not blank in GW35. Only Newcastle and Baggies defenders I believe ?
Depends how much money you have I suppose. I will be getting Rojo, Jags, Bellerin, Reid, Clichy. Pool def is 4.7/4.8.
lol arvo is out of favour but Is clichy a risk esp with CL matches ?
I sh!t in the face of risk but I must admit I haven't looked into CL 🙂
yes indeed if you have Simpson it's tough to find an adequate replacement
P@ssies who dont want to drop Kane or Mahrez. Their choice and I can see why. Me, I will be dropping like hot potatoes as I get hard for DGWs.
No issues with Kane going
Mahrez, who knows, not sold on the alternatives
Lei defence is the biggiePunting hard is the way forward man
to get 15 DGW'ers you'd have to get rid of the likes of mahrez and kane. 12-13 DGW'ers seems a sensible shout
Balls are starting to drop.
It'll,work out to be the same when you blanks for the following week?
Avoiding Toon and Baggies as they have crap fixutres and well they are crap as well
WC 33 problems
Jammy dgwkers in place of Mahrez, Fuchs etc
Who would you rather from gw33 onwards, Kane or Aguero?
Aguero has a DGW.
Is it that simple though? Kane is in hot form the playing for a team fighting for the title where as Aguero isn't in the best of form playing for a side who's not playing well at the moment. Does the DGW justify choosing Aguero?
None
Pretty much settled on Siggy > Payet after the internationals/if Payet rises
Who would you punt on with the other free?
a) Lanzini (CPL)
b) Sanchez (WAT)
c) Chelsea mid (avl)
d) Keep Silva and get shot of ForsterB or C.
if c, any inkling?
c presuming you have Ozil
yep got ozil
c looks good then
as tone says, willian the best option?
would have gone traore if he's guaranteed to startany one of Willian Fabregas Oscar Traore could return big scores against that lot
I might go Payet & Willian in.
Willian did great stuff vs a ropey Newcastle.good moves i wish i could but only one FT and Payet is priority.. not ditching Alli for a hit he could easily haul against pool
If I had the cash id a went Sanchez & Payet.
My Ivanovic move last week I snookered myself for price.ivan could be gold tho
schoolboy error there i did a similar mistake getting williams last week when i could have easily saved and done Sanchez and Payet for free..only way hit would be worthwhile for Sanchez if i was captaining him
Ivan could be gold.
And yeah I may just go Payet & Chelsea.
Maybe there will be an injury, at the minute id be benching Dele Alli.same here - think pool be up for it and 0-0 in the corresponding fixture
Yep against Villa he could rack up a serious score
Going to go AOA this week
Who you thinking for captain?thinking payet, nothing really screaming out, what about you?
Backing Aguero to deliver against Bou but Payet is also a consideration
i'm with you on that.
concerned about no sanchez but even more concerned about no chelsea against villa
E) Antonio
hmmm interesting
Has the best home record of the lot. 5 goals, 1 assist in 6 home games
Any obvious problems with this potential WC team?
DDG Elliot
Bellerin Huth Cresswell Sakho Olsson
Ozil Payet Mata Firmino Mahrez
Aguero Welbeck LukakuDunno about Mata and Wellbeck.
Sanchez and Rashford betterWill Rooney not be back at that stage?
Probably. I have Deeney instead but will swap to Rash if he will play both.
I think Defoe is good option. See if pig is back. Wildcard in GW 33 and not GW 32.
And he will be eased back anyway
Personally not a fan of Mata. Not keeping Kane?
I like the rest thoughKane is the real tough one. It's between him & Lukaku really.
Both will be scary not to own.I'd find a cheaper alternative for mata and do welbeck to Kane.
Kane is so expensive though. Can't get power midfield with him.
I'm selling and buying back for GW 35.Then you are not a fan of points
Or Alexis and Defoe
welbeck's minutes, not much else. Looks solid.
Personally think there's better options than Mata but those fixtures...Those fixtures are as good as it gets & Mata is (and has been) always likely to pop up with a goal/assist
Need a -8 if you want to field 11 in GW35. Assuming you are wildcarding GW33. If GW32 then you will need a -4.
Not really. Mata & Lukaku -> Alli & Kane gives me 11 in Gwk 35 (With a bagged free FT)
De Gea Elliot
Bellerin Gabriel Clyne Fuchs Simpson
Sanchez Firmino Payet Mahrez Lanzini
Kun Kane Lukaku
I don't fancy a lot of the DGW defenders so went for double Leicester.
