We delve into the Gameweek data now in our first members article of the week. Amongst this evening’s topics for analysis are Liverpool, Stoke and Southampton’s midfielders, Swansea and West Brom’s frontmen, Man United’s full-backs and Palace’s summer signing with a penchant for a pot shot.
Start three and bench two for my GW2 defense?
Terry, Amat, McAuley, Stones, Morgan
Please write why as well 🙂
100% play Terry Amat
Coin toss Stones/McAuley
100% bench Morgan
terry amat stones to start imo
Agreed, Lukaku may be back for Everton vs. West Brom as well.
Any swansea fan here? what happened to sigurdson?
I bought him anyway...
He should come back in now. He was deemed not match fit after the Euros (ie. tiredness)
All about Routledge now bruh
I have Routledge, Siggy and Amat
If Hull perform a upset again I'll be suicidal
thx
Dunno about Liverpool. This is the kind of game they struggle with, Burnley don't make for high scoring free flowing games. I had firmino captain gw 1, it would annoy me greatly if I captained someone else and firmino scored two.
That's the beauty (and the madness) of the game.....
I'd look elsewhere for captaincy options in GW2. Firmino's in my team too, but there are less risky choices.
Yeahhh I know...aguero. Don't think my captain ever comes off. The best FPL time I had was with Suarez and Sturridge. I was early on that.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored more goals against Claude Puel's Nice than any other side in Ligue 1.
Blank is inevitable then.
Oh reeeeally...
Nice =/= Southampton. Food for thought.
Need Facer to do his magic work on Mane's injury
GW 2 Squad:
De Gea
Stones Shaw Amat
Firmino Hazard Pogba Deulofeu
Long Aguero (c) Negredo
Bench: Redmond Friend Morgan
Thoughts on my current team:
1.0 itb
Im thinking of Long -> Llorente
Morgan -> Walker or Azpi
Thanks
My current midfield is
Hazard - Wijnaldum - Deulofeu - Redmond - Lingard
How do I modify this with 0ITB?
Cheers for any help!Lingard >> 4.5
Wait until next week.
Lingard > Ramirez and Wij > Firminio for -4?
If Mane is out we could see Wij pushed up. I'd save this GW
Fair. Bench fodder is a sensible option.
Save transfer and watch Wijnaldum this GW. I know he got an assist last week, but I'm not sure how much you can rely on that for 8.0.
Next GW, use two FTs to sort out Lingard and Wijnaldum, if needed.
For those of you whom intend to play both a MUN defender and a SOT attacker, what do you think the score will be at the weekend?
2-0 probably, but I'm not going to play Darren Fletcher over Nathan Redmond.
Would you play Amat over Redmond?
Yes. Think they'll keep a clean sheet!
Assume you are referring to MUN?
I'm currently more tempted to bench Shaw than Tadic, but it may come down to ownership stats.I agree with Bullet regarding score line so wondering if it's worth playing Amat over Redmond in 4-4-2
Bottomed
Read a few pages back about members frustrations with the site....lack of discussion due to newcomers.Why isn't there a separate forum for members only?
they'll have to get ripped off for that too
Start Redmond or Capoue?
Redmond would be my choice.
I''ll be playing both.
Most will say Redmond, I'd say they're fairly even..fairly even?
I'm benching Cap, and now you've all got me worried.
Capoue will surely be even further back now that Watson is unavailable?
Redmond
Although starting both here 😎
Redmond without a doubt..
1 Capoue goal doesn't stop him being 4.5 bench fodder imo.. Especially against ChelseaThanks lads. Currently have Capoue on the bench, he might stay there so.
Red
Don't own Zlatan.. Would you captain Martial over Aguero? Or is too early for risks and just stick to the safe option (Who will be a little more differential this week anyway because of Zlatan (C))?
I don't think anyone in the world would captain martial over kun this weekend.
Well maybe some mental united fans who think they actually looked good v Bournemouth when in fact they got 2 lucky goals.
United, City, Spurs, Chelsea look like the 4 best teams to consider for a captain this week.