How does this look?Lack of Ozil for DGW.. Otherwise looks good.
anyone capitaning vardy?
surely he is due a goal and sot seems leakycaptaining a player because their due is generally not a good idea
RMWCT out of 10
DDG , Elliot
Kosh , Monreal , Sakho , Rojo , Simpson
Payet , Ozil , Firmino , Coutinho , Alli
Aguero , Lukaku , Martial
Are you doing it now ?
unfortunatly not but i am very temped
not sure if i will be able to afford this team in when fpl comes back
are you using your bb?
yeah, 13 dgwers+ alli and simpson will do
i know ffs guys will likely outscore me in that gw but i am looking at casuals + dont wanna have crippled team going forwardim trying to get migs in so I have a reasonable keeper choice in 35, also think if using BB 15 is the way to go.
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For DGW? Monreal wont get 2 games IMO. You need to play Elliot in GW35. Not ideal unless you are planning on a transfer. Simpson to a DGW player would be my preference as you can easily get him back. Alli to a DGW for me but it is your choice.
DDG to Migs and play about with the cash IMO. I would want Sanchez over Ozil.
Not my sort of team but wont give a score as you like it and who am I to judge.
Hows this team?
Cech - Elliot
Smalling - Gabriel - Sakho - Fuchs - Simpson
Ozil - Payet - Firmino - Mahrez - Lanzini
Kun - Kane - Lukakulooks good, are you BB GW 34? Could sell one of Fuchs/Simpson for a DGW player
Yeah BB34. I'll be switcbing Kane to Martial / Studge for 1 FT and save te other.
Its Janmaat vs Fuchs right now. You reckon Jnmaats the better choice?
DDG instead of Cech imo, and maybe think about a DGW forward instead of Kane and maybe plan to bring him back for that forward
Considered DDG which is good for GW3, yes. But Arsenal have better run in up to then. Dont have confidence playing DDG every week (and Elliot on GW35).
Or am i looking at fixture too much
Yeah re forwars, look above
An awful week continues into the next . Hart injury means can't get payet or punt on Fabregas perhaps and must stick with Silva
Week before a wildcard and doing a keeper sub , how dullfabergas sucks , your transfer will get you more pts
how often he scores that fluke pts anyways?
really dont understand people who buying him at allBecause it's obviously a one week punt vs Villa before a wildcard.
What's not to understand?
5.4 to fill the space, ideally must have a game in 35
DDG, Elliot
Bellerin, Kos, Reid, Sakho, _______
Ozil, Mahrez, Payet, Lanzini, Firmino
Kun, Lukaku, Martial
a) Simspon/Fuchs
b) Rojo (means 10 or using 2 FTs in 35)
c) Moreno/Clyne
d) Olsson/Dawson/McAuleya for safety
b for high reward
depends on your situation...Dawson
Clichy
Remember the days when there was a DGW1?
Those were the days.Ivan (c)
Bottled it and captained Hazard for 5 points...
El Nino 😎 : http://i.imgur.com/GGBos.png
Still the worst pick of the 3 mind!
Adel Taarabt
Proper fantasy football pick , I miss him
(Not he's 2 pointers though)Couldn't resist!
Finished 734th that season so couldn't have been that bad 😉
I think I captained Lukaku
GW32 only, looking for a midfielder to go with Mahrez, Yaya and Siggy.
Alexis? Payet? Someone else?1 week punt? Arnie? Cesc/Willian?
KDB
Both are good shouts, I'm going with Payet probably. Who's your last mid?
Both are good long-term picks too -- I may go for a 1 week punt on Willian since I'm looking to WC 33
Is anyone going with a strategy of wildcarding this week ?
Considered it but uncertainty over Ozil/Firmino/other international injuries made me decide against it.
Might be the last last punt
Certainly suits the fixtures and gives you an extra transfer to use GW35.
Yes. Preliminary tactics failed.
I have, not making many changes for all that. Might change with injuries etc.
Thought on my provisional WC team? Sets me up well with 14 DGW players with Bench Boost for GW34 and will allow me to play a 4-4-2 with a Lukaku > Vardy transfer for the 35 blank.
De Gea - Elliot
Bellerin - Sagna - Moreno - Olsson - Ogbonna
Payet - Firmino - Yaya - Sanchez - Alli
Aguero - Lukaku - Deeney
GW35
Elliot
Bellerin - Sagna - Moreno - Olsson
Firmino - Yaya - Sanchez - Alli
Aguero - Vardy
Decent team.
No United defenders?
Not a fan of Yaya.De Gea
Could go Olsson > Rojo.. but would have to use another transfer to field 11 in GW35. And I like the idea of Yaya in there to steady the ship and has no blank.
No Mahrez or Kane or Lei defender a worry. Moreno and Sagna a starting concern.
Nözil? Sagna no. Sakho over Moreno. I'd have Lingard over Alli.