United v Bournemouth: 11 attempts, 7 on target
City v Sunderland: 16 attempts, 4 on target
Spurs v Everton: 13 attempts, 4 on target
Chelsea v WHam: 16 attempts, 6 on target
Shots on target is generally considered the most accurate one stat indicator for expected goals. United come out best on GW1 and the stats don't suggest they were especially lucky. 😕FantasyFootballFix is advising it as the right action to take 😉
FFF does things like that. All algorithm and no intelligence. 🙂
The trouble with betting against Aguero is you have to get 2 things right. First you have to pick a week where he doesn't score (or at least a week where he doesn't get more than 6 points). Then you have to pick an alternative that does better than him (which probably means 1 goal 1 assist or better). You can't win otherwise.
Unless there is a good reason to back against Aguero - for example when he is coming back from injury or if he's playing deeper/wider in a 4-4-2 (which won't happen under Pep) - it's a losing game I think. The gains in the good weeks are unlikely to outweigh the losses in the bad weeks.
Martial looks like a really decent pick. 9.5m just seems a touch high to me. But maybe he'll be worth it. I still think Rooney at 9.0 is the value but the perception is that he's past his best at 30. I don't know.
Anyway, not captaining Aguero in his current form just seems unwise. I'd like to give Costa the armband but what can you do? Backing against Aguero right now is a mug's game I think.
I find it quite baffling that people are over looking Kane for this gameweek.
He was top scorer last year and is being overlooked because he started slow last year and dembelle.
Kane to bang in 2 this weekend wait and seewise man
One goal in ten games without Dembele.
No shots at all against Everton, once again without Dembele.
He may well bang in two goal, but the odds are stacked against him without the influential Belgian.Everton blank was that the 3 Everton CBs crowded him out in a 3 v 1 scenario. They did the same to Zlatan in Rooney's testimonial. nothing to do with dembele
...just look at Rondon's numbers vs CP....
Dembele has the creativity that could've broken down that defence. It's simplistic to say that 3 CBs will always nullify a central striker
lol
*looks at Spur's 14/15 season*
🤔He wasn't starting in the team at the start of that season so he did not start slow at all.
He kept banging in goals in Europe and then was brought into the team for eplMy reply is to Jonty. Kane scored fine without Dembele in the team then. There are slight truths in Dembele-theory because Mason and Carroll are 💩 but he completely over-eggs it.
wise man
So much this^^
That's it I'm giving the KANE TRAIN the armband
del boy --> siggy or noble for a punt this week?
Keep him - he has great fixtures.
If you had tadic and redmond, who would you play this week?
Have both and leaning towards tadic as I feel that fks might be their best chance to score against manu away, do you agree?
Thx!If you bench one, who would you be playing instead?
Hey mate, thx for the response!
My team is for this we (433):
Foster
Williams valencia pieters stones
Hazard tadic firminhio
Negredo kun kane
Bench: redmond evans fletcher
Who would you remove for redmond?Not pieters sorry, friend in defense
I'm playing both.
Take out Pieters or Stones and go 3-4-3.
I'm playing both.
Thx, will consider this. See my team above, who would you put on the bench?
Play the one on penalties. - Tadic.
My thinking exactly, thx for your input!
Current lineup:
Foster
Terry, Valencia, Koné
Hazard, Alli, Tadic, Ramirez
Aguero, Ibra, Gray
(Jaku, Stones, Amat, Fletcher)
Feel bad going with Koné v Ramirez & Valencia v Tadic. But want Koné for his goal threat.
Should I go 4 at the back and drop Ramirez for Stones/Amat?Nah, play Ramirez.
Yup
Start Ibe or Tadic? Cheers lads
Is playing both not an option?
Not really I prefer Hazard, Routledge and Firmino so 1 space
Tricky one, then.
AoA 😉
I guess Tadic though, sounds like he was unlucky not to be in the points last GW.Haha don't think either fixture is good enough for AOA.
But yea I'm leaning towards Tadic. Thanks
I can only get 3 Premium Midfielders with Ibra and Kun up front. Should I be aiming to have 4?
Thanks.Define premium?
I think you should aim to have a Sanchez or Hazard type character and then three 7-9.5m players.
I I was going to tfr this week it would be Ibra for Rooney but only doing next week to do Oscar hazard also. Therefore 3 premium mids with Ibra or 4 with Rooney.
Ramirez or.............?
Can't make my mind up at 5.5Ramirez or Ramirez
Nailed it
Sold then!
Gradel seems to be popular with some, Ramirez the better option for me.
Snoddy?
As i understand, he takes ALL set pieces, so any attacking returns would probably involve him?
GW 2 Squad:
Valdes
Bailly Alderweireld Amat Morgan
Boyd Hazard Sigurdsson
Negredo Zlatan(C) Aguero
Bench: Fletcher Sagna Drinkwater
why I feels like ....Heaton
Azpi Valencia Walker
Hazard Coutinho Fer Ramirez
Aguero Lukaku Zlatan
Can't decide on Ramirez or captain choiceMaybe Rooney if Lukaku not fit
Carroll?
Not with Zlatan. Don't understand Fer choice myself.
Looks a very solid team for this week.. gotta be Kun hasn't it?
Play Heaton (liv) or Jaku (SWA)?
Thanks!!
Jaku
75 points in GW1. Team look to go? Foster Walker Amat Stones Valencia Firmino Haz Caz Aguero (C) Vardy Grey Subs: Jaku, McAuley, Fisher, Redmond1 FT, 0 ITB
Looks good. Redmond first sub? If you present your team in a normal way you'll probably get a lot more feedback.
Thanks Annie, good advice.
Hi,
I’d very much appreciate advice for GW2, thanks.
I had Ramsey for GW1 (a gamble that obviously didn't pay off) and was going to use my 1FT to sub him out for Lallana or Cazorla (I originally wanted Coutinho but then Ramsey fell to 7.9 and Coutinho rose to 8.1) but now I think I’ll make do with the team I have and keep the FT for next week. What do you think?
My team:
Valdes (DDG)
Stones, Fuchs, Valencia (Friend, Djilobodji)
Oscar, Lamela, Tadic, Ramirez (Ramsey)
Vardy, Aguero, Long
Will Bertrand start on Friday, or will Tragett play?
I'm going Firmino (c)
Burnley don't have to concede a lot for him to do well. A single goal in a 1-0 Liverpool win is likely to see him come away with 10-11 points.
Burnley's defence is nowhere good enough to hold against Liverpool's attack . Barcelona couldn't do it in preseason, Arsenal couldn't do it last week.
Firmino has been very unfortunate not to come away with a goal or assist last weekend, and if he did, we would be bigging up his prospects a lot more.
#ImminentAbsolutely. Would actually rather have him playing deeper making runs off Origi than up front too.
I believe in Firmino, but what about Aguero away to Stoke? Scored three goals and missed two penalties two days ago.
Against Steaua though?
We've yet to see if City's away form in the PL has improved from last season, and I don't fancy testing the theory away to Stoke. They have a history of upsetting Man City (don't think they've ever won a game at the Britannia) and if he does happen to score, I can't see more than 1 goalNew manager and new players, though. My biggest concern would be fitness, considering he will have played 3 games in 1 week, including a trip to Romania.
4-1 season before last, but see your point. Hmm
Do i need to change!! Any Hints/Tips Guys Please!!
Fabianski....McAuley / Kingsley / Collins
Coutinho (C) / Hazard / Lamela / Firmino
Ibrahimovic / Agüero / Negredo
Subs.. Foster / Amat/ Chambers / CapoueAmat more likely to start than Kingsley (Taylor will be back)
cheers swapped
Foster
Valencia - Stones - Amat
Hazard - Sigurdsson - Routledge - Redmond
Ibrahimovic - Agüero - Musa
Subs: Townsend - Evans - Friend
Any changes to lineup?I have a lingering feeling Townsend will produce versus Sprus
I would really appreciate some transfer advise. I am using the WC after 2 injuries and horrible defence.
I am wandering between:
3-4-3 with
eriksen firmino barkley martial (fletcher)
diomande ibra aguero
or
3-5-2 with
lamela firmino barkley martial + 6.5 midfielder
ibra aguero
any advice is welcome !
Pick two:
Stones
Williams
Amat
Friend