Moreno is far from nailed.
Didn't Flanagan captain the side the other day!?
Just look at gw33 setup and you will realise how screwed up that team looks.
Remember this like it was yesterday....most disappointing DGW ever: http://i.imgur.com/yJFnaTu.png
Great team, how did it score?
Not that great IIRC.
Remember saving my WC all season for it, I was around 800th and only got a small green.
Nice team
I remember the Birmingham one being an absolute tragedy. Plenty of Zigic captain fails there
He was my (c)
Ha, that was a triple GW too IIRC
Looked like it should have been profitable. I can't really remember it.
I remember Assou Ekotto getting a 24 pointer in a dgwk, was it that week?I think they had one earlier in the season too?
He got a goal, CS & assist in the first game & a CS in the second game.
I captained Adebayor that week, I think he did ok tooI had BAE that week
it was glorious
I think the one you posted was the DGW I captained VVD in.VVD?
VdV I meantNah that was the season before when they went ham at the Reebok.
ah I see
I remember Maloney scoring maybe against Arsenal in a dgw.
Might have got the opposition wrong.Nice one 🙂
Is this as boring as it gets for this week, given that i'm probably WC'ing the week after.
Siggy & Williams -> Cresswell & Payet. (No hit)
Should I be punting with my 2 free's?yes punt
I'll probably be punting with 2 FTs as well, looking to get Payet and a chelsea player, either azpi or willian
For those with Hart
The Telegraph report that Joe Hart could be available to face PSG on 6 April after his initial scan came back better than expected. #MCFC - Courtesy @Ben DinneryGood news.
Daniels to Baines in a draft league. Yay or nay?
NOW WAY HOSE
daniels has villa in 2 weeks then shift
eve look like they are at skegnessThanks
Happy with this Aguero-less wildcard team. 11 DGW players and 11 GW35 starters...
Selling Aguero before WBA at home is the only flaw! Either that or Sanchez has to go?
DDG Elliott
Bellerin Clyne Cresswell Huth Simpson
Sanchez(c) Ozil Payet Lingard Mahrez
Kane Lukaku RondonNot bad, guessing you're limited by TV? I'd keep an eye on potentially getting antonio/lanzini for one of ozil/sanchez, see if that lets you do rondon to aguero.
Yes veery, TV 104.00!
I think you can tinker a bit and keep Aguero. Not sure if Ozil/Sanchez are both needed. Cresswell is a bit overrated for the price. You could go cheaper with Reid. Not sure how much that saves you?
I'm not sure anyone wants Cresswell for CS potential.
Yeah have a bit of leeway maybe Reid and Sakho in to save a bit. My team is set lovely at present and I really don't want to wreck it wild carding to be honest!
I fancy Arsenal to smash Watford then be really in the groove for the DGW fixtures. Sanchez(c) might just be the one for me as no rivals own him!
Looked at all scenarios and I say Wiji is a must for dgw34? Loads to play for.
It's a different train of thought but yeah he could well be.
I'm not sure he looks up for a fight. Don't laugh but Shelvey might be better if you're going that route.
lol
lol-I guess. I have Wijnaldum in my draft league squad but Im not expecting much.
Just caught his assist at the weekend great run to the line and cross.
Loves a home game and a random haul.
Dunno if I've room though.
This is a good shout.
If you feel he is a must then would be silly to go without
if you think so then buy him, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks
Wijnaldum is one of the players that I think i'll be avoiding in the future. He lacks any form of consistency, yes the explosion is nice(and unpredictable) but there's many better options out there.
he's also been moved to much deeper role in the last 2
This is the sort of stuff I miss out on by not being able to catch many games.
you are a member though. This sort of stuff is available in the members area
I really can't be bothered with that any more. Next season is the one...
Not sure how he'd fit in to WC teams unless you maybe remove mahrez -- who would you sacrifice in your front 8?
I own him and wish he weren't using up a midfield space. I hope he does get some hauls playing at home but I went for the name and might get burned if Rafa doesn't start playing him up further.
So much this!! Rafa's killing him in CM!
Like many of you, I'll be on WC next gameweek....
So (and am sure lots of people have asked the same) who looks like being a 0.2 riser this week to make some money on? Ideally someone to keep for the DGW would be excellent...
Any thoughts?
Sanchez looks a good idea.
well you missed the payet and kane boats already
Are there people that don't already have Kane?
Thanks for the Sanchez tip.bizarrely and stupidly
i only bought kane 2 days ago
i already feel better + a 0.1
Looked at both Liverpool and Everton players and yes they have 2dgws but I can see rotations and poor returns. Do I avoid the scousers??
Likely just firmino and lukaku for me, maybe clyne for attacking threat
If you see rotation and poor returns yes
yes
but keep it smuck
Everton look like only caring for FA Cup.
Liverpool has Europa, but that 4th place is still there for chasing and they have 6/9 home games left.
Just Firmino/Coutinho for me, cant see them getting any defensive returns to justify having Mignolet/Clyne
Potential WC33 team:
DDG / Elliot
Bellerin / Gabriel / Rojo / Olsson / Simpson
Sanchez / Payet / Firmino / Mahrez / Lingard
Lukaku / Kane / Aguero
£0.0m leftYou won't get that team
never plan a team 2 GWs in advance with 0.0 ITBLol very true, Firmino could always be Coutinho, Bellerin could be Koscielney
Very similar to my WC team idea, I just have nyom in for gabriel, and antonio in for lingard, also exact change, makes me worried about price rises.
Best of luckI would love Lanzini over Lingard but cant make any huge sacrifices, I think Nyom has as much rotation risk as Gabriel tbh
Good Luck to you too ParityTrue true, nyom there is a bit of a placeholder atm, trying to find a suitable 5.0 defender with a DGW is proving tough
Reid for West Ham?
Sorry typo above, meant defender for 4.5 -- 5.0 would be if I got lanzini for antonio, still might go that route if it gets me reid or a better defender
For WC, which is better
A Sanchez and Rashford
B Kane and LanziniA
With so many top strikers this holding a sgw striker when playing a bench boost seemssome seriously fanny play!
gone back to getting a Brom defender over a LEI one
only SGWer I am currently keeping is MahrezI might not even keep Mahrez.
my current draft has 0.3 leeway (so right on the edge) and Mahrez is 6.5 in my team
I just don't think Milner or Wijnaldum can match Mahrez.
The guy is on 7,2 PPG for goodness sake, and this is after 31 games, it's not some flash in the plan 3 GW thing
Agreed
😆
Always sitting on the fence, Heh Tony!It's real chicken george stuff.
Literally a heap of strikers.
You got to have a go in my opinion.Just seen your reply on back.
Like your style.
We shall give it a crack.
Key is knowing which United/Arsenal striker is nailed, atm we don't think that exists.
Martial is nailed surely.
totally nailed
Rashford is not if Rooney is back but people will buy him anyway
Martial is also on pens if Herrera not on the pitchHow's Martial not totally nailed?
He's not a striker.
He scored 12 goals this season in all competitions.
That's not to shabby.
Soz head went do lally.
Besides aguero/lukaku which strikers with DGWs do you think will be safe from rotation/provide returns?
I was looking at sturridge and martial/rashford but not sure about the former's playing time and the latter team's goal potential
Couple of WC options:
A) Robles + Cresswell + Dawson + Monreal + Martial
B) Elliot + Ogbonna + Ollson + Bellerin + Lukaku
Which one would you prefer?
Rest of the team would be:
DDG
Simpson Sakho
Firmino YYT Mahrez Lanzini Ozil
Aguero KaneWhat about Aguero Lukaku Martial in front? Would that free up some funds to get an arsenal mid?
Bought Mahrez back when he was 7.2 so no much value tied with him. Better to roll the dice and ship him out for dgw mid in wildcard gw33?
Altough Gw33-35 sun,WH,SWA might be worth keeping
never bench never ship
mahrez the season keeperi'd keep
how to make full 15 dgw team and have 11 players playing in gw 35?
i am finding it very hardLiverpool x3
Man City/Arsenal/WBA/Newcastle x6
2FTs in GW35okay ,bigging Balders up-read his community article
the 3 x Pool and 6 x the teams below highlights the problem with the 15 > 11
shame city aren't in form - all that pre-planning with komps + silva, wasted
What would your 15 be?
Hits
Highly recommend Balders' article, especially if you're WCing GW 33: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2016/03/16/the-double-gameweek-strategies/
Key is whether you have enough money to fit in all the heavy hitters (sanchez, ozil, payet, firmino, aguero, lukaku, etc)Looks like the man himself already responded, but seriously read the article, it's been a huge help
don't make a full 15 team, keep 2 or 3 spurs/leicester
For the double game week which would you pick?
A) Aguero (che, new) & Ayoze (mcy, SWA)
B) Sturridge (bou, EVE) & Lukaku (SOU, liv)
C) another combination worth £18.8m or lessHaven't done much research yet on timing etc, but Man City may be prioritising Champions League (so rotation, rest) and Liverpool the Europa League ( so rotation, rest)
I wouldnt want to go without Aguero but City's away form is horrendous, that being said im eyeing up replacing Kane for Sturridge (injuries aside)
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